Bio

Jerry Mike Covich III

Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College (1967-1968) / Baseball
Biloxi, Mississippi

Covich, of Biloxi, attended the Perkinston Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College, September 1967-May 1968, and received his associate degree in education. He was a left-handed pitcher on the 1968 team that won the Mississippi Association of Junior Colleges championship. Coached by Kenneth Farris, the team had a 16-3 won-lost record and was 9-1 in the conference. Covich had a .465 batting average and a 4-0 record on the mound for the 1968 season.

As assistant golf pro at Shell Landing and a Class A PGA Professional, Covich set a course record at Columbia Country Club by shooting a 62. He has been ranked as one of the top 10 teaching professionals on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and has been a member of the PGA Cup Team since 1986. In 1995 he won the prestigious Bellande Cup. He has been named the Gulf States PGA Senior Player of the Year five times, is a six-time Senior Champion with four runner-up finishes and won the Mississippi Chapter of the PGA Senior Championship four times. In 2010, he was named to the PGA President’s Council on Growing the Game.