Smith, Cox Record Great Shots in Sugarmill Woods Tournament

            Homosassa, FL –  Jerry Smith eagled the 320-yard par four fifth hole and Dave Cox rolled in three birdies, two back-to-back,  at the Sugarmill Woods Country Club in the Senior Amateur Golf Tour of  North Central Florida tournament, Monday, April 18. 

            “I hit a 147-yard 7 iron from the fairway,” Smith said. “And it went over a little hump in the green so I didn’t even get to see it go in the cup.”  He went on to also birdie the 135-yard par 3 fifteenth, for a final score of 76 to win the “B Flight.”

            Dave Cox represented the “Championship Flight” well when he rolled in the most birdies of the day with three. They included the 156-yard par 3 twelfth and back-to-back birdies on the 421-yard par 4 seventeenth and the 504-yard par 5 eighteenth.

            The “Championship Flight” winner was Ed Fletcher with a 75.  Second place went to Tom Gallagher with a 76, and Cox took third with a 78.         

            “I’m on a ’75 train’ and I can’t get off,” said Fletcher, mentioning that 75 has been his score for his last five rounds.  “I had an 18-inch down hill putt on the last hole to make 74 and break the string, but I missed it and wound up with another 75,” he added.

             Smith lives in Spring Hill, FL, and Fletcher, Gallagher and Cox live in The Villages, FL.

            The birdies kept coming also in the “A Flight” as Guy Laniel rolled in one and finished with a 79 to place first and Jay Kocher rolled in two birdies for a final score of 82 to place second.

            In the “C Flight” Terry Campbell shot an 86 to come in first, while John Tayman had an 89 and Roger LaGreca had a 91 to place second and third, respectively.

            Campbell is from Brooksville, FL, Tayman is from Deltona, FL, and LaGreca is from  Homosassa, FL.

            Championship Flight:

1.      Ed Fletcher, 75

2.      Tom Gallagher, 76

3.      Dave Cox, 78

“A” Flight:

1.      Guy Laniel, 79

2.      Jay Kocher, 82

3.      N/A

“B” Flight

1.      Jerry Smith, 76

2.      N/A

3.      N/A

“C” Flight

1.      Terry Campbell, 86

2.      John Tayman, 89

3.      Roger LaGreca, 91

            The Tour’s next tournament is Wednesday, May 4 at the Country Club of Ocala, FL.

            For more information contact: Jim Castello, 352-446-3446; or, email at ncflorida@amateurgolftour.net; web site:  www.senioramateurgolftour.net. Facebook: Senior Amateur Golf Tour North Central Florida; Twitter: @SAGTNCFla; Blog: SAGTNCFla.blogspot.com



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