MCC?s pro takes 7th at TPGA event
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Playing at the Richland Country Club in Brentwood, Patton and his partner, Sean Wells ? a former assistant pro at MCC who is now head pro at Nashboro Village ? played consistently over the two-day tournament, carding a 68 on both days to finish with a six-under par total of 136.
The tournament was a best-ball format, where the lowest score among partners counted toward the team total.
?Sean and I hadn?t played together in a couple of years, and I hadn?t been able to play in the Pro-Pro for a while because it?s always in the middle of the summer,? Patton said. ?But we had a fun two days, and we played pretty well.
?We had an OK first round, but in the second round we both bogied the same hole twice, and birdied the same hole three times. So when one of us would do well, we both would, and when one of us messed up, so would the other one.?
Their score was five strokes off the winning tally, which was turned in by Old Hickory pros Joey Hickman and Todd Jenkins. The Old Hickory team took home $2,500 each for their efforts, and won the tourney when Hickman chipped in from the rough on the 18th hole for an eagle, giving them the one-stroke advantage they needed to top Chattanooga?s Bruce Etter and Maryville?s Don Jones.
Patton and Wells finished in a five-way tie for seventh place, collecting $287.50 each as their share of the top-10 purse.
The Pro-Pro Championship was established in 1986, and quickly became a major championship on the Tennessee PGA schedule, with a total purse of $16,000 up for grabs attracting pros from around the state. The event is named in honor of Waxo Green, a former Nashville Banner golf writer who is also a member of the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame.