Georgia Tech’s Paul Johnson and Jon Barry set a Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge, shooting a 13-under par to win the golf event in Greensboro and $125,000 in scholarship winnings on Tuesday.
Johnson and Barry, three-time winners of the event that pairs college football coaches with a key alum or another coach from the same school, had an eagle and four consecutive birdies on Monday’s first nine, and had six birides on Tuesday.
“It’s always a great competition out here,” Johnson said. “We got off to a good start. That gave us the momentum we needed to finish strong.”
“Paul and I just gel together. He’s a great putter and we have a good team. We birdied 18, which I believe is one of the hardest holes in Georgia,” Barry said. “I had a great couple days with these coaches. … It’s a couple days I look forward to all year long and to win is fun because all these guys want to win. The Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge is competitive.”
A two-way tie between Mississippi State tandem Dan Mullen and Fred McCrary, and Cincinnati pair Tommy Tuberville and JK Schaffer, determined the second-place winners, four strokes behind Johnson and Barry.
Team results
1. Georgia Tech (Paul Johnson / Jon Barry) -13 $125,000
2. (T) Mississippi State (Dan Mullen / Fred McCrary) -9 $70,000
2. (T) Cincinnati (Tommy Tuberville / JK Schaffer) -9 $70,000
4. Arizona (Rich Rodriguez / Jack Wagner) -8 $50,000
5. (T) Alabama (Nick Saban / Mark Ingram) -7 $30,000
5. (T) Auburn (Gus Malzahn, Bo Jackson) -7 $30,000
5. (T) Clemson (Dabo Swinney / Steve Fuller) -7 $30,000
5. (T) N.C. State (Dave Doeren / Terry Harvey) -7 $30,000
5. (T) Ole Miss (Hugh Freeze / Sean Tuohy) -7 $30,000
10. Virginia Tech (Frank Beamer / Brad Clontz) -5 $25,000
11. North Carolina (Larry Fedora / Roy Williams) E $20,000
