Road Construction and Wind Headlines Cypress Open

Scott R Chilcutt, Cypress, TX (March 24, 2018)  Cypress Lakes Golf Club, played host to the Cypress Open once again on the Houston Tour.  The course, northwest of Houston off 290, also once again, became a trouble to get to from the southeast with what seems to be endless construction and wrecks as a result of the construction.   While some of the players were scrambling to make the tee time, all were greeted with great green complexes, and wind!  Wind, along with firm and fast conditions, the course instituted after the wet late winter, challenged the players and scores, more than usual events at the venue.

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $540, bringing the Texas Tour events total to $5,670 contributed to the Foundation in 2018.


RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Down by three strokes making the turn, Beaumont, TX, member Scott Mays, carded an eagle on the par 5 - 10th to jumpstart his way back into the event with Blake Wilson of League City, TX.   Wilson, with two birdies on the front, would add one on #10, and would par the last two holes of the round to force a playoff with Mays.  Back to the course, Mays would win the first sudden-death hole, for his second win in three attempts.  Conroe, TX, member Brandon Whitaker, with two birdies on the day, would round out the top three.

Palmer Flight:  Orange, TX, member Rick Keszeg, took a relative break during the 2017 season but has come back with a flurry of wins and top finishes (only once out of the top two).  With his last win in August of 2016, Keszeg has racked up four wins on the points season, including two at Cypress Lakes, to make it nine on tour.  With three birdies on the round, the leader, cleared the trio of Al Campo of Deer Park, TX, Houston, TX, player Damian Smith and Brian Frazier of Kingwood, TX, sharing the runner-up spot by eight strokes.  Smith, had two birdies on his round, with Campo carding one on the par 5 - 10th.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Starting his third season on tour, Cypress, TX, local Brad Bailey picked up his first Championship.  Bailey, with two birdies on his round, cleared second place finisher, Bob Hayward of Houston, TX by fives strokes.  Hayward, with a birdie on the tough into the wind, par 4 - 18th, edged out Pasadena, TX, member Bo Kirkwood, with two birdies on his day, by a single stroke.

Hogan Flight:  Playing in his second event on tour, Nestor Alvarez, of Houston, TX, grabbed his first win.  Alvarez, with birdies on the par 4 - 5th and par 4 - 16th, edged out Chicago, IL, traveler Jeremy Rose, with a birdie of his own on the par 5 - 10th by two strokes.  Rose, cleared, Las Colinas, TX, member Rick Houchins, with a birdie of his own on the par 5 - 2nd, by two strokes.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Seventy-year-old, Montgomery, TX, first-year member Rod McCasland, became a winner on tour.  One stroke ahead making the turn, McCasland, added a birdie on the par 5 - 14th, to fend off hard-charging,  David Anthony of Cypress, TX.  Anthony, with two birdies on his round, both coming to the clubhouse, took over the lead on the 14th but dropped one back over the final four to finish in the runner-up spot, his second, in as many attempts.  Spring, TX, player Chris Neeley, rounded out the top three.

Sarazen Flight:  Coming off a runner-up at the Western Amateur Championship at PGA West, Joe Michetti of Montgomery, TX, picked up his tenth win on tour.  Two strokes back, San Marcos, TX, traveler Tommy Mobley, commanded the runner-up finish, with Josh Vasquez, of Houston, TX, taking home the showplace finish.

Senior Sarazen Flight:   Marty Hodges of Richmond, TX, made the most of two birdies on his round to pick up his first win since August of 2016.  For Hodges, it was his seventh win on tour, four strokes clear of Houston, TX, player Rick Halprin. Halprin, also with two birdies on the day, cleared a trio of players by three strokes.  Sharing the third place honors, were John Pickens of Montgomery, TX, Houston, TX, player Robert Hayter and Mike Young, of The Woodlands, TX, all carding birdies on the round.

Jones Flight:  Bert Hood of League City, TX, starting the day on the par 5 - 10th, made the turn one stroke back of Spring, TX, member Kevin Montague, but made up the difference coming to the clubhouse to force extra holes.  Back to the course, Montague would pick up his fourth win on tour, and National Championship qualifying third win of the season.  One stroke back, Marcy Glidden of Brookshire, TX, also a three-time winner of the season rounded out the top three.

Snead Flight:  Bryan, TX, member Robert Haddon, became a four-time winner on tour.  Haddon, with his first Major Championship, win, his last time out at the Houston Open,  cleared second place finisher Stephen Sater of Sugar Land, TX, by four strokes.  Sater, with a birdie on the par 5 - 10th, a winner on the 2018 season, cleared Princeton, TX, member Benjamin Gaddy, with two birdies of his own on the day, by two strokes. 







SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($320/each)  1 -- Scott Mayes, Beaumont, TX; David Anthony, Cypress, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($60/each)  2 -- Scott Mayes, Beaumont, TX; Rick Keszeg, Orange, TX; Kyle Standley, Cypress, TX.

Senior Palmer:  ($17/each)  2 -- Brad Bailey, Cypress, TX; Bo Kirkwood, Pasadena, TX. 1 -- Bob Hayward, Houston, TX; Brian Ford, Kingwood, TX; Michael Weber, Tomball, TX.

Hogan:  ($44/each)  1 -- Rick Houchins, Las Colinas, TX; Nestor Alvarez, Houston, TX; Ferdinand Andres, Houston, TX; Ronnie White, College Station, TX; Michael Campbell, New Braunfels, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($66/each)  2 -- Jeff Green, Coldspring, TX. 1 -- David Anthony, Cypress, TX; Tim Pohl, Erie, Pa.; Mark Kirby, Bridge City, TX; Jamie Sansom, Allen, TX.

Sarazen:  ($13/each)  2 -- Tommy Mobley, San Marcos, TX; Josh Vasquez, Houston, TX; Joe Michetti, Montgomery, TX; Jeff Gregory, Montgomery, TX. 1 -- Larry Atchley, Kyle, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($35/each)  3 -- David Jackson, Houston, TX. 2 -- Rick Halprin, Houston, TX. 1 -- David Cox, Orange, TX; Robert Hayter, Houston, TX; Marty Hodges, Richmond, TX.

Jones / Snead:  ($66/each)  1 -- Bert Hood, League City, TX; Carl Eaton, Conroe, TX; Charles Watson, Llano, TX; Joey Butts, League City, Texas; Benjamin Gaddy, Princeton, TX; Ron McGinty, Humble, TX.







CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$160/each:  #4 - Brad Bailey - 8' 5";  #7 - Roger Masek - 4' 3";  #11 - Rick Swanson - 6';  #17 - Marty Hodges - 10".


NEXT UP:

Houston Tour -  The schedule includes a special, two events in three days, beginning in Galveston on Saturday, April, 14th at Moody Gardens for the Galveston Island Championship.  This tournament is a consistent sell-out so don't wait for the deadline on Friday, April 6th.   The tour then moves a few miles north for the first visit to Sugar Creek Country Club, for the Sugar Land Championship, on Monday, April 16th.  The event registration also closes on Friday, April 6th.

Hill Country Tour -  Sunday, April 8th, the Tour goes back to River Crossing Golf Club for the Spring Branch Classic.  Entries close on Friday, March 30th, 2018 at 11:59 PM CST.

Dallas Tour - April events start along I-35W in Burleson for the Battle Of Burleson, at Hidden Creek Golf Club on April 7th.  Registrations close on Friday, March 30th at 11:59 PM CST.   



Major Championships Open for Registration - (Majors that will be included in the 2018 Texas Tour Flight Champion year-end awards)

NW Arkansas Open at Bellavista - April 21st and 22nd.  Spots available.

Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay - June 23-24th. SOLD OUT, waiting list spots available.

Hill Country Classic at La Cantera - July 7th and 8th.  Spots available.

Texas Classic at Barton Creek - July 28th - 29th.  Spots available.

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

Cinco Ranch Hosts the Katy Classic

Scott R Chilcutt, Katy, TX (March 11,2018)  The Golf Club of Cinco Ranch, sits among Cinco Ranch, an 8,100-acre-Master -Planned community, on the west side of Houston.

The Club, host to the Katy Classic on the Houston Tour, always seems to have nice conditions in early spring, and this round was no different.  Humid morning conditions cooled a bit with cloud cover by starting time, some of the clouds looked like impending rain.  In the end, after all the players were off the course, only a sprinkle on our way drive north, with the event playing to geat weather.

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $540, bringing the Texas Tour events total to $4,210 contributed to the Foundation in 2018.


RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Crowley, LA, first-time player Robbie Trahan, made the turn at +1, with the help of a birdie on the par 4 - 8th, and despite a rough back nine, held on to a two-stroke lead for the Championship.  Winner his last time out, Scott Mayes of Beaumont, TX, overcame an early four-stroke deficit to finish in the runner-up spot, with Conroe, TX, player Brandon Whitaker rounding out the top three.

Palmer Flight:  Roger Masek of Sugar Land, TX, overcame a three-stroke deficit making the turn with a birdie on the par 4-14th, to go +1 coming to the clubhouse for a three-stroke victory.  For Masek, it was his eleventh win on tour and first since October 2016.  Three-time, 2018 points season winner, Rick Keszeg of Orange, TX, took home the second place finish, one stroke clear of Houston, TX, member Mike Karlin, a winner his last time out.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Perennial Champion, Orange, TX, member Ernie Dyer, picked up his fifth win as a Senior Palmer, and eighth on tour, after taking home the Senior National Championship in the Hogan Flight, his first year on tour in 2014. Dyer, two strokes back making the turn played the back nine in +2, with a birdie on the par 5 - 15th for a six-stroke advantage over Wayburn Henry of Pearland, TX.  Henry, with a birdie on the par 3 - 16th, cleared the pair of Chris Phillips of Richmond, TX, and Houston, TX, player Walter Menuet, by a stroke. Menuet, carded three birdies on the round, with Phillips grabbing one at the par 4 - 7th.

Hogan Flight:  Manvel, TX, player Bruse Beaudreaux, bettered his last score out at Pearland, by fifteen strokes, to set up the Championship.  Beaudreaux, with two birdies on his round, cleared the field by five strokes.  Playing in his first event on tour, Michael Clawson, of Alvin, TX, took home the runner-up spot, three strokes clear of the trio of Orange, TX, member Matt Purgahn and Kyle Young of Bellaire, TX, both win birdies on the round along with Corpus Christi, TX, first-year member, Kevin Fontenot.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Birdie on the par 4 - 9th, got Bob Goodside, of Montgomery, TX, within one stroke of the lead making the turn, that proved to be enough of a push to grab his first victory.  One stroke back, Bridge City, TX, resident, Mark Kirby, with a birdie on the par 5 - 6th, cleared the pair of David Evans, of Lumberton, TX, and Southlake, TX, traveler, Scott Striegle by three strokes.  Evans carded two birdies on his round.

Sarazen Flight:  Hill Country Tour traveler, Larry Atchley, of Kyle, TX, overcame a four-stroke deficit making the turn to pick up the Championship, one stroke clear.  For Atchley, it was his ninth win on tour and second of the points season.  One stroke back, Spring, TX, player Matt Larson also a two-time winner on the season, took home the runner-up honors with another Hill Country player, Tommy Mobley of San Marcus, TX, rounding out the top three.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Signing a scorecard for a higher score on a hole, left Spring, TX, player, Kevin Hobbs, locked in a tie and headed back to the course for a sudden-death playoff with Gregory Wolfford, of Orange, TX.  Sneaking into the par 4 - 18th, the pair would take a couple of tries before Hobbs, would finally prevail, for his first win on tour.  Wolfford, grabbed the runner-up prizes, with David Jackson of Houston, TX, rounding out the top three, one stroke back with a pair of birdies on his back nine.

Jones Flight:  Continuing with the playoff them, Mark Boles of Sealy, TX, and Houston, TX, player Artis Stewart finished knotted up for the championship.  The pair, swapping front nine / back nine scores, went back to the par 4 - 1st, where Boles would take the championship, for his first win of the season and thirteenth on tour.  Stewart, a winner his last time out, took home second place points, with the pair of Marcy Glidden of Brookshire, TX, and Conroe, TX, resident Carl Eaton, splitting the third place honors.

Snead Flight:  Garrett Dick of Houston, TX, picked up his first championship on tour, playing his way right out of the Snead Flight,  with San Antonio, TX, traveler Bill Russell solidly in the second place finish.  Two strokes back of Russell, the trio of Blake Barnes, of Houston, TX, Corrigan, TX, player Mike Murphy and Stephen Sater of Sugar Land, TX, shared the third place finish.
    




SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($70/each)  1 -- Aaron Brougher, Spring, TX; Brian Frazier, Kingwood, TX; Roger Masek, Sugar Land, TX; Walter Menuet, Houston, TX; Michael Weber, Tomball, TX; Matt Purgahn, Orange, TX; Bruse Boudreaux, Manvel, Tx; Burnie Rodgers, Haslet, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($22/each)  2 -- Scott Mayes, Beaumont, TX. 1 -- Robbie Trahan, Crowley, LA; Aaron Brougher, Spring, TX; Brian Frazier, Kingwood, TX; Roger Masek, Sugar Land, TX.

Senior Palmer:  ($15/each)  3 -- Wayburn Henry, Pearland, TX. 2 -- Walter Menuet, Houston, TX; Michael Weber, Tomball, TX. 1 -- Chris Phillips, Richmond, TX; Ernie Dyer, Orange, TX.

Hogan:  ($44/each)  2 -- Matt Purgahn, Orange, TX. 1 -- Bruse Boudreaux, Manvel, Tx; Kyle Young, Bellaire, TX; Steve Nagy, Sugar Land, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($36/each)  2 -- David Evans, Lumberton, TX; Dale Fuhr, Missouri City, TX. 1 -- John Kaminski, Corpus Christi, TX; Bill Schultz, Porter, TX; Mark Kirby, Bridge City, TX.

Sarazen:  ($20/each)  3 -- Larry Atchley, Kyle, TX. 2 -- Matt Larson, Spring, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($33/each)  2 -- Burnie Rodgers, Haslet, TX. 1 -- Michael Nowotny, Sealy, TX; Robert Hayter, Houston, TX; David Jackson, Houston, TX; Gregory Wolfford, Orange.

Jones:  ($65/each)  1 -- Kevin Montague, Spring, TX; David Liggett Jr, LaPorte, TX; Scott Sammons, Katy, TX; Gene Macha, Hungerford, TX.


Snead:  ($35/each)  3 -- Mike Lane, Katy, TX. 1 -- Ron McGinty, Humble, TX.




CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$140/each:  #3 - Bill Schultz - 6' 8 3/4";  #5 - Steve Nagy - 6' 1";  #12 - Jeffery Holmes - 7' 6 1/4";  #16 - Kyle Young - 3' 10 3/4". 



NEXT UP:

Houston Tour -  Back to Cypress Lakes on March 24th for the Cypress Open, with registration closing on Friday, March 16th at 11:59 PM CST.  

Dallas Tour - March 17th event at Winstar, the St. Paddy's Day Championship, is closed and sold out.  

Monday, March 26th we venture back to a special event at The Dye Classic @ Stonebridge Ranch.   Entries will go fast as this event has always sold out. Registrations close on Friday, March 16th.   

Hill Country Tour -  March 18th, event at Delaware Springs Golf Course for the Classic at the Springs, in Burnett, TX, is closed for Registration.  

Sunday, April 8th, the Tour goes back to River Crossing Golf Club for the Spring Branch Classic.  Entries close on Friday, March 30th, 2018 at 11:59 PM CST.




Major Championships Open for Registration - (Majors that will be included in the 2018 Texas Tour Flight Champion year-end awards)

NW Arkansas Open at Bellavista - April 21st and 22nd.  Spots available.

Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay - June 23-24th. Spots available.

Hill Country Classic at La Cantera - July 7th and 8th.  Spots available.

Texas Classic at Barton Creek - July 28th - 29th.  Spots available.

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

Windy at Southwyck - Houston Tour

Scott R Chilcutt, Pearland, TX (February 24, 2018)  After the nearly statewide rainfalls of the week, causing a DFW Tournament reschedule on Sunday, the Houston Tour, with some of those refugee's, teed it up at Southwyck Golf Club in Pearland, for the first time in years.

The club, under new ownership, threesome years ago with the CBIGG Management acquisitions, continues to see improvements most recently to the renovations to the clubhouse.  Warm weather and WIND were on the menu, to go along with what was left of the wet conditions from earlier in the week.

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $400, bringing the Texas Tour events total to $2,560 contributed to the Foundation in 2018.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Three first-timers, hit the Championship Flight, with two as a default of no handicap.  Beaumont, TX, resident, Scott Mayes put together birdies on the par 5 - 12th and par 4 - 15th, to lead the pack for the win.  Kory Calhoun of Montgomery, TX grabbed the runner-up finish with Pearland, TX, player Devin Conerly rounding out the top three.

Palmer Flight:  Down by one stroke making the turn, Mike Karlin of Houston, TX, put together a pair of birdies on the par 5 -14th and the par 4 - 15th to pick up the Championship.  Karlin, now a four-time winner on tour has one win in each of his four seasons as a member.  Four strokes back, Orange, TX, member Rick Keszeg, with a birdie on the par 5 - 8th and Gregory Haddon of Rowlett, TX, with a pair of birdies on his round, shared the runner-up finish.

Hogan Flight:  Previously playing out of the Los Angeles Tour, Rafa Rivero, now residing in The Woodlands, TX, picked up his first win on tour.  Rivero, with a sizable lead making the turn after shooting +2 on the front, used every bit of lead for the three-stroke victory.  Lewisville, TX, resident Shawn Whitaker, with a birdie on the par 5 - 12th, and Port Arthur, TX, player Tony Thibodeaux,  split the second place finish.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Coldspring, TX, player Jeff Green continues to rack up tour wins with colorful scorecards.  Green with a double, a triple, nearly matched his par numbers with four birdies on the day for his 2018 Senior National Championship qualifying third win of the season and fourth in two years.  Two strokes back, David Anthony of Cypress, TX, a two-time winner on the season, finished in the runner-up spot, with Pearland, TX, local Bob Murphy rounding out the top three.

Sarazen Flight:  Logan Landry of Westlake, LA, made the best of two birdies on his round to pick up his first win on tour.   Three strokes back, Montgomery, TX, player Joe Michetti, also with two birdies finished in the second place spot, with Traveling, Abilene, TX, player Judy Harris taking the showplace finish.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Playing the new season in the Senior Sarazen Flight due to a promotion, Houston, TX, member Rick Halprin made the most of two birdies on his day for the five-stroke victory.  Halprin, who has fiddled over the years in the flight, has fifteen wins as a Jones player, and this was his first as a Sarazen.   David Cox of Orange, TX, with a birdie on the par 5 - 12th and Spring, TX, resident, Kevin Hobbs shared the second place finish.

Jones Flight:  Houston, TX, local, Artis Stewart, sitting out since the 2017 National Championship, picked up his ninth win on tour.  One stroke back, another Abilene, TX, traveler, Kevin Crosson, snared the runner-up finish, three strokes clear of David Liggett, JR of LaPorte, TX.

Snead Flight:  Playing in his fifteenth event over two years on tour, Mike Lane of Katy, TX, picked up his second victory and first since April 2017 at the Master at Magnolia.  Lane finished, eight strokes clear of second place finisher, Stephen Sater of Sugar Land, TX, a winner his last time out, with Benjamin Gaddy of Princeton, TX, and Humble, TX, member Ron McGinty splitting the third place honors.





SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($81/each)  1 -- Joe Michetti, Montgomery, TX; Doug Sparkes, Houston, TX; Jeff Green, Coldspring, TX; Bob Murphy, Pearland, TX; Steve Allison, Spring, TX; Charles J. Kirk, Nacogdoches, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($60/each)  2 -- Mike Karlin, Houston, TX. 1 -- Jeff Zemencsik, Magnolia, TX.

Hogan:  ($27/each)  1 -- Shawn Whitaker, Lewisville, TX; Steve Allison, Spring, TX; Rodney Spruel, Ashburn, VA; Charles J. Kirk, Nacogdoches, TX; Rick Smalley, College Station, TX; Les Costales, Cedar Park, TX; Tony Thibodeaux, Port Arthur, TX; Mike Rayburn, Montgomery, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($75/each)  2 -- Jeff Green, Coldspring, TX. 1 -- Doug Sparkes, Houston, TX; Bob Murphy, Pearland, TX.

Sarazen:  ($5/each)  8 -- Joe Michetti, Montgomery, TX. 2 -- Judy Harris, Abilene, TX. 1 -- Donovan Ackerson, Houston, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($48/each)  2 -- Mike Young, The Woodlands, TX; David Jackson, Houston, TX. 1 -- Rick Halprin, Houston, TX.

Jones / Snead:  ($33/each)  2 -- Kevin Crosson, Abilene, TX; Artis Stewart, Houston, TX. 1 -- Blake Barnes, Houston, Tx; Ron McGinty, Humble, TX.


CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$130/each:  #5 - Michael Bell - 17' 3 1/2"; #7 - Charles Kirk - 5' 7"; #11 - Dennis Don - 10' 5";  #17 - Bo Kirkwood - 8' 2".

NEXT UP:

Dallas Tour - March 10th Frisco Lakes Challenge is SOLD OUT, waiting list spots are available.   

March 17th event at Winstar, the St. Paddy's Day Championship, is available for registration and is a TEXAS TOUR EVENT, and points available for year-end awards.

Hill Country Tour -  March 18th, the tour goes back to Delaware Springs Golf Course for the Classic at the Springs, in Burnett, TX.  March 9th is the registration deadline.

Houston Tour -  March 11th, the tour travels back to Cinco Ranch for the Katy Classic, entries close on Friday, March 2nd.


Major Championships Open for Registration - (Majors that will be included in the 2018 Texas Tour Flight Champion year-end awards)

NW Arkansas Open at Bellavista - April 21st and 22nd.  Spots available.

Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay - June 23-24th. Spots available.

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

Prelude To Crazy Weather Weekend - Houston Tour

Scott R Chilcutt, Humble, TX (February 9, 2018)  The Prelude to the Houston Open, at Walden Country Club, Lake Houston, was the beginning of a Major Championship weekend in Houston, that proved to be the best day for a round of golf of the three.  

The course, winding through the surrounding housing development, played pretty much up to expectations, despite the previous rains that fell on the area.  Cart path only, with the ball in hand, generated a little more time on the course, than most would have liked, but in the end, the event went off with little to no glitches for those that went to the correct course.

The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $310, with the winner donating his share back to the Foundation, bringing the Texas Tour events total of $1,160 contributed to the Foundation in 2018.


RESULTS:

Championship Flight:   Plano, TX, first-year player Randall Grimes, made the turn one stroke back, with four bogey's, but then put together three birdies on the back nine to pick up his first win.  Oklahoma traveler, Al Swanson from Edmond, OK, in Houston for the weekend Major, finished in the runner-up spot, with The Woodlands, TX, member Matthew Winters rounding out the top three.

Palmer Flight:   Michael Fyfe of McKinney, TX, went out with two birdies in his first three holes to pick up his first win of the season and fifth on tour.  One stroke back, Houston, TX, local Mike Karlin, made birdie on three holes during the round, including the par 5 - 17th that got him to within one.  Four strokes back of Karlin, Williamstown, WV, traveler Charles Boyce, made the turn with a birdie on the par 4 - 10th to grab the third-place finish.

Hogan Flight:  San Antonio, TX, player John Heintz decided to get out away for his birthday, that turned into another check in the win column for his seventeenth victory on tour.  Heintz, four strokes back of Ricky Cruz of Houston, TX, after the par 4 - 13th, made four pars in five holes to edge out Cruz by a stroke.  For Cruz, it was his second runner-up finish in as many attempts on tour.  Port Arthur, TX, first-time player Tony Thibodeaux took home the showplace finish, two back of Cruz.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Steve Wade of Boerne, TX, started his day on the par 4 - 10th, was one shot back making the turn. With the help of a birdie on the par 4 - 4th, Wade took five shots off on his back nine to win his second on tour, and first on Texas soil by two strokes.   Livonia, NY, traveler, Doug Ricketts, playing out of the Buffalo Tour, finished in the runner-up spot, with Cypress, TX, member Will Whitley and Mark Kirby of Bridge City, TX, sharing the third place honors.

Sarazen Flight:  After winning his first event on tour last Fall, Matt Larson of Spring, TX, picked up his second victory in three attempts.  Larson, tied up making the turn after starting on the tenth hole, with Odessa, TX, player Joe Luman, was able to outlast, Luman for the two-stroke victory.  Five-strokes back, Tommy Mobley of San Marcos, TX, and Montgomery, TX, member Joe Michetti, split the final podium spots.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  First season Tour Player, Mike Young of The Woodlands, TX, made the best of two birdies on his round to pick up his first win.  Seven strokes back, Richmond, TX, member Greg Faubion, with a birdie on the par 3 - 15th, took the runner-up honors, with David Jackson of Houston, TX, one stroke back rounding out the top three.

Jones Flight:  Spring, TX, resident Kevin Montague was able to be the only player of the flight to break the century mark for his second win in as many attempts.  Playing in his first event on tour, Roland Coyle, JR, of Livingston, TX, finished in second, one stroke back and four strokes clear, of Conroe, TX, player Gump Gumpenberger. 

Senior Snead Flight:  Stephen Sater of Sugar Land, TX, nearly ran away with the flight, finishing the day with a nine-stroke advantage.  For Sater it was his second win on tour, but first since the 2013 season. Local Humble, TX, player Ron McGinty, finished in the runner-up spot, with  Jennifer Grothaus, of Abilene, TX, rounding out the top three.








SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($75/each)  1 -- Charles Boyce, Williamstown, WV; Mike Karlin, Houston, TX; Andrew Kurzon, Weston, MA; Tommy Mobley, San Marcos, TX; Greg Faubion, Richmond, TX; Dennis Don, Houston, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($20/each)  2 -- Michael Fyfe, Mckinney, TX; Randall Grimes, Plano, TX. 1 -- Charles Boyce, Williamstown, WV; Mike Karlin, Houston, TX; Andrew Kurzon, Weston, MA.

Hogan / Senior Hogan: ($120/each)  1 -- Bill Schultz, Porter, TX; Steve Wade, Boerne, TX; Will Whitley, Cypress, TX.

Sarazen:  ($12/each)  3 -- Joe Michetti, Montgomery, TX. 2 -- Matt Larson, Spring, TX; Tommy Mobley, San Marcos, TX; Joe Luman, Odessa, TX; Carlos Cruz, San Antonio, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($80/each)  2 -- Mike Young, The Woodlands, TX. 1 -- Greg Faubion, Richmond, TX; Dennis Don, Houston, TX.


Jones / Snead:  ($26/each)  2 -- Michael Page, Burnet, TX; Stephen Sater, Sugar Land, TX. 1 -- Gump Gumpenberger, Conroe, TX; Bill Russell, San Antonio, TX.




CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$105/each - #4 - Steve Wade - 4' 6";  #6 - Tommy Mobley - 3' 11";  #12 - Bob Moreau - 7' 3/4";  #15 - Greg Faubion - 10' 1".



NEXT UP:

Houston Tour - Tour makes it's first trip to Southwyck Golf Club for the Pearland Classic on Saturday, February 24th.  Registration closes Friday, February, 16th, and is a limited field event.

Dallas Tour -  We open with two sellouts first, the IronHorse open on Saturday, February 17th, then on to the Classic at the Indian Creek Golf Club, on Sunday, February 25th.

Hill Country Tour -  The Quarry Golf Club in San Antonio, (SOLD OUT) will be the site of the Hill Country Winer Championship on Sunday, February, 18th.  Only a few spots remain for the Prelude - San Antonio Open on Friday, March 2nd, with a registration deadline of Friday, February 23rd at 11:59 PM CST.


Major Championships Open for Registration - (Majors that will be included in the 2018 Texas Tour Flight Champion year-end awards)

San Antonio Open at Sonterra - March 3rd and 4th. SOLD OUT, waiting list spots available.

NW Arkansas Open at Bellavista - April 21st and 22nd.  Spots available.

Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay - June 23-24th. Spots available.

For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Director - Texas Tours

Dallas  Tour - Hill Country Tour  - Houston Tour

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

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