TO: Sports Desk
FROM: Larry Bush, Media Representative, 561-686-9287, or 561-685-2707, cell
SUBJECT: Minor League Golf Tour, game story
DATE: Nov. 2, 2005


PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Lee Rinker of Jupiter fired a six under par 66 on Wednesday to win his first start on the Minor League Golf Tour. The head professional at Emerald Dunes in West Palm Beach, Rinker made six birdies on the Estate course at PGA National, at Nos. 2, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 13. He earned $300.

This was the MLGT's first event since Hurricane Wilma struck Oct. 24. Three tournaments are scheduled next week: Nov. 7, Florida Club, Stuart; Nov. 9, Sandridge GC, Vero Beach; and Nov. 10-11, Hammock Creek GC, Palm City. For information and entry, call Jay Slazinski, 561-319-8460, or go to www.minorleaguegolf.com.


Minor League Golf Tour
PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Estate course, 6,700 yards, par 72

Lee Rinker, Jupiter, $300 32-34-66
Steve Scott, Royal Palm Beach, $230 35-33-68
A-Chappell Brown, West Palm Beach, $200 34-35-69
Richard Terga, Miami, $115 35-35-70
Rusty Bacigalupi, San Francisco, Calif., $50 35-38-73
Sam Spector, Boca Raton, $50 36-37-73
Lou DeKerillis, Palm Beach Gardens, $17.50 37-37-74
A-Tim Steirin, Palm Beach Gardens, $17.50 37-37-74

A-Amateur; money listed awarded in gift certificates