Scott R Chilcutt, The Colony, TX (August 25, 2013) The fifteenth 2013 Dallas Tour event on the schedule culminated at the Tour Championship held at The Tribute Golf Club on Sunday with a scoring frenzy. The Tribute "Born in Scotland, Built in America" is a links style layout that pays homage to the legendary courses in Scotland set on the banks of Lewisville Lake.
Light and hot summer winds played in line with the course set up to seemingly bring the course to it's knees. Fast and firm fairways helped those that could keep it on line and out of the thick native areas use short and lofted clubs, to soft, receptive greens where low scores were there to be had. Nine eagles and an astounding 300 birdies were carded in the two rounds with 24 of the 110 players recording five birdies or more during the championship.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: First time player, Dan Dickens of Coppell, TX completed his round on Saturday with a bang, recording a championship low round of -5 / 67 on four birdies and two eagles. Dickens would falter on Sunday and finished T8 in the seventeen player field. Tied in the second spot after the first day at one under par and playing in the second to last group, Hideaway, TX member Scott Blackshear kept a streak of six first round birdies going, adding seven on the final round for a tournament high thirteen birdies on the weekend. The - 4 total gave Blackshear his fourth win on tour and third of the year, three strokes clear of runner up Greg Richard of Denton, TX. One player short of splitting the Senior Championship Flight, Richard took home the low Senior Flight winner's trophy to go with his July Tarrant County Open @ Sky Creek Ranch win. Midland, TX player Terry Rice took three strokes off his first day finish to round out the top three and securing his back to back Player of the Year award in the Championship Flight.
Palmer Flight: Going into the weekend in second place in the Order Of Merit Points, Dallas, TX resident, Cameron Kirkpatrick played his way into the Point Championship and an inevitable promotion to the Championship Flight. Kirpatrick, finished the weekend with nine birdies, second overall, after playing his first round in + 2 and came away with a two stroke victory over a pair tied up in the second spot for his third win on tour, all coming in the 2013 points year. Off course friends and on course rivals, Ben Burney of Amarillo, TX and Dallas, TX standout Ivan Zweig shared the runner up honors. Burney (yellow ball to some) carded four birdies on the final round, taking three strokes off his first round to tie it up with Zweig. Promoted on August 1st, Greg Hawkins of Argyle, TX lead most of the season in the Hogan Flight with four wins, including two Major Championships, finished in fifth with a final round +1 - 73.
Senior Palmer Flight: With Points Champion Sean Fenton of Fort Worth, TX out for the weekend on military duties, two invaders from outside the Dallas Tour grabbed the top two spots. Oklahoma Tour member, Curt Howard of Sapulpa, OK started the final day two strokes out of the lead and finished with a bang, taking nine strokes off his first day finish to end with a +3 on 36 holes. Howard carded four birdies on the final round for his sixth win on tour this season. Daniel Desilets, playing out of the Palm Spring Tour, a winner at last weeks Hill Country Tour Championship fell four strokes shy of making it a double with Michael Fee of Mansfield, TX rounding out the top three. Fee with a runner up finish at the Arlington Championship @ Tierra Verde added to his third, third place finish on the year.
Hogan Flight: Cody Wright of Dallas, TX, playing an abreviated schedule, matched his first round total, + 6 on the final day to become a first time winner on Tour. Three strokes back, the pair of Nancy Geihl of Grand Prairie, TX and Lawton, OK Jeffrey Banner shared the runner up finish. Fourth Place finisher, Cory Welch, recently relocated to the MetroPlex, took home the Hogan Flight Champion award.
Senior Hogan Flight: Three weeks after a promotion to the Hogan Flight, Wichita Falls, TX member Derek Drake proved the move valid with his fifth win on tour and second of the year. Drake and his four birdies on the weekend left a two stroke edge over Denver Roden of Irving, TX with a trio of players finishing out the top three. Phillip Holt of Haslet, TX, Argyle, TX Paul Burleson and Bud Surber of Edmond, OK finished in the show position. With the win, Derek Drake took home the Flight Champion, Hogan Flight Points leader award presented by KML Financial.
Sarazen Flight: Coming into the final weekend, Dave Ducray of Plano, TX and Dallas, TX player Melvin Wilson III shared the points lead for Player of the Year. Ducray lead the pair by a single stroke after the Saturday round and would end up the Tour Championship winner after matching Wilson on the final round. Scott Lane of Plano, TX took two strokes off his Saturday finish to end the tournament in the third position.
Senior Sarazen: Hill Country Tour player Michael Brewer of Austin, TX, in his first year on tour, made the trip north and worked the early morning tee time on Saturday to a +3 - 75. Sleeping on the huge lead, Brewer slid, but only into an extra hole sudden death playoff with Lewisville, TX member Mark Donohue. On the first playoff hole, Brewer picked up his first win on tour and first time in the top three. Dale McFarland of Crowley, TX rounded out the top three and Bob Moreau of Rockwall, TX jumped into the Points Championship lead with his fourth place finish.
Jones Flight: Little Elm, TX player Garrett Tidman made it his sixth win on tour and second of the year with a five stroke advantage. With the win, Tidman brought the Tour Flight Championship points to within 65, but couldn't overcome the advantage that Nick Easen of Keller, TX had built. Oklahoma Tour member Gary Chrisman of Yukon, OK and Euless, TX player Vaughn Jackson shared the runner up finish. In his first event on tour, NBA veteran and 2007 San Antonio Spurs NBA Champion, Michael Finley took twelve strokes off his first day total to finish in the fourth spot.
Senior Jones Flight: Playing in his 20th event and 25th round on tour in 2013, Euless, TX member Tom Stockton picked up his second win on tour. Stockton started the final round tied in the first place spot, five strokes back and took five strokes off his first day total to win the event and Player of the Year Points Championship in the Senior Jones Flight. Trophy vendor, Ron Hardy of Lewisville, TX took twelve strokes off his Saturday round to finish out the event in the runner up spot with first round leader Keith Bruce of Gordonville, TX rounding out the top three.
Snead Flight: Larry Tolson of Fairview, TX played his way into a promotion on his second win on the season, winning the Snead Flight Player of the Year Points Championship. Tolson, a winner at the Red River Shootout at WinStar Resort Major finished the event one stroke clear of Luis Dayer of North Richland Hills, TX in the second spot with Oklahoma Tour member Rick Henthorn from Yukon, OK rounding out the top three. Don Freitag won the Player of the Year in the Snead Flight with Doyle Fleming taking the Senior Snead honors.
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Scott R Chilcutt, Irving, TX (August 12, 2013) The Dallas Tour on the Golf Channel Am Tour came back to Las Colinas Country Club after a year off the schedule. Las Colinas, one of the first planned communities in the US, is a mixed use upscale area in the heart of Irving, TX. Las Colinas Country Club originally a ranch owned by Las Colinas founder Ben Carpenter, the Golf Course grew from land selected by golf course designer Joe Finger. Site of the 2013 North Texas LPGA Shootout where Inbee Park picked up her third win on the year, the club also hosts the annual George W. Bush Presidential Center's Warrior Open for retired and active duty military.
Rolling Hills, tight fairways, and lush rough went along with fluffy traps to challenge all the clubs in the player's bag. Curtis Sinclair of Amarillo, TX took home the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: The last time the Am Tour played at LCCC in 2011, Tim Williams of McKinney, TX was a Hogan Flight player. Two promotions later, along with the 2011 National Championship, Williams picked up his first Championship Flight win with the help of three birdies on the day. Three strokes back, John Bohling of Highland Village, TX recorded his fourth runner up finish on the year to go with a win at the Fairview Classic @ Heritage Ranch. Midland, TX points leader Terry Rice jumped into the third place finish with a birdie on the par 5 -18th.
Palmer Flight: Dallas, TX member Cameron Kirkpatrick on a tear this year with only one finish out of the top five picked up his second win on tour by four strokes over Clay Johnston of Lewisville, TX. First year player Michael Starks of Cleburne, TX carded his best finish on tour in the third spot. Kirkpatrick jumped into second place on the Order of Merit points standings with the win.
Senior Palmer Flight: Fresh off a flight promotion, Jim Sumner of Odessa, TX went +1 over his last four holes to jump into a playoff with North Richland Hills, TX resident David Alan Wood. On the first sudden death hole, Sumner grabbed his first win as a Palmer and fifth of the year, including two Major Championships. Order of Merit Points leader, Sean Fenton of Fort Worth, TX rounded out the top three.
Hogan Flight: With a birdie on his first hole of the day, the par 5 -10th, Jeff Blackwood of Midland, TX added another at the par 3 - 17th and became a first time winner on tour. Tim Edwards of Amarillo, TX matched Blackwood on his back nine, but couldn't make up the one stroke deficit on the front and ended up in second place. Scott Harper of Ranger, TX birdied the par 3 - 6th and par 5 - 7th for the show position finish.
Senior Hogan Flight: Jalil DaneshFar of Trophy Club, TX picked up his sixth win on tour and third of the season. One stroke back, Argyle, TX member Paul Burleson used an eagle two on the par 4 - 14th, added a birdie on the par 4 - 8th to card his second runner up finish in the last three attempts. Local Irving, TX player Denver Roden, with a pair of birdies of his own, rounded out the top three.
Sarazen Flight: Plano, TX member Dave Ducray birdied the first hole, added one on the par 3 - 17th and went out in +4 for his fourth win on tour and first of the season. With the win, Ducray jumped into a tie for the Flight Championship with runner up Melvin Wilson III of Dallas, TX three strokes off the pace. Odessa, TX player Joe Luman birdied his ninth hole of the day to finish in the third spot by one stroke.
Senior Sarazen: In his second year on tour, heavily traveled Lake Kiowa, TX player Davis Noble made his #24th event a special one, picking up his first win on tour. Noble had a couple of birdies on the day and outlasted a pair tied up in the second place finish by four strokes. Two Oklahoma Tour players, regulars on the Dallas circuit, Mark Helms of Broken Bow, OK and Jones, OK resident Stan Wilson shared the runner up honors.
Jones Flight: Off the tour since 2010, Amarillo, TX member Curtis Sinclair picked up his second win and first since the 2010 Canyon West Shootout. Six strokes back, Order of Merit Points leader, Nick Easen of Keller, TX will opt out of the Tour Championship and take with him 4 wins on the year to the National Championships. Rowlett, TX member Robert Glittenberg rounded out the top three for his eighth top five finish of the year.
Snead Flight: Don Freitag of Arlington, TX carded his seventh win on tour and second on the season. With birdies on the par 3 - 6th and par 5 - 7th, Freitag ran away with a four stroke win over a pair of Dallas Tour Senior Snead flight players. Sharing the runner up spot, Doyle Fleming of Haslet, TX a recent winner at the Western Classic Major and North Richland Hills, TX member Luis Dayer a runner up at the Texas Open at Barton Creek.
SKINS:
Giant SKINS: 1 -- Ryan Timmons, Fort Worth, TX; Tim Williams, McKinney, TX; Gregory Stairs, Mansfield, TX; Tom Stockton, Euless, TX; Jamie Sansom, Frisco, TX.
Championship: 2 -- Tim Williams, McKinney, TX. 1 -- Al Swanson, Edmond, OK; Ryan Timmons, Fort Worth, TX.
Palmer: 2 -- Clay Johnston, Lewisville, Tx. 1 -- Cameron Kirkpatrick, Dallas, TX; Greg Hawkins, Argyle, TX; Maurice Hall, Dallas, TX.
Senior Palmer: 1 -- Myles Gallemore, Irving, TX; Bryce Pool, Colleyville, TX; Steve Tucker, Durant, OK.
Hogan / Senior Hogan: 2 -- Jeff Blackwood, Midland, TX. 1 -- Tim Edwards, Amarillo, TX; Nancy Geihl, Grand Prairie, TX; Scott Harper, Ranger, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX; John Cox, Mansfield, TX; Gregory Stairs, Mansfield, TX.
Sarazen / Senior Sarazen: 2 -- Jamie Sansom, Frisco, TX. 1 -- Mark Helms, Broken Bow, OK; Davis Noble, Lake Kiowa, TX.
Jones / Snead: 2 -- Nick Easen, Keller, TX; Don Freitag, Arlington, TX. 1 -- Mike Adcock, Saginaw, Texas; Robert Glittenberg, Rowlett, TX; Tom Stockton, Euless, TX; Tom Reynolds, Belton, TX.
Next Up:
The two day Dallas Tour Championship at The
Tribute is on tap August 24th - 25th.
The Hill Country finishes the 2013
points year in fashion at the Hill Country Tour Championship @ La
Cantera on August 17th and 18th.
Oklahoma finishes out the year at the Oklahoma Tour Championship held on Monday August 26th at River Oaks Golf Club.
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Golf Channel Am Tour Staff, Austin, TX (July 28, 2013) A sold out field of players from eight states representing thirteen different tours collided at the Barton Creek Resort and Spa for the Texas Masters, the 24th Major Championship of the year on the Golf Channel AM Tour.
Early Saturday morning thunderstorms moved out of the area but left unseasonably humid conditions. Late morning sprinkles and mist went along with northerly breezes for the best weather conditions in event history as players navigated two of the signature courses on the resort property.
The Crenshaw Cliffside and the Fazio Foothills, both with differing characteristics, played to virtually idental over par numbers, The Crenshaw course, a par 71, short layout with undulating greens played to a + 17.32, while the tighter and longer Fazio layout, came in at + 17.52. In all the rounds, only four eagles were carded on the weekend, with Lynn Cormier of Missouri City, TX recording a hole in one on the par 3 - 9th hole of the Foothills course.
Over $1,300 was raised through the 50/50 raffle adding to the tally for the Feherty's Troops First Foundation.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: Runner up at the 2012 Texas Masters at Barton Creek, Terry Rice of Midland, TX started the final round tied in the top spot, would fall back on the first hole, regain the lead after the seventh and never look back. Rice, now a ten time winner on tour, picked up his first Major Championship after three previous top fives this year. With a second place finish at this years Red River Shootout at WinStar Resort first year member Sean Skellenger of Dallas, TX and Hideaway, TX player Scott Blackshear shared the runner up spot two strokes back. Skellenger, with two of four rounds under par, carded eight birdies and an eagle on the two rounds, while Blackshear punched his ticket to the National Championships matching his best Major finish at the 2012 Red River Shootout at WinStar Resort.
Senior Championship Flight: Rich Vigil of Katy, TX opened with a one under par - 70 and started his round on Sunday with a five stroke advantage. Vigil held on at the Fazio Foothills course and picked up his seventh win on tour, second of the year and first Major Championship leading in wire to wire fashion. Six strokes back, fellow Houston Tour member Gordon Wagner of Sugarland, TX recorded his best finish on tour with Odessa, TX resident Marshall Morgan solidifying his National Championship plans rounding out the top three.
Palmer Flight: In what will likely be his last round on tour as a Palmer Flight player, Jake Morton of Fort Hood, TX made the best of it. Sure to be promoted after the weekend, Morton shared the lead after the first day and held on to his seventh win on tour, third Major Championship and second of the year. One stroke back, San Antonio, TX player Ron Finnerty overcame a five stroke deficit after day one to jump into the runner up spot, his best finish at a Major on tour. Todd VanDerSchaegen of San Antonio, TX and Houston, TX member Tino Flores split the third place honors for the final National Championship invitations.
Senior Palmer Flight: January Peebles of Moss Bluff, LA came from one stroke back after the Saturday round to win his fifth event of the year and third Major Championship of his career. Copperas Cove, TX resident Robert Lippert started the Sunday round one stroke back of Peebles, matched his second round score and bested his two previous third place Major Championship finishes of the year in the runner up spot. Daniel Desilets of Kermit, TX a winner at the 2013 Western Invitational finished in the third place spot.
Hogan Flight: Beginning his tour membership on the Atlanta Tour, Cory Welch now from Fort Worth, TX lead from the beginning to win his first Major Championship in seven attempts. One stroke back, Orange, TX member Rick Keszeg finished out his best Major on tour in the runner up spot with Aaron Brougher of Spring, TX matching his third place finish at the 2013 Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay just two strokes behind the runner up finish.
Senior Hogan Flight: Another certain promotion of the weekend is coming for four time 2013 winner and two time Major Champion Jim Sumner of Odessa, TX. Sumner, a winner at the January TPC Sawgrass Open, shot a four over par - 76 to finish out with an eight stroke lead over Orange, TX resident Keith Grissom. While Grissom couldn't make up any ground on Sumner he maintained his two stroke advantage over Swansea, Wales native, Christopher Phillips now residing in Richmond, TX. It was Phillips seventh top five finish in a Major Championship.
Sarazen Flight: Brownsville, TX native Gilbert Sandoval, Jr., playing in only his second event on tour this year started Sunday five strokes off the lead. Sandoval, took five strokes off his day one total with a par on his final hole to win his second event and first since the 2009 ASA - River Crossing Golf Club. Rick Smalley of College Station, TX shared the overnight lead but took a birdie on his final hole, the par 4 -9th to knot up the runner up finish with Pearland, TX player Robert Murphy. All three players carded their best finishes at Major Championships.
Senior Sarazen Flight: Starting the final round two strokes off the lead, Paul Bradley Rich of Katy, TX finished his final six holes in two under par on three birdies to win his second Major Championship on tour. Runner up, Richmond, TX member Marty Hodges had his best finish in a Major six strokes off the lead. Tied in the eighth spot after Saturdays round at the Foothills Course, Lane McKinney of League City, TX jumped over six players round out the top three and punched his ticket to the National Championships.
Jones Flight: Traveling, Las Vegas, NV member Jacob Rivera won wire to wire, picking up his fourth Major Championship on tour and first since the 2011 Western Classic. Rivera, out in front by seven strokes after his Saturday round, came back to the field but used a birdie on his seventeenth hole of the day, the par 3 - 8th to win by two strokes. Low round of the flight on Sunday, Mark Rivera of San Antonio, TX split the second place honors with Cypress, TX player Randy Pegg.
Senior Jones Flight: Michael Bell of Pearland, TX started his Sunday round with a three stroke lead over a pair in second, including Vidor, TX resident Randy Adcock. Going out, Adcock had made up two of those strokes with the help of a birdie on the par 5 - 8th and then Bell stepped on the gas. Coming to the club house, Bell shot a +4 on the back to win his third event of the year and first Major Championship by five strokes. Missouri City, TX member Lu Cormier jumped into a tie for second with Adcock with the help of birdies on both the par three's on the back to solidify her Senior National Championship trip.
Snead Flight: Playing in a directionally challenged group on Saturday, San Antonio, TX resident Carlos Cruz overcame a late to the tee penalty to become the only defending champion of the event. Cruz the 2012 Champion started the day four strokes out of the lead, made up three on the front and finished out one stroke clear of first round leader Jeremy Fang of Houston, TX. Coming back from eight strokes off the first round lead, Mark Colwell of San Antonio, TX carded his second National Championship invitation after a runner up finish at the 2013 Western Open rounding out the top three.
Senior Snead Flight: Marcy Glidden of Brookshire, TX became a three time Major Champion by edging out a pair of players tied in the runner up spot by one stroke. Glidden, the winner at the 2013 Myrtle Beach Classic made it two in her last three majors after a runner up finish at the 2013 Red River Shootout at WinStar Resort. Doyle Fleming of Haslet, TX the runner up at the 2013 Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay shared the second place honors with fellow Dallas Tour member, Luis Dayer of North Richland Hills, TX.
Next Up:FINAL TWO EVENTS of the
year:Las Colinas Championship is back on the Dallas Tour after a year off the schedule. Las Colinas Country Club, the home of the 2013 North Texas Shootout on the LPGA schedule, will be held on Monday August 12th. The two day Dallas Tour Championship at The Tribute is on tap August 24th - 25th.
The Hill Country is back at the
Cedar Park Challenge at
Twin Creeks on Monday
August 5th before the Hill Country Tour Championship @ La
Cantera on
August 17th and 18th.
Oklahoma finishes out the year at the Coffee Creek Championship on Saturday, August 10th with the Oklahoma Tour Championship held on Monday August 26th.Scott
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Director
Dallas
/ Fort Worth Tour - Hill Country Tour -
Oklahoma Tour
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