Clay Rock Solid As Player of the Year

Calhoun County, AL –  After reviewing and confirming the numbers, Brennan Clay has been declared Player of the Year in a competitive 2022 County Tour season; includes updated Match Play bracket

By Al Muskewitz

Brennan Clay left the golf course Sunday night disappointed he came so close but didn’t reach the No. 1 item on his list of season goals. He woke up Monday morning as the Calhoun County Golf Tour Player of the Year. Upon further review, it was determined Clay had edged Gary Wigington to win the tour’s top prize for the first time.

“That was the No. 1 goal for the year,” Clay said. “I set a little notepad thing on my phone for golf goals and that was No. 1. It has been for years now. “I feel bad that it came down to something like that. If Twig doesn’t have a couple bad holes or make more putts, we don’t have to worry about it. If I make more putts, we don’t have to worry about it.”

The two players had gone into the County Championship at Anniston Municipal tied at the top of the Tour points standings with 1025 points as determined by their best four finishes on the Tour to that point. They had the same number of wins, seconds and third-place finishes. Heck, only six-tenths of a shot separated them in the season-long stroke average statistics.

Provided something crazy didn’t happen, whoever finished best between them would win the prize and be the top seed in October’s County Match Play Championship. Well, they finished tied for sixth behind winner Andrew Brooks, so that tiebreaker was out. It came down to the best tournament finish not among the five that went towards the points standings. Clay’s T-2 in the Etowah Open at Briarmeade (behind Wigington’s win) trumped Wigington’s T-3 at Pine Hill. [*** read more]

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