June 9, 2004

WINSTON-SALEM, NC — The Carl Spackler Open plays its 2004 version of the tournament practice round today in Winston-Salem, NC.  Rick Dosky and Brandon Hunter plan to lead the 27 players through the course.  The optional round will be used to work out those final swing flaws and get to know the Tanglewood Park layout.  "I really would like to not only play well today, but make some very important notes along the way", said Hunter. "I really think the woods will stay in the bag more than usual and I will rely on my 6 and 7 iron."

Jason Watson, Greg Long, Brian Long, and Greg Garrett on the other hand have played the course before and plan to have fun and get to the know the course in a much bigger way. "I think my bad shots are out of my system", said Garrett. "Hopefully things will be getting better with less sleep and more beer."

The Carl Spackler Open will be begin Round 1 tommorrow afternoon at 12:30PM. All 48 players that signed a letter of intent will arrive throughout the day. Matt Davis is the tournament honoree and will deliver his speech to the field first thing in the morning.

Tom Fowble, winner of the 2003 Golden Jacket plans to attend along with 2003 Horses Ass, John Dick.  Scorecards are scheduled to be published sometime around 8PM on Wednesday.