Area aces
Ricky Jones recorded his first hole-in-one last week at WindStone. Bill Brooks and Teddy Wheeler witnessed the 138-yard shot on No. 3, where Jones used a 9-iron.
Don Huffman and Boofer Wilkey recently made holes-in-one at the Lupton City course. Huffman used an 8-iron for a 145-yard ace on No. 8, and Wilkey had a 152-yarder on No. 4 with a 6-iron. It was the first ace for each.
Steve Hartley made his first hole-in-one Friday on Concord’s No. 14. He used an 8-iron for the 130-yard shot witnessed by Rollie Goings, Donnie McBurton and Shirley McBurton.
Mike Thompson aced No. 6 at Concord on Sunday with a pitching wedge. The hole was playing 87 yards. Harvey Tittle was his witness.
Cathey wins state Junior PGA
Hixson resident Jessica Cathey won the girls’ division of the 2010 Tennessee Junior PGA Championship last week at Riverbend Country Club in Shelbyville and qualified for the national Junior PGA being held Aug. 2-5 in Fort Wayne, Ind. Cathey, 15, shot a 36-hole 158 (79-79) for a two-shot win. Zach Botts of Jonesborough, also 15, was the boys’ state winner with a 143.
Baylor alumni load Dogwood
The prestigious Dogwood Invitational amateur tournament runs begins today at Knoxville’s Druid Hills Golf Club with no fewer than five former Baylor School standouts participating: Michael Morrison, Harris English, Ryan Thornton, Jay Vandeventer and Keith Mitchell. Vandeventer got in by tying for fourth place Monday in the qualifier with a 2-under-par 70.
Also qualifying Monday (at 71) was Hudson Keener, a former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga player from Northwest Whitfield High School who now stars for LaGrange College. He was a 2010 NCAA Division III All-American and the Georgia Cup player of the year from the state’s six Division III schools.
Ex-UTC player Ben Rickett from England also is in the Dogwood field, as are longtime Tennessee amateur star Danny Green of Jackson and English’s and Mitchell’s University of Georgia teammate Russell Henley, the Fred Haskins Award winner as the college player of the year. Henley is fresh off a 16th-place tie in the U.S. Open.
Holiday special at Lupton City
In honor of the Fourth of July weekend, all veterans and active military service personnel can play 18 holes Friday at Lupton City without charge, including cart use. Call 364-6947 for a tee time.