Updated
05/07/2021
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Gene Siller, an American golfer, was killed when he was shot several times on the green of the 10th hole of the Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, Georgia.. The professional player and club employee approached a suspicious vehicle and its driver shot him.
Cobb County Police responded to a notice informing them that a person had been shot at around 2:20 p.m. When he went to the golf course, he found Siller dead on the 10th green. from the Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, according to a police department press release.
The first investigations speak that the shooter hit the green in a white Ram 3500 pickup truck. SillerThe 41-year-old club employee came over to see what was going on in the van and was shot in the head.
The police discovered that the truck was still on the green and found the bodies of two men killed by gunshot wounds, inside. One of them was identified as Paul Pierson, owner of the van, according to CNN.
Siller began playing Georgia Professional Golfers Association (PGA) tournaments in 2007. He was tenth in the Championship for Golf Course Attendants, held at the Governors Towne Club in Acworth, Georgia. From that year on he was a regular at this annual tournament.
In 2019, he joined the Pinetree Country Club as a golf instructor and director.. This year, in May, he played the Yamaha Atlanta Open at the Pinetree Country Club. I ended up in 41st place.
Reactions to Siller’s death have not been long in coming. The Georgia Golf Association (GSGA) expressed its condolences through social media. “All of us at the GSGA are deeply saddened by the tragic events that occurred at Pinetree CC. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Gene Siller’s family and friends.”
Jim Richerson, President of the Professional Golfers Associations of AmericaHe also expressed his regret: “We are truly heartbroken to learn of the senseless murder that took place at Pine Tree Country Club in Georgia that claimed the life of PGA member Gene Siller.”
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