PZ Star Jason Moon
Outputts the Field for Tarheel Tour Win
14 Sep.
2005 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Jason Moon of Wake Forest birdied six
of the first 11 holes Wednesday and cruised to the victory in
the Tarheel Tour's Olde
Sycamore Open at Olde Sycamore Golf Club. Moon, a former All-American
at N.C. State, shot 65 to take home the $8,500 first-place check
with a 14-under total of 202. It was the second professional victory
for the 2003 Wolfpack graduate, and his first in a multi-day professional
tourney.
"It was my
day. I got up-and-down when I needed to and I holed some good
putts," said Moon, who celebrated with his mom, who is visiting
from Australia. "I shot 70 the first round, and the second day
I started feeling more comfortable in my ball-striking. Today,
I was firing on all cylinders." ΚΚΚ Moon's bogey-free round blew
away the competition on a windy afternoon.
Second-round
leader Erik Herberth of Cornelius finished runner-up to Moon.
Herberth's last-hole birdie gave him a 71 to secure second place
with a 206 total. He took home $4,300. Third place went to Aaron
Black of Aiken, S.C. The former USC-Aiken standout matched Moon
for the low round of the tournament by also firing 65. Black's
round was aided by four birdies over the last seven holes. His
207 total netted him a $2,500 payday.
Tour money
leader Matt Cannon of Huntersville and Pinehurst's David Sanchez
tied for fourth at 209 and earned $1,750 apiece. Cannon closed
with a two-under 70, while Sanchez shot even-par 72. ΚΚΚ There
was also a tie for sixth place as Justin Walters (67) and David
Siegel (71) finished at 210 and took home $1,250 each.
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Moon began
working with putting coach Geoff Mangum in May 2005 at the Wachovia
Championship in Charlotte. After his Olde Sycamore win, Moon went
on the next month to win again at the Cowans
Ford Open. After his Cowans Ford victory, Moon contacted Mangum
for a brief touch-up session to correct his difficulties with
the missed short putts. Mangum and Moon worked at the Country
Club of Whispering Pines in advance of Moon's try in the PGA Tour
Q-School first stage at Florence, SC. Moon advanced to the second
stage with a T6
finish, and now heads to McKinney, Texas for the second
stage competition beginning Novenber 9, 2005.
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Geoff Mangum
is widely recognized as the most knowledgeable and effective putting
coach in golf for professional players and elite amateurs. His
popular website, The PuttingZone.com, attracts over 75,000 visits
monthly from golf's top players and industry insiders and is the
top-ranked website in the world for putting. His first PGA Tour
student, Shaun Micheel, went from 160th in putting on Tour to
winning the 2003 PGA Championship on the strength of his putting
within two months of working with Mangum. His first developmental
tour pro, Blake Adams, fired a personal-best, course-record, event-record,
tour-record 62 the very next morning after a lesson with Geoff
and won his event running away from the field. Veteran golf instructors
have hailed him as a genius in golf instruction who knows more
about putting than anyone on the planet.
In the US,
Mangum operates his elite putting academy at Country Club of Whispering
Pines in the Pinehurst area and teaches lessons and clinics in
Pinehurst (at Whispering Pines and at Foxfire Resort), Asheboro
(Tot Hill Farm GC), Hickory (Hampton Heights GC), Charlotte (Renaissance
Park GC), Burlington / Graham (The Challenge GC), Greensboro (Bryan
Park), and outside Winston-Salem in Wallburg (Meadowlands GC).
He also travels extensively within the US. His International PuttingZone
Academies are now opening in Europe, with the first two in Yorkshire,
England, and in Hamburg, Germany.
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For more
information, visit Geoff Mangum's PuttingZone.com, http://puttingzone.com,
email him at geoff@puttingzone.com,
or call him directly at 336.340.9079.
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