Scott R Chilcutt, Fairview, TX (May 7, 2017) Heritage Ranch Golf and Country Club, home of the Fairview Classic on the Golf Channel AM Tour, Dallas Tour. Years past have seen some rescheduled events, due to flooding, but not this one. The perfect weather leading up the event, to go with light winds and warm temperatures, greeted players to a great Sunday.
A few holes, specifically, the par 3 - 4th and the par 3 - 16th, aggravated many with the hold ups. Interestingly enough the 16th played the second-hardest hole on the course, with the 4th just behind at fifth and the two played collectively 1.44 strokes over par with 34 others, meaning a third of the field carded more than a double on those holes.
The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $640, bringing the Texas Tour local events total to $8,920 in contributions to the Foundation in 2017.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: Winning has become an automatic for Trophy Club, TX, player Nick Quast, Four in a row for the year and nine out of his last eleven over that past two years, Quast has been on top of the podium. Nick, with three birdies on the round, finished -1. Seven back, with three birdies of his own, Plano, TX, member Preston Standley, recorded his fourth runner-up on the season to go with a win at Hidden Creek. Mike Reynolds of Irving, TX, rounded out the top three for his best finish on the season.
Senior Championship Flight: Mark Echols of Diana, TX, started the day on the rough side, made the turn three strokes back of the field, but turn up the heat on the back to force a playoff with Wylie, TX, resident Jack Whitling. Back to the par 4 - 1st, where Echols doubled, the first time around, he made birdie to pick up his first win on tour. Playing in his fourth event on tour, Keith McKelvy of Granbury, TX, rounded out the top three for his best finish on tour.
Palmer Flight: Playing in his first event of the season, McKinney, TX, player Chase Peterson picked up his first win on tour. With three birdies on the day, and -1 on the back, Peterson, cleared Dallas Webster of Murphy, TX, by three strokes. Webster a winner his last time out at the San Antonio Open Major Championship eagled the par 4 - 14th securing his runner-up finish by six strokes over Arlington, TX, player Tyler Swofford and Michael Fagan of Dallas, TX, knotted up in the third place finish.
Senior Palmer Flight: Coppell, TX, first-year player, Mark Colangelo, recorded his second win on tour, by two strokes over Houston Tour traveler, Ernie Dyer of Orange, TX. Dyer, the 2014 Senior National Champion in the Hogan Flight, made two birdies on the round to edge out Graham, TX, member David York by a stroke.
Hogan Flight: Mark Tylenda, of Dallas, TX, promoted because of a difference in his USGA handicap, proved that he could hold his own in the Hogan Flight. Picking up his first win as a Hogan, Tylenda, grabbed his sixth win of the year, all coming in his second season on tour. One stroke back, Plano, TX, resident, Mark Anderson, carded three birdies in the round for the runner-up spot, with Arkansas Tour traveler, Kenny Butts of Bella Vista, AR rounding out the top three.
Senior Hogan Flight: Third first-time winner on tour, Stephen Lamb of Garland, TX, playing since 2013, now has that hurdle out of the way. A birdie on the par 5 - 11th, proved to be just enough for the one stroke victory over Haslet, TX, player Phillip Holt. Holt, with his third runner-up finish of the season, edged out Sal Torres, of Fort Worth, TX by a stroke.
Sarazen Flight: Eighteen holes could settle the score when Grand Prairie, TX, player Nancy Geihl and Coty Shearer of Fort Worth, TX, needed a sudden death playoff for the win. Back to the par 4 -1st Geihl would pick up her second win of the season and seventh on tour. For Shearer it was his best finish on tour, with three birdies in the round. Rounding out the top three was Rockwall, TX, player David Hickman carding his best finish of the season.
Senior Sarazen Flight: With playoffs, the theme of the day, local player Glynn Aldredge of Fairview, TX, and Red Oak, TX, member David McCasland, needed extra holes to finalize the championship. Back to the par 4 - 1st the duo played the hole the same way the second time around, with McCasland making par for his second win on tour and first since 2011. Jon Neff of Frisco, TX and Burleson, TX member, James Pace, shared the third place finish.
Jones Flight: First-year tour player, Dean Doty of nearby Allen, TX, picked up his second win on tour, with seven strokes clear of the field. Frisco, TX, member Trecia Wood, a winner her last time out, and first-year player Marcel Sow of Dallas, TX, split the runner-up honors.
Senior Jones Flight: Wylie, TX, member Jeff Ackerman, SR, with the help of a birdie on the par 3 - 6th, edged out Lloyd Reid, JR of Dallas, TX, by a stroke. For Ackerman, it was his fourth win of the season and fifth on tour. Four strokes back of Reid, Tommy Templin of Euless, TX, rounded out the top three.
Snead Flight: Douglas Pritchett of Fort Worth, TX, took four strokes off his front nine score on the back to pick up his Senior National Championship qualifying third win of the season and thirteenth on tour. Fort Worth, TX, resident Keith Huddleston followed a birdie on the par 4 - 2nd with an eagle on the par 5 - 3rd, to tie up the first-time player James Castellano of Waco, TX, for the runner-up finish.
SKINS:
Giant SKINS: ($128/each) 1 -- Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX; Jack Whitling, Wylie, TX; Dallas Webster, Murphy, TX; Robbie Aguilar, Jacksonville, FL; Keith Huddleston, Fort Worth, TX.
Championship / Palmer: ($34/each) 2 -- Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX. 1 -- Jack Whitling, Wylie, TX; Mark Echols, Diana, TX; Jack Carlile, Lewisville, TX; Chase Petersen, McKinney, TX; Dallas Webster, Murphy, TX.
Senior Palmer: ($30/each) 2 -- Ernie Dyer, Orange, TX. 1 -- Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX; Ron Schwinn, Frisco, TX; David York, Graham, TX.
Hogan / Senior Hogan / Sarazen: ($75/each) 2 -- Robbie Aguilar, Jacksonville, FL. 1 -- Mark Anderson, Plano, TX; Kenny Butts, Bella Vista, AR; David Jackson, McKinney, TX; Clark Hubbard, Burleson, TX; Jeff Gandy, Ft Worth, TX.
Senior Sarazen: ($140/each) 2 -- Jon Neff, Frisco, TX.
Jones / Senior Jones / Snead: ($25/each) 2 -- David Farmer Jr, Dallas, TX; Keith Huddleston, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Marcel Sow, Dallas, TX; John Grimley, Garland, TX; Srinivas Pokunur, Frisco, TX; Ron Hardy, Lewisville, TX; Douglas Pritchett, Ft Worth, TX; Jeff Ackerman Sr., Wylie, TX; Mike Lee, Dallas, TX.
CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:
$150/each
#4 - David York - 6' 0"; #6 - Sal Torres - 2' 2"; #12 - James Pace - 32'; #16 - Jack Whitling - 24' 7.
NEXT UP:
Back to the Hill Country for the Spring Branch Classic at River Crossing on Saturday, May 13th, and the Houston Tour members travel back to Bay Oaks for the South Houston Championship on Monday, May 15th.
Available for Registration:
Houston Tour players three weekends in a row when we go back to The Wilderness GolF Couse, in Lake Jackson for the first time in years. The event, on Sunday, May 21st closes on Friday, May 12th at 11:59 PM EST.
Back to Vaaler Creek Golf Club of the Battle at Blanco on the Hill Country Tour for the Memorial Day weekend tournament on Saturday, May, 27th. Registrations close on Friday, May 19th.
The Dallas Tour takes a break until the June 4th event at Tierra Verde, for the Arlington Championship. Don't wait until the deadline of May, 26th, this one will sell out early.
For More Information:
Scott R Chilcutt
Director - Texas Tours
Dallas Tour - Hill Country Tour - Houston Tour
GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour
405.513.1467
