Scott R Chilcutt, The Colony, TX (August 23, 2015) Bringing a close to the year, setting up for National and Senior National Championship bids in September, marks another historic chapter with the Golf Channel AM Tour in north Texas.
The 2015 Points Campaign on the Dallas Tour came to a close on Sunday at The Tribute Golf Links and Guest House in The Colony, TX. Beginning the points year on November 1st at The Frisco Lakes Challenge, just a few minutes north of The Tribute, 16 events made up the local schedule where thousands of competitive rounds were contested from players around the country.
Competing for year end awards, this year included a customized and personalized staff bag from Club Glove and presented by Compressor Designs, Inc and Universal Pressure Pumping. This season in addition to the Flight Champion awards, a special Player of the Year bag was also awarded, presented by Higgenbothem Insurance and Financial Services.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: In what would become a combined Open and Senior Championship Flight without the numbers at registration closing turned into a huge field, all vying for the win. After the Saturday round, nine of twenty players were within three strokes, with two more just another back, but in the end two players went really low on Sunday to come from six strokes back to grab a podium finish. At the conclusion of the Sunday round it would appear everyone was chasing late entry, David Ortego a Senior Championship Flight player from Spring, TX. Ortego, +1 after the Saturday round would lead wire to wire for the low round of the weekend after adding four birdies on Sunday to win by two strokes.
Starting the final round on the tenth hole, Dallas, TX, first year player Christopher McKay, shot three under going out with three birdies, added two more on the front to jump from six out of the overnight lead to finish low Open Championship Flight player and second overall. 28 year old, first time player Daniel Robbins from Frisco, TX, also jumped a bundle of players on Sunday, shooting -3 - 69 to round out the top three.
Palmer Flight: Clay Johnston of Lewisville, TX, busted out of the gates on Saturday with three birdies to go along with three bogies to shoot even par 72 and never looked back. Coming off a second place finish at the Major at Barton Creek at the first of August, Clay maintained that momentum. During the final round, things got a little testy at the par 4 - 1st, but Johnston never really had a contender finishing out his first win on the season by eight strokes. Fort Worth, TX, player Todd Arnold, bouncing back from a Championship Flight promotion after winning three events in the Palmer Flight early in the year, carded three birdies on the weekend for the runner up spot. One stroke back of Arnold, Bekim Ramadani, of Arlington, TX, a winner at the August 3rd Open @ Lantana, put together five birdies on the weekend to round out the top three.
Senior Palmer Flight: Requiring a strong finish at the Tour Championship to secure a Senior National Championship invitation, local, The Colony, TX, player Mark Taylor delivered under the pressure. Tied up in the lead with two other players after the first day, Taylor fired the low flight round +5 - 77 on Sunday to pick up his first win of the season and his invitation to LaQuinta in September. Houston Tour traveler, Bruce Beakley, with three birdies on Saturday, finished out the event four strokes back of Taylor, and four strokes ahead of Lake Whitney, TX, member J.D. Price. Price the winner of the Order Of Merit Points championship birdied his final hole of the day to stay ahead of a trio of players on his heels.
Hogan Flight: Trophy Club, TX, player Zoey DanesFar led the first round and it looked like her matching +6 - 78 on Sunday would be enough, but no one saw Bill Nay of Plano, TX, coming. Nay, four out of the lead after the Saturday round, put together a career low round, even par on Sunday, with the help of four birdies, to record his first win on tour. Relegated to the runner up finish, DaneshFar, with one win on the season, carded her sixth runner up of her career, three in the last four events. Scott Striegel of Southlake, TX, just one out of the lead making the start on Sunday, used two birdies on the back nine to finish out with a show position finish, matching his best of the season.
Senior Hogan Flight: Steve Killion of Sanger, TX, put together his third sub 80 round on 23 events on the season to make up a two stroke deficit heading to the final round to grab his fourth victory of the points season. Oklahoma Tour member from Oklahoma City, OK, Winn Ashmore, five strokes out of the overnight lead, shot the low flight round on Sunday to jump into a tie for second. Ashmore, in his first year on tour, won for the first time his last time out at the Oklahoma Tour Championship, split the runner up points with Scott Harris of Fort Worth, TX, a two time winner on the year.
Sarazen Flight: Keller, TX, member, Nick Easen put together two sub 80 rounds of +6 - 78 to set the pace on the field, notching his first win on the season. Easen carded three birdies on Saturday, added another on Sunday to defend his 2014 Tour Championship win at The Tribute. Seven strokes back, Fort Worth, TX player Preston Miller, worked just hard enough to stay ahead of a couple of players inching up to him in the points, to finish off the points championship with the runner up spot. One of those players, Richardson, TX, member Sven Bock, a three time winner on the season, just came up short, rounding out the top three.
Senior Sarazen Flight: Billy Gilmore of Sims, TX, staved off the hard charging, Jon Neff of Frisco, TX to pick up his first win since the 2011 season and only third on tour. Gilmore, with three birdies on his opening round, took a four stroke lead to the Sunday round that quickly diminished when Neff, starting on the tenth hole, played his front nine in even par. At the turn, and with delays from public play, it was the tale of two nines, when Neff came back to the field and let Gilmore back into the championship finishing in the runner up spot. Bob Moreau, of Rockwall, TX, a two time winner on the season, finished just one stroke back of Neff securing the third place honors.
Jones Flight: Haslet, TX player, Doyle Fleming became the only player to play and win at all three Texas Tour Championships in a single season. With the win, the fifth in a row for Fleming and seventh on the season, it was music to many Jones Flight Players ears when they heard his intentions to move to the Senior Sarazen flight beginning next season. Hill Country Tour members, Daryl Nixon made the trip in from Taylor, TX, to finish in the runner up spot with Plano, TX, player Steve Pearson rounding out the top three.
Senior Jones Flight: Close to the winners circle on three occasions this season with runner up finishes, Zane Latham of Valley View, TX, became a first time winner on tour in his three seasons. Latham, started the final round, seven strokes out of the lead, took seven strokes off his first day score to win by one. First year player, Pete Partain of Bedford, TX, carded his career best score on Sunday to edge out a pair tied up just behind him. Chris Manahan of Oklahoma City, OK, and North Richland Hills, TX, resident Luis Dayer, split the third place honors one stroke back of Partain.
Snead Flight: Douglas Taylor (Taylor not Hughes as incorrectly introduced) became another first time winner on tour, in his first year as a member. Taylor starting the Sunday round, four strokes out of the top spot, put together the flight low round for the weekend on Sunday to vault into a seven stroke advantage. Tulsa, OK, player William Hughes, finished in the runner up spot with Ethan Blase of Wylie, TX, rounding out the top three.
SKINS (DAY 1):
Giant SKINS: ($790/each) 1 -- Cory Womack, Denton, TX.
Championship: ($106/each) 1 -- Terry Rice, Midland, TX; Dallas Webster, Wylie, TX; David Ortego, Spring, TX.
Palmer: ($32/each) 3 -- Keith Childress, Diana, TX; Clay Johnston, Lewisville, TX. 2 -- Landon Hulcy, Joshua, TX; Todd Arnold, Ft Worth, TX.
Senior Palmer: ($22/each) 2 -- Stephen Fitzgerald, Dallas, TX; Jeff Feyerherm, Whitney, TX; Bruce Beakley, Houston, TX. 1 -- Alan Luedke, Fort Worth, TX; Mark Taylor, The Colony, TX.
Hogan: ($60/each) 2 -- Tim Edwards, Amarillo, TX. 1 -- Cory Womack, Denton, TX; Darren Bufton, Bedford, TX.
Senior Hogan: ($40/each) 2 -- Steve Trickel, Boerne, TX. 1 -- Winn Ashmore, Oklahoma City, OK; Jalil Daneshfar, Trophy Club, TX; Dave Ducray, Plano, TX; Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX; Kent Mccord, Odessa, TX.
Sarazen: ($34/each) 2 -- Nick Easen, Keller, TX. 1 -- Higinio Sustaita, Fort Worth, TX; Garrett Tidman, Little Elm, TX; Jason Shuffield, Frisco, TX; Troy Alexander, Dallas, TX; Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX.
Senior Sarazen: ($36 each) 2 -- Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX. 1 -- Burnie Rodgers, Haslet, TX; Rodney Wren, Dallas, TX; Tom Stockton, Grand Prairie, TX; Jamie Sansom, Plano, TX.
Jones: ($10/each) 4 -- Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX. 3 -- Daryl Nixon, Taylor, TX. 2 -- Steve Pearson, Plano, TX. 1 -- Timothy Durham, McKinney, TX.
Senior Jones: ($65/each) 1 -- Quentin Klepper, North Richland Hills, TX; Don Watson, Wichita Falls, TX; Chris Manahan, Oklahoma City, OK.
Snead / Senior Snead: ($10/each) 3 -- Douglas Taylor, San Angelo, TX; Charles Watson, Llano, TX; Ethan Blase, Wylie, TX. 1 -- Thomas Rauch, Arlington, TX.
SKINS (DAY 2):
Giant SKINS: ($395/each) 1 -- Terry Rice, Midland, TX; Dallas Webster, Wylie, TX.
Championship: ($65/each) 1 -- Christopher McKay, Dallas, TX; Daniel Desilets, Kermit, TX; Terry Rice, Midland, TX; Dallas Webster, Wylie, TX; David Ortego, Spring, TX.
Palmer: ($25/each) 2 -- Bekim Ramadani, Arligton, TX. 1 -- Doug Schmierer, Dallas, TX; Keith Childress, Diana, TX; Brack Blackwood, Granbury, TX; Clay Johnston, Lewisville, TX.
Senior Palmer: ($20/each) 2 -- Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX; Mark Taylor, The Colony, TX. 1 -- Dave Hanson, Granbury, TX; Alan Luedke, Fort Worth, TX; Jim Sumner, Odessa, TX; J.D. Price, Whitney, TX.
Hogan: ($35/each) 2 -- Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX. 1 -- Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX; Joshua Douglas, Leander, TX; Bill Nay, Plano, TX; Darren Bufton, Bedford, TX; Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX.
Senior Hogan: ($85/each) 1 -- David Jackson, McKinney, TX; Will Whitley, Cypress, TX; Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX; Michael Starks, Cleburne, TX.
Sarazen: ($48/each) 2 -- Douglas Galloway, Austin, TX; Wadsworth Jarrell, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Nick Easen, Keller, TX.
Senior Sarazen: ($35/each) 1 -- Burnie Rodgers, Haslet, TX; Dale McFarland, Crowley, TX; Rodney Wren, Dallas, TX; Derek Drake, Wichita Falls, TX; Tim Brown, Richland Hills, TX; Jamie Sansom, Plano, TX.
Jones: ($15/each) 3 -- Timothy Durham, McKinney, TX. 2 -- Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX; Benjamin Lipson, Houston, TX.
Senior Jones: ($25/each) 2 -- Zane Latham, Valley View, TX; Chris Manahan, Oklahoma City, OK. 1 -- Tommy Templin, Hurst, TX; Pete Partain, Bedford, TX; Neil Macdonald, Huntsville, TX.
Snead / Senior Snead: ($15/each) 4 -- Douglas Taylor, San Angelo, TX. 2 -- Thomas Rauch, Arlington, TX; Ethan Blase, Wylie, TX.
CLOSEST TO THE HOLE (Day 1):
($180/each) #5 - Don Watson - 2' 8"; #8 - Bob Moreau - 9' 2"; #11 - David Ortego - 11' 1/2"; #14 - Will Whitley - 2' 6".
CLOSEST TO THE HOLE (Day 2):
($180/each) #5 - Josh Douglas - 5' 1"; #8 - Bruce Beakley -6' 3"; #11 - Terry Rice - 10' 2"; #14 - JD Price - 4' 3".
Upcoming Texas Events:
The Tour takes a break for the Senior National Championship and National Championship events at LaQuinta, CA, in September and will get back underway in October for two events in the fall.
For More Information:
Scott R Chilcutt
Director - Texas Tours
Dallas Tour - Hill Country Tour - Houston Tour
GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour
405.513.1467
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