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Indian Wells Insider - May 2016

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Mark Your Calendar! Troon ChallenGe reGional qualifier aT indian Wells T he regional qualifying tourna- ments for the 2016 Troon Chal- lenge have officially begun, with the regional qualifier at Indian Wells Golf Resort set to take place on Sunday, June 5. The friendly amateur tourna- ment will be held on the Celebrity Course with a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. The two winning teams, one gross and one net, will be eligible to partici- pate in the Troon Challenge National Finals on Sept. 10-11 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Participants will compete in a modified best-ball shamble, in which each player hits a tee shot and then plays their own ball in after selecting the best shot off the tee. The lower of the two scores is the team score for the hole. Cost to participate in the regional qualifier is $170 per two-person team ($160 for Troon cardholders), and that includes green fees, cart, practice balls, on-course contests, tee gifts, and prizes. T he 2016 Desert Two-Ball Chal- lenge, held April 15-17 at three top Coachella Valley courses, crowned champions in six divisions among 108 competing participants. The event featured two-player teams facing off in different formats at Troon Golf-managed desert properties – the Pete Dye Course at Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage, Classic Club in Palm Desert, and The Players Course at Indian Wells Golf Resort. "The 2016 Desert Two- Ball Challenge was a great success," said Mike Tebbetts, Director of Sales and Mar- keting at Indian Wells, "with a field that enjoyed competing at three great Coachella Valley courses." Winning teams included Joe beckerle and steve Ya- vorsky, who took first place in the gross division with a score of 206, while blake and al bertrand bested lance and James vick- ers for the runner-up spot in a cardoff after each team finished at 209. In the net division, Gino reopel and Joe larrivee won the title with a score of 175, while Paul Watson and steve Mathews finished a shot back at 176. ken Jeffrey and dave Thomson took third place with a score of 177. uP To The TesT! 108 players competed in this year's Desert Two-Ball Challenge > C L I C K H E R E T O L E A R N A B O U T T O U R N A M E N T S A N D E V E N T S AT I N D I A N W E L L S G O L F R E S O R T book a Tee TiMe TOURNAMENT NEWS CLICK TO REGISTER FOR THE TROON CHALLENGE EVENT

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