Flight Champions Honored - Dallas Tour

Scott R Chilcutt, Edmond, OK (September , 2016)  Bringing a close to the year, setting up for National and Senior National Championship bids later this month, marks another chapter with the Golf Channel AM Tour on the Dallas Tour. Beginning the points season on November 15th at Hawks Creek after a rain out at Frisco Lakes, the tour contested 15 rounds on the  local schedule where over 1,500 members from around the country competed.

Vying for year end awards, this year concluded with a customized and personalized staff bag from Club Glove to the Champions, and we continued the special 2016 of the Player of the Year Award, presented by Higginbotham.

Championship Flight:  Trailing Gant Bills for most of the points season, Nick Quast of Trophy Club, TX, came to the Tour Championship at Bridlewood to make a statement and ended it with an explanation point.  Quast, would end up winning the points title by a mere 70 points, but did it in fine fashion  Seven events on the season, five wins, with a combined total +10 over eight rounds to finish out with Flight Championship honors.

Senior Championship Flight:  Midland, TX, member Terry Rice, picked up his fifth Flight Champion honors, dating back to 2010 as an Open Championship Flight player.  Competing in five Major Championships on the year, with two runner up finishes to go with two wins on the local level.  Rice will travel to the Senior National Championship in Innisbrook, looking to better his third place finish at the 2010 National Championship at Sawgrass.

Palmer Flight:  Lewisville, TX, player Clay Johnston has been just outside the Flight Champion awards for the past few years.  A three time winner on the season before June 1st, Johnston, was in a cruise mode for the summer, but it would take a strong finish at the Tour Championship to grab the title.  In sixth place after the Saturday round, Clay would better his first day score by three to jump one spot, just enough points to win the Flight Championship by 110 points over Scott Harper of Ranger, TX.

Senior Palmer Flight:  With three wins on the season, including two major championships at The Southern California Open and the Streamsong Amateur in Florida, Tony Peppler of Dallas, TX, picked up his second Flight Championship Award.  The first coming in the Championship Flight in 2011, Tony heads to the Senior National Championship for his fifth time on tour.

Hogan Flight:  Only a matter of time and the Journey to Better Flight promotion would catch up with Mesquite, TX, Gabe Brisco.  In his case, it happened at the year end, so Brisco will head to the National Championship competing with the Palmer Flight.  Gabe started the year with a win in his first time out, added two more during the season, including a Major Championship in Hot Springs, AR, he finished out the year with seven of eight sub 80 rounds.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Sanger, TX, 2015 Dallas Tour Player of the Year recipient, Steve Killion hit the trail for 21 events on the season.  Killion, with three wins, made the rounds to all of the Texas Tournament Championships and ended the season with a a slim 55 point lead.  Steve will be making his sixth start at the Senior National Championship in seven years on tour.

Sarazen Flight:  Sven Bock of Richardson, TX, started the points season with a win at Hawks Creek in November, then went on to compete in 29 events, including five Major Championships.  On the year, Bock picked up five wins, but the Flight Championship would take final event heroics if he was going to take the points lead.  Sven would start the final event, 40 points behind Wadsworth Jarrell, but a win, with two sub 80 rounds, would be just enough to grab a 55 point lead.  Bock, won't be competing at the National Championship, but we look forward to seeing him in the Hogan Flight, with a Journey to Better Flight Promotion at the end of the season.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Mark Donohue of Lewisville, TX, started his career on the Golf Channel AM Tour the fall of 2012 at Champions Circle, for the 2013 points season.   With an initial handicap of 7.5, Donohue grabbed a Senior Palmer Flight spot, and with that, his first start might have been a deal breaker for most.  Fifteen on the par 4 - 2nd, fast forward .... and he has now picked up his second Flight Championship award in the last two seasons.  Playing in 25 events on the year, Donohue carded five wins on the season, including four of his first five starts.  It will be his third go of the Senior National Championship, and we look forward to seeing his continued growth in the Journey to Better.

Jones Flight:  Starting his tour career with a few events in 2014, Joshua Tankersly of Fort Worth, TX, took the next year off, and then came back with his game in shape. Tankersly, played in ten events on the season, the first five as a Snead Player before getting the Journey to Better Flight Promotion in early June.  Despite the points adjustment that comes with that promotion,  Joshua cleared the field by over 500 points, with the help of four wins on the season.

Senior Jones Flight:  Lloyd C Reid, JR, became another first time Flight Champion award winner and he worked hard at it, real hard.  Reid, after missing the 2015 award by a scant few points, traveled and traveled a lot.  32 events, 11 Major Championships and two Texas Tour Championships.  One win on the season, seven runner up spots and three more top three finishes would put Lloyd in the top spot for the 2016 season.  Reid will be making his fourth start at the Senior National Championship at Innisbrook.

Snead Flight:  Three wins on the season, including the Major Championship at Winstar, along with the deal sealing Dallas Tour Championship, would put William Hughes of Tulsa, OK on the top spot for the third consecutive time. Hughes, a member since 2013, will make his first start at the National Championship in Florida.

Senior Snead Flight:  Douglas Pritchett of Fort Worth, TX, fought it out all year to get to and keep the top spot in the flight.  Pritchett, with three wins on the season, would become a two time Senior Snead Flight Champion on the Dallas Tour.

Hill Country Tour, PLAYER OF THE YEAR, presented by HIGGINBOTHAM: The special award was set up and presented by Higginbotham, a Business Insurance and Financial Services Company that services the state of Texas with home offices in Fort Worth.  The player from each tour in the state selected by the committee, with feedback from the membership that met a series of criteria, including having been promoted and continued The Journey to Better by excelling in the new flight, playing in the Tour Championship and attending the National / Senior National Championship in the new flight.

2016 Dallas TOUR Player of the Year:  With the sponsor mandate, we had a few players that were eligible and after much deliberation by the committee, Joseph Roy of Rockwall, TX was selected.  Roy, a member of the tour since 2011, sat out the 2015 year and came back with a vengeance.  A Hogan Flight member since 2013, Joe played in eighteen events on the season, fifteen as a Hogan.  With the points Championship looking to be in good order, with three wins, including two Major Championships, the Journey to Better Flight promotion came in August.  While probably not thrilled with the idea, Roy took to the task, playing in two Texas Tour Championships, he finished in a runner up spot at Bridlewood after the flight low round on Saturday.  We look forward to seeing his continued success at the National Championship at Innisbrook sporting his new Player of the Year bag.

Upcoming Texas Events:

Off to the National Championship from September 13th - 16th and Senior National Championship, contested September 19th - 22nd, many players from around the tour will compete for the top prize of the season.

Fall events and 2017 points schedule are being added now, look out for the opportunity to get a jump start on the next season. 

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

Dallas Tour Championship - Bridlewood - 2016

Scott R Chilcutt, Flower Mound, TX (August 28,2016)  After a three year stint finishing off the points year at The Tribute on the Dallas Tour, plans changed when it was clear that shoddy tee sheet management and a priority to get out public play, would be the theme of the weekend.  Step in, Bridlewood, located just west of the prior venue in Flower Mound, TX.

A shaky start on Saturday morning, with some similar split tee - tee sheet issues, and in comes an aggressive sales person.  Player experience trumped out the daily round numbers, to not only save the day and weekend, but ensure another go of it on the Dallas Tour.  

Bridlewood Golf Club, on the tour schedule for some time, has never been associated as an easy track.  Add to it recent rains that, while making the course lush and pleasing to the eye, created some havoc for members that couldn't keep it in the short grass.  You couldn't tell it from some of the scores, however.  Coming off a full season of play, the creme rose to the top, with some personal best rounds on tour.

Jalil Danesfar (Senior Palmer Flight) was "Up for the Srixon Challenge".   Winning his respective flight playing a Srixon ball, and will get a dozen sent to him for the win. Denver Roden picked up the Tournament Champion, presented by Carlisle's Engraving with a two day total of -13 - 131. The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $540, bringing the year to date total from the Texas Tour local events to $13,480 contributed to the Foundation.


RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Trophy Club, TX, member Nick Quast put together a pair of 37's on Saturday with four birdies to lead the field by two stokes after the first round.  With four players lurking just two strokes back, it would take some stellar play on Sunday to cap off the championship.  And stellar it was, carding another four birdies on the final round, this time with only a single bogie, Quast took five strokes off, for a -3 - 69 for his fifth win in only seven attempts on the season.  

Andrew Braun, also from Trophy Club, TX, one of those players two strokes back, coming to the final round, posted a -1 - 71 taking five strokes off his Saturday finish with two birdies, capturing the low Senior Championship trophy and ensuring a Senior National Championship invite.  Flower Mound, TX, member David Wright finished in the third spot four strokes out of the runner up finish.

Palmer Flight:  Coming off an August 2nd promotion to the Palmer Flight, Rockwall, TX, member Joseph Roy, carded four birdies on Saturday for the flight low round, +2 - 74.  Second time tour player, Jonathan Cook of Burleson, TX, with three birdies of his own on Saturday, joined Roy in the final pairing on Sunday just three strokes back.  Sunday, was a different story altogether, with the other two players in the final group faltering and opening the door to the field, it looked contagious.  Picking up key birdies on his first nine of the final round at the par 4 - 14th and par 5 - 16th, Cook would get things under control, until going +8 on his final five holes of the event, but held on to the victory.  Roy finished one stroke out of the championship for a strong player of the year endorsement. Michael Barr of Lewisville, TX, coming from five strokes back on Saturday to round out the top three on the weekend.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Hill Country Tour player, Thomas Pipes of Odessa, TX, made the trip to Dallas to fill in his eligibility for the Senior National Championship.  Pipe, a runner up at The Texas Masters at Barton Creek, needed two local rounds to punch his ticket and made good use of the trip, leading the field after day one.  Four strokes out of the lead off the first tee on Sunday, Trophy Club, TX, player Jalil Danesfar, with a July Journey to Better Promotion, finished his round six strokes better, with three birdies on the day forcing extra holes with Pipes.  Back to the par 4 - 10th, both would make pars, sending them to the par 4 - 11th where Daneshfar would pick up his seventh win on the season and second as a Senior Palmer.  JD Price of Whitney, TX, would put together a pair of 79's to grab the third place honors.

Hogan Flight:  In his first year on tour, Chas Levene of Lewisville, TX, would record his first sub 80 round to share the eighteen hole lead with Houston, TX, traveler Mike Karlin.  While Levene, Karlin, and Mesquite, TX, player Gabe Brisco were fighting it out in the final pairing, carding seven birdies between the three, Round Rock, TX, member Jorge Rodriguez, put together a low flight round on Sunday to snatch the championship by a stroke.  Karlin and Brisco shared the runner up honors, and along with Rodriquez ensured a Journey to Better Promotion to the Palmer Flight for the National Championship and 2017 points season.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Starting on the tenth hole on Saturday, visiting Phoenix, AZ Tour player Steven Barron made the turn with consecutive birdies on the par 4 - 1st and par 5 - 2nd.  Finishing the back nine in even par, Barron would share the over night lead with Rick Swanson of Carrollton, TX, with three birdies on the day.  Back to the final round, Swanson would make three birdies on the round, but fall back to the field, finishing T4, opening the door for Barron to pick up his second win on the season.  Cleburne, TX, member Michael Starks, went out in +2 on Sunday to secure his runner up finish, with Denver Roden of Irving, TX, rounding out the top three.

Sarazen Flight:  Bedford, TX, resident Darren Bufton, shot a low flight round, +3 - 75 on Saturday to build a four stroke advantage over a pair of players.  Sunday, Bufton would keep pace and even extend the lead going out, but ran into troubles on his final nine, opening the door for a charging Sven Bock of Richardson, TX, coming to the clubhouse in +1.  Back to the course for the sudden death playoff, it would take three frames for the pair to settle the score, when Bock made par on the par - 3 - 12th for his fifth Championship of the year, and second Tour Championship of the season after winning in the Hill Country.  Two strokes back of the pair, Rockwall, TX, David Hickman with a career low round on Saturday, carded four birdies on the weekend for the third place finish.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Wichita Falls, TX, member Michael Hardegree and Manny Martinez of Cisco, TX, led the way at the end of the first round, with five birdies between the two, both going +3 - 75.  Starting the final round on the back nine, Hardegree would take some time to get in the groove after a mishap getting into his hotel room that morning, but followed with a pair of birdies to stay even with Martinez after 27 holes. Back and forth through the first four holes of the back nine, it would finally move into the Martinez corner mid way through the back for Manny to win his first event on the season.  Dallas, TX, resident Rick Allaire, would charge to share the runner up spot with Hardegree, with the help of three birdies on the final round.

Jones Flight:  The term "Steady Eddie" is not normally associated with Burnie Rodgers of Haslet, TX, but on this weekend found a new home.  Rodgers, one stroke out of the eighteen hole lead, with a pair of birdies, added another pair of 41's to pick up his first championship on the season.  Three strokes back, traveling Houston, TX, member Artis Stewart with a pair of birdies followed his Tour Championship win at Blackhorse the previous weekend with the runner up spot.  First round leader, Tommy Templin of Euless, TX, rounded out the top three in the seventeen player flight.

Snead Flight:  Requiring the third playoff of the Championship, when William Hughes of Tulsa, OK and Arlington, TX, member Don Freitag couldn't settle the score in regulation.  Back to the par 5 - 10th, Hughes secured his Flight Championship and fourth win on the season. Douglas Pritchett, of Fort Worth, TX, finished just two strokes back picking up the Senior Snead Flight Championship in the combined flight. 



SKINS:

DAY 1:

Giant SKINS:  ($260/each)  1 -- Mark Taylor, Coppell, TX; Rick Houchins, Houston, TX; Tom Stockton, Grand Prairie, TX.

Championship:  ($44/each)  3 -- Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX. 1 -- Sean Fenton, Fort Worth, TX; Jordan Wagner, Houston, TX.

Palmer:  ($15/each)  4 -- Joseph Roy, Rockwall, TX. 2 -- Clay Johnston, Lewisville, TX. 1 -- Jonathan Cook, Burleson Tx; Scott Harper, Ranger, TX; Landon Hulcy, Joshua, TX.

Senior Palmer:  ($45/each)  1 -- Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX; Mark Taylor, Coppell, TX; Jeff Feyerherm, Whitney, TX; Thomas Pipes, Odessa, TX.

Hogan:  ($50/each)  2 -- Rick Houchins, Houston, TX. 1 -- Jorge Rodriguez, Round Rock, TX; Gabe Brisco, Mesquite, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($31/each)  2 -- Ken Johnson, Carrollton, TX. 1 -- Sal Torres, Fort Worth, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX; Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX; Steven Barron, Phoenix, AZ; Michael Starks, Cleburne, TX.

Sarazen:  ($30/each)  3 -- Walter Albertson, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Tom Wheelis, Heath, TX; Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX; David Hickman, Rockwall, TX; Sven Bock, Richardson, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($68/each)  2 -- Jamie Sansom, Plano, TX. 1 -- Jim Wright, Azle, TX; Mark Donohue, Lewisville, TX; Tom Stockton, Grand Prairie, TX.


Jones/Snead:  ($80/each)  1 -- Don Freitag, Arlington, TX; John Partain, Bedford, TX; Joshua Tankersley, Fort Worth, TX; Burnie Rodgers, Haslet, TX; Artis Stewart, Houston, TX.

DAY 2:

Giant SKINS:  ($190/each)  1 -- Tim Williams, McKinney, TX; Dallas Webster, Wylie, TX; Mark Taylor, Coppell, TX; Terry Everts, Eastland, TX.

Championship:  ($31/each)  2 -- Tim Williams, McKinney, TX; Jordan Wagner, Houston, TX. 1 -- Dallas Webster, Wylie, TX; Jeremy Frenzel, Fort Worth, TX; Nick Quast, Trophy Club, TX.

Palmer:  ($22/each)  2 -- Kirk Boerner, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Clay Johnston, Lewisville, TX; Joseph Roy, Rockwall, TX; Jonathan Cook, Burleson Tx; Scott Harper, Ranger, TX.

Senior Palmer:  ($66/each)  2 -- Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX; Mark Taylor, Coppell, TX. 1 -- Stephen Fitzgerald, Dallas, TX; Thomas Pipes, Odessa, TX; Tony Peppler, Dallas, TX; Nic Linde, Keller, TX.

Hogan:  ($66/each)  2 -- Mike Karlin, Houston, TX. 1 -- Gabe Brisco, Mesquite, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($24/each)  2 -- Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX. 1 -- Mark Rainwater, Flower Mound, TX; Kent Mccord, Odessa, TX; Dave Ducray, Plano, TX; Phillip Holt, Haslet, TX; Ken Johnson, Carrollton, TX; Steve Killion, Sanger, TX; Michael Starks, Cleburne, TX.

Sarazen:  ($22/each)  4 -- Sven Bock, Richardson, TX. 2 -- David Hickman, Rockwall, TX. 1 -- Walter Albertson, Fort Worth, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($35/each)  2 -- Rick Allaire, Dallas, TX; David Day, McClendon-Chisholm, TX. 1 -- Charles Lambert, Highlands Ranch, CO; Derek Drake, Wichita Falls, TX; Terry Everts, Eastland, TX; Tom Stockton, Grand Prairie, TX; Michael Hardegree, Wichita Falls TX.

Jones / Snead:  ($190/each)  1 -- Lloyd C Reid Jr, Dallas, TX; Joshua Tankersley, Fort Worth, TX.

CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

DAY 1 :

($200/each)  #3 - Steve Killion - 1' 5" ;  #8 - Mike Karlin - 1' 10";  #12 - David Hickman - 6' 10"";  #17 - David Day - 7' 9".

DAY 2 :

($200/each)  #3 - Mark Echols - 10" ;  #8 - Darren Bufton - 5' 7";  #12 - Charles Lambert - 4' 2";  #17 - Jordan Wagner - 16' 11".

Upcoming Texas Events:

Off to the National Championship from September 13th - 16th and Senior National Championship, contested September 19th - 22nd, many players from around the tour will compete for the top prize of the season.

Fall events and 2017 points schedule will be posted soon, look out for the opportunity to get a jump start on the next season. 

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

Las Colinas Championship

Scott R Chilcutt, Las Colinas, TX (August 8,2016)  Las Colinas Country Club, home of the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout, presented by JTBC on the LPGA Tour and the George W Bush Presidential Center's Warrior Open, once again played host to the Las Colinas Championship on the Golf Channel AM Tour, Dallas Tour.

Jalil Danesfar (Senior Palmer Flight) was "Up for the Srixon Challenge". Winning his respective flight playing a Srixon ball, he will get a dozen sent to him for the win. Jeff Workman picked up the Tournament Champion, presented by Carlisle's Engraving with a -9 - 62.  The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $420, bringing the year to date total from the Texas Tour local events to $12,110 contributed to the Foundation.


RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Three strokes back making the turn, Terry Rice of Midland, TX, stepped it up on the back nine with three birdies to finish the round at one over par for his 2nd win on the season.  Playing in his first event on tour, Flower Mound, TX, player Matthew Christl, finished just one stroke back, with Andrew Braun of Trophy Club, TX, rounding out the top three.

Palmer Flight:  Miramar, FL, traveler Gregory Esquilino, started the day on the tenth hole.  +5 going out, Esquilino, played his final nine in +2 to pick up his seventh win on the season.  Clay Johnston of Lewisville, TX, used a birdie on the par 4 - 12th to grab the runner up spot, with a pair of players just one stroke behind him.  Recently promoted from the Hogan Flight, Kirk Boerner of Fort Worth, TX, shared the third place honors with Ranger, TX, member Scott Harper.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Two players, promoted from the Senior Hogan Flight, top the field of Senior Palmers.  Jalil Danesfar of Trophy Club, TX,  equaled his best score on tour to pick up his first win in his new flight and sixth on the season.  Fort Worth, TX, member Scott Harris, with a birdie on the par 5 - 18th, grabbed the runner up finish by a single stroke over Stephen Fitzgerald of Dallas, TX.

Hogan Flight:  Fort Worth, TX, resident, Jeff Workman, carded a career low round +3, en route to his second win as a Hogan Flight player and sixth on the season.  On his way to the Palmer Flight, Gabe Brisco of Mesquite, TX, started the day with consecutive birdies, firing his second sub 80 round in as many attempts, just one stroke back of the lead.  Adolfo Perez of Rowlett, TX, scored his best finish in his first year on tour to round out the top three.

Senior Hogan Flight:  In his second year on tour, Rick Swanson of Carrollton, TX, has been close to the winners circle a couple of times, and finally broke through to pick up his first win in a big way.  After a bogey on the par 4 - 1st, Swanson played his next eight holes in even par to set up plenty of cushion for the victory.  Six strokes back, fellow Carrollton, TX, player Ken Johnson, with a birdie making the turn at the par 5 - 10th grabbed the runner up finish with Odessa, TX, member Jim Sumner taking home the show place finish.

Sarazen Flight:  Coming off a runner up finish his last time out in Las Vegas at the Western Classic Major Championship, Wadsworth Jarrell of Fort Worth, TX, made two birdies on the day to edge out Bedford, TX, player Darren Bufton.  Two strokes back of Bufton, Sven Bock of Richardson, TX, recorded his eleventh top three of the year, including two wins.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Azle, TX, player Jim Wright picked up his fifth win on tour and first since the 2014 season.  Wright, with a birdie on the par 5 - 7th, cleared the runner up finisher, Derek Drake of Wichita Falls, TX, by four strokes.  Two strokes out of second, Michael Hardegree of Wichita Falls, TX, Jones, OK, member Stan Wilson, Tim Brown of Richland Hills, TX,  and Plano, TX, resident Jamie Sansom split the third place honors.

Jones Flight:  Buddy Williams of Fort Worth, TX, picked up his third win on his first year on tour.  Williams, with two birdies on the round, finished two strokes ahead of a pair of players sharing the runner up spot.  Frisco, TX, player Jon Neff and Wylie, TX, player Jeff Ackerman, split the second and third place points.

Snead Flight:  Fort Worth, TX, resident Douglas Pritchett and Don Freitag of Arlington, TX, both with birdies on the day, were unable to settle the score in regulation.  Back to the par  4 - 1st hole for the sudden death, Pritchett was able to prevail for his Senior National Championship qualifying third win on the season.  Three strokes back of the pair, Thomas Rauch of Arlington, TX, carded his sixth third place finish of the season to go with a win and two seconds.





SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($111/each)  2 -- David Wright, Flower Mound, TX. 1 -- Darren Bufton, Bedford, TX; Jorge Rodriguez, Round Rock, TX; Eric Gussenhoven, Carrollton, TX; Terry Rice, Midland, TX.

Championship:  ($20/each)  3 -- David Wright, Flower Mound, TX. 2 -- Jeremy Frenzel, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Eric Gussenhoven, Carrollton, TX; Terry Rice, Midland, TX.

Palmer:  ($53/each)  1 -- Jason Pharis, Plano, TX; Clay Johnston, Lewisville, TX; Jonathan Cook, Burleson Tx.

Senior Palmer / Senior Hogan:  ($25/each)  4 -- Jalil Daneshfar, Trophy Club, TX. 2 -- Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX; Ken Johnson, Carrollton, TX.

Hogan:  ($300/each)  1 -- Jorge Rodriguez, Round Rock, TX.

Sarazen:  ($30/each)  2 -- Walter Albertson, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Darren Bufton, Bedford, TX; Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX; Kirk Trussell, Houma, LA; David Hickman, Rockwall, TX; Joe Luman, Odessa, TX; Wadsworth Jarrell, Fort Worth, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($40/each)  3 -- Jamie Sansom, Plano, TX. 1 -- Michael Hardegree, Wichita Falls TX; Bob Moreau, Rockwall, TX; Jim Wright, Azle, TX.

Jones / Snead:  ($95/each)  1 -- Jeff Ackerman Sr., Wylie, TX; Don Watson, Wichita Falls, TX; Mike Jones, Midland, TX; Buddy Williams, Fort Worth, TX.




CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

($152/each)  #4 - Tim Edwards - 5' 10" ;  #6 - Jeff Ackerman - 6' 0";  #11 - Scott Harris - 14' 6";  #13 - Tim Brown - 4' 0".

Upcoming Texas Events:

Final National National / Senior National Championship qualification spots, year end Flight Champions and more will be awarded at The Dallas Tour Championship at Bridlewood on Saturday, August 27th and Sunday, August 28th, and will finish off the points season in Texas.   Spots are already limited with a entry deadline of Friday, August 19th at midnight. 

The Houston Tour Championship on August 20th and 21st at Black Horse Golf Club in Cypress, TX.   Registrations close on Friday, August 12th.

The Hill Country finishes out its 2016 points season on August 13th and 14th at La Cantera Golf Club for the Hill Country Tour Championship.  

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

Tierra Verde for the Arlington Championship

Scott R Chilcutt, Arlington, TX (July 24, 2017)  Off the tour since 2013, Tierre Verde Golf Club, when winter kill issues hampered the conditions, this years edition certainly didn't disappoint.  Owned and operated  by the City of Arlington, the first municipal golf course in the world to be certified as an Audubon Signature Sanctuary, the track clearly takes advantage of the natural beauty and terrain.

Steve Killion (Senior Hogan Flight) and, Walter Alberston (Jones Flight) were "Up for the Srixon Challenge".   Winning their respective flights playing a Srixon ball, they will get a dozen sent to them for the win. Walter Albertson picked up the Tournament Champion, presented by Carlisle's Engraving with a -8 - 64.  The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $400, bringing the year to date total from the Texas Tour local events to $11,240 contributed to the Foundation.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  First year tour player, Travis Jones of Fort Worth, TX, and Flower Mound, TX, member David Wright swapped front nine / back nine scores to end up knotted in the top spot at the clubhouse.   Back out to the course for the sudden death playoff, the pair would both par the first, and it took a birdie on the par 5 - 2nd for Wright to pick up his first win on the season.  Jack Carlile of Lewisville, TX,  made a run at the end with three birdies in four holes, but gave them back on the final hole of the day with a triple, to share the third place honors with nearby Grand Prairie, TX, member Larry Vannatta.

Palmer Flight:  Michael Barr from Lewisville, TX, with three birdies on his round, would end the day tied up with Ranger, TX, player Scott Harper, with a birdie on his own. Back out to the course, it would be Barr that prevailed in the playoff to pick up his first win, in his first season on tour.  For Harper, it was his fourth runner up finish on the season to go with a win at the March Dye Classic @ Stonebridge.  John Sells of Crowley, TX, on hiatus from the tour since last summer, went even par on his front nine, to finish just one stroke out of the lead.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Bryan, TX, player Ricky Napper, made the best of a birdie on the par 4 - 10th for his first win on tour.  One stroke back, another Houston Tour traveler, Bruce Beakley, with three wins on the season, shared the runner up finish with Trophy Club, TX, member Jalil Daneshfar, carding his second runner up since his promotion from the Senior Hogan Flight in early July.

Hogan Flight:  Gabe Brisco of Mesquite, TX, grabbed his fourth win on the season, using three birdies on the round, for a four stroke victory.  Brisco, trending to an 8.0 Tournament Index, will get to play at least another month with the Hogan Flight.  Fort Worth, TX, resident Kirk Boerner, with four birdies on his round, had the second place finish to himself with a pair of players two strokes back in the show position.  Mel Goss of Terrell, TX, and Flower Mound, TX, member Ali Gazi, shared the third place honors.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Sanger, TX, player Steve Killion, played his back nine in -1 with a birdie on the par 3 - 11th, grabbing his Senior National Championship qualifying third win of the season.  One stroke back, Scott Harris of Fort Worth, a late fill in, with late night trailer towing duties, made the most of his round with two birdies on the day for his fifth runner up on the season, to go with one win.  Salado, TX, traveler Jerry Smith, off the tour for over a year, added a third place finish to his one win and T2 on three events on the year.

Sarazen Flight:  Oklahoma Tour player, Greg Holmes of Edmond, started a Sarazen / Senior Sarazen dominance on the day from players north of the Red River.  Holmes took, six strokes off his back nine to win by two strokes over San Antonio, TX, player CD Dunem.  Fort Worth, TX, member Wadsworth Jarrell and Dallas, TX, resident Mark Tylenda, shared the third place honors one stroke back of Dunem.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Jones, OK, player Stan Wilson, made it two for two on the Dallas Tour after winning the previous Monday at TPC Craig Ranch.  For Wilson, it was his third win on the season, all on Texas soil. The pair of Wichita Falls, TX, player Derek Drake and Michael Hardegree, shared the runner up finish with Chris Howl of nearby Arlington, TX, one stroke back.

Jones Flight:  Fort Worth, TX, player Walter Albertson, continued his winning ways with a two stroke victory, using three birdies coming to the clubhouse for his third victory on the season and second in as many attempts.  Joshua Tankersly of Fort Worth, TX, with a birdie of his own on the back finished in the runner up spot, with Houston Tour player, Jeff Gregory of Montgomery, TX, and Forth Worth, TX, Buddy Williams splitting the third place finish.

Snead Flight:  Bobby Ashcraft, of San Antonio, TX, followed a quad eight on the first hole with a birdie on the par 5 - 2nd to grab his second win on the season.  First year player, Timothy Geeslin of Arlington, TX, carded his best finish of the season, with Lewisville, TX, player Ron Hardy, rounding out the top three.







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($100/each)  #3 - Nick Easen - 3'11" ;  #6 - Mel Goss - 5' 4";  #11 - Sven Bock - 3' 10";  #14 - Rick Swanson - 5' 2".

Upcoming Texas Events:

Texas Tour members are back in action for the Texas Masters at Barton Creek on July 30, 31st with the Friday event at Falconhead for the Prelude to the Texas Masters @ Barton Creek. Registration ends at midnight, July 22nd. 

The Houston tour final single day event of the points season will be contested at Timber Creek for the Friendswood Challenge on Saturday, August 6th.  Entries close on Friday, July 29th. 

Dallas Tour players get the opportunity for another Monday special event at Las Colinas Country Club for the Las Colinas Championship on August 8th.  Registration deadline is Friday, July 29th.  

For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Director - Texas Tours

Dallas  Tour - Hill Country Tour  - Houston Tour

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

405.513.1467

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