2007 ASA Pro/Am Gainesville , FL Feb 2-4

The weekend at Florida to kick off the 2007 Pro/Am Tour was typical for the season opener and Goldtip shooters did exceptional. The new 14 ring format was extremely exciting and while everyone was kind of waiting around to see how it would affect the shooters, Gold Tip Staff manager Tim Gillingham was ready with a gameplan to win and hopefully get a big lead on “Shooter of the Year”. “ I knew I would catch everyone waiting to see if anyone would be shooting at the 14’s. Since Florida is typically a tournament where the yardages were a little shorter than average, I decided to shoot at every 14 under 35 yards and got off to a resounding start. I was 40 up on target 17 and ended up with a 5 and a 8 on the last three targets to finish with a ten point lead going into Sunday. The sneak attack was over and now everyone knew the 14 was in play.” It all ended on Sunday with one of the more dramatic shootoffs in ASA history where Gillingham had to hit a 14 on the final arrow for the win. 5 guys went into the final arrow shootoff. The two that hit 14’s finished 1st and 2nd. It’s definitely a new game!

With the new scoring and the amateurs shooting marked distance on Sunday, no one could take anything for granted and course management became a big part of the game. Below are the top three finishers shooting Goldtip arrows.

1st Men’s Pro Tim Gillingham

2nd Men’s Pro Colin Boothe

7th Men’s Pro Levi Morgan

1st Senior Pro Johnny Perhealth

9th Senior Pro Les Bressler

1st Semi Pro Art Brown

3rd Semi Pro Jake Balser

1st Senior Open Danny Byrd

2nd Senior Open Peter Swanson

1st Super Senior Butch Hall

2nd Super Senior Don Henry

1st Women’s Open Margie Carter

3rd Womens’s Open Donnie Phillips

3rd Senior Women Donzella Kumler

3rd Open A David Rosenbalm

2nd Unlimited Troy Dickens

2nd Hunter Andy Howard

2nd Young Adult Cody Thompson

1st Senior Eagle Matthaus Ayers

Great job shooters! We appreciate your hard work!