Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge

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Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge

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.

Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer putts on the No. 7 hole during the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge featuring an 11 team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro. Teams compete for a share of the $520,000 scholarship purse for their universities. Beamer won the event in 2007. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Auburn head football coach Gus Malzahn and celebrity alumni Bo Jackson, the 1985 Heisman Trophy winner, prepare to hit their second shots to the No. 7 hole during the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge featuring an 11 team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro. Teams compete for a share of the $520,000 scholarship purse for their universities. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Auburn head football coach Gus Malzahn watches his tee shot to the No. 8 hole during the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge featuring an 11 team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro. Teams compete for a share of the $520,000 scholarship purse for their universities. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Auburn celebrity alumni Bo Jackson, the 1985 Heisman Trophy winner, hits his tee shot to the par-3 No. 8 hole during the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge featuring an 11 team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro. Teams compete for a share of the $520,000 scholarship purse for their universities. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Cincinnati celebrity alumni J K Schaffer, a linebacker with the Cincinnati Bengals, hits from the trap to the No. 7 green while playing with Cincinnati head coach Tommy Tuberville in the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge featuring an 11 team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro. Teams compete for a share of the $520,000 scholarship purse for their universities. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Cincinnati head football coach Tommy Tuberville hits his tee shot to the par-3 No. 8 hole during the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge featuring an 11 team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro. Teams compete for a share of the $520,000 scholarship purse for their universities. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Mississippi State head football coach Dan Mullen (left) and University of Arizona head football coach Rich Rodriguez (right) watch the tee shots of their celebrity alumni playing partners on the No. 8 hole during the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge featuring an 11 team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro. Teams compete for a share of the $520,000 scholarship purse for their universities. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Former Clemson quaterback Steve Fuller reacts to almost chipping it in the hole on the No. 7 green during the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge featuring an 11 team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro. Teams compete for a share of the $520,000 scholarship purse for their universities. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze hits his second shot toward the No. 7 green with celebrity alumni Sean Tuohy looking on during the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge featuring an 11 team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro. Teams compete for a share of the $520,000 scholarship purse for their universities. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Ole Miss celebrity alumi Sean Tuohy reacts to missing his putt while playing with Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze in the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge featuring an 11 team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro. Tuohy, his wife Leigh Anne, and family are the subject of Michael Lewis' book The Blind Side, based on the Tuohy's raising of NFL player Michael Oher. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson (right) celebrates with celebrity alumni Jon Barry (left) after hitting his tee shot close to the cup on the par-3 No. 8 hole on the way to an easy birdie in the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge, featuring an 11-team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro. Johnson and Barry won the tournament finishing at 13-under par for an event record. Barry played basketball at Georgia Tech and was selected in the first round of the 1992 NBA Draft. Teams compete for a share of the $520,000 scholarship purse for their universities.

Georgia Tech celebrity alumni Jon Barry hits a driver from the No. 9 tee at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro.

Georgia Tech head football coach Paul Johnson hits his tee shot close to the cup on the par-3 No. 8 hole on his way to a birdie and a victory in the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge with celebrity alumni playing partner Jon Barry, a former Georgia Tech and NBA basketball player, finishing at 13-under for an event record at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro.

Alabama celebrity alumni Mark Ingram, the 2009 Heisman Trophy winner and New Orleans Saints running back, watches his tee shot on the No. 9 hole find the water while playing with head football coach Nick Saban in the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge featuring an 11-team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro.

Alabama head football coach Nick Saban retrieves the golf ball of celebrity alumni playing partner Mark Ingram after his shot found the water on the No. 9 hole during in the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro.

Alabama head football coach Nick Saban checks the distance to the No. 9 hole with celebrity alumni playing partner Mark Ingram at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro.

Alabama head football coach Nick Saban tees off on the No. 9 hole in the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge, featuring an 11-team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro.

Playing partner Mark Ingram congratulates Alabama head football coach Nick Saban after hitting his second shot to the No. 9 hole while playing in the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge featuring an 11-team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro.

Georgia Tech celebrity alumni Jon Barry hits his fairway shot toward the No. 7 green on his way to winning the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge with Georgia Tech head football coach Paul Johnson at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro.

Georgia Tech head football coach Paul Johnson chips to the No. 7 green on his way to winning the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge with celebrity alumni playing partner Jon Barry, a former Georgia Tech and NBA basketball player, finishing at 13-under for an event record at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro. Teams compete for a share of the $520,000 scholarship purse for their universities. Johnson and Barry also won the event in 2011 and 2012.

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Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer putts on the No. 7 hole during the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge featuring an 11 team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni at Reynolds Plantation on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Greensboro. Teams compete for a share of the $520,000 scholarship purse for their universities. Beamer won the event in 2007. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

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