Pirates gathering to back Varner
By
Al Myatt
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When former East Carolina
golfer Harold Varner III tees off on No. 10 at the Quail Hollow Club in
Charlotte at 1 p.m. today for the Wells Fargo Pro-Am, he will have a
group of followers wearing purple shirts.
Doug Groome, ECU Class of
1979, has been promoting support of Varner through the Charlotte chapter
of the Pirate Club.
Groome has been a long time
supporter of athletics at his alma mater, organizing the Virtual Bowl as
a fundraiser at the conclusion of an uncharacteristic 1-10 football
season in 2003.
There has been nothing
virtual about Varner's play on the PGA Tour thus far this season. He's
been the real thing.
The 2012 ECU graduate in
marketing has won $807,863 on tour in 2016, making the cut 10 times in
17 starts with three top-10 finishes. He is currently 71st in the FedEx
Cup rankings.
Varner booms it, averaging
302.8 yards driving, 19th on tour.
He was tied for eighth in
the rain-shortened Zurich Classic in New Orleans, which was completed
Monday.
Varner hails from nearby
Gastonia, graduating from Forestview High School. New Pirates football
coach Scottie Montgomery, who graduated from Burns High, is from the
same neck of the woods.
"I want to play well in
front of the people I love," Varner said in anticipation of support from
family and friends this week.
Groome and company will be
there to show him some love in return.
"We hope to follow him like
a huge Purple blob," Groome said.
ECU fans are encouraged to
join Varner's gallery and wear their purple.
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05/05/16 12:34 AM.
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