Scott R Chilcutt, Fort Worth, TX (June 10, 2017) Waterchase Golf Club, once again played host to the Fort Worth Championship on the Golf Channel AM Tour. Great course conditions with warm weather breezy conditions challenged the players to get the scores low.
The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $560, bringing the Texas Tour local events total to $11,850 in contributions to the Foundation in 2017.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: Trophy Club, TX, player Nick Quast keeps racking up the wins. Quast, playing in five events on the season and picked up the trophy on each and every attempt. Four strokes back, Tim Williams of McKinney, TX, carded birdies on three holes for the runner-up finish, with Ovilla, TX, member Brad Bugg, rounding out the top three.
Palmer Flight: Michael Barr of Lewisville, TX, hasn't been out of the top three all season. Playing in his sixth event, Barr has a runner-up at the Major Championship at PGA National last fall, with two wins at local Dallas events. Dallas, TX, resident Michael Fagan, matched his best second place finish at the DFW Winter Challenge at Fossil Creek, six strokes back. Jonathan Cook of Burleson, TX, carded his best finish of the season one stroke out of second.
Senior Palmer Flight: Coppell, TX, member, Mark Taylor, started the day with three birdies in his first four holes to carry a big lead to the back where even doubles on the tenth and eighteenth holes wouldn't get him out of the top spot. For Taylor, it was his fourth win of the season and ninth on tour. One stroke back, Jalil Daneshfar of Trophy Club, TX, made birdie on the par 4 - 17th for his third runner-up finish of the season. Three strokes out of second, Ken Dyke of Keller, TX, and traveling Lubbock, TX, member Todd Mykelby shared the third place finish.
Hogan Flight: Deon Barber of Frisco, TX, carded birdies on two of the par 3's mid round, finished with a pair of pars on his final two holes to pick up his second win in as many attempts after his first Championship on Tour, at the Frisco Lakes Challenge in April. One stroke back, Lubbock, TX, first-year player Jared Swopes, equaled his runner-up finish at the foggy Port Aransas Open in January. Adolfo Perez of Rowlett, TX, with two wins on the season and Fort Worth, TX, player Jeff Workman, with a win at the Fort Worth Fall Championship in October, split the third place honors.
Senior Hogan Flight: Carrollton, TX, player Ken Johnson, picked up his Senior National Championship qualifying third win of the season, with plenty of strokes to spare. Johnson, with a double and a triple on the round, stayed the course for a six-stroke advantage over Lee Larscheid visiting from the Kansas City Tour. Larscheid, with a birdie on the par 3 7th, finished one stroke ahead of a trio of players knotted up in the third place finish. Denver Roden of Irving, TX, Steve Ray of Rockwall, TX and Haslet, TX, player Phillip Holt, shared the third place finish.
Sarazen Flight: Making the start for a whopping 25th time on the season, Scott Striegel of Southlake, TX, made birdie on the par 4 - 4th that proved to be just enough for a two-stroke victory. For Striegle it was his fourth win of the season, to go with four top three Major Championship Finishes. Runner-up finisher, Bedford, TX, member Darren Bufton, carded a birdie on the par 5 - 3rd for his third runner-up finish on the year to go with five wins including the Major Championship at Blackwolf Run. Fort Worth, TX, member Joshua Tankersly, with a birdie of his own on the par 5 - 3rd, rounded out the top three.
Senior Sarazen Flight: Frisco, TX, resident, Jon Neff picked up his first win of the season and ninth on tour. Neff, starting the day on the back nine, made the turn with a two-stroke advantage and held on to that lead two strokes clear of Tom Stockton of Grand Prairie, TX. Two strokes back of the runner-up spot, Sanger, TX, player Steve Killion took home the third place finish.
Jones Flight: Back to a DFW Tour event for the second week, Oklahoma Tour player, Ralph Justiz of Edmond, OK, fared much better at Waterchase. Justiz picked up his second win of the season, one stroke clear of Abilene, TX, traveler Macke Crossan. Crossan bested his previous two third place finishes, one stroke ahead of Midlothian, TX, player Scott Chilcutt and Dallas, TX, resident Mike Lee, sharing the third place honors.
Snead Flight: Coming off a win at the Hall of Fame Championship in Florida the week before, Valley View, TX, player Zane Latham, made it two in a row. Latham finished, three strokes ahead of Don Freitag, of Arlington, TX, a Major Champion at the National Preview, with two birdies on the round and Lewisville, TX, player Ron Hardy, splitting the third place spot.
SKINS:
Giant Skins: ($160/each) 1 -- Larry Vannatta, Grand Prairie, TX; Michael Starks, Cleburne, TX; Ronald Occenad, Dallas, TX; Nancy Geihl, Grand Prairie, TX.
Championship / Palmer: ($35/each) 2 -- Tim Williams, McKinney, TX. 1 -- Brad Bugg, Ovilla, TX; Keith McKelvy, Granbury, TX; Larry Vannatta, Grand Prairie, TX; Elmer McCray III, Vineland, NJ; Taylor Hazlewood, Irving, TX.
Senior Palmer: ($15/each) 2 -- Ken Dyke, Keller, TX; Jalil Daneshfar, Trophy Club, TX; Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Mark Taylor, Coppell, TX; Nic Linde, Keller, TX; Todd Mykleby, Lubbock, TX.
Hogan: ($90/each) 1 -- Brent Nolan, Dallas, TX; Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX.
Senior Hogan: ($24/each) 2 -- Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX; Michael Starks, Cleburne, TX; Michael Hardegree, Wichita Falls TX. 1 -- Ken Johnson, Carrollton, TX; Denver Roden, Irving, TX; Steve Ray, Rockwall, TX; Lee Larscheid, Kansas City, MO.
Sarazen: ($10/each) 4 -- Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX. 2 -- Nancy Geihl, Grand Prairie, TX. 1 -- Joshua Tankersley, Fort Worth, TX; David Hickman, Rockwall, TX.
Senior Sarazen: ($28/each) 2 -- Dale McFarland, Crowley, TX; Jim Wright, Azle, TX. 1 -- David McCasland, Red Oak, TX; Burnie Rodgers, Haslet, TX; Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX; Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Jon Neff, Frisco, TX.
Jones / Snead: ($80/each) 2 -- Don Freitag, Arlington, TX. 1 -- Thomas Rauch, Arlington, TX; Ronald Occenad, Dallas, TX.
CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:
$145/each
#2 - David McCasland - 3' 0"; #7 - Mackie Crossan - 8' 3"; #12 - Trecia Freeman - 5' 3"; #14 - Todd Mykelby - 4' 3".
NEXT UP:
Nearly 60 Texas Tour Members have already registered and will make the trip East to Choctaw, MS, for the Ole Miss Open at Dancing Rabbit Major Championship on Saturday, June, 25th and Sunday, June, 26th. Registrations will close, this Friday, June 10th.
Dallas Tour members will take on Tangle Ridge Golf Club for the Grand Prairie Classic on Saturday, July 1st. Sold OUT with waiting list spots available. Closes Friday, June 23rd.
Onion Creek is back on the Hill Country schedule for The Legends of Golf Classic - Sunday, July 2nd, with a registration deadline of Friday, June 23rd.
The Houston Tour, will break for Major Championship season and get back into action again a The Woodlands for the Player Championship on Wednesday, July 19th, with entries closing on Friday, July, 7th.
For More Information:
Scott R Chilcutt
Director - Texas Tours
Dallas Tour - Hill Country Tour - Houston Tour
GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour
405.513.1467
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