TO: Sports Desk
FROM: Larry Bush, Media Representative, 561-686-9287 or 561-685-2707, cell
SUBJECT: Minor League Golf Tour, game story
DATE: Jan. 16, 2006

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Jimmy Jones of Philadelphia fired a five under par 67 on six birdies and a bogey Monday for first place on the Minor League Golf Tour at the Estate course at PGA National. It was Jones' record 11th MLGT win. He earned $325.

Mike McNerney, formerly of Palm Beach Gardens but no longer playing mini-tour golf in South Florida, is second on the MLGT victory list with eight wins.

There were 21 starters Monday.

Next on the MLGT schedule: Jan. 20, Hammock Creek GC, Palm City, and Jan. 23, Winston Trails GC, Lake Worth. For information and entry, contact tournament director Jay Slazinski, 561-319-8460, or www.minorleaguegolf.com.


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

Jimmy Jones, Philadelphia, Pa., $325 34-33-67
Don Paul Corbin, Lexington, Ky., $280 34-35-69
Richard Terga, Miami, $200 37-35-72
Eric Cowles, Perry, Mich., $140 38-35-73
Blake Ellison, Great Britain, $140 37-36-73
A-Ira Saltzman, West Palm Beach, $140 38-35-73
Michael Smith, Australia, $65 35-39-74
Rusty Bacigalupi, San Francisco, Calif., $57.50 36-39-75
A-Kris Lim, Coral Springs, $57.50 39-36-75
Joe Cunningham, West Palm Beach, $50 39-37-76
Justin Goodhue, Glastonbury, Conn., $11.25 35-42-77
Matt Lindahl, Palm Beach Gardens, $11.25 37-40-77
Pat McCarthy, Gulfport, $11.25 38-39-77
Matt Sheftic, New Oxford, Pa., $11.25 37-40-77

A-Amateur, prize money listed awarded in merchandise certificate.