Studebaker Captures National Car Rental Northern Texas Assistant PGA Professional Championship
Taylor Coffelt • August 10, 2020
FORT WORTH, Texas
– David Studebaker, assistant professional at Cross Timbers Golf Course, captured the National Car Rental Northern Texas Assistant PGA Professional Championship by one stroke over Thomas Devanna, PGA assistant professional at Tangle Ridge Golf Course, and James Bolton, assistant professional at Dallas Country Club. Studebaker carded rounds of 73-67–140, 2-under-par to capture his second Northern Texas PGA Assistant Championship title and Northern Texas PGA individual major championship. He took home a $900 check for his victory.
“It’s been 20 years!” Studebaker exclaimed after his win. “I got out of the golf business and then came back in, so my game hasn’t been quite what I wanted it to be, but I really worked quite hard on it this year and put the extra practice in and trusted it today. I finally got it going and hit a lot of great tee shots and was hitting the driver well and that gave me the confidence to play this golf course.”
Studebaker will lead two other assistant professionals from the Northern Texas Section to compete November 12-15 in the 44th National Car Rental Assistant PGA Professional Championship. The two additional assistants joining him will be Devanna and Bolton. PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida will host the Championship.
Begun in 1977, the National Car Rental Assistant PGA Professional Championship is modeled after the PGA Professional Championship, with a field of 132 PGA Professionals and Associates who advanced through 41 Section Championships conducted from May through October this year. If eligibility is met and maintained, the champion earns a berth in the 54th PGA Professional Championship being played in the spring of 2021 at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, FL.
The National Car Rental Northern Texas Assistant PGA Professional Championship was conducted by the Northern Texas PGA Section and was supported by Srixon / Cleveland Golf / XXIO / ASICS , John Deere and PGA TOUR. The Championship was conducted August 10 at Mira Vista Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, a 6,919-yard, par 71 layout. A field of 54 assistant golf professionals competed for a share of the $7,000 purse and were attempting to qualify for the National Championship.
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