Scott R Chilcutt, San Antonio, TX (April 13, 2015) Just a day after Jordan Spieth won his first Major Championship, the first Texan to win the Masters since Ben Crenshaw in 1995 The Dominion Country Club hosted the Golf Channel AM Tour for the San Antonio Masters.
The Dominion, an exclusive club on the Northwest side of San Antonio welcomed the full field of players from eight states, including Hawaii, to a beautiful day, light breezes and soggy conditions thanks to the previous weeks rains that left them walking to the ball.
Jacob Morton (Palmer Flight) and William Speck (Snead Flight) were "Up for the Srixon Challenge", winning their flights playing a Srixon ball and will get a dozen sent to them for the win. Xavier Bardy edged out Michael Campbell, Devin Brown and Ethan Blase in a scorecard playoff for the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: First time tour player, Genaro Davila of San Antonio, TX, made the turn at -1 with the help of birdies on the par 3 - 8th and par 5 - 9th, added six pars starting out the back nine which proved to be plenty for the win. Four strokes back, Denver, CO native, Cole Evans, grabbed the runner up finish with Austin, TX, player Marco Palacios rounding out the top three. Both players also birdied the par 5 - 9th hole.
Palmer Flight: Traveling partners, Jacob Morton of Fort Hood, TX, and Copperas Cove, TX, member Robert Lippert had to go back out to the par 4 - 10th hole to settle the score. Starting the day on the tenth, it looked like Morton had the tournament in hand with three birdies, but would make double on his final hole of the day to open the door to Lippert, with four birdies on his round. After a short missed putt, Morton would take the Championship, his ninth on tour and second in as many attempts. Tony Eno of Fort Worth, TX, and San Antonio, TX, resident Morgan Splichal would split the third place honors.
Hogan Flight: Rene Realme of San Antonio, TX, went out in even par, carding birdies on the par 4 - 6th and par 5 - 7th. Coming to the clubhouse he ran into some obstacles, but ultimately held off for a one stroke advantage for his eighth win on tour and first of the season. New Braunfels, TX player Michael Campbell equaled his T2 finish at the March Masters at the Ridge with a birdie on the par 3 - 8th for the runner up position with Derrick Matthews of Killeen, TX rounding out the top three.
Senior Hogan Flight: Leander, TX, first year member, Steve Hamilton made par on his final hole of the day, the par 5 - 9th which proved to be just enough for his first Championship. One stroke back, Allan Collier of Dripping Springs, TX, and two strokes behind, Houston, TX, player Bruce LeGrand both making the double weekend after playing on the Houston Tour on Saturday finished in the two / three spot respectively.
Sarazen Flight: Salt Lake City, UT, native, Devin Brown now living in San Antonio, TX, started the day with a pair of doubles in his first three holes, but righted the ship with a birdie on the par 4 - 16th, added two on his back at the par 4 - 4th and par 5 - 9th to win his tenth event on tour. Two strokes back, Scott Thompson of nearby Helotes, TX, made birdie on his final hole of the day, the par 5 - 9th to secure the runner up finish with Canyon Lake, TX, player Michael Kirk rounding out the top three.
Senior Sarazen Flight: Local Dominion Golf Club member, Charles Sagray, started out with a double on his first hole, but then bounced back with two consecutive birdies on the par 4 - 2nd and par 4 - 3rd, another two more on his front nine at the long par 3 - 5th and par 5 - 9th to go +2 on the front. Coming back to the club house, Charles stayed away from the big numbers to post a two stroke victory, his sixth on tour. Doyle Wofford of Montgomery, TX, and Wharton, TX, player Larry Viktorin both birdied the par 5 - 9th to split the runner up finish.
Jones Flight: The Frenchman, Xavier Bardy residing in San Antonio, TX, birdied the par 4 - 4th to pick up his eleventh win on tour and second of the points season. Four strokes back, Haslet, TX, Dallas Tour member Doyle Fleming had another one of fourteen birdies on the day at the par 5 - 9th to grab the runner up finish with Joe Tyson of Austin, TX, a winner his last time out at the March Classic at the Springs rounding out the top three.
Snead Flight: Corpus Christi, TX, resident, William Speck picked up his second win on tour and first since the 2013 Hill Country Tour Championship @ La Cantera. Speck struggled out of the gate, but played consistent golf until his final hole, but it proved to be just enough, finishing two strokes ahead of Ethan Blase of Wylie, TX. Blase, with consecutive birdies on the par 4 - 2nd and par 4 - 3rd, matched his best finish at the 2014 Grand Prairie Classic - TangleRidge on the Dallas Tour. One stroke back of Blase, Bobby Ashcraft of San Antonio, TX, a three time winner on the points season finished in the third place spot.
Senior Snead: Art Henry from Victoria, TX, made the trip from the Houston Tour count with his first win on the season and second on tour. Another Houston Tour member, Hal Wychopen of Magnolia, TX teeing it up twice on the weekend, after the Saturday, The Masters @ Magnolia, finished one stroke back with Brett Niles of San Antonio, TX taking the third place honors.
SKINS:
Giant SKINS: ($160/each) 1 -- Chuck Odom, San Angelo, TX; Robert Lippert, Copperas Cove, TX; Robert Jalnos, San Antonio, TX; Melvin Hill, Honolulu, HI.
Championship / Palmer: ($80/each) 1 -- Chuck Odom, San Angelo, TX; Robert Lippert, Copperas Cove, TX; Tony Eno, Ft Worth, TX; Jacob Morton, Ft. Hood, TX.
Hogan / Senior Hogan: ($46/each) 2 -- Rene Realme, San Antonio, TX. 1 -- Michael Campbell, New Braunfels, TX; John Heintz, San Antonio, TX; Ronnie Davis, Converse, TX; Robert Jalnos, San Antonio, TX.
Sarazen: ($40/each) 2 -- Devin Brown, San Antonio, TX; Angel Morales Jacquez, San Antonio, TX. 1 -- Rudy Cantu, Boerne, TX.
Senior Sarazen: ($45/each) 2 -- Charles Sagray, San Antonio, TX; Melvin Hill, Honolulu, HI. 1 -- Rick Allaire, Dallas, TX; Stan Wilson, Jones, OK; David Phillippi, La Vernia, TX.
Jones: ($25/each) 3 -- Xavier Bardy, San Antonio, TX. 2 -- Phil Lewis, San Antonio, TX. 1 -- Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX; Joe Tyson, Austin, TX.
Snead / Senior Snead: ($45/each) 2 -- Gene Hanley, San Antonio, TX. 1 -- Bobby Ashcraft, San Antonio, TX; Stan Harper, Lake Leon, TX; William Speck, Corpus Christi, TX; Christopher Cobb, Austin, TX.
CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:
($150/each) #5 - Devin Brown - 15' 3"; #8 - Ron Finnerty - 15"; #15 - Tony Eno - 9' 3"; #17 - John Heintz - 2' 4"
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