Patterson takes second place at Classic

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

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Local golfer Brett Patterson, who just finished his seventh-grade season with the Warren County Middle School golf team, recently participated in the Terrapin Hills Junior Classic 12-13 year old division, on May 23rd-24th in Fort Payne, Ala.

Patterson fired rounds of 78 and 68, respectively, for a two-day total of 146 to place second in the tournament. Lexus Keoninh of Murfreesboro placed first with rounds of 69 and 70 for a two-day total of 139 while Thomas Looney of Scottsboro, Ala., with rounds of 72 and 77, had a total of 149.

Patterson recently completed his tournament play for WCMS and will be competing all summer on the Souteastern Junior Golf Tour (SJGT). He currently ranks fourth in points on the tour and is scheduled to play throughout the Southeast this year. The SJGT, headquartered in Auburn, Ala., is one of the leading junior golf tours in the Southeastern United States for girls and boys ages 12-18.