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newsspin Bailey takes GSPGA Senior Professional Championship; heads to Scottsdale Cliff Bailey of Shreveport won the Gulf States PGA Senior Pro- fessional Championship which took place July 31-Aug. 1 at Shell Landing Golf Club in Gautier, Mississippi. Bailey will compete Sept. 28- Oct. 1 in the 29th Se- nior PGA Professional Champi- onship. The National Championship, presented by Mercedes-Benz USA, will be played at Desert Mountain, in Scottsdale, Arizo- na. Bailey turned in scores of 69-73, two-under-par 142, and won a 6-hole playoff over Chip Sullivan of Pearl, MS to cap- ture the Gulf States PGA Senior Championship. Reg Adams of Shreveport, LA will join Bailey Kenny Huges and Cliff Bailey as a qualifier shooting scores of 76-71, three-over-par 147. Al- ternates are: Emlyn Aubrey of Shreveport, LA; Reed Hughes of Senatobia, MS; and Scott Buntin of Starkville, MS. In the Super Senior Division, Jerry Covich of Ocean Springs, MS took home top honors with scores of 74-74, four-over-par 148. Ed Selser of Patterson, LA finished three shots back at sev- en-over-par 151. The Section thanked the en- tire staff and membership at Shell Landing Golf Club includ- ing PGA Owner Kenny Hughes and the Head Golf Course Su- perintendent Jeremy Ely. Jerry Covich and Kenny Hughes. Click here for complete results. 37