2016 - Fort Worth Championship - Waterchase

Scott  R Chilcutt, Fort Worth, TX (May 15, 2016)  Waterchase Golf Club, once again played host to the Fort Worth Championship on the Golf Channel AM Tour.  Consistently in great shape this time of the year, the track also held true to the spring rains and treacherous bunker play. 

Phillip Holt (Senior Hogan Flight) and Jimmy Clanin (Snead Flight)  were "Up for the Srixon Challenge".   Winning their prospective flights playing a Srixon ball, both will get a dozen sent to them for the wins. Terry Rice, picked up the Tournament Champion, presented by Carlisle's Engraving over a trio of players in a scorecard playoff, net -2.   The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $500, bringing the year to date total from the Texas Tours to $6,430 contributed to the Foundation.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  In a strong field of Championship Flight players, Terry Rice of Midland, TX, was down one stroke at the turn to two players.  Making the turn, Rice, added a birdie on the par 3 - 14th, to play the back nine in -1 for a two stroke victory, his fifteenth on tour and first of the season after three previous runner up finishes.  Trophy Club, TX, player Nick Quast, seemingly unbeatable, with three straight wins in three attempts, finished in the runner up spot, with three birdies on the day.  Rounding out the top three, David Wright of Flower Mound, TX, with two birdies on his round, and Ari Rogers of Fort Worth, TX, using three birdies on his front nine, shared third place honors.

Palmer Flight:   After the excitement of his career first hole in one on the par 3 - 16th with an eight iron from 157 yards, Todd Arnold of Fort Worth, TX, doubled his final hole to open the door for a playoff.  Off to the tenth hole for the sudden death, Granbury, TX, player Tim Bush would  make a bogie, just enough to pick up the championship, his first on tour.  Stephen Fitzgerald, of Dallas, TX, with two birdies on the round, and Keller, TX, member Nic Linde, with a birdie of his own would split the third place finish.

Hogan Flight:  Starting on the first hole, Gabe Brisco of Mesquite, TX, with a birdie on the par 5 - 6th, held on to a two stroke lead heading to the back nine, plenty to pick up his tenth win on tour and second of the season.  Three strokes back, Fort Worth, TX, player Kirk Boerner and winner last fall at Hawks Creek grabbed the runner up spot, his fifth of the points season.  Houston tour member, Rick Houchins, with the help of three birdies on the day, cleared the third place finish by a stroke for his third podium of the season.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Starting on the back nine, Phillip Holt of Haslet, TX, had a colorful scorecard on his first nine holes, including three birdies, that would put him in place for his second win on the season and eighth on tour.  Fort Worth, TX, resident, Scott Harris, held a slim lead on his front nine, but carded trip sevens on the back to finish two strokes back.   The trio of Steve Killion of Sanger,TX and Mansfield, TX, member, John Cox, with a pair of birdies, along with Jalil Danesfar of Trophy Club, TX, shared the third place finish.

Sarazen Flight:   Despite a pair of doubles, along with a pair of triples, Wadsworth Jarrell, of Fort Worth, TX, became a two time Champion on the season with a commanding four stroke victory.  Richardson, TX, player Sven Bock, a two time winner on the season, carded his third runner up spot, with  first year player, Bryan Hodges of Dallas, TX, taking home the show place finish.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Top two honors, went to the traveling pair of Wichita Falls, TX, members, Michael Hardegree and Derek Drake. For Hardegree, it was his third win on tour and first since the August 2014 Las Colinas Open. Three strokes back, with birdie on the par 4 - 11th, Drake finished one stroke ahead of two players carding two birdies on the day,  Tim Brown of Richland Hills, TX, and Lewisville, TX, member Mark Donohue, rounding out the top three.  

Jones Flight:  Eastland, TX, player Terry Everts, commanded his first win in twenty attempts on tour, with a four stroke advantage.  Buddy Williams, a winner his first time out at Iron Horse in February, carded the runner up spot with Midland, TX, player Mike Jones taking home the third place finish.

Snead Flight:  Traveling, Hill Country Tour player, Jimmy Clanin of Pflugerville, TX, carded two birdies on the par 3 - 14th and par 4 - 17th to snarl a ten stroke victory, his National Championship qualifying third on the season.  First time player, Fort Worth, TX player, Walter Albertson, with an eagle two on the par 5 - 3rd, finished in the runner up spot.  Ron Hardy of Lewisville, TX, his first time out since knee replacement and Arlington, TX, player Thomas Rauch, both with birdies on the day, split the third place spot. 


SKINS:

Giant Skins:  ($340/each)  1 -- Jack Carlile, Lewisville, TX; Todd Arnold, Ft Worth, TX.

Championship:  ($30/each)  2 -- Andrew Bachelder, Fort Worth, TX; Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX. 1 -- Terry Rice, Midland, TX; Jack Carlile, Lewisville, TX; Ari Rogers, Fort Worth, TX.

Palmer:  ($20/each)  3 -- Todd Arnold, Ft Worth, TX. 1 -- Clay Johnston, Lewisville, TX; Stephen Fitzgerald, Dallas, TX; Nic Linde, Keller TX; Tim Bush, Granbury, TX.

Hogan:  ($40/each)  2 -- Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX. 1 -- Joseph Roy, Rockwall, TX; Bryan Rich, Roanoke, TX; Nancy Geihl, Grand Prairie, TX; Rick Houchins, Houston, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($46/each)  2 -- Steve Killion, Sanger, TX. 1 -- Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX; Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX; John Cox, Mansfield, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX.

Sarazen:  ($45/each)  2 -- Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Douglas Key, Natchitoches, LA; Neil Mcgregor, Mckinney, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($80/each)   1 -- Tim Brown, Richland Hills, TX; Mark Donohue, Lewisville, TX; Dale McFarland, Crowley, TX.

Jones/Snead:  ($64/each)  2 -- Buddy Williams, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Scott Chilcutt, Midlothian, TX; Zane Latham, Valley View, TX; Jimmy Clanin, Pflugerville, TX.

CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

($160/each)  #2 - Steve Fitzgerald - 10 1/2";  #7 - Steve Killion - 1' 2";  #12 - Ivan Boggs - 3' 8";  #14 - Terry Rice - 6' 10".

Upcoming Texas Events:

Memorial Day weekend will fill the schedule for those not taking in lake or beach action, starting Saturday May 28th for the Battle @ Blanco at Vaaler Creek Golf Club.  Follow up with a Sunday event in Frankston, TX, just some 250 miles to the northeast for the Memorial Weekend Championship at Pine Dunes on May 29th.

Make sure to register for the Arkansas Championship at Hot Springs Country Club on June 4th and 5th.  This Major Championship, unlike many in the area still has spots available.

For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Director - Texas Tours

Dallas  Tour - Hill Country Tour  - Houston Tour

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

405.513.1467

schilcutt@gcamtour.com

Fairview Classic at Heritage Ranch

Scott R Chilcutt, Fairview, TX (April 24, 2016)  Heritage Ranch Golf and Country Club, home of the Fairview Classic on the Golf Channel AM Tour, Dallas Tour. The 2015 event scheduled in May was flooded out, with rising spring waters keeping play off the front nine.  This years event looked to have the same fate a week before the event, but subsiding waters allowed the course maintenance staff to get the front nine in a playable condition with the exception of a shortened par 4 - 7th making a par 3.    

Walter White (Senior Sarazen Flight) was "Up for the Srixon Challenge".   Winning his prospective flight playing a Srixon ball, Walter will get a dozen sent to him for the win. Zane Latham, with a -7 net score, won for the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving.   The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $380, bringing the year to date total from the Texas Tours to $5,700 contributed to the Foundation.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Looks like, Trophy Club, TX, member Nick Quast, and his move back to Texas from the west coast, suits his game.  Going out with a birdie on the par 5 - 4th, and even par on the front, Quast birdied the par 4 - 10th and then cruised to his third win in as many attempts and his eighth on tour.  Tied up at the turn, Dallas Webster of Wylie, TX, and McKinney, TX, player Tim Williams, bounced back and forth over the final nine holes to even it back up on the final hole, to share the runner up finish.

Palmer Flight:  John Padilla of Fort Worth, TX, started the day a little rough with four bogies in his first five holes, but turned on the after burners to finish the final thirteen in 2 under par, with two birdies, to lap the field for his first win on tour.  Lewisville, TX, perennial winner, Clay Johnston, with consecutive birdies on the par 4 - 13th and par 4 - 14th, could only muster a second place finish, nine strokes back.  Chase Peterson of McKinney, TX, with a birdie on the par 4 - 2nd and Houston Tour traveler, Aaron Brougher of Spring, TX, split the third place honors.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Coppell, TX, member Mark Taylor, starting on the tenth hole, made the turn four strokes out of the lead.  Birdie on the par 4 - 1st, to go with five pars coming to the clubhouse, would put Taylor in a sudden death playoff with JD Price of Lake Whitney, TX.  Back to the par 4 - 1st, the pair would match up on the first hole, then Taylor would pick up his fifth win on tour, and first since the 2015 Dallas Tour Championship on the second hole.  For Price, it was his fourth runner up finish on the season to go with two wins. Garland, TX, player Kem Albritton, finished just one stroke out of the playoff to pick up the third place spot, with a birdie on the par 4 - 15th.

Hogan Flight:  Coming off his first win on tour, the Major Championship at the Kingsmill Classic in Williamsburg, VA, the week before, Scott Striegel of Southlake, TX, made it two in as many weeks.  Striegel took a one stroke advantage to the back nine, with the help of a birdie on the par 4 - 15th and then held on for the win, using the shortened 7th hole and another birdie to pick up the win.  McKinney, TX, player Navakiran Chiturri, finished one stroke back for the runner up spot, with Gabe Briscoe, and a birdie on the par 4 - 5th rounding out the top three.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Trophy Club, TX, member Jalil Daneshfar, stayed out of trouble to pick up his eleventh win on tour and second of the points season.  Four strokes back, Sal Torres of Fort Worth, TX, seems to be taking retirement well, with a birdie on the par 4 - 15th. The runner up spot was his best finish in two years on tour. Three strokes back of Torres, Houston Tour visitor, Michael Castaneda, of League City, TX, used the trip north to his advantage, for his best finish on the season.

Sarazen Flight:  Just outside of Baton Rouge, LA, Eric Chavers of Walker, LA, a frequent traveler to Texas Tour events, picked up his first win in three years on tour.  Chavers, with birdies on the par 3 - 4th and par 4 - 15th, ran away from the field for a six stroke advantage.  Jeff Workman, of Fort Worth, TX, seemingly in a rut on the season, broke out for his best finish on the points year in the runner up spot, with Granbury, TX, first time player Heston Krumnow, rounding out the top three.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Out of the country working for two thirds of the year, it's been a long time coming for Walter White of Monroe, LA.  White became an eight time winner on tour and first since May of 2013 with the help of a birdie on the par 3 - 7th, proving to be just enough to top the second place finisher, Dallas, TX, member Rick Allaire by two strokes.  One stroke back of Allaire, Davis Noble of Lake Kiowa, TX and Lewisville, TX, member Mark Donohue, shared the third place finish.

Jones Flight:  Lloyd Reid JR, of Dallas, TX, started his day out right with a birdie on the par 4 - 1st, leading to his ninth win on tour and first of the season.  Hanging with Reid, on the front nine, Valley View, TX, member Zane Latham, fell just one stroke back into a tie for second with Larry Tolson, a Heritage Ranch local, after he birdied the par 4 - 14th.  For Latham, the winner of the Tournament Champion trophy, it was his best finish on the season.

Snead Flight:  Arlington, TX, resident, Don Freitag, took two strokes off his front nine, coming to the club house to even the score with Adam Wright of Mineola, TX.  Back to the par 4 - 1st for the playoff, where Freitag made par the first time around, the table turned and Wright picked up the win, with a bogey.  It was Wright's first win on tour and third runner up finish for Freitag on the season. Two strokes back, Douglas Pritchett of Fort Worth, TX, a winner on the points season at his home course in November, carded the third place finish.


SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($90/each)  2 -- Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX; John Padilla, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Curt Howard, Sapulpa, OK; Todd Arnold, Ft Worth, TX; Jeff Gregory, Montgomery, TX; Nic Linde, Keller TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($35/each)  3 -- Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX. 2 -- John Padilla, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Todd Arnold, Ft Worth, TX; Scott Harper, Ranger, TX; Clay Johnston, Lewisville, TX.

Senior Palmer:  ($53/each)  1 -- Kem Albritton, Garland, TX; Tim Bush, Granbury, TX; Nic Linde, Keller TX.

Hogan:  ($45/each)  2 -- Clark Hubbard, Burleson, TX. 1 -- Gabe Brisco, Mesquite, TX; Nick Easen, Keller, TX; Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX; Jason Shuffield, Frisco, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($60/each)  2 -- John Cox, Mansfield, TX. 1 -- Michael Castaneda, League City, TX; Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX.

Sarazen:  ($30/each)  2 -- Brad Hogan, Frisco, TX; Eric Chavers, Walker, LA. 1 -- Sven Bock, Richardson, TX; Johnathan Tawney, Granbury, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($75/each)  2 -- Walter White, Monroe, LA. 1 -- Burnie Rodgers, Haslet, TX; Mark Donohue, Lewisville, TX.

Jones:  ($140/each)  1 -- Jeff Ackerman Sr., Wylie, TX; Scott Chilcutt, Midlothian, TX.

Snead:  ($14/each)  5 -- Don Freitag, Arlington, TX. 2 -- Mike Welch, Fort Worth, TX; Adam Wright, Mineola, TX. 1 -- Thomas Rauch, Arlington, TX.

CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

($150/each)  #4 - Eric Chavers - 3' 6 1/2";  #6 - Chris Force - 7' 4";  #12 - Todd Arnold - 9' 0";  #16 - Tim Bush - 18' 8".

Upcoming Texas Events:

Players from around the region take a break from local action for the Red River Shootout at Winstar on Saturday, April 30th and Sunday May 1st.

The Spring Branch Classic is in store for the Hill Country at River Crossing Golf Club on Saturday, May 7th with entries closing on Friday, April 29th.  

The Fort Worth Championship at WaterChase, will be held on Sunday May 15th.  The event is currently sold out, but waiting list spots are available.

Houston Tour members, venture for the first time to the exclusive Bay Oaks Country Club for the South Houston Championship on Monday, May 16th. Registration closes on Friday, May 6th at 11:59PM EST.  

Make sure to register for the Arkansas Championship at Hot Springs Country Club on June 4th and 5th.  This Major Championship, unlike many in the area still has spots available.

For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Director - Texas Tours

Dallas  Tour - Hill Country Tour  - Houston Tour

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

405.513.1467

Great Day at Frisco Lakes Challenge

Scott R Chilcutt, Frisco, TX (April 9, 2016)  What started as great morning for The Spring Championship at Frisco Lakes, originally scheduled for a Fall Challenge, turned into a somber moment for the field, when we learned that Stan Harper, Lake Leon, TX, a long time player and fierce competitor in the Snead Flight passed away just a day earlier.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family, Stan was a fine man and great friend of the tour.

Steve Killion (Senior Hogan Flight), was "Up for the Srixon Challenge", winning his prospective flight playing a Srixon ball and will get a dozen sent to him for the win. Joshua Tankersley, with a -6 net score, beat out Tom Stockton in a score card playoff grabbing the win for the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving.   The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $320, bringing the year to date total from the Texas Tours to $4,670 contributed to the Foundation.



RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Recently relocated to Trophy Club, TX, from the West Coast, Nick Quast picked up his seventh win on tour and second in as many attempts.  Quast, hot out of the gates, was two under after seven holes with a pair of birdies, added one at his final hole, the par 5 - 18th for a one stroke advantage over Terry Rice of Midland, TX.  Rice, with four birdies of his own on the day, edged out the pair of Mansfield, TX, member Rachel Smith and Jack Carlile of Lewisville, TX, both carding birdies, by one stroke.

Palmer Flight:  Starting the day on the 10th hole,  Bekim Ramadani, of Arlington, TX,  a two time winner on tour, edged the field by two strokes making the turn.  Ramadani, looked to have things in hand until he got to his seventeenth hole of the day, making double on the par 3 - 8th opening the door for a pair of players to sneak into a playoff.  McKinney, TX, player Michael Rutkowski, with a birdie on the par 5 - 3rd and second time tour player, Ron Schwinn, matching that birdie, forced a sudden death playoff.  Back to the first hole, Schwinn and Ramadini knocked out Rutkowski on the first hole with pars, where then Schwinn, would par the par 4 - 2nd for the second time of the day to pick up the Championship, his first on tour.

Hogan Flight:  Coming off his first win on tour at the February Iron Horse event, Bobby Duty of Midland, TX, kept the ball rolling.  Duty, with a birdie on the par 5 - 15th, shot the round of his AM Tour career, a +4 - 76 for a one stroke advantage.  Fort Worth, TX, player Kirk Boerner, in the top five in seven events on the points season, made it his third runner up finish to go along with a win at November Fall Championship at Hawks Creek.  Three strokes back of Boerner, Darren Bufton of Bedford, TX, a winner at Riverchase in March, rounded out the top three.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Lobbying for a move back to the Senior Sarazen Flight before his round, Sanger, TX, player Steve Killion took that option out of play on Saturday.  The Flight, starting on the tenth hole for the round, had eleven of the fourteen within three strokes of the lead making the turn. Phillip Holt, of Haslet, TX, carded pars on his final two holes to take it to a playoff with Killion.  Back to the par 4 - 1st, Steve made par for his twelfth win on tour and first on the season. Dallas, TX, member Drew Keith, carded his best finish back on tour, with the third place spot.

Sarazen Flight:  Nick Easen, the 2013 National Champion in the Jones Flight, carded his second win on the season, and his seventeenth on tour.  Easen finished just one stroke ahead of Richardson, TX, player Sven Bock, a two time winner on tour this season. Five strokes back of Bock, Fort Worth, TX, player Wadsworth Jarrell, the Texas Open @ Horseshoe Bay Champion, and Mark Tylenda, of Dallas, TX, rounded out the top three.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Grand Prairie, TX, resident, Tom Stockton, made the turn two strokes back of a pair of players looking to be in the hunt for the championship, but didn't let that slow him down, coming to the clubhouse in a three way tie. Back to the #1 tee for the sudden death playoff, Arlington TX, member Chris Howl, and Lewisville, TX player Mark Dononhue, set out to finish the score.  First hole, Donohue out with a bogie, then three holes later, Stockton, commanded his sixth win on tour with a par on the par 4 - 4th, his first since a May 2015 event in Florida.

Jones Flight:  Pete Partain, of Bedford, TX, picked up his second win in as many attempts and only his second on tour.  Haslet, TX, player Doyle Fleming, took a triple on his final hole of the day, but was able to secure the runner up spot with Mike Brown of Midlothian, TX and two birdies on the day, rounding out the top three.

Snead Flight:  Joshua Tankersley, of Fort Worth, TX, clobbered the field once again, looking towards a promotion with his third win in four attempts.  75 year old, Douglas Pritchett, also of Fort Worth, TX, a winner at the Fall Championship at Hawks Creek, finished in the runner up spot, with Arlington, TX, player Thomas Rauch taking the show position finish.



SKINS:

Giant Skins:  ($330/each)  1 -- Scott Harper, Ranger, TX; Gabe Brisco, Mesquite, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($48/each)  2 -- Terry Rice, Midland, TX. 1 -- Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX; Kem Albritton, Garland, TX; Scott Harper, Ranger, TX; Brett Lilljedahl, Fort Worth, TX; Ken Dyke, Keller, TX.

Hogan:  ($75/each)  1 -- Kirk Boerner, Fort Worth, TX; Gabe Brisco, Mesquite, TX; Preston Sams, Garland; Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($86/each)  1 -- Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Stephen Lamb, Garland, TX; Jalil Daneshfar, Trophy Club, TX.

Sarazen:  ($20/each)  3 -- Sven Bock, Richardson, TX. 2 -- Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Wadsworth Jarrell, Fort Worth, TX; Mark Tylenda, Dallas, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($52/each)  2 -- Burnie Rodgers, Haslet, TX. 1 -- Tim Brown, Richland Hills, TX; Jon Neff, Frisco, TX; Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX.

Jones:  ($120/each)  1 -- Timothy Geeslin, Arlington,Texas; Mike Lee, Dallas, TX.

Snead:  ($20/each)  4 -- Joshua Tankersley, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Tom Reynolds, McKinney, TX; Thomas Rauch, Arlington, TX.

CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

($155/each)  #5 - Nick Quast - 1' 11";  #8 - Terry Rice - 1' 1";  #12 - Kem Albritton - 12' 11";  #14 - Zane Latham  - 5' 0".

Upcoming Texas Events:

Houston Tour members, head back to High Meadows Ranch Golf Club for the Masters at Magnolia on Saturday, April 16th, with entries closing on Friday, April 8th.

Backing up that weekend on Monday, April 18th, the Hill Country Tour visits the exclusive Dominion Country Club for the San Antonio Masters, registration closed on Friday, April 8th. 

Sunday, April 24th, the Dallas tour hits the exclusive Heritage Ranch Golf and Country Club for the Heritage Ranch Classic. Registration deadline is Friday, April, 15th at 11:59 PM EST.

  

Make sure to register for the Arkansas Championship at Hot Springs Country Club on June 4th and 5th.  This Major Championship, unlike many in the area still has spots available.

For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Director - Texas Tours

Dallas  Tour - Hill Country Tour  - Houston Tour

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

405.513.1467

Stonebridge Ranch Country Club for The Dye Classic

Scott R Chilcutt, McKinney, TX (3/28/2016)   Pete Dye designed the Dye Course at Stonebridge Ranch Country Club, taking advantage of the topography.  What design work went into the layout has been preserved by the course superintendent and maintenance staff to create a true test of golf. Tightly mown fairways and tough green complexes, just added to the railroad tie banked water hazards and knee high grasses bordering fairways and greens set things up for a tough day.

Scott Stiegel, of Southlake, TX, carded his first career hole in one on the par 3 - 8th hole, from a wind adjusted 162 yards with a seven iron.

Melvin Wilson, III (Hogan Flight) was "Up for the Srixon Challenge", winning his prospective flight playing a Srixon ball and will get a dozen sent to him for the win. Jason Weisenburg, grabbed the win for the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving.   The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $390, bringing the year to date total from the Texas Tours to $3,850 contributed to the Foundation.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Local, McKinney, TX, member Tim Williams made the best of his short drive to the course.  Williams, the 2011 National Champion in the Hogan Flight, added to his winnings, bringing the total championships on tour to seven, and third as a Championship Flight player, winning two times at Las Colinas Country Club.  Three strokes back, Fort Worth, TX, player, Andrew Bachelder, the winner of the 2015 Warrior Open at Las Colinas, the same course Williams has had AM Tour success.  Bachelder split the runner up finish with David Wright of Flower Mound, TX. 

Palmer Flight:  Starting out strong, with two birdies on his four holes, Scott Harper of Ranger, TX, looked to have things moving in his direction.  Marginal play after that still held him in the lead, but a ten on the par 4 - 18th looked to undo the championship. Help from the runner up allowed Harper to pick up his thirteenth win on tour.   Argyle, TX, player Greg Hawkins finished just one stroke back, despite trouble at 15 and 16, with a pair of players nipping at his heels. Visiting Minnesota AM Tour Director, Bruce Addleman, of Prior Lake, MN, with a birdie on the par 3 - 12th, split the third place finish with Dallas, TX, resident, Tony Peppler, picking up a birdie and closest to the hole on the par 3 - 17th.

Hogan Flight:  Dallas, TX, member Melvin Wilson, III, out of action for a short time, came back to the tour with a vengeance.  Starting on the 10th hole, Wilson came out of the gate with a birdie on the par 4 - 10th, added birdies at the par 4 - 1st and par 5 - 3rd to solidify his seventh win on tour.  Just a single stroke back, Kirk Boerner, of Fort Worth, TX, a winner in the fall at the Fall Championship at Hawks Creek split the runner up honors with Lewisville, TX, player Shawn Whitaker, with a birdie on the par 4 - 6th to card his best finish in the last year.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Coming off a win on Saturday on the Oklahoma Tour, Kirby Rogers of Muldrow, OK, picked up his second win in as many attempts.  Rogers, with a birdie on the par 5 - 7th did just what it would take to hold a two stroke lead over Dallas Tour player, Jalil Daneshfar, of Trophy Club, TX, and Oklahoma Tour competitor, Bud Surber, of Edmond, OK, splitting the runner up finish.

Sarazen Flight:  Heath, TX, member, Jason Weisenburg, nearly lapped the field with an eight stroke advantage, with the help of two birdies on the day.  Visiting, Gulf Coast Tour player, Douglas Key of Daphne, AL, took care of the second place finish, with Texas Open Major Championship winner, Wadsworth, Jarrell, rounding out the top three.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Looking to have the championship in hand, traveling Oklahoma Tour member, Stan Wilson of Jones, OK, took a triple 7 on the par 4 - 18th to even the score with Plano, TX, player Jamie Sansom.  Back to the par four ninth for the playoff, Sansom would prevail with a par after Wilson lipped out to extend the playoff.  For Sansom, battling health issues, it was his twelfth win on tour and first since 2013.  Crowley, TX, resident, Dale McFarland, rounded out the top three with the help of a birdie on the par 5 - 3rd, his best finish of the season.

Jones Flight:  Hurst, TX, player Tommy Templin, used two birdies on the day, at the par 3 - 5th and par 4 - 15th to pick up his second win on tour and first of the points season.  Lloyd Reid, JR, of Dallas, TX,  used a birdie on the par 3 - 12th to solidify the second place finish, two strokes ahead of Fairview, TX, player Larry Tolson.

Snead Flight:  Traveling Hill Country Tour player, Mark Colwell of Selma, TX, grabbed his thirteenth win on tour and second in as many attempts after winning the Prelude to the Texas Open at Barton Creek Lakeside his last time out. William Hughes of Tulsa, OK finished just three strokes back with two time winner on the season Joshua Tankersley, of Fort Worth, TX,  rounding out the top three.

SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($110/each)  2 -- Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX. 1 -- Tony Peppler, Dallas, TX; Alec Lewis, Wichita Falls, TX; Melvin Wilson III, Dallas, TX; Mark Donohue, Lewisville, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($53/each)  1 -- Tim Williams, McKinney, TX; Clay Johnston, Lewisville, TX; Tony Peppler, Dallas, TX; Scott Harper, Ranger, TX; Jack Carlile, Lewisville, TX; Alec Lewis, Wichita Falls, TX.

Hogan:  ($40/each)  3 -- Melvin Wilson III, Dallas, TX. 2 -- Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX. 1 -- Jason Shuffield, Frisco, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($36/each)  2 -- Denver Roden, Irving, TX; John Cox, Mansfield, TX. 1 -- Stephen Lamb, Garland, TX; Bob Mulligan, Dallas, TX.

Sarazen:  ($105/each)  1 -- Wadsworth Jarrell, Fort Worth, TX; Jason Weisenburg, Heath, TX; Mark Risser, Dallas, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($45/each)  2 -- Scott Lane, Plano, TX. 1 -- Jon Neff, Frisco, TX; Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX; Michael Hardegree, Wichita Falls TX; Mark Donohue, Lewisville, TX.

Jones/Snead:  ($40/each)  2 -- Tommy Templin, Hurst, TX; John Pickens, Montgomery, TX. 1 -- Mark Colwell, Selma, TX; Joshua Tankersley, Fort Worth, TX; Adam Wright, Mineola, TX; Larry Tolson, Fairview, TX; Lloyd C Reid Jr, Dallas, TX.

CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

($147/each)  #5 - Mark Risser - 9' 3 1/2";  #8 - Scott Stiegel - HOLE IN ONE;  #12 - Johnathan Tawney  - 11";  #17 - Tony Peppler - 4' 4".

Upcoming Texas Events:

The Dallas Tour, visits  Frisco Lakes Challenge on Saturday, April 9th at The Golf Club of Frisco.  The event is already sold out, but waiting list spots are available.  Sunday, April 24th, the tour hits the exclusive Heritage Ranch Golf and Country Club for the Heritage Ranch Classic. Registration deadline is Friday, April, 15th at 11:59 PM EST.

  

April 10th, the Hill Country Tour returns after a 4 year layoff to Silverhorn Golf Club in San Antonio, for the Spring Challenge at Silver Horn, with an entry deadline of Friday April, 1st at 11:59PM EST.  

The Houston Tour gets back into action at the Galveston Island Championship, on Sunday, April 3rd, and then moves to High Meadows Ranch Golf Club for the Masters at Magnolia on Saturday, April 16th, with entries closing on Friday, April 8th.

Make sure to register for the Arkansas Championship at Hot Springs Country Club on June 4th and 5th.  This Major Championship, unlike many in the area still has spots available.

For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Director - Texas Tours

Dallas  Tour - Hill Country Tour  - Houston Tour

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

405.513.1467

schilcutt@gcamtour.com