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Stewart Cink & Bo Van Pelt: Van Pelt is the hot player on this team, which will compete for the first time. Including his win in Malaysia, Van Pelt has six top-10 finishes this year in addition to the eight he accumulated in 2010 and is currently ranked 25th in the world. Cink, winner of the 2009 Open Championship and owner of six career victories, will be making his sixth appearance at the Shootout.
Jason Dufner & Sean O’Hair: This is a rookie team to the Shootout. Both will compete for the first time and bring impressive credentials. O’Hair has won four times, including this year’s Canadian Open. Dufner is enjoying his best year on TOUR, with seven top-10 finishes that include a pair of runner-up finishes in playoffs–one of which occurred at the PGA Championship.
Chad Campbell & Chris DiMarco: Campbell has four career victories and DiMarco three. Although this will be the first time they have played together, both have two top-five finishes in past Shootout appearances with different partners. Another common factor, each has finished second in major championships during their career—DiMarco three times and Campbell once.
Rory Sabbatini & Jhonattan Vegas: Sabbatini is from South Africa and Vegas is from Venezuela, where the entire country celebrated when he became the first ever Venezuelan to not only be a member of the TOUR but to win this year at the Bob Hope Classic. Sabbatini is a veteran player who won for the sixth time this year with his victory at The Honda Classic.
Mark Calcavecchia & Nick Price: Two of the game’s nicest guys and great competitors have a combined 25 appearances in the Shootout. Calcavecchia is a two-time Shootout champion, most recently in 2007 with Woody Austin. Both of these major champions spend most of their time on the Champions Tour these days. Each has earned a victory this year and, combined, they have 24 top-10 finishes on the age 50-and-over circuit.
J.B. Holmes & Kenny Perry: This Kentucky duo has experienced Shootout success together. This will be Perry’s eighth appearance and Holmes’ fourth. Perry is a multiple champion of the Shootout, most recently in 2008. For Holmes, a two-time TOUR winner, this will mark the first time back in competition since undergoing brain surgery in late summer. Perry, a 14-time winner on TOUR, won this fall on the Champions Tour for the first time.
This year, Golf Channel will televise Friday and NBC will broadcast the weekend competition.
To celebrate the success of the Shark Shootout event, the Hilton Naples Hotel unveils its new TeeTimesUSA golf vacation booking engine which allows future guests to go online and book tee times, hotel reservations and car rental all in a one-stop. Franklin Templeton Shootout returned to Naples 11 times to host their premiere PGA TOUR Post season event - now you too can play Florida Golf on one of Florida's Best Courses by booking the Hilton Naples Hotel.
Don’t forget to vote on the Hilton Naples Top 5 Tuesday Poll: Which Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout Team Do you Want to see Win in Naples Florida? Voting ends Friday at 2:30pm
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