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Sharkey on GSU's mind
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Georgia Southern's Thomas Sharkey tees off during the 2011 Schenkel Invitational at Forest Heights Country Club. - photo by Golfweek
As the Georgia Southern golf team gathered in the clubhouse of Forest Heights Country Club Sunday afternoon — the Schenkel Invitational trophy in their hands for the first time in the tournament’s 35-year history — there was one Eagle on everyone’s mind. Thomas Sharkey wasn’t able to sink a big putt, stick a close approach, or hoist the trophy for the Eagles, but anyone within the program will say that he was definitely in on the celebration. Sharkey came to Georgia Southern from his home in Helensburgh, Scotland in 2009.