Plopped in a Convection Oven - DFW Open Championship - The Tribute

Scott R Chilcutt, The Colony, TX (July 21, 2018)  The Tribute at The Colony, off the DFW Tour schedule since the 2015 Tour Championship seemed fitting to make it's way back the weekend of the Open Championship @ Carnoustie.  The course, a unique Scottish links-style golf experience that pays homage to the legendary courses, played hard and fast.  Greens crew double cut and rolled the greens that morning, making them roll quick and smooth, while still maintaining receptiveness.  

After coming off a hot day on Monday at TPC Craig Ranch, just up the road from The Tribute, little did we know things could turn crazy bad.  With the "feels like" temperature hovering around, 115 degrees, it was no help to realize that the course had very few shady spots.  Despite the conditions, with only a few "falling out", the entire bunch that made the field, learned what it was like to spend the day in a Convection Oven.

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $630, with Texas Tour events total raised to $18,850 contributed to the Foundation in 2018.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Fresh off a run at the Pinehurst Amateur, the weekend before, where the green speeds were a recorded 12 1/2 on the Stimpmeter, Jack Carlile of Lewisville, TX, seemed right at home with the putter. Carlile started a little rocky with a double on the 2nd hole but went on to record five birdies on his day to finish, -2 for his fifth win on tour and fourth of the season.  A two-time winner in his first year on tour, Cedar Hill, TX, member Chris Ransmottom, with a pair of birdies on his round, took home the runner-up spot.  One stroke back, Tim Williams, of McKinney, TX, with three birdies of his own on the day, rounded out the top three, for his best finish of the season.

Palmer Flight:  Putting an exclamation mark on his impending promotion with the revision in August, Murphy, TX, player Dallas Webster, finished with his second even-par win, in as many attempts.  Webster, with four birdies on his round, cleared second place finisher, Chris Force of Fort Worth, TX, with three birdies on his card, by six strokes.  One stroke back, Dallas, TX, player Chris Aronson, and four birdies, shared the showplace place finish, with  Jordan Stockton of Grapevine, TX, with a birdie of his own on the par 4 - 13th.

Hogan Flight:  Unable to come to a consensus on a cooler method to settle a playoff score, Dallas, TX, resident Michael Wilson and Randy Dorsey of Killeen, TX, headed back to the oven for the sudden death.  The pair, both with a single birdie on the round, swapped front nine / back nine scores and would only be finalized with a par on the first extra hole by Dorsey for his fourth win of the season and fifth on tour.  It was the best finish in his first year on tour for Wilson, with the pair of Southlake, TX, player Todd Winch, with three birdies on his back nine, and Tom Mant of Plano, TX, competing in his first event on tour, with two birdies, splitting the third-place finish.

Senior Hogan Flight:   Perhaps, Court Pontiff of Bullard, TX, had an out of body experience, when he went -2 after four holes, added two more birdies on the back nine, to finish with a +2-74 for his first win on tour, that blew away his best score of +13 - 85.  Relegated to the second place spot, Scott Slagel of Canton, TX, and Bedford, TX, resident Darren Bufton, both with birdies on the card, shared the runner-up honors.

Sarazen Flight:  Rockwall, TX, player Jeremy Nolan, making the most of a birdie on the par 5 - 3rd, recorded his second win on tour and first since the 2015 event at Waterchase.  Ronald Occenad made a trip after the round for some medical help, but not before he took home the runner-up finish, with birdies on the par 5 - 9th and the par 4 - 18th.  Two strokes back of Occendad, McKinney, TX, player Carlos Malaver Osorio, rounded out the top three, with a birdie on the par 3 - 8th.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Despite starting both nine holes with triples, Nancy Geihl, of Grand Prairie, TX, finished with a strong - 2, with two birdies,  over her last six holes, to pick up her ninth win on tour and first of the season.  Rhome, TX, player Mike Cox, with consecutive birdies on 12 and 13, along with Bob Moreau, of Rockwall, TX, with the help of three birdies on his card, shared the runner-up finish.

Jones Flight:  Frisco, TX, member Srinivas Pokunur, with a birdie on the par 3 - 8th picked up his second win on tour and first since the 2016 season.  Hill Country Tour traveler, Michael Page of Burnet, TX, grabbed the second place finish, with Dallas, TX, member Mike Lee, rounding out the top three.

Snead Flight:  Fabio Mazzilli, of Irving, TX, carded three birdies on his day for his third win, in his first season on tour.  Duncanville, TX, player Christopher Johnson, with a birdie on the par 4 - 6th finished three strokes back, with Ron Hardy of Lewisville, TX, taking home the final podium spot.

SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($220/each)  2 -- Jack Carlile, Lewisville, TX. 1 -- Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX.

Championship:  ($25/each)  3 -- Jack Carlile, Lewisville, TX. 1 -- Kevin Knudson, Big Spring, Texas; Andrew Braun, Trophy Club, TX; Tim Williams, McKinney, TX; Brad Popoff, Lewisville, TX; Steve Winingham, Colleyville, TX; Kevin Williams, Odessa, TX.

Palmer:  ($50/each)  1 -- Dallas Webster, Murphy, TX; Jon Aronson, Dallas, TX; Jordan Stockton, Grapevine, TX; Chris Force, Fort Worth, TX.

Hogan:  ($45/each)  1 -- Kyle Akins, Heartland, TX; Scott Ford, Alpharetta, GA; James Galbraith, Prosper, TX; Forrest Woods, Bedford, TX; Tom Mant, Plano, TX; Bill Nay, Plano, TX; Randy Dorsey, Killeen, TX.

Senior Hogan/Sarazen:  ($32/each)  3 -- Court Pontiff, Bullard, TX. 2 -- Ronald Occenad, Dallas, TX. 1 -- Jon Neff, Frisco, TX; Sal Torres, Fort Worth, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX; Steve Ray, Rockwall, TX; David McCasland, Red Oak, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($43/each)  1 -- Randy Helcel, Lott, TX; Tom Stockton, Grand Prairie, TX; Andre Fitzpatrick, Weatherford, TX; Don Freitag, Arlington, TX; Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX; Rodney Wren, Dallas, TX.


Jones/Snead:  ($30/each)  2 -- Fabio Mazzilli, Irving, TX; Michael Page, Burnet, TX. 1 -- Christopher Johnson, Duncanville, TX; A. David Farmer Jr, Dallas, TX; John Grimley, Garland, TX.

CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$160/each:  #5 - Christopher Chilcott - 3' 6";  #8 - Randy Dorsey - 11 1/2";  #11 - Tom Stockton - 1' 10";  #14 - Kyle Akins - 15' 1/2".

NEXT UP:

Dallas Tour -   Back in action after the Texas Classic at Barton Creek, the DFW Tour will head back to Tierra Verde for the Arlington Championship on Sunday, August 5th.  Registration closes on Friday, July 27th, with only a few spots available.

Hill Country Tour -   Back in action at Falconhead Golf Club for the Championship at Falconhead leading up to the Texas Classic at Barton Creek, to be held on Friday, July 27th.  Currently SOLD OUT, with waiting list spots available.  

Houston Tour -  The Houston Tour Championship at Woodforest on August 18th and 19th.  Entry closes on Friday, August 10th. 


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

Texas Classic at Barton Creek - July 28th - 29th.  SOLD OUT and CLOSED.

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

Heat is on TPC Craig Ranch - DFW Tour

Scott R Chilcutt, McKinney, TX (July 16, 2018)  The Championship @ TPC Craig Ranch - 2018 version marks the eighth consecutive event on the DFW Tour at the famed course in McKinney.  While the registration for the special Monday event, started slow early, it's been a sellout for the last six years.  The things that have remained consistent over the years, was the heat in July and the great course conditions.

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $630, with Texas Tour events total raised to $18,220 contributed to the Foundation in 2018.


RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Cedar Hill, TX, member Chris Ransbottom, went out -1, with a birdie on the par 5 - 9th, added two more on the 10th and 18th, to finish, even par on the day for his second win, in his first year on tour.  On stroke back, David Wright of Flower Mound, TX, made a run at the top with three birdies coming to the clubhouse, including two on 17 and 18 to finish, two strokes clear of a pair just behind him.  Traveling players, Noah Puris of Katy, TX, with three birdies on the round and Midland, TX, member Zach Winkler with six of his own, shared the showplace finish.

Palmer Flight:  Dallas Webster of Murphy, TX, started the day with a birdie on the par 4 - 10th, added an eagle making the turn at the par 5 - 18th, and then finished the round with a birdie on the par 5 - 9th, to finish even par for his fifth win of the season.  Kirk Boerner of Fort Worth, TX, with two birdies on his day, took home the runner-up finish five strokes clear of a trio in third.  Jason Pannell, of Franklin, TX, McKinney, TX, resident Austin Woodruff and Scott Harper of Ranger, TX, rounded out the top three finishers.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Starting the day on the par 4 - 10th, Jack Whitling of Wylie, TX, finished his round with consecutive birdies on #8 and #9 to clear the way for his fourth win of the season, including his last time out at the Hill Country Classic at LacCantera Major Championship.  Local club member, Michael Fyfe of McKinney, TX, took home the second place honors, with Arlington, TX, member Jack Godfrey, with two birdies on the day, rounding out the top three.

Hogan Flight:  Jeff Blackwood of Dallas, TX, is clearly back in form.  Blackwood, the 2014 National Champion, a seven-time winner on tour, has won two in a row, after picking up the Major Championship at Horseshoe Bay, but it hasn't come easy.  With persistent back issues, it was the Fall of 2015, since his last win and clearly back on track.  Two strokes back, with four birdies on his round, Steve Cochran of Flower Mound, TX, carded his best finish of the season in the second-place spot, with Richardson, TX, player John Hickman, and a birdie on his first hole of the day, taking home the final podium finish.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Carrollton, TX, member Ken Johnson, with a birdie on the par 4 - 2nd, finished out the championship for his second win of the season and first since the season opener in October.  Three strokes back, Phillip Holt of Haslet, TX, with two birdies on his day, took home the runner-up finish, with Bullard, TX, player Bill Clark, with two birdies of his own, rounding out the top three.

Sarazen Flight:  Rodney Wren of Dallas, TX, held just enough of a lead making the turn with a birdie on the par 5 - 18th, after starting the day on the tenth hole to keep the win in sight, just ahead of a hard-charging Oklahoma Tour Player, Stan Wilson of Jones, OK.  Wren added three birdies on the back to win by one stroke, after Wilson lite up his final nine, at +1.  For Wren, it was his fifth win of the season.  Wilson, cleared four players knotted up in the third-place finish but a single stroke.  Joe Luman of Odessa, TX, Fort Worth, TX, player Preston Miller, Jerry Emmons of Granbury, TX, and Lott, TX, resident Randy Helcel, split the final podium spot.

Jones Flight:  Coming off a win over the weekend at the Pinehurst Amateur Major Championship, Kevin Crosson of Abilene, TX, looked to make it two in a row, but it wouldn't come easy.  Crosson, starting the day on the par 4 - 10th, made birdie and made the turn two strokes ahead of Haslet, TX, player Doyle Fleming.  Fleming to even the score, with the help of two birdies on his final nine holes forcing a playoff with Crosson.   Back to the heat and the par 4 - 10th, for the sudden death, Crosson would prevail for his sixth win of the season.  Jason Naranjo of Plano, TX, with the help of a birdie on the par 5 - 5th, would finish out the top three for his best finish on tour.

Snead Flight:  Traveling Oklahoma Tour player, Rob Hollingsworth from Edmond, OK, commanded his second win on tour and first of the season with the help of a birdie on the par 4 - 6th.  Lewisville, TX, player Ron Hardy, took home the runner-up prize with a birdie of his own on the par 4 - 14th, with a pair of players just behind him in third.  One stroke back, Keith Huddleston of Fort Worth, TX, with a birdie on the par 3 -17th and Abilene, TX, player Annett Crossan, shared the third place honors.




SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($170/each)  1 -- Mike Rogers, Fort Worth, Texas; Dallas Webster, Murphy, TX; Mike Castleberry, McKinney, TX; Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX.

Championship/Palmer:  ($50/each)  1 -- Mike Rogers, Fort Worth, Texas; Al Swanson, Edmond, OK; Dallas Webster, Murphy, TX; Terry Rice, Midland, TX; Zack Winkler, Midland, TX; Jeremy Frenzel, Fort Worth, TX.

Senior Palmer:  ($22/each)  2 -- Jack Godfrey, Arlington, TX. 1 -- Michael Fyfe, Mckinney, TX; Michael Blumenfeld, Palm Desert, CA; Mark Taylor, Coppell, TX; Preston Glenn, Plano, TX; Jack Whitling, Wylie, TX.

Hogan:  ($36/each)  2 -- Mikey Fletcher, Mineola, TX. 1 -- Trung Tran, Southlake, TX; Mike Castleberry, McKinney, TX; Forrest Woods, Bedford, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($25/each)  3 -- Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX. 2 -- Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX. 1 -- Ken Johnson, Carrollton, TX; John Moyle, Oakdale, CA; Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX; Bill Clark, Bullard, TX.

Sarazen:  ($36/each)  2 -- Joe Calvery, Edmond, OK; Rodney Wren, Dallas, TX. 1 -- Joe Luman, Odessa, TX; Mike Cox, Rhome, TX.


Jones/Snead:  ($55/each)  2 -- Kevin Crosson, Abilene, TX. 1 -- Pete Partain, Bedford, TX; Keith Huddleston, Fort Worth, TX.




CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:
$165/each:  #4 - Jeremy Frenzel - 9' 6";  #7 - Kurt Trussell - 9' 6";   #15 - Rick Swanson - 2' 9  1/2";  #17 - Zach Winkler - 9' 6". 


NEXT UP:

Dallas Tour -   DFW Open Championship @ The Tribute on Saturday, July 21st, CLOSED and SOLD OUT.  Back in action after the Texas Classic at Barton Creek, the DFW Tour will head back to Tierra Verde for the Arlington Championship on Sunday, August 5th.  Registration closes on Friday, July 27th, with only a few spots available.

Hill Country Tour -   Back in action at Falconhead Golf Club for the Championship at Falconhead leading up to the Texas Classic at Barton Creek, to be held on Friday, July 27th.  Currently SOLD OUT, with waiting list spots available.  

Houston Tour -  Making our way to Meadowbrook Farms Golf Club on Sunday, July 22nd for the Katy Open Championship, CLOSED.  Next up, the Houston Tour Championship at Woodforest on August 18th and 19th.  Entry closes on Friday, August 10th. 


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

Texas Classic at Barton Creek - July 28th - 29th.  SOLD OUT, waiting list spots available.

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

Tricky Day @ Thorntree Country Club

Scott R Chilcutt,  Desoto, TX (July 1, 2018)  Thorntree Country Club, just south of Dallas proper in Desoto hosted its first event on the Golf Channel AM Tour on the DFW schedule.  Rated one of the toughest golf courses in the DFW area, many years running by the Dallas Business Journal, the facility, held up to that acclaim.

Tricky, blind tee shots, hard and fast fairways, end excellent green complexes, put a premium on practice rounds and course knowledge.

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $620, with Texas Tour events total raised to $16,620 contributed to the Foundation in 2018.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  While not able to play a complete practice round after only playing some of the front nine, one of the players to take advantage of seeing some of the course, Nick Quast of Dallas, TX, made it look simple.  Quast with four birdies on his round, three coming on the front nine, card - 70 for his fifth win of the season.  Fort Worth, TX, player Mike Rogers, with two birdies of his own, carded his best finish in his first finish on tour, in the runner-up spot, with Mason Hill of Dallas, TX, making the most of four birdies on his day to round out the top three.

Palmer Flight:  Coming off an under par performance his last time out at Harbor Lakes,  Dallas, TX, player Drue Thompson, took seven strokes off his back nine to win for his second time in as many attempts. First-time player Jon Aronson of Dallas, TX, carded a birdie on the 5 - 4th for the runner-up finish, three strokes clear of Ranger, TX, player Scott Harper in third.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Bedford, TX, resident Keith Johnson, with some obvious course knowledge, recorded three birdies on the round to finish at +1 - 73 for his fourth win of the season.  Three strokes back, Gabe Brisco of Mesquite, TX, made the most of two birdies on his day to finish, seven strokes clear of third-place finisher, Mark Taylor of Coppell, TX.

Hogan Flight:  Starting the day on the par 4 - 1st, Traveling Houston, TX, player John Harcrow, finished his final five holes in -2 on two birdies to pick up his National Championship qualifying third win of the year.  Three strokes back, in the runner-up, finish, with two birdies on his day, Rick Houchins of Las Colinas, TX, finished just one stroke clear of a hard-charging Southlake, TX, Todd Winch, finishing his back nine in +2.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Each with a pair of birdies on the day, Fairview, TX, resident Glynn Aldredge and Dave Hanson of Granbury, TX, finished regulation tied up.  Back to the par 4 - 1st, the duo would match pars on the first, and would take the par 3 - 2nd, to settle the score.  Hanson would prevail for his seventh win on tour and second of the season.  For Aldredge, it was his fourth runner-up finish of the season to go along with a win in March.  Three strokes back, Houston Tour member, Jeff Green of Coldsprings, TX, would birdie the par 4 - 18th to round out the top three.

Sarazen Flight:  Preston Moxcey of Dallas, TX, recently qualified for the National Championship with a third-place finish at the Horseshoe Bay Major Championship, added another qualifying method to his year, pick up his third win.  Two strokes back, Frank Orozco of Dallas, TX, and Olalla, WA player Anthony Fisher split the runner-up finish.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Playing in his second event of the weekend, after a Saturday trip to Ardmore, OK, Rodney Wren of Dallas, TX, made the second one count.  Wren, with a birdie on the par 5 - 9th, grabbed his fourth win of the season, two strokes clear of a pair knotted up in second.  Weatherford, TX, member Andre Fitzpatrick, another Saturday participant, with a birdie on the par 5 - 10th and Vance Lakey of Hamlin, TX, with a birdie of his own on the par 4 - 1st split the runner-up honors.

Jones Flight:  Making the trip up I-45, Neil MacDonald of Huntsville, TX, made the most of a birdie on the par 3 - 16th to pick up his first win of the season.  Two strokes back, Dallas, TX, member Mike Lee, with a birdie on the par 4 - 11th, took home the second place prizes, with Doyle Fleming of Haslet, TX, rounding out the top three.

Senior Snead Flight: Fort Worth, TX, player Keith Huddleston, off a runner-up, finish the weekend before at the Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay, picked up his second win in his last four attempts.  Ron Hardy of Lewisville, TX, carded his seventh-second place finish of the season, to go along with three wins, three strokes clear of Zane Latham, of Valley View, TX, taking home the third-place finish.







SKINS:


Giant Skins:  ($160/each)  1 -- Mike Lee, Dallas, TX; Nick Quast, Dallas, TX; Kirby Rogers, Muldrow, OK; Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX.

Championship/Palmer:  ($73/each)  2 -- Nick Quast, Dallas, TX. 1 -- Mason Hill, Dallas, TX.

Senior Palmer:  ($40/each)  1 -- Jack Godfrey, Arlington, TX; Jeff Bolton, Midlothian, TX; Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX; Keith Johnson, Bedford, TX.

Hogan/Sarazen:  ($200/each)  2 -- Cory Welch, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- David Hickman, Rockwall, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($34/each)  2 -- Dave Hanson, Granbury, TX; Jeff Green, Coldspring, TX. 1 -- Ken Johnson, Carrollton, TX; David Evans, Lumberton, TX; Glynn Aldredge, Fairview, TX; Kirby Rogers, Muldrow, OK; Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX; Stephen Lamb, Garland, TX; Scott Slagle, Canton, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($40/each)  2 -- Burnie Rodgers, Haslet, TX. 1 -- Vance Lakey, Hamlin, TX; Andre Fitzpatrick, Weatherford, TX; Dale McFarland, Crowley, TX; Tom Stockton, Grand Prairie, TX.


Jones/Snead:  ($27/each)  2 -- Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX; Neil Macdonald, Huntsville, TX. 1 -- Zane Latham, Valley View, TX; Mike Lee, Dallas, TX; Pete Partain, Bedford, TX; Ray Tyczki, McKinney, TX.



CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$170/each:  #2 - Anthony Fisher - 17";  #7 -  Nick Quast - 9' 1";  #14 - Vance Lakey - 4' 8";  #16 -  Dave Hanson - 15' 11".



NEXT UP:

Dallas Tour -   Don't miss the registration for the Championship @ TPC Craig Ranch on Monday, July 16th, SOLD OUT, waiting list spots available.

Hill Country Tour -   Prelude - Hill Country Classic at Hyatt Hill Country Resort to be contested on Friday, July 6th, SOLD OUT and CLOSED.  Back in action at Falconhead Golf Club for the Championship at Falconhead leading up to the Texas Classic at Barton Creek, to be held on Friday, July 27th.  Only a few spots remaining and will certainly sell out prior to the July 20th registration deadline.

Houston Tour -  After a break for two majors in two weeks, the Houston Tour will tee it up at Pecan Grove Golf Club for the Richmond Championship on July 14th.  Entries close on Friday, July 6th. 

Major Championships Open for Registration - (Majors that will be included in the 2018 Texas Tour Flight Champion year-end awards)
Hill Country Classic at La Cantera - July 7th and 8th.  SOLD OUT and CLOSED.  

Texas Classic at Barton Creek - July 28th - 29th.  SOLD OUT, waiting list spots available.

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