GCAmTour-Houston, Eagle Pointe Tournament Results, March 15, 2014

Jeff Zemencsik (Houston, TX) – GCAmTour-Houston players face challenging weather conditions but manage to score low at Eagle Pointe Golf Club, Mont Belvieu, Texas.  The challenging weather produced very competitive scoring including a “sudden death” playoff.

The Course:  Eagle Pointe Golf Club, Mont Belvieu, Texas.  The course was in spring transition, slowly recovering from several freezes this year.  The course was over seeded with a mix of still dormant grasses, green and brown.  The greens were in good condition, recently top dressed but running smooth and medium-fast, running 9.0-9.5.     

The Weather:  A challenging weather day that produced a mix of clouds, overcast, waves of rain, and back to overcast/rain.  The temperatures were cooler in the morning warming up to the low 70’s.  The winds were steady from the SSW 8-10mph throughout the day, allowing competitive scoring.  

The Tournament: 

Championship Flight:  Jeff Whitzel (76), Jonathan Simons (77/37), Travis Nichols (77/39), Lynn Cormier (78), Babak Mobasheri (82).

Jeff Whitzel returned to tour play and captured his first victory of the season by one stroke over the field and round of 76.  Whitzel was steady on the round, carding seven pars and birdies at holes 5, 9, and 17.  Whitzel went out in 39 and in with 37.  Jonathan Simons finished with runner up honors and round of 77/37.  Simons carded eleven pars and a birdie at the par-5 17^th, going out in 40 and in with 37.  Travis Nichols followed up his victory at the Horseshoe Bay major with third place honors and round of 77/39.  Nichols carded ten pars and a birdie at the par-4 4^th hole, out in 38 and in with 39.  Lynn Cormier finished with fourth place honors and round of 78, just one-stroke back.  Cormier carded eight pars and birdies at holes 5 and 18, going out in 41 and in with 37.  Babak Mobasheri finished with fifth place honors and round of 82, carding seven pars and a birdie at the par-3 8^th hole.  Mobasheri went out in 40 and in with 42.

Palmer Flight:  Cedric Smith (76), Patrick Simons (77/39), McLeod Glass (77/41), Adam Anderson (79), Tino Flores (80).

Cedrick Smith captured his second victory of the season by one stroke over the field and round of 76.  Smith was solid on the round, carding nine pars and birdies at holes 7, 13, and 17, out with 40 and in with 36.  Patrick Simons finished with runner up honors and round of 77/39, carding eleven pars and a birdie at the par-5 1^st hole, out in 38 and in with 39.  McLeod Glass finished with third place honors and round of 77/41, carding nine pars and birdies at holes 1 and 2.  Glass went out in 36 and in with 41.  Adam Anderson finished with fourth place honors and round of 79, carding five pars and birdies at holes 3, 4, 11, and 12.  Anderson went out in 38 and with 41.  Tino Flores finished with fifth place honors and round of 80, one-stroke back.  Flores carded eight pars and birdies at holes 1, 9, and 17, out in 37 and in with 43.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Robert Corbello (72), Walter Menuet (79/39), Joe Sublett (79/40), Dennis Walsh (79/43), Allan Collier (80).

Robert Corbello has been playing at a high level as of late and captured his fourth victory of the season, following up his win at the Texas Open Major at Horseshoe Bay.  Corbello matched his best tournament round of the season with a one-over par 72, including thirteen pars and birdies at holes 1 and 12.  Corbello went out in 36 and in with 36 for the tournament low round.  Walter Menuet carded his best score of the season for runner up honors and round of 79/39.  Menuet carded twelve pars on the day, out in 40 and in with 39.  Joe Sublett finished with third place honors and round of 79/40, carding nine pars and a birdie at the par-4 7^th, out in 39 and in with 40.  Dennis Walsh captured fourth place honors and round of 79/43, including thirteen pars.  Walsh started with eleven straight pars but faded coming in, out in 36 and in with 43.  Allan Collier finished with fifth place honors and round of 80, carding ten pars and a birdie at the par-4 13^th hole, out in 41 and in with 39.

Hogan Flight:  Jeff Burke (82), Jeff Green (84), Mike Rayburn (85/42), Lance Miller (85/44), Steve Allison (86/43).

Jeff Burke captured his first victory of the season two strokes clear of the field and round of 82.  Burke carded eight pars and a birdie at the par-5 9^th hole, out in 38 and in with 44.  Jeff Green finished with runner up honors and round of 84, carding seven pars and a birdie at the par-4 13^th hole, out in 41 and with 43.  Mike Rayburn finished with third place honors and round of 85/42, carding eight pars and a birdie at the par-3 8^th hole, out in 43 and in with 42.  Lance Miller finished with fourth place honors and round of 85/44.  Miller carded six pars and an EAGLE-3 at the par-5 9^th hole, the only EAGLE of the tournament.  Miller went out in 41 and in with 44.  Steve Allison finished with fifth place honors and round of 86/43, carding five pars and a birdie at the “most difficult” par-4 16^th hole!

Senior Hogan Flight:  Michael Walker (80), Christopher Phillips (84), Ernie Dyer (85), Grant Faulconer (87), Bob Murphy (88/45).

Michael Walker captured his first win of the season with an impressive four-stroke victory and round of 80.  Walker carded eight pars and back-to-back birdies at holes 3 and 4, out in 36 and with 44.  Walker commented that his new caddie helped tremendously after dumping former caddie, Mike Rutkoski.  Christopher Phillips finished with runner up honors and round of 84, carding seven pars going out in 43 and with 41.  Ernie Dyer finished with third place honors and round of 85, carding seven pars and a birdie at the par-4 13^th hole.  Dyer went out in 40 and in with 45.  Grant Faulconer finished with fourth place honors and round of 87, carding six pars and a birdie at the par-4 2^nd hole.  Faulconer went out in 42 and in with 45.  Bob Murphy finished with fifth place honors and round of 88/45, carding five pars.  Murphy went out in 43 and in with 45.

Sarazen Flight:  Jeff Shen (90), Rick Houchins (92/46), Gary Gum (92/47/32), Dwayne London (92/47/33), Massimo Passini (92/48).

Jeff Shen made his tour debut in grand fashion by capturing his first victory two strokes clear of the field and round of 90.  Shen carded three pars and birdie at the par-5 9^th hole, going out in 46 and in with 44.  Rick Houchins finished with runner up honors and round of 92/46, carding five pars and going out and in with matching 46.  Gary Gum captured third place honors and round of 92/47/32, carding one par one the day.  Gum went out in 45 and with 47.  Dwayne London finished with fourth place honors and round of 92/47/33, carding five pars on the day.  London went out in 45 and in with 47.  Massimo Passini finished with fifth place honors and round of 92/48, carding five pars on the day.  Passini went out in 44 and in with 48.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Mark “Maddog” Maddox (84), Randy Adcock (86), Bob Gonzales (88), Olan Benge (90), Larry Viktorin (93).

Mark “Maddog” Maddox captured his first victory of the season two strokes clear of the field and round of 84.  Maddog was solid on the round, carding eight pars and a birdie at the par-3 15^th hole, and going out in 42 and in with matching 42.  Randy Adcock, former National Champion, finished with runner up honors and round of 86.  Adcock carded five pars and a birdie at the par-5 9^th hole.  Adcock went out in 41 and in with 45.  Bob Gonzales finished with third place honors and round of 88, including seven pars.  Gonzales went out in 43 and in with 45.  Olan Benge finished with fourth place honors and round of 90, carding four pars.  Benge went out in 43 and in with 47.  Larry Viktorin finished with fifth place honors and round of 93, carding three pars and a birdie at the par-4 14^th hole.  Viktorin went out in 46 and in with 47.

Jones Flight:  David Sipe (90/46/31), Wayne Glover (90/46/33/17), Lu Cormier (90/46/33/21), Anthony Parrish (92/46), Mark Dion (92/47).

“Scorecard Playoff” determines the winner in the tightly contested Jones Flight at Eagle Pointe Golf Club, Mont Belvieu, Texas.  With inclement weather setting in a scorecard playoff determined the winner of the Jones Flight as three golfers carded rounds of 90.  David Sipe captured the victory on the third tiebreaker and followed up his with at The Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay with a win at Eagle Pointe.  Sipe carded four pars on the day going out in 44 and in with 46.  Wayne Glover finished with runner up honors and round of 90/46/33/17, carding six pars.  Glover went out in 44 and with 46 as well, winning on the fourth tiebreaker.  Lu Cormier finished with third place honors and round of 90/46/33/21, carding six pars.  Cormier also went out in 44 and in with 46, losing the fourth tiebreaker.  Anthony Parrish finished with fourth place honors and round of 92/46, carding four pars on the round.  Parrish went out and in with matching nine’s of 46.  Mark Dion finished with fifth place honors and round of 92/47, carding five pars on the day.  Dion went out in 45 and with 47.

Snead Flight:  Myron Brown (91), Art Henry (95), Tom Eysenbach (96), Carl Eaton (98/51), Bryce Kocian (98/52).

Myron Brown captured his second victory of the season (Hyatt Hill Country) with an impressive round of 91; four strokes clear of the field.  Brown carded six pars on the round, going out in 45 and in with 46.  Art Henry finished with runner up honors and round of 95, carding two pars and birdies at holes 1 and 11.  Henry went out in 46 and with 49.  Tom Eysenbach finished with third place honors and round of 96, carding three pars.  Eysenbach went out in 47 and with 49.  Carl Eaton finished with fourth place honors and round of 98/51, carding three pars on the day.  Eaton went out in 47 and in with 51.  Bryce Kocian followed up his victories at Moody Gardens and Redstone with a fifth place finish at Eagle Pointe and round of 98/52.  Kocian carded six pars and went out in 46 but faded coming in with 52. 

In addition to the flight winners, the following players won optional side games:

Closest to the pin $215.00

#3, McLeod Glass

#8, Aaron Brougher

#12, Robert Corbello

#15, Art Flores

Skins Championship/Palmer:  $60.00

McLeod Glass, #2

Adam Anderson, #3 & #11

Art Flores, #15

Lynn Cormier, #18

Skins Winners Hogan/Sarazen:  $115.00

Michael Walker, #3

Lance Miller, #9 (EAGLE-3)

Mark “Maddog” Maddox, #15

Steve Allison, #16

Skins Winners Jones/Snead:  $35.00

Alan Patterson, #6 & #13

Chico Robinson, #7

Wayne Glover, #10

Art Henry, #11

Bryce Kocian, #17

Troops First 50/50 Raffle:

Patrick Simons, $300.00

Prizes:

Golf Galaxy $50 gift card, Jeff Greenwood

Golf Galaxy $50 gift card, John Hunt

Bridgestone Balls, Matt Wolfe

Bridgestone Balls, Bob Gonzales

Flight Winners:

Winners	Awards		Winners	Awards
Championship (7)
1st - Gift Certificate	$200.00
2nd - Gift Certificate	$100.00
Palmer (10)			Senior Palmer (13)
1st - Gift Certificate	$200.00		1st - Gift Certificate	$200.00
2nd - Gift Certificate	$100.00		2nd - Gift Certificate	$125.00
3rd - Gift Certificate	$75.00		3rd - Gift Certificate	$75.00
Hogan (15)			Senior Hogan (15)
1st - Gift Certificate	$200.00		1st - Gift Certificate	$200.00
2nd - Gift Certificate	$125.00		2nd - Gift Certificate	$125.00
3rd - Gift Certificate	$100.00		3rd - Gift Certificate	$100.00
4th - Gift Certificate	$75.00		4th - Gift Certificate	$75.00
Sarazen (15)			Senior Sarazen (8)
1st - Gift Certificate	$200.00		1st - Gift Certificate	$200.00
2nd - Gift Certificate	$125.00		2nd - Gift Certificate	$100.00
3rd - Gift Certificate	$100.00
4th - Gift Certificate	$75.00
Jones (15)			Snead (12)
1st - Gift Certificate	$200.00		1st - Gift Certificate	$200.00
2nd - Gift Certificate	$125.00		2nd - Gift Certificate	$125.00
3rd - Gift Certificate	$100.00		3rd - Gift Certificate	$75.00
4th - Gift Certificate	$75.00
Prizes
Trophies	$450.00
Golf Galaxy Gift Cards	$3,775.00
Golf Galaxy	$50.00
Golf Galaxy	$50.00
Bridgestone Balls	$40.00
Bridgestone Balls	$40.00
Skins	$970.00
Closest to Pins	$860.00
Total Prize Pool	$6,235.00