DFW Tour Continues at Frisco Lakes

Scott R Chilcutt,  Frisco, TX (March 10, 2018)  Frisco Lakes Golf Club, situated within the Del Webb Frisco Lakes housing development has been a spring mainstay on the Golf Channel DFW AM Tour.

A beautiful morning greeted players, with the best weather of 2018 so far.  Good rolling greens, decent, through the green, conditions and awful bunker complexes, made it a mixed bag.   While, in the past, it seemed they only had problems with the high banked traps around the #9 green, this year was different.  Taking some of the bunkers completely out of play only helped those that didn't have to traverse the others.  Keeping in mind, the USGA slope and rating takes into consideration those hazards, we minimally adjusted with a local rule to get a favorable lie, hoping to alleviate potential flight promotions because of the easier course.   

The good news is the course is working on the bunkers, the bad news, they didn't work on them last year.  Will be closely reviewing the complex for future events because of those conditions.

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $580, bringing the Texas Tour events total to $3,670 contributed to the Foundation in 2018.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Playing in his third points season on tour, Jack Carlile, of Lewisville, TX, has clearly been upping his game over the winter, with only two events outside the top two, including a couple of Major Championships.    Carlile, a Senior Championship flight player, went -3 going out on four birdies to finish -2 for his second win on tour.  Two strokes back, perennial tour winner, Nick Quast of Trophy Club, TX, finished in the runner-up spot with two birdies on the day, four strokes clear of a pair tied up just behind him.  The first-time player from Dallas, TX, Marie Burns and Fort Worth, TX, member Jeremy Frenzel, both with two birdies on the day, shared the third place honors.

Palmer Flight:  Ranger, TX, player Scott Harper, looked to have things in hand, making the turn with two birdies over three holes, hard-charging Gregory Haddon of Rowlett, TX had other thoughts.  Haddon with two birdies of his own on the back nine forced extra holes to settle the score.  Back to the par 4 - 10th, Harper would prevail in sudden death for his fifteenth win on tour and second of the points season.  Haddon, not out of the top five this season, picked up his third runner-up of the season, with Jeff Bankard, newly relocated to Dallas, TX, taking home third place on three birdies.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Competing in his second year on tour, Wylie, TX, player Jack Whitling, picked up his first win.  Whitling, with four birdies on his round, has been close a few times but commanded the win, four strokes clear of two Oklahoma Tour travelers.  Catoosa, OK, player Michael Foster a birdie on the par 5 - 18th and Richard Cordis, of Edmond, OK, with two birdies on his round, shared the runner-up finish. 

Hogan Flight:  Out of the country for a couple of years working abroad, Cory Welch of Fort Worth, TX, got back to his winning ways.  Welch, with two birdies on his round, recorded his ninth win on tour and first since the 2015 points season, where he was a three-time winner on the year.  One stroke back, Jeff Workman of Fort Worth, TX, a winner his last time out, took the runner-up spot, with Killeen, TX, player Randy Dorsey, with a birdie on the par 4 - 17th rounding out the top three.

Senior Hogan Flight:   Fairview, TX, member Glynn Aldredge, promoted the Hogan Flight, after the 2017 Senior National Championship, picked up his first win in the new flight, in only two attempts for his fourth win on his career.  Aldredge, with two birdies on the round, finished one stroke clear of Rick Swanson of Carrollton, TX, with two birdies of the day, and Jones, OK, traveler, Stan Wilson, with two of his own, knotted in the runner-up spot.

Sarazen Flight:  With only a few Open Sarazens registered for the event, the majority of Senior Sarazen Flight players, got shuffled to the regular Sarazen Flight, and clearly didn't fold to the pressure of competing with the younger group, with six of the seven top five and ties, to the Seniors.  All starting on the par 4 - 10th, Bill Clark of Bullard, TX,  Bedford, TX, member Darren Bufton and Bob Moreau, of Rockwall, TX, matched each other nine-hole scores to take the three back to a sudden death playoff.  Back to the course, Clark would prevail, with a bogie, to grab his fourteenth win on tour and first of the season relegating the other two to sharing the runner-up finish.

Jones Flight:  Working his way back to the Jones Flight, Doyle Fleming of Haslet, TX, recorded his first win since April 2017.  Two strokes back, Frisco, TX, local, Srinivas Pokunur, with two birdies on the round, picked up the runner-up finish, with Garland, TX, second-year player John Grimley, rounding out the top three.

Snead Flight:  Longtime, Lewisville, TX, player Ron Hardy, picked up his thirteenth win on tour and first of the points season.  Hardy, cleared second place finisher, Keith Huddleston, of Fort Worth, TX, by two strokes.  Huddleston, with a birdie on the par 3- 8th, and closest to the hole on the par 5 - 5th, finished one stroke ahead of first-year player Orval Miller, of Timpson, TX, taking home the showplace finish. 




SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($128/each)  1 -- Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX; Jack Whitling, Wylie, TX; Jeff Bankard, Dallas, TX; Glynn Aldredge, Fairview, TX; Dickie Clement, Runaway Bay, TX.

Championship:  ($20/each)  2 -- Keith Strickland, Mt. Pleasant, TX; Jack Carlile, Lewisville, TX. 1 -- Steve Suzuki, Denison, TX; Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX; Keith McKelvy, Granbury, TX; Jeremy Frenzel, Fort Worth, TX.

Palmer:  ($20/each)  3 -- Jeff Bankard, Dallas, TX. 2 -- Kirk Boerner, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- James Munn, Odessa, TX.

Senior Palmer:  ($20/each)  4 -- Jack Whitling, Wylie, TX. 1 -- Michael Foster, Catoosa, OK; Nic Linde, Keller, TX; Richard Cordis, Edmond, OK; Preston Glenn, Plano, TX.

Hogan:  ($66/each)  2 -- Cory Welch, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Randy Dorsey, Killeen, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($25/each)  2 -- Glynn Aldredge, Fairview, TX. 1 -- Ken Johnson, Carrollton, TX; Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX; Dave Ducray, Plano, TX; Stephen Lamb, Garland, TX; Stan Wilson, Jones, OK.

Sarazen:  ($45/each)  2 -- Ronald Occenad, Dallas, TX. 1 -- Bill Clark, Bullard, TX; Buddy Williams, Fort Worth, TX; Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX; David Day, Rockwall, TX; Mackie Crossan, Abilene, TX.

Jones:  ($20/each)  2 -- John Grimley, Garland, TX. 1 -- Dickie Clement, Runaway Bay, TX; Tom Holman, Van Alstyne, TX; Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX; Mike Lee, Dallas, TX.


Snead:  ($15/each)  3 -- Thomas Rauch, Arlington, TX. 2 -- Rob Hollingsworth, Edmond, OK; Keith Huddleston, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Jason Jenniges, Weatherford, TX.



CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:


$150/each:

#5 - Keith Huddleston - 8' 4 1/2";  #8 -  Nick Quast - 3 11";  #12 - Rodney Wren - 5' 1";  #14 - Brian Hebert - 8' 7 1/2".



NEXT UP:

Dallas Tour - March 17th event at Winstar, the St. Paddy's Day Championship, is closed and sold out.  

Monday, March 26th we venture back to a special event at The Dye Classic @ Stonebridge Ranch.   Entries will go fast as this event has always sold out. Registrations close on Friday, March 16th.   

Hill Country Tour -  March 18th, event at Delaware Springs Golf Course for the Classic at the Springs, in Burnett, TX, is closed for Registration.  

Sunday, April 8th, the Tour goes back to River Crossing Golf Club for the Spring Branch Classic.  Entries close on Friday, March 30th, 2018 at 11:59 PM CST.


Houston Tour -  Back to Cypress Lakes on March 24th for the Cypress Open, with registration closing on Friday, March 16th at 11:59 PM CST.  



Major Championships Open for Registration - (Majors that will be included in the 2018 Texas Tour Flight Champion year-end awards)

NW Arkansas Open at Bellavista - April 21st and 22nd.  Spots available.

Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay - June 23-24th. Spots available.

Hill Country Classic at La Cantera - July 7th and 8th.  Spots available.

Texas Classic at Barton Creek - July 28th - 29th.  Spots available for entry.

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