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