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Round four of the 2010 Harvest Classic started at 7:30 on the Innisbrook – Highlands South course.  As is tradition, the pairings were made based on the player performance during the previous three rounds.  The final group consisted of Bob Hayes, Tom Hayes, Kevin Hayes, and Vern Shukoski.  The collective group all played well but they were no match for the 2010 Harvest Champion, Robert Hayes.  Bob scored +2 points to his quoted and was the only player to finish in the positive column for the tournament at +6 points.  Tom Hayes, who always performs well at the Harvest Classic, just couldn’t turn his game on this week as he finished in second place at -4 points.  Jim Hayes had the round of the day at +5 points which was also a tie with Bob Hayes for the best round of the tournament.  Kevin Hayes had the second best round of the day at +3 points as he proved why he was worthy of his placement in the final group.  Although Vern played a solid final round at -2 points, he had to skip lunch and take the trophy back to remove his late night engraving from the previous night.

After the tournament wrapped up in the morning, the 12 Harvest participants teamed up for the Saturday afternoon scramble.  The teams consisted of the following players:

Don Hayes, Bob Hayes, Patrick Hayes, Patrick Toney

Tom Hayes, Kevin Hayes, Jeff Riester, Kent Dickson

Tom Duffy, Vern Shukoski, Jim Hayes, Terry Haack

As is tradition, after the 18 hole scramble, all three teams were tied at -8 par.  With the sun setting and daylight running out, the 12 players headed to the practice green for 12 putts at a distant hole, closest putt wins.  Tom Duffy saved his weekend by being the player who hit the closest put, locking in a win for his team.

Another great Harvest Classic has come to a close.  The weekend was a great one, as it always is spending it with family and friends.  Huge thanks goes to the Harvest Group and Vern Shukoski for sponsoring and putting on this great tournament.  Until next year.

Day two of the 2010 Harvest Classic drew to a close as the sun was setting on Palm Harbor, FL.  After 36 holes of golf, the field has separated but Bob Hayes remains atop the leaderboard.  The first round of the day was scheduled to start at 7:30 at the Copperhead course but due to a frost delay, the round started at 8:30.  After a cold round yesterday, the morning round weather was a welcome change as the temperature went up and the wind went down.   Bob Hayes kept his strong play up scoring the most points at even as the rest of the field was unable to make a move.  Vern Shukoski also was even vs. his point quota as he slowly crept up during the morning round.  The highlight of the round was when the second group went to look for their  tee shots on hole #2 at Copperhead, there was a ball located right under the tail of a 10 foot alligator.  Because none of the members of the group felt like verifying the ball type it was assumed that is was Patrick Hayes’ ball and he took a drop.  Later to find out that Jim Hayes got the same benefit in the first group.  See the picture to the left.

The afternoon round the Harvest Classic moved to the Island Course.  Everyone grabbed a quick bite to eat and it was off to the first tee.  The second round brought much of the same as more of the field moved south than north on the leaderboard.  The best round vs. quota points belonged to Dr. Kent Dickson as he scored +2 points.  Vern Shukoski, Kevin Hayes and Bob Hayes all scored -1 points as they held firm to their spots on the leaderboard.

Going into the final round Bob Hayes has an eight point lead over Tom Hayes but there are still 18 holes of golf left to play (see all scores below).  Vern Shukoski has his game dialed in as he was talking smack about making the greatest comeback in Harvest Classic history.  While the group was having pizza Vern was seen driving the Havest Classic trophy to a local engraving shop and having them engrave his name as the 2010 champ.

Stay tuned tomorrow for a recap off all the action and scores here at Hayesvision.com

Round one of the 2010 Harvest Classic is in the books.  The early leader is Bob Hayes who shot a 79 in his round with birdies on #4 and #15 of the Highlands South course at the Innisbrook Resort.  Bobby, coming off a sub-par performance in his warm up round on Wednesday, was happy to be hitting the ball solidly again.  Bobby played with his three brothers, Tom, Don and Jim and showed them that the youngest of the four came to play.  Tom Hayes also put together a solid round of golf shooting a 74 with only one birdie on the par 3 #9 hole where he stuck his tee shot to about 1 foot.

The second and thirds groups did not bring much to the table today.  The field, aside from Bob and Tom, are all in a pack at between -3 and -7 points.  For those of you confused by the point scoring system you can read more about the Chicago points system here (although it is slightly modified from this description).

The first round was a cold and windy one and the forecast tomorrow looks much the same.  We will be playing two rounds tomorrow so look for updates tomorrow evening.  You can review all of the round one scores below as well as some of the images captured from the course.

It is that time of year again when the Hayes clan gets together for a weekend of fun, sun, and golf. This year’s Classic will again take place at the Innisbrook Resort, where defending champ Tom Hayes looks to continue his dominance over the rest of the field. There are a number of talented golfers in the field, but the early Vegas odds are on a repeat by Tom. With all the talent in the field this week, there is one Hayes brother who failed to make the cut and won’t be competing this week. J.P. Hayes, while having an amazing start to his 2010 PGA Tour season, was not able to put together the score needed to get through Harvest qualifying. In all seriousness, J.P. is having an amazing year on tour and we wish him continued success.

Patrick Toney will be returning to the field this year off a knee surgery that kept him out of the field in ‘09.  Patrick’s best finish came in ‘07 when he finished second at Ventana Canyon.  He is hoping his new knee can carry him to his first Harvest victory. Vern Shukoski has not been heard from yet this year which is not normal.  He normally holds at least one press conference before the tournament.  Sources say that he is so dialed in on his game, he is going to let the clubs speak for themselves.  Terry Haack and Tom Duffy will be joining the tournament again in ‘10.  Both men had great qualifying rounds and are excited to bring some non-Hayes golf into the mix.

The tournament format will be the same, one round on Thursday, two rounds on Friday, and the final round of competition on Saturday with a scramble to follow.  As always you can follow along right here at Hayesvision.com for all your scoring updates and higlights for the days’ action.  Don’t forget to vote for who you think will win the ‘10 Harvest Classic on the right sidebar.