May 3, 2011

Team Georgia Tech Wins 2011 Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge

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 2011 Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament today at Reynolds Plantation outside Atlanta.

Georgia Tech held off a field of 11 other university teams of head coaches and celebrity alumni to take the $120,000 first-place prize in scholarship winnings. The combined scholarship purse amounted to $415,000.

After finishing second in last year's event, Team Georgia Tech led throughout the tournament and capped the round when Johnson holed a 17-foot downhill putt on 18 to finish at -11.

"Jon can hit that ball out there so far that you're close to a lot of greens and it gives you a chance to hit some shots," Johnson said following the round."

"Coach Johnson was absolutely awesome on the greens today. He was looking like Ben Crenshaw," Barry added. "We really appreciate the Chick-fil-A Bowl for having us out here today."

"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 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 final standings and scholarship winnings were as follows: