PANAMA CITY (AP) — Fran Quinn won the Panama Championship for his fourth career Nationwide Tour title, shooting a 1-over 71 for a two-stroke victory over Brian Smock. Quinn had a tournament-record 15-under 265 total at Panama Golf Club. "I made it interesting for everyone," said Quinn, the 44-year-old Massachusetts native who took a five-stroke lead into the final round. "I've never had a big lead like that before and I just put it on cruise control instead of trying to keep making birdies." Smock closed with a 67. Tommy Gainey (67) finished third at 10 under, and Kevin Chappell (67), D.J. Brigman (69), Marco Dawson (70), Mark Anderson (72) and Argentina's Julio Zapata (73) tied for fourth, seven strokes behind Quinn. Quinn opened with rounds of 66, 66 and 62, then held on as the wind picked up in 90-degree heat Sunday. "I started out and just striped it," Quinn said. "I played really well the first seven holes, but missed four putts inside of 6 to 8 feet. I missed putts and duffed a chip on a par 5. I felt like I could have been 4 under at that point but was 2 over. I think I held onto the steering wheel a little too tight." Smock was the only player to put any real heat on Quinn. "When someone has a lead like that, the only thing you can do is to try and apply some pressure," Smock said. "You can't make bogeys out here. If you do you just make it easier on him. I think I was four shots back starting the back nine and I thought if I could shoot 3-under I might have a chance." Quinn, who finished No. 25 on the Nationwide Tour money list last year to earn a PGA Tour card, will return to the big tour next week for the Honda Classic.









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To all Members: Tuesday Jan. 22nd at 0830 hours will be the first AGSP Tournament for 2008 at Summit. Cost is $35 and includes Fee, Cart and Lunch plus prizes. Kindly register with Summit, you may pay them direct or effect payment the day of the event. Best regards, Jovan Vukelja, President
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The 2007 Movistar Panama Championship will be held from January 25 - 28 at the
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The date for the Panama senior golf association tournament has been changed to Thursday, 14 September (old date Wed. 13th September). This will be a special 1-year celebration for our association with lunch and special prizes. Don’t miss it! All other details remain the same. Next PSGA Tournament Summit Golf & Resort Thursday, 14 September, Shotgun 8:00 a.m. $30.00 includes green fee & cart. Lunch and Special Prizes! Entries at Summit Pro Shop before 6 p.m. Monday 11 September Late entries $5.00 additional
By: Bob Askew - The Panama Senior Golf Association will be holding their monthly golf tournament on Wednesday, 23 August 2006 starting at 8:00 am. The cost is $30.00 and includes a golf cart and green fees. To sign up please contact Flor at
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Good news! We have a tentative PSGA event scheduled for next Tuesday Mar. 14, 7:30 AM at Club de Golf (Cerro Viento). We are still negotiating final terms, but it looks like a go for $25 each player, includes green fee and cart. You will have to buy your own lunch! Please stand by, I will be sending the enrollment form that you will need to fill in to be part of this event. New members will be able to join the PSGA at this event by paying the annual $25 PSGA membership fee. We just concluded the meeting of the PSGA organizing committee and will follow with further instructions. Kevin. (next) The MONTHLY PSGA tournament will be played next Tuesday 7:30am, March 14th at the Panama Golf Course (Club de Golf). Please confirm your participation today by replying to this email. We need to confirm the number of PSGA players by Sunday.
Surrounded by Panama's exotic flora and fauna of the region, and tucked up against virgin rain forest, the Summit Golf & Resort Championship golf course is a paradise of elegance mixed with comfort for the enjoyment of all the visitors. The course is located close to Panama City in the Republic of Panama in Central America. The course was originally opened in 1934 for the enjoyment of the administrators, managers and engineers responsible for the operation of the Panama Canal. The course has been completely designed and renovated to World Class standards, and is now the best golf course in Panama. Summit Golf & Resort is strategically located on the East bank of the Panama Canal on the Gaillard Highway, and is only an easy 20-minute drive from downtown Panama City.
(by: Kevin Bradley)Surprising the favored Guatemalan team, the Panama Senior Golf contingent were victorious at the LXIII Campeonato de Golf Interclubes de Centroamérica in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Led by Captain Carlos Chamorro, the Panama team of Arturo Tapia, Robert Askew, Roberto Vallarino, Ramon Ubben, Ramon Raul Delgado, Alberto Villageliou and Jovan Vukelja, overcame the wet conditions and unfamiliar venue and brought home top honors. The Golf course, Club Campestre La Lima, Honduras is a par 72, playing 6,451 yards from the Blue tees and 6,126 yards from the White tees. While not a short course, multitude of "zanjas" very deep and wide ditches that were part of the drainage system of a banana plantation, created a high level of difficulty for approach shots. The five Central American nations each had a team consisting of 8 players. The first two days the Panama team Captain spread the players in the groups at random, the last two days the groups were paired in accordance with their medal performance. Scoring system called for the 6 players in each group to share a total of 30 points amongst them with the worst score getting zero points, a "machetero" system in which low scores got 10, 8 6, 4 and 2 points. Guatemala, who traditionally wins the senior tournament was shocked at the end when Panama beat them by 12 points overall. Our Senior golfers won nice trophies for individual effort and the team brought home a huge Peruvian silver cup. (
New Zealand golfers drew a blank when the second-tier Nationwide Tour ushered in the new season. The season-opening Movistar Panama Championship ended yesterday in Panama with no New Zealander in sight after all four missed the second-round cut. The second-round cut was made at two-over 142, one better than managed by three New Zealanders, while a fourth, Phil Tataurangi, was well off the pace. Michael Long shot 68 and 75, Tim Wilkinson 73 and 70, and Grant Waite 75 and 68 to share 70th place. Tataurangi blew his chances with an opening 77 but at least had the satisfaction of improving by four strokes in the second round. 