Flight Champions Awarded at Tour Championship - Hill Country Tour

9 of 12 First Time Champions Crowned on the Hill Country

Davlin - Campbell - Smith Repeat

Scott R Chilcutt, Edmond, OK (September 1, 2016)  Hill Country Tour Players, finished out a strong 2016 Points Season at the Tour Championship at La Cantera in August.   Setting up for the National Championship and Senior National Championship in September, here is how the Champions were able to pick up the year end awards, including a customized and personalized staff bag from Club Glove. 

Championship Flight:  First year San Antonio, TX, tour member Ernesto Beyer, edged out long time member Mark Miller by 192.5 points for the Championship.  Playing in nine events on the season, Beyer compiled four wins, including the May Tiburon Amateur Major Championship in Naples, FL, in a playoff. 

Senior Championship Flight: Starting the points season at the San Diego Open, Daniel Desilets of Kermit, TX, headed east in mid January to solidify his season with a win at the TPC Sawgrass Open playing in a combined flight of 15 players.  Competing in thirteen events on the season, Deslilets didn't finish out of the top ten, and was only out of the top five, three times.  We look forward to watching him compete at the Senior National Championship, in Innisbrook, where he'll try to best his T7 Finish in 2013 at PGA West.

Palmer Flight:  Continuing to move his last time to NOT win a Championship on the Hill Country Tour into the past, Dave Davlin of San Antonio, TX, notched his sixth in a row.  Four wins on the season, including the Winter Championship at Innisbrook and the Houston Open Major Championships bring his total career wins to 23.  Davlin amassed 2,075 points on the season and will head to the National Championship to defend his Major Championship win in December.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Doug Collins of Iraan, TX, picked up two wins on the season, but none bigger than the combined Palmer Flight at the Tour Championship.  With two sub 80 rounds, Collins won by two strokes over a strong field to pick up the maximum points for his first Tour Championship Title and his seventh win on tour. Doug will travel to Florida to compete in his third Senior National Championship at Innisbrook.

Hogan Flight:  With recently promoted Les Costales of Austin, TX, nipping on his heals, New Braunfels, TX, Michael Campbell finished the tour Championship in the fourth place spot.  It would prove to be just enough to win his second consecutive Flight Championship by a mere 32 1/2 points.  Campbell with two wins on the season, both coming on the west coast, will be looking to better his ninth place finish in the 2015 National Championship next week.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Portland, TX, member Timothy VanLandingham proved it doesn't take wins for a Flight Championship, but certainly requires consistent finishes.  VanLandinham, with a win in July at the Briggs Ranch Championship, put himself into the hunt with four top two finishes, including top fives at two Major Championships and outpaced four time winner on the season Paul Wuerdeman by 70 points.  Timothy, will make the trip to the Senior National Championship for the first time this year.

Sarazen Flight:  Joshua Douglas of Leander, TX, picked up his National Championship qualifying T3 at the Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay.  Following up with a win at the May, Spring Branch Classic,  Douglas with the help of promotions from the flight, edged out CD Dunem of San Antonio, TX, by 70 points for his first Flight Championship.



Senior Sarazen Flight:  Unable to join us at the Tour Championship at La Cantera, Donald Bebout of Lakeway, TX,  previously collected plenty of points for the Flight Champion award and did it early in the points season.   Bebout, a winner in October at the Grand Cypress Challenge Major Championship, added another in LaQuinta, CA in June, to become another first time Flight Championship winner.

Jones Flight:  Playing in eleven events on the season, Melissa Wood of Leander, TX, jump started her points Championship with a runner up finish at the Hall of Fame Classic Major Championship in Florida, then added her first Major Championship win at the Texas Masters at Barton Creek, but then needed to finish well at the Tour Championship.  Wood led after the first day at The Palmer Course, setting her up for the year end award, with a T4 finish at the event.

Senior Jones Flight:  After finishing the year end points 7th and 6th respectively over the past two seasons, Phil Lewis of San Antonio, TX, picked up his game.  Lewis with one win on the season at the Memorial Weekend Championship at Pine Dunes on the Dallas tour, added a career best Major Championship finish at the Texas Masters at Barton Creek to become another first time Flight Champion winner on the tour.  Lewis will travel to the Tampa, FL area to compete in the Senior National Championship, also another first of his career.

Snead Flight:  Pflugerville, TX, member Jimmy Clanin, won his first two times out in the fall.  Adding two more wins on the season including the Tour Championship, Clanin would also card a third and three fourth place finishes on the year at Major Championships to pace the field by over 400 points.  

Senior Snead Flight:  Dwain Smith, the 2013 Flight Champion, picked up two wins on the season, but none more important than the 210 point Tour Championship at La Cantera where he edged out Dan O'Shea for the points title.  Smith, now with nine wins on his career adds another year end award.

Hill Country Tour, PLAYER OF THE YEAR, presented by HIGGINBOTHAM: The special award was set up and presented by Higginbotham, a Business Insurance and Financial Services Company that services the state of Texas with home offices in Fort Worth.  The player from each tour in the state selected by the committee, with feedback from the membership that met a series of criteria, including having been promoted and continued The Journey to Better by excelling in the new flight, playing in the Tour Championship and attending the National / Senior National Championship in the new flight.

2016 Hill Country Player of the Year:  Playing in his second year on tour, Nacho Orozco of San Antonio, TX, started the year at the TPC Sawgrass Open Major Championship with a top 10 finish.  He then followed up with his second win on tour at the Port Aransas Open in January, then a runner up at the Myrtle Beach Classic Major Championship in March.  Clearly looking strong in the points, Orozco, piled on with the Championship at the Triburon Amateur in May and that would be all she wrote for the Sarazen Flight.  With a points adjustment and Journey to Better Flight Promotion on June 2nd, Nacho would compete in two more Major Championships, before finishing T2 at the Texas Masters at Barton Creek, which took him over the top in votes for the top spot.  We look forward to following Nacho at the National Championship next week as he continues the Journey to Better.

Upcoming Texas Events:

Off to the National Championship from September 13th - 16th and Senior National Championship, contested September 19th - 22nd, many players from around the tour will compete for the top prize of the season.

Fall events and 2017 points schedule are being added now, look out for the opportunity to get a jump start on the next season. 

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

Hill Country Finishes the Points Season with a Bang!

Scott R Chilcutt, San Antonio, TX (August 14, 2016)  La Cantera Hill Country Resort set the stage for the Hill Country Tour Championship. Saturday we spent the day at The Palmer Course then on to the Sunday finale at the Resort Course.  Incredibly cool temperatures were accompanied by occasional light rains on Saturday, much the same on Sunday with only one down pour that brought into question the conclusion.  In the end, players enjoyed record "LOW" temperatures over the weekend, and everyone was able to complete the 36 hole event.

Nikolas Mabry picked up the Tournament Champion, presented by Carlisle's Engraving with a -4 - 139, edging out Preston Miller with a -3 - 140 for the weekend.  The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $310, bringing the year to date total from the Texas Tour local events to $12,420 contributed to the Foundation.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Coming from two strokes off the lead starting the Sunday round, Niko Mabry of San Antonio, TX, carded four birdies on his final round to pick up his second win on tour.  First round leader, San Antonio, TX, member Genaro Davila birdied four holes on his final round, but ended up just two strokes shy of the victory.  Ernesto Beyer, making a clean sweep of San Antonio players, picked up the year end Flight Champion award and third place honors.  Kermit, TX, member Dr. Daniel Desilets was the high finishing Senior Championship Flight player and Flight Champion for 2016, finishing in the fourth place spot.

Palmer Flight:  Iraan, TX, Senior Palmer Flight player, Doug Collins birdied three holes at The Palmer Course to set him up for the final round.  Collins, tied up with San Antonio, TX, player Ron Finnerty after the day, played the final round in similar fashion to finish out his second win on the season and  his seventh on tour.

Finnerty a mainstay on The Hill Country Tour, took the chance of being promoted to the Championship Flight, to win the low Palmer Flight Honors just two strokes back.  Derrick Mathews of Killeen, TX, jumped into a tie for third with his final round  + 9 - 81 bringing him into the share of third with Dave Davlin of San Antonio, TX.

Hogan Flight:  Rene Realme of San Antonio, TX,  led wire to wire for his second win on the season and his tenth on tour.  Realme, with a single stroke advantage after the round at the Palmer Course, extended the lead on Sunday over a pair tied up in the runner up spot.  Cedar Park, TX, player Les Costales and Leander, TX, member Bryan Wood, split the second place finish five stokes back.

Senior Hogan Flight:  San Antonio, TX, resident, Paul Weurdeman a winner the last time the tour visited the two courses at the 2015 Srixon Championship, led the field after the Saturday round, with just enough cushion to pick up his fourth win on the year.  Steve Wade, of Boerne, TX, carding the only birdie of the flight on the par 5 - 14th on Sunday finished just two strokes back.  Portland,TX, player Timothy VanLandingham, made a charge on Sunday, with the flight low final round to share the third place honors with Bob Tuttle of Kingsland, TX.

Sarazen Flight:  Dallas Tour invaders hog all the podium spots in the flight.  Richardson, TX, player Sven Bock, in a heated points battle on the Dallas Tour, made the best of the 1/2 point affair for outsiders when he lead from wire to wire for his fourth win on the season.  Hard charging, Fort Worth, TX, player Preston Miller, with the flight low round on Sunday, finished in the runner up spot, with Michael Hill, a three time winner on the season, from Rockwall, TX, rounding out the top three.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Out of the winners circle since March, 2015, Larry Viktorin of Wharton, TX, finished his round in the heaviest rain of the weekend, and held out for a seven stroke victory.  First year Fair Oaks Ranch, TX, player Ben Maytubby, in the third spot after his Saturday round, took three strokes off on Sunday to jump into the runner up finish, his best on the season.  Eight strokes back from Maytubby, Austin, TX, member Joseph Tyson and Michael Bell of Pearland, TX, split the third place honors.

Jones Flight:  In the final pairing on Sunday, despite being seven strokes back, San Antonio, TX, player Bobby Ashcraft, promoted on August 1st, made the best of a birdie on the par 4 - 9th, his final hole  of the day to pick up his third win on the season.  With three birdies on the weekend, William Speck of Corpus Christi, TX, and San Antonio, TX, resident Carlos Gloria, with a pair of birdies on Sunday, shared the runner up finish, three strokes back.

Senior Jones Flight:  The second first time winner of the day after a recent promotion, Montgomery, TX, traveler, Michael Pierce, stayed on a roll, picking up his seventh win on tour by only a single stroke over Doyle Fleming of Haslet, TX. Fleming, with birdie on the par 3 - 17th, got it to within one heading to his final hole, but could only match Pierce, settling for the runner up spot.  Playing in only his second event on the season, Carrollton, TX, player Scott Sears, had a rough go of it on Sunday after sharing the overnight lead to finish third.

Snead Flight:  Locked in a three way tie after the Palmer Course round on Saturday, Jimmy Clanin of Pflugerville, TX, put together the only sub 100 round of the weekend in the flight on Sunday to pick up his fourth win on the season, securing his Flight Champion status.  Six strokes back, Charles Watson of Llano, TX, captured the second place spot, with Selma, TX, player Mark Colwell with two birdies on the weekend, rounding out the top three.

Senior Snead Flight:  Georgetown, TX, member Dwain Smith, held on to an overnight two stroke advantage to win his second event of the season and first Tour Championship.  Dan OShea of Copperas Cove, TX, could only make up one stroke of the deficit on Sunday to finish second, with Harker Heights, TX, player Felix Galvez and Pasadena, TX, resident Robert Vespa, sharing the third place honors.




SKINS:

DAY 1 (Palmer Course):

Giant SKINS:  ($165/each)  1 -- Mike Fee, Mansfield, TX; Timothy VanLandingham, Portland, TX; Jimmie Chambers, Wharton, TX; Scott Sears, Carrollton, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($160/each)  1 -- Mike Fee, Mansfield, TX; Ron Finnerty, San Antonio, TX.

Hogan:  ($0/each)  NO SKIN WON - $300 carry over to second round:  

Senior Hogan:  ($45/each)  1 -- Timothy VanLandingham, Portland, TX; Jimmie Chambers, Wharton, TX; Steve Wade, Boerne, TX; Paul Wuerdeman, San Antonio, TX.

Sarazen:  ($56/each)  2 -- Sven Bock, Richardson, TX. 1 -- Joe Luman, Odessa, TX; Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX; C.D. Dunem, San Antonio, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($22/each)  2 -- Michael Bell, Pearland, TX; Ben Maytubby, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX; Larry Viktorin, Wharton, TX. 1 -- Joseph Tyson, Austin, TX.

Jones / Senior Jones:  ($52/each)  1 -- Artis Stewart, Houston, TX; Phil Lewis, San Antonio, TX; Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX; Michael Pierce, Montgomery, TX; Scott Sears, Carrollton, TX.

Snead / Senior Snead:  ($34/each)  2 -- Charles Watson, Llano, TX; Jimmy Clanin, Pflugerville, TX. 1 -- Dwain Smith, Georgetown, TX; Ramon Colen, San Antonio, TX; Mark Colwell, Selma, TX.


DAY 2 - (Resort Course):

Giant SKINS:  ($106/each)  1 -- Larry Viktorin, Wharton, TX; Mark Tylenda, Dallas, TX; Douglas Galloway, Austin, TX; Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX; Jose Hernandez, Helotes, TX; Bryan Wood, Leander, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($53/each)  3 -- Genaro Davila, San Antonio, TX. 1 -- Ernesto Beyer, San Antonio, TX; Derrick Matthews, Killeen, TX; Dave Davlin, San Antonio, TX.

Hogan:  ($100/each)  1 -- John Schott, Marion, TX; Jose Hernandez, Helotes, TX; Oscar Gonzalez, San Antonio, TX; Scott Thompson, Helotes, TX; Michael Campbell, New Braunfels, TX; Bryan Wood, Leander, TX.

Senior Hogan:  ($32/each)  3 -- Steve Killion, Sanger, TX. 2 -- Steve Wade, Boerne, TX.

Sarazen:  ($37/each)  2 -- Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX. 1 -- Mark Tylenda, Dallas, TX; Douglas Galloway, Austin, TX; Jim Puckett, Leander, TX; Joe Michetti, Montgomery, TX; Sven Bock, Richardson, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($26/each)  2 -- David Phillippi, TX; Larry Viktorin, Wharton, TX. 1 -- Michael Bell, Pearland, TX; Ben Maytubby, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX.

Jones / Senior Jones:  ($26/each)  2 -- William Speck, Corpus Christi, TX; Scott Sears, Carrollton, TX; Bobby Ashcraft, San Antonio, TX. 1 -- James Price, Portland, TX; Phil Lewis, San Antonio, TX; Doyle Fleming, Haslet, TX; Carlos Gloria, San Antonio, TX.

Snead / Senior Snead:  ($44/each)  1 -- Gene Hanley, San Antonio, TX; Robert Vespa, Pasadena, TX; Charles Mielak, San Antonio, TX; Mark Colwell, Selma, TX; Jimmy Clanin, Pflugerville, TX.


CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

DAY 1 - Palmer Course

($160/each)  #4 - Jimmy Chambers - 14" ;  #7 - Sven Bock - 8' 9";  #13 - Richard Huyck - 4' 8";  #17 - Scott Williams - 6' 3".

DAY 2 - Resort Course

($160/each)  #3 - Oscar Gonazlez - 1' 6 1/2" ;  #6 - John Schott - 6' 11";  #13 - William Speck - 4' 7";  #17 - Mark Colwell - 4' 6 1/2".

Upcoming Texas Events:

Off to the National Championship from September 13th - 16th and Senior National Championship, contested September 19th - 22nd, many players from around the tour will compete for the top prize of the season.

Fall events and 2017 points schedule will be posted soon, look out for the opportunity to get a jump start on the next season. 

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 the Texas Masters at Falconhead

Scott R Chilcutt, Austin, TX (July 29,2016)  The last single day event of the points season on the Hill Country Tour was held at Falconhead Golf Club.  The special Friday event, booked as the Prelude to the Texas Masters at Barton Creek, allowed players to test and tune for the weekend Major Championship, with 67 of the 95 players in the event starting a three, in three day weekend.  

Rick Halprin (Senior Jones Flight) was "Up for the Srixon Challenge".   Winning his respective flight playing a Srixon ball, Rick will get a dozen sent to him for the win. Marshall Brackin picked up the Tournament Champion, presented by Carlisle's Engraving with a -10 - 62.  The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $400, bringing the year to date total from the Texas Tour local events to $11,360 contributed to the Foundation.

RESULTS:

Championship:  Copperas Cove, TX, Senior Championship Flight player, Rusty Lippert, made the best of three birdies on the round to pick up his second win in as many attempts.  One stroke back, another Senior, Mike Harkins of Cedar Park, TX, with two birdies and San Antonio, TX, member Genaro Davila, with a pair of his own, shared the runner up finish.

Palmer Flight:  Sitting out the Barton Creek event with travel plans to the Streamsong Amateur the following weekend, Derrick Matthews of Killeen, TX, picked up his second win on the season and first since January.  With two birdies on the day, Matthews edged out Ron Finnerty of San Antonio, TX, by one stroke.  Houston, TX, player Scott Williams, started out rough on the day, but got things going with a birdie on the par 4 - 7th to round out the top three, just two strokes out of the win.

Hogan Flight:  Playing a limited schedule in 2016 after winning three events last fall, Brack Blackwood of Granbury, TX, made it four, in six tries.  Starting the day on the tenth hole, San Antonio, TX, resident Fernando Davila, went -2 over his last 4 holes to get within one stroke of the lead, while Michael Campbell of New Braunfels, TX, with four birdies on the day settled for the third place finish.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Kingsland, TX, player Bob Tuttle, evidently paired up with a good luck charm, grabbed his first win on the season.  Tuttle, with a birdie on the par 4 - 7th, recorded his first win on the season, with Christopher Phillps, of Richmond, TX, coming off a T2 finish at The Pinehurst Amateur, one stroke back.  Cypress, TX, player David Anthony, took six strokes off his back nine and came to the club house with a show place finish.

Sarazen Flight:  Oklahoma Tour member, Marshall Brackin of Norman, OK, made the best of the tour type yardage book sold at the course, to pick up his second win on the season.  Both wins for Brackin have come on Friday events before majors, the first just the week before at the Atunote Classic before the Turning Stone Classic Major in New York.  Six strokes back, Bob Koch of Farmington, NM, and Austin, TX, player Les Costales, shared the runner up honors.



Senior Sarazen Flight:  In a hurry to get to the pool at the Barton Creek Resort and unaware the scoreboard displays nine hole scores, David Sipe of Houston, TX, finished his last three holes in -1 to pick up his second win on the points season, but was no where to be found when the awards rolled out. Highlands Ranch, CO, player Charles Lambert equaled his best finish on the season in the runner up spot, with a pair of players just one stroke back.  Jones, OK, traveler, Stan Wilson and Jamie Sansom of Plano, TX, split the third place finish.

Jones Flight:  On a roll after winning two majors in as many attempts, including traveling to the Historic Pinehurst for The Pinehurst Amateur, Joe Armstrong of Spring, TX, put together his first sub 80 round on tour, to win by three strokes, his fourth win on tour and the season. Fellow Houston Tour member, Jeff Gregory of Montgomery, TX, tied up the runner up finish with consecutive birdies on 2 and 3, with Arkansas Tour Director, Steve Rutherford of Bentonville, AR, rounding out the top three.

Senior Jones Flight:   Houston, TX, resident, Rick Halprin, picked up his third win on the season.  Montgomery, TX, traveler, John Pickens, finished just one stroke back, with Dallas, TX, resident Lloyd Reid, JR carding birdie on his final hole of the day to secure the runner up finish.

Snead Flight:  Kingwood, TX, member Ray Bednar, a previous Major Champion at the Red River Shootout at Winstar, made it two for the season.  Two strokes back, Michael Pierce of Montgomery, TX, a six time winner on the season recorded the runner up finish, with The Woodlands, TX, player Jim Lamberth, rounding out the top three, for an all Houston Tour sweep.






SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($216/each)  1 -- Jeff Gregory, Montgomery, TX; Paul Gomez, Rogers, AR; Jerrod Hoyle, Brenham TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($160/each)  1 -- Rusty Lippert, Copperas Cove, TX; James Sheppeard, Tomball, TX.

Hogan:  ($36/each)  2 -- Michael Campbell, New Braunfels, TX. 1 -- Jorge Rodriguez, Round Rock, TX; John Heintz, San Antonio, TX; Ronnie Davis, Converse, TX; Eric Dubbell, Edmond, OK.

Senior Hogan:  ($45/each)  2 -- Paul Gomez, Rogers, AR. 1 -- Christopher Phillips, Richmond, TX; Jerrod Hoyle, Brenham TX.

Sarazen:  ($75/each)  1 -- Joe Luman, Odessa, TX; Marshall Brackin, Norman, OK; Preston Miller, Fort Worth, TX; Blake Barnes, Deer Park, TX.

Senior Sarazen:  ($20/each)  3 -- David Sipe, Houston, TX. 2 -- Charles Lambert, Highlands Ranch, CO; Steve Hamilton, Leander, TX. 1 -- David McCasland, Red Oak, TX; David Day, McClendon-Chisholm, TX; Stan Wilson, Jones, OK.

Jones / Senior Jones:  ($60/each)  1 -- Lloyd C Reid Jr, Dallas, TX; Joe Armstrong, Spring, TX; Steve Rutherford, Bentonville, AR; Joe Michetti, Montgomery, TX; Jeff Gregory, Montgomery, TX.

Snead:  ($27/each)  2 -- Charles Watson, Llano, TX; Gene Hanley, San Antonio, TX. 1 -- Andrew Wright, Westminster, CO; Dan OShea, Copperas Cove, TX; Michael Pierce, Montgomery, TX; Robert Vespa, Pasadena, TX.



CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

($152/each)  #4 - Marshall Brackin - 5' 8" ;  #8 - Mike Jones - 8' 4";  #11 - Jeff Sheppeard - 3' 6";  #16 - Brack Blackwood - 5' 9".

Upcoming Texas Events:

The Hill Country finishes out its 2016 points season on August 13th and 14th at La Cantera Golf Club for the Hill Country Tour Championship.  Entries close on Friday, August 5th at 11:59PM EST. 

The Houston tour final single day event of the points season will be contested at Timber Creek for the Friendswood Challenge on Saturday, August 6th.  Flight Champions and more will be awarded at the Houston Tour Championship on August 20th and 21st at Black Horse Golf Club in Cypress, TX.   Registrations close on Friday, August 12th.

Dallas Tour players get the opportunity for another Monday special event at Las Colinas Country Club for the Las Colinas Championship on August 8th.  Then on to the Tour Championship at Bridlewood on Saturday, August 27th and Sunday, August 28th.  Spots are already limited with a entry deadline of Friday, August 19th at midnight.  

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

Players go low at The Golf Club of Texas - Hill Country Tour

Scott R Chilcutt, San Antonio, TX (July 9, 2016)  After a couple of years in the dark with a closing in 2013, The Golf Club of Texas opened in August of 2015 with much fan fare.  Resurfacing the entire complex with Zoysia grass, spring floods hampered the continuation of the process, losing cart paths, dams and the irrigation system, then followed by hot and dry weather the course wasn't the most aesthetically pleasing venue of the year, but certainly played fair.  And fair it seemed, with each flight racking up some low scores and some records to go with the scores.

John Heintz (Hogan Flight) and Charles Mielak were "Up for the Srixon Challenge".   Winning their respective flights playing a Srixon ball, they will get a dozen sent to them for the win. Charles Mielak picked up the Tournament Champion, presented by Carlisle's Engraving with a net -11.  The winner of the Feherty's Troops First Foundation 50/50 raffle, took home $200, bringing the year to date total from the Texas Tour local events to $9,580 contributed to the Foundation.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Copperas Cove, TX, player Rusty Lippert, made the best of an eagle on the par 5 - 8th, added a couple of birdies, and finished the day -1 for his thirteenth win on tour and second of the season.  Mark Miller, of Spring Branch, TX, just off an eye procedure may not have seen all his shots, but didn't really have to look hard.  Miller, with an eagle on the par 5 - 18th, finished just two strokes back, with Bulverde, TX, member Daniel Hansen rounding out the top three.

Palmer Flight:  Ron Finnerty, of San Antonio, TX, made the turn with a two stroke advantage over Houston, TX, player Scott Williams.  Finnerty, -1 through 16 holes, looked to have things tied up, doubled 17 and then Williams birdied the final hole of the day, they went back to the course.  In short order, Finnerty, made the best of the sudden death playoff with Williams relegated to the runner up finish.  Doug Collins of Iraan, TX,  and San Antonio,TX, resident Gary Grizzle, shared the third place finish.

Hogan Flight:   With a career low round, +2 - 74, John Heintz, a local of sorts from nearby San Antonio, TX, made the best of four birdies on the round, to go with his geographical location.  For Heintz it was his sixteenth win on tour and second of the season.  Second time, San Antonio, TX, player Jesse Guerra, bested his T3 his first time out, with the runner up spot, while German Zavala of Eagle Pass, TX, recorded the show place finish.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Portland, TX, member Timothy VanLandingham, honoring Little John Hilgers, fighting health battles, carded one birdie on the day enroute to a two stroke win, his first of the season.  Three time winner on the season, Paul Wuerdeman of San Antonio, TX, recorded three birdies on the day to go along with a colorful scorecard finishing in the runner up spot.  Sound Beach, NY, traveler, Brian Jackson, visiting family, rounded out the top three.

Sarazen Flight:   Close to the winners circle on a number of occasions, Jim Puckett of Leander, TX, finally broke through for his first win on tour.  One stroke back, fellow Leander, TX, player Josh Douglas, found the runner up spot, with the  help of a couple of birdies on the round, with second time player, Cody Prescott, of Floresville, TX, finishing in third.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Just one week separated from a Golf Now Performance Promotion to the Senior Sarazen Flight, Austin, TX, member Joseph Tyson, cleared the field by three strokes with consecutive birdies on the par 4 - 1st and 2nd holes.  For Tyson, always near the top in the Jones Flight, it was his second win on the season.  Leander, TX, member Steve Hamilton, coming off a win at the San Antonio Masters his last time out, grabbed the runner up spot, with Richard Huyck  from Live Oak, TX, taking home the third place finish.

Jones Flight:  Midland, TX, traveler, Mike Jones, picked up his third win on tour and first since August 2013 in Oklahoma.  Jones took a one stroke advantage making the turn, just enough to finish one stroke ahead of Steve DiPaola of San Antonio, TX.  Fellow San Antonio, member, Phil Lewis and first time player, Tim Miller of Shavano Park, TX shared the final podium spot.

Snead Flight:  Charles Mielak, of San Antonio, TX, recorded another career low round on tour, besting his 2011, 84 at the Republic with a +11 - 84 and a two stroke advantage.  Austin, TX, member Christopher Cobb, with a birdie on the par 5 - 18th jumped into the runner up finish with Bobby Ashcraft of San Antonio, TX, rounding out the top three. 




SKINS:

Giant SKINS:  ($43/each)  1 -- Ron Finnerty, San Antonio, TX; Rusty Lippert, Copperas Cove, TX; Mark Miller, Spring Branch, TX; John Heintz, San Antonio, TX; Paul Wuerdeman, San Antonio, TX; Louis Torres, San Antonio; David Day, McClendon-Chisholm, TX; Joseph Tyson, Austin, TX.

Championship / Palmer:  ($55/each)  2 -- Ron Finnerty, San Antonio, TX. 1 -- Rusty Lippert, Copperas Cove, TX; Mark Miller, Spring Branch, TX.

Hogan / Senior Hogan:  ($20/each)  3 -- John Heintz, San Antonio, TX; Paul Wuerdeman, San Antonio, TX. 1 -- Brian Jackson, Sound Beach, NY.

Sarazen / Senior Saraze:  ($44/each)  1 -- Cody Prescott, Floresville, TX; Louis Torres, San Antonio; C.D. Dunem, San Antonio, TX; David Day, McClendon-Chisholm, TX; Joseph Tyson, Austin, TX.

Jones / Snead:  ($85/each)  1 -- Phil Lewis, San Antonio, TX; Christopher Cobb, Austin, TX; Dan OShea, Copperas Cove, TX; John Thomas, Victoria, TX.

CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

($82/each)  #3 - Rusty Lippert - 5' 10";  #6 - Bobby Ashcraft - 9' 10";  #12 - Larry Harper - 8' 2";  #15 - Ricky Napper - 5' 3".

Upcoming Texas Events:

Friday July 29th the Hill Country Tour grabs the day for the visit to Falconhead for the Prelude to the Texas Masters @ Barton Creek..  Registration ends at midnight, July 22nd.

Dallas Tour play is sold out for the Championship at Craig Ranch on Monday, July 18th, but resumes action the following Sunday for the Arlington Championship at Tierra Verde, on July 24th.  Registrations close on Friday, July 15th at 11:59PM EST.

Houston Tour members, take flight for the sold out Montgomery Championship at Woodforest on Saturday July 16th.  Back in action after a break for the Texas Masters at Barton Creek, the final single day event of the points season will be contested at Timber Creek for the Friendswood Challenge on Saturday, August 6th.  Entries close on Friday, July 29th. 

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