Winter Winds Greet The North Texas Winter Championship

Scott R Chilcutt, Glen Rose, TX (November 25, 2018)  Glen Rose, home of the Dinosaur Valley State Park, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, and more importantly Squaw Valley Golf Course, hosted the second of two events over the weekend on Sunday.  

Similar to the 2017 version of the special two events in two days, with a flip-flop for days, the Northerly's came in just in time for play on the final round.  The course, designed for the south winds that blow across the area, needed some tweaks, for what was coming.  The track, played long, even with those changes, and the ball blowing around on the undulating greens didn't seem to help the scores.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Back on tour after a five-year hiatus, Chad Johnson of Grandview, TX, won, in his second time out.  Johnson with a birdie on the par 5 - 18th, played the front nine in +1 to pick up the Championship, by four strokes over Granbury, TX, player Keith McKelvy.  McKelvy a winner last year at Squaw Valley on the Lakes Course, carded a birdie on the par 3 - 14th, that proved to be just enough to stay one stroke clear of Gregory Haddon of Rowlett, TX.  Haddon, with three birdies on the round, held the final podium spot.

Palmer Flight:   The runner-up on Saturday, George Adams of Houston, TX, with a pair of birdies on the back nine, picked up his first Championship on Tour.  Two strokes back, San Antonio, TX, player Ron Finnerty, the 2017 winner at Apache Links, recorded a couple of birdies himself, to stay ahead of Saturday's winner, Mark Taylor of Coppell, TX, with birdies on the par 3 - 6th and par 4 - 9th rounding out the top three.

Hogan Flight:  With three birdies on the round, Las Colinas, TX, member Rick Houchins was able to hold a one-stroke advantage for his third win of the new points season and eighteenth on tour.  Walter Albertson of Weatherford, TX, already a winner during the points season, picked up another second place finish, with the help of a birdie on the par 5 - 5th.  Two strokes back of Albertson, Heartland, TX, player Kyle Aikins with a birdie on the front and eagle 3 on the par 5 - 18th rounded out the top three.

Senior Hogan Flight:  With the momentum of a T-3 finish on Saturday, Hill Country Tour traveler, Scott Harrelson, of Portland, TX, put a strong +7 - 79 in the books for his first win on tour.  Five strokes back, the pair of Dale Fuhr of Missouri City, TX, with a birdie on the par 3 - 2nd and Keller, TX, resident Phillip Holt carding two birdies on the day, shared the runner-up finish.

Sarazen Flight:  Waco, TX, member Stephen Hodge, ran away from the field for his first win of the season, with the help of a birdie on the par 4 - 13th.  Ten strokes back, Houston Tour visitor, Patrick Richardson of The Woodlands, TX, with a pair of birdies and Shawn Whitaker of Lewisville, TX, split the second place honors.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Deep into the post-round sandwiches, Andre Fitzpatrick of Weatherford, TX, and Fort Worth, TX, Burnie Rodgers, would have to return to the course for a sudden death playoff.  The pair made their way to the into the wind, long par 4 - 8th, where Rodgers would prevail for the Championship.  It was Fitzpatrick's, second playoff in as many attempts, with an extra holes runner-up in the Hill Country.  One stroke back of the pair Rodney Wren, of Dallas, TX, rounded out the top three, with the help of a birdie on the par 5 - 18th.

Jones Flight:  Unable to make the trip on Saturday, Michael Page of Burnet, TX, completed his second win in as many attempts after a Championship in Houston the previous week.  One stroke back, Van Alstyne, TX, member Tom Holman, with a lucrative birdie on the par 4 - 1st, grabbed the runner-up finish over Robert Varela, of Copper Canyon, TX, one stroke back of second. 

Snead Flight:  Shannon Buffington, of Irving, TX, picked up his first win on tour, with a four-stroke advantage.  Second place finisher, Jason Jenniges, of Weatherford, cleared Lewisville, TX, member Ron Hardy, by two strokes. 






SKINS:

GIANT SKINS:  ($80/each)  Holman, Tom (1) Birdie on 1. Darnell, Reid (1) Birdie on 12. Petty, Michael (1) Eagle on 13. Akins, Kyle (1) Eagle on 18. McCutchen, Tony (1) Birdie on 2. Houchins, Rick (1) Birdie on 4. 

Championship/Palmer:  ($60/each)  Darnell, Reid (2) Birdie on 12, Par on 15. Gunn, BJ (1) Birdie on 16. Taylor, Mark (1) Birdie on 9. 

Hogan:  ($24/each)  Houchins, Rick (3) Birdie on 4, Birdie on 9, Birdie on 14. Dorsey, Randy (1) Birdie on 11. Petty, Michael (1) Eagle on 13. Akins, Kyle (1) Eagle on 18. Albertson, Walter (1) Par on 17. McCutchen, Tony (1) Birdie on 2. Hebert, Brian (1) Birdie on 7.

Senior Hogan:  ($110/each)  Fuhr, Dale (1) Birdie on 2. Holt, Phillip (1) Birdie on 5.

Sarazen/Senior Sarazen:  ($75/each) Fitzpatrick, Andre (1) Par on 15. Moreau, Bob (1) Birdie on 16. Crossan, Mackie (1) Birdie on 5. Cox, Mike (1) Birdie on 7


Jones/Snead:  ($55/each)   Holman, Tom (1) Birdie on 1. Page, Michael (1) Par on 17. Varela, Robert (1) Birdie on 7. Buffington, Shannon (1) Par on 8




CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$130/each:  #2 - Mackie Crossan - 8' 11".  #6 - Mark Taylor - 3".  #10 - George Adams - 3' 6".  #14 - Jeff Ackerman - 7' 1/2".





NEXT UP:


TEXAS TOURS SCHEDULE - click on the title for more information:

2019:

1/19/2019 - Coastal Bend Championship - Northshore Country Club.
2/09/2019 - Kerrville Winter Championship - The Golf Club at Comanche Trace.
2/10/2019 - Katy Classic @ The Golf Club at Cinco Ranch.
2/16/2019 - North Richland Hills Open - Iron Horse Golf Club.
2/23/2019 - Winter Championship - Golf Club of Houston.
2/24/2019 - Classic at the Creek - Indian Creek.
3/09/2019 - Prelude - Houston Open - Pecan Grove Plantation.



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
www.gcamtour.com

Saturday of The Special Two Day at Glen Rose - Lakes Open

Scott R Chilcutt, Glen Rose, TX (November 24, 2018)  Players from around the state, along with some visiting out of staters, made there way Southwest of Fort Worth to Glen Rose for the first of two events at Squaw Valley on Saturday.  Home of the Dinosaur Valley State Park and Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose is a sleepy little town, with plenty of unique events attracting travelers to the area.

Similar to the 2017 version of the special two events in two days, the winds seemed to be the key.  Unlike, the previous version, Saturday played to the prevailing southerly's, with cloud cover that would keep it cool.  Smooth and fast, dormant Bermuda greens kept the players on their toes.


RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  With a birdie starting the shotgun on the par 5 -18th, Chris Ransbottom of Cedar Hill, TX, never really got into trouble and finished the day at +2, with a -1, 35 on the back.  For Ransbottom, starting his second points season on tour, it was his third Championship.  Two strokes back, the pair of Keith Childress of Diana, TX, and Grandview, TX, local Chad Johnson, both with a pair of birdies on the round, shared the runner-up finish.

Palmer Flight:  Coppell, TX, player Mark Taylor birdied his first hole of the day, the par 4 - 15th, followed up with five pars before his first bogie to pick up the Championship with only one stroke to spare.  Houston, TX, traveler, George Adams, with a birdie on the same hole, but his second of the day, picked up the second place honors with another Houston, member John Harcrow, with three birdies on his day, rounding out the top three.

Hogan Flight:  Clint Dacy of Fort Worth, TX, and local Cleburne, TX, first-time player Michael Petty, need extra holes to settle the score.  Back to the par 4 - 1st it would be Petty that would prevail for the win.  Dacy, relegated to second, with Rick Smalley of College Station, TX, carding the final podium spot.

Senior Hogan Flight:  On tour since 2015, Sal Torres of Fort Worth, TX, made the most of two birdies on the back of the Lakes Course, to finish even par on that nine, to pick up his first win on tour.  Three strokes back of Torres, Dave Hanson of Granbury, TX, a winner his last time out, picked up the runner-up spot with two birdies of his own on the day.  Two strokes back, the pair of Jim Penn of Houston, TX, and Hill Country traveler, Scott Harrelson of Portland, TX, shared the third-place finish, both with a pair of birdies.

Sarazen Flight:  Sacremento Tour traveler, John Moyle of Oakdale, CA, with two birdies on the round, finished his last two holes of the day with par's on the 11th and 12th, to jump ahead of Dallas, TX, member Ronald Occenad for the Championship by a stroke after Occenad played those in +3, after carding two birdies of his own.  One stroke back, Houston Duckwall of Pampa, TX, rounded out the top three.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  It took some record rounds to get in the money in this flight, with the top three all recording sub-eighty rounds.  Mackie Crossan of Abilene, TX, with two birdies on the day, bested the group with a +5 -77 for the Championship.  It was Crossan's seventh win on tour and first of the points season.  One stroke back, with a birdie on the par 4 - 16th, Grand Prairie, TX, member Tom Stockton took home the runner-up spot, with Zane Latham of Valley View, TX, and a birdie of his own on the par 4 - 17th, rounding out the top three.

Jones Flight: First-year member, Taarron Reed of Sugar Land, TX, took home the Championship, with a four-stroke advantage over Copper Canyon, TX, member Robert Varela.

Snead Flight:   Oklahoma Tour traveler, Rick Henthorn of Yukon, OK made the most of the trip with two-strokes to spare.  For Henthorn, starting his tenth year on tour, it was his nineteenth Championship and first of the points season.  Two back, Copperas Cove, TX, member Dan O'Shea, with a birdie on the par 4 - 17th, grabbed the second place spot, two strokes clear of Weatherford, TX, member Jason Jenniges, rounding out the top three.





SKINS:

GIANT SKINS:  (130/each)  Jim Penn (1) Birdie on 12.  Rick Houchins (1) Birdie on 11.  Scott Harrelson (1) Birdie on 7.  Clint Dacy (1) Birdie on 9.

Championship/Palmer:  ($60/each)  Keith Childress (2) Birdie on 14, Birdie on 18.  John Harcrow (2) Birdie on 1, Birdie on 10.  

Hogan:  ($40/each)  Rick Smalley (2) Birdie on 3, Birdie on 17. Rick Houchins (1) Birdie on 11.  Michael Petty (1) Birdie on 13.  Tony McCutchen (1) Birdie on 10.  Robert McCabe (1) Birdie on 4.  Clint Dacy (1) Birdie on 9.  

Senior Hogan:  ($52/each)  Scott Harrelson (2) Birdie on 5, Birdie on 7.  Rick Swanson (1) Birdie on 14.  Bill Clark (1) Birdie on 1.  Jim Penn (1) Birdie on 12.  

Sarazen/Senior Sarazen:  ($34/each)  John Moyle (3) Birdie on 5, Par on 9, Birdie on 18.  Mackie Crossan (2) Birdie on 2, Birdie on 10.  Burnie Rodgers (1) Birdie on 14.  Zane Latham (1) Birdie on 17.  David Short (1) Birdie on 1.  Jerry Emmons (1) Birdie on 3.  Stan Wilson (1) Birdie on 8.


Jones/Snead:  ($22/each)  Mike Welch (2) Birdie on 2, Birdie on 3.  Lee Hicks (2) Par on 5, Birdie on 8.  Darrell Lummus (1) Birdie on 10.  Michael Allen (1) Par on 1.  Dan O'Shea (1) Birdie on 17.  Jason Jenniges (1) Par on 14


CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$130/each - #3 Mike Welch - 1' 11".  #7 John Neff - 12' 5".  #11 Rick Houchins - 1' 10".  #13 Annette Crossan - 10' 6".



NEXT UP:


TEXAS TOURS SCHEDULE - click on the title for more information:

2019:

1/19/2019 - Coastal Bend Championship - Northshore Country Club.
2/09/2019 - Kerrville Winter Championship - The Golf Club at Comanche Trace.
2/10/2019 - Katy Classic @ The Golf Club at Cinco Ranch.
2/16/2019 - North Richland Hills Open - Iron Horse Golf Club.
2/23/2019 - Winter Championship - Golf Club of Houston.
2/24/2019 - Classic at the Creek - Indian Creek.
3/09/2019 - Prelude - Houston Open - Pecan Grove Plantation.
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
www.gcamtour.com

Veterans Day at Hawks Creek - DFW Tour

Scott R Chilcutt, Westworth Village, TX (November 11, 2018)  Simply not a more appropriate pace in the DFW area to host the Veterans Day Championship.  Hawks Creek Golf Club, formerly known as the Carswell Golf Course sits adjacent to the runways at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, once known as Carswell Air Force Base. 

While overcast skies, with a chilling wind, may have kept the temperatures down, the fast and true greens, heated up the competition.


RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Nick Quast of Dallas, TX, started the day with a double bogey, but followed with a couple of pars, then two consecutive birdies to finish out the front nine in +1.  Quast would then stumble on #11 and #14, but card another two birdies to win the Championship at +3.  Five strokes back, Lewisville, TX, member Jack Carlile, matched Quast on the back nine, with the help of a birdie on the par 3 - 17th to finish in the runner-up spot.  Brad Bugg, of Ovilla, TX, playing in his first event in months, rounded out the top three, with a birdie on the par 4 - 2nd.

Palmer Flight:  Bryan, TX, resident John Harvell, made the most of a birdie on the par 4 - 14th to match his pairing partner Kevin Vansau of Crawford, TX and it would come down to the final hole of the day.  Harvell finished the round with a key par on 18th to pick up his first win since the 2018 Coastal Bend Championship in January.  Vansau would finish one stroke back and share the points, but lose the scorecard playoff for the gift card to Ranger, TX, player Scott Harper, when he finished the back nine +2 with an eagle on the par 5 - 12th. 

Senior Palmer Flight:  Tim Bush of Granbury, TX, carded his best round on tour, a +3 - 75 with two birdies on the back nine.  For Bush, it was his third Championship on tour, and first since the March event at Stonebridge Ranch Country Club.  Six strokes back, Carrollton, TX, member Todd Arnold, and Scott Harris, of Fort Worth, TX, both marked single birdies on the day to share the runner-up finish.

Hogan Flight:  Flower Mound, TX first-year member Steve Cochran would force a sudden-death playoff with Walter Albertson of Weatherford, TX who was looking for his third consecutive win, after winning his last two times out.  But Cochran, playing in his second event, would card two birdies on the back nine to send the pair back to the par 4 - 1st, for the playoff, where the newcomer would take home the top spot with a bogey. Two strokes back of the pair, Kyle Akins of Heartland, TX, and Houston, TX, traveler Nestor Alvarez with share the third place finish.

Senior Hogan Flight:  A winner his last time out, William Rouse, of Krum, TX, was looking to repeat, when Granbury, TX, member Dave Hanson, started what would become a three-stroke swing over the final two holes, with a birdie on the par 3 - 17th to pick up the Championship.  Rouse would finish, one stroke back, with Bob Mulligan, of Dallas, TX, rounding out the top three, two strokes out of the lead.

Sarazen Flight:  Oklahoma Tour traveler, Steven Pond of Tulia, TX, would hold off a hard-charging, Ronald Occenad of Dallas, TX.  Pond, would make the turn with a four-stroke advantage and hold on for his first Championship on Tour.  Occenad, with consecutive birdies on #10 and #11, grabbed the runner-up finish, with Dallas, TX, resident David Holcomb, rounding out the top three., one back of second.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Amarillo, TX, player Tim Edwards, made the turn, two strokes back of Jerry Emmons, of Granbury, TX, but would make the most of a birdie on the par 5 - 12th, to win the Championship with a five-stroke cushion.  Emmons would hand on for the second place finish, with Dallas, TX, player Rick Allaire, taking the final podium spot.

Jones Flight:  Hamlin, TX, member Vance Lakey, made the most of a business trip to Tennesee to stop off in Fort Worth and pick up his first win on tour.  Lake with two birdies on the round, finished three strokes clear of Tommy Templin of Denton, TX, in the second place finish, with local Fort Worth, TX, member Keith Huddleston rounding out the top three.

Snead Flight:  It was a special Veteran's Day for Killeen, TX, member, Jack Iglesias, when he shot his record low round, for his second win on tour!  Iglesias, with a birdie on the par 4 - 1st put himself in a good position, made the turn with a one-stroke advantage and ran away with the field on the back nine.  Ron Hardy of Lewisville, TX, took home the runner-up loot, with Flower Mound, TX, member Marin Simmons carding the third-place finish.






SKINS:

GIANT SKINS:  ($142/each)  Scott Harper, Ranger, TX - 1 - Eagle on 12. Rodney Wren, Dallas, TX - 1 - Birdie on 18. Ronald Occenad, Dallas, TX - 1 - Birdie on 11. Nick Quast, Dallas, TX - 1 - Birdie on 5. Rick Houchins, Las Colinas, TX - 1 - Birdie on 7.

Championship/Palmer:  ($25/each)  Nick Quast, Dallas, TX - 3 - Birdie on 4, Birdie on 5, Birdie on 13. John Harvell, Bryan, TX - 1 - Birdie on 14. Scott Harper, Ranger, TX - 1 - Eagle on 12. Brad Bugg, Ovilla, TX - 1 - Birdie on 2. BJ Gunn, Prosper, TX - 1 - Birdie on 8. Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX - 1 - Birdie on 9.

Senior Palmer/Hogan:  ($73/each) Craig Vanderlaan, Dallas, TX - 1 - Birdie on 10. Tim Bush, Granbury, TX - 1 - Birdie on 14. Darren Bufton, Bedford, TX - 1 - Birdie on 1. Brian Hebert, Allen, TX - 1 - Birdie on 6. Rick Houchins, Las Colinas, TX - 1 - Birdie on 7. Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX - 1 - Birdie on 9. 

Senior Hogan/Sarazen:  ($106/each) Ronald Occenad, Dallas, TX - 2 - Birdie on 10, Birdie on 11. Dave Hanson, Granbury, TX - 1 - Birdie on 8.

Senior Sarazen:  ($46/each) Rodney Wren, Dallas, TX - 2 - Birdie on 18, Par on 5. Tim Edwards, Amarillo, TX - 1 - Birdie on 12. Burnie Rodgers, Fort Worth, TX - 1 - Birdie on 15. Rick Allaire, Dallas, TX - 1 - Par on 16. Steve Killion, Sanger, TX - 1 - Birdie on 6. 


Jones/Snead: ($28/each) Jack Iglesias, Killeen, TX - 4 - Par on 15, Par on 16, Par on 18, Birdie on 1. Tommy Templin, Denton, TX - 2 - Par on 14, Birdie on 5. Vance Lakey, Hamlin, TX - 2 - Birdie on 10, Birdie on 2. Clayton Pugh, Alavado, TX - 1 - Par on 13. Kenne Thomas, Wylie, TX - 1 - Par on 9. 



CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$170/each:  #4 - Robert McCabe - 5' 9".  #7 - Zane Latham - 3' 11".  #10 - Jack Carlile - 5' 3".  #17 - David Short - 3'.

NEXT UP:


TEXAS TOURS SCHEDULE - click on the title to register

REMAINING IN 2018:

11/17/2018 - Fall Open - Canyon Springs - Closed
11/18/2018 - Fall Challenge - Humble - Tour 18 - Closed

11/24/2018 - Lakes Open - Squaw Valley - Closes Friday, November 16th.
11/25/2018 - North Texas Winter Championship - Apache Links - Closes Friday, November 16th.

2019:

1/19/2019 - Coastal Bend Championship - Northshore Country Club.
2/09/2019 - Kerrville Winter Championship - The Golf Club at Comanche Trace.
2/10/2019 - Katy Classic @ The Golf Club at Cinco Ranch.
2/16/2019 - North Richland Hills Open - Iron Horse Golf Club.
2/23/2019 - Winter Championship - Golf Club of Houston.


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
www.gcamtour.com