Mitch Hufstetler had won the senior division of the first three Chattanooga TPC series golf tournaments this year: the Cleveland, Signal Mountain and North Georgia invitationals. Saturday, he trailed Pat Corey by two strokes as he stood on the tee of the final senior-division hole of the Chattanooga Men’s Metro.
“I thought I needed at least a birdie on 18 and have Pat make a bogey to get in a playoff,” Hufstetler said inside the Brainerd Golf Course clubhouse.
But Hufstetler won by a stroke with a par, increasing his run to four straight senior titles. He didn’t win in the fashion he would have preferred, or in the fashion he won the other events.
The final hole played out in slow motion, resulting in a quick exit from the clubhouse for Corey.
“Today was definitely luck,” Hufstetler said. “Bad luck on Pat’s part.”