congrats dad!!

Here is an article from the UGA.org website about my dad!! He has golfed as long as I can remember and has worked hard for this I am so proud that he won it!

May 23, 2008 Probst Ousts Marriott, Bachman for Senior Title Bill Probst won the 15th and 16th holes to defeat Rob Bachman 2 and 1 to capture the 2008 UGA Senior Match Play Championship that concluded at River Oaks Golf Course Friday afternoon. Hal Hintze also gained a 2 and 1 victory over Randy Darrohn to win the Net Division of the tournament. For Probst, who hails from Midway and is a member of the UGA Board of Directors, it was the biggest win of his golfing career.

He has worked hard on his game and is especially adept at the chipping and putting.“The turning point in the match came when I was able to pull off that chip shot on 14,” he said. On the short par four hole he hit his drive to the right of the green, it landed on the cart path and ended up 20 yards past the green behind some high trees.

He hit a beautiful, high arching shot over the trees, onto the two-tiered green, and the ball, after nearly coming to rest on the top tier, trickled down to within eight feet of the hole. It enabled him to tie the hole and keep the match even. On the 15th hole he chipped to within six inches for a gimme par and won the hole when Bachman bogied giving Probst a one hole lead.On the 16th hole Probst hit his best approach shot of the day to about 10 feet from the hole and Bachman missed the green short and right.

Bachman chipped and two-putted for a bogey and Probst upped the lead to two.On the 17th hole Bachman worried that his tee shot may have bounced into the water hazard and was about to play a provisional ball, but Probst, in a gesture of good sportsmanship, reminded him that if he hit the provisional ball it would, under the rules, become the ball in play, which would have had the effect of a stroke and distance penalty.

Probst advised him to see if the ball was in the hazard without hitting the provisional, and sure enough, the ball was not in the hazard. It turned out not to matter as they both made par saving putts to halve the hole, making Probst the champion.

UGA Senior Match Play Championship

Semifinal Results Gross Division

Bill Probst def. Brent Marriott, 4 and 3

Rob Bachman def. Win Young, 4 and 2

Net Division

Randy Darrohn def. Michael Johanson, 3 and 2

Hal Hintze def. Ted Jordan, 4 and 3

Final Results

Gross Division Bill Probst def. Rob Bachman, 2 and 1

Net Division

Hal Hintze def. Randy Darrohn, 2 and 1