CLEVELAND GOLF / CLUB CAR
NTPGA MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Presented by Ashworth and KMG Marketing
Four Seasons Resort and Club - Irving, Texas
Monday, November 10 – Wednesday, November 12, 2008
DAY TWO RESULTS – ELLIOTT & JOHNS ADVANCE TO FINAL MATCH
IRVING, Texas – The final match of the Cleveland Golf / Club Car NTPGA Match Play Championship will feature the #23 seed Jamie Elliott versus the #8 seed Travis Johns.
Elliott, the director of instruction at Bridlewood Golf Club in Flower Mound, will try to recapture the title as Cleveland Golf / Club Car NTPGA Match Play Champion for the third time in the last four years. Elliott defeated the #2 seed Perry Arthur, teaching professional at Sherrill Park Golf Course, 5 & 4 in the quarter-finals matches this morning. In the afternoon semi-final match, Elliott defeated #19 seed Britt Patton, head golf professional at Dallas National Golf Club, 3 & 2.
Johns, assistant golf professional at Preston Trail Golf Club, defeated the #16 seed Jeff Hughes, assistant golf professional at Twin Rivers Golf Club, 4 & 3 in the quarter-final matches this morning. His afternoon semi-final match proved challenging but he was able to defeat the #5 seed Bruce Smith, assistant golf professional at Fazio at Stonebriar, 1 up after a tightly contested match.
The Cleveland Golf / Club Car NTPGA Match Play Championship is being contested November 10-12 at Four Seasons Resort and Club (TPC) in Irving, Texas, a 7,166 yard, par 70 layout. The top 32 players on the final 2008 Cleveland Golf / Club Car NTPGA Player of the Year Points Challenge were invited to compete in the season-ending major championship. Quarter-final matches will be played on Tuesday morning with the semi-final matches following in the afternoon. The final match will be played on Wednesday morning, with the eventual champion taking home $4,000.00 of the $34,400.00 purse.
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