April 5, 2004

WINSTON-SALEM, NC — With 65 days left and the 2004 golf season underway, players are beginning to put things in place to position themselves for this year's first major.  The icing on the cake returns with the Closest to the Pin Contest.

The short-iron contest is scheduled for Saturday afternoon after Round 3 on the Tanglewood Park range.  Each player will be given two chances to "knock it close" with the closest shot winning the actual pin and flag for one year.

Mike Trojanowski won the event in it's first year.  At the Colonial in Williamsburg, Troj shocked the field by knocking it to 6 feet, 2 inches.  Last year, Greg Long won the event easily with a shot to 3 feet, 4 inches.

This year's contest is scheduled for a dual tee to process the 48 players participating.  Jon Munksgard, as the 2003 Carl Spackler is scheduled to mark the best shot during the contest.  The shot is scheduled to be approximately 140 yards.