Tom Moran chips and putts his way to Skills Challenge win
Tom Moran, a 4-time winner on Tour, sank 3 of 5 putts in the final event of the 2010 Skills Challenge to secure the $75 win. Moran was first in the bunker shot (event #3), 2nd in the 5-yard chip (event #4) and 3rd in both the 40-yard pitch and the 12′ putt events. He finished with 36 points from the 7-events – 2 strokes more than Erik Meland.
Meland won the 5-yard chip event and also made 3 of 5 putts in the final event allowing him to jump over Rick Persichetti for 2nd place. The Tour’s President collected the $50 2nd place check. Persichetti and Art Wakeford each finished with 33 points but “Perch” won the tie breaker for 3rd place by getting closer to the hole with one putt from 60′. He took the check for 3rd place ($25).
Thom Bales finished 5th (30 points) with last year’s Skills champ Greg Kline taking 6th (24). The rest of the field included Jon Heikkinen (14 points), Kelly Arnold (11) and Tim Jakubowski (11).