Keith Burdette qualifies for Chattanooga Classic

Keith Burdette (Harrison) finished at –2 under par, 70 to earn one of the three spots in the field in the Chattanooga Classic in Tennessee Section PGA qualifying. He did so with 4 birdies on the back 9 holes. Keith Kail (Olive Branch, MS) carded 5 birdies on his way to shooting a –1 under par, 71 in today’s qualifier. Tied for 3rd place was Patrick Christovich (Nashville) and Virgil Herring (Nashville). These two had to go to a sudden death playoff to determine who received the third qualifying spot. Patrick was –3 under par through 6 holes but then had a double and a quadruple bogey to end up +3 at the turn. However, Patrick had 3 birdies on the back 9 to get back to even par for the day. Virgil had the most birdies in the field with 7 birdies, he also had a quadruple bogey to end up tied with Patrick in the third spot. Those two went to the second playoff hole where Patrick stuck his tee shot about 5 feet on the par 3 11th hole and knocked in the birdie put to receive the final qualifying spot.

Virgil will be the first alternate in case one of the three qualifiers can not make the field for some reason. Receiving the second alternate spot was Kelvin Burgin (Crossville) who beat out fellow Bear Trace professional Rob Hessing (Selmer) on the first playoff hole after they each shot +1 over par during the round.