Scott R Chilcutt, Flower Mound, TX (July 23, 2011) Cut into the hills 20 miles north of the DFW Airport, Tour 18 - Dallas is a championship replica golf course, simulating some of America's greatest golf holes. The #3 hole on Tour 18 - Dallas is a replica of the 18th hole at Doral and on this day played 1.60 strokes over par and was a full 1/2 stroke higher than the average hole.
Doral Resort and Country Club, just 15 miles northwest of Miami International Airport is the home of the famed Blue Monster and site of this years Doral Classic, The Golf Channel Am Tour Major on August 13th and 14th. The famous 18th hole, with its signature fountain, was ranked by GOLF Magazine as one of the Top 100 Holes in the World. On this Saturday the 74 players that finished the round in Flower Mound understood its difficulty.
Many players familiar with the gnarly #17 at TPC Sawgrass found the #9 hole at Tour 18 a tad easier. The hole ranked the 5th hardest but with red stakes instead of yellow it created some better scoring, averaging 4.38 strokes.
Prior to taking to the #1 tee for extra holes in a Sarazen Flight playoff, Preston Miller from Fort Worth, secured the Tour Championship trophy with a net 2 under par finishing just ahead of Larry Tolson at +1.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: Andrew Morsinkhoff of Rockwall, TX picked up his first win on the tour after coming close with 3 previous runner up spots. It took a birdie by Morsinkhoff on the 18th hole to finish +5, one stroke ahead of Las Colinas Championship winner, McKinney, TX Clay Price but Andrew's round saver came on the 12th hole. After taking mandatory relief off the green to the fringe, Morsinkhoff made par with a tough chip over the center green bunker. Nick Quast from Grapevine birdied his last two holes to knot it up with Terry Rice from Midland for the third spot.
Palmer Flight: David Wright from Lewisville, TX took Coppell, TX player Adrian DelaGarza to extra holes after both fired 9 over par 83's. DelaGarza grabbed his first win on tour by winning the playoff on the first hole. Wright had the lone birdie on the ninth hole (simulated #17 at Sawgrass). Prosper, TX member Bronco von Hoerling had his best finish since being promoted to the Palmer Flight finishing in 3rd with Clay Johnston from Dallas and Grandbury, TX player Brack Blackwood locked up T4 positions. Blackwood carded an eagle on the 18th hole, a replica of the end of Amen Corner, #13 at Augusta National.
Senior Palmer Flight: Larry Huppert from Fort Worth, knocking on a win all year long, made it happen at Tour 18, shooting a 7 over par 79. With birdies on the 14th and 18th holes, Huppert stayed clear of Dallas player Jim Cochran who had a birdie barrage with a run of 4 out of 6 holes. Cochran has now finished in the 2nd spot in all of his three attempts in 2011. Irving, TX Robert Felix was one stroke back settling for the 3rd spot.
Hogan Flight: Rockwall, TX Paul Gray picked up his 2nd win on tour and jumped into the lead for 2nd half of the year points. Gray finished 2 strokes ahead of hometown player Monty Fisher of Flower Mound. Fisher had 4 birdies to stay 4 strokes clear of T3 players Tim Williams from McKinney and Corsicana, TX member Patrick Gent. Myles Gallemore from Irving, TX was just outside of the top 4 by 2 strokes.
Sarazen Flight: In the largest flight of the day, Patrick Gutridge from Hurst, TX and Fort Worth's Preston Miller took it to extra holes, both shooting 87's where Gutridge would prevail on the 19th hole for his second win in a row. Plano, TX member Bert Beal had his best finish of the year just two strokes back while Scott Harper from Ranger, TX and Arlington, TX Ricky Gates finished in the T4 spot.
Senior Sarazen Flight: Lantana, TX player Barry Gray keeps mining the gold, trophies that is. Gray starting the year in the Senior Jones Flight was promoted prior to his T2 at the Florida Masters has 3 wins since and 7 for the year. In one of the most competitive points races on the tour, Steve Killion from Sanger, TX finished in the second spot with Azle, TX member Jim Wright rounding out the top three.
Jones Flight: Ken Benjamin from Grand Prairie, TX snatched his 2nd win on tour with a 93 over fellow two time winner Darrin Howard from Longview, TX. Benjamin ran into some tough holes mid round at the 9th - 11th holes birdied the 13th to get it back. In his first event on the tour Joe Gunn from Frisco, TX and Colleyville, TX player Yogi Schornick finished in the T3 position.
Snead Flight: Larry Tolson from McKinney, TX fired a 95 for his first win on tour. Tolson, who qualified for the National Championship with a third place finish at TEXAS OPEN at Horseshoe Bay Resort stayed clear of Carlos Cruz from Burleson, TX and Waco, TX player Francisco Vazquez where the pair finished T2. Garrett Tidman from Little Elm, TX rounded out the top four.
SKINS:
Championship: 2 -- Andrew Morsinkhoff, Rockwall, TX. 1 -- Terry Rice, Midland, TX; Nick Quast, Grapevine, TX; Clay Price, Mckinney, TX.
Palmer/SR Palmer: 2 -- Ivan Zweig, Dallas, TX; Brack Blackwood, Granbury, TX. 1 -- David Wright, Lewisville, TX; Jim Cochran, Dallas, TX; Larry Huppert, Fort Worth Texas; Jimmy Westfall, Oklahoma City, OK.
Hogan: 3 -- Monty Fisher, Flower Mound, TX. 2 -- Paul Gray, Rockwall Texas; Myles Gallemore, Irving, TX. 1 -- Tim Williams, McKinney, TX; Kevin Weaver, Lake Worth, TX.
Sarazen/SR Sarazen: 1 -- Bert Beal, Plano, Tx; Ricky Gates, Arlington, TX; George Peddy, Bedford, TX; Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX; Jamie Sansom, Frisco, TX; Jim Wright, Azle, TX.
Jones / Snead: 2 -- Yogi Schornick, Colleyville, TX. 1 -- Ken Benjamin, Grand Prairie, TX; Chris Manahan, Oklahoma City, OK; Burnie Rodgers, Haslet, TX; Garrett Tidman, Little Elm, TX.
Next up, The the Dallas Tour ventures east of the metroplex to Canton Classic at Twin Lakes on July 30th.The Oklahoma Tour returns to the central part Oklahoma for the Cowboy Classic in Stillwater on July 31st. The last Central Region Major, The Texas Shootout at Redstone will be held in Humble, TX on August 5th and 6th.
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