Jimmy Gunn has $3,000 pay day

on Gateway Tour in Arizona

By ROBIN WILSON

Jimmy Gunn's sponsors (Coeur D'Alene Resort/Circling Raven Golf Club) have very generously continued to support him in the Gateway Tour and he is now back in Arizona playing in the Winter Series.

After a shaky start in the first tournament, where he missed the cut by one stroke, he played much better in the second and finished joint eighth on six under par with rounds of 72-68-70, which is his personal best, earning himself just under $3,000.

He is playing well at the moment, scoring seven birdies in the final round last week which was played on one of the longest courses on the tour at 7500 yards and is looking forward to scoring even better this week.

The website for the tour, http://www.thegatewaytour.com/, has all the details.

Jimmy, pictured above, has just recently been granted a five-year P-1 sports visa for the USA which means he doesn't have the hassle of having to return home every 90 days which is costly and time-consuming, sometimes for only a few days at a time.

In order to obtain this he had to have letters of recommendation from two US PGA tour players. He was lucky enough to get one from Martin Laird, the Scot currently playing on the US PGA Tour.

Jimmy became friendly with Martin after being introduced to him at a PGA event Martin was playing in. He lives near Jimmy in the Scottsdale area of Phoenix and they sometimes have a round together.

His other recommendation came from a former US PGA tour player, David Feherty, who is now a well-known golf commentator in the US. He is a friend of one of the attornies dealing with the visa and after hearing Jimmy's history and golfing achievements was more than happy to endorse his application.