Backspin Volume 3, Issue 9 | Page 37

LGA Selects USGA State Team Members The Louisiana Golf Association (LGA) has announced its selections to represent the state of Louisiana at the 2016 USGA Men’s State Team Championship to be conducted at The Country Club of Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama, September 28-30. Brandon Aydlett, 34, of Metairie, Patrick Christovich, 38, of New Orleans, and Robby McWilliams, 48, of Benton will compete for the Bayou State, and they are sure to represent us well on the national stage. Aydlett and Christovich were both members of the 2014 Louisiana team that finished tied for 5th place on the Pete Dye course at the French Lick Resort. Aydlett earned the championship’s individual medalist honors with a 54-hole total of 3-under par 213. All three members of this year’s team are playing excellent golf heading into the Championship, and they are familiar with the Country Club of Birmingham. This bodes well for another top 5 finish, but they have their sights set on the Championship, which would be the first in Louisiana state history. 37