TO: Sports Desk
FROM: Larry Bush, Media Representative, 561-686-9287
SUBJECT: Minor League Golf Tour, game story
DATE: June 19, 2006

PALM BEACH GARDENS - Chad Kurmel of Margate earned his first Minor League Golf Tour title Monday with a three under par 69 on the Estate course at PGA National. An assistant professional at Stonebridge Country Club in Boca Raton, Kurmel overcame bogies at the third and 10th holes with birdies at Nos. 5, 7, 11, 14 and 15.

It was the fifth straight MLGT tournament in which the winning score was 69.

The 40th event of the MLGT's third season drew 28 starters.

Following a three-week spring break, the MLGT resumes July 10 at Hammock Creek Golf Club in Palm City. For information and entry, call tournament director Jay Slazinski, 561-319-8460 or 561-746-9585, or go to www.minorleaguegolf.com.

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

Chad Kurmel, Margate, $400 35-34-69
Jason Powell, Loudon, Tenn., $275 36-34-70
David Von Hoffman, Palm Beach Gardens, $275 36-34-70
Charlie Gantz, Palm Beach Gardens, $225 36-35-71
Lloyd Warwick, Miami, $200 38-34-72
Rusty Bacigalupi, Delray Beach, $96.66 38-35-73
Greg Douglas, Cooper, Texas, $96.66 37-36-73
Joe Shaktman, Coral Springs, $96.66 35-38-73
Will Burnitz, Jupiter, $50 38-36-74
A-Erik Downs, West Palm Beach, $50 38-36-74
Kevin Pallone, West Palm Beach, $50 35-39-74
Scott Simmons, Palm Beach Gardens, $50 36-38-74
Adam White, Okeechobee, $50 38-36-74
Tug Maude, Wayne, Pa., $8.75 39-36-75
A-Ira Saltzman, West Palm Beach, $8.75 38-37-75
Michael Santangelo, Delray Beach, $8.75 39-36-75
Dean Stokes, Jacksonville, $8.75 36-39-75
A-Amateur; money listed awarded in merchandise certificate.