Sunny Kim wins the West Palm Beach City Championship Pro Division
Greg DeForest and Aaron Sherry tie for second 3 shots back at 134
Sunday, February 21, 2016

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Sunny Kim from Queens, NY finished strong with 5 birdies on the final nine holes to win the Professional Division of the West Palm Beach City Championship. Kim entered the final round 2 shots behind overnight leader Carl McCauley. Sunny made a birdie and a bogey on the front nine but then pulled ahead with his 5-under par 32 on the final nine holes. Kim's 36 hole total of 131 (64-67) was good for a 3 shot victory over 2 players.

This was Kim's 41st victory on the Minor League Golf Tour. He earned $5,000 from the $20,025 purse raising his career earnings to $171,528.

Chris DeForest from Daniel Island, SC and Aaron Sherry from Ft. Myers, FL tied for 2nd at 10-under par 134. Both players had make-able eagle putts on the par 5 18th hole to get to 11 under par and apply pressure to Kim but both narrowly missed and tapped in for birdie.

There was 1 skin out each day worth $500 each. On day 1 Adam Hart made birdie on the difficult par 3 seventh hole. On day 2 Mitchell Gregson made birdie on the par 4 15th hole. Click on any of the $ signs under the skins column for the hole by hole skin results.

Sunny Kim

The West Palm Beach City Championship has been around for decades but the Professional Division fell by the wayside until WPB Golf Club's Head Professional Judy Dickinson met with the Minor League Golf Tour during the summer of 2015 and decided that the MLGT would conduct the Professional Division of the WPB City Championship. Thank you to all the professionals that came out to support this great tournament and the MLGT looks forward to a long relationship with this historic event.

WPB City Championship

West Palm Beach Golf Club hosted the PGA Tour's West Palm Beach Open in the 1950's and 60's. A few of the past champions include Arnold Palmer, Gay Brewer, and Gardner Dickinson.


Carl McCauley ties course record of 62, leads by 2 shots
Chris DeForest and Sunny Kim are tied for 2nd after opening rounds of 64

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Carl McCauley from Parkland, FL made 8 birdies and an eagle to tie the course record of 62 at West Palm Beach Golf Club Saturday during the first round of the West Palm Beach City Championship Professional Division.

The other owner of the course record is Minor League Golf Tour member Mike Kartrude. Kartrude shot 62 during the Palm Beach County Golf Association Public Links tournament in 2010 when he was an amateur. He turned professional in 2013 and has won 4 times on the MLGT.

Chris DeForest from Kingston, NY and Sunny Kim from Queens, NY both fired 8-under par rounds of 64 and sit just 2 shots behind McCauley heading into Sunday's final round.

WPB City Championship Pro Division

Payout 40%. 7:24am Day 1, 11:00am Day 2. $5,000 1st Place Professional Division @ 45 players. $3k 1st Guaranteed

Event Details

Start: 2/20/2016
Rounds: 2

Players: 45
Entry: $590
Purse: $20025

Event Photos
Day 2 Pictures

131 - Sunny Kim (64-67) - $5,000

West Palm Beach Golf Club
7001 Parker Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL  33405
www.wpalmbeachgc.com

(561) 822-1591

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Tournament Results Scoring Details

Score Player Amount Total
(131)  64 67 Sunny Kim1 $5,000.00$5,000.00
(134)  64 70 Chris DeForest T2 $2,000.00$2,000.00
(134)  68 66 Aaron SherryT2 $2,000.00$2,000.00
(135)  62 73 Carl McCauley4 $1,300.00$1,300.00
(136)  67 69 Pat WilsonT5 $1,106.25$1,106.25
(136)  68 68 Mitchell GregsonT5 $1,106.25$1,606.25
(136)  68 68 Adam HartT5 $1,106.25$1,606.25
(136)  70 66 Justin Martinson T5 $1,106.25$1,106.25
(137)  68 69 Jordan Elsen (a) T9 $785.00$785.00
(137)  69 68 Blake MorrisT9 $785.00$785.00
(137)  69 68 Sam Ryder T9 $785.00$785.00
(137)  70 67 Peter Ballo T9 $785.00$785.00
(137)  70 67 Russell Budd T9 $785.00$785.00
(139)  69 70 Sang Lee 14 $400.00$400.00
(140)  71 69 Daniel Obremski T15 $275.00$275.00
(140)  72 68 Austin Powell (a)T15 $275.00$275.00
(141)  68 73 Mookie DeMossT17 $85.00$85.00
(141)  69 72 Jeff BronkemaT17 $85.00$85.00
(141)  70 71 Jacob EggersT17 $85.00$85.00
(141)  72 69 Greg ReillyT17 $85.00$85.00
(141)  74 67 Terry BurkeT17 $85.00$85.00
(142)  68 74 David Sanders $0.00$0.00
(142)  71 71 Brendan Lemp $0.00$0.00
(142)  73 69 Olin Browne Jr. $0.00$0.00
(142)  74 68 Zach Steffen $0.00$0.00
(143)  76 67 Will Coleman $0.00$0.00
(144)  71 73 Turner Southey-Gordon $0.00$0.00
(145)  70 75 Daniel McGurk $0.00$0.00
(145)  72 73 Brian Fister $0.00$0.00
(145)  73 72 David M. Smith $0.00$0.00
(146)  70 76 Philipp Muller $0.00$0.00
(147)  72 75 Justin Bryant $0.00$0.00
(147)  72 75 Alex Rosen $0.00$0.00
(148)  75 73 Ed Carnes $0.00$0.00
(148)  75 73 Scott Battiste $0.00$0.00
(150)  72 78 David Wetterich $0.00$0.00
(151)  75 76 Bobby Fox $0.00$0.00
(151)  76 75 Jeff Cohen $0.00$0.00
(151)  78 73 Victor Leoni $0.00$0.00
(151)  79 72 Daniel Kayne (a) $0.00$0.00
(154)  75 79 Gus Abbruzzese $0.00$0.00
(173)  81 92 Ryan Miller $0.00$0.00
76 Jimmy Lytle $0.00$0.00
DNF DNFMichael Wolf $0.00$0.00
       

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