Eldridge/Oldendick/Fuldner/Miller sweep 2x2 Pro-Am supported by Sun Mountain and ahead.

HEBRON, KY (August 29, 2022) – There are gross and net competitions that take place within the 2x2 Pro-Am supported by Sun Mountain and ahead, and on Monday from Traditions Golf Club, one triumphant team captured both titles. Host Professional Aaron Eldridge, Bruce Oldendick, PGA, Eric Fuldner, and Andy Miller were victorious in the gross competition by two strokes and winners of the net tournament by one shot.

With the best score from the two Professionals and the best score from the two amateurs on each hole accounting for team scores, it certainly helped that each player had no worse than 74 (+2) with their own ball. A combined fifteen gross birdies were made from the doubly-triumphant squad with Oldendick and Eldridge each going under-par with 68 (-4) and 70 (-2), respectively.

Oldendick’s performance also won him low senior Professional honors with ease. Four birdies made on the last eight holes helped him win by eight strokes over Darren Wittenburg, PGA.

The top individual score from the day, however, came from Tom Walters, PGA with 67 (-5). An impressive seven birdies were carded from the Head Pro at Summit Hills Country Club which earned him his first such victory this season in KPGA tournaments. Andrew Stephens, PGA was his runner-up and finished two shots back of Walters.

NOTES & STATS

• Closest-to-the-hole prizes were awarded on each of the par-threes. Eldridge and Wittenburg won $100 each for hitting the best shots from the Pros on the 8^th and 17^th holes. Alaina Schmitt and Justin Walker won the two amateur contests on the 5^th and 13^th and each received a golf bag courtesy of Sun Mountain.
• Six eagles were made during the tournament. Jesse Massie, PGA made one-third of them by himself on the 12^th and 16^th holes. Alex Wright and Justin Charles also got ones on the 16^th while Steve Shafer, PGA and Ryan Sullivan each took advantage of the 4^th.
• The plethora of eagles on the 16^th made it the easiest hole of the tournament with a stroke-to-par average of -0.08.
• The par-four 14^th was not as kind to players and was the hardest hole of the day at +0.81. Andy Miller was the only player to record a birdie on it.
• The total scoring average was 79.21 (+7.21) with the front nine playing as the easier of the two sides by a quarter of a stroke.

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The Kentucky PGA extends its thanks to Bryan Harp, PGA Head Golf Professional, Eldridge and the rest of the staff at Traditions Golf Club for their assistance in conducting today’s event. Additionally, the KPGA lends its appreciation to Paul Branlund of Sun Mountain and Robb Spencer of ahead for their support of the event and all Section activities throughout the year.

The next two weeks on the KPGA calendar are filled with Section Championships, beginning with the National Car Rental Kentucky Assistant PGA Professional Championship and Kentucky Women’s PGA Professional Championship both taking place at Wildwood Country Club on Tuesday, September 6. Those events close for registration on Tuesday, August 30 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. In two weeks, The Club at Olde Stone will host the 71^st Kentucky PGA Professional Championship on September 12-13.  

About the Kentucky PGA:
The Kentucky PGA Section (KPGA) is one of forty-one Sections across the country representing the PGA of America and its Members. It is also one of three organizations encompassed within Golf House Kentucky, which also includes the Kentucky Golf Association (KGA) and Kentucky Golf Foundation (KGF). The KPGA contains more than 275 Members and more than 30 Associates working in various roles across Kentucky; all of whom share the goal of bettering the game and its players. The KPGA and its Members assist with the organization of many chief growth-of-the-game initiatives including PGA HOPE and PGA Jr. League among others. The Section also operates more than thirty tournaments throughout the golf season, including the three State Open championships and qualifiers for the Barbasol Championship.

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