Tennessee Section of the PGA of America

Cleveland Golf TPGA Pro-Assistant Championship Presented by: Jack Nicklaus Sportswear

Hillwood Country Club April 4, 2005 Mike Lathrop, Host PGA Professional

The 2005 Cleveland Golf Tennessee PGA Pro-Assistant Champions

were crowned today at Hillwood Country Club

(Nashville, TN)  Joey Hickman and Todd Jenkins from Old Hickory Country Club beat the field by 2 shots on their way to a –7 under par 65.  Joey and Todd took turns making birdies and eagles, each player had an eagle on the front 9.  In 2^nd place was Rob Riddle and Joey Westmoreland (Chattanooga) from Black Creek Club, they tied two Memphis Country Club teams, Tim Rush, Greg Griffith and William Moore, who shot 67 for the day.  Chris Cauthen and Shane Meredith (Nashville) from Richland Country Club tied Walt Chapman and Randy Wylie (Knoxville) from Fairways & Greens and Don Jones and Scott Moran (Knoxville) from Cherokee Country Club.  These teams who finished tied for 5^th place all shot a –4 under par 68.  The next 7 teams tied for 8^th place including the host professional Mike Lathrop’s team. 

In all, 71 professionals competed in the event representing 28 clubs from all over the state of Tennessee.  Proud sponsors of this year’s Championship were:  Cleveland Golf & Jack Nicklaus Sportswear.  The 6800-yard par 72 layout at Hillwood Country Club (Nashville) proved to be a difficult test under windy conditions.

The next event on the TPGA schedule is the True Temper Classic to be conducted at Colonial Country Club on April 25^th-26^th.  The True Temper Classic is the first Level II point event on the TPGA Tournament Series.

Place Name Representing Out In Total +\- Winnings 1st Joey HICKMAN Old Hickory, Nashville 31 34 65 -7 $850.00 Todd JENKINS Old Hickory, Nashville $850.00 2nd *Robert RIDDLE Black Creek Club, Chatt 33 34 67 -5 $566.66 Joey WESTMORELAND Black Creek Club, Chatt $566.66 Tim RUSH Memphis CC 31 36 67 -5 $566.66 Greg GRIFFITH Memphis CC $566.66 *Tim RUSH Memphis CC 31 36 67 -5 $566.66 W G MOORE Memphis CC $566.66 5th Chris CAUTHEN Richland CC, Nashville 33 35 68 -4 $379.16 Shane MEREDITH Richland CC, Nashville $379.16 Walt CHAPMAN Fairway & Greens, Knox 33 35 68 -4 $379.16 Randy WYLIE Fairway & Greens, Knox $379.16 Donald JONES Cherokee CC, Knox 31 37 68 -4 $379.16 Scott MORAN Cherokee CC, Knox $379.16 8th *Mike LATHROP Hillwood CC, Nashville 35 34 69 -3 $255.35 Travis ZIMBER Hillwood CC, Nashville $255.35 *Bruce ETTER Chattanooga G&CC 35 34 69 -3 $255.35 Brian SMITH Chattanooga G&CC $255.35 Todd KILLIAN The Honors Course 35 34 69 -3 $255.35 Robert DUKE The Honors Course $255.35 Robert RIDDLE Black Creek Club, Chatt 34 35 69 -3 $255.35 Toby BROWNE Black Creek Club, Chatt $255.35 Paul OBRIEN Ridgeway CC, Memphis 35 34 69 -3 $255.35 Bobby OBRIEN Ridgeway CC, Memphis $255.35 *Paul OBRIEN Ridgeway CC, Memphis 34 35 69 -3 $255.35 Santiago CAVANAGH Ridgeway CC, Memphis $255.35 Zeb PATTEN Chattanooga Golf Center 33 36 69 -3 $255.35 Mike BENNETT Chattanooga Golf Center $255.35 15th Bruce ETTER Chattanooga G&CC 35 35 70 -2 $100.00 Paul HELLE Chattanooga G&CC $100.00 *Paul OBRIEN Ridgeway CC, Memphis 34 36 70 -2 $100.00 Sam KERN Ridgeway CC, Memphis $100.00 17th John BRIDGEMAN Brentwood CC 34 37 71 -1 Zack CURTIS Brentwood CC *John BRIDGEMAN Brentwood CC 38 33 71 -1 Timothy OAKES Brentwood CC John SPELMAN Richland CC, Nashville 37 34 71 -1 Patrick CHRISTOVICH Richland CC, Nashville Warren HUDDLESTON Dorchester GC, Crossville 36 35 71 -1 Jack SIXKILLER Dorchester GC, Crossville 21st *Todd KILLIAN The Honors Course 37 35 72 Even Ross HEINEMANN The Honors Course Scott BINKLEY McCabe GC, Nashville 35 37 72 Even Loren PERSONETT McCabe GC, Nashville *Donald JONES Cherokee CC, Knox 34 38 72 Even Steven WILLIS Cherokee CC, Knox 24th Brett RICHARDS Golf Galaxy, Nashville 36 37 73 +1