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2023 Southeastern Challenge Team

Joe Alfieri | Lutz | Seventh Appearance (11-16-3)

College: University of South Florida
Club: TPC Tampa Bay
Occupation: Food Broker / Sales Consulting
USGA Championships: 21

  • Five-Time Amateur Player of the Year (1999, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2021)
  • Fifteen-Time FSGA Champion
  • 2022 U.S. Amateur Participant
  • 2022 Forty & Over Four-Ball (North) Champion with partner Daniel DeBra
  • Tied for fourth place at the 26th Amateur Public Links Championship

Will Davenport | Palm City | Second Appearance (2-2-1)

College: Yale University
Club: Pine Tree Golf Club
Occupation: Consultant at Boston Consulting Group
USGA Championships: 4

  • Won the 74th Four-Ball Championship with partner, TJ Shuart
  • Finished in second place at the 2023 Two-Man Shoot-Out with partner, Colin Morris
  • Advanced to the Round of 32 at the 42nd Mid-Amateur Championship
  • Secured a top-5 finish at the Two-Man Scramble Championship with partner, Reid Bedell
  • ·     Competed in the 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship 

Richard Donegan | Jupiter | Second Appearance (4-0-1)

College: University of Florida
Club: Jonathan’s Landing Golf Club
Occupation: Financial Advisor with Raymond James
USGA Championships: 2

  • Advanced to the Round of 16 at the 42nd Mid-Amateur Championship
  • Has played in six FSGA events in 2023 and has yet to finish outside of the top-10
  • Secured a second place finish at the 2023 Mid-Amateur Four-Ball Championship (South) with partner, Austin Powell. The pair posted rounds of 65-67
  • Finished in third place at the 74th Four-Ball Championship with partner, Joey Latowski
  • Competed in the 2023 U.S. Four-Ball Championship with partner, Joey Latowksi 

 

Marc Dull | Lakeland | Fourth Appearance (9-4-2)

College: Florida Southern College
Club: Bartow Golf Course
Occupation: Landscape Entrepreneur
USGA Championships: 14

  • Five-Time Amateur Player of the Year (1999, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2021)
  • 2018 Mid-Amateur Player of the Year
  • Seven-Time FSGA Champion
    • 106th Amateur
    • 2023, 2021, 2020 Two-Man Scramble
    • 2022 Mid-Amateur Four-Ball (North) Champion
    • 2018 Mid-Amateur
    • 2017 Mid-Amateur Stroke Play
  • 106th Amateur Champion by a record setting margin of seven strokes
  • Champion of the 2023 Two-Man Scramble in playoff fashion with Rhett Pooley
  • Advanced to the Round of 32 at the 2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship with Chip Brooke
  • 2022 Mid-Amateur Four-Ball (North) Champion
  • 2022 U.S. Four-Ball Championship Quarterfinalist with partner Chip Brooke

Mike Finster | Saint Petersburg | Third Appearance (6-4-0)

College: Northwestern University
Club: Mangrove Bay Golf Club
Occupation: Vice President at GAF Roofing
USGA Championships: 6

  • Low Amateur - 2023 Florida Senior Open
  • Qualified for 2023 U.S. Senior Open & U.S. Senior Amateur
  • Round of 32 at U.S. Senior Amateur
  • Five-Time FSGA Champion
    • 2021 Two-Man Shoot-Out
    • 2017 & 2019 Forty & Over Four-Ball

Jay Halverson | Saint Petersburg | First Appearance

College: University of Wisconsin LaCrosse
Club: Feather Sound Golf Club
Occupation: Auditor at Raymond James Financial
USGA Championships: 0

  • Won the 42nd Mid-Amateur Championship
  • Finsihed in the top-20 at the 106th Amateur Championship
  • Secured a top-25 finish at the 77th Florida Open Championship with rounds of 73-66-71
  • Finished in the top-5 at the 2023 Senior/Mid-Amateur Championship with partner, Miles McConnell

 

Brian Keenan | Tampa | Second Appearance (1-1-3)

College: University of South Florida
Club: Avila Golf and Country Club
Occupation: Regional President at First Florida integrity Bank
USGA Championships: 1

  • Won the 2023 Senior Amateur Match Play Championship
  • Secured a top-5 finish at the 2023 Forty & Over Four-Ball Championship (North) with partner, Miles McConnell
  • Finished in the top-35 at the 46th Florida Senior Open Championship
  • Eight total FSGA career wins

Joey Latowski | Port Saint Lucie | Second Appearance (4-0-1)

College: Penn State University
Club: PGA Golf Club
Occupation: Business Owner
USGA Championships: 6

  • 2022 Amateur & Mid-Amateur Player of the Year
  • 2020 Mid-Amateur Player of Year
  • Three-Time FSGA Champion
    • 2022 and 2020 Mid-Amateur
    • 2021 Mid-Amateur Four-Ball (South)

Miles McConnell | Tampa | Second Appearance (2-3-0)

College: University of Florida
Occupation: Restaurant Owner / Real Estate
USGA Championships: 12

  • 2021, 2022, & 2023 Senior Amateur Player of the Year
  • Three-Time FSGA Champion
    • 62nd Senior Amateur
    • 2022 Senior Amateur Match Play
    • 2018 Forty & Over
  • Qualified for 2022 & 2023 U.S. Senior Amateur
    • 2023 - Round of 64
    • 2022 - Quarterfinals
  • Qualified for 2022 & 2023 U.S. Senior Open

Rhett Pooley | Babson Park | First Appearance

College: Polk State College
Club: River Greens South Golf Course
Occupation: Financial Advisor at Retirement Solutions
USGA Championships: 1

  • Quarterfinalist at the 31st Amateur Match Play Championship
  • Advanced to the Round of 16 at the 42nd Mid-Amateur Championship
  • Won the 2023 Two-Man Scramble Championship with partner, Marc Dull
  • Finished in second place at the 2023 Mid-Amateur Four-Ball Championship (North) with partner, Trenton Farrow
  • Captured a top-10 finish at the 2023 26th Amateur Public Links Championship
  • Youngest Player in the field and advanced to match play at the 2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship

 

Scott Turner | Stuart | Second Appearance (3-1-1)

College: University of South Florida
Club: Hammock Creek Golf Club
Occupation: Director of Tournament Operations - Minor League Golf Tour
USGA Championships: 3

  • Three-Time FSGA Champion
    • 2019 Mid-Amateur Four-Ball
    • 2018 Mid-Amateur Stroke Play
    • 2017 Amateur Public Links
  • 2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur Quarterfinalist
  • Quarterfinalist in the 30th Amateur Match Play
  • Round of 16 appearance in the 31st Amateur Match Play

Jonah Wasserstrom | Hollywood | First Appearance

College: University of Central Florida
Club: Grande Oaks Golf Club
Occupation: CRE Loan Originate for Harborview Capital Partners
USGA Championships: 2

  • 42nd Mid-Amateur Championship Runner-Up
  • 106th Amateur Championship - 4th Place
  • 2022 Mid-Amateur Four-Ball (South) Champion with partner Austin Powell
  • Qualifier for 2023 U.S. Amateur & U.S. Mid-Amateur