Back to Indian Creek after the Floods

Four out of Ten First Time Champions!

Scott R Chilcutt, Carrollton, TX (March 18, 2017)  Brought back to life after floods forced a complete shutdown during the spring of 2015, it took the City of Carrollton, until the summer of 2016 to reopen Indian Creek Golf Club.  The Classic at the Creek, a mainstay on the DFW Tour had to sit it out for closure.  Back in action, probably earlier than we should, the course played hard and fast, with slick greens and some pin placements that were not forgiving.

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $540, bringing the Texas Tour local events total to $3,700 in contributions to the Foundation.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Trophy Club, TX, member Nick Quast, grabbed the title for the second time in as many attempts on the season.  For Quast, the -2 - 70 marked his twelveth win on tour, fourth in a row, and he is eight out of eleven dating back to March of 2015.  Defending 2015 Champion, Terry Rice of Midland, TX, a three-time winner at Indian Creek, finished in the runner-up spot, with Preston Standley of Plano, TX, and McKinney, TX, member Tim Williams sharing the third place honors.

Palmer Flight:  Never out of the top three, on six events on tour, Greg Digby of Lewisville, TX, picked up his first championship with six strokes to spare.  Digby, with a birdie at the brutal par 3 - 14th, finished ahead of fellow Lewisville, resident Michael Barr, with Murphy, TX, Dallas Webster rounding out the top three.

Senior Palmer Flight:  With three birdies on the round, Scott Harris of Fort Worth, TX, looked to have things sewn up until a double at the par 4 - 18th opened the door for extra holes with Keller, TX, member Nic Linde.  Back out for the sudden death, pars on the 10th and 11th would take the pair to the par 3 - 12th, where a par wasn't good enough.  The birdie, ensured the championship, the first in 24 attempts on tour for Linde.  One stroke back of the pair, Graham, TX, member David York recorded the final podium finish.

Hogan Flight:  After his first Major Championship win, the week before at the Texas Open @ Horseshoe Bay, Rick Smalley of College Station, TX, kept the ball rolling to the hole.  Smalley, now a six-time winner on tour, finished three strokes clear of Fort Worth, TX, member Jeff Workman, with three birdies on the round.  Three strokes back of Workman, Richardson, TX, player Sven Bock and Mark Anderson of Plano, TX, split the third place finish.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Fort Worth, TX, member Jeff Gandy, carded a +1 - 37 on the front nine, just enough to stay ahead of the field becoming another first-time winner on tour.  Gandy held on to the lead despite some struggles on the back, by one stroke over a trio tied up just behind him.  Rick Swanson of nearby Carrollton, TX, Dallas, TX, member, Bob Mulligan and Mark Rainwater of Flower Mound, TX, shared the runner-up honors.

Sarazen Flight:  Darren Bufton of Bedford, TX, cleared the field by seven strokes for his National Championship qualifying, third win on the year, and tenth on tour.  Chunwei Wang of Roanoke, TX, and Dallas, TX, player Mark Tylenda split the second place finish.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  With the help of a birdie on the par 4 - 13th, John McClemore of Dallas, TX became the third first-time champion of the day.  McClemore finished four strokes clear of Simms, TX, member Happy Gilmore with  Bob Moreau of Rockwall, TX, rounding out the top three.

Jones Flight:  Caught off guard, when contacted via phone, Trecia Wood was already making the trip back to her home in Enloe, TX.  Little did she know when she loaded up that she would pick up her first win since 2010, and her seventh championship on tour.  Wood, with a birding par 5 - 6th, finished four strokes clear of Fort Worth, TX, player Joshua Tankersly, with Steve Pearson of Plano, TX, and Carrollton, TX, member Scott Sears knotted up in the third pace spot.

Senior Jones Flight:  Bedford, TX, player John Partain, was another of the players that tamed the ugly pin position at the par 3 - 14th carding a birdie for his third win on tour and first of the season. Lloyd Reid, JR, of Dallas, TX, finished four strokes back for the runner-up spot, with fellow Dallas resident, Mike Lee taking third.  

Snead Flight:  Continuing with the first-time winner theme, Arlington, TX, member Tim Geeslin, picked up his first championship starting his second year on tour. One stroke back, Zane Latham of Valley View, TX, picked up his best finish of the season, with Lewisville, TX, player Ron Hardy rounding out the top three. 


SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($162/each)  1 -- Kevin Williams, Odessa, TX; James Pace, Burleson, TX; John Cox, Mansfield, TX; Bob Mulligan, Dallas, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($40/each)  2 -- Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX; Terry Rice, Midland, TX. 1 -- Clay Johnston, Midland, Tx.

Senior Palmer:  ($45/each)  2 -- Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Michael Rutkoski, McKinney,  TX; Stephen Fitzgerald, Dallas, TX.

Hogan:  ($20/each)  3 -- Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Chuck Levene, Lewisville, Tx; Robert McCabe, Granbury, TX; Nick Easen, Keller, TX; Rick Smalley, College Station, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($66/each)  1 -- David Jackson, McKinney, TX; Ken Johnson, Carrollton, TX; John Cox, Mansfield, TX; Bob Mulligan, Dallas, TX; Mark Rainwater, Flower Mound, TX; Jeff Gandy, Ft Worth, TX.

Sarazen:  ($20/each)  3 -- Darren Bufton, Bedford, TX. 2 -- David Hickman, Rockwall, TX; Mark Tylenda, Dallas, TX. 1 -- Andrew Sturdivant, Fort Worth, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($33/each)  2 -- James Pace, Burleson, TX; Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX. 1 -- Lee Roy Hess, Westlake, TX; Jon Neff, Frisco, TX.

Jones / Senior Jones:  ($35/each)  2 -- Lloyd C Reid Jr, Dallas, TX. 1 -- Phil Lewis, San Antonio, TX; John Partain, Bedford, TX; Scott Sears, Carrollton, TX; Joshua Tankersley, Fort Worth, TX; Ronald Occenad, Dallas, TX.

Snead:  ($10/each)  4 -- Tim Geeslin, Arlington, TX; Zane Latham, Valley View, TX. 1 -- Keith Huddleston, Fort Worth, TX; Thomas Rauch, Arlington, TX; Jason Jenniges, Weatherford, TX.


CLOSEST TO THE PIN:

$155/each:  

#5 - Mark Rainwater 2' 5";  #8 - James Pace - 3' 10"; #12 - John Cox 11' 8"; #14 - Scott Harris 7'. 

Upcoming Texas Events:

Next up in Texas, The Kingsland Championship @ Lighthouse on the Hill Country Tour Saturday, March, 25th,  and Dallas Tour members revisit the Dye Course in McKinney for the Dye Classic @ Stonebridge on Monday, March 27th.  

Next up open for registration: 

Galveston will be the weekend destination for the Houston Tour on Sunday, April, 2nd for the Galveston Island Championship.  Entries close on Friday, March 24th.

Dallas Tour resumes playing in April at the Frisco Lakes Challenge on Saturday, April 8th.  The event is selling out fast, so get on the list.  Registration deadline is Friday, March 31st. 

Back to San Antonio for the Spring Challenge at Silverhorn on Sunday, April, 9th.  Entries close on Friday, March 31st.  

  

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

DFW Opens the 2017 Year at Fossil Creek

Scott R Chilcutt,  Fort Worth, TX (February 26, 2017)  So long shotgun format.  While shotguns may have their place in golf competitions, like the Duel in the Desert, Charity Scrambles, etc... they just don't set up for the player experience we have come to expect on the Golf Channel AM Tour.  The DFW opener, this year moved to the Club at Fossil Creek in Fort Worth.  An overpacked field left 15 or so on the waiting list with course requirements that didn't give us other options.  Good riddance shotgun, split tees or straight tee times will be the color of the day for the rest of the year.

While the opener, generally riddled with weather issues, didn't really come into play this go round, cool, overcast and breezy, but the wet stuff didn't come until we drove out of the parking lot.  122 players made the call, with 10 Champions crowned for the DFW Winter Challenge.

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $710, bringing the Texas Tour local events total to $2,460 in contributions to the Foundation.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Trophy Club, TX, member Nick Quast slid right back into his winning ways, teeing it up at the Tour Championship in August, Quast won five of seven events in 2016,  With birdies on consecutive holes on the front nine, Nick finished with an even par 72  to record his eleventh win on tour.  Three strokes back, first time player, Keith Strickland of Daingerfield, TX,  stayed with the leader on the front, but yielded the difference on the back to finish in the runner-up spot. Eric Anderson of Granbury, TX, and Grand Prairie, TX resident Larry Vannatta, shared the third place honors another three back. 

Palmer Flight:  Taylor Hazelwood, of Irving, TX, picked up his second win on tour to go with his victory at the Gand Prairie Classic last June. Hazelwood, with the help of a birdie on the par 5 - 11th finished two strokes ahead of first time, Dallas, TX, player Michael Fagen, with two birdies of his own on the day.  Now playing out of Midland, TX, Clay Johnston and Greg Digby of Lewisville, TX, split the show place finish.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Midlothian, TX, member Jeff Bolton picked up his fifth win on tour and first since the July 2015 event in Burleson.  Bolton with four birdies on the round edged out Wendall Sheffield of Crystal River, FL, by a single stroke.  One back of Sheffield, the trio of Donald Chester of Frisco, TX, Coppell, TX, player Mark Colangelo, and Ron Martin of Rushton, LA split the third place finish.

Hogan Flight:  Starting his second points season on tour, Adolfo Perez of Rowlett, TX, grabbed his first win on tour by one stroke over local Fort Worth, TX, member Kirk Boerner.  Boerner, with three birdies on his day, edged out fellow Fort Worth member, Jeff Workman, with an eagle and birdie on the round by a stroke.

Senior Hogan Flight:  One of a few players making the double weekend after the drive in from the Hill Country, Kirby Rogers of Muldrow, OK made the second time count.  Rogers made a birdie on the par 4 - 4th count for the win, one stroke ahead of a pair tied up in the runner-up spot.  Phillip Holt of Haslet, TX, and Fort Worth, TX, player Sal Torres shared the second place finish.

Sarazen Flight:  Scheduled to relocate from the DFW area to Rhineback, NY, Wadsworth Jarrell, picked up his fifth win on tour just before the move.  Three strokes back, Grand Prairie, TX, player Nancy Geihl grabbed the runner-up finish, with Darren Bufton of Bedford, NY rounding out the top three.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  With his trusty caddie on the bag, and two birdies on the round, Tim Brown of Richland Hills, TX, carded his fifth win on tour.  Four strokes back, with a birdie of his own on the round, Crowley, TX, player Dale McFarland had his best finish of the season.  Happy Gilmore of Simms, TX, finished in the third place spot, two strokes out of second.

Jones Flight:  With darkness upon us, three players finished in the lead, and with nowhere to go with a playoff the scorecards came into play.  David Farmer, JR, playing his first event from Dallas, TX, got the best of that process picking up the win. Carrollton, TX, member Scott Sears and Joshua Tankersley, of Fort Worth, TX, shared the second and third place points.

Senior Jones Flight:  Oklahoma Tour traveler, Doug Watson of Shawnee, OK, made the best of consecutive birdies on the front nine to pick up his sixth win on tour and first of the points season.  John Partain, of Bedford, TX, with a pair of birdies of his own, finished five strokes back for the runner-up finish.  Euless, TX, member Tommy Templin, with an eagle on the par 5 - 3rd, took home the third place honors.  

Snead Flight:  Chris Blackwell of The Woodlands, TX, became a two-time winner on the weekend after his victory on Saturday at the Kerrville Championship.  Blackwell, with a birdie on the par 4 - 7th nearly lapped the field, with Thomas Rauch of Arlington, TX, in the runner-up spot.  Lewisville, TX, member Ron Hardy, with a birdie on the round, finished out his third, third place finish in as many attempts on the points season.



SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($190/each)  1 -- Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX; Tim Brown, Richland Hills, TX; James Pace, Burleson, TX; Tim Williams, McKinney, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($76/each)  2 -- Jack Carlile, Lewisville, TX. 1 -- David Wright, Flower Mound, TX; Jeff Blackwood, Dallas, TX; RJ Foltz, Lakeside Park, KY.

Senior Palmer:  ($25/each)  3 -- Mark Colangelo, Coppell, TX. 2 -- Jeff Bolton, Midlothian, TX. 1 -- Donald Chester, Frisco, TX; David York, Graham, TX.

Hogan:  ($21/each)  3 -- Kirk Boerner, Fort Worth. 2 -- Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX; Rick Smalley, College Station, TX; Jared Swopes, Lubbock, TX. 1 -- Aaron Sisk, Fort Worth, TX; Shawn Whitaker, Lewisville, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($30/each)  2 -- David Jackson, McKinney, TX; Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX. 1 -- Bob Mulligan, Dallas, TX; Stan Wilson, Jones, OK; Stephen Lamb, Garland, TX.

Sarazen:  ($56/each)  1 -- Judy Harris, Abilene, TX; David Hickman, Rockwall, TX; Wadsworth Jarrell, Rhinebeck, NY; Darren Bufton, Bedford, TX; Mark Tylenda, Dallas, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($25/each)  3 -- Tim Brown, Richland Hills, TX. 2 -- Jim Wright, Azle, TX; James Pace, Burleson, TX. 1 -- Bill Clark, Bullard, TX; Dale McFarland, Crowley, TX; Tom Stockton, Grand Prairie, TX; Mark Donohue, Lewisville, TX.

Jones:  ($30/each)  2 -- A. David Farmer Jr, Dallas, TX. 1 -- Steve Rutherford, Bentonville, AR; Steve Pearson, Plano, TX; Scott Sears, Carrollton, TX; Joshua Tankersley, Fort Worth, TX.


Senior Jones / Snead:  ($25/each)  4 -- Doug Watson, Shawnee, OK. 2 -- John Partain, Bedford, TX. 1 -- Tommy Templin, Euless, TX; Jeff Ackerman Sr., Wylie, TX; Lloyd C Reid Jr, Dallas, TX.


CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

($200/each)  #2 -  Tim Williams - 5' 11";  #5 -  David Wright - 2' 9 1/2"; #10 - Jim Wright - 4' 11";

#13 - Josh Tankersly - 10' 10 1/2".


Upcoming Texas Events:

Next up in Texas, The Hill Country Tour makes a special Friday trip to the Palmer Lakeside Course at Barton Creek for the Prelude to the Texas Open on March 10th.  Registration closes on Friday, March 3rd, with only a few spots are still available.   

Dallas Tour members, head back to Indian Creek after a year off due to flooding, for the Classic at the Creek on Saturday, March 18th.  Entries close on Friday, March 10th at 11:59PM EST.

Houston players get back on track at the Cypress Open at Cypress Lakes Golf Club on Saturday, March 4th, 2017 and entries have closed.  Next up, the Katy Classic @ The Golf Club of Cinco Ranch on Sunday, March, 19th with a registration deadline of Friday, March 10th. 

  

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

Texas Tour Players Take On The Duel in the Desert

Scott R Chilcutt, Texas Tours (January 26, 2017)  SuperBowl LI, heads back to Texas, visiting Houston for the third time (1974,2004) on February 5th while Texas Tour players head to Las Vegas for a warm up at the 2017 Duel in the Desert.

37 Texas Tour members from the Golf Channel AM Tour, contributing to 26 teams will meet players from around the US and Canada for the annual event that sells out each year with 432 players.
  
Unlike other events on the Golf Channel Amateur Tour, this tournament is open to BOTH Golf Channel Am Tour Members and Non-Members and is a two-person team championship! The 54-hole, two-person team tournaments consist of a scramble, modified alternate shot and best ball on three of Las Vegas’ finest golf courses – Paiute’s Snow Mountain, Wolf and Sun Mountain.

2017 Texas Member Preview:

FLIGHT 1:

Team Desilets/Morgan: Daniel Desilets, Kermit, TX, Hill Country Tour, and Marshall Morgan, Odessa, TX, DFW Tour. This pair of Senior Championship Flight players on the GC AM Tour proved they could compete with the top flight. Taking home the Flight Championship in 2016 after finishing third in 2015, they look for the repeat.


FLIGHT 2:

Team Childress/Viernes: Keith Childress, Diana, TX, DFW Tour, and Nathaniel Viernes, Waipahu, Hawaii Tour. Childress is back on the Duel schedule for the first time since he played in the 2013 event, finishing T5.

TEAM Brown/Vansau: Kevin Vansau-Crawford, TX, DFW Tou, and Mitch Brown, Spring, TX.  First-time players at the Duel in the Desert.

TEAM Finnerty/Miller: Ron Finnerty, San Antonio, TX, Hill Country Tour, and Mark Miller, Spring Branch, TX, Hill Country Tour.  Winners in 2012, the pair followed with runner-up finishes in 2013 and 2014 and look to get back to the top spot on the podium.


FLIGHT 3:

TEAM Harkings/Perez: Mike Harkins-Cedar Park, TX, Hill Country Tour, and Servando Perez, Cedar Park, TX, Hill Country Tour.  Unable to play in the scheduled 2013 Duel, this will be Harkins first attempt, with a new tour member, Servando Perez.  Look out for them, they both took home trophies last weekend at Port Aransas.

TEAM Smith/Smith: Al Smith, San Angelo, TX, Hill Country Tour, and Jeffrey Smith, Boerne, TX, Hill Country Tour.  2015 Senior Palmer National Champion, Al Smith, and partner will take on the Duel for the first time.

TEAM Wilson/Wilson: Blake Wilson, League City, TX, Houston Tour, and Darwin Wilson, League City, TX, Houston Tour.  Father / Son duo make the trip to Las Vegas for their first Duel in the Desert competition.


FLIGHT 4:

TEAM Adcock/Moore: Mike Adcock, River Oaks, TX, DFW Tour, and Randy Moore, Fresno, CA, Sacremento Tour. Adcock, Texas Tour assistant teams up with Sacremento Tour assistant Randy Moore. It's not a first for Moore to pair up with a Texan, in 2015 he teamed with Joe Urqiduez of Austin, TX just missing out on the win after coming up short in a playoff.

TEAM Adams/Swann: George Adams, Houston, TX, Houston Tour, and
Gio Swann-Lauderhill, FL, Miami Tour.  Adams, made his first showing at the 2016 event, picking up a 3rd place 2016 National Championship exemption, with partner Jim Penn.  Scheduled to play again, Penn had to back out due to health issues, in steps Gio Swann, available on the waiting list.

TEAM Kuester/Zils: Ben Zils, Spring, TX, Houston Tour, and Ben Kuester, San Francisco, CA.  Zils, a member of the Golf Channel AM Tour for just under a year teams up with a guest of the tour for his first Duel.


FLIGHT 6:

TEAM Lessnau/Tran: Trung Tran, Southlake, TX, DFW Tour, and Ronald Lessnau, Englewood, CO.  This team will make their third attempt at a flight championship after a middle of the pack run in 2015.


FLIGHT 7:

TEAM Douglas/Puckett: Joshua Douglas, Leander, TX, Hill Country Tour, and Jim Puckett, Leander, TX, Hill Country Tour.  With a T6 finish in 2015, the Leander duo look to make the third time the charm.

TEAM Barnes/Casella:  Blake Barnes, Deer Park, TX, Houston Tour, and Brandon Casella, Winter Springs, FL-Orlando Tour.  Second time Duel attendee, Barnes swaps partners to make a go of it with his Florida partner in crime.


FLIGHT 8:

TEAM Faubion/Kirby:  Greg Faubion, Richmond, TX, Houston Tour, and Mark Kirby, Bridge City, TX, Houston Tour.  This Houston pair, will tee it up for the first time at the Duel.  

TEAM Johns/Purgahn:  Matt Purgahn, Orange, TX, Houston Tour, and Shane Johns, Orange, TX.  This will be the pairs, fourth go as partners for the dual.  Progressively better finishes each year, the duo will head to Paiute in 2017 as defending Champions looking to go back to back.


FLIGHT 9:

TEAM Brown/Donohue:  Tim Brown, Richland Hills, TX, DFW Tour, and Mark Donohue, Lewisville, TX, DFW Tour.  First time out for the Duel, the pair plays plenty of golf together, most of it competing.  With over 120 rounds of AM Tour golf between the team, they'll look to convert some of that knowledge to team play.

TEAM Lamb/Wilson:  Stephen Lamb, Garland, TX, DFW Tour, and Stan Wilson-Jones, OK-Oklahoma Tour.  Stephen Lamb teams up with Oklahoma Tour traveler, Stan Wilson, nearly a Texas Tour regular, for the second year, and another shot at the prize.


TEAM Hill/Skinner:  Marvin Hill, San Angelo, TX, Hill Country Tour, and Donald Skinner, Grand Blanc, MI, Detriot Tour.  This team has competed with the Duel as long as online records will show.  They look to beat their best finishes, 3rd in 2015 and 4th in 2016


FLIGHT 10:

TEAM Graham/Graham:  Michael Graham, Burkburnett, TX, DFW Tour, and Matthew Graham, Keller, TX, DFW Tour.  This will be the Grahams, first time to compete in the team play event.

TEAM Allison/Rayburn:  Steve Allison, Spring, TX, Houston Tour, and Mike Rayburn, Montgomery, TX, Houston Tour.  This will be the fourth Duel in the Desert for this pair, and they'll be working to beat their midfield finishes.


FLIGHT 11:

TEAM Neild/Lambert:  Charles Lambert, Richardson, TX, DFW Tour, and RJ Neild, El Centro, CA, Palm Springs Tour.  First timers in Las Vegas for the Duel in the Desert.

TEAM Benge/Viktorin: Olan Benge, Wharton, TX, Houston Tour, and Larry Viktorin, Wharton, TX, Houston Tour.  This formidable Texas pair has four runner-up finishes with one third place finish in the last five appearances, and they're looking for the top spot in 2017.

TEAM Freeman/Severson:  Judson Severson, College Station, TX, Houston Tour, and Billy Freeman, Wharton, TX.  Looking to transfer some of his AM Tour event success to team play, this will be the pair's first run at the Duel.


FLIGHT: 13:

TEAM Reed/Wendel:  Delynn Reed, Austin, TX, Hill Country Tour, and Jacob Wendel, Midland, TX.  This pair makes the trip for the third consecutive year and looks to build on the 8th place finish in 2016.

TEAM Macha/Pekar:  Gene Macha, Hungerford, TX, Houston Tour, and Freddie Pekar, Wharton, TX. First time team at the event.


FLIGHT 14:

TEAM Colen/Taylor: Ramon Colen, San Antonio, TX, Hill Country Tour, and Noah Taylor, Evansville, IN, St Louis Tour.  Colen a Champion in 2014 with Hill Country Tour player, Charles Mielak, looks to get back in the winners circle with a new partner.



Best of luck to all the players for a safe trip and wonderful golf experience.

Upcoming Texas Events:

Houston and the Hill Country will continue the 2017 year with a doubleheader on the second weekend of February.  Houston with the Golf Club of Houston - Redstone Classic, on Saturday, February 11th (sold out but waiting list spots are available) with the Briggs Ranch Classic at the Golf Club of Texas in San Antonio on Sunday, February 12th.  Entry deadline for both events is Friday, February 3rd at midnight.

   

The DFW Tour will start the year at the DFW Winter Challenge on Sunday, February 26th at The Golf Club at Fossil Creek in Forth Worth.  Registration closes on Friday, February 17th. 

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

Historic Golf Club of Dallas Doesn't Disappoint

Scott R Chilcutt, Dallas, TX (November 13, 2016)  The Golf Club of Dallas, originally operated as Oak Cliff Country Club, was the last Perry Maxwell course design before he passed away in late 1952.  Maxwell, with his mark on famed courses such as Colonial in Fort Worth, Southern Hills in Tulsa and countless others, loved to use the existing natural topography, add in undulating greens and swells around the course, to create a truly strategic round of golf.  

Home to the Dallas Open, now known as the Byron Nelson, from 1958-1967, the truly historic track, played host to the Fall Championship on the Dallas/Fort Worth, Golf Channel AM Tour for the first time on Sunday.  Super slick, postage stamp greens, gave some of the players fits, but with the ability to move strategically through the park like setting, the Champions kept the numbers down on the greens.  

Mark Tylenda (Sarazen Flight) was "Up for the Srixon Challenge."   Winning his own flight playing a Srixon ball, Mark will get a dozen sent to him for the win. In a four-way tie for the Tournament Champion trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving, Joesph Roy, wins the scorecard playoff over the Father / Son duo of Jeff Ackerman, Senior and Junior and Steve Pearson. The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $380, bringing the year to date total from the Texas Tour local events to $14,890 contributed to the Foundation in 2016.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Grand Prairie, TX, player Larry Vannatta became a three-time champion on tour.  Vannatta, steady going out, hit a wall at the par 4 - 10th, but rebounded with three birdies on the back nine for a three-stroke victory.  First-time tour player, Michael Debono of Dallas, TX, was able to secure the runner-up spot with three birdies on the round to maintain a two-stroke advantage over a trio of players knotted in the third place finish.  Edmond, OK, member Al Swanson, Jack Whitling of Wylie, TX, and Dallas, TX, player Collin Gibson all had single birdies on the round to share the show place finish.

Palmer Flight:  Making the start with a heavy heart, Rockwall, TX, resident Joesph Roy picked up an emotional, first time win as a Palmer Flight Player on tour.  Roy, who lost his mother to an extended illness the previous Wednesday, was able to fight back those emotions after a rocky front nine start.  Roy battled back to post a +2 coming to the clubhouse for the bittersweet one-stroke victory and the Championship. Michael Barr of Lewisville, TX, coming off a runner-up finish at the PGA National Championship Major in Florida, settled for the second place finish, with Diana, TX, member Keith Childress rounding out the top three.

Hogan Flight:  Dallas, TX, first-time player Andrew Aiken burst on the scene with a strong three-stroke victory.  Front nine jitters didn't kick in until the par 3 - 3rd, but Aiken was able to right the ship coming to the clubhouse, with three birdies and a +1 back nine.  Travelers from College Station, TX, Rick Smalley, and Jared Swopes of Lubbock, TX, shared the runner-up honors.

Senior Hogan Flight:  In his second season on tour, Ken Johnson of Carrollton, TX, grabbed his second win on tour.  Johnson, finishing his front nine with a triple, righted the ship to take three strokes off his back nine, for a three-stroke victory. Stuck in the middle of the win and three players just two strokes back, Jones, OK, resident, Stan Wilson recorded the runner-up spot.  Dave Hanson of Granbury, TX, Wichita Falls, TX, player Michael Hardegree and Michael Starks of Cleburne, TX, split the third place finish.

Sarazen Flight:  After going 0 for 29 in his first year on tour in 2016, Mark Tylenda of Dallas, TX, stated, "I finally learned how to putt", but we think he learned how to win.  Tylenda, became a two-time winner in as many attempts, with a birdie on the tough par 5 - 2nd, and built on the progress, with a two-stroke victory.  Always in the hunt, with over a dozen runner-up finishes and five wins on tour, Fort Worth, TX, member Preston Miller snatched the second place gift card in a scorecard playoff and shared the runner-up finish with Jason Shuffield of Frisco, TX.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Rick Allaire, of Dallas, TX, continues a strong streak, picking up his fifth win on tour.  So hot, Allaire will likely gain a Performance Promotion on December, 2nd.  Allaire, with two birdies on the day, edged out third-time player, James Pace of Burleson, TX, with an eagle on the par 4 - 6th, by a single stroke.  Richland Hills, TX, resident, Tim Brown, bettered his T4 finish his last time out to grab the third place honors.

Jones Flight:  Jeffrey Ackerman, JR. of Celina, TX, led the way to a big finish for the Ackerman father / son duo.  Jeffrey, with birdies on the par 3 - 3rd and par 4 - 11th, proved to be just enough for a two-stroke victory, his first in two attempts on tour.  Plano, TX, member Steve Pearson, started out hot, with a +4 going out, faltered on the back nine, which proved to be plenty to outrun, third place traveler, Jeremy Parker of Blanchard, OK. 

Senior Jones Flight:  Wylie, TX, player Jeff Ackerman, SR, made it two in a row, picking up both Fall Championship wins on the Dallas / Fort Worth Tour.  Ackerman, made the best of two birdies on the day to stay clear of second place finisher, Tommy Templin of Euless, TX, with a birdie of his own.  McKinney, TX, resident, Ray Tyczki, picked up the third place finish, with a birdie on the par 4 - 5th.

Snead Flight:  Cello lessons have evidently put Fort Worth, TX, member Douglas Pritchett in the right frame of mind.  Since starting the extracurricular activity, Pritchett has won his last two events and his twelfth on tour. One stroke back, Logan Chapman of San Antonio, TX, finished with a birdie on the par 3 - 17th for the second place spot, his best on tour.  Lewisville, TX, member Ron Hardy, rounded out the top three two strokes out of second.

SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($96/each)  1 -- Joseph Roy, Rockwall, TX; Tony Peppler, Dallas, TX; Michael Debono, Dallas, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX; Dale McFarland, Crowley, TX; James Pace, Burleson, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($45/each)  1 -- Joseph Roy, Rockwall, TX; David York, Graham, TX; Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX; Mark Colangelo, Coppell, TX; Tony Peppler, Dallas, TX; Roger Lee, Plano, TX; Michael Debono, Dallas, TX.

Hogan / Senior Hogan:  ($60/each)  1 -- Matthew Sands, Plano, TX; Nick Easen, Keller, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX; David Jackson, McKinney, TX; Michael Starks, Cleburne, TX; Stan Wilson, Jones, OK.

Sarazen:  ($26/each)  2 -- Mark Tylenda, Dallas, TX. 1 -- Heston Krumnow, Granbury, TX; Douglas Key, Natchitoches, LA; Chunwei Wang, Roanoke, TX; Jason Shuffield, Frisco, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($40/each)  2 -- Charles Lambert, Richardson, TX. 1 -- Dale McFarland, Crowley, TX; Ted Weldon, Granbury, TX; Scott Lane, Plano, TX; James Pace, Burleson, TX.


Jones / Senior Jones / Snead:  ($60/each)  2 -- Jeffrey Ackerman Jr, Celina, TX. 1 -- Jeff Ackerman Sr., Wylie, TX; Ray Tyczki, McKinney, TX; Tommy Templin, Euless, TX; Steve Pearson, Plano, TX.

CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:


($130/each)  #3 - Jeff Ackerman, SR - 9' 4";  #7  - Tommy Templin - 6' 5";   #13 - Tommy Templin - 2' 9";  #17 - Jeff Ackerman, SR - 3' 11".

Upcoming Texas Events:

The Texas Tours will finish off the 2016 calendar with a special Ryder Cup, Texas-style event at Rayburn Country in Southeast Texas on December 3rd and 4th for the South Texas Winter Championship.  REGISTRATION CLOSES on Friday, November 25th at 11:59PM CST.

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