Rain halted play on Saturday at Palma Ceia
Golf & Country Club (Photo courtesy Gene Elliott)
TAMPA, Fla. — Scott Harvey, who recently
captured the South
American Amateur in Lima, Peru, won again at
the Gasparilla
Invitational, which due to heavy rains on the
final day was
shortened to just 36 holes.
Originally scheduled for a 54-hole tournament
ending Saturday
at Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club in Tampa,
Fla., heavy rain,
wind, and even lightning forced tournament
directors to call
the final round off, declaring the 36-hole leader
Harvey the
champion at 70-69.
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Scott
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The win is Harvey's second of the year
after wrapping
up the
South
American Amateur in January. Having won
the 2014 U.S.
Mid-Amateur, Harvey plans to play in the Azalea
Invitational in
March before heading to Augusta.
Kent Crymes of Birmingham shot back-to-back
rounds of 71
and took second place, followed by Joe Alfieri
and Brian
Armstrong at three-over par 143.
The Gasparilla Invitational, a popular mid-
amateur event that
draws a national field, was cancelled for the first
time in 59
years in 2014 due to a fungus that took over the
course's
greens.
More than 120 players took part in the 2015
event in its
return, including over 50 senior players. Steve Melnyk,
former broadcaster, Fred
Ridley, former USGA President and current chairman of
the competition committees
for the Masters, and Buddy Alexander, recently retired
Florida Gator golf coach
took part in the event.
David
Clement of
Henderson, Ky. took home the senior title with
his T5 finish.
He shot 68 on day two.
ABOUT THE
Gasparilla Invitational Mid-Am
54-hole individual stroke play championship
with a
cut after 36 holes to the low 60 and ties. Good
mix
of Florida
players
and national competitors looking for an
early
season
tune up. Played on a traditional, tree lined
golf
course that isn't very long but has small,
undulating
greens.
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