2013 Schedule At A Glance - Dallas Tour

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Scott R Chilcutt, Edmond, OK (December 12, 2012) After much debate, feedback and voting from the membership, the Tour Championship this year has been expanded to a two day affair at The Tribute on August 24th/25th.

New stops at Bridlewood, Tierra Verde and Sky Creek Ranch join the stalwarts like: TPC Craig Ranch, Texas Star and Tangleridge.  Las Colinas Country Club is back on the schedule after a year away with scheduling conflicts.  Returning to the schedule with repeat performances from the great experiences at new 2012 venues: Heritage Ranch, Frisco Lakes, Indian Creek and Waterchase.

And don't forget the Dallas / Hill Country Clash back in Waco for another stop along with our Oklahoma Open event at the famed Oak Tree Country Club in Edmond, OK. 

Mark your calendars TODAY! 


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Grand Prairie Classic @ Tangle Ridge - 2/23/2013

Classic @ The Creek - Indian Creek Golf Club - 3/9/2013



Frisco Lakes Challenge - 3/30/2013





Flower Mound Open @ Bridlewood - 4/7/2013



Arlington Championship @ Tierra Verde - 4/21/2013



Dallas / Hill Country Clash @ Twin Rivers - 5/4/2013



Bobcat Open @ Texas Star - 5/19/2013



Fort Worth Championship @ Waterchase - 6/1/2013



Fairview Classic @ Heritage Ranch - 6/9/2013



Championship @ TPC Craig Ranch - 7/8/2013



Tarrant County Open @ Sky Creek Ranch - 7/20/2013



Oklahoma Open @ Oak Tree - 7/22/2013



Las Colinas Championship - 8/12/2013



Dallas Tour Championship @ The Tribute - 8/24-8/25/2013

For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Tour Director
Dallas / Fort Worth Tour - Hill Country Tour - Oklahoma Tour
GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour
405.513.1467 - 972.302.9478
schilcutt@gcamtour.com


Champions Crowned - Fall Championship at Champions Circle

Scott R Chilcutt,  Fort Worth, TX (November 11, 2012)  Just one week after the stars of Nascar made their appearance at the Texas Motor Speedway for the AAA Texas 500 the Dallas Tour took on Champions Circle just south of the famed track for the Fall Championship.

90 players with travelers from the Atlanta, Hill Country, Houston and Oklahoma tours battled the elements to complete the last local event of the calendar year on the Dallas Tour.Just as fast as the stock car group blew out of town the south winds kicked up for the entire week.  Overnight muggy warm conditions gave way to a big gust northerly that brought with it fierce and cold north winds for the beginning of the round.  Players with early tee times got most of the three seasons before the winds and showers subsided.



Results:

Championship Flight:  Kyle Lewie from Waco, TX nixed his plans to play the Hill Country Tour event on Saturday after his Aggies were scheduled to play the Crimson Tide during an early afternoon game and made the change to Fort Worth.  He and traveling partner Chris Daniluck of Boerne, TX made the best of the change with a one two finish.  And what a weekend it was,  Lewie's team knocked off #1 Alabama and Kyle picked up his first win on tour, with four birdies, including his final hole of the event that sealed the deal.  Daniluck went out at one under par with three birdies on the front nine, but doubled the last to fall one stroke short of the win, but stayed one stroke clear of third place finisher Tony Peppler of Dallas.

Palmer Flight:  Coppell, TX member Adrian DelaGarza made it four tour wins on the Golf Channel Am Tour with a +2 - 74, the best round of the day, seven strokes ahead of nearest competitor, newcomer John Padilla of Arlington, TX.  Padilla recorded four birdies on the day, but ran into trouble mid round to keep him out of contention.  Randy Sellers of Lewisville, TX rounded out the top three after winning at the October Border War at Rock Creek Resort event.   

Senior Palmer Flight:  Sean Fenton from Fort Worth, TX and Tulsa, OK member Roland Lewis, both birdied the final hole to force extra holes.  Lewis went out in 42, Fenton in 39, but both tied it up after thirteen and then they matched it up stroke for stroke.  At the scorers table the two hadn't finished the contest so they went back out for more, where Fenton would prevail.  Mark Taylor of Lewisville, TX a winner at the Border War at Rock Creek Resort finished one stroke back to finish in the show position.  

Hogan Flight:  Amarillo, TX traveler, Tim Edwards had his best finish at a Golf Channel Am Tour event during the 2010 Texas Star Shoot Out  with a T3.  When he and Oklahoma Tour member Jeffrey Banner from Lawton, OK went out in 41, 42 respectively it was obvious the boys residing in windy areas had battled through the early round gusts.  Two back nine birdies including the finishing hole would be enough for Edwards to pick up his first tour win, two strokes ahead of Banner.  Atlanta Tour member Cory Welch from Smyrna, GA finished with two straight birdies to salvage a third place spot, five strokes back of Banner.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Jalil DaneshFar of Trophy Club, TX birdied the par four - eigth hole to get things back on track after a tough start.  Two strokes back of Mansfield, TX Gregory Stairs after nine holes, DaneshFar added another birdie on the fourteenth hole to pick up his fourth win on tour by a single stroke over Stairs firmly in the second spot. Bruce Beakley from Houston, TX, making his second event on his weekend double after playing on the Hill Country Tour on Saturday, finished tied in the third spot with Shawn Whitaker from Lewisville, playing in his first Senior Flight event.      

Sarazen Flight:  Tyler, TX resident, Gary Lee shot the best round of his Golf Channel Am Tour career to pick up his first win.  Lee finished the final four holes at one under par with three birdies on the day to best,  Melvin Wilson III of Dallas, TX by four strokes. Wilson birdied his final hole to take a one stroke advantage over third place finisher, Rockwall, TX member Joseph Roy.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Patrick Gutridge from Hurst, TX recorded his fifth win on tour and first since the July 2011 The Clash @ Tour 18.  Gutridge carded two birdies on the day to win the flight by a stroke with a birdie four on the par five - 18th. One stroke back, Walter White from Monroe, LA and Jones, OK player Stan Wilson shared the second place honors. Ken Benjamin of Grand Prairie, TX and Frisco, TX member Jamie Sansom tied for the fourth spot.
       

Jones Flight:  Allen, TX newcomer Shawn Privat picked up his first win on tour, less than a month after his runner up finish in his first outing at the Border War at Rock Creek Resort.  Privat took advantage of three birdies on the day to overcome a couple of tough holes to finish two strokes ahead of Garrett Tidman from Little Elm.  In his last event as a mid-am, Keith Bruce from Gordonville, TX followed up his Border War win with the third place finish.  

Senior Jones Flight:  Mike Logsdon from Wylie, TX sporting his American Flag shirt for Veterans Day, dominated, seven strokes ahead of second place finisher, Lewisville, TX member Ron Hardy. Logsdon had birdies on the first and fifteenth holes to pick up his third win on tour.  Tom Stockton from Euless, TX rounded out the top three.   

Snead Flight:  Parker, TX resident Dion Casto started out with a birdie on the first hole and never looked back picking up his second tour win by nine strokes over Mike Adcock from Saginaw, TX.  Casto's 44 on the front held a six stroke advantage and he just kept adding on.  Don Freitag from Arlington, TX a winner in his last two local events before the National Championships finished in the third spot.  

Senior Snead Flight:  Doyle Fleming of nearby Haslet, TX cashed in on his fifth win on tour and second in as many tries seven strokes ahead of Oklahoma Tour traveler, Rick Henthorn of Yukon, OK.  Hill Country Tour member, Dwain Smith of Cedar Park, TX completed his round six strokes back in third position.    





Skins:

Championship:  1 -- Ken Dyke, Keller, TX; Kyle Lewie, Waco, TX; Terry Rice, Midland, TX.

Palmer / Senior Palmer:  2 -- Sean Fenton, Fort Worth, TX; Danny Nicholls, Mansfield, TX. 1 -- Michael Fee, Mansfield, TX; James Galbraith, Prorper, TX; David Alan Wood, North Richland Hills,  TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX.

Hogan / Senior Hogan:  2 -- Tim Edwards, Amarillo, TX; Cory Welch, Smyrna, GA; Gregory Stairs, Mansfield, TX.  1 -- Scott Harper, Ranger, TX; Jeffrey Banner, Lawton, OK; Denver Roden, Irving, TX.

Sarazen / Senior Sarazen:  2 -- Gary Lee, Tyler, TX. 1 -- Joseph Roy, Rockwall, TX; Imran Siddiqi, Edmond, OK; Ken Benjamin, Grand Prairie, TX; Patrick Gutridge, Hurst, TX; Dale McFarland, Crowley, TX; Stan Wilson, Jones, OK.

Jones / Senior Jones:  1 -- Shawn Privat, Allen, TX; Mike Jones, Midland, TX; Mike Logsdon, Wylie, TX.

Snead / Senior Snead:  3 -- Dion Casto, Parker, TX. 2 -- Rick Henthorn, Yukon, OK. 1 -- Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX; Joe Kiesendahl, Richland Hills, TX.

Next Up:  The Dallas Tour will resume play after the first of the year at the Grand Prairie Classic at Tangle Ridge on February 23rd, 2013.   The Hill Country Tour makes a stop before the Holidays at the Falconhead Golf Club for the Winter Classic - Hill Country on December 8th.

For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt
Tour Director
Dallas / Hill Country / Oklahoma Tours
405.513.1467
schilcutt@gcamtour.com 

Red River Rout With A Different Ending - Border War at Rock Creek

Scott R Chilcutt, Gordonville, TX (October 14, 2012)  Just a day after the annual Red River Rivalry, OU / Texas football game where media outlets from Austin to Norman were calling it the "Red River Rout" after a 63-21 bashing by the Sooners the tables turned.  On Sunday during the Border War at Rock Creek, players from Oklahoma and Texas went head to head, FINAL - Dallas Tour - 6, Houston Tour - 1, Oklahoma Tour - 0.

Rock Creek Resort on Texoma is a Double Diamond Resort property located just south of Lake Texoma on the Texas side of the Oklahoma / Texas border, due north of the DFW Metroplex.  The Nicklaus Design Course is nestled through the rolling hills of the area, with difficult blind shots, strategically placed fairway bunkers and native trees in landing areas make it a visually daunting task that proved to be arguably the toughest course on the schedule.  Beautiful weather, sunny skies, light winds followed up heavy overnight rains in the area that may have slowed the course down somewhat, but the greens were still treacherous.  Directions for the superintendent to give 1/3 easy, 1/3 moderate and 1/3 difficult pin placements were followed to a tee!



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 With the tale of two nines, it was clear that those that could navigate the back nine would end up victors on this day.  Of the 10 most difficult holes, only two came from the front side, with #10 playing almost two strokes over par.  In all the 10th and 12th holes, without birdies, would only give way to 10 total pars in 62 rounds and 70 double bogie's or higher.


RESULTS:

Championship Flight:   Tony Peppler from Dallas, TX came to the ninth hole three under par on three birdies and flew the green on the downwind par three to record his first bogey.  Coming in he would fend off the big numbers to end up two strokes clear of Edmond, OK member Al Swanson.  Swanson ran into barb wire troubles on the eleventh hole, finished out the final seven in one over par to secure the runner up spot five strokes clear of Andrew Braun from Trophy Club, TX rounding out the top three.

Palmer Flight: The second win on tour for Randy Sellers came at the Austin - Nicklaus Open in 2012 on another Nicklaus design. Flint Rock Falls at The Hills Country Club with similar characteristics proved to be to the 49 year old from Lewisville's liking.  After a triple on the fourteenth, Sellers patience would follow with a birdie on the seventeenth to pick up his third win on tour by a single stroke over Sean Fenton from Fort Worth.  Fenton made the turn with three problem holes, but finished out with six straight par's to remain three strokes ahead of first time player Keith Childress from Diana, TX finishing in the show position.

Hogan Flight:  Mark Taylor of Lewisville, TX started out his day on the tough back nine with the rest of the Hogan flight and after going +8 on the back, made the turn and didn't look back, carding eight pars coming to the club house to win his first event on tour by three strokes.  Catoosa, OK newcomer Joe Deere managed three birdies on the day to edge out a pair of players tied in the third spot by two strokes.  James Surber from Edmond, OK would play his back nine in four over par with a birdie to tie up the third place finish with Sanger, TX member Steve Killion.                      

Sarazen Flight:  Keller, TX player Nick Easen picked up his eighth win on tour when he finished the final hole with a bogey, solidifying a one stroke advantage over Wichita, KS traveler Gary Schuessler.  Easen had one bump in his first nine holes at the short par four, fourth but stayed away from the big numbers over the final nine holes.  Scott Lane of Plano, TX was one of only a few players to take strokes off the back nine, finishing one stroke behind Schuessler to equal his best finish on tour.

Senior Sarazen Flight:   Bruce Beakley traveling from Houston commanded his second win in as many Saturdays by five strokes over Jones, OK member Stan Wilson.  Beakley carded seven pars on the day with four straight over the difficult 14th through 17th holes.  Wilson birdied the par five - 15th, one of only three on the day, and finished steady to edge out Bob Moreau of Plano, TX by two strokes after Moreau struggled on the final hole.

Jones Flight:  Local Gordonville, TX player Keith Bruce finally got a scheduled event without long drives and made use of the extra sleep running away from the field for his first win on tour.  Bruce, a second place finisher at the 2012 Texas Masters at Barton Creek, took advantage of birdies at the fourth and fourteenth to finish five strokes ahead of first time Allen, TX player Shawn Privat.  Privat started a little shaky on his first few holes but bounded back with seven mid round pars to maintain a two stroke advantage over Garrett Tidman of Little Elm, TX.

Snead Flight:  Doyle Fleming from Haslet, TX picked up his fourth win on tour and first of the points year.  Fleming didn't let a triple on his opening hole get him down, recorded two birdies on the back and left the field behind.  Saginaw, TX resident Mike Adcock carded one of only five pars on his first hole of the day at the tenth hole and keeps knocking on the winners door, but just couldn't match the consistent finish by Fleming.  Two strokes back of Adcock, Larry Tolson of McKinney, TX birdied the par four- 7th to round out the top three. 
      



SKINS:

Championship:  3 -- Andrew Braun, Trophy Club, TX.  2 -- John Bohling, Highland Village, TX; Tony Peppler, Dallas, TX; Al Swanson, Edmond, OK.  1 -- Tim Williams, McKinney, TX.

Palmer:  1 -- John Anderson, Lake Worth, TX; Brandon McCool, Edmond, OK; Randy Sellers, Lewisville, TX.

Hogan:  2 -- Joe Deere, Catoosa, OK.  1 -- Jeffrey Banner, Lawton, OK; Hyon Shin, Lawton, OK; Gary Hayes, Chickasha, OK; Art Wiles, Oklahoma City, OK; Tim Mathis, Edmond, OK.

Sarazen / Senior Sarazen:  2 -- Joseph Roy, Rockwall, TX.  1 -- Stan Wilson, Jones, OK; Patrick Gutridge, Hurst, TX.

Jones / Snead:  2 -- Keith Bruce, Gordonville, TX.  1 -- Rob Battenfield, Dallas, TX; Mike Adcock, Saginaw, TX; Larry Tolson, McKinney, TX; Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX.

Next Up:   Dallas Tour makes a stop at Champions Circle one week after the Nascar stars hit the track at Texas Motor Speedway for the Fall Championship on November 11th.  Entry deadline is Friday, November 2nd.  The Oklahoma Tour takes on another Tour Challenge for the Four-State Championship in Joplin, MO on Saturday, October 20th.  Registration has closed for this event, but limited spots may still be available.

For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt
Tour Director
Dallas / Hill Country / Oklahoma Tours
405.513.1467
schilcutt@gcamtour.com 

Back To The Bigs! - Dallas Tour Review - 2012

Scott R Chilcutt, Edmond, OK (August 26, 2012)  The Dallas Tour on a slide from the prominence of one of the top tours in the country during the 2009-2010 seasons is BACK and in a BIG LEAGUE way. 

From a tournament average in the 50's in 2010, the tour made some strides in 2011 to almost 80, but this season made its mark once again as one of the top in the country when we averaged right at the century mark.  While many may wonder, "what's the big deal?".  It's simple, better fields make for more prize money.  This year the Dallas Tour players contributed to over $24,000 in gift cards and over $7,500 in trophies.   Sponsors along with the local tour contributed in tour Championship trophies and Player of the Year awards to almost $4,000. But that's just part of it!

Equally as important, the tour now has clout when booking events and venues.  Many of us remember the slow play with a double stacked shotgun start at the Tribute to go along with late in the day times on single tee starts.  Some of that may continue in the future, but when we have courses like Heritage and Waterchase schedule us alone with split tees and events like TPC Craig Ranch where we have TWO waves, we now have buying power.   And don't forget the competition, while that may be the bad news for some trying to qualify for the National Championships, it's the best news to get your game into the "BIGS". 

On behalf of Sara Carlin, Dave Kirby, Jerrell Neely and myself we appreciate the opportunity to organize and manage a great deal of your free time this year.

Dallas Tour Statistics:

• 354 Players from 20 different tours across the country competed in 12 local events.
• 236 Dallas members (in good standing as of today) averaged 6.7 rounds on the year.
• 87 Dallas members played in 8 or more events during the points year.
• 40 Dallas Tour Players qualified for the National Championship through 2012 Major event finishes with two former National Champions (Stephen Cannon and Tim Williams)
• 50 players (2nd largest tour in the country) from the Dallas Tour will attend the National and Senior National Championships.

Players Per Event			Number of Rounds
2011	2012	% Increase	2011	2012	% Increase
78	100	28%	701	1200	71%

  


 
Player of the Year Award Winners:

Order of Merit points winners from each flight receive a customized Bridgestone Staff Bag.

Championship Flight:  When Terry Rice from Midland, TX last played the National Championship at TPC Sawgrass in 2010, he started the final day in the final pairing and ended up with a strong third place finish, four strokes out of the win, but two strokes clear of fourth.  When this years site was announced, you knew he'd be in for the challenge to get back to that close call.  Rice played in nine events on the year, four wins and only once out of the top four, with a sixth place finish to punch his ticket back to Sawgrass.  Ahead of the field by almost 500 points at years end, Terry will be one to watch in Ponte Vedra.    

Palmer Flight:  Coppell, TX member Adrian DelaGarza continually threatens to take up a new hobby.  We've heard tennis, tiddlywinks, checkers, but much to the chagrin of the other Palmer flight players he's never come through. The consistent DelaGarza is a pleasure to be around if you don't mind his game, two wins on the season, seven top fives in eleven events solidified the Palmer Flight Championship.  Adrian will bypass the National Championship this fall and has murmured thoughts of moving to the Championship Flight next year.  A threat many would like to see come true. 

Senior Palmer Flight:  In his second year on tour, Fort Worth, TX standout Sean Fenton upped the ante'. In nineteen events on the points season, Fenton was only outside of the top four two times and one of those a major T-10 at the April, Western Masters  against a tough field.  A big proponent of the tour, Fenton picked up four wins on the season and qualified early for the National Championship with a T-2 at the Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay in March.  Look for Sean to play a major role in the finish at the Senior National Championship at TPC Sawgrass.  

Hogan Flight:  18 year old Daegan Blackwood from Midland, TX came to the Tour Championship in the third place points spot with an advantage of having only 5 events. Father, Jeff Blackwood looked at the journey to Tour 18 as one that gave them a two for one chance since the elder Blackwood was only 45 points behind Daegan.  Both Blackwoods had qualified for the Nationals at the earlier Red River Shootout at WinStar Resort   and then again at the Texas Masters at Barton Creek, but both came to Flower Mound for the Player of the Year Bag where the younger Blackwood, Daegan, covered the field for the prize.  Four Blackwoods are qualified for the event at TPC Sawgrass, but only three will make the trip, look for them in the winners circle.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Two bag winner, Gregory Stairs from Mansfield, TX followed up on his 2011 Callaway Tour Player of the Year bag with one from Bridgestone.  Stairs won three events on the year, including the important double points Dallas Tour Championship @ Tour 18  to solidify the top spot.  Eleven events, with nine in the top five, makes the trip to the famed TPC Sawgrass one to look forward to.     

Sarazen Flight:  In a hotly contested Sarazen Flight, Nancy Geihl from Grand Prairie, TX showed the boys who could manage the points. Nancy competed in fifteen events on the year, with two wins.  The big win came at the  Red River Shootout at WinStar Resort  with automatic National Championship qualification, but more would come her way with a T-3 at the Texas Masters at Barton Creek to make it more than official.  Geihl would finish in the top five twelve times in 2012 and has to have the odds as a top female finisher at the 2012 National Championship. 

Senior Sarazen Flight:   Former Player Advisory Board Member John Cox, from Mansfield, TX made the best of his retirement. With fourteen events under his belt, Cox would grab a win at the Classic @ The Creek - Indian Creek Golf Club to go with his second place, National Championship qualifying finish at The Texas Masters at Barton Creek.  John came into the tour championship with the Player of the Year Points lead and ended ahead of anyone close with his third place soggy finish.  John will sit out the 2012 Senior National Championship.   

Jones Flight:  Wichita, KS native Brandon Litzner now from Coppell, TX picked up the trophy two times on the year with nine out of nine top fives to make the Player of the Year happen.  Litzner came into the tour championship with a one hundred point lead and left with a ninety point lead after finishing T2 at the tour finisher.  Brandon will bypass the National Championship in Ponte Vedra, but we look forward to his winning ways in 2013.

Senior Jones Flight:  Many of you know that Carlisle Engraving of Lewisville, TX supply the tournament trophies for the Dallas Tour.  Some of you know that Ron Hardy is the proprietor of that firm.  While supplying great trophies might make for a preferred status, those trophies don't make the putt's.  Hardy competed in nineteen events on the season.  Four wins in a matter of six weeks starting in April with the Lake of the Ozarks Classic set the POY year points in stone.  Hardy will complete against the best in Florida in early September.

Snead Flight:  Dion Casto of Parker, TX made short order of a tall task!  Casto with thirteen events on the year took the top honors at  The Open @ The Tribute and finished with a T-2 at the Red River Shootout at WinStar Resort  for his National Championship qualifications.  With eight of thirteen events in the top three, Casto will bypass the Nationals for a trip to Scotland, who would have thunk it!

Senior Snead Flight: Larry Tolson from McKinney, TX finished the year with one of the most sportsmanlike gestures of the year.  Sure to not finish the Tour Championship with daylight, the group allowed the leader to pick the way they finished.  Two hours later in the dark and drenched with rain the pairing finished.  Tolson picked up a win at the Championship @ TPC Craig Ranch  and finished in the top ten each time he tee'd it up.  Look for Mr. Tolson in Ponte Vedra to prove, The Dallas Tour IS BACK!


Next Up:   After a fall break for the Senior National Championship and National Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, FL the tour will resume play in early October in the Dallas area.  Look for details on the fall schedule soon.

For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt
Tour Director
Dallas / Hill Country / Oklahoma Tours
405.513.1467
schilcutt@gcamtour.com