Jeremy McGatha once again claimed the top spot in the annual Dub Ellis Memorial Invitational Golf Tournament held over the weekend.
McGatha is a three-time winner of the event, garnering individual championships in 2009, 2012, and now, 2014; he set the Invitational Scoring Record in 2009 with a two-day 14-under par total of 128 (62/66).
WEIS Radio’s Kurt Duryea spoke with McGatha following his latest victory
Jeremy McGatha sticks his approach on 18 within 3 feet of the stick from a little over 100 yards.
2014 Dub Ellis Invitational Champion Jeremy McGatha rolls in his birdie putt on 18
Bo Abney (first day leader – on left) shakes hands with 2014 Dub Ellis Invitational Champion Jeremy McGatha while Matt Rogers looks on
[Photos by Kurt Duryea]
DUB ELLIS MEMORIAL INVITATIONAL
Championship flight
1st Jeremy McGatha 66-70—136
2nd Skyler Dennis 71-68—139 (Dennis won playoff over Calvert on 18)
3rd Chad Calvert 71-68—139
4th Matt Rogers 67-73—140
5th Kenneth Patterson 70-71—141
Bo Abney 63-79—142
Clay Calkins 72-72—144
Stephen Keen 72-73—145
Brad Crowe 71-75—146
Jaylon Ellison 71-75—146
David Martin 71-76—147
Sid Garrett 72-77—149
David Garrett 67-WD
First flight
1st Jake Minnix 74-68—142 (Scorecard playoff)
2nd Jon Bailey 74-68—142
3rd Clay Stephenson 73-71—144
4th Ty Cole 70-75—145 (Scorecard playoff)
5th Wayne Garrett 73-72—145
Hal Lamb 75-70—145
Byron Reed 74-72—146
Nick Pollard 75-72—147
Lee Morgan 73-75—148
Eric Abernathy 73-76—149
Shawn Wigley 74-80-154
Kaleb Kines 75-80—155
Tim Hill 75-81—156
Grant Hockman 74-83—157
Dawson Garrett 75-87—158
Second flight
1st Jeremy Rieger 76-72—148
2nd Eddie Robertson 77-73—150
3rd Scott Hays 77-77—152
4th Johnny Bentley 76-77—153
5th Terry Adams 77-77—154
Kim Nichols 78-77—155
Beau Gammage 76-80—156
Looney Atkinson 78-82—160
Doug East 76-85—161
TJ McGatha 78-83—161
Tim Gamble 78-84—162
Third flight
1st Brady Garrett 79-74—153
2nd Billy Mack Garrett 79-76—155 (Scorecard playoff)
3rd Mike Granato 79-76—155
5th Casey McGinnis 79-78—157
Sean Webb 79-80—159
Robin Wood 80-79—159
Adam Lawrence 80-79—159
Ted Heim 79-81—160
Kurt Duryea 79-82—161
Trai West III 79-82—161
Wendell Pruitt 79-83—162
Carson Garrett 80-82—162
Jeff Woodall 80-83—163
Gary Martin 79-86—165
Scotty McFry 80-88—168
Jeremy Willis 79-WD
Fourth flight
(One-day shootout)
1st Alex Russell 38-41—79 (Scorecard playoff)
2nd Jeffrey Lindsey 42-37—79
3rd Ricky Hairston 39-41—80
4th Brad Coley 41-40—81
5th Howard Mackey 41-41—82
Steve Baker 39-45—84
Colby Abernathy 43-41—84
Larry Haynes 42-43—85
Phillip Hicks 42-44—86
Tommy Collins 41-46—87
Paul Gentry 42-46—88
Ricky Young 44-45—89
Caden Garrett 44-47—91
Randy Kelley 40-52—92
Thomas Russell 45-48—93