Dallas Tour in Burleson - Battle at Burleson

Scott R Chilcutt, Burleson, TX (April 23, 2017)  First time out to Hidden Creek Golf Course, in Burleson, proved to be a test for the DFW Tour players.  Tight fairways and excellent green complexes added to the complications.  

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $, bringing the Texas Tour local events total to $7,280 in contributions to the Foundation in 2017.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  In his first year on tour, Preston Standley of Plano, TX, has come close to the winner's circle with a few top three finishes but made this one count for his first win on tour.  Standley, with a back nine 38 edged out Jack Whitling of Wylie, TX, by a stroke.  Granbury, TX, player Eric Anderson with two birdies on his front nine, rounded out the top three.

Palmer Flight:  Plano, TX, member Jason Pharis carded four birdies on the round, including three in a row on the back nine picks up his first win on tour.  Greg Digby of Plano, TX, finished three strokes back, with four birdies of his own for the runner-up spot, with Irving, TX player Taylor Hazelwood, firing off three birdies in his last three holes for the third place finish.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Tony Peppler of Dallas, TX, carded a birdie on the par 5 - 14th, just enough to pick up his second win of the season.  Three-time winner of the year, Mark Taylor of Coppell, TX, with a birdie of his own on the par 5 - 17th took home the runner-up spot with Fort Worth, TX, member Scott Harris rounding out the top three.

Hogan Flight:  Local member, Clark Hubbard of Burleson, TX forced a playoff with traveling player Rick Smalley of College Station, TX.  Back to the first hole, Hubbard would prevail for the championship, with Irving, TX, player Ryan Sosnowski grabbing the show place finish.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Carrollton, TX, player Ken Johnson picked up his second win of the season with the help of back to back birdies on 15 and 16.  Jeff Gandy, with a birdie on the par 4 - 8th, finished in the runner-up spot with Michael Starks of Cleburne rounding out the top three.
  





SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($290/each)  1 -- Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX; Kirk Boerner, Fort Worth, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($35/each)  3 -- Jason Pharis, Plano, TX. 1 -- Eric Anderson, Granbury, TX; Keith McKelvy, Granbury, TX; Chet Bayes, McKinney, TX.

Senior Palmer:  ($60/each)  2 -- Jalil Daneshfar, Trophy Club, TX. 1 -- Tony Peppler, Dallas, TX.

Hogan:  ($24/each)  2 -- Rick Smalley, College Station, TX; Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX; Clark Hubbard, Burleson, TX. 1 -- Sven Bock, Richardson, TX; Kirk Boerner, Fort Worth, TX; Jared Swopes, Lubbock, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($31/each)  2 -- Ken Johnson, Carrollton, TX; Michael Starks, Cleburne, TX. 1 -- Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Dave Ferons, Plano, TX; Jeff Gandy, Ft Worth, TX.

Sarazen / Senior Sarazen:  ($125/each)  1 -- Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX; Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX; David Hickman, Rockwall, TX.


Jones / Snead:  ($240/each) 1 -- Keith Huddleston, Fort Worth, TX.

CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$140/each

#4  -  Scott Chilcutt - 12' 2";  #8 -  Ricardo Avila - 9' 9";  #11 - Chet Bayes - 1' 7"; #15 - David McCasland - 16".

Upcoming Texas Events:

The special Prelude - San Antonio Open at Canyon Springs on Friday, April 28th starts the San Antonio Weekend on the Major Championship Schedule at Sonterra Golf Club on Saturday and Sunday, April 29th and 30th.  Both events are sold out with waiting lists.

Available for Registration:

Houston Tour players get back to action at River Ridge for the Sealy Open on Saturday, May 6th, with an entry deadline of Friday, April 29th at 11:59 PM.

A few waiting list spots are available for the Sunday, May 7th contest in Fairview on the Dallas Tour for the Fairview Classic at Heritage Ranch. Registration closes on Friday, April 29th.

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

Windy in Frisco - Frisco Lakes Challenge

Scott R Chilcutt, Frisco, TX (April 8, 2017)  Saturday of Masters weekend, saw the Dallas Tour sell out its fourth event in four attempts on the year.  This go round quickly set up for a big challenge with southerly winds sustained at 25 MPH and gusts plenty harder.

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $560, bringing the Texas Tour local events total to $5,970 in contributions to the Foundation in 2017.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  In his last four attempts on tour, Nick Quast of Trophy Club, TX, hadn't been beaten since June 2016. With the live scoring at the turn, it looked like things may change up a bit when he was sitting in a T4 spot, but then three birdies over his last five holes quashed all those thoughts.  For Quast, the win was his thirteenth on tour, and he finished three strokes clear of Senior Championship Flight player, Marshall Morgan of Odessa, TX.  Rounding out the top three, another Senior player,  Jack Carlile, of Lewisville, TX, finished one stroke back of Morgan.

Palmer Flight:  Playing alongside a pair of Championship Flight players, Michael Barr, of  Lewisville, TX, made the most of the pairing.  Barr went out, +1 with a birdie on the par 4 - 2nd, and then cruised to the victory, putting an exclamation mark on his second win on tour with another birdie a the par 5 - 18th.  Seven strokes back, Rockwall, TX, player Joseph Roy, picked off the runner-up spot, with Paul Stanton of Broken Arrow, OK, with an eagle on the par 5 - 18th and Crowley, TX, player John Sells, tied up in third place.

Senior Palmer Flight:  With the monkey off his back, after winning his first event at Indian Creek in March, Nic Linde of Keller, TX, continued his roll.  Linde, with a pair of 38's, and birdies on the par 4 - 10th and par 4 - 13th, cleared second place by four strokes.  The pair of Jalil Danesfar of Trophy Club, TX, and Ken Dyke, of Keller, TX, split the runner-up honors.  

Hogan Flight:  Playing on tour since 2013, Deon Barber of nearby Frisco, TX, had yet to see the winners circle.  Competing in a jam packed and combined field of Hogan and Senior Hogan Flight players, Barber, picked one his toughest tests to break through for the win.  Four strokes back, Flower Mound, TX, member Mark Rainwater, grabbed the runner-up spot with Bobby Duty of Midland, TX, and Fort Worth, TX, resident, Jeff Gandy knotted up in the third place spot.

Sarazen Flight:  Irving, TX, first-time player Ryan Sosnowski, played his way into a battlefield promotion winning his first time out.  Three strokes back, Nancy Giehl of Grand Prairie, TX, equaled her best finish of the points season in the runner-up spot, with Bedford, TX, player Darren Bufton and Scott Striegel of Southlake, TX, splitting the third place finish.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Playing in his first event since relocating to the DFW area from Houston, Glynn Aldredge of Fairview, TX, took a liking to the North Texas winds.  Aldredge picked up his second win on tour and first since the 2014 event at the Golf Club of Houston. One stroke back, Grand Prairie, TX, member Tom Stockton, with a birdie on the par 4 - 10th, finished alone in second with  Jon Neff of nearby Frisco, TX, and Haslet, TX, player Burnie Rodgers rounding out the top three.

Jones Flight:  Wylie, TX, player Jeff Ackerman, SR, picked up his third win of the season and fourth on tour. Two strokes back, John Partain, of Bedford, TX, a winner his last time out, took home the second place winnings, with Jeffrey Ackerman, JR, of Celina, TX, and Dallas, TX, member Mike Lee sharing the show place honors.

Snead Flight:  Playing in his sixth event on tour, Fort Worth, TX, resident Keith Huddleston, with a birdie on the par 3 - 12th, picked up his first win.  Three strokes back, Thomas Rauch of Arlington, TX, finished in second for the third time of the season, with Lewisville, TX, player Ron Hardy, rounding out the top three.




SKINS:
Giant SKINS:  ($130/each)  1 -- Jack Whitling, Wylie, TX; Sven Bock, Richardson, TX; Paul Stanton, Broken Arrow, OK; Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($50/each)  1 -- Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX; Jack Carlile, Lewisville, TX; Terry Rice, Midland, TX; Tim Williams, McKinney, TX; Jack Whitling, Wylie, TX; Paul Stanton, Broken Arrow, OK.

Senior Palmer:  ($60/each)  2 -- Nic Linde, Keller, TX. 1 -- Jalil Daneshfar, Trophy Club, TX; Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX.

Hogan:  ($46/each)  2 -- Jeff Gandy, Ft Worth, TX. 1 -- Bob Mulligan, Dallas, TX; Bob Duty, Midland, TX; Sven Bock, Richardson, TX; Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Sal Torres, Fort Worth, TX; Paul Smith, Bells, TX; Dave Ducray, Plano, TX; Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX.

Sarazen / Senior Sarazen:  ($75/each)  2 -- Tom Stockton, Grand Prairie, TX. 1 -- Nick Easen, Keller, TX; Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX.

Jones / Snead:  ($65/each)  2 -- John Grimley, Garland, TX. 1 -- Ronald Occenad, Dallas, TX; Zane Latham, Valley View, TX; Keith Huddleston, Fort Worth, TX.


CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$150/each

#5 -  Nic Linde - 2';  #8 -  Tim Brown - 11' 1/2";  #12 - Jack Whitling - 11';   #14 - Nick Quast - 3' 4".

Upcoming Texas Events:

Houston Tour gets back to action on Saturday, April 22nd at High Meadow Ranch for the Masters @ Magnolia.  Registrations close on Friday, April 14th.

Back in the DFW area, members will visit Hidden Creek for the first time at the Battle at Burleson on Sunday, April 23rd with an entry deadline of on Friday, April 14th.

A few spots are still available for the Prelude - San Antonio Open at Canyon Springs on Friday, April 28th.  Registration closes Friday, April 21st but will surely sell out before then.

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