ORLANDO, Fla. --- An impromptu international tournament at Eagle Creek Golf Course recently pitted the touring Icelandic National Golf Team against a pickup team from the Premier Global Sports Academy (PGSA) that included members of the Korean Golf Tour, Asian Golf Tour and various mini tour players.
David Evangelista, general manager at Eagle Creek Golf Club organized the matchup with Scott Schmidtberger, director of golf at Eagle Creek, and Eagle Creek member Snorri Hjaltasson.
Each team fielded 10 golfers in a match play format, Evangelista said.
“It was a very even match until the very last hole,” Evangelista said. “Iceland’s top player sunk a 25-foot putt on the 18th hole for the win.”
The Icelandic National Team won six matches to four. Evangelista said the Icelandic team may have had a slight edge.
“The Icelandic National Team consists of the top junior players in the country and they play competitions all over the world,” according to Gene Garrote, president of Celebration Golf Management (CGM) who hosted the play. Celebration Golf Management has been operating Eagle Creek since March 2011 when it entered into a long-term lease agreement with the developers of Eagle Creek.
PGSA has partnered with CGM as its US base and Eagle Creek is the home golf club for their winter training camp and Kenny Nairn, executive vice president of CGM is the director of instruction for PGSA.
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