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40 ‘Big Break’ competitors to tee it up at Reynolds Plantation

Rick Limpert by Rick Limpert
September 21, 2014
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40 ‘Big Break’ competitors to tee it up at Reynolds Plantation

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The State of Georgia will once again be in the golf spotlight in 2014.

40 former Big Break competitors who will tee it up in full tournament conditions this fall at the inaugural Big Break Invitational, Reynolds Plantation, a four-day invite-only tournament that will air live Tuesday, Sept. 30 – Friday, Oct. 3 from 3-6 p.m. ET. on the Golf Channel.

The action will take place at the Great Waters Course at Reynolds Plantation near Greensboro, Ga., the field of 40 (20 men and 20 women) represent 20 seasons of Big Break, including several of the show’s most memorable competitors who are playing on many of the world’s top professional tours.  The four-round tournament will feature a Modified Stableford format for the first two rounds, followed by match play and concluding with stroke play to determine the Big Break Invitational Reynolds Plantation champion.  In all, fifteen Big Break champions are entered in the field for Big Break Invitational Reynolds Plantation.

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The field includes:
Men
Robbie Biershenk     Big Break Indian Wells (2010)
David Byrne                    Big Break Indian Wells (2010)                                                                  Champion
Brian Cooper                    Big Break Greenbrier (2012); Big Break NFL Puerto Rico (2013)
Don Donatello                 Big Break II (2004)
Kent Eger                         Big Break Indian Wells (2010)
Tony Finau                       Big Break Disney Golf (2009)
Tommy Gainey                Big Break IV: USA vs. Europe (2005); Big Break VII: Reunion (2007)     Champion
Derek Gillespie                Big Break Prince Edward Island (2009)                                                      Champion
Kip Henley                      Big Break II (2004)     Champion
Hugo Leon                       Big Break X: Michigan (2008)
Brent Long                       Big Break Mexico (2013)
Mark Murphy                   Big Break Ireland (2011)                                                                            Champion
James Nitties                    Big Break Mesquite (2007)
Justin Peters                     Big Break I (2003)                                                                                     Champion
Jerry Rice                      Big Break NFL Puerto Rico (2013)                                                         Champion
Anthony Rodriguez        Big Break Mesquite (2008); Big Break Dominican Republic (2010)
Isaac Sanchez                   Big Break Greenbrier (2012); Big Break NFL Puerto Rico (2013)         Champion
Mark Silvers                    Big Break Greenbrier (2012)                                                                      Champion
Julien Trudeau                  Big Break Ireland (2011)
Jay Woodson                   Big Break Mexico (2013)

Women
Anya Alvarez                   Big Break Atlantis (2012)
Mallory Blackwelder       Big Break Ireland (2011); Big Break NFL Puerto Rico (2013)
Sara Brown                      Big Break Sandals Resorts (2010); Big Break Dominican Republic (2010)
Taylor Collins                   Big Break Mexico (2013)                                                                              Champion
Selanee Henderson          Big Break Atlantis (2012)
Stefanie Kenoyer             Big Break Mexico (2013); Big Break NFL Puerto Rico (2013)
Tonya McCall                  Big Break Florida (2014)
Kristy McPherson            Big Break VI: Trump National (2006)
Mary Narzisi                    Big Break Florida (2014)
Carling Nolan                   Big Break Sandals Resorts (2010)                                                              Champion
Blair O’Neal                     Big Break Prince Edward Island (2009); Big Break Dominican Republic (2010)       Champion
Ryann O’Toole                Big Break Sandals Resorts (2010)
Gerina Piller                     Big Break Prince Edward Island (2009)
Elena Robles                    Big Break Sandals Resorts (2010); Big Break Dominican Republic (2010)
Sadena Parks                    Big Break Florida (2014)
Renee Skidmore               Big Break Florida (2014)
Jackie Stoelting                Big Break Florida (2014)                                                                          Champion
Emily Talley                     Big Break Mexico (2013); Big Break NFL Puerto Rico (2013)                 Champion
Maiya Tanaka                   Big Break Sandals Resorts (2010)
Kim Welch                       Big Break Ka’anapali (2008)                                                                       Champion

The field entered into Big Break Invitational Reynolds Plantation represent several of the most successful players coming out of Golf Channel’s Big Break competition series.  On the men’s side:

Tommy Gainey (Big Break VII: Reunion Champion) was the first Big Break competitor to earn full PGA TOUR status after Big Break, and won the PGA TOUR’s McGladrey Classic in 2012.
Tony Finau (Big Break Disney Golf) will earn his PGA TOUR card for 2015 after capturing his first professional victory this year on the Web.com Tour.
James Nitties (Big Break Mesquite) currently playing full time on the Web.com Tour, is a past Web.com Tour winner and earned PGA TOUR status in 2012.
Jay Woodson (Big Break Mexico) has several top-5 finishes and one win on the 2014 NGA Tour.
Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Jerry Rice, who along with fellow Big Break teammates Isaac Sanchez and Emily Talley won Big Break NFL Puerto Rico in 2013, also is entered in the field.

On the women’s side:

Kristy McPherson (Big Break VI: Trump National), Ryann O’Toole (Big Break Sandals Resorts) and Gerina Piller (Big Break Prince Edward Island) are all currently playing full time on the LPGA Tour and are past U.S. Solheim Cup Team members – 2009, 2011 and 2013, respectively.
Sadena Parks (Big Break Florida) is well on her way to earning full LPGA status in 2015 after winning two Symetra Tour events in three weeks in July in only her second season as a professional.
Mallory Blackwelder (Big Break Ireland; Big Break NFL Puerto Rico) won her first professional tournament on the Symetra Tour this year in April and is currently in the top-10 on the Symetra Tour Money List.
Jackie Stoelting (Big Break Florida champion) has five top-10 finishes on the Symetra Tour this year and is inside the top-10 on the 2014 Symetra Tour Money List.
Tonya McCall (Big Break Florida) won her first professional event on the Cactus Tour in April in her first full-year back as a professional golfer.

Fifteen past Big Break champions are entered in Big Break Invitational Reynolds Plantation, including Justin Peters and Kip Henley, the series’ first two champions, in 2003 and 2004.  Peters currently is playing full time on the mini tour circuit and PGA TOUR Canada, while Henley is a full-time caddie on the PGA TOUR.

Beginning a new multi-year relationship between Golf Channel and Reynolds Plantation, Big Break Invitational Reynolds Plantation will take place at the Great Waters Course at Reynolds Plantation, the famed golf resort community in Greensboro, Ga., and will feature a $300,000 overall purse, with $100,000 going to the champion.  The beautiful Ritz Carlton Lodge at Reynolds Plantation will serve as host resort and tournament headquarters.

Big Break Invitational Reynolds Plantation will air live on Golf Channel from 3-6 p.m. ET, Tuesday, Sept. 30 – Friday, Oct. 3.
For more information go to the web site at www.reynoldsplantation.com and make sure you tune in to the Golf Channel.

The Great Waters course at Reynolds Plantation
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