New Year's Invitational: Garland Green wins in playoff
-- Virginia Tech Athletics
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Jan. 8, 2012) -- Garland Green captured the 2012 New Year's Invitational with a par on the sixth playoff hole at St. Petersburg Country Club.
Green had shot a 1-under 71 to finish with a four-day total of 278 --- along with second and third-round leader Stephan Jaegar and Jim Liu.Liu was eliminated on the first playoff hole.
Liu fired a 2-under 70 to join the playoff.
Brandon Rodgers shot a 6-under 66 in the final round, finishing in a three-way tie for fourth place along with michael Hebert and Michael McGowan.
ABOUT THE New Year's Invitational
Historic invitational golf tournament that
originated
on the Lakewood golf course in 1927. This
same
amateur invitational tournament -- which
attracts
top Florida amateurs and a strong group of out-of-
state players as well --
continues,
unbroken, each year although the club
name was
later changed to St. Petersburg Country
Club.
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