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Brannon & Pitts dance to victory
PGA Professionals have earned
the honor of being named the 2017
ANTIGUA/Haas-Jordan Pro-Pro
Champions after edging out their
fellow competitors by one shot at this
year’s Section event held at Dancing
Rabbit Golf Club in Choctaw, MS
on Monday, May 8th.
Forty-six players gathered on this
picture-perfect day, forming forty-
seven teams looking to claim the
win. However, it was the team of
PGA Professionals Leigh Brannan
of Deerfield Golf Club and Russ
Pitts of Ben Nelson Golf and Utility
Vehicles that would take it all after
shooting a team score of eight under
sixty-four.
Teams Hughes and Sullivan,
Nelson and Sonnier, Ramey and
Vegas, and Sanders and Sullivan
finished tied for second after shooting
a team score of seven under sixty-
five. Also, winning closest to prizes
were Greg Sonnier, Scott Buntin,
Russ Pitts, and Drew Goff.
The Gulf States PGA Section
wishes to thank the event sponsors,
John Anderson, Dan and Kitty
Peoples of ANTIGUA, Todd
Blackmar of Haas-Jordan, and Kelly
Welsh of Oakley.
The Section also wishes to thank
the entire staff at Dancing Rabbit
Golf Club including PGA General
Manager Mark Powell, Host PGA
Professional Sean Racki, Director
of Sales Patrick House, Head Golf
Course
Superintendent
Brent
McBrayer, and Chief Anderson of
the Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians. Submitted by GSPGA.
GSPGA welcomes Karmazin
The Gulf States Section is pleased to announce
Allan Karmazin joining staff May 9th for the
summer months as Tournament Intern.
A native of New Orleans, LA he comes from
Delgado Community College where he is a
sophomore studying business administration
with a concentration on hospital administration.
Allan’s duties will include tournament
administration, social media management, and
Hall of Fame research.
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