May 4, 2011
South Carolina head football coach Steve Spurrier and former Gamecock great Sterling Sharpe shot a seven-under-par 65, to tie for third place at the 2011 Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament, held Tuesday at Reynolds Plantation outside Atlanta. Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson and former Ramblin’ Wreck basketball star Jon Barry combined to shoot an 11-under-par 61 to win the event.
The Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge featured pairings that included a university head coach and a celebrity or former athlete from the same school competing in a scramble format against other university teams from the ACC and SEC. The 12-team field took home a combined scholarship purse of $415,000.
“We had a spectacular day on the golf course today and this incredible group of coaches and celebrities represented their universities in a first-class way,” said Gary Stokan, Chick-fil-A Bowl president and CEO. “But the privilege was all ours in being able to give so much back to these great schools and great competitors.”
The final standings and scholarship winnings were as follows:
Team Score Winnings Georgia Tech (Paul Johnson / Jon Barry) -11 $120,000
Tennessee (Derek Dooley / Stanley Morgan) -8 $60,000
Ole Miss (Houston Nutt / Wesley Walls) -7 $40,000
South Carolina (Steve Spurrier / Sterling Sharpe) -7 $40,000
Virginia Tech (Frank Beamer / Dell Curry) -7 $40,000
Clemson (Dabo Swinney / Steve Fuller) -6 $25,000
Wake Forest (Jim Grobe / Riley Skinner) -5 $20,000
Miami (Al Golden / Gino Terretta) -4 $15,000
Alabama (Nick Saban / Chris Mohr) -3 $10,000
Maryland (Randy Edsall . Stan Gelbaugh) -3 $10,000
Miss. State (Dan Mullen / Fred McCrary) -3 $10,000
NC State (Tom O’Brien / Torry Holt) +1 $10,000
In addition to the $415,000 scholarship purse, an additional $135,000 was donated to Chick-fil-A’s WinShape Homes, a long-term foster care program. The Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge is a significant contributor to the Chick-fil-A Bowl’s overall annual charitable and scholarship donations.
In total, $632,000 was donated in charity and scholarship including the Chick-fil-A Bowl’s decision to add an additional $70,000 to help aid the storm victims in Alabama. Over the last five years, the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge has awarded $2.5 million in charitable and scholarship contributions.
The tournament was taped by ESPN for broadcast in the fall. It will air on Aug. 6 at noon and Dec. 31 at 11 a.m. on ESPN-2.
Past winners: 2010 Florida State (Fisher/Buckley /-7), 2009 South Carolina (Spurrier/Sharpe / -12, playoff winners), 2008 South Carolina (Spurrier/Sharpe / -12), 2007 Virginia Tech (Beamer/Dell Curry / -10).
For more information on the event, visit www.Chick-fil-ABowlChallenge.com.
