Texas Masters at Barton Creek

Scott R Chilcutt, Austin, TX (August, 2, 2015)  The Texas Masters at Barton Creek welcomed players to the final Major Championship weekend before the National Championship and Senior National Championship break.  Texas Tour members, while a majority of the field, proved the local Austin, TX layout will be hard to come from out of state to take home the hardware.  In the 12 flights, all champions are members of one of the
 three Texas Tours and only three players out of 36 in the top three, were visiting tour members.  

Players in the field, contributed to the 50/50 raffle, raising more than $1300 for thee Feherty's Troops First Foundation.



RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  One stroke back after the Saturday round,  Gant Bills of Plano, TX, made up some ground on the Fazio Foothills course, with another four birdies to go with five the day before, but only enough ground to force a three way playoff.  Trophy Club, TX, player Andrew Braun, just outside of the final pairing made the biggest move, with four birdies of his own on the day.  First round leader, Cory Montgomery of Oklahoma City, OK, looked to have things locked up with two birdies and a -1 on the front, ran into trouble making the turn, but finished the last three holes even to get into the playoff mix.  On the first hole of the playoff, back to the par 4 - 10th, Bills would settle the Championship with a birdie to pick up his third win in his first season on tour.  Braun and Montgomery, both Major Champions in the 2015 points season would share the runner up spot.

Senior Championship Flight:  Recently promoted after his Senior Palmer Championship at the June Srixon Championship, Robert Lippert of Copperas Cove, TX, kept the ball rolling.  Lippert, with five birdies on the weekend, picked up his sixth win on the season, including three Major Championships.  Sugar Land, TX resident, Gordon Wagner carded an eagle at the par 5 - 15th on Sunday to make a run at the Championship, but fell short by the three strokes he started the day behind. It was Wagner's second runner up at a Major this season.  Sean Fenton of Fort Worth, TX made his Senior National Championship bid more official, with two birdies on the weekend rounding out the top three.

Palmer Flight:   Dave Davlin of San Antonio, TX, led the field wire to wire to back up his Championship at the 2014 Texas Masters at Barton Creek.  It was Davlin's, seventeenth win on tour and fourth Major Championship.  Lewisville, TX player Clay Johnston, came from eight strokes back after his first round on the Fazio layout to share the runner up honors with Tony Eno of Austin, TX.

Senior Palmer Flight:   Dusty Rhodes of Deer Park, TX, manhandled the field from the very start.  Starting the final round, four strokes ahead, Rhodes widened the gap on Sunday, picking up his first win on the season, seventh on tour and fourth Major Championship. Vidor, TX, resident, Robert Corbello jumped from a first round third place position into the runner up spot, with three birdies on the day, while Michael Fee of Mansfield, TX, made his own move, with two birdies on the Sunday round to round out the top three.

Hogan Flight:  Converse, TX, player, Ronnie Davis started the final round on the Crenshaw Cliffside course, three strokes out of the lead, but used his knowledge of the greens to close out the championship by two strokes.  For Davis, it was his third Major Championship on tour, all coming at the Texas Masters, where in 2011 he won at TPC San Antonio and 2009 when the event was contested only on the Crenshaw course at Barton Creek.  Playing in his first year on tour, Clift Dempsey of Catersville, GA became only one of three players outside the state of Texas to finish in the top three. A winner earlier in the year at the Srixon Championship at La Cantera, Rene Realme of San Antonio, TX, shot the flight's low round of the weekend to finish out the top three.

Senior Hogan Flight:  George Smith of Magnolia, TX, held a slim two stroke overnight lead, just ahead of Scott Harris of Fort Worth, TX.  Making the final turn of the event, Smith moved ahead another stroke, but found trouble on two of his final eight holes to open the door for more holes.  Back out to the #10 hole on the Fazio Course, Smith would kick back into gear for a par and his first win at a Major and fifth on tour.  Harris would finish in the runner up spot, bettering his third place finish at the Arkansas Championship, with Wimberly, TX, player John Hilgers carding a flight low round for the third place finish.

Sarazen Flight:  Boerne, TX, member, Rudy Cantu followed his Major win at the Srixon Championship @ La Cantera, for his second major in as many attempts and fourth win on tour this points season. Cantu, starting the final round on the tenth hole, overtook first round leader, Preston Miller of Fort Worth, TX, on the front nine and never looked back.  College Station, TX, resident, Rick Smalley started the day, nine strokes out of the lead, making up ground to card the show place finish.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Five strokes back after the Saturday round on the Fazio layout, Richmond, TX, player Greg Faubion, recorded the low flight round of the weekend on the Crenshaw course with the help of a birdie on the par 3 - 17th to grab his first Major Championship, third win of the season and fourth on tour.  Charles Sagray of San Antonio, TX, and Houston Tour member, Mark Kirby of Bridge City, TX, both with a pair of birdies on the weekend shared the runner up honors.

Jones Flight:  Leader in the clubhouse after the Saturday round,  Doyle Fleming of Haslet, TX looked to give up that lead after the par 5 - 16th, but followed with a birdie on the par 3 - 17th, which proved to be just enough for the Championship.  It was the third win on the season and second Major Championship after winning early in the year at Horseshoe Bay.  Spring, TX, member Joe Armstrong, finished just one stroke back, equaling his best finish on tour.  Sitting near the bottom of the leader-board after round 1, James Price of Portland, TX bounced back to round out the top three on the Crenshaw layout. 

Senior Jones Flight:  Four strokes out of the overnight lead, Cathay McGee of Houston, TX, made up just enough of the deficit to go to extra holes with Cypress, TX member Lee Isham.  On the first playoff hole, McGee would make par to pick up her second Major Championship after winning the 2014 Pinehurst Amateur.  For Isham it solidified his Senior National Championship spot, with the pair of Marcy Glidden of  Brookshire, TX and Wesley Chappel, FL, traveler, Micki Cuppett sharing the third place finish.

Snead Flight:  William Speck of Corpus Christi, TX, made it three in a row and four out of the last five, including the Major, Srixon Championship @ La Cantera his last time out. Starting the day seven strokes back, Speck shot the low round of the flight on Sunday to finish two strokes ahead of  Bobby Ashcraft of San Antonio, TX.  San Angelo, TX first year player, Douglas Taylor grabbed the final podium spot.

Senior Snead Flight:   Houston, TX, player Ray Bednar led from start to finish over the flight for his third win on the season and first Major Championship.  Bednar ended the championship, six strokes clear of Boerne, TX member Tom Hill with Carl Eaton of Conroe, TX taking the third place finish.

Upcoming Texas Events:

Players scramble for National Championship qualification and Year End Flight Champion awards as the points season winds down.

The double points and double prize fund event at the Tour Championship where spots are filling up quickly for the Saturday, August 15th and Sunday August 16th, Houston Tour Championship @ Blackhorse.  Registration deadline is Friday, August 7th, but is sure to sell out before then.

TPC San Antonio, The AT&T Oaks Course, closes the Hill Country season on Sunday, August 9th at the Hill Country Tour Championship.  Entries are closed, but potential spots are available on the waiting list.  

The Tribute Golf Links, closed since the floods in late May, should be in excellent conditions for the Dallas Tour Championship on August 22nd and 23rd.

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

Second Attempt at the Fairview Classic goes off without a Hitch - Dallas Tour

Scott R Chilcutt, Fairview, TX (July 26, 2015)  Heritage Ranch Golf and Country Club, home of the Fairview Classic on the Golf Channel AM Tour, Dallas Tour was scheduled in May.  May brought torrential rains to North Texas and flooding not seen in years and washed out the event.  Luckily, the course would dry, heal and have a date available for the event to be rescheduled.  The only drawback, would be the afternoon times and the July heat.  Course conditions were excellent and greens ran true and fast for the sold out group.

Gus Aldana (Hogan Flight) was "Up for the Srixon Challenge", winning his flight playing a Srixon ball and will get a dozen sent to him for the win. Matching his win in the flight, Gus Aldana went on to grab the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving, in a scorecard playoff with Cory Womack and Christopher Cobb.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Killeen, TX, player, Jordan Massey has a habit of showing up at the first tee of an event never setting eyes on the course and playing well.  Just 24 hours shy of a trip to the Houston Tour, where Massey would lose out to a birdie on the first hole of a playoff, Sunday didn't take extra holes.  With birdies on the par 5 - 8th and par 5 - 17th, Jordan did just enough to pick up his fifth win, to go along with two runner up finishes in seven events on tour.  Andrew Morsinkhoff of Rockwall, TX, with three birdies on the day finished just one stroke back, with local McKinney, TX, player Tim Williams rounding out the top three.

Palmer Flight:  On tour since 2011, Irving, TX, player Drue Thompson had a special day.  Birdie on the par 5 - 8th just before the turn, followed by an ACE on the par 3 -12th, and another birdie on the par 4 - 14th was just enough for his first win on tour.  The hole in one, Thompson's second in his life, but first since he was 12, was a clean 8 iron from 155 yards.  Four strokes back, Brack Blackwood of Granbury, TX, with a birdie on his first hole out of the gate, the par 4 - 1st and Whitney, TX, player John Price, with consecutive birdies on the 2nd and 3rd holes shared the runner up honors.

Hogan Flight:  Houston Tour traveler, Gus Aldana starting on the tenth hole, had one lone bogey to go with eight pars for an impressive +1 making the turn.  Off the first hole, Aldana would then follow with birdies on the par 4 - 2nd and par 5 - 3rd, that would prove to be just enough for the win.  It was Aldana's ninth win on tour, but first since the 2012 - Spring Branch Classic @ River Crossing on the Hill Country Tour.  One stroke back, with two birdies on the back nine, Cory Womack of Denton, TX, would card his best finish of the season with Mesquite, TX, player Gabriel Brisco taking the final podium spot.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Teeing it up on the tenth tee to start the day, Jalil Daneshfar of Trophy Club, TX, and John Cox of Mansfield, TX, made the turn all tied up. Cox would birdie the par 3 - 6th and DaneshFar would answer with his own at the par 5 - 8th to send it to extra innings.  On the first hole of the sudden death, DaneshFar would prevail with a par for his ninth win on tour and second of the points season.  One stroke back, first year player, Sal Torres of Fort Worth, TX, finished out in the third place spot to match his best finish on tour.

Sarazen Flight:  Hill Country Tour player, Michael Hill of Live Oak, TX, came to town to break up a seemingly Sven Bock monopoly of late. Hill with birdies on the par 4 - 5th and par 4 - 10th was plenty to take care of Richardson, TX, member Sven Bock.  Bock, now with three wins in his previous five outings adds another runner up finish, his fourth of the season. David Hickman of Rockwall, TX, with his second third place finish on the season maintained his third place position in the points.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Lefty, Bob Moreau playing out of Rockwall,TX, has been on tour since 2010.  Accumulating five wins prior to the weekend it was the 2011 Bobcat Open when Moreau last took the top spot on the podium.  Sunday broke that trend, and he did it with three strokes clear.  Runner up, Billy Gilmore of  Sims, TX, made it two in a row in the second place finish with Dallas, TX, player Rodney Wren picking up his best finish of the season rounding out the top three.

Jones Flight:  San Diego, CA, native, Ray Tyczki, now residing in nearby McKinney, TX, picked up his first win on tour.  Two strokes back, Jeremy Nolan of Rockwall, TX, held the runner up spot all alone with Mike Stansbury of Porter, TX and Carrollton, TX, player Scott Sears sharing the third place honors.

Snead Flight:  Traveling in from the Hill Country, Christopher Cobb of Austin, TX, made the most of his trip for his third win on his first year on tour.  Five strokes back, Arlington, TX, player Don Freitag grabbed the runner up honors with Ethan Blase, a winner his last time out, from Wylie, TX, taking the show place finish.





SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($140/each)  1 -- Caleb Brown, Lewisville, TX; Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX; Drue Thompson, Irving, TX; John Cox, Mansfield, TX.

Championship:  ($120/each)  1 -- Andrew Braun, Trophy Club, TX; Tim Williams, McKinney, TX.

Palmer:  ($40/each)  2 -- John Price, Whitney, TX. 1 -- Drue Thompson, Irving, Tx; Brack Blackwood, Granbury, TX; Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX; Bryce Pool, Colleyville, TX.

Hogan:  ($30/each)  2 -- Caleb Brown, Lewisville, TX; Cory Womack, Denton, TX. 1 -- Gus Aldana, Houston, TX; Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX; Nancy Geihl, Grand Prairie, TX; Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($40/each)  2 -- John Cox, Mansfield, TX. 1 -- Jay Felsten, Argyle, TX; Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Jalil Daneshfar, Trophy Club, TX; Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX.

Sarazen:  ($35/each)  2 -- Sven Bock, Richardson, TX. 1 -- Nick Easen, Keller, TX; Garrett Tidman, Little Elm, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($55/each) 2 -- Jon Neff, Frisco, TX. 1 -- Jerry Gallemore, Fort Stockton, TX; Jamie Sansom, Plano, TX.


Jones / Snead:  ($34/each)  2 -- Scott Sears, Carrollton, TX; Don Freitag, Arlington, TX. 1 -- Jeremy Nolan, Rockwall; Ron Hardy, Lewisville, TX; Steve Pearson, Plano, TX.

CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

($135/each)  #4 - Bob Moreau - 8' 7 1/2";  #6 - Scott Harris - 5' 7 3/4";  #12 - Drue Thompson  - ACE;  #16 - Cory Womack - 10' 8".

Upcoming Texas Events:

Players scramble for National Championship qualification and Year End Flight Champion awards as the points season winds down.

The Tribute Golf Links, closed since the floods in late May, should be in excellent conditions for the Dallas Tour Championship on August 22nd and 23rd.

The double points and double prize fund event at the Tour Championship where spots are filling up quickly for the Saturday, August 15th and Sunday August 16th, Houston Tour Championship @ Blackhorse.  Registration deadline is Friday, August 7th but is sure to sell out before then.

On tap in The Hill Country, a special Friday prelude to the Texas Open at Barton Creek for the Championship at Falconhead on Friday, July 31st.  Waiting list spots still available.  TPC San Antonio, The AT&T Oaks Course, closes the Hill Country season on Sunday, August 9th at the Hill Country Tour Championship.  Entries close on Friday, July 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

www.gcamtour.com

Open Championship in Frisco

Scott R Chilcutt, Frisco, TX (July 18, 2015)  On the weekend of the famed Open Championship at St.Andrews, the Dallas Tour hit the links on Saturday at the Trails of Frisco Golf Club. With crazy weather, wind and flooding rains, delaying the finish to Monday, in Scotland, the only similarity to the Texas event was playoffs.  Hot, sunny and steamy would describe the day, with three out of the eight flights requiring extra holes, two of which started the sudden death with three players knotted in the top spot.

Phillip Holt (Senior Hogan Flight) was "Up for the Srixon Challenge", winning his flight playing a Srixon ball and will get a dozen sent to him for the win. Matching his win in the flight, Holt went on to grab the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving, by three strokes.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Midland, TX, player Terry Rice seemingly left the possibility of a win at the screwy par 4 - 17th with a double bogie, but Sean Fenton of Fort Worth, TX returned the favor on the par 5 - 18th with a double of his own.  Fenton, with three birdies on the day, and Rice with a couple of his own, would end up taking extra holes to finalize the championship.  Back to the par 5 - 10th, Rice would get fortunate when his second shot cleared through a batch of trees for an opening to the green, when Fenton's second would dribble back into the face of a bunker.  In the end, par would be just enough for Rice to pick up his fourteenth win on tour and third of the season. Keller, TX, player Kade Konkle would card three birdies on the round to finish out the top three, two strokes back of the pair.

Palmer Flight:  Just five days removed from a T3 at TPC Craig Ranch, Scott Harper of Ranger, TX, would take the help of two birdies on the day to post his first win since a Golfnow performance promotion to the Palmer Flight.  It was Harper's twelfth win on tour and third on the season.  Mc Kinney, TX, member, Chase Petersen struggled on the final hole of the day to finish one stroke back for the runner up spot, with  Landon Hulcy of Joshua, TX, carding his best finish on tour with the show place finish.

Hogan Flight:  In the second playoff of the day and first with three players, Darren Bufton of Bedford, TX, Trophy Club, TX, first year player  Zoey DaneshFar and Gabriel Brisco of Mesquite, TX would end the round all tied up.  Brisco, would end up going out on the first playoff hole, after troubles from a fluffy bunker, while DaneshFar, with three birdies on the day and Bufton, with two on his back nine, would take it to the par 3 - 11th, where Bufton would prevail, picking up his sixth win on tour and fifth of the points season.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Haslet, TX player, Phillip Holt, had just enough of an edge making the turn, with the help of a birdie on the par 3 - 6th, when both he and Jalil Daneshfar of Trophy Club, TX, matched back nine scores to record his sixth win on tour and second of the season.  For DaneshFar, it was his fifth runner up finish on the points year, to go with one win. Garland, TX, resident, Steve Lamb took a three stroke lead to the back nine, with the help of birdie on the par 5 - 7th, but hit a brick wall on the later stages coming to the clubhouse, finishing with third place honors, matching his best finish of the year. 

Sarazen Flight:   After going two for three in playoffs his previous three outings, Sven Bock of Richardson, TX finally picked up a win without extra holes.  For Bock it was his third win of the season and fourth on tour. Frisco,  TX, local Jason Shuffield, coming off his first win at TPC Craig Ranch the previous Monday, made two birdies on the day, which proved to be just enough for the runner up honors over points leader, Preston Miller of Fort Worth, TX rounding out the top three.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Swapping front nine / back nine scores, the trio of Rick Allaire of Dallas, TX, Richand Hills, TX, player Tim Brown and Mark Donohue of Lewisville,TX, went back to the course to settle the score. Pars on the first playoff hole for Brown and Allaire would leave Donohue, the current points leader with the short end of the straw.  Matching pars again on the par 3 - 11th, it would take the pair one more hole to finalize the championship, where Allaire would pick up his second win on the season and third on tour.

Senior Jones Flight:  Luis Dayer of North Richland Hills, TX made the most of eight pars on the round to pick up his third win of the season.  Lewisville, TX, resident, Ron Hardy used consecutive birdies on the par 3 - 3rd and par 4 - 4th for the runner up finish, his third on the season to go with a win, last time in Frisco at the November Frisco Lakes Challenge.  Just two strokes back of Hardy, Zane Latham of Valley View, TX carded a third place finish.

Snead Flight:    It's been a long time coming, but with the help of some swing tips from his coach, Douglas Pritchett of Fort Worth, TX showed that persistence and patience would pay off. With the ten stroke victory it was Doug's sixth win on tour and first since the 2011 Coyote Ridge Challenge. Back from competing at the Pinehurst Championship, Thomas Rauch of Arlington, TX picked up his sixth runner up on the season to go with two wins, with David Dildy of Plano, TX rounding out the top three.



SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($60/each)  2 -- Darren Bufton, Bedford, TX. 1 -- Nick Easen, Keller, TX; Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX; Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX; Clay Young, Grapevine, TX; Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Dave Ducray, Plano, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($70/each)  1 -- Sean Fenton, Fort Worth, TX; Scott Harper, Ranger, TX; Landon Hulcy, Joshua, TX; Chase Petersen, McKinney, TX.

Hogan / Senior Hogan:  ($45/each)  2 -- Clay Young, Grapevine, TX. 1 -- Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX; Darren Bufton, Bedford, TX; Cory Womack, Denton, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX; Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Dave Ducray, Plano, TX.

Sarazen / Senior Sarazen: ($56/each)  2 -- David Hickman, Rockwall, TX; Nick Easen, Keller, TX.  1 -- Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX; Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX.

Jones / Snead:  ($22/each)  4 -- Ron Hardy, Lewisville, TX. 1 -- Luis Dayer, North Richland Hills, TX; Thomas Rauch, Arlington, TX; David Dildy, Plano, TX.


CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

($105/each)  #3 - Dave Ducray - 2' 5";  #6 - Brad Bugg - 4' 7";  #11 - John Cox  - 4' 0";  #14 - Clay Johnston - 15' 6".

Upcoming Texas Events:

Players scramble for National Championship qualification and Year End Flight Champion awards as the points season winds down.

After the weekend rescheduled Fairview Classic @ Heritage Ranch, the Dallas Tour ends a long weekend after The Texas Open at Barton Creek with the Monday, Open @ Lantana, on August, 3rd, ENTRY Deadline is Friday July 24th at 11:54 PM EST.  The Tribute Golf Links, closed since the floods in late May, should be in excellent conditions for the Dallas Tour Championship on August 22nd and 23rd.

On tap in The Hill Country, a special Friday prelude to the Texas Open at Barton Creek for the Championship at Falconhead on Friday, July 31st.  Waiting list spots still available.  TPC San Antonio, The AT&T Oaks Course, closes the Hill Country season on Sunday, August 9th at the Hill Country Tour Championship.  Entries close on Friday, July 31st.

Houston Tour players, finish out three events in three weeks on Saturday at the Challenge at the Lake before the two day, double points and double prize fund event at the Tour Championship.   Spots are filling up quickly for the Saturday, August 15th and Sunday August 16th, Houston Tour Championship @ Blackhorse.  Registration deadline is Friday, August 7th but is sure to sell out before then.

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

The North Texas version of a TPC at Craig Ranch

Scott R Chilcutt, McKinney, TX (July 13, 2015)  In the middle of the Craig Ranch area of McKinney, TX, infamous for a recent pool party gone awry, sits TPC Craig Ranch.  The facility, a Tom Weiskopf design and one of only two courses in the metroplex certified as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary uses all the topography of the area to challenge the players.

The AM Tour, relegated to a Monday round due to the course's private stature, has continued to be a big draw in the North Texas area for the Championship at TPC Craig Ranch.  Jason Shuffield grabbed the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving, in a scorecard playoff over Michael Starks.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Plano, TX, player Gant Bills carded five birdies on the day, but none was more important than the par 4 - 18th.  Terry Rice of Midland, TX, took the lead in the field on the par 4 - 10th with a birdie and held on until the final hole, where a bogey would send the pair back to the course for a sudden death playoff.  On the first hole, Bills would make par from a 100 yard bunker shot, where Rice singed the edge of a birdie putt. Bills would prevail on the second playoff hole with a birdie for his second win of the season.  Three strokes back of the pair, Nick Cornelius of Arlington, TX, would finish with three birdies on the day rounding out the top three.

Palmer Flight:  With an inevitable promotion to the Championship Flight, David Wright of Flower Mound,TX, kept the ball rolling.  Wright, made par on the final three holes of the day, which proved to be just enough to pick up his fourth win on the season and seventh on tour.  One stroke back, first time player, Doug Schmierer of Dallas, TX, took a one stroke lead making the turn, but just fell short of the victory after a double on the par 4 - 10th.  Clay Johnston of Lewisville, TX, and Ranger, TX, member Scott Harper shared the third place honors after Harper drew the short straw on a pace of play penalty.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Playing out of his mind, according to his pairing partner, William Patterson of Odessa, TX, made a birdie on the par 5 - 12th and never looked back, for his first win on tour.  Tied at the turn, Whitney, TX, player J.D. Price, with a birdie on the par 4 - 6th, stumbled on the back to finish three strokes back.  Rounding out the top three, Jim Sumner of Odessa, TX, finished one stroke behind Price.

Hogan Flight:  After what first appeared to be a convincing win by Zoey DaneshFar of Trophy Club, TX, an incorrect scorecard would open the door for Auburn, WA, traveler Barry Lauderbaugh.  Lauderbaugh made the turn in the fray, birdied two out of the next three holes to finish out just ahead of Gus Aldana of Houston, TX.  Aldana, with a hiccup of his own on the scorecard, would not get the DQ, since it wasn't to his advantage, made two birdies on the back nine for his best finish of the season.  Flower Mound, TX, resident, Ali Gazi rounded out the top three in the flight just two strokes back of Aldana.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Playing from an enhanced yardage, Cleburne, TX, player Michael Starks, with eagle on the par 5 - 5th, shot the lowest round of his career for his first win on tour.  Five strokes back, Manuel Martinez of Cisco, TX, made birdie just before the turn at the par 5 - 18th, which proved to be  plenty to take the runner up finish.  Trophy Club, TX, resident, Jalil Daneshfar, a winner on the Oklahoma Tour the previous Saturday grabbed the show place finish.

Sarazen Flight:  With his game coming around and a pair of third place finishes including a National Championship qualification at the June Srixon Championship Major,  Jason Shuffield of nearby, Frisco, TX, shot the round of his career for his first win on tour.  Five strokes back, with a pair of birdies on the day, Preston Miller of Fort Worth,TX, would finish just ahead of Rockwall, TX, member, David Hickman.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Mark Donohue of Lewisville, TX, put another mark on his Senior National Championship run, winning his third event of the season and fifth on tour.  Donohue, a winner at the May Red River Shootout at WinStar Resort & Casino double stamped the win with a birdie on the par 3 - 15th which proved to be just enough for a one stroke win.  Tim Brown of Richland Hills, TX, a two time winner in his first year on tour and Dallas, TX, player Rodney Wren, with two birdies on the day, shared the runner up spot.

Jones Flight:  Plano,TX, player Ray Hund, carded a birdie on the par 4 -14th and was just enough for his first win on the season and second on tour.  One stroke back a trio of players were knocking on the door.  Andy Eldridge of Fort Worth, TX,  Houston, TX, player Artis Stewart, with a birdie on the par 4 - 14th and  Lloyd C Reid Jr of Dallas, TX, with a birdie of his own on the par 5 -5th shared the runner up finish.

Snead Flight:  Ethan Blase of Wylie, TX covered the field with two birdies on the back nine (where they started) to pick up his first win on tour by a whopping thirteen strokes.  Hill Country Tour traveler, Mark Colwell, finished in the runner up spot, with  Fort Worth, TX, player Douglas Pritchett rounding out the top three.

SKINS:

Giant Skins:  ($300/each)  1 -- Dallas Webster, Wylie, TX; Mike Jones, Midland, TX.

Championship / Palmer / Senior Palmer:  ($51/each)  3 -- Terry Rice, Midland, TX.2 -- Dallas Webster, Wylie, TX. 1 -- Ari Rogers, Fort Worth, TX; Bryce Pool, Colleyville, TX.

Hogan:  ($50/each) 2 -- Gus Aldana, Houston, TX. 1 -- Barry Lauderbaugh, Auburn, WA; Cory Womack, Denton, TX; Jeff Workman, Fort Worth, TX; Scott Striegel, Southlake, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($35/each)  3 -- Michael Starks, Cleburne, TX. 2 -- Steve Killion, Sanger, TX. 1 -- Mark Rainwater, Flower Mound, TX; Jeff Gandy, Ft Worth, TX.

Sarazen:  ($28/each)  2 -- Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Phil Anderson, Murphy, TX; Sven Bock, Richardson, TX; Jason Shuffield, Frisco, TX; Nick Easen, Keller, TX; Joe Luman, Odessa, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($15/each)  2 -- Mark Donohue, Lewisville, TX; Davis Noble, Lake Kiowa, TX; Rodney Wren, Dallas, TX.

 1 -- Jim Craig, San Felipe, TX; Tim Brown, Richland Hills, TX.

Jones / Snead:  ($64/each)  1 -- Mike Jones, Midland, TX; Artis Stewart, Houston, TX; Douglas Taylor, San Angelo, TX; Zane Latham, Valley View, TX; Rick Henthorn, Yukon, OK.

CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

($140/each)  #4 - Bill Nay - 11' 5";  #7 - Mike Jones - 6' 4 1/2";  #15 - Gant Bills - 7' 10";  #17 - Stan Wilson - 8' 11".

Upcoming Texas Events:

The Dallas Tour makes it three in three weekends at the flood rescheduled Fairview Classic @ Heritage Ranch on Sunday, July 26th. Registration closes, Friday, July 17th at 11:59PM EST.

On tap in The Hill Country, the tour welcomes players from around the country for the special Friday prelude to the Texas Open at Barton Creek for the Championship at Falconhead on Friday, July 31st.  Waiting list spots still available. 

Saturday, July 25th the Houston Tour will contest the final local event before the Tour Championships at the Challenge At The Lake at La Torretta Lake Resort and Spa.  Registration closes, Friday, July 17th at 11:59PM EST.

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