Scott R Chilcutt, Fort Worth, TX (February 26, 2017) So long shotgun format. While shotguns may have their place in golf competitions, like the Duel in the Desert, Charity Scrambles, etc... they just don't set up for the player experience we have come to expect on the Golf Channel AM Tour. The DFW opener, this year moved to the Club at Fossil Creek in Fort Worth. An overpacked field left 15 or so on the waiting list with course requirements that didn't give us other options. Good riddance shotgun, split tees or straight tee times will be the color of the day for the rest of the year.
While the opener, generally riddled with weather issues, didn't really come into play this go round, cool, overcast and breezy, but the wet stuff didn't come until we drove out of the parking lot. 122 players made the call, with 10 Champions crowned for the DFW Winter Challenge.
The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $710, bringing the Texas Tour local events total to $2,460 in contributions to the Foundation.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: Trophy Club, TX, member Nick Quast slid right back into his winning ways, teeing it up at the Tour Championship in August, Quast won five of seven events in 2016, With birdies on consecutive holes on the front nine, Nick finished with an even par 72 to record his eleventh win on tour. Three strokes back, first time player, Keith Strickland of Daingerfield, TX, stayed with the leader on the front, but yielded the difference on the back to finish in the runner-up spot. Eric Anderson of Granbury, TX, and Grand Prairie, TX resident Larry Vannatta, shared the third place honors another three back.
Palmer Flight: Taylor Hazelwood, of Irving, TX, picked up his second win on tour to go with his victory at the Gand Prairie Classic last June. Hazelwood, with the help of a birdie on the par 5 - 11th finished two strokes ahead of first time, Dallas, TX, player Michael Fagen, with two birdies of his own on the day. Now playing out of Midland, TX, Clay Johnston and Greg Digby of Lewisville, TX, split the show place finish.
Senior Palmer Flight: Midlothian, TX, member Jeff Bolton picked up his fifth win on tour and first since the July 2015 event in Burleson. Bolton with four birdies on the round edged out Wendall Sheffield of Crystal River, FL, by a single stroke. One back of Sheffield, the trio of Donald Chester of Frisco, TX, Coppell, TX, player Mark Colangelo, and Ron Martin of Rushton, LA split the third place finish.
Hogan Flight: Starting his second points season on tour, Adolfo Perez of Rowlett, TX, grabbed his first win on tour by one stroke over local Fort Worth, TX, member Kirk Boerner. Boerner, with three birdies on his day, edged out fellow Fort Worth member, Jeff Workman, with an eagle and birdie on the round by a stroke.
Senior Hogan Flight: One of a few players making the double weekend after the drive in from the Hill Country, Kirby Rogers of Muldrow, OK made the second time count. Rogers made a birdie on the par 4 - 4th count for the win, one stroke ahead of a pair tied up in the runner-up spot. Phillip Holt of Haslet, TX, and Fort Worth, TX, player Sal Torres shared the second place finish.
Sarazen Flight: Scheduled to relocate from the DFW area to Rhineback, NY, Wadsworth Jarrell, picked up his fifth win on tour just before the move. Three strokes back, Grand Prairie, TX, player Nancy Geihl grabbed the runner-up finish, with Darren Bufton of Bedford, NY rounding out the top three.
Senior Sarazen Flight: With his trusty caddie on the bag, and two birdies on the round, Tim Brown of Richland Hills, TX, carded his fifth win on tour. Four strokes back, with a birdie of his own on the round, Crowley, TX, player Dale McFarland had his best finish of the season. Happy Gilmore of Simms, TX, finished in the third place spot, two strokes out of second.
Jones Flight: With darkness upon us, three players finished in the lead, and with nowhere to go with a playoff the scorecards came into play. David Farmer, JR, playing his first event from Dallas, TX, got the best of that process picking up the win. Carrollton, TX, member Scott Sears and Joshua Tankersley, of Fort Worth, TX, shared the second and third place points.
Senior Jones Flight: Oklahoma Tour traveler, Doug Watson of Shawnee, OK, made the best of consecutive birdies on the front nine to pick up his sixth win on tour and first of the points season. John Partain, of Bedford, TX, with a pair of birdies of his own, finished five strokes back for the runner-up finish. Euless, TX, member Tommy Templin, with an eagle on the par 5 - 3rd, took home the third place honors.
Snead Flight: Chris Blackwell of The Woodlands, TX, became a two-time winner on the weekend after his victory on Saturday at the Kerrville Championship. Blackwell, with a birdie on the par 4 - 7th nearly lapped the field, with Thomas Rauch of Arlington, TX, in the runner-up spot. Lewisville, TX, member Ron Hardy, with a birdie on the round, finished out his third, third place finish in as many attempts on the points season.
SKINS:
Giant SKINS: ($190/each) 1 -- Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX; Tim Brown, Richland Hills, TX; James Pace, Burleson, TX; Tim Williams, McKinney, TX.
Championship / Palmer: ($76/each) 2 -- Jack Carlile, Lewisville, TX. 1 -- David Wright, Flower Mound, TX; Jeff Blackwood, Dallas, TX; RJ Foltz, Lakeside Park, KY.
Senior Palmer: ($25/each) 3 -- Mark Colangelo, Coppell, TX. 2 -- Jeff Bolton, Midlothian, TX. 1 -- Donald Chester, Frisco, TX; David York, Graham, TX.
Hogan: ($21/each) 3 -- Kirk Boerner, Fort Worth. 2 -- Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX; Rick Smalley, College Station, TX; Jared Swopes, Lubbock, TX. 1 -- Aaron Sisk, Fort Worth, TX; Shawn Whitaker, Lewisville, TX.
Senior Hogan: ($30/each) 2 -- David Jackson, McKinney, TX; Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX. 1 -- Bob Mulligan, Dallas, TX; Stan Wilson, Jones, OK; Stephen Lamb, Garland, TX.
Sarazen: ($56/each) 1 -- Judy Harris, Abilene, TX; David Hickman, Rockwall, TX; Wadsworth Jarrell, Rhinebeck, NY; Darren Bufton, Bedford, TX; Mark Tylenda, Dallas, TX.
Senior Sarazen: ($25/each) 3 -- Tim Brown, Richland Hills, TX. 2 -- Jim Wright, Azle, TX; James Pace, Burleson, TX. 1 -- Bill Clark, Bullard, TX; Dale McFarland, Crowley, TX; Tom Stockton, Grand Prairie, TX; Mark Donohue, Lewisville, TX.
Jones: ($30/each) 2 -- A. David Farmer Jr, Dallas, TX. 1 -- Steve Rutherford, Bentonville, AR; Steve Pearson, Plano, TX; Scott Sears, Carrollton, TX; Joshua Tankersley, Fort Worth, TX.
Senior Jones / Snead: ($25/each) 4 -- Doug Watson, Shawnee, OK. 2 -- John Partain, Bedford, TX. 1 -- Tommy Templin, Euless, TX; Jeff Ackerman Sr., Wylie, TX; Lloyd C Reid Jr, Dallas, TX.
CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:
($200/each) #2 - Tim Williams - 5' 11"; #5 - David Wright - 2' 9 1/2"; #10 - Jim Wright - 4' 11";
#13 - Josh Tankersly - 10' 10 1/2".
Upcoming Texas Events:
Next up in Texas, The Hill Country Tour makes a special Friday trip to the Palmer Lakeside Course at Barton Creek for the Prelude to the Texas Open on March 10th. Registration closes on Friday, March 3rd, with only a few spots are still available.
Dallas Tour members, head back to Indian Creek after a year off due to flooding, for the Classic at the Creek on Saturday, March 18th. Entries close on Friday, March 10th at 11:59PM EST.
Houston players get back on track at the Cypress Open at Cypress Lakes Golf Club on Saturday, March 4th, 2017 and entries have closed. Next up, the Katy Classic @ The Golf Club of Cinco Ranch on Sunday, March, 19th with a registration deadline of Friday, March 10th.
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
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