Colen/Mielak Win at the Duel

Scott R Chilcutt, Las Vegas, NV (February 2, 2014)  The 11th Annual Duel in the Desert, the second largest event on the Golf Channel Am Tour with a field of 432 players (216 teams), was held at the Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort.   The three day team event, held on the 54 hole Pete Dye layout, was contested in ever changing weather with the high winds in common.

Hill Country Tour members, Ramon Colen and Charles Mielak teamed up to take the Flight 14 Championship, with Ron Finnerty and Mark Miller notching another runner up spot in Flight 3.

Flight 14:  Colen/Mielak, carded low second place honors during the first day scramble format, followed up with another runner up on day two and closed with the low round prizes on the final day, modified alternate shot.  Three day total 278 was just enough to edge out the nearest team by one stroke for their first win at the Duel. 


Flight 3:  The San Antonio area pair of  Finnerty/Miller, carded a low round 74 during the second day, best ball format to finish in the runner up spot.  In the three years since the Duel has moved from Mesquite, NV to Las Vegas, Finnerty and Miller have two runner up finishes to go with their win in 2012.  Prior to that, Mark won in 2011 with the late Zac Day and Ron finished third in the 2010 event with Lorne Fisher.


Next Up:

The Hill Country Tour opens the 2014 calendar schedule at the Kerrville Championship @ Comanche Trace on Saturday February 15th.  Deadline for entry is 11:59 PM EST on Friday, Feburary 7th.   One week prior to the Texas Open @ Horeshoe Bay Major, we tee it back up for the Round Rock Open at Forest Creek on Saturday, March 1st.


For More Information:

Scott R Chilcutt
Tour Director
Dallas / Hill Country / Oklahoma Tours
405.513.1467
schilcutt@gcamtour.com