Team of Brown & Henry Lead After Round One of the The Ratliff Group & O’Brien Architects Pro-Pro Championship
Taylor Coffelt • August 31, 2020
RICHARDSON, Texas
– After Round One of The Ratliff Group & O’Brien Architects Pro-Pro Championship, the team of Christopher Brown and J.J. Henry is in the lead. With a bogey-free round, 9 birdies and one eagle, Brown and Henry carded an impressive 11-under-par, 61, for the day. Brown and Henry are PGA Members who spend their working days on the PGA TOUR. Brown caddies throughout the season, and Henry has been playing on TOUR since 2001.
Sitting three shots back of the leaders is the father-son duo of Greg and Jon Antunes. Greg, PGA Life Member, and Jon, PGA director of instruction at Heart of Texas Golf Academy, finished their day with no bogeys, as well as three birdies and two eagles, for a round of 8-under-par, 64. They will tee off tomorrow with Brown and Henry at 10:05 a.m. off of hole #1.
Again this year, the Championship has a Senior Division, with 14 of the 58 participating teams paired together who are aged 50 or older. These teams are competing for a separate $7,850 purse and playing at modified yardages. Brothers Dick and Jack Goetz, PGA Life Members, currently sit atop the Senior Division Leaderboard at 9-under-par, 63. They will tee off tomorrow at 8:45 p.m. off of hole #10.
The Four-Ball Stroke Play Northern Texas PGA major championship features a field of 58 two-person teams comprised of PGA Members and Associates competing at Sherrill Park Golf Course - Course #1, a par 72, 7,031-yard facility located in Richardson. The Open Division is competing for $24,900 of the $35,000 overall Championship purse.
Due to impending inclement weather, Round Two of The Ratliff Group & O’Brien Architects Pro-Pro Championship will begin with a double tee start off of holes #1 and #10. Tee times run from 7:45 a.m. to 10:05 a.m.
The Ratliff Group & O’Brien Architects Pro-Pro Championship is presented by Adventures In Golf, AT&T Byron Nelson, Callaway Golf, Columbia Golf, E-Z-GO, Golf ScoreCards, Inc., Lorente Golf, and Perry Weather.
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