Featured Foursome: April 19, 2007   PAUL CLAXTON Born in Vidalia, Ga....Resides in Sea Island, Ga....Age 39...Married, with three children....1992 University of Georgia graduate with business degree.. .Member of the Nationwide Tour 1995-96, 1998-2001 and 2003-2007... Member of the PGA TOUR in 1997, 2002 and 2005... Picked up his lone Nationwide Tour title at the 2001 Louisiana Open...Enjoyed his best season on the Nationwide Tour in 2001, where in addition to his win in Lafayette, posted nine other top-25 finishes.....Finished a career-best 17th on the money list...Best PGA TOUR finish was 12th at the 1997 CVS Charity Classic...Two-time All-American selection at the University of Georgia...Won five college tournaments.... Winner of the 1990 Sunnehanna Amateur...Winner of the 1992 Georgia State Amateur ....Hobbies include football, basketball and tennis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ERIK COMPTON Born in Miami, Fla....Resides in Miami, Fla....Age 27...Single...Member of the Nationwide Tour 2002 and 2004-2007...Enjoyed his best finish on the Nationwide Tour at the 2004 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open, where he lost in a playoff to winner Bradley Hughes....Finished No. 72 on the money list in both 2005 and 2006...Best career finish on the PGA TOUR was T40 at the 2002 B.C. Open...Second-team All-American and first-team All-SEC selection in 2001....Helped lead the Bulldogs to two straight SEC Championships...Member of the 2001 Walker Cup and Palmer Cup teams...Named 1998 Junior Player of the Year by the American Junior Golf Association...Had a heart transplant in 1992 and took up golf as part of his rehabilitation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  MATTHEW JONES Born in Sydney, Australia....Resides in Scottsdale, AZ...Age 27 (April 19th -- Happy Birthday)....Single....Member of Nationwide Tour 2004-2006...Had best year last year finishing 49th on the money list, making 17 cuts in 24 starts, earning $123,066...Ranked T6 in driving distance (302.1 yards) in '06...T2 finish in last week's South Georgia Classic was his Nationwide Tour best...Has a total of six top-ten finishes....Also played on the PGA Tour of Australasia....Was a 2001 All-American at Arizona State University....Enjoys fantasy football and online poker. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  JOHN KIMBELL Born in Atlanta, Ga.....Resides in Lafayette, Ga.....Age 38....Single...Did not take up the Ga.me until he was 22....Is a rookie on the Nationwide Tour this year but has played three Tour events in prior years....Won the South Georgia Classic last week, the sixth event of the year...Jumped to number two on the money list...Has never played in a PGA TOUR event....Won four events on regional professional tours prior to joining Nationwide Tour...Secured his playing privileges as a result of his 28th place finish in the 2006 PGA TOUR National Qualifying Tournament....Was employed for seven years by a parcel delivery company working the 3 a.m. to 11 p.m. shift, which provided him time to develop his golf Ga.me in the afternoons at Lafayette Golf Course....Is a devoted George Strait fan. |
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