Whitepath takes home John Deere Int'l title

Golf Course News, Jan 2002

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - The Whitepath Golf Club team from Ellijay, Ga., placed first in the fifteenth annual John Deere International Team Championship Golf Tournament posting a two day total of 102. The event was held here Nov. 15-18 on the Talon and Raptor golf courses at Grayhawk Golf Club.

A total of 35 teams from across the United States, Canada, Germany and Australia competed in the final event. This was the first year that teams from outside North America participated in the tournament.

As part of the tournament, John Deere contributed $30 for each of the teams competing at the local tournaments to either the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America's "Investing in the beauty of golf' campaign, the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association scholarship fund, or the German and Australian superintendents associations. The company gave more than $28,000 this year.

Members of the winning team from Whitepath Golf Club were: Tony Smith, club manager; Tim Land, club president; Mike Brumby, superintendent; Lonnie Reece, golf professional; and Dane Hanger, representative of John Deere distributor, Georgia Turf & Tractor of Alpharetta, Ga.