Championship TPC Craig Ranch

Scott R Chilcutt, McKinney, TX (July 17, 2017)  A staple of the DFW Tour since 2011, with sellouts every year since 2012, TPC Craig Ranch, sits In the middle of the Craig Ranch area of McKinney, TX.   With the past three weeks running of weather delays in North Texas, it was nice to get full round in under hot, partly cloudy skies.  Great course conditions, receptive quick greens, and little wind helped put some low scores on the board.

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $550, bringing the Texas Tour local events total to $14,340 in contributions to the Foundation in 2017.


RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Grouped in the same pairing with both Championship Flight National and Senior National Champions in 2016, Andrew Braun of Trophy Club, TX, upped his game.  Braun would card three birdies on his round that would eliminate a double and bogie to finish even par for his third win of the season.  Three strokes back, Plano, TX, player Gant Bills, made eagle on the par 5 - 9th, added two birdies coming to the clubhouse for the runner-up finish, with Jack Carlile, of Lewisville, TX, rounding out the top three.

Palmer Flight:  Murphy, TX, player Dallas Webster and Kyle Sandlin of Rockwall, TX, matched scores making the turn, one stroke out of the lead, with Webster taking the top spot to the eighteenth tee.   Sandlin would then make eagle three on the par 5 - 18th to knot up the score once again, forcing extra holes.  Back out to the par 4 - 10th for the sudden death it would only take one hole when Webster made birdie to pick up his second win of the season.  For Sandlin, a first-year player it was his best finish on tour.  One stroke back, the leader making the turn, Kirk Boerner of Fort Worth, TX, rounded out the top three.

Senior Palmer Flight:  David Lake of Irving, TX,  carded two birdies on the round to pick up his first win on tour.  Four strokes back, the trio of Michael Fyfe of McKinney, TX, with one birdie on the day Trophy Club, TX, member Jalil Daneshfar with two birdies on his round and traveling Catoosa, TX, player Michael Foster, with a birdie of his own, split the runner-up finish.

Hogan Flight:  Three strokes out of the lead making the turn, Frisco, TX, player Deon Barber, put together an even par on the back nine with the help of three birdies to pick up his third win on tour, all coming within his last four events.  One stroke back, Aldofo Perez of Rowlett, TX, a two-time winner on the season, finished in the runner-up spot.  Plano, TX, resident Mark Anderson kept a streak alive, with all top three finishes on the season, birdied his first hole out of the gate to take the final podium spot.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Starting the day on the par 4 - 10th, Ken Johnson of Carrollton, TX, struggled on his front nine, making the turn with a five stroke deficit.  Johnson would then get things on track finishing his final five holes -2, with two birdies to make up the difference for a one stroke victory, his fifth of the season.  Oklahoma Tour traveler, Kirby Rogers of Muldrow, OK grabbed the second place finish with Cleburne, TX, player Michael Starks rounding out the top three.

Sarazen Flight:  Atlanta Tour visitor, Jeffeory White of Dalton, GA, picked up his second win of the season and sixth on tour.  One stroke back Seagoville, TX, player Mitch Ryan, with a birdie on the par 4 - 1st and Frisco, TX, member Jason Shuffield, with two birdies on his round shared the runner-up finish.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Taking to the course on the tenth hole, Bullard, TX, member Bill Clark, made the turn two strokes out of the championship behind, Tom Stockton of Grand Prairie, TX.  With a birdie on the par 4-6th, Clark made up the difference grid locking the pair and forcing extra playoff holes.  Before going back to the course in the heat for the sudden death, players were kidding the pair about it being an eighteen hole playoff.  It looked like that could happen, but after four extra holes, Stockton succumbed to that heat, handing Clark the Championship, for his second win of the season.  Idabel, OK member Mark Helms rounded out the top three, one stroke back.

Jones Flight:  Coming off a win on Saturday in The Hill Country, Judy Harris of Abilene, TX, made it three for the season and second in as many attempts.  With a birdie on the par 5 - 12th hole, Dallas, TX, player David Farmer, JR finished in the second place spot, with Scott Sears of Carrollton, TX, taking third.

Snead Flight:  Jason Jenniges of Weatherford, TX, made birdie on his ninth hole of the day, the par 5 - 18th that proved to be just enough for his second win of the season and fourth on tour.  One stroke back, the pair of Zane Latham of Valley View, TX, and Fort Worth, TX, member Douglas Pritchett, shared the runner-up honors.








SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($200/each)  1 -- Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX; Gant Bills, Plano, TX; Keith McKelvy, Granbury, TX.

Championship:  ($16/each)  2 -- Gant Bills, Plano, TX; Brad Popoff, Lewisville, TX; Tim Williams, McKinney, TX. 1 -- Terry Rice, Midland, TX; Mark Echols, Diana, TX; Keith McKelvy, Granbury, TX; David Wright, Flower Mound, TX.

Palmer:  ($22/each)  3 -- Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX. 1 -- Ricky Neiman, Crowley, TX; Chayson Comfort, Allen, TX; Chase Petersen, McKinney, TX; Dallas Webster, Murphy, TX.

Senior Palmer:  ($28/each)  2 -- Jalil Daneshfar, Trophy Club, TX. 1 -- Jeff Baurys, Grand Prairie, TX; David Lake, Irving, TX; Michael Foster, Catoosa, OK.

Hogan:  ($30/each)  2 -- Tim Edwards, Amarillo, TX; Jason Tatum, Harrison, AR; Aaron Sisk, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Gus Aldana, Spring, TX; Mark Anderson, Plano, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($66/each)  1 -- Jeff Gandy, Ft Worth, TX; John Cox, Mansfield, TX; Steve Ray, Rockwall, TX.

Sarazen:  ($22/each)  2 -- Joshua Tankersley, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Mitch Ryan, Seagoville, TX; Jason Shuffield, Frisco, TX; David Hickman, Rockwall, TX; Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX; Jeffeory White, Dalton, GA; Darren Bufton, Bedford, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($40/each)  1 -- Jim Wright, Azle, TX; Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX; Jon Neff, Frisco, TX; Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Bill Clark, Bullard, TX; David McCasland, Red Oak, TX.

Jones / Snead:  ($26/each)  3 -- Judy Harris, Abilene, TX. 1 -- Zane Latham, Valley View, TX; Scott Sears, Carrollton, TX; David Farmer Jr, Dallas, TX.





CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$150/each

#4 - Kylar Smith - 8' 9";  #7 - Mark Echols - 7' 3";  #15 - Jason Tatum - 4' 9";  #17 - Steve Ray - 2' 9".



NEXT UP:

Tour members from around the country compete at the Final Major Championship weekend in Texas; First at the Championship at Falconhead - Prelude to the Texas Classic on Friday, July 28th, with a registration deadline on Friday, July 21st.  Then off to the Texas Classic - Barton Creek on Saturday, July 29th and Sunday, July 30th. 

DFW Tour members, visit for the first time, the Fazio Course for the Stonebriar Championship - Fazio course on August 7th.  Entries close, Friday, July 28th.

The Houston Tour gets ready for two events in three days; First up, The Woodlands for the Player Championship on Wednesday, July 19th, then players will sprint to the Mont Belvieu Open, on Saturday, July 22nd at Eagle Pointe Golf Club.

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

Rain Ridge - Grand Prairie Classic

Scott R Chilcutt, Grand Prairie, TX (July 1, 2017)  Tangle Ridge Golf Club, aka Rain Ridge, home of the Grand Prairie Classic over the years, has been known to get players wet and the 2017 edition was no different.

100 of 105 players slated to make the start traversed through the DFW area, where heavy storms surrounded the Grand Prairie area to find it dry at the course, for a while that is.  With nearly one hour of times on the course, a deluge of rain hit the players, when we got the players off the course, for playability reasons.  With a few stragglers trying to squeak out another hole or two, a lightning bolt near the #7 tee scattered those to the safety of the clubhouse.

Fast forward, 2 1/2 hours, when a final survey of the grounds conditions showed the course to be playable, members took back to the Championship Course and playable it was.  While soft and sloppy conditions might have hampered some, some record low rounds were turned in under clear, relatively cool skies.

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $470, bringing the Texas Tour local events total to $13,170 in contributions to the Foundation in 2017.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  With four birdies in six holes, before the rains hit, Nick Quast of Trophy Club, TX, resumed his round after the delay with a bogie, giving some hope to the rest of the field, but then steady play finishing his final eleven -1, left him with a -4 - 68 for his sixth win in as many attempts.  Granbury, TX, member Eric Anderson, put a couple of birdies together on the back nine, to finish the side -1, for the runner-up spot.  Anderson a winner his last time out at nearby Tierra Verde, held off first-time player Brannon McCabe also of Granbury, TX, by a single stroke, after McCabe, poured in five birdies on the round.

Senior Championship Flight:  Scheduled to go off at the tail end of the tee times, the Senior Championship Flight, had to endure the delay, but didn't have the start and stop some of the other flights saw.  Trophy Club, TX, member Andrew Braun, went on a birdie string with three in a row, during his first nine holes, added another two on his back, to finish -3.  Local Grand Prairie, TX, player Larry Vannatta made the turn with a one stroke lead but could only muster an even par back nine and fell short by one stroke for his best finish since a runner-up spot at the March Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay Major Championship.  Mark Echols of Diana, TX, and Lewisville, TX, resident, Jack Carlile, shared the third place honors.

Palmer Flight:  Michael Barr of Lewisville, TX, made the turn with a two-stroke lead, and thought it let the Championship slip away on the back nine.  First time Crowley, TX, player Ricky Neiman, made a charge picking up two strokes, with the help of two birdies on the back nine, but fell just one stroke short.  For Barr, it was his second win in as many attempts and third of the season.  Dallas Webster of Murphy, TX,  got to within one stroke of Neiman, with two birdies on his back nine, including the par 5 - 18th to finish in the final podium spot.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Playing in his third event on tour, local Grand Prairie, TX, player Jeff Baurys carded a personal best low round, -2 with the help of three birdies on his day to pick up his first Championship.  Four strokes back, Ken Dyke, of Keller, TX, starting the day on the par 4 - 10th,  was -2 after his first ten holes, but ran into a few troubles on his back nine to grab the runner-up spot.  Fort Worth, TX, member Scott Harris, with his share of issues on his first nine holes, charged back with a -1 back nine with two birdies to round out the top three.

Hogan Flight:   Joseph Roy of Rockwall, TX, picked up his second win of the points season and first since the November Dallas Fall Championship. Two birdies on the round, proved to be just enough for Roy to finish two strokes clear of Richardson, TX, member Sven Bock.   Bock, with two birdies of his own, including his final hole of the day, the par 5 - 18th, for his sixth runner-up finish, to go with three wins on the points season.  Two strokes back of the second place finish, Deon Barber of Frisco, TX, with a birdie on the par 3 -17th shared the third place finish with Aaron Sisk of Fort Worth, TX, with three birdies on his round.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Starting the round on the tenth, Fort Worth, TX, player Jeff Gandy was one stroke back making the turn, then strung together another four pars for nine in a row to pick up his second win on tour, both coming in the 2017 season.  One stroke back, Jerry Emmons of Granbury, TX, and Dallas, TX, resident Rick Allaire, both carding a birdie on their rounds, split the runner-up honors.

Sarazen Flight:  Nancy Geihl, of Grand Prairie, TX, a regular at Tangle Ridge, recorded her National Championship qualifying third win of the season and eighth on tour.  Two strokes ahead making the turn, Keller, TX, player Nick Easen, with two birdies on the front nine, couldn't keep up with Geihl on the back nine, to settle for second place.  Two strokes out of second, Scott Striegel, of Southlake, TX, with the help of a birdie on the par 4 - 11th took home the final podium finish.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Frisco, TX, player Jon Neff, continued on his winning ways, picking up his second Championship in as many attempts.  Neff with two birdies on the round, stayed two strokes ahead of a pair knotted in the runner-up spot.  Dale McFarland, of Crowley, TX, with two birdies of his own and Sanger, TX, member Steve Killion with a birdie on the par 4 - 11th, split the second place finish.

Jones Flight:  Second-year tour player Tim Davis from Yukon, OK has put together an impressive list of event in search of his first win.  Davis, an Oklahoma Tour player has competed in 34 events, including 8 Major Championships all over the country before making his first stop on the Dallas Tour.  starting the day on the tenth hole, Davis sailed through his front nine making the turn with a six stroke lead, that would allow him to sail through the back nine for his first win on Tour.  Two strokes back, fellow Oklahoma Tour member, Ralph Justiz of Edmond, OK made a run at Davis on his back nine with a birdie on the par 4 - 6th but settled for his second runner-up finish to go with three wins of the season.  A four-time winner on the season, including the Major Championship at the National Preview,  Houston Tour traveler, Rick Halprin of Houston, TX, helped keep out any locals from the top three spots, finishing in third.

Snead Flight:  Zane Latham of Valley View, TX,  birdied his ninth hole of the day, the par 5 - 18th, to card his third Championship of the points season, including the Major in June at the Hall of Fame Championship in Florida.  Seven strokes back, the trio of Lewisville, TX, member Ron Hardy, Douglas Pritchett of Fort Worth, TX, and Waco, TX, member James Castellano split the runner-up honors.






SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($300/each)  1 -- Aaron Sisk, Fort Worth, TX; Keith McKelvy, Granbury, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($25/each)  4 -- Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX. 2 -- Brannon McCabe, Granbury, TX.

Senior Championship / Senior Palmer:  ($55/each)  1 -- Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX; Jalil Daneshfar, Trophy Club, TX; Larry Vannatta, Grand Prairie, TX; Keith McKelvy, Granbury, TX.

Hogan / Senior Hogan:  ($50/each)  2 -- Kylar Smith, Grand Prairie, TX; Aaron Sisk, Fort Worth, TX; Sven Bock, Richardson, TX. 1 -- Jerry Emmons, Granbury, TX.

Sarazen:  ($28/each)  2 -- Nick Easen, Keller, TX. 1 -- Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX; Joshua Tankersley, Fort Worth, TX; Justyn Wilder, Ennis, Texas.

Senior Sarazen:  ($35/each)  1 -- Bill Clark, Bullard, TX; Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX; Jon Neff, Frisco, TX; Burnie Rodgers, Haslet, TX; Dale McFarland, Crowley, TX.

Jones / Snead:  ($40/each)  2 -- Scott Sears, Carrollton, TX; Ralph Justiz, Edmond, OK. 1 -- Zane Latham, Valley View, TX; Thomas Rauch, Arlington, TX.



CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$150/each:

#3 - Brannon McCabe - 3' 5 1/2";  #9 - Nick Easen - 5' 4";  #12 - Joe Roy - 3' 0";  #17 - Tom Rauch - 1' 8".


NEXT UP:

Texas Tour Members will make up nearly 75% of the field at the Red River Shootout - WinStar Resort Major Championship on Saturday, July, 8th, and Sunday, July, 9th, just north of the border on Interstate 35. 

Dallas Tour members will make its annual stop at Championship - TPC Craig Ranch on Monday, July 17th.  Only a few spots are still available with a registration deadline this Friday, July 7th.

The always wonderful course conditions await the players at Delaware Springs for Classic at the Springs on Saturday, July, July 15th on the Hill Country Tour schedule. Entries close Friday, July 7th at 11:59 PM EST.   

The Houston Tour gets ready for two events in three days; First up, The Woodlands for the Player Championship on Wednesday, July 19th, with entries closing on Friday, July, 7th.  Then sprint to the Mont Belvieu Open, on Saturday, July 19th.  Eagle Pointe Golf Club, back on the schedule after a long hiatus, plays host to the event, registration closes on Friday, July 14th.

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

Great Day @ Waterchase - Fort Worth Championship

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

schilcutt@gcamtour.com

No Rain at Tierra Verde - Arlington Championship

Scott R Chilcutt, Arlington, TX (June 4, 2017)  Back another certified Audubon Signature Sanctuary course on the Texas Tours.   Tierra Verde, one of eight on the 2017 schedule in the state is owned and operated by the City of Arlington, and was the first municipal golf course in the world to be certified.   

With the weather forecasted for Sunday, it was very questionable if the event would be held at all, but low and behold the storms held off until we loaded the trailer after all the awards were disbursed.  The weather leading up the event, with torrential rains, made this go round of the Arlington Championship more challenging in some ways, but certainly easier in others.  Cart paths only, led to a lot of walking, but take all the bunkers out of play because they were washed out and filled with water, gave some needed relief.

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $580, bringing the Texas Tour local events total to $11,290 in contributions to the Foundation in 2017.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Granbury, TX, player Eric Anderson started the day hot, with birdies on his two opening holes.  Anderson went on to add three more on the round, finishing with an even-par 72 for his fifth win on Tour and first since the 2015 season.  Eric Bugg of Ovilla, TX, finished one stroke back with two birdies starting the back nine, with Plano, TX, member Preston Standley, and two birdies of his own, rounding out the top three.

Palmer Flight:  John Padilla of Fort Worth, TX, starting on the back nine, played his first nine holes in even par, just enough to pickup up his second win on tour and first of the season.  Padilla with two birdies on his round cleared Fort Worth, TX, member Kirk Boerner, newly promoted to the Palmer Flight, by two strokes.  Boerner matched Michael Barr of Lewisville, TX, with a birdie on their first hole of the day, the par 4 - 10th to finish one stroke ahead of Barr.

Senior Palmer Flight:  South Africa Native, Nic Linde now residing in Keller, TX, has become accustomed to winning, picking up his Senior National Championship qualifying third win on the Tour all coming this season.  Linde, turned a two-stroke deficit after nine holes, into a three-stroke win after posting -2 - 34 on the back nine with three birdies.  Oklahoma Tour traveler, Michael Foster of Catoosa, OK, recorded his fourth runner-up finish in eight attempts on Tour, in his first season of play.  Rounding out the top three, partners in crime, Keller, TX, member Ken Dyke and Sean Fenton of Fort Worth, TX, shared the third place honors.

Hogan Flight:  Irving, TX, resident Ryan Sosnowski, picked up his second win, in his first year on tour, with the help of two birdies on the day.  Also playing in his first year on tour, Aaron Sisk of Fort Worth, TX, finished two strokes back for his second runner-up finish in five attempts.   Two-time winner of the season, Richardson, TX player Sven Bock, finished three strokes out of the win, with a birdie on the par 4 - 1st. 

Senior Hogan Flight:  Bob Mulligan, of Dallas, TX, became a four-time winner on Tour, with two coming in the 2017 points season.  Back two strokes making the turn, Mulligan carded two birdies coming to the clubhouse for a one-stroke victory over traveling Gulf Coast Tour player Mark Wiley of Florence, MS.  Wiley, thought to have the championship tied up going to the 18th hole, ran into trouble on the final frame, but still finished one stroke clear of Drew Keith of Dallas, TX, in third place.

Sarazen Flight:   Starting the day on the tenth hole, Rockwall, TX, resident David Hickman, carded birdies on two of his first four holes, to take a one-stroke lead to the back.  That lead grew after eighteen holes were completed, giving Hickman his seventh win on Tour and first since the 2015 season.  Three strokes back, Alexus Clary of Sunnyvale, TX,  played her back nine, two strokes better than the front to clear a pair of players tied for third place by one stroke.  Ennis, TX, player Justyn Wilder, off the tour since, 2011 and Nick Eason of Keller, TX, split the third place honors.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  On Tour since 2009 and before, lefty, Bill Clark of Bullard, TX,  stood on the podium for his first time this season.  For Clark, starting out on the San Antonio / Austin Tour, now known as the Hill Country Tour, shifting to Oklahoma and now a member of the Dallas Tour Clark has amassed twelve wins.  One stroke back, runner-up went to, Haslet, TX, resident Doyle Fleming, to go along with his three wins on the season,  One stroke back of Fleming, Jim Wright of Azle, TX, carded three birdies on the day to record his best finish of the year.

Jones Flight:  Down three strokes making the turn after starting the day on the par 4 - 10th, Jeff Ackerman, SR of Wylie, TX, picked up the Championship but not until the final hole.  Dallas, TX, player Ronald Occenad looked to have things sewn up when a triple on the par 4-9th left him one out of the lead.  For Ackerman, SR, it is his fifth win of the season and sixth on tour.  Occenad a winner his last time out, in his first season on Tour, finished three strokes clear of Scott Sears of Carrollton, TX rounding out the top three.

Snead Flight:  Jason Jenniges, of Weatherford, TX, carded a birdie on the par 5 - 8th to pick up his third win on Tour and first win since the 2015 season.  Houston Tour traveler, Mike Lane of Katy, TX, with a birdie of his own on the par 4 -17th finished in the runner-up spot, with Arlington, TX, member, Don Freitag and Major Champion during the National Preview at Mission Hills, his last time out taking the show place finish.

SKINS:

Giant Skins:  ($103/each)  2 -- Nic Linde, Keller, TX. 1 -- Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX; Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX; Melvin Wilson III, Dallas, TX; Robert McCabe, Granbury, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($40/each)  1 -- Eric Anderson, Granbury, TX; Curt Howard, Sapulpa, OK; Brad Bugg, Ovilla, TX; Kirk Boerner, Fort Worth, TX; Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX.

Senior Palmer:  ($44/each)  2 -- Nic Linde, Keller, TX. 1 -- Ken Dyke, Keller, TX; David Lake, Irving, TX; Keith Johnson, Bedford, TX.

Hogan:  ($30/each)  1 -- Rick Smalley, College Station, TX; Aaron Sisk, Fort Worth, TX; Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX; Ryan Sosnowski, Irving, TX; Melvin Wilson III, Dallas, TX; Robert McCabe, Granbury, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($60/each)  1 -- Denver Roden, Irving, TX; Michael De Los Santos, Dallas, TX; Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Stephen Lamb, Garland, TX; Sal Torres, Fort Worth, TX.

Sarazen / Senior Sarazen:  ($45/each)  1 -- Nancy Geihl, Grand Prairie, TX; Nick Easen, Keller, TX; David Hickman, Rockwall, TX; Bill Clark, Bullard, TX; Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX; Jim Wright, Azle, TX; Burnie Rodgers, Haslet, TX.

Jones / Snead:  ($120/each)  1 -- Scott Chilcutt, Midlothian, TX; Tommy Templin, Euless, TX; Dickie Clement, Runaway Bay, TX.



CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$150/each

#3 - Mark Tylenda - 5' 6";  #6 - Sven Bock - 8' 2";  #11 - Jon Neff - 3';  #14 - Jim Wright - 3".


NEXT UP:

Dallas Tour players, tee it up on Saturday, June 10th for the Fort Worth Championship at Waterchase Golf Club.  

The Woodlands Tournament Course, host of the Insperity Invitational on the Champions Tour, will host the tour players from around the state and country for The Woodlands Open on Monday, June 12th in The Woodlands.

Available for Registration:

The Dominion Country Club will hold the next Hill Country Tour event for the San Antonio Masters on Monday, June 19, with a registration deadline of Friday, June 9th.

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.  Almost sold out this early, don't wait for the registration as it closes 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

schilcutt@gcamtour.com