This may just be blatant self-promotion, but I wanted to provide a link to a story I wrote today in the Harrisburg Patriot-News that has some Terp interest.

Golfer Blaine Peffley transferred to Maryland after two years at Arizona. The former Pennsylvania state amateur champ participated in six of the Terps’ seven events in the spring of 2006, posting the team’s lowest scoring average by more than a stroke (72.3). He did not participate in any events in fall 2006 and left the university to turn pro the next spring. His sister, Lara, a Radford transfer, just finished her senior season with the Terps’ women’s team.

Since then, Peffley’s had an up-and-down career on the Hooter’s Tour. But this year, he’s enjoyed unprecedented success that has him in the top eight on the money list of the Hooter’s Tour and the eGolf Pro Tour (Formerly the Tarheel Tour).

Besides the PGA Tour success of former Terp player and coach Fred Funk, there hasn’t been a lot of talk about former Terps’ forrays into the pro game. The 24-year-old Peffley said he’s going to keep at his dream for as long as possible and with the out of nowhere success of his former Arizona teammate Ricky Barnes at last week’s U.S. Open, Peffley is a name to remember for the coming years.

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