Brown claims second career Paul Walker Memorial title
Published 9:30 pm Sunday, June 4, 2023
Jared Brown prevailed in a three-way playoff Sunday to win the Paul R. Walker Memorial Golf Tournament championship for the second time at Paul Walker Golf Course.
Brown, a former South Warren and Eastern Kentucky standout who also won the tournament in 2016, entered Sunday’s final round with a one-stroke lead after carding an opening-round, five-under par 65.
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But by the end of the round Sunday, Brown had company atop the leaderboard as Cameron Fields and Christian Tooley had forged a three-way tie for first with all shooting 3-under 137 over the two-day tournament.
Fields and Brown tallied birdies on the second playoff hole to advance, then both shot par on the third playoff hole before Brown won the championship on the fourth playoff hole.
Fields claimed runner-up honors, with Tooley finishing third. Will McKenzie was fourth with a 138, followed by Chase Landrum (140), Hayden Young (142) and Clark McDougal (142).{&end}