Historic Golf Club of Dallas Doesn't Disappoint

Scott R Chilcutt, Dallas, TX (November 13, 2016)  The Golf Club of Dallas, originally operated as Oak Cliff Country Club, was the last Perry Maxwell course design before he passed away in late 1952.  Maxwell, with his mark on famed courses such as Colonial in Fort Worth, Southern Hills in Tulsa and countless others, loved to use the existing natural topography, add in undulating greens and swells around the course, to create a truly strategic round of golf.  

Home to the Dallas Open, now known as the Byron Nelson, from 1958-1967, the truly historic track, played host to the Fall Championship on the Dallas/Fort Worth, Golf Channel AM Tour for the first time on Sunday.  Super slick, postage stamp greens, gave some of the players fits, but with the ability to move strategically through the park like setting, the Champions kept the numbers down on the greens.  

Mark Tylenda (Sarazen Flight) was "Up for the Srixon Challenge."   Winning his own flight playing a Srixon ball, Mark will get a dozen sent to him for the win. In a four-way tie for the Tournament Champion trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving, Joesph Roy, wins the scorecard playoff over the Father / Son duo of Jeff Ackerman, Senior and Junior and Steve Pearson. The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $380, bringing the year to date total from the Texas Tour local events to $14,890 contributed to the Foundation in 2016.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Grand Prairie, TX, player Larry Vannatta became a three-time champion on tour.  Vannatta, steady going out, hit a wall at the par 4 - 10th, but rebounded with three birdies on the back nine for a three-stroke victory.  First-time tour player, Michael Debono of Dallas, TX, was able to secure the runner-up spot with three birdies on the round to maintain a two-stroke advantage over a trio of players knotted in the third place finish.  Edmond, OK, member Al Swanson, Jack Whitling of Wylie, TX, and Dallas, TX, player Collin Gibson all had single birdies on the round to share the show place finish.

Palmer Flight:  Making the start with a heavy heart, Rockwall, TX, resident Joesph Roy picked up an emotional, first time win as a Palmer Flight Player on tour.  Roy, who lost his mother to an extended illness the previous Wednesday, was able to fight back those emotions after a rocky front nine start.  Roy battled back to post a +2 coming to the clubhouse for the bittersweet one-stroke victory and the Championship. Michael Barr of Lewisville, TX, coming off a runner-up finish at the PGA National Championship Major in Florida, settled for the second place finish, with Diana, TX, member Keith Childress rounding out the top three.

Hogan Flight:  Dallas, TX, first-time player Andrew Aiken burst on the scene with a strong three-stroke victory.  Front nine jitters didn't kick in until the par 3 - 3rd, but Aiken was able to right the ship coming to the clubhouse, with three birdies and a +1 back nine.  Travelers from College Station, TX, Rick Smalley, and Jared Swopes of Lubbock, TX, shared the runner-up honors.

Senior Hogan Flight:  In his second season on tour, Ken Johnson of Carrollton, TX, grabbed his second win on tour.  Johnson, finishing his front nine with a triple, righted the ship to take three strokes off his back nine, for a three-stroke victory. Stuck in the middle of the win and three players just two strokes back, Jones, OK, resident, Stan Wilson recorded the runner-up spot.  Dave Hanson of Granbury, TX, Wichita Falls, TX, player Michael Hardegree and Michael Starks of Cleburne, TX, split the third place finish.

Sarazen Flight:  After going 0 for 29 in his first year on tour in 2016, Mark Tylenda of Dallas, TX, stated, "I finally learned how to putt", but we think he learned how to win.  Tylenda, became a two-time winner in as many attempts, with a birdie on the tough par 5 - 2nd, and built on the progress, with a two-stroke victory.  Always in the hunt, with over a dozen runner-up finishes and five wins on tour, Fort Worth, TX, member Preston Miller snatched the second place gift card in a scorecard playoff and shared the runner-up finish with Jason Shuffield of Frisco, TX.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Rick Allaire, of Dallas, TX, continues a strong streak, picking up his fifth win on tour.  So hot, Allaire will likely gain a Performance Promotion on December, 2nd.  Allaire, with two birdies on the day, edged out third-time player, James Pace of Burleson, TX, with an eagle on the par 4 - 6th, by a single stroke.  Richland Hills, TX, resident, Tim Brown, bettered his T4 finish his last time out to grab the third place honors.

Jones Flight:  Jeffrey Ackerman, JR. of Celina, TX, led the way to a big finish for the Ackerman father / son duo.  Jeffrey, with birdies on the par 3 - 3rd and par 4 - 11th, proved to be just enough for a two-stroke victory, his first in two attempts on tour.  Plano, TX, member Steve Pearson, started out hot, with a +4 going out, faltered on the back nine, which proved to be plenty to outrun, third place traveler, Jeremy Parker of Blanchard, OK. 

Senior Jones Flight:  Wylie, TX, player Jeff Ackerman, SR, made it two in a row, picking up both Fall Championship wins on the Dallas / Fort Worth Tour.  Ackerman, made the best of two birdies on the day to stay clear of second place finisher, Tommy Templin of Euless, TX, with a birdie of his own.  McKinney, TX, resident, Ray Tyczki, picked up the third place finish, with a birdie on the par 4 - 5th.

Snead Flight:  Cello lessons have evidently put Fort Worth, TX, member Douglas Pritchett in the right frame of mind.  Since starting the extracurricular activity, Pritchett has won his last two events and his twelfth on tour. One stroke back, Logan Chapman of San Antonio, TX, finished with a birdie on the par 3 - 17th for the second place spot, his best on tour.  Lewisville, TX, member Ron Hardy, rounded out the top three two strokes out of second.

SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($96/each)  1 -- Joseph Roy, Rockwall, TX; Tony Peppler, Dallas, TX; Michael Debono, Dallas, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX; Dale McFarland, Crowley, TX; James Pace, Burleson, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($45/each)  1 -- Joseph Roy, Rockwall, TX; David York, Graham, TX; Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX; Mark Colangelo, Coppell, TX; Tony Peppler, Dallas, TX; Roger Lee, Plano, TX; Michael Debono, Dallas, TX.

Hogan / Senior Hogan:  ($60/each)  1 -- Matthew Sands, Plano, TX; Nick Easen, Keller, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX; David Jackson, McKinney, TX; Michael Starks, Cleburne, TX; Stan Wilson, Jones, OK.

Sarazen:  ($26/each)  2 -- Mark Tylenda, Dallas, TX. 1 -- Heston Krumnow, Granbury, TX; Douglas Key, Natchitoches, LA; Chunwei Wang, Roanoke, TX; Jason Shuffield, Frisco, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($40/each)  2 -- Charles Lambert, Richardson, TX. 1 -- Dale McFarland, Crowley, TX; Ted Weldon, Granbury, TX; Scott Lane, Plano, TX; James Pace, Burleson, TX.


Jones / Senior Jones / Snead:  ($60/each)  2 -- Jeffrey Ackerman Jr, Celina, TX. 1 -- Jeff Ackerman Sr., Wylie, TX; Ray Tyczki, McKinney, TX; Tommy Templin, Euless, TX; Steve Pearson, Plano, TX.

CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:


($130/each)  #3 - Jeff Ackerman, SR - 9' 4";  #7  - Tommy Templin - 6' 5";   #13 - Tommy Templin - 2' 9";  #17 - Jeff Ackerman, SR - 3' 11".

Upcoming Texas Events:

The Texas Tours will finish off the 2016 calendar with a special Ryder Cup, Texas-style event at Rayburn Country in Southeast Texas on December 3rd and 4th for the South Texas Winter Championship.  REGISTRATION CLOSES on Friday, November 25th at 11:59PM CST.

For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Director - Texas Tours

Dallas  Tour - Hill Country Tour  - Houston Tour

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

405.513.1467

schilcutt@gcamtour.com

Fort Worth Fall Championship - Golf Club at Champions Circle

Scott R Chilcutt, Fort Worth, TX (October 16, 2016)  The Golf Club at Champions Circle, wedged between Texas Motor Speedway on the North and Alliance Airport on the South played host to the Fort Worth Fall Championship to open the DFW Tour 2017 points season.

Off the tour since the fall of 2013, the event was plagued with weather issues, most recently as the north wind that brought freezing rain upon the competitors.  With its location, there is nothing to slow the winds down and on Sunday the southerly was in play.  Greens in better shape than in recent memory gave way to some scoring possibilities, but low overall scores were at a premium. 

Mark Tylenda (Sarazen Flight) was "Up for the Srixon Challenge."   Winning his own flight playing a Srixon ball, will get a dozen sent to him for the win. Jeff Ackerman, SR picked up the Tournament Champion, presented by Carlisle's Engraving with a -5 - 67. The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $380, bringing the year to date total from the Texas Tour local events to $13,860 contributed to the Foundation.


RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Flower Mound, TX, member David Wright, put up a colorful scorecard, including four birdies on the day to pick up his second win as a Championship Flight player, and ninth win on tour.  With a birdie on the par 4 - 14th, Wright played the final five holes in -1 to edge out, first time player Carl Myers of McKinney, TX, by one stroke.  Myers, even-par on the front nine, got on a bogey train on the back but finished with a birdie on the par 5 - 18th.  Fort Worth, TX, player Ryan Timmons, rounded out the third place finish.

Palmer Flight:  Tony Peppler of Dallas, TX, picked up his eighth win in just under ninety attempts on tour.  Peppler, with four birdies in his first ten holes, cleared the runner-up finisher, Greg Digby of Lewisville, TX, by four strokes.  Digby, off the tour since 2014, carded his best finish, with the help of a birdie on the par 4 - 10th.  Graham, TX, member, David York, in only his second outing on tour, birdied the par 5 - 18th to pick up the show place finish.

Hogan Flight:  Taking the top spot in six events on the 2016 points season, Jeff Workman of Fort Worth, TX, maintained his winning ways with a five-stroke advantage over the field. Spring, TX, Houston Tour Member, Gus Aldana, with two birdies on the round, and Deon Barber of Frisco, TX, with two of his own shared the runner-up finish.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Bob Mulligan, of Dallas, TX, picked up his third win on tour and first since the November 2015 Frisco Lakes Challenge.  With a birdie on the par 4 - 17th that proved to be just enough, Mulligan, edged out, Carrollton, TX, player Rick Swanson and David Jackson of McKinney, TX, by a stroke for the victory.

Sarazen Flight:  In a battle of Dallas vs. Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, player Preston Miller, took it to extra holes with Dallas, TX, resident Mark Tylenda, both taking advantage of single birdies on the day.  Back to the 10th hole for the sudden death playoff, Tylenda would prevail, with a birdie on the par 4 - 10th, getting to the winners circle for the first time on tour.  Three strokes back of the pair, Darren Bufton of Bedford, TX, rounded out the top three.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Scott Lane of Plano, TX, became another first-time winner on the day, using a birdie on the par 4 - 4th to edge out a pair of players locked in the runner-up finish.  Red Oak, TX, player David McCasland, with two birdies on his round and 2016 Flight Champion, Mark Donohue from Lewisville, TX, shared the runner-up honors.

Jones Flight:  Continuing a first-time winner theme, Burleson, TX, resident, Aaron Shehan, with a birdie on the par 3 - 13th, edged out Joshua Tankersley, by a single stroke for his first win in his first time out.  Dean Doty of Allen, TX, another first time player on tour, grabbed the third place finish, one stroke back of Tankersley.

Senior Jones Flight:  Jeff Ackerman, SR, with a propensity to pick up 50/50 raffle wins, added another victory to the tour for his second, in as many years.  With a birdie on the par 4 - 4th, Ackerman maintained plenty of strokes, for a four-stroke edge over, nearby Haslet, TX, resident Doyle Fleming, in the runner-up spot.  Fellow Haslet, TX, neighbor, Bernie Rodgers, picked up the third place finish.

Snead Flight:  Hill Country traveling member, Ethan Blase of San Antonio, TX, carded a Giant Skin, winning birdie on the par 4 - 7th for his second win on tour.  Arlington, TX, member Thomas Rauch got the second place points, with Ron Hardy of Lewisville, TX, rounding out the top three.







SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($206/each)  1 -- Ethan Blase, San Antonio, TX; Charles Lambert, Highlands Ranch, CO; Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($106/each)  2 -- Dallas Webster, Wylie, TX. 1 -- Billy Weaver, Woodway, TX.

Hogan:  ($44/each)  1 -- Tim Edwards, Amarillo, TX; Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX; Gus Aldana, Spring, TX; Mel Goss, Terrell TX; Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($45/each)  2 -- Casey Williams, Haslet, TX. 1 -- Ivan Boggs, Midlothian, TX; Ken Johnson, Carrollton, TX; Bob Mulligan, Dallas, TX; Steve Killion, Sanger, TX.

Sarazen:  ($20/each)  4 -- Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- A.J. Englerth, Killeen, TX; Jason Nava, Frisco, TX; John Robinson, Hurst, TX; Darren Bufton, Bedford, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($35/each)  1 -- David Day, McClendon-Chisholm, TX; Charles Lambert, Highlands Ranch, CO; James Pace, Burleson, TX; David McCasland, Red Oak, TX; Scott Lane, Plano, TX; Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX.

Jones / Senior Jones / Snead:  ($43/each)  1 -- Ethan Blase, San Antonio, TX; Jeff Ackerman Sr., Wylie, TX; Mike Lee, Dallas, TX; Scott Sears, Carrollton, TX; Joshua Tankersley, Fort Worth, TX; Jeffrey Ackerman Jr, Celina, TX.



CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

($210/each)  #5 - Tim Edwards - 2' 10" ;  #12 - Gus Aldana - 5' 8";  #15 - Walter White - 8' 6 1/4".

Upcoming Texas Events:

Players from around the country will converge on Lake Charles, LA for the Golden Nugget Classic at Lake Charles, on Saturday and Sunday, November 5th and 6th with a special Friday event at Gray Plantation for the Southen Classic on November 4th.  Registration closes on October 28th.

The DFW Tour will pick back up at the Dallas Fall Championship at the Golf Club of Dallas on Sunday, November 13th, with an entry deadline of November 4th.   

The Texas Tours will finish off the 2016 calendar with a special Ryder Cup, Texas-style event at Rayburn Country in Southeast Texas on December 3rd and 4th for the South Texas Winter Championship.

For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Director - Texas Tours

Dallas  Tour - Hill Country Tour  - Houston Tour

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

405.513.1467

schilcutt@gcamtour.com

Flight Champions Honored - Dallas Tour

Scott R Chilcutt, Edmond, OK (September , 2016)  Bringing a close to the year, setting up for National and Senior National Championship bids later this month, marks another chapter with the Golf Channel AM Tour on the Dallas Tour. Beginning the points season on November 15th at Hawks Creek after a rain out at Frisco Lakes, the tour contested 15 rounds on the  local schedule where over 1,500 members from around the country competed.

Vying for year end awards, this year concluded with a customized and personalized staff bag from Club Glove to the Champions, and we continued the special 2016 of the Player of the Year Award, presented by Higginbotham.

Championship Flight:  Trailing Gant Bills for most of the points season, Nick Quast of Trophy Club, TX, came to the Tour Championship at Bridlewood to make a statement and ended it with an explanation point.  Quast, would end up winning the points title by a mere 70 points, but did it in fine fashion  Seven events on the season, five wins, with a combined total +10 over eight rounds to finish out with Flight Championship honors.

Senior Championship Flight:  Midland, TX, member Terry Rice, picked up his fifth Flight Champion honors, dating back to 2010 as an Open Championship Flight player.  Competing in five Major Championships on the year, with two runner up finishes to go with two wins on the local level.  Rice will travel to the Senior National Championship in Innisbrook, looking to better his third place finish at the 2010 National Championship at Sawgrass.

Palmer Flight:  Lewisville, TX, player Clay Johnston has been just outside the Flight Champion awards for the past few years.  A three time winner on the season before June 1st, Johnston, was in a cruise mode for the summer, but it would take a strong finish at the Tour Championship to grab the title.  In sixth place after the Saturday round, Clay would better his first day score by three to jump one spot, just enough points to win the Flight Championship by 110 points over Scott Harper of Ranger, TX.

Senior Palmer Flight:  With three wins on the season, including two major championships at The Southern California Open and the Streamsong Amateur in Florida, Tony Peppler of Dallas, TX, picked up his second Flight Championship Award.  The first coming in the Championship Flight in 2011, Tony heads to the Senior National Championship for his fifth time on tour.

Hogan Flight:  Only a matter of time and the Journey to Better Flight promotion would catch up with Mesquite, TX, Gabe Brisco.  In his case, it happened at the year end, so Brisco will head to the National Championship competing with the Palmer Flight.  Gabe started the year with a win in his first time out, added two more during the season, including a Major Championship in Hot Springs, AR, he finished out the year with seven of eight sub 80 rounds.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Sanger, TX, 2015 Dallas Tour Player of the Year recipient, Steve Killion hit the trail for 21 events on the season.  Killion, with three wins, made the rounds to all of the Texas Tournament Championships and ended the season with a a slim 55 point lead.  Steve will be making his sixth start at the Senior National Championship in seven years on tour.

Sarazen Flight:  Sven Bock of Richardson, TX, started the points season with a win at Hawks Creek in November, then went on to compete in 29 events, including five Major Championships.  On the year, Bock picked up five wins, but the Flight Championship would take final event heroics if he was going to take the points lead.  Sven would start the final event, 40 points behind Wadsworth Jarrell, but a win, with two sub 80 rounds, would be just enough to grab a 55 point lead.  Bock, won't be competing at the National Championship, but we look forward to seeing him in the Hogan Flight, with a Journey to Better Flight Promotion at the end of the season.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Mark Donohue of Lewisville, TX, started his career on the Golf Channel AM Tour the fall of 2012 at Champions Circle, for the 2013 points season.   With an initial handicap of 7.5, Donohue grabbed a Senior Palmer Flight spot, and with that, his first start might have been a deal breaker for most.  Fifteen on the par 4 - 2nd, fast forward .... and he has now picked up his second Flight Championship award in the last two seasons.  Playing in 25 events on the year, Donohue carded five wins on the season, including four of his first five starts.  It will be his third go of the Senior National Championship, and we look forward to seeing his continued growth in the Journey to Better.

Jones Flight:  Starting his tour career with a few events in 2014, Joshua Tankersly of Fort Worth, TX, took the next year off, and then came back with his game in shape. Tankersly, played in ten events on the season, the first five as a Snead Player before getting the Journey to Better Flight Promotion in early June.  Despite the points adjustment that comes with that promotion,  Joshua cleared the field by over 500 points, with the help of four wins on the season.

Senior Jones Flight:  Lloyd C Reid, JR, became another first time Flight Champion award winner and he worked hard at it, real hard.  Reid, after missing the 2015 award by a scant few points, traveled and traveled a lot.  32 events, 11 Major Championships and two Texas Tour Championships.  One win on the season, seven runner up spots and three more top three finishes would put Lloyd in the top spot for the 2016 season.  Reid will be making his fourth start at the Senior National Championship at Innisbrook.

Snead Flight:  Three wins on the season, including the Major Championship at Winstar, along with the deal sealing Dallas Tour Championship, would put William Hughes of Tulsa, OK on the top spot for the third consecutive time. Hughes, a member since 2013, will make his first start at the National Championship in Florida.

Senior Snead Flight:  Douglas Pritchett of Fort Worth, TX, fought it out all year to get to and keep the top spot in the flight.  Pritchett, with three wins on the season, would become a two time Senior Snead Flight Champion on the Dallas Tour.

Hill Country Tour, PLAYER OF THE YEAR, presented by HIGGINBOTHAM: The special award was set up and presented by Higginbotham, a Business Insurance and Financial Services Company that services the state of Texas with home offices in Fort Worth.  The player from each tour in the state selected by the committee, with feedback from the membership that met a series of criteria, including having been promoted and continued The Journey to Better by excelling in the new flight, playing in the Tour Championship and attending the National / Senior National Championship in the new flight.

2016 Dallas TOUR Player of the Year:  With the sponsor mandate, we had a few players that were eligible and after much deliberation by the committee, Joseph Roy of Rockwall, TX was selected.  Roy, a member of the tour since 2011, sat out the 2015 year and came back with a vengeance.  A Hogan Flight member since 2013, Joe played in eighteen events on the season, fifteen as a Hogan.  With the points Championship looking to be in good order, with three wins, including two Major Championships, the Journey to Better Flight promotion came in August.  While probably not thrilled with the idea, Roy took to the task, playing in two Texas Tour Championships, he finished in a runner up spot at Bridlewood after the flight low round on Saturday.  We look forward to seeing his continued success at the National Championship at Innisbrook sporting his new Player of the Year bag.

Upcoming Texas Events:

Off to the National Championship from September 13th - 16th and Senior National Championship, contested September 19th - 22nd, many players from around the tour will compete for the top prize of the season.

Fall events and 2017 points schedule are being added now, look out for the opportunity to get a jump start on the next season. 

For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Director - Texas Tours

Dallas  Tour - Hill Country Tour  - Houston Tour

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

405.513.1467

schilcutt@gcamtour.com

Dallas Tour Championship - Bridlewood - 2016

Scott R Chilcutt, Flower Mound, TX (August 28,2016)  After a three year stint finishing off the points year at The Tribute on the Dallas Tour, plans changed when it was clear that shoddy tee sheet management and a priority to get out public play, would be the theme of the weekend.  Step in, Bridlewood, located just west of the prior venue in Flower Mound, TX.

A shaky start on Saturday morning, with some similar split tee - tee sheet issues, and in comes an aggressive sales person.  Player experience trumped out the daily round numbers, to not only save the day and weekend, but ensure another go of it on the Dallas Tour.  

Bridlewood Golf Club, on the tour schedule for some time, has never been associated as an easy track.  Add to it recent rains that, while making the course lush and pleasing to the eye, created some havoc for members that couldn't keep it in the short grass.  You couldn't tell it from some of the scores, however.  Coming off a full season of play, the creme rose to the top, with some personal best rounds on tour.

Jalil Danesfar (Senior Palmer Flight) was "Up for the Srixon Challenge".   Winning his respective flight playing a Srixon ball, and will get a dozen sent to him for the win. Denver Roden picked up the Tournament Champion, presented by Carlisle's Engraving with a two day total of -13 - 131. The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $540, bringing the year to date total from the Texas Tour local events to $13,480 contributed to the Foundation.


RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Trophy Club, TX, member Nick Quast put together a pair of 37's on Saturday with four birdies to lead the field by two stokes after the first round.  With four players lurking just two strokes back, it would take some stellar play on Sunday to cap off the championship.  And stellar it was, carding another four birdies on the final round, this time with only a single bogie, Quast took five strokes off, for a -3 - 69 for his fifth win in only seven attempts on the season.  

Andrew Braun, also from Trophy Club, TX, one of those players two strokes back, coming to the final round, posted a -1 - 71 taking five strokes off his Saturday finish with two birdies, capturing the low Senior Championship trophy and ensuring a Senior National Championship invite.  Flower Mound, TX, member David Wright finished in the third spot four strokes out of the runner up finish.

Palmer Flight:  Coming off an August 2nd promotion to the Palmer Flight, Rockwall, TX, member Joseph Roy, carded four birdies on Saturday for the flight low round, +2 - 74.  Second time tour player, Jonathan Cook of Burleson, TX, with three birdies of his own on Saturday, joined Roy in the final pairing on Sunday just three strokes back.  Sunday, was a different story altogether, with the other two players in the final group faltering and opening the door to the field, it looked contagious.  Picking up key birdies on his first nine of the final round at the par 4 - 14th and par 5 - 16th, Cook would get things under control, until going +8 on his final five holes of the event, but held on to the victory.  Roy finished one stroke out of the championship for a strong player of the year endorsement. Michael Barr of Lewisville, TX, coming from five strokes back on Saturday to round out the top three on the weekend.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Hill Country Tour player, Thomas Pipes of Odessa, TX, made the trip to Dallas to fill in his eligibility for the Senior National Championship.  Pipe, a runner up at The Texas Masters at Barton Creek, needed two local rounds to punch his ticket and made good use of the trip, leading the field after day one.  Four strokes out of the lead off the first tee on Sunday, Trophy Club, TX, player Jalil Danesfar, with a July Journey to Better Promotion, finished his round six strokes better, with three birdies on the day forcing extra holes with Pipes.  Back to the par 4 - 10th, both would make pars, sending them to the par 4 - 11th where Daneshfar would pick up his seventh win on the season and second as a Senior Palmer.  JD Price of Whitney, TX, would put together a pair of 79's to grab the third place honors.

Hogan Flight:  In his first year on tour, Chas Levene of Lewisville, TX, would record his first sub 80 round to share the eighteen hole lead with Houston, TX, traveler Mike Karlin.  While Levene, Karlin, and Mesquite, TX, player Gabe Brisco were fighting it out in the final pairing, carding seven birdies between the three, Round Rock, TX, member Jorge Rodriguez, put together a low flight round on Sunday to snatch the championship by a stroke.  Karlin and Brisco shared the runner up honors, and along with Rodriquez ensured a Journey to Better Promotion to the Palmer Flight for the National Championship and 2017 points season.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Starting on the tenth hole on Saturday, visiting Phoenix, AZ Tour player Steven Barron made the turn with consecutive birdies on the par 4 - 1st and par 5 - 2nd.  Finishing the back nine in even par, Barron would share the over night lead with Rick Swanson of Carrollton, TX, with three birdies on the day.  Back to the final round, Swanson would make three birdies on the round, but fall back to the field, finishing T4, opening the door for Barron to pick up his second win on the season.  Cleburne, TX, member Michael Starks, went out in +2 on Sunday to secure his runner up finish, with Denver Roden of Irving, TX, rounding out the top three.

Sarazen Flight:  Bedford, TX, resident Darren Bufton, shot a low flight round, +3 - 75 on Saturday to build a four stroke advantage over a pair of players.  Sunday, Bufton would keep pace and even extend the lead going out, but ran into troubles on his final nine, opening the door for a charging Sven Bock of Richardson, TX, coming to the clubhouse in +1.  Back to the course for the sudden death playoff, it would take three frames for the pair to settle the score, when Bock made par on the par - 3 - 12th for his fifth Championship of the year, and second Tour Championship of the season after winning in the Hill Country.  Two strokes back of the pair, Rockwall, TX, David Hickman with a career low round on Saturday, carded four birdies on the weekend for the third place finish.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Wichita Falls, TX, member Michael Hardegree and Manny Martinez of Cisco, TX, led the way at the end of the first round, with five birdies between the two, both going +3 - 75.  Starting the final round on the back nine, Hardegree would take some time to get in the groove after a mishap getting into his hotel room that morning, but followed with a pair of birdies to stay even with Martinez after 27 holes. Back and forth through the first four holes of the back nine, it would finally move into the Martinez corner mid way through the back for Manny to win his first event on the season.  Dallas, TX, resident Rick Allaire, would charge to share the runner up spot with Hardegree, with the help of three birdies on the final round.

Jones Flight:  The term "Steady Eddie" is not normally associated with Burnie Rodgers of Haslet, TX, but on this weekend found a new home.  Rodgers, one stroke out of the eighteen hole lead, with a pair of birdies, added another pair of 41's to pick up his first championship on the season.  Three strokes back, traveling Houston, TX, member Artis Stewart with a pair of birdies followed his Tour Championship win at Blackhorse the previous weekend with the runner up spot.  First round leader, Tommy Templin of Euless, TX, rounded out the top three in the seventeen player flight.

Snead Flight:  Requiring the third playoff of the Championship, when William Hughes of Tulsa, OK and Arlington, TX, member Don Freitag couldn't settle the score in regulation.  Back to the par 5 - 10th, Hughes secured his Flight Championship and fourth win on the season. Douglas Pritchett, of Fort Worth, TX, finished just two strokes back picking up the Senior Snead Flight Championship in the combined flight. 



SKINS:

DAY 1:

Giant SKINS:  ($260/each)  1 -- Mark Taylor, Coppell, TX; Rick Houchins, Houston, TX; Tom Stockton, Grand Prairie, TX.

Championship:  ($44/each)  3 -- Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX. 1 -- Sean Fenton, Fort Worth, TX; Jordan Wagner, Houston, TX.

Palmer:  ($15/each)  4 -- Joseph Roy, Rockwall, TX. 2 -- Clay Johnston, Lewisville, TX. 1 -- Jonathan Cook, Burleson Tx; Scott Harper, Ranger, TX; Landon Hulcy, Joshua, TX.

Senior Palmer:  ($45/each)  1 -- Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX; Mark Taylor, Coppell, TX; Jeff Feyerherm, Whitney, TX; Thomas Pipes, Odessa, TX.

Hogan:  ($50/each)  2 -- Rick Houchins, Houston, TX. 1 -- Jorge Rodriguez, Round Rock, TX; Gabe Brisco, Mesquite, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($31/each)  2 -- Ken Johnson, Carrollton, TX. 1 -- Sal Torres, Fort Worth, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX; Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX; Steven Barron, Phoenix, AZ; Michael Starks, Cleburne, TX.

Sarazen:  ($30/each)  3 -- Walter Albertson, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Tom Wheelis, Heath, TX; Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX; David Hickman, Rockwall, TX; Sven Bock, Richardson, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($68/each)  2 -- Jamie Sansom, Plano, TX. 1 -- Jim Wright, Azle, TX; Mark Donohue, Lewisville, TX; Tom Stockton, Grand Prairie, TX.


Jones/Snead:  ($80/each)  1 -- Don Freitag, Arlington, TX; John Partain, Bedford, TX; Joshua Tankersley, Fort Worth, TX; Burnie Rodgers, Haslet, TX; Artis Stewart, Houston, TX.

DAY 2:

Giant SKINS:  ($190/each)  1 -- Tim Williams, McKinney, TX; Dallas Webster, Wylie, TX; Mark Taylor, Coppell, TX; Terry Everts, Eastland, TX.

Championship:  ($31/each)  2 -- Tim Williams, McKinney, TX; Jordan Wagner, Houston, TX. 1 -- Dallas Webster, Wylie, TX; Jeremy Frenzel, Fort Worth, TX; Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX.

Palmer:  ($22/each)  2 -- Kirk Boerner, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Clay Johnston, Lewisville, TX; Joseph Roy, Rockwall, TX; Jonathan Cook, Burleson Tx; Scott Harper, Ranger, TX.

Senior Palmer:  ($66/each)  2 -- Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX; Mark Taylor, Coppell, TX. 1 -- Stephen Fitzgerald, Dallas, TX; Thomas Pipes, Odessa, TX; Tony Peppler, Dallas, TX; Nic Linde, Keller, TX.

Hogan:  ($66/each)  2 -- Mike Karlin, Houston, TX. 1 -- Gabe Brisco, Mesquite, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($24/each)  2 -- Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX. 1 -- Mark Rainwater, Flower Mound, TX; Kent Mccord, Odessa, TX; Dave Ducray, Plano, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX; Ken Johnson, Carrollton, TX; Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Michael Starks, Cleburne, TX.

Sarazen:  ($22/each)  4 -- Sven Bock, Richardson, TX. 2 -- David Hickman, Rockwall, TX. 1 -- Walter Albertson, Fort Worth, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($35/each)  2 -- Rick Allaire, Dallas, TX; David Day, McClendon-Chisholm, TX. 1 -- Charles Lambert, Highlands Ranch, CO; Derek Drake, Wichita Falls, TX; Terry Everts, Eastland, TX; Tom Stockton, Grand Prairie, TX; Michael Hardegree, Wichita Falls TX.

Jones / Snead:  ($190/each)  1 -- Lloyd C Reid Jr, Dallas, TX; Joshua Tankersley, Fort Worth, TX.

CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

DAY 1 :

($200/each)  #3 - Steve Killion - 1' 5" ;  #8 - Mike Karlin - 1' 10";  #12 - David Hickman - 6' 10"";  #17 - David Day - 7' 9".

DAY 2 :

($200/each)  #3 - Mark Echols - 10" ;  #8 - Darren Bufton - 5' 7";  #12 - Charles Lambert - 4' 2";  #17 - Jordan Wagner - 16' 11".

Upcoming Texas Events:

Off to the National Championship from September 13th - 16th and Senior National Championship, contested September 19th - 22nd, many players from around the tour will compete for the top prize of the season.

Fall events and 2017 points schedule will be posted soon, look out for the opportunity to get a jump start on the next season. 

For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Director - Texas Tours

Dallas  Tour - Hill Country Tour  - Houston Tour

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

405.513.1467

schilcutt@gcamtour.com