Sammy Rachels Surges Back After Back Surgeries
DeFuniak Springs native Sammy Rachels, once told he could not play competitive golf, returned to the tour after a corrective back operation. With 1983 his strongest year yet, he finished twice as a runner up and ranked 71st on the money list, crediting smarter play and Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort support, including a Pro Team Championship win with Paul Bergen.
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Jim Chitwood
Sammy Rachels
Rachels
DeFuniak Springs
Sandestin
Paul Bergen
Bergen
Bergen Rachels Win Dixie Pro Team Championship At Sandestin
Paul Bergen and Sammy Rachels won the PGA Dixie Section Pro Team Championship at Sandestin with a 36 hole total of 135 two under par to finish two ahead of Sandestin duo Lee Whitmire and Barney Thompson. Whitmire and Thompson shot 67 to close at 137.
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Rachels
PGA
Sandestin
Bergen
Lee Whitmire
Barney Thompson
Whitmire
Thompson
Clay Koschel
Jerry Kovich
David Zauchin
Marshall Phillips
Indian Bayou
Jim Ryan
Phillip Hancock
Seascape
Ric Jeffries
John Ramsey
Joyner Wins Low Net in Indian Bayou Ladies Golf
Ann Joyner of Destin earns the low net championship flight in Thursday’s Indian Bayou Country Club Ladies Golf Association play and takes a Thanksgiving turkey prize. Mae Ryan and Jeanette Webb place second and third. First Flight A crown goes to Robbie Dukes with Jo James second and Dorothy Hepner third. Joan Miller tops B Division with Helen Brough and Molly Murphy following. Second Flight winner Jo McFarland with Julia Bostwick and Donna Rhoda second and third. November 10 tee-to-tee winners list Abernathy Joyner Davis in Championship Flight and Dukes Hepner Buckwalter in First and Second Flights respectively.
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Ann Joyner
Destin
Indian Bayou Country Club
Joyner
Mae Ryan
Jeanette Webb
Robbie Dukes
Jo James
Dorothy Hepner
Joan Miller
Helen Brough
Molly Murphy
Jo McFarland
Julia Bostwick
Donna Rhoda
Tee-Toeen
L. Mary Abernathy
Tasia Davis
Trudy Buckwalter
Barbara Artabasy
Frances Craig
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Bert National Bank of Destin
Destin Express
First National Bank of Destin
P.O
Miracle Strip Parkway
Main, Destin
Florida
F.d.1.c
Don Egan
C.P.C.A
Harbour Square Hwy
Nationwide Insurance
Long Insurance Agency
Life Aetna Casualty & Surety Travelers Hartford Fire Insurance Co
North America
Chubb/Pacific Indemnity Group
Miracle Strip Pkvy
Walton Beach
Birdie
Charlie Anthony
Venture Tire
Kj's Tire & Brake
Snowbird
Loe
F.E.T
Pissa
Prici
Kor
Umma
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