Jack Burge Earns Player of The Year Honors at Golden Bear Golf Club In Windermere

Orlando, Fla. --- Jack Burge earned the Men’s Golf Association Player of the Year honors at the Golden Bear Golf Club in Windermere recently. Matthew Allen, general manager at the Golden Bear Club, said more than 100 members and guests were on hand for the annual dinner, dance and program. Allen said 2013 Champions Tour winner Bart Bryant was the featured speaker at the event, regaling fellow Golden Bear Club members with stories and anecdotes of tour life. Bryant and his wife, Cathy, joined the Golden Bear Club last spring. The Men’s Golf Association holds several tournaments throughout the year where golf members are flighted by their handicap and compete for points to become the winner of their respective flights, Allen explained. The three flight winners then play against each other in a final 18-hole stroke play event to determine the overall Player of the Year. The Player of the Year’s name is engraved on a trophy that is prominently displayed in the clubhouse and is recognized along with the other flight winners at the annual awards dinner. Burge won the Nicklaus flight, then the playoff over Palmer Flight leader Steve Clapp and Bruce Perreault, who won the Jones Flight.