First Monday Weekend in Canton - Canton Classic at Twin Lakes

Scott R Chilcutt,  Canton, TX (June 2, 2012)  Twin Lakes Golf Course sits on 200 acres of Eastern Texas rolling hills in the middle of the 1,000 acre Twin Lakes Nursery. Located south of Canton, TX and the First Monday Trade Days where the world's largest outdoor trade days takes place Thursday through Sunday before the first Monday of every month.

Players from the Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma and Virginia Tours made the trek for a beautiful day with some welcome swirling winds.  With the beauty of the golf course and surrounding area it's clear that this group knows how to not only grow trees, but fairways and greens.  Melvin Wilson, III took home the Tournament Champion, presented by Labor Finders trophy.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Scott Blackshear from Hideway, TX, playing in his second event on tour, went off and left the field with five birdies, carding a -4/68 eight strokes clear of Grand Prairie, TX member Larry Vannatta.  Vannatta secured his second place finish with a birdie on the par 4 - 16th hole when third place finisher Anthony Peppler from Dallas found one of the many rose bush complexes with his drive on the 18th hole. 

Palmer Flight:  Midlothian, VA traveler Chad Netherton followed up a front nine 42 with a one over par 37 on the back to finish with a one stroke cushion over Roland Lewis from Tulsa, OK.  Lewis missed a short par putt on the 17th hole to force a playoff but, finished with a par on the over the water par 4 - 18th to finish two strokes ahead of Fort Worth, TX resident Sean Fenton.

Hogan Flight:  Houma, LA native John Hunt playing out of the Houston Tour grabbed his third win of the season with an eight stroke advantage over second place finisher Denver Roden from Irving, TX.  Coming out with three birdies in his first seven holes, Roden took a lead to the 15th tee, but ran into problems on the final four holes.  One stroke back sharing the third spot honors were the threesome of  Mike Davis of Carrollton, TX, Ranger, TX Scott Harper and Todd Landrum from Coppell, TX.

Sarazen Flight:  Rockwall, TX player Joseph Roy eased to his first win in two years on the tour, four strokes in front of Nancy Geihl from Grand Prairie, TX.  Roy picked up a couple of quick birdies on the 2nd and 3rd holes and played steady until a couple of doubles on the 15th and 16th holes.  Geihl hasn't finished out of the top 5 in 2012 and continued her streak two strokes clear of Mesquite, TX player  Gabriel Brisco rounding out the top three.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Playing in his 19th event of the 2012 points season, Houston Tour member Jim Craig from San Felipe, TX secured his fourth win of the season.  One stroke back Irving, TX first year player Ray Torrez took the lead in the Summer Series points one stroke clear of  Burnie Rodgers from Haslet, TX with his best finish since moving to the Senior Sarazen Flight.

Jones Flight:  Melvin Wilson III from Dallas, TX sailed to his first win on tour seven strokes clear of Grandbury, TX newcomer Greg Preissinger.  After a win his first time out on tour, Preissinger edged out Keith Bruce from Gordonville, TX for the second place finish.

Senior Jones Flight:  Lewisville, TX trophy maker Ron Hardy snatched his fifth win on tour and fourth in his last five events.  Hardy, on a roll since his Major Championship playoff win at the Lake of the Ozarks Classic edged out Houston Tour traveler Mike Murphy from Corrigan, TX by a stroke.  Murphy ran out of gas on the last two holes, but stayed ahead of Paul Vessels from Mesquite, TX rounding out the top three.

Snead Flight:  Doyle Fleming from Haslet, TX grabbed his third trophy in the last four outings by a whopping twelve strokes over Joe Torrez of Midlothian, TX in the second spot.  Torrez edged out Flower Mound, TX member Billy Hendrix by a single stroke for second spot.          






SKINS:


Championship:  1 -- Scott Blackshear, Hideaway, TX; Larry Vannatta, Grand Prairie, Tx; Anthony Peppler, Dallas, Texas; Joe Freeman, Tyler; Andrew Morsinkhoff, Rockwall, TX; Jason Brown, Irving, TX.


Palmer:  3 -- Chad Netherton, Midlothian VA. 1 -- Benjamin Kerford, Dallas, TX; Bryan Wood, Leander, TX; Bob Vesely, San Clemente, CA.


Hogan:  4 -- Denver Roden, Irving, TX. 2 -- John Hunt, Oakhurst, Tx. 1 -- Jorge Rodriguez, Round Rock, TX.


Sarazen:  2 -- Gary Lee, Tyler, TX; Nancy Geihl, Grand Prairie, TX. 1 -- Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX; Britt McMullen, Burleson, TX; Dave Ducray, Plano, TX.


Senior Sarazen:  3 -- Raul Martinez, Brownwood, TX; Bob Moreau, Plano, TX. 1 -- Jim Wright, Azle, TX.


Jones/SR Jones/Snead:  2 -- Melvin Wilson III, Dallas, TX. 1 -- Keith Bruce, Gordonville Texas; Don Freitag, Arlington, TX; Ron Hardy, Lewisville, TX; Tom Stockton, Euless, TX; Mike Jones, Midland,TX; Mike Murphy, Corrigan, TX; Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX.

Next Up:  The Dallas Tour takes a break for the Red River Shootout after this weekends Heritage Ranch Classic.   Hill Country Tour is off until the Austin - Nicklaus Open at Flintrock Falls on Saturday, June 16th.  The Oklahoma Tour heads back to Tulsa for this weekends Broken Arrow Open and then for the June 30th Emerald Falls Championship.

For More Information:

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