William Nottingham takes Tennessee Match Play, Bob Rice is Senior winner
Future Clemson tiger William Nottingham
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HARRISON, TN (July 31, 2016) -- After four days of championship golf William Nottingham captured the 2016 Tennessee Match Play Championship adding to an already stellar year in amateur golf. The Kingsport native, who will enter Clemson University this fall, won the 2016 Tennessee Junior Amateur one month ago defending his 2015 title and put on an absolute clinic this week at The Bear Trace a Harrison Bay.
Nottingham defeated Phillip Lee 3&2 in the round of 16, then defeated Hays Moreland 5&4 in the quarterfinals. Tyler Johnson was the only thing standing between Nottingham and the finals, and with his 1 up victory Nottingham secured a date with UT-Chattanooga’s Lake Johnson. Nottingham was victorious by a 3&1 margin over Johnson to claim the 2016 Tennessee Match Play Championship.
SENIOR MATCH PLAY RECAP
In the Senior Match Play Championship Bob Rice of Pikeville was the man of endurance winning both his semi-final and final match with extra holes. Rice defeated Scott Patton 1 up in the round of 16, then Mike Freels 1 up in the quarterfinals. Rice had to go 21 holes before besting Danny Green to set up a final match with Richard Keene. Rice’s birdie at the par-4 first (19th hole of match) was enough to capture the 2016 Tennessee Senior Match Play title.
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Tennessee Match Play
This match play event adopts the format used by the
PGA Tour for the World
Golf Championships Match Play tournament. Under
this format, a field of 64
players will be divided into 16 groups of four players
each. Each group will play
a round-robin format with each competitor playing
three matches within their
group. A player will receive one point for a win, a
half point for a tie, and each
group’s winner will advance to the round of 16.
Applications are open to
amateurs who possess an active USGA/GHIN
Handicap Index of 8.0 or less from
a TGA member club or course.
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