Nick Beddow and Austin Davenport Capture Pro-Assistant Championship
(Fort Myers, FL - June 10, 2025) - Apogee Club Professionals, Austin Davenport, PGA, and Nick Beddow, PGA, captured the Pro-Assistant Championship, presented by Club Car, with a 20-under performance over the last two days at The Verandah Club.
This year’s Championship welcomed 70 two-person teams playing The Verandah Club Old Orange and Whispering Oak Courses. Old Orange played a scramble format while Whispering Oak played a Chapman format.
The duo of Beddow, Apogee Head Professional, and Davenport, Club Fitting Specialist, managed a 13-under 59 during round one in the scramble format, putting them in a tie with Brian and Brant Peaper of Lost Tree Club following the first day.
With the more difficult Chapman format left for the final round, Beddow and Davenport managed a bogey-free 7-under showing, holding off Broken Sound Club - Club Course Professionals, Josh Bialowans and Nathan Lingard by two who fired a tournament low, 14-under 58.
Finishing in a tie for third at 17-under came the teams of Eric Veilleux, PGA, and Michael Kartrude, PGA of the Bear’s Club, Brian Peaper, PGA, and Brant Peaper of Lost Tree Club, and Gene Fieger, PGA, and Justin Bertsch, PGA of Club Pelican Bay.
Two-time defending champions Matt Cahill, PGA, and Dakun Chang, PGA of Seminole Club, finished sixth at 16-under.
In addition to the team division, supporting partner Garmany Golf administered a “shoutout” for a trip to Portugal, where the top-10 closest competitors battled it out in a closest-to-the-hole competition following round one. Jared Werner, PGA Head Professional at Jonathan’s Landing Golf Club, took home the bucket list experience.
Club Car presented the 2025 Pro-Assistant Championship, which was supported by Garmany Golf, Heritage Creations, Meridian, NextRound, Pride Sports, Range Servant, and Tagmarshal.
The Verandah Club served as this year’s host facility, led by PGA Director of Golf Adam Miller and PGA Head Professional Tony Osborn.
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