Kohler, WI– The site of the 2012 Midwest Classic in Kohler, Wisconsin was Blackwolf Run and the club’s two outstanding golf courses, The River and Meadow Valleys. The site of this summer’s 2012 US Women’s Open did not seem to intimidate the 183 Am Tour player’s that traveled to the shores of Lake Michigan to tackle one of the toughest Am Tour Major layouts in recent memory. A full 12 flights competed over the weekend at Blackwolf Run and when the dust settled there were 12 worthy competitors that earned the right to be called “Midwest Classic Champions.”
Jones Flight: Texan, Eric King from the Hill Country Tour, typically wears burnt orange slacks on Sunday but, wisely choose shorts this time around and that must have been all he needed in capturing his first ever Major Championship. King outlasted two Wisconsin players, John Hipp and Chris Johnson for the victory. Besides King’s victory, another Jones flight highlight of the weekend was Georgian John McAleer’s hole in one on Meadow Valleys #3 on Saturday.
Next Up: The Dallas Tour travels east to Canton on First Monday weekend for the Canton Classic @ Twin Lakes on Saturday, June 2nd. Hill Country Tour is off until the Austin - Nicklaus Open at Flintrock Falls on Saturday, June 16th. The Oklahoma Tour makes another stop in Edmond for the Coffee Creek Championship at Coffee Creek Golf Club on Sunday, June 3rd.
For More Information:
Scott R Chilcutt
Tour Director
Dallas / Hill Country / Oklahoma Tours
405.513.1467
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Scott R Chilcutt, May 19, 2012 (Waco, TX) The Summer Series, a points race that brings into play just another National Championship Qualification method, started with the Dallas / Hill Country Clash in Waco at Twin Rivers Golf Club. The Clash a jointly promoted event between the Dallas Tour and the Hill Country Tour brought travelers from both directions.
Twin Rivers, the home of the Baylor University Golf Teams, is nestled along the tail waters of the Central Texas whitewater rafting locale of the Middle Bosque River. The course was designed by PGA Professional Peter Jacobson and Jim Hardy along the central Texas rolling hills and allows the natural terrain and winds to play havoc on scores.
The Clash brought travelers from both directions. Final tally - Dallas - 5 flight winners, Hill Country - 5 flight winners. Leonard Linkes from San Antonio, TX won the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Labor Finders in a scorecard playoff over Aaron Seafous from Austin, TX.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: Jeff Shores from Irving, TX made it two for two after winning his first event on tour at the Casper Challenge @ Bear Creek. Shores carded a couple of birdies in route to a three stroke advantage over Rockwall, TX member Andrew Morsinkhoff. 19 year old Coleman, TX member Ryan Martin was one stroke back tied in the third spot with Anthony Peppler from Dallas, TX and local, Waco member Kyle Lewie.
Palmer Flight: In a combined Senior Palmer / Palmer Flight the Seniors took the top spots. Mark Greene from Austin, TX won his first event on tour by a pace setting seven strokes over Bill Olson from Lorena, TX. Tony Eno from Fort Worth, TX and Killeen, TX Craig Hart shared the third spot one stroke behind Olson.
Hogan Flight: Brownwood, TX first year player Brenton Fillers recorded three birdies to hold off Michael Mathis from San Antonio, TX for his fourth win on tour by a single stroke. Recently promoted player Scott Harper from Ranger, TX finished one stroke behind Mathis for the show position finish.
Senior Hogan Flight: 71 year old BeeJay Johnson from Austin, TX birdied his first hole and battled it out the rest of the day to secure a one stroke advantage. Johnson's first win on tour came over two time winner from Argyle, TX Paul Burleson and Edward Villasana from Del Valle, TX knotted up in the second spot.
Sarazen Flight: J.R. Sustaita from Fort Worth, TX grabbed his first win on tour by a single stroke over Nancy Geihl from Grand Prairie, TX. Giehl, only out of the top three in two of seven tournaments this year had her second runner up finish with a three stroke advantage over second tournament player Scott Lane from Plano, TX.
Senior Sarazen Flight: Longtime New Braunfels, TX player Mike Allman parred the final hole to force a playoff with local Waco, TX member John Rogers. On the first extra hole, Rogers finished with a par to take his second win on tour and first since the 2010 The Classic at Payne Stewart Golf Club. With a birdie on the par five 8th hole Gregg Smith from Austin, TX stayed one stroke clear of a pair of players in the T4 position.
Jones Flight: Coming off a win at The Open @ The Tribute, Lantana, TX player Jose Aceves made it two top spots in as many attempts by two strokes over Trecia Wood from Frisco, TX. Wood had two strokes to spare over Joshua Barron from Cedar Park, TX and Killeen, TX resident Josue Duprey tied in the third spot.
Senior Jones Flight: Kingsland, TX player Bob Tuttle recorded his third victory of the year punching his invitation to the National Championship by three strokes over Ron Hardy from Lewisville, TX. Hardy, coming off of three wins in a row kept a one stroke advantage over Midland, TX member Mike Jones.
Snead Flight: Aaron Seafous from Austin, TX got back to her winning ways after two second spots since her win at The Teravista Open. Traveling Houston Tour member Richard Schram started the round with a birdie and even par after the first three held on for a three stroke win over Carlos Cruz from San Antonio, TX rounding out the top three.
Senior Snead Flight: Haslet, TX first year member Doyle Fleming set a furious pace in the Senior Snead Flight with a seven stroke advantage over Leonard Linkes from San Antonio, TX. Linkes, with his best finish of the year stayed three strokes clear of Pflugerville, TX resident Thomas Kerwin finishing in third.
SKINS:
Championship: 1 -- Ryan Martin, Coleman, TX; Bradley Davis, Ft. Sam Houston, TX.
Palmer: 1 -- Tony Eno, Ft Worth TX; James Lewis, Bedford, TX; Craig Hart, Killeen, TX.
Hogan: 3 -- Brenton Fillers, Brownwood, TX. 2 -- Demetrio Young, Killeen, TX. 1 -- Lloyd Herbert, Killeen, TX; Michael Mathis, San Antonio, TX; Derrick Matthews, Killeen, TX; Scott Harper, Ranger, TX.
Senior Hogan: 3 -- Gregory Stairs, Mansfield, TX. 1 -- BeeJay Johnson, Austin, TX.
Sarazen: 2 -- John Heintz, San Antonio, TX. 1 -- Jimi Clark, Dallas, TX; Rene Realme, San Antonio, TX; Nancy Geihl, Grand Prairie, TX; Scott Lane, Plano, TX; Daniel Mcgrath, Austin ,Tx.
Senior Sarazen: 3 -- James Sansom, Frisco, TX; Mike Allman, New Braunfels, TX. 2 -- Gregg Smith, Austin, TX. 1 -- Gerald Cato, Bastrop, TX.
Jones / Senior Jones: 2 -- Jose Aceves, Lantana, TX. 1 -- Joshua Barron, Cedar Park, TX; Josue Duprey, Killeen, TX; Gerardo Garza, Lewesville, TX; John Merritt, Kerrville, TX.
Snead / Senior Snead: 4 -- Richard Schram, Bryan, TX. 2 -- Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX. 1 -- Francisco Vazquez, Waco, TX; Carlos Cruz, San Antonio, TX.
Next Up: The Dallas Tour travels east to Canton on First Monday weekend for the Canton Classic @ Twin Lakes on Saturday, June 2nd. Hill Country Tour is off until the Austin - Nicklaus Open at Flintrock Falls on Saturday, June 16th. The Oklahoma Tour makes another stop in Edmond for the Coffee Creek Championship at Coffee Creek Golf Club on Sunday, June 3rd.
For More Information:
Scott R Chilcutt
Tour Director
Dallas / Hill Country / Oklahoma Tours
405.513.1467
schilcutt@gcamtour.com
Interact and Win!
Scott R Chilcutt, Edmond, OK (May 15, 2012) Gabe Brisco, Michael Garrett, Michael Logsdon and James Sansom were winners of the HP Byron Nelson Classic passes.
Thanks to the Golf Channel, we have passes for the 2012 Crown Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Passes are good for any days from May 21st throught May 27th.
If you are a member of the Dallas, Hill Country or Oklahoma Tours simply post your full name in the comment section. If you're not a member of those tours, post your full name and email your contact information to: schilcutt@gcamtour.com. Drawing will be held, Saturday, May 19, 2012.
Next Up: After this weekends Dallas / Hill Country Clash in Waco, the Dallas Tour travels east to Canton on First Monday weekend for the Canton Classic @ Twin Lakes on Saturday, June 2nd. . Hill Country Tour is off until the Austin - Nicklaus Open at Flintrock Falls on Saturday, June 16th. The Oklahoma Tour makes another stop in Edmond for the Coffee Creek Championship at Coffee Creek Golf Club on Sunday, June 3rd.
For More Information:
Scott R Chilcutt
Tour Director
Dallas / Hill Country / Oklahoma Tours
405.513.1467
schilcutt@gcamtour.com
Scott R Chilcutt, Austin, TX (May 5, 2012) The public play heads were shaking in disbelief when the Falconhead staff allowed us to bypass waiting tee times to send off a "fivesome" on the first tee. Five players out of eleven in the Palmer Flight were knotted up after 18 holes and needed extras to award a champion but the wait wasn't long.
Falconhead Golf Club, designed by PGA Tour architects is located just minutes from Lake Travis in the western Hill Country area of Austin. The Lake is a perfect indicator of the continuing drought in the Hill Country, still some 42' below a full pool and 20' below the levels of one year ago, the Severe to Extreme conditions have hit the area hard. While some March rains have helped, the April showers didn't happen as we would have liked but Falconhead stayed on top of the maintenance and was in remarkable shape for the conditions.
Eighty four players finished their rounds in nine flights to continue the record breaking year on the Hill Country Tour. Xavier Bardy from San Antonio recorded his best round on tour to win the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Labor Finders.
RESULTS:
Championship Flght: Austin, TX first time AM Tour player Charles Rougeau was obviously comfortable with the layout. Rougeau carded three birdies and a single bogie in route to a 2 under par 70, nine strokes ahead of fellow Austin player Charles Spangler Jr.. Spangler's card was a tale of a different story with only seven pars, the eagle on the par five, 5th and birdies on the 3rd and 14th kept his second place finish a comfortable five strokes clear of Chase Clayton from San Antonio.
Palmer Flight: In a hurry to take part in a buddies wedding and recuperate from the previous nights bachelor party, Jacob Morton from Fort Hood, TX and Killeen, TX player Craig Hart had to delay both items on the schedule when Matthew Alvers, Tom Frey and Tony Eno arrived with identical scores. Morton, who shot an even par on the back nine with three birdies kept his attention and momentum long enough to hole a 38' putt for birdie on the first playoff hole to record his first win in four attempts.
Hogan Flight: Fresh off an April 2nd promotion from the Sarazen Flight , James Matthews from Killeen, TX snatched his first win in his third attempt with the Hogan's. Matthews recorded thirteen par's on the round to stay three strokes ahead of San Antonio member Michael Mathis and Jim Morgan from Round Rock where the pair shared the 2nd spot.
Senior Hogan Flight: Houston, TX standout, Bill Mathews stayed to his leading ways after winning the Lake of the Ozarks Classic Major two weeks ago, won his 2nd Hill Country tour event on the year. Mathews, struggled on the back nine but with his, one over par front stayed three strokes ahead of a pair behind him. Paul Burleson from Argyle, TX birdied the final hole to tie up Bill Clark of Helotes, TX, with his best finish of the year, to share the second place finish.
Sarazen Flight: John Heintz from San Antonio carded his 2nd win of the year with birdies bookending an up and down round over fellow San Antonio player Rene Realme by three strokes. Michael Esquivel from Austin trailed Realme by three strokes for the third spot.
Senior Sarazen Flight: Houston Tour member Lane McKinney from League City, TX picked up his first win on tour by two strokes over Austin member Gregg Smith. Smith eagled the par five 18th from the fairway to keep a two stroke cushion over Gerald Cato from Bastrop, TX.
Jones Flight: Josue Duprey from Killeen, TX and Katy, TX traveler Richard Kelley both birdied the short par four 16th hole to equal the best flight score of the day and take it to extra holes with a three stroke edge over Scott Thompson from Helotes, TX. Duprey would finish with a par on the first extra playoff hole to record his third win on the year.
Senior Jones Flight: Wylie, TX traveling Dallas Tour player Mike Logsdon grabbed his first trophy on tour by a single stroke over Bob Tuttle from Kingsland, TX. Tuttle made a charge in the end going one under par on the final three holes to stay ahead of Lu Cormier from Missouri City, TX rounding out the top three.
Snead Flight: Xavier Bardy from San Antonio, TX shot a career low round, +8 - 80 for his second win on tour this year. Birdie on the par five 5th to go with an eagle two on the par four 16th solidified a ten stroke lead over Aaron Seafous from Austin, with Houston, TX player Cathay McGee another five back in third.
SKINS:
Championship: 3 -- Charles Rougeau, Austin, TX. 2 -- Charles Spangler Jr., Austin, TX. 1 -- Kyle Lewie, Waco, TX.
Palmer: 2 -- Jacob Morton, Ft. Hood, TX; Craig Hart, Killeen, TX. 1 -- Matthew Alvers, Pflugerville, TX; Larry Wilburn, Austin, TX; Tony Eno, Ft Worth TX.
Hogan: 2 -- Gus Aldana, Houston, TX. 1 -- Jorge Rodriguez, Round Rock, TX; Brenton Fillers, Brownwood, TX; Michael Mathis, San Antonio, TX; Jim Morgan, Round Rock, TX.
Senior Hogan: 2 -- Gene Rampy, Bastrop, TX. 1 -- Bill Clark, Helotes, TX; Edward Villasana, Del Valle, TX; Paul Wuerdeman, San Antonio, TX; Bill Mathews, Houston, TX.
Sarazen / Senior Sarazen: 1 -- John Heintz, San Antonio, TX; Duane Kratzer, Round Rock, TX; Michael Nowotny, Sealy, Texas; Gregg Smith, Austin, TX.
Jones: 2 -- Josue Duprey, Killeen, TX; Scott Thompson, Helotes, TX. 1 -- Joshua Barron, Cedar Park, TX; Richard Kelley, Katy, TX.
Senior Jones: 2 -- Mike Logsdon, Wylie TX; Mike Jones, Midland,TX. 1 -- Lu Cormier, Missouri City, TX; Douglas Pritchett, Ft Worth, TX; Bob Tuttle, Kingsland, TX.
Snead: 4 -- Xavier Bardy, San Antonio, TX. 2 -- Aaron Seafous, Austin, TX. 1 -- Gene Hanley, San Antonio, TX; Dan OShea, Copperas Cove, TX; Richard Schram, Bryan, TX; Rickie Franklin, Fischer, TX.
Next Up: The Dallas and the Hill Country Tour take on the Dallas/Hill Country Clash @ Twin Rivers, registration closes on Friday, May 11th. The Oklahoma Tour is back in action after this weekends Arkansas / Oklahoma event in Tahlequah, OK for the Edmond Summer Classic on May 20th.
For More Information:
Scott R Chilcutt
Tour Director
Dallas / Hill Country / Oklahoma
405.513.1467
schilcutt@gcamtour.com
