Scott R Chilcutt, McKinney, TX (March 27, 2016) Pete Dye designed the Dye Course at Stonebridge Ranch Country Club, taking advantage of the topography, that design has been preserved by the course to create a true test of golf. Tightly mown fairways and tough green complexes, just added to the railroad tie banked water hazards and knee high grasses bordering fairways and greens set things up for a tough day.
But what would normally be tough, got tougher with overnight storms to start the morning with a lot of questions. Hail, the golf ball size, pelted the course, but maintenance staff hurried in the morning darkness to get the course to somewhat normal status, double rolling greens and blowing off as much of the debris, times started as scheduled. What began a warm morning would then turn from the north with cold winds to make it difficult to get warmed up and more difficult to get off the tee.
The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $540, bringing the Texas Tour local events total to $5,010 in contributions to the Foundation in 2017.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: Playing in his first event of the points season, Andrew Braun of Trophy Club, TX, recorded his tenth win on tour and first since the 2015 season. Braun, with three birdies on the round, edged out runner-up local McKinney, TX, member Tim Williams by a stroke. Rounding out the top three, Daingerfield, TX, player Keith Strickland and another local, Carl Myers of McKinney, TX, shared the third place finish.
Palmer Flight: Playing in his first event on tour, Sung Hwan Kim of Carrollton, TX, showed game with his three birdies, and low round of the tournament. Kim's +3 - 75 cleared Fort Worth, TX, member John Padilla, with an eagle and three birdies on his round, by three strokes. A winner his last time out, Greg Digby of Lewisville, TX, grabbed the show place finish.
Senior Palmer Flight: Coppell, TX, a first-year player, Mark Colangelo, starting the day on the tenth hole, looked to be out of it, but made the turn firing a back nine +1 - 37 to win the Championship by a stroke. Michael Foster of Catoosa, OK, with a pair of birdies on his round, carded his second runner-up finish in as many attempts. Two strokes back of Foster, Michael Fyfe from McKinney, TX, with two birdies and Trophy Club, TX, player Jalil Daneshfar, with three of his own on the round, split the third place honors.
Hogan Flight: Playing in his fifth event on tour, Adolfo Perez of Rowlett, TX, with the help of three birdies on the round, picked up his second win in as many attempts. Fort Worth, TX, player, in his first-year player, Aaron Sisk, recorded his best finish on tour, with Mark Anderson of Plano, TX, and Fort Worth, TX, resident Kirk Boerner knotted up in the third place finish.
Senior Hogan Flight: Sanger, TX, player, Steve Killion, carded two birdies in consecutive holes mid way through the back nine, which proved to be just enough after making a mess on his last four. Killion, finished two strokes clear of a pair of players in the runner-up spot, picking up his fifteenth victory on tour. Two strokes back, Dallas, TX, member Rick Allaire and Ken Johnson of Carrollton, TX, split the second place finish.
Sarazen Flight: Mark Tylenda of Dallas, TX, continued on his winning ways, picking up his fifth win on tour, all coming in the 2017 points season. Tylenda, carded two birdies on the day to clear, Fort Worth, TX, runner-up finisher Preston Miller by four strokes. Scott Striegel, of Southlake, TX, rounded out the top three.
Senior Sarazen Flight: Second-time player, Joe Cavalry of Edmond, OK, recorded two birdies on the round, including his final hole, the par 4 - 18th to get himself in a playoff with Rockwall, TX, member Bob Moreau. Going back to the 18th for the sudden death, it would appear Cavalry had the edge. Moreau bounced his drive off the fence back into the fairway to equalize the edge, picking up his eleventh win on tour and first in eleven attempts on the points season. Craig Merrill, of Roland, AR, a three-time winner at nearby TPC Craig Ranch, finished just one stroke back with two birdies on his round.
Jones Flight: Forth Worth, TX, player Joshua Tankersley, carded a pair of 42's, with the help of a birdie on the front nine, en route to a comfortable four-stroke win, his sixth on tour and first of the season. Judy Harris of Abilene, TX, picked up her best finish on tour in the runner-up spot, with Haslet, TX, member Doyle Fleming in third.
Snead Flight: Don Freitag of Arlington, TX, commanded his eleventh win on tour and first since the 2015 points season. Freitag finished seven strokes clear of San Antonio, TX, traveler Ethan Blase, with two birdies on the round, while Zane Latham of Valley View, TX, and Abilene, TX, player Kevin Crosson, split the third place honors.
SKINS:
Giant SKINS: ($130/each) 1 -- Tim Williams, McKinney, TX; Joe Calvery, Edmond, OK; Bill Clark, Bullard, TX; John Padilla, Fort Worth, TX; Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX.
Championship: ($26/each) 2 -- Keith Strickland, Daingerfield, TX. 1 -- Tim Williams, McKinney, TX; Carl Myers, McKinney, TX; Brad Popoff, Lewisville, TX; David Wright, Flower Mound, TX.
Palmer: ($10/each) 5 -- John Padilla, Fort Worth, TX. 2 -- Anthony Springmann, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Dallas Webster, Murphy, TX.
Senior Palmer: ($40/each) 1 -- Mark Colangelo, Coppell, TX; Nic Linde, Keller, TX; Ron Martin, Ruston, LA; Jalil Daneshfar, Trophy Club, TX; Michael Foster, Catoosa, OK.
Hogan: ($24/each) 3 -- Aaron Sisk, Fort Worth, TX. 2 -- Mark Anderson, Plano, TX; Adolfo Perez, Rowlett, TX. 1 -- Troy Moore, Dallas, TX; Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX.
Senior Hogan: ($32/each) 3 -- Steve Killion, Sanger, TX. 2 -- Ken Johnson, Carrollton, TX. 1 -- Rick Allaire, Dallas, TX; David Jackson, McKinney, TX; Steve Ray, Rockwall, TX.
Sarazen: ($15/each) 4 -- Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX. 2 -- Mitch Ryan, Seagoville, TX. 1 -- Jason Shuffield, Frisco, TX; Mark Tylenda, Dallas, TX; Wadsworth Jarrell, Rhinebeck, NY.
Senior Sarazen: ($20/each) 3 -- Joe Calvery, Edmond, OK; Bill Clark, Bullard, TX. 2 -- Craig Merrill, Roland, AR; David Day, Rockwall, TX. 1 -- Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX.
Jones: ($36/each) 2 -- Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX; Joshua Tankersley, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- David Farmer Jr, Dallas, TX; Garrett Tidman, Little Elm, TX.
Snead: ($22/each) 3 -- Ethan Blase, San Antonio, TX. 2 -- Kevin Crosson, Abilene, TX; Douglas Pritchett, Ft Worth, TX. 1 -- Jason Jenniges, Weatherford, TX.
CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:
$140/each
#5 - Bob Moreau - 4' 7"; #8 - Jeff Workman - 3' 7"; #12 - Carl Myers - 8' 1"; #17 - Michael Foster - 4' 7".
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