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Breaux and Land win LGA Senior
4-Ball Championship
Page Breaux of St. Gabriel and Bill Land
of Lafayette fired a nine-under par 63 on
Sunday to win the 2017 LGA Senior Four-Ball
Championship by seven strokes over Kevin
Morvant of Houma and Chad Soileau of Ville
Platte.
This is the second LGA Senior Four-Ball
Championship for Breaux and Land, although
in their previous victories they each had a
different partner.
Breaux and Land finished with a 36-hole
total of 17-under par 127, which is the second-
lowest score in LGA Senior Four-Ball history,
and they now hold the largest margin of victory
record at seven shots.
For the weekend, Breaux and Land carded
18 birdies, 17 pars, and one bogey. They par 3s
at six-under par, the par 4s at eight-under par,
and the par 5s at three-under par.
Land got their final round off to a good start
by making a par at the par 4 first hole. Breaux
then contributed a birdie at the par 3 second
hole (181 yards). Land then added another
birdie at the par 5 third hole.
After two more pars, Land made back-to-
back birdies at the par 5 sixth and the par 5
seventh. After Land parred the eighth hole,
Breaux made a birdie at the par 4 ninth hole,
and the formidable duo made the turn at
5-under par 31.
Breaux started his back nine the way he
finished the front nine, with a birdie 3. Land
added a par at the par 3 11th hole, and
Breaux added another birdie on 12. The 2017
Champions’ only bogey of the tournament
came at the par 5 13th hole.
Land responded with a par at the par 4
14th, then Breaux made back-to-back birdies
on holes 15 and 16. Land tacked on another
birdie at the par 4 17th hole, and they cruised
in with a par on the par 4 18th to secure the win
with an impressive team effort.
Rounding out the top 5 were: Third, Robert
Shelton and Ben Thibeaux of Lafayette (136),
Tied for 4th, David Duhon of Breaux Bridge
and Larry Wood of Lafayette (137), and Brad
Mosing and Dennis Smith of Lafayette (137).
The 2017 LGA Senior 4-Ball Championship
was played at approximately 6,600 yards.
Temperatures were in the low 80s with a light
breeze blowing throughout the day.
The LGA also conducted a Super Senior
Championship for participants 65 years of age
and older, playing from a forward set of tees at
6,000 yards.
Henry Cole of Monroe and Wayne Peddy of
Ruston won the Super Senior Division with a 36-
hole total of 13-under par 131. Glenn Granger
and Ben Holcombe of Sulphur finished claimed
a runner-up finish at ten-under par 134.
Next year’s Championship will be conducted
at The Bluffs on Thompson Creek in St.
Francisville.
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