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2002 North Georgia Ryder Cup set to tee off Friday

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Posted 12:11PM on Thursday 23rd May 2002 ( 23 years ago )
The 9th Annual North Georgia Ryder Cup Matches will be held at the Chattahoochee Golf Club in Gainesville May 24th through May 26th. <br> <br> Play will begin on Friday at 8:36am. The event will last over three days with a format similar to that of the US/European Ryder Cup Matches. <br> <br> Team captains are Jeff Gay, Red Team and <br> Frank Calvert, Blue Team.<br> <br> Team participants are for the red team: Jeb Bates, Ricky Brown, Josh Bunch, Tom Calvert, Jim Foote, Jeff Gay, Sam Hulsey, Jay Jacobs, Randy Page, Mark Powell, Lee Rogers, Jeff Skorput and Dick Valentine.<br> <br> For the blue team: Kevin Brown, Frank Calvert<br> Jerry Coker, Bradley Dunckel, Daryl Dunckel<br> Carlton Forrester, Jason Griffith, Gerry Grogan<br> Dale Gross, Walter Hope, Mark Montgomery, Joe Turner and Jimbo Wilkins.<br> <br> Friday and Saturday morning matches will be fourball and the afternoon matches will be alternate shot. Sunday will consist of head to head single matches. Either team will need 25 1/2 points to win.<br> <br> The North Georgia Ryder Cup Organizing Committee selected all players and invitations were mailed in January. The event is always held Memorial Day weekend.<br> <br> During the Ryder Cup Matches the Chattahoochee Golf Club will not be closed it will have normal tee times around the Ryder Cup Matches.<br>

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