Golf Channel Am Tour Staff, Austin, TX (July 28, 2013) A sold out field of players from eight states representing thirteen different tours collided at the Barton Creek Resort and Spa for the Texas Masters, the 24th Major Championship of the year on the Golf Channel AM Tour.
Early Saturday morning thunderstorms moved out of the area but left unseasonably humid conditions. Late morning sprinkles and mist went along with northerly breezes for the best weather conditions in event history as players navigated two of the signature courses on the resort property.
The Crenshaw Cliffside and the Fazio Foothills, both with differing characteristics, played to virtually idental over par numbers, The Crenshaw course, a par 71, short layout with undulating greens played to a + 17.32, while the tighter and longer Fazio layout, came in at + 17.52. In all the rounds, only four eagles were carded on the weekend, with Lynn Cormier of Missouri City, TX recording a hole in one on the par 3 - 9th hole of the Foothills course.
Over $1,300 was raised through the 50/50 raffle adding to the tally for the Feherty's Troops First Foundation.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: Runner up at the 2012 Texas Masters at Barton Creek, Terry Rice of Midland, TX started the final round tied in the top spot, would fall back on the first hole, regain the lead after the seventh and never look back. Rice, now a ten time winner on tour, picked up his first Major Championship after three previous top fives this year. With a second place finish at this years Red River Shootout at WinStar Resort first year member Sean Skellenger of Dallas, TX and Hideaway, TX player Scott Blackshear shared the runner up spot two strokes back. Skellenger, with two of four rounds under par, carded eight birdies and an eagle on the two rounds, while Blackshear punched his ticket to the National Championships matching his best Major finish at the 2012 Red River Shootout at WinStar Resort.
Senior Championship Flight: Rich Vigil of Katy, TX opened with a one under par - 70 and started his round on Sunday with a five stroke advantage. Vigil held on at the Fazio Foothills course and picked up his seventh win on tour, second of the year and first Major Championship leading in wire to wire fashion. Six strokes back, fellow Houston Tour member Gordon Wagner of Sugarland, TX recorded his best finish on tour with Odessa, TX resident Marshall Morgan solidifying his National Championship plans rounding out the top three.
Palmer Flight: In what will likely be his last round on tour as a Palmer Flight player, Jake Morton of Fort Hood, TX made the best of it. Sure to be promoted after the weekend, Morton shared the lead after the first day and held on to his seventh win on tour, third Major Championship and second of the year. One stroke back, San Antonio, TX player Ron Finnerty overcame a five stroke deficit after day one to jump into the runner up spot, his best finish at a Major on tour. Todd VanDerSchaegen of San Antonio, TX and Houston, TX member Tino Flores split the third place honors for the final National Championship invitations.
Senior Palmer Flight: January Peebles of Moss Bluff, LA came from one stroke back after the Saturday round to win his fifth event of the year and third Major Championship of his career. Copperas Cove, TX resident Robert Lippert started the Sunday round one stroke back of Peebles, matched his second round score and bested his two previous third place Major Championship finishes of the year in the runner up spot. Daniel Desilets of Kermit, TX a winner at the 2013 Western Invitational finished in the third place spot.
Hogan Flight: Beginning his tour membership on the Atlanta Tour, Cory Welch now from Fort Worth, TX lead from the beginning to win his first Major Championship in seven attempts. One stroke back, Orange, TX member Rick Keszeg finished out his best Major on tour in the runner up spot with Aaron Brougher of Spring, TX matching his third place finish at the 2013 Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay just two strokes behind the runner up finish.
Senior Hogan Flight: Another certain promotion of the weekend is coming for four time 2013 winner and two time Major Champion Jim Sumner of Odessa, TX. Sumner, a winner at the January TPC Sawgrass Open, shot a four over par - 76 to finish out with an eight stroke lead over Orange, TX resident Keith Grissom. While Grissom couldn't make up any ground on Sumner he maintained his two stroke advantage over Swansea, Wales native, Christopher Phillips now residing in Richmond, TX. It was Phillips seventh top five finish in a Major Championship.
Sarazen Flight: Brownsville, TX native Gilbert Sandoval, Jr., playing in only his second event on tour this year started Sunday five strokes off the lead. Sandoval, took five strokes off his day one total with a par on his final hole to win his second event and first since the 2009 ASA - River Crossing Golf Club. Rick Smalley of College Station, TX shared the overnight lead but took a birdie on his final hole, the par 4 -9th to knot up the runner up finish with Pearland, TX player Robert Murphy. All three players carded their best finishes at Major Championships.
Senior Sarazen Flight: Starting the final round two strokes off the lead, Paul Bradley Rich of Katy, TX finished his final six holes in two under par on three birdies to win his second Major Championship on tour. Runner up, Richmond, TX member Marty Hodges had his best finish in a Major six strokes off the lead. Tied in the eighth spot after Saturdays round at the Foothills Course, Lane McKinney of League City, TX jumped over six players round out the top three and punched his ticket to the National Championships.
Jones Flight: Traveling, Las Vegas, NV member Jacob Rivera won wire to wire, picking up his fourth Major Championship on tour and first since the 2011 Western Classic. Rivera, out in front by seven strokes after his Saturday round, came back to the field but used a birdie on his seventeenth hole of the day, the par 3 - 8th to win by two strokes. Low round of the flight on Sunday, Mark Rivera of San Antonio, TX split the second place honors with Cypress, TX player Randy Pegg.
Senior Jones Flight: Michael Bell of Pearland, TX started his Sunday round with a three stroke lead over a pair in second, including Vidor, TX resident Randy Adcock. Going out, Adcock had made up two of those strokes with the help of a birdie on the par 5 - 8th and then Bell stepped on the gas. Coming to the club house, Bell shot a +4 on the back to win his third event of the year and first Major Championship by five strokes. Missouri City, TX member Lu Cormier jumped into a tie for second with Adcock with the help of birdies on both the par three's on the back to solidify her Senior National Championship trip.
Snead Flight: Playing in a directionally challenged group on Saturday, San Antonio, TX resident Carlos Cruz overcame a late to the tee penalty to become the only defending champion of the event. Cruz the 2012 Champion started the day four strokes out of the lead, made up three on the front and finished out one stroke clear of first round leader Jeremy Fang of Houston, TX. Coming back from eight strokes off the first round lead, Mark Colwell of San Antonio, TX carded his second National Championship invitation after a runner up finish at the 2013 Western Open rounding out the top three.
Senior Snead Flight: Marcy Glidden of Brookshire, TX became a three time Major Champion by edging out a pair of players tied in the runner up spot by one stroke. Glidden, the winner at the 2013 Myrtle Beach Classic made it two in her last three majors after a runner up finish at the 2013 Red River Shootout at WinStar Resort. Doyle Fleming of Haslet, TX the runner up at the 2013 Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay shared the second place honors with fellow Dallas Tour member, Luis Dayer of North Richland Hills, TX.
Next Up:FINAL TWO EVENTS of the
year:Las Colinas Championship is back on the Dallas Tour after a year off the schedule. Las Colinas Country Club, the home of the 2013 North Texas Shootout on the LPGA schedule, will be held on Monday August 12th. The two day Dallas Tour Championship at The Tribute is on tap August 24th - 25th.
The Hill Country is back at the
Cedar Park Challenge at
Twin Creeks on Monday
August 5th before the Hill Country Tour Championship @ La
Cantera on
August 17th and 18th.
Oklahoma finishes out the year at the Coffee Creek Championship on Saturday, August 10th with the Oklahoma Tour Championship held on Monday August 26th.Scott
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Scott R Chilcutt, Keller, TX (July 20, 2013) Sky Creek Ranch Golf Club made its return to the AM Tour in a big way. Off the schedule for the last four years after a stint in 2009, the Robert Trent Jones, JR design had its share of difficulty with plenty of scoring options. The 100 players in the field shared 5 eagles and 123 birdies on the day, but that also went along with 147 holes at triple bogey or better.
Tony Eno of Fort Worth, TX picked up the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: Andrew Braun of Trophy Club, TX may have had a hard time navigating the full parking lot, but once he hit the course it was another story. Without any warm up, Braun hit the tee just in time to make the call, bogied his first and tenth holes, but added seven birdies for a five under par 67 and his second win on the year. Five strokes back at even par, first time player Carl Cordell of Hillsboro, TX and Dallas, TX member Sean Skellenger, with five birdies of his own, shared the runner up finish.
Senior Championship Flight: Starting out the day with a double on the first, Greg Richard of Denton, TX would go - 2 over the final seventeen to shoot even par and pick up his first win in two attempts. Richard, with three birdies on the day stayed out front of Midland, TX player Al Smith by four strokes. Larry Vannatta of Grand Prairie, TX made eagle on his final hole the par 5 - 18th to round out the top three.
Palmer Flight: Hill Country Member, Tony Eno recommended we schedule Sky Creek. Spending most of his time in Austin now, Eno was a member at Sky Creek with his home nearby. That local knowledge amounted to four birdies and a one under par 71 for his second win on tour and first of the year. Cameron Kirkpatrick of Dallas, TX, with four birdies on the day, finished two back of Eno. Four strokes back, Ryan Ramos of Haslet, TX took the show position in his second event on tour this year.
Senior Palmer Flight: Sean Fenton of Fort Worth, TX came to the scoring table, not feeling well about his round. Two double bogie's to go with four birdies was just enough for Fenton to pick up his fourth win on the season two strokes clear of Garland, TX player Kem Albritton. One stroke behind Albritton, Jacky Hawthorne of Greenville, TX and local North Richland Hills, TX member David Alan Wood split the third place finish.
Hogan Flight: Oklahoma Tour Member, Brandon McCool of Edmond, OK eagled his ninth hole of the day, the par 5 -18th to shoot a +3 - 75. One stroke back, Greg Hawkins of Argyle, TX continued his low rounds in the Hogan Flight when he finished his final nine in +1. Terron Gaines of Euless, TX finished out the final podium spot four strokes out of the lead.
Senior Hogan Flight: Traveling, Louisiana Tour Member, Phillip Mayo of Leesville, LA picked up his third win on tour in four attempts this year. Now winning in Dallas, add the Louisiana Tour and Houston Tour, each win has come on a different tour. Four strokes back, Denver Roden carded a runner up spot, his best finish since the 2012 Canton Classic @ Twin Lakes. Phillip Holt of Haslet, TX and Trophy Club, TX resident Jalil DaneshFar finished knotted up in third place,
Sarazen Flight: Imran Siddiqi became the second Oklahoma Tour winner of the day, both from Edmond, OK. Siddiqi, recorded three birdies on the day, struggled on his final hole, but had enough of an advantage to stay out front of Houston Tour member Kevin Montague of Spring, TX by three strokes. Dave Ducray of Plano, TX rounded out the top three, three strokes back of the second place finish.
Senior Sarazen Flight: Rockwall, TX player Bob Moreau snatched his seventh win on tour and second of the season. With birdies on the par 3 - 4th and the signature par 3 - 14th Moreau edged out a pair of players in the runner up spot by a single stroke. Derek Drake of Wichita Falls, TX and North Richland Hills, TX resident Jerrell Neely shared the second place honors.
Jones Flight: Local Keller, TX resident Nick Easen started the day out strong with a +2 on his first nine holes, struggled over the final nine, but ended up one stroke clear for his fourth win on the season and third in his last four outings. Houston Tour Member, Patrick Richardson of The Woodlands, TX and first year member Jeff Workman of Fort Worth, TX split the runner up finish. Workman's eagle three on the par 5 - 15th grabbed a share of the Giant Skins.
Snead Flight: With confusion on some penalty strokes, Doyle Fleming of Haslet, TX got to play some extra holes on the day that were not necessary. Fleming ended the day, three strokes clear for his fifth win on the season. Larry Tolson a winner at the Red River Shootout at WinStar Resort finished in the second spot with Saginaw, TX member Mike Adcock carding his eleventh top three finish on the year.
SKINS:
Giant Skins: 2 -- Sean Fenton, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Sean Skellenger, Dallas, TX; Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX; Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX.
Championship / Senior Championship: 2 -- Sean Skellenger, Dallas, TX; Andrew Braun, Trophy Club, TX. 1 -- Guy Nickels, Keller, TX; Dallas Webster, Wylie, TX.
Palmer / Senior Palmer: 2 -- Sean Fenton, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Ivan Zweig, Dallas, TX; Cameron Kirkpatrick, Dallas, TX; Clay Johnston, Lewisville, Tx; John Padilla, Arlington, TX; Ryan Ramos, Haslet, TX; Jacky Hawthorne, Greenville, TX; Joseph Kane, Frisco, TX.
Hogan: 1 -- Jonathan Akins, Mesquite, TX; Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX; Scott Leavelle, Colleyville, TX; Jorge Rodriguez, Round Rock, TX.
Senior Hogan: 2 -- Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX; Michael Hardegree, Wichita Falls TX; Phillip Mayo,
Leesville, LA. 1 -- Denver Roden, Irving, TX.
Sarazen: 2 -- Imran Siddiqi, Edmond, OK. 1 -- Ernest DeBruler, Augusta, KS; Melvin Wilson III, Dallas, TX.
Senior Sarazen: 2 -- Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX. 1 -- Jamie Sansom, Frisco, TX; Ronald Spencer, Fort Worth, TX; Ray Tyczki, McKinney, TX; Jerrell Neely, Richland Hills, TX.
Jones: 2 -- Nick Easen, Keller, TX; Tom Stockton, Euless, TX; Ron Hardy, Lewisville, TX. 1 -- Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX; Shawn Privat, Allen, TX; K.C. Montgomery, Fairview, OK.
Snead: 2 -- Mike Adcock, Saginaw, Texas; Anthony Dayer, Colleyville, TX; Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX. 1 -- Luis Dayer, North Richland Hills, TX; Tom Reynolds, Belton, TX.
Next
Up:
The final Major in the south central part of the country is on at the Texas Masters at Barton
Creek on July 27th and 28th.
FINAL TWO EVENTS of the year:
Las Colinas Championship is back on tour after a year off the schedule. Las Colinas Country Club, the home of the 2013 North Texas Shootout on the LPGA schedule, will be held on Monday August 12th. The two day Dallas Tour Championship at The Tribute is on tap August 24th - 25th.
The Hill Country is back at the Cedar Park Challenge at Twin
Creeks on Monday August
5th before the Hill Country Tour Championship @ La Cantera on August 17th and 18th.
Oklahoma finishes out the year at the Coffee Creek Championship on Saturday, August 10th with the Oklahoma Tour Championship held on Monday August 26th.
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Scott R Chilcutt, Edmond, OK (July 14, 2013)
Championship Flight:
Wylie, TX tour member, Dallas Webster birdied the par 5 - 2nd at the famed Pinehurst # 4 to take the lead and never looked back. Webster started the final day one stroke back of two time 2013 Major Champion K.C. Fox of Sarasota, FL. Finishing the round in +1 - 73, Webster finished out the event with a three stroke advantage for his first win on tour. Terry Rice of Midland, TX played to even par on Sunday to vault himself to a T3 position after an opening round 81.
Next
Up:
The Dallas Tour is back in action for the SOLD OUT Tarrant County Open at Sky Creek Ranch on July 20th.
After a break for the Texas Masters at Barton
Creek on July 27th and 28th,
The
Hill Country play will resume play after a break for the Texas Masters at Barton Creek on July 27th and 28th at the Cedar Park Challenge at Twin
Creeks on Monday August
5th.
Oklahoma Open at Oak Tree Country
Club is on for Monday July 22, 2013 in
Edmond, OK.
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Scott R Chilcutt, July 8, 2013 (McKinney, TX) TPC Craig Ranch Golf Club is the centerpiece of the master-planned community in McKinney, TX known as Craig Ranch. Home to many formidable events, including the 2012 Web.com Tour Championship, the property was designed by PGA Tour legend and architect Tom Weiskopf, rolling through the limestone banks of Rowlett Creek and sets up for a tough, but fair test. While Monday only availability for the Golf Channel Am Tour might normally keep the numbers lower than a weekend event, for the second straight year two waves of split tees were brought into play.
Luis Dayer of North Richland Hills, TX edged out Edmond, OK tour traveler Imran Siddiqi for the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: Looking to fulfill National Championship eligibility with a round after June 1st, Marcus House made the trip from Olive Branch, MS count. House, the winner at the 2013 Missouri Valley Championship, carded six birdies on the day to finish at -2, four strokes ahead of a pair in the second spot. In his second event on tour, Cincinnati, OH native, Drew Ireland now residing in Dallas, TX birdied his final hole, the par 5 - 18th to slide into a share of the runner up finish with Andrew Braun of Trophy Club, TX after Braun went even par on the front.
Palmer Flight: Ivan Zweig of Dallas started slow, but got things going with local knowledge on the back nine, with three birdies to stay ahead of three Hill Country members making the trip to bolster points. Zweig picked up his second win of the year and took over the Order of Merit Points lead. One stroke back, FT Hood, TX player Jacob Morton birdied the par 5 - 9th and par 4 -14th to stay four strokes clear of traveling partner, Craig Hart of Killeen, TX.
Senior Palmer Flight: Copperas Cove, TX, Hill Country member Robert Lippert started on the back nine, played even par and came back to the clubhouse with two birdies and a +1 round to grab his second win on tour. Two strokes back, first time player Bryce Pool of Colleyville, TX carded four birdies on the day to hold off third place finisher Jacky Hawthorne of Greenville, TX. Hawthorne with three birdies of his own on his starting nine recorded his best finish on tour.
Hogan Flight: Scott Harper of Ranger, TX picked up his sixth win on tour and first since the 2012 Bobcat Open. Harper made the turn with a birdie on the par 4 - 10th to stay four strokes ahead of first year member Cade Hall of Mansfield, TX. Argyle, TX member Greg Hawkins a three time winner and two time Major Champion in 2013 rounded out the top three, one stroke back.
Senior Hogan Flight: Odessa, TX traveler, Jim Sumner became a three time winner on tour and solidified his National Championiship qualification after winning the 2013 TPC Sawgrass Open early in the year. Sumner birdied the par 4 - 3rd to edge out Paul Burleson of Argyle, TX by two strokes. Bill Doolittle a Milford, CT resident and member of the New England Tour finished in the third place position.
Sarazen Flight: Joseph Roy of Rockwall, TX recorded his third win on tour and second in as many attempts after his previous victory at the Fairview Classic @ Heritage Ranch. Roy, the current Order of Merit Points leader played his final five holes in one under par to stay out in front of second place finisher Imran Siddiqi of Edmond, OK by two strokes. Melvin Wilson III of Dallas, TX finished in the show position.
Senior Sarazen Flight: Frisco, TX resident Jamie Sansom held off two time Major Champion Stan Wilson of Jones, OK for his third win of the year, punching his ticket to the Senior National Championships by one stroke. Wilson birdied the par 4 - 11th for a share of the Giant Skins pot and maintained a two stroke clearance over a trio knotted up in the third spot. Rick Allaire of Dallas, TX, North Richland Hills, TX player Jerrell Neely and Davis Noble of Lake Kiowa, TX shared the third place finish just three strokes off the lead.
Jones Flight: Oklahoma Tour traveler, Scott Ingerson of Mustang, OK had back to back birdies on the par 4 - 14th and par 3 - 15th to command a four stroke lead for his second win on tour. Fellow Oklahoma member, Gary Chrisman added two birdies to pick up the runner up spot with Garrett Tidman of Little Elm, TX rounding out the top three.
Senior Jones Flight: Craig Merrill of Roland, AR backed up his 2012 win at TPC Craig ranch for his ninth win on tour and third of the season. Merrill birdied the par 4 - 3rd and ran away with a four stroke advantage over Tom Stockton of Euless, TX. Texas panhandle resident Curtis Sinclair of Amarillo, TX birdied his tenth hole of the day, the par 4 -10th to grab the third place finish.
Snead Flight: North Richland Hills, TX member Luis Dayer birdied two holes on the day for his lowest score on tour and second win on the season. Just one stroke back, the 2013 Red River Shootout at WinStar Resort Champion, Phillip Tolson recorded his third runner up finish of the year. Don Freitag of Arlington, TX fell four strokes back of Tolson for final podium position.
SKINS:
Giant Skins: 1 -- Michael Morgan, Shreveport, LA; Stan Wilson, Jones, OK; Dave Davlin, San Antonio, TX.
Championship / Palmer: 2 -- Michael Morgan, Shreveport, LA. 1 -- Marcus House, Olive Branch, MS; Drew Ireland, Dallas, TX; Jeremy Frenzel, Fort Worth, TX; Dave Davlin, San Antonio, TX.
Senior Palmer: 2 -- Michael Blumenfeld, Palm Desert, CA; Bryce Pool, Colleyville, TX. 1 -- Robert Lippert, Copperas Cove, TX; Terry Wooten, Grapevine, TX.
Hogan: 1 -- Scott Harper, Ranger, TX; Greg Hawkins, Argyle, TX.
Senior Hogan: 3 -- Jim Sumner, Odessa, TX. 1 -- Myles Gallemore, Irving, TX; John Cox, Mansfield, TX; Bill Doolittle, Milford, CT.
Sarazen: 1 -- Willie Carr, River Oaks, TX; Scott Lane, Plano, TX; Ali Gazi, Flower Mound, TX; Joseph Roy, Rockwall, TX.
Senior Sarazen: 1 -- Zane Latham, Valley View Texas; Gerald McElvy, Southlake, TX; Mark Helms, Broken Bow, OK; Ray Tyczki, McKinney, TX; Jerrell Neely, Richland Hills, TX.
Jones / Senior Jones: 1 -- Gary Chrisman, Yukon, OK; Robert Glittenberg, Rowlett, TX; James Dixon, Waxahachie, TX; Scott Ingerson, Mustang, OK; Shawn Privat, Allen, TX; Craig Merrill, Roland, AR.
Snead: 4 -- Luis Dayer, North Richland Hills, TX. 3 -- Don Freitag, Arlington. 2 -- Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX. 1 -- Mike Adcock, Saginaw, Texas; Tom Reynolds, Belton, TX; Chris Perry, Frisco, TX.
Next Up:
The Dallas Tour is back in action
for the Tarrant County Open at Sky Creek Ranch on July 20th, registration
deadline is Friday July 12th.
Oklahoma Open at
Oak Tree Country Club
is on for Monday July 22, 2013 in Edmond, OK. Entry deadline is Friday July
12th at 11:59 pm EST.
The Hill Country Tour returns to The Bandit for the New Braunfels Clash on Saturday July 13th. After a break for the Texas Masters at Barton Creek on July 27th and 28th the tour will resume play at the Cedar Park Challenge at Twin Creeks on Monday August 5th.
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