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Tennessee Match Play: Burgan Over Green
2009 Tennessee Match Play champion
2009 Tennessee Match Play champion

FRANKLIN, TN (JULY 3, 2009)--TODD BURGAN DEFEATED DANNY GREEN IN 19 HOLES TO CAPTURE THE 2009 TGA MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP AT VANDERBILT LEGENDS CLUB IN FRANKLIN, TN. THE WIN IS BURGAN'S FIRST INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.

IN THE MORNING SEMIFINAL MATCHES, BURGAN DEFEATED TOP SEEDED JONATHAN FLY BY A 2 UP MARGIN AND GREEN DEFEATED MATT KING BY THE SCORE OF 6 & 4. THE FINAL MATCH WAS EVENLY MATCHED AS ONLY FIVE HOLES WERE WON THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MATCH. BURGAN NEVER LED IN THE MATCH UNTIL HIS BIRDIE ON THE 19TH HOLE WHICH ULTIMATELY WON HIM THE MATCH.

IN THE SENIOR MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP, JACK RAMSEY DEFEATED LARRY DUPREE BY A 2 UP MARGIN TO CAPTURE THE TITLE. THE WIN ALSO MARKS RAMSEY'S FIRST INDIVIDUAL STATE TITLE.

RAMSEY HAD TO MAKE EIGHT BIRDIES IS TODAY'S FINAL MATCH TO OUTLAST DUPREE, THE 2008 TGA SENIOR AMATEUR CHAMPION. DUPREE WAS DOWN EARLY AND STARTED MAKING A COMEBACK ON THE 15TH HOLE WHEN HE IT IS APPROACH SHOT ON THE PAR-4 HOLE TO WITHIN INCHES OF THE HOLE, BUT RAMSEY COUNTERED WITH A 40-FOOT BIRDIE OF HIS OWN. DUPREE THEN WON THE 16TH AND 17TH HOLES TO GET BACK TO ONE DOWN STANDING ON THE TEE OF THE REACHABLE PAR-5 FINISHING HOLE. AFTER RAMSEY LAID HIS UP ON THE PAR-5, DUPREE THEN WENT FOR THE GREEN IN TWO BUT CAME UP SHORT IN THE GREEN SIDE WATER HAZARD.

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This match play event adopts the format used by the PGA Tour for the World Golf Championships Match Play tournament. Under this format, a field of 64 players will be divided into 16 groups of four players each. Each group will play a round-robin format with each competitor playing three matches within their group. A player will receive one point for a win, a half point for a tie, and each group’s winner will advance to the round of 16. Applications are open to amateurs who possess an active USGA/GHIN Handicap Index of 8.0 or less from a TGA member club or course.

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