JACKSON, Tennessee – Five members of the 2022-23 Union University men’s golf team are playing in the 2022 Tennessee State Amateur Championships.

According to a press release from Steven Aldridge – Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Communication, the five qualified at their home courses in the previous weeks.

The event is hosted by the Tennessee Golf Association and is being played at the Cherokee Country Club in Knoxville, Tenn.

The five players included returning sophomores JJ Zimmer (Jackson, Tenn./Crockett County HS), Gray Campbell (Humboldt, Tenn./Crockett County HS), and Timothy Pinkston (Franklin, Tenn./Franklin Road Academy). Two newcomers entering Union this year as freshmen include Jackson Hughey (Knoxville, Tenn./Christian Academy of Knoxville) and Will Brown (Jackson, Tenn./Trinity Christian Academy).

FIRST ROUND UPDATE: Zimmer and Hughey fired scores of 66 on the first day. The duo was in a tie for first place after round one. Campbell finished T12 with a 69. Pinkston shot even par 70, goof for T20, while Brown’s 80 put him in T128.

(PHOTO: JJ Zimmer)