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UTICA FARM EQUIPMENT TEAM VICTORIOUS IN 20th ANNIVERSARY JOHN DEERE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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Teams Enjoy Four Days of Social and Competitive Events
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| The Utica team, sponsored by distributor Brian Kerry, consisted of Kerry, Thomas Charters (Superintendent) and Josef Coleman (General Manager), both from Bayview Golf & Country Club, Thornhill, Ontario, and Phil Patterson (Director) and Scott St. John (Superintendent), both from Prescott Golf Club, Prescott, Ontario. [From left to right: St. John, Coleman, Kerry, Charters, Patterson]
![The Utica team, sponsored by distributor Brian Kerry, consisted of Kerry, Thomas Charters (Superintendent) and Josef Coleman (General Manager), both from Bayview Golf & Country Club, Thornhill, Ontario, and Phil Patterson (Director) and Scott St. John (Superintendent), both from Prescott Golf Club, Prescott, Ontario. [From left to right: St. John, Coleman, Kerry, Charters, Patterson]](/en_US/newsroom/media/images/2006/releases/golfandturfprofessionals/worldchamps06.jpg) | |
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Cary, N.C. (July 26, 2006) — At the conclusion of two days and 36 holes of regulation play and international competition, two teams shared the lead at the 20th annual John Deere World Championship held at Reynolds Plantation, Lake Oconee, Ga., November 9-12.
The teams from Utica Farm Equipment of Port Perry, Ontario, and AA Equipment of Montclair, Calif., both finished with scores of 108, with several teams two strokes back. But it was the Utica team who ultimately earned the title, edging out AA Equipment in a closest-to-the-pin par-three shootout from 90 yards away.
"What a great conclusion to this year's tournament," said Cory Niehaus, tournament director. "This event marks two decades of international golf expertise and team collaboration, where John Deere distributors have the opportunity to form closer relationships with their customers. And the Ritz-Carlton at Reynolds Plantation was a perfect place to host the 20th anniversary event."
Each foursome competing in the tournament represented members of a typical golf course management team - superintendent, owner, manager, etc. - brought together to demonstrate a different set of skills on the golf course. A total of 44 teams from eight different countries vied for this year's title, narrowed from a field of more than 1,000 teams that competed at the local and regional levels to qualify for the Championship.
All Championship qualifiers were treated to a four-day celebration at Reynolds Plantation. In addition to the two days of golf, guests were treated to evening events at the exclusive on-site Ritz-Carlton Lodge, poolside cocktail receptions, and socials hosted by John Deere One Source partners Advanced Microbial Solutions, Carroll Childers Company, Howard Johnson's, Lucks Sales Group, Professional Turf Products, Signature Control Systems and Progressive Turf.
On the final evening, John Smoltz, a pitcher for the Atlanta Braves and Georgia philanthropist, gave the keynote address. Additionally, John Deere made donations to several superintendent organizations, including GCSAA and CGSA.
"This year's John Deere World Championship was the perfect opportunity to enjoy the relaxed social atmosphere of a first-class facility, exchange ideas about the industry and, most of all, play some serious golf." said Niehaus.
John Deere Golf & Turf One Source is a full-service platform providing a variety of products and services for golf course superintendents, owners, architects and management companies. Products - all available through a local John Deere distributor - include a wide selection of mowing, irrigation and maintenance equipment, as well as seed, fertilizer, fertigation, drainage, landscaping and accessory products from leaders in the industry.
As the official golf course equipment and One Source supplier to the PGA Tour, superintendents can count on John Deere to provide the tournament-level quality needed on today's golf courses. The John Deere organization is noted for more than 167 years of innovation, the highest quality products, and its product and operator safety initiatives.
For further information, the news media should call:
Bill Klutho, Manager, Public Relations
John Deere Worldwide Commercial &
Consumer Equipment Division
KluthoWilliamJ@JohnDeere.com
Phone: 919.804.2735
Fax: 919.804.2343
Editorial contact:
McGavock Edwards
The Catevo Group
JohnDeere@catevo.com
Phone: 919-877-0877
Fax: 919-877-0871
For general information, learn more
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