Winter Classic - Hill Country Golf Club

Scott R Chilcutt, San Antonio, TX (December 14, 2013)  Winter Storm Cleon's icy impact to the north and west of the Hill Country one week earlier resulted in the postponement of the the Winter Classic - Hill Country at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort. 

Breezy north winds on this Saturday created some challenging cross winds, but the 60 degree day was certainly welcome to the previous weeks frigid temperatures.  Scott Harper of Ranger, TX, visiting from the Dallas Tour took home the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving.






RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Castroville, TX member,  Reagan Rothe, made his first start back on tour, after a number of years on hiatus, for the big win.  Rothe, with an eagle on the par 4 - 6th helped make the difference in a two stroke victory over Texas Harper of San Antonio, TX.  Rounding out the top three, San Angelo, TX player James White  matched his T3 finish at the Championship @ Falconhead in mid November in his second event on tour since 2012.

Palmer Flight:  After two runner up finishes in his last three outings, Gary Grizzle of Boerne, TX picked up his first win on tour.  Starting on the eighth hole, Grizzle parred his first and last two holes to edge out a pair tied in the second spot. Killeen, TX resident, Stephen Armstrong and Paul Wuerdeman of San Antonio, TX, both with a couple of birdies on the round, shared the runner up finish.

Hogan Flight:  Dallas Tour traveler, Scott Harper of Ranger, TX grabbed his ninth win on tour and second of the 2014 points season.  Harper started well with three consecutive pars, finished nine and ten five over par but righted the ship, +3 over the next eleven holes with a birdie on the par 4 - 1st to finish out one stroke clear of John Hilgers from Wimberly, TX.  Hilgers, with his second runner up finish in as many tries, stayed five strokes clear of first time tour player, Jeremy Jessop of San Antonio, TX rounding out the top three.

Sarazen Flight:  Devin Brown of San Antonio, TX birdied the long par 5 - 18th to record his sixth win on tour.  Two strokes back,  Leander, TX member Joshua Douglas secured the runner up finish bouncing back from a tough eighteenth hole to finish his final three in +3.  18 year old Will Speck of Corpus Christi, TX, playing in his first event, cleared the fourth place finisher by six strokes.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Austin, TX player Michael Brewer became a two time winner on tour.  Brewer, a winner at the 2013 two round Dallas Tour Championship @ The Tribute, birdied his second hole of the day, the par 4 - 6th to win by two strokes over Jim Nedry of Lago Vista, TX.  Nedry's six pars on the day was enough for the runner up finish seven strokes clear of the pair of Jack Dillard of Midland, TX and San Antonio, TX member Richard Huyck sharing the third place position.

Jones Flight:  Joe Tyson of Austin, TX carded his first win on tour after finishing no worse than third in his previous three starts.  Aaron Seafous of Austin, TX coming off a T2 at the November Championship @ Falconhead, eagled the par 4 - 6th hole for the runner up spot, five strokes clear of Dallas Tour member, Douglas Pritchett of Fort Worth, TX.

Snead Flight:   Myron Brown of Somerville, TX recorded his third win on tour with the help of a birdie on the par 4 - 6th hole and finished two strokes clear of Mark Colwell of Selma, TX and Pflugerville, TX player Thomas Kerwin splitting the second and third place points.  Kerwin's birdie on the par 4 - 12th was the only one of the day and landed him a flight and giant skin.



SKINS:

Giant Skins:  1 -- Thomas Kerwin, Pflugerville, TX; Paul Wuerdeman, San Antonio, TX; Jeff Shores, Irving, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  1 -- Paul Wuerdeman, San Antonio, TX; Jeff Shores, Irving, TX; Reagan Rothe, Castroville, TX; Jose Sifuentes, San Antonio, TX; Stephen Armstrong, Killeen, TX.

Hogan:  2 -- Kirby Rogers, Muldrow, OK; Jeremy Jessop, San Antonio, TX. 1 -- Scott Harper, Ranger, TX; Rene Realme, San Antonio, TX.

Sarazen:  2 -- Dan Williams, Burnet, TX. 1 -- Ronnie Davis, Converse, TX; Devin Brown, San Antonio, TX; Will Speck, Corpus Christi, TX.

Jones / Snead:  2 -- Aaron Seafous, Austin, TX. 1 -- Thomas Kerwin, Pflugerville, TX; Joe Tyson, Austin, TX; Carlos Cruz, San Antonio, TX; Xavier Bardy, San Antonio, TX.


OTHER Hill Country Player ACTION:

Steve Trickle of Boerne, TX picked up his first Major Championship in the Senior Hogan Flight and John Cox, of Austin, TX finished in the runner up position in the Sarazen Flight during the  Arizona Open Major at the famed Dove Mountain Club in Tuscon, AZ this weekend.  With the finishes, both players grabbed early 2014 National Championship invitations.




NEXT UP:
After a break for the holidays the Hill Country Tour resumes play on Saturday, February 15th at Comanche Trace for the Kerrville Championship.   

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Scott R Chilcutt - Tour Director
Dallas / Fort Worth Tour - Hill Country Tour - Oklahoma Tour
GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour
405.513.1467 - 972.302.9478
schilcutt@gcamtour.com