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Kevin Aylwin |
Kevin Aylwin went
wire-to-wire to defend his title in the Florida State Public
Links Championship at Hunter's Creek Golf Club in
Orlando on July 18-20.
Kevin Aylwin, of New Smyrna Beach, played steady golf to
post a tournament total of 6-under par 210 to win the 2008
Championship by three strokes. After firing a first round
5-under par 67, Aylwin recorded a 73 in the second round to lead
by two heading into the final round of play. “I didn’t miss a
fairway all first round,” said Aylwin. “It made it a lot easier
to get around the course.” In the final round, Aylwin made the
turn at 34 birdying holes five and eight. On the back nine,
Aylwin started with five consecutive pars, birdied 15 and made
bogey on 17, his only bogey of the day, to secure his second
Public Links Championship. “I really wanted to win,” said Aylwin.
“This win feels great.” In addition to the 2007 Public Links
Championship, Aylwin won last year’s Junior Match Play
Championship earning him Junior Player-of-the-Year honors. Most
recently, Aylwin, a University of North Florida golfer, advanced
to match play in the US Amateur Public Links and won the Two-Man
Shoot-Out in May.
Cameron Knight, from Dade City, jumped into second place
after firing a 66 in the final round, the low round of the
tournament. Combined with rounds of 75-72, Knight finished with
a 213 total. Kyle Cobb, from Tallahassee, took third
place shooting a 70 in the first round and a pair of 72’s the
final two days.
The Public Links Championship is open to bona fide public course
players who are not members of a private club and also do not
have a handicap index any higher than 6.4. Competitors played 18
holes of stroke play on each of the three days.
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