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Broadaways have a family affair

• Josh Broadaway’s older brother, Drew, Who occasionally caddies for him, is among Those watching him during Thursday’s first Round of the Nationwide Tour’s South Georgia Classic.

Scott Chancey

VALDOSTA – Very few know Albany native Josh Broadaway’s golf game better than his older brother, Drew.

As Drew stood just outside the ropes at the 18th hole when Josh barely missed a par putt and settled for bogey and a 4-over-par 76 (T-125th), it was just as hard for him to watch. Drew, who caddied for Josh in 2003 and some of 2005, still feels his brother can make the cut today at the Nationwide Tour’s South Georgia Classic at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club.

“You have to just look at the scoreboard and see where you stand,” said Drew, who lives in Albany and works in the golf business. “He was 2 under (on the back nine) before the 18th hole. The greatest thing about this game is that there is always tomorrow.”

Broadaway bogeyed two of his first three holes and triple-bogeyed the fourth. That putt at No. 18, though, lingered with Broadaway.

“It was a good putt, just lost a little seed and didn’t hang in there,” he said. “It was a bad chip, I should have gotten an up-and-down very easily.”

Despite Broadaway’s round, he was happy to see fans and family members from close buy watching him.

“It’s a lot of fun,” he said. “When your family is out there watching you, you want to play well.”

Looking ahead to today’s round, Broadaway did not seem to think there was any one specific thing he needed to work on late Monday afternoon.

“I’ve just got to play better (today) and that’s it,” Broadaway said. “I’ve just got to play better.”

PAIN, PAIN GO AWAY

Hunter Haas, who is in a four-way tie for second, is dealing with other things besides birdies and bogeys. He has tendinitis in his left wrist and possibly tennis elbow in his right arm.

“It’s been bothering me ever since the last year in Panama,” Haas said. “I don’t practice it as much (because of that) and if probably affects my ball-striking.”

Haas iced his elbow after lunch and plans to visit a doctor within the next two weeks. For the meantime, Haas is a contender at Kinderlou Forest, pain and all.

“It’s depressing, it’s what it is,” Haas said. “It’s depressing that things keep you from focusing 100 percent on what you need to do.”

PAIR OF ACES

When Bob May eagled the 251-yard par-3 15th Thursday, he recorded one of the longest aces on a par-3 hole in Nationwidethe par-3 15th hole Thursday, according to Nationwide media official John Bush. The longest overall ace in Nationwide history was 315 yards on the par-4 ninth in the 2003 Cox Classic by Chip Beck.

May finished Thursday at even par, tied for 42nd with players such as River Pointe Golf Club pro Sonny Skinner.

FAMILIAR FACE

Bubba Dickerson, who not only was part of Florida’s national championship golf team but also won the U.S. Amateur in 2001, captured his second professional win in a 2004 Hooters Tour event at Stonebridge Golf & Country Club.

Dickerson, whose highest finish in a Nationwide Tour event was third in 2005, is 2 over going into today’s round (T-79th)

“I just need to hit the ball better,” he said. “It’s a wide-open course, so I just need to hit my irons better.”

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