Virginia Beach’s Evan Beck became just the second player ever to win the State Open of Virginia and Virginia State Golf Association Mid-Amateur Championship in the same year, outlasting Abingdon’s Garland Green in a four-hole playoff at Fawn Lake Country Club Sunday to win the 45th playing of the Mid-Amateur.
Beck (Princess Anne CC) and Green (Tazewell County CC) posted identical three-day totals of 200 to advance to the playoff. Beck won on the fourth playoff hole with a par after Green had hit his tee shot out of bounds.
The three-day aggregate 200 tied the tournament scoring record, first set by Matt Chandler in 2012. Beck joins Virginia Golf Hall of Famer Tom McKnight as players to pull the State Open/Mid-Am double. McKnight won both in 1985.
