Gardendale’s Trey Mullinax wins Rex Hospital Open
RALEIGH, N.C.— Gardendale grad, Trey Mullinax, is making quite the splash on the golf course these days, and it has nothing to do with his ball landing in the water.
Mullinax, a 2010 graduate of Gardendale High School and member of the University of Alabama’s first national championship team, garnered his first Web.com Tour championship with a 3-under 68 at TPC Wakefield Plantation over the weekend.
On Monday, Mullinax took to Twitter for a statement.
“I can’t thank the people in my life enough that have stood by me through this journey, they have been with me through the good and the bad and I am so blessed to have them in my life,” he posted. “I also want to thank Rex Hospital Open for throwing a great event, it was awesome to see all the people out there today and this well be something I remember the rest of my life.”
In total, he finished at 14-under in the Rex Hospital Open to slip past Brady Schnell by two strokes. JT Poston finished third with an 11-under 69.
The 23-year-old Mullinax jumped from 33rd to fourth on the money list with his stellar weekend, which earned him $117,000, according to golfchannel.com. With a Top-25 finish in the regular season, Mullinax would earn a PGA Tour card for next year.
Erik Harris is the Sports Editor of The North Jefferson News. Email him at njnsports@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @jeharris2.