Jeremy Moe, right, receives the John Shippen Cup from host pro Mike Stevens at the 2020 U.S. Professional Hickory Championship.
Feb. 24, 2020, Temple Terrace., Fla. –
Boca Raton, Fla. golf professional Jeremy Moe, a four-time U.S. Hickory Open champion, captured his second consecutive U.S. Professional Hickory Golf Championship and the John Shippen Cup. His 72 bested the field by five shots. The course played its usual tough challenge as only five pros managed to score in the 70s. Dylan Malafronte finished second with 77.
Eddie Peckels was also in good form, firing a 73 to become the first player to win both the professional championship (2015) and now the amateur crown. Peckels wins the trophy named for Oscar Bunn, a Shinnecock Indian who played in the first U.S. Open in 1895. The U.S. Hickory Amateur Championship is sponsored by United States Golf Teachers Federation.
In the Heritage division, Scott Bowles brought his “A” game to the course, scoring a net 65 to take the top prize.
In the Mike Stevens Challenge, contested the day before the U.S. Pro & Amateur, four teams battled for the “Spirit of Hickory” trophy.
In a playoff, after both teams posted 122, Bob Boss, Pat Sheffield, Rober Propper, and Patrick Potter outlasted Mark Hollingsworth, Steve Haigler, Kirby Wilson, and Jim Antos in a playoff.
Following were the teams of Mike Tracy, Earl Hines, and Beth and James Chambers at 129; and Mike Stevens, Scott Bowles, Rosemary Pabst, and Dave Dunigan at 139.
Congratulations to all the participants for making the 10th edition of the championships a great success.
The winners of the Mike Stevens Challenge.
Eddie Peckels, 2015 champion in the professional division, receives the 2019 Amateur title, the Oscar Bunn trophy, from host pro Mike Stevens.
Scott Bowles, right, was the low net champion at the 2020 U.S. Professional and Amateur Hickory Championship in Temple Terrace, Fla. Host professional, Mike Stevens, left, presents the trophy.
