Former Georgetown College (KY) All-American Captures Inaugural Gimmie Golf Professional Invitational
In typical golf fashion, from October 13-14, 2018 the final hole was the determining factor. Christian Heavens, Chip McDaniel, and Kyle Kmiecek battled all day in the bitter cold, rain, and windy conditions. It proved to be Heavens week, as he made a 5-foot par save on the final hole at Boone’s Trace National Golf Club to secure the victory and the $5,000 first-place prize. The field included former University of Kentucky All-American Chip McDaniel, 2018 U.S. Open Participant Cole Miller, and former PGA Tour player Cliff Kresge, among others.
Heavens has been playing professional golf for 7 years upon his graduation from Georgetown College. He has competed on the Golf Channel’s Big Break, Latin America, and Florida professional tours, during his professional tenure. Christian credited his ball-striking, putting, and strong mental fortitude to allow him to win. Christian stated that he plans to try some PGA Tour Monday Qualifiers this fall, along with Asian Tour Q-School, in hopes to keep climbing golf’s professional ladder.
Gimmie Golf, Founder and Owner Todd McDaniel says, “I decided to have the tournament this September. The reason why was it was between Web.com Q-School stages and there wasn’t a whole lot of tournament going on. I’ve always wanted to host a pro event and it appears this won’t be the last after all the positive feedback and success.” McDaniel is an avid competitive, scratch golfer, who played collegiately at the University of Kentucky. Originally from Manchester, KY, 1.5 hour south of Lexington, he lives at Boone’s Trace National Golf Club, just south of Lexington where the event was held. “I would play more but I balance running Gimmie Golf with being a Civil Engineer Project Manager. ” His Gimmie Golf Facebook Group (started in 2016) has over 6300 members and is growing.
McDaniel would like to give a big thanks for support of the tournament to Boone’s Trace National Golf Club, owners Chris and Cameron Rutherford, and the following sponsors: Patrick “Heyyyyo” Hickey, TBay Golf LLC, Scott’s Service Center, Prairie Farms, Brysen Conway, Marcus Hylton, Eric King, 1-LT. Colby Davis, Russ and Jo Wolfe, Rory Gerber, Jake Hanzlik, Chris Garton, Grant Talbert with New Millennium Asset Management, Jerry Nolan with KSS Home Improvements, Zac and Jr Lujano, and Glen Dunigan.
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Gimmie Golf is a business owned by Todd McDaniel, a former University of Kentucky golfer. They specialize in buying/trading/selling new golf equipment and apparel. The brand has grown tremendously in the past couple of years with a following of over 6300 members on Facebook.
Top 10
1. Christian Heavens 65-69= 134
T-2 Kyle Kmiecek 66-69= 135
T-2 Jeremy Martin 68-67= 135
4 Chip McDaniel 65-71= 136
5 Scott Webb 70-68= 138
6 Blake Cartwright 69-71= 140
T-7 Kenny Goodykoontz 74-67= 141
T-7 Nathan Kerns 70-71= 141
T-7 Cole Miller 73-68= 141
10 Andrew Stephens 71-71= 142
