Oklahoma - Player of the Year Points

Stitching Has Started Will Your Name Be On a Bag?

Scott R Chilcutt, Edmond, OK (July 27, 2011)  Through a generous contribution from Edward Jones - Sapulpa (Curt Howard) we have expanded our Player of the Year awards from just two (Mid-Am / Senior) to award the winner from each flight.

I'm sure you've seen the Callaway Staff Bag at all the tournaments with "YOUR NAME HERE" sign on it.  While the picture of the bags may look like a Golf Galaxy Store or a Callaway Showroom, it's my dining room.  All our bags are in place for the Oklahoma and Dallas tours and we are just waiting to award them at the Tour Championship at Jimmie Austin.

Just a couple of notes on the points system:

• Only points from LOCAL events on the Oklahoma schedule are included.  Majors are not part of the point system.
• Only the best EIGHT points finishes from tournaments are included.
• Points from the Tour Championship @ Jimmie Austin will be doubled.

View the PDF document that includes the ENTIRE DETAIL by CLICKING HERE.

Next up, The Oklahoma Tour returns to the central part Oklahoma for the Cowboy Classic in Stillwater on July 31st.  The the Dallas Tour ventures east of the metroplex to Canton Classic at Twin Lakes on July 30th.

For more information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Tour Director

Dallas / Fort Worth - Oklahoma

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

405.513.1467 - 972.302.9478

schilcutt@gcamtour.com

www.gcamtour.com

Points Standings Through - The Grand Lake Showdown -

Sawvel Qualifies for Nationals - Copeland Lands Another Show Spot at a Major

Scott R Chilcutt,  Dallas, TX (July 21, 2011)  While the Oklahoma Tour spent the weekend at Grand Lake for the Grand Lake Showdown a number of members headed to TPC Sawgrass.

TPC Sawgrass, home of the 2010 Am Tour National Championship was slated for the TPC Sawgrass Open where over 170 players made the call.

RESULTS:

Palmer Flight Flight:  Broken Arrow, OK player Allen Sawvel  grabbed a top three spot and National Championship Qualification.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Bill Copeland  from Tulsa followed up 3rd place at the Kingsmill Classic  with another show position at a Major to solidify his National Championship Qualification.

Next up, The Oklahoma Tour returns to the central part Oklahoma for the Cowboy Classic in Stillwater on July 31st.  The the Dallas Tour makes its way to Tour 18 for the Clash at Tour 18 on  July 23rd and then ventures east of the metroplex to Canton Classic at Twin Lakes on July 30th.

For more information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Tour Director

Dallas / Fort Worth - Oklahoma

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

405.513.1467 - 972.302.9478

schilcutt@gcamtour.com

www.gcamtour.com

Winners from 5 Tours in 6 Flights - Grand Lake ShowDown - Recap

Oklahoma Tour One for 6!

Scott R Chilcutt, Grove, OK (July 6, 2011)  Patricia Island Estates and Golf Club, where country music and Heehaw legend Roy Clark keeps his lake home off the shores of Grand Lake in Northeastern Oklahoma.

Grand Lake O' The Cherokees is also known for it's large boats and beautiful homes on the water covering some 1,300 miles of shoreline.  Much of the year it can also mean a wind blowing off those waters, but not this weekend.  100+ temperatures would have welcomed something more than a breeze, but the still conditions made for great scoring.  The golf course, arguably in the best condition on the Oklahoma Tour to date has been blessed with much of the rain that has missed the Central and Western part of the state. Greens were receptive to shots and probably slower than most players would have preferred, but with the heat, they have to keep them alive.

The Grand Lake Showdown, in it's 2nd year, is the 2nd in as many events billed as an Oklahoma / Arkansas Tour challenge.   WINNERS this go round came from The Dallas Tour, Kansas City Tour, St. Louis Tour as well as Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Mesquite, TX player Gabriel Brisco edged Mike Quesenberry playing out of the St. Louis tour, by one stroke to take the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Labor Finders.


RESULTS:

Palmer Flight:  Lance Berland from Salina, KS picked up his first win on tour in an all out of state flight.  Fellow Kansas City Tour member Thomas Kass from Overland Park, KS finished two strokes back.  Kass had a tough stretch on the 14th and 15th holes but rebounded to finish with pars and stay ahead of Rogers, AR player Brian Smith by a stroke.

Hogan Flight:  St. Louis Tour member Mike Quesenberry from Wentzville, MO dropped in when his weekend had him in the area for his wife's high school class reunion in nearby Big Cabin.  Quesenberry made the best of this stop picking up his second win in as many weekends playing nearly perfect golf and was two under par going to the 14th hole where he got into trouble and carded a triple.  Newly re flighted Broken Arrow, OK player Zack Whitlock took the 2nd spot by two strokes over Tim Mathis from Edmond, OK and Tulsa's Kenroy Smith both tied for third.
        

Senior Hogan Flight:  Just about the time Tahlequah, OK player Mike Johnson had settled into his post round hamburger it was official.  Three players had tied at the top with 5 over par 77.  Joining Johnson on the first tee, fellow Tahlequah player Jim Crawford  and  Richard Ainsworth from Maumelle, AR.  Both Crawford and Ainsworth had to birdie the final hole to get in a playoff with Johnson who double bogied the 18th.  In the end it would only take one playoff hole as Crawford eagled the par five first to bring them back to the air conditioning for his third win of the season.

Sarazen Flight:  Picking up his first win in two seasons on the tour, Dallas Tour member Gabriel Brisco from Mesquite, TX shot a career low round, 79 to gap the field by 8 strokes.  Russell Ingle from Belle Vista parred the 18th hole for his best finish on tour staying clear of David Price from Pawhuska, OK and Roland, AR Craig Merrill by one stroke.



Jones Flight:   Carl Imhof from Rogers, AR snatched his second win of the season by two strokes over a trio of players finishing with 84's.  Dennis Baxter from Belle Vista birdied the 12th and 17th holes to shoot a one over par 37 on the back nine, picking up the second place prizes through the scorecard playoff.  Blanchard, OK player Jerime Parker and Loyd Welch from McAlester, OK would share T2 points.

 
Snead Flight:  Arkansas Tour player Sam Reeves from Bentonville, AR paced the field with a career low, 86.  Rick Henthorn from Yukon, OK hasn't been out of the top three places since a December round in Hawaii, stayed clear of Checotah, OK member Scott Bundrick.  Bundrick started strong at five over par after eleven holes but the heat would get to him and he limped in finishing third.



SKINS:

Palmer/Hogan:  2 -- Mike Quesenberry, Wentzville, MO; Zack Whitlock, Broken Arrow OK.  1 -- Tim Mathis, Edmond, OK; Dan Nieman, Bella Vista, AR; Ryan Coventon, Oklahoma City, OK.

SR Hogan/Sarazen:  2 -- Bruce Callich, Checotah, OK.  1 -- Richard Ainsworth, Maumelle, AR; Dale Stringer, Russellville, AR; Mike Johnson, Tahlequah, OK; Joe Bonaparte, Watts, OK; David Price, Pawhuska, OK.

Jones / Snead:  3 -- Dennis Baxter, Bella Vista,AR.  1 -- Joe Tomandao, Rogers, AR; Ron Hardy, Lewisville, TX; Carl Imhof, Rogers, AR.




Next up, The Oklahoma Tour returnsto the central part Oklahoma for the Cowboy Classic in Stillwater on July 31st.  The the Dallas Tour makes its way to Tour 18 for the Clash at Tour 18 on  July 23rd and then ventures east of the metroplex to Canton Classic at Twin Lakes on July 30th.

For more information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Tour Director

Dallas / Fort Worth - Oklahoma

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

405.513.1467 - 972.302.9478

schilcutt@gcamtour.com

www.gcamtour.com

Monday, Monday - Las Colinas Championship - Recap

Four of Nine Flights Require Extra Holes

Scott R Chilcutt, Irving, TX (July 11, 2011) The 6th of 7 sell out events on the Dallas Tour this year players from six different tours made their way to our first of two Monday events at private golf clubs.

While traveling home from the Las Colinas Country Club many of those players were singing the lyrics from, "Monday, Monday", a 1966 song written by John Phillips and recorded by The Mamas & the Papas. "Monday Monday, so good to me,  Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be". 

Nick Easen from Keller, TX took home the Tournament Champion trophy in a score card playoff over Waco, TX player Francisco Vazquez.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Playing in his first event on the tour, McKinney, TX Clay Price birdied the 18th hole to fire a one over par 72 to grab the win by a stroke over Rockwall's, Andrew Morsinkhoff.  Ponca City, OK player Steve Lusk would finish in the third spot with hard charging Jason Brown from Irving rounding out the top four.

Palmer Flight:  Clay Johnston from Dallas grabbed his first win on tour in 14 tries but it didn't come without extra holes.  Mansfield's,  Michael Fee played to even par over his last 13 holes with a birdie on his 17th hole of the day to force the playoff where Clay would come out on top.  The pair stayed 7 strokes clear of 3rd place finisher David Wright from Lewisville.  Guy Nickels from Keller and Austin/San Antonio tour player Chris Wadle from Coupland, TX would finish one stroke shy of third place.

Hogan Flight: Oklahoma Tour player Kirby Rogers from Muldrow, OK carded a six over par 77 to win by one stroke over Playa Del Rey, CA member Tony Anderson  and  Todd Barfield from Dallas.  Tim Williams from McKinney, TX grabbed the 4th spot with Rockwall's Paul Gray and  Kevin Weaver from Lake Worth, TX knotted in the 5th spot.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Michael Hardegree of Wichita Falls, TX won his first tournament on the tour edging out Gregory Stairs of Mansfield, TX by one stroke.  Checotah, OK player Bruce Callich rounded out the top three just a stroke behind Stairs.

Sarazen Flight:  In the second of four playoffs, Patrick Gutridge from Hurst, TX and Oklahoma Tour player Terry Saxon from Norman, OK would head back out to the 1st tee, where Gutridge would prevail.  Chris Gassaway from North Richland Hills, TX would have his best finish of the year just one stroke back.  Chris went one under par over the last three holes to stay clear of Ricky Gates of Arlington and  fifth place finisher, Kaufman, TX Jeff Carter.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  One of many players doing double duty over the weekend, playing in Sapulpa, OK on Saturday, Barry Gray of Lantana, TX picked up his sixth win of the year by one stroke over Frisco, TX Jamie Sansom. Jerry Gallemore from Fort Stockton, TX and Jim Craig from San Felipe would tie up the third spot. 

Jones Flight:  Nick Easen from Keller, TX leading after 17, would open the door for  Lewisville, TX player Shawn Whitaker with a double bogey on his 18th hole.  Whitaker would go on to win in the playoff for his third win of the year. Recently promoted from the Snead Flight, Kevin Cunningham from Little Elm finished one stroke back to tie up the third spot.

Senior Jones Flight: While two birdies and an eagle (covered by Gary Chrisman) would not win him any skins, Haslet, TX player Burnie Rodgers would fight his way into the fourth of the days playoffs with Yogi Schornick from Colleyville, TX.  Rodgers would end up on top after his first extra hole for his fourth win of the season. Ken Benjamin from Grand Prairie would go 2 under par over his last 5 holes to finish third.

Snead Flight:  Arlington, TX, Don Freitag made it two in a row winning his 2nd in as many tries edging out Lale Esquivel from Frisco by a stroke.  Francisco Vazquez from Waco, TX rounded out the top three for his best finish of the year.





SKINS:

Championship:  3 -- Clay Price, Mckinney, TX.  2 -- Jason Brown, Irving, TX.  1 -- Eric Swanson, Plano, TX; Andrew Morsinkhoff, Rockwall, TX.

Palmer: 1 -- Guy Nickels, Keller, TX; Michael Fee, Mansfield, TX; Michael Morgan, Shreveport, LA; Sean Fenton, Fort Worth, TX; Clay Johnston, Dallas, TX.

Sarazen/SR Sarazen:  1 -- Jerry Gallemore, Fort Stockton, TX.

Hogan/SR Hogan: 2 -- Gregory Stairs, Mansfield, TX.  1 -- Jorge Rodriguez, Round Rock, TX; Kevin Weaver, Lake Worth, TX; Tim Williams, McKinney, TX.

Jones / Snead:  2 -- Yogi Schornick, Colleyville, TX.  1 -- Ken Benjamin, Grand Prairie, TX; Gary Chrisman, Yukon, OK; Scott Bundrick, Checotah , OK; Don Freitag, Arlington, TX.


Next up,  The the Dallas Tour makes its way to Tour 18 for the Clash at Tour 18 on  July 23rd and then ventures east of the metroplex to Canton Classic at Twin Lakes on July 30th.  The Oklahoma Tour resumes play on July 16th at the Grand Lake Showdown then returning to the central part Oklahoma for the Cowboy Classic in Stillwater on July 31st. 

For more information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Tour Director

Dallas / Fort Worth - Oklahoma

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

405.513.1467 - 972.302.9478

schilcutt@gcamtour.com

www.gcamtour.com

Visit the Tour Blogs:  

Dallas -  gcatdallas.blogspot.com - Oklahoma - gcatoklahoma.blogspot.com

Cart-Jacking in Sapulpa - Clary Fields Challenge Recap

Scott R Chilcutt, Sapulpa, OK (July 9, 2011)  When poor tee time management seemed to infect the Clary Fields Classic, tournament committee member Dave Kirby had to revert to cart-jacking to get the field off the first tee at a reasonable time.


Course scheduling had a number of LARGE groups out prior to the event, which would become problematic when the available carts required finishing players to unload.  Normally heading to the parking lots to dispense of their clubs, Kirby would stop the finishers short of the clubhouse, unload and clean the carts for our next groups.  


At the end of the day all the delays were forgotten when Brook Lister, the restaurant manager of the Chili's at 71st street and US75 would bring along a buffet of food for the players to indulge in while waiting on the final results.


Twenty seven year old Joseph Hendrix took home the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Labor Finders.


RESULTS:

Championship Flight: Oklahoma City's Jeff Boyer picked up his fourth win of the season over second place finisher Curt Howard from Sapulpa with an even par 71.  The two were tied after 15 holes,  Boyer would then birdie the 16th to grab a one shot lead.   Nineteen year old Colby Mowat would finish third in his first tournament on the tour.

Palmer Flight: Joseph Hendrix from Yukon fired a 2 over par 73 in route to his 2nd win on tour.  Birdies on seven, twelve and thirteen would give Hendrix a comfortable lead over D'Wayne Lowery from Muskogee with Broken Arrow's Allen Sawvel finishing in the 3rd spot

Hogan Flight: Solid 5 over par 76's would knot up Mike Delloro from Durant and Tulsa's Brook Lister.  After the 19th hole, Delloro would take home his first win of his career.  Todd Chapman from Tulsa would finish 2 strokes back for the 3rd spot while fellow Tulsa player Kenroy Smith shot a 79 for his best finish on the tour.

Senior Hogan Flight: Edmond, OK tour player Michael Hicks started and finished strong with a 8 over par 79 to pick up his first win of the season and third on tour.  Art Wiles from Oklahoma City and Tahlequah's Mike Johnson would finish second and third respectively.

Sarazen Flight: In his first tournament back on tour since May, Broken Bow's Mark Helms edged out Stan Wilson from Jones by one stroke with a birdie on the 16th hole.  Christian Abels from Tahlequah finished in the 3rd.

Jones Flight: First time player Zack Whitlock from Broken Arrow snatched a win over newly promoted Blanchard, OK player Jerime Parker.  Parker would best Roger Johnson from Owasso, OK by two strokes with Jay Williams from Van Buren, AR rounding out the top four.

Snead Flight:  Edmond, OK first year player Mike Camp cruised to his 2nd win on tour over Scott Bundrick from Checotah, while Yukon's Rick Henthorn finished in the 3rd spot.










SKINS:

Championship /Palmer:  2 -- Jeff Boyer, Oklahoma City, OK; Curt Howard, Sapulpa, OK; Joseph Hendrix, Yukon, OK.

Hogan/SR Hogan:  2 -- Mike Delloro, Durant, OK; Michael Hicks, Edmond, OK.  1 -- Ryan Cummings, Stillwater, OK.

Sarazen:  2 -- Mark Helms, Broken Bow, OK.  1 -- Barry Gray, Lantana, TX; Stan Wilson, Jones, OK; David Price, Pawhuska, OK.

Jones / Snead:  2 -- Jay Williams, Van Buren, AR; Mike Camp, Edmond, OK.  1 -- Roger Johnson, Owasso, OK; Ron Hardy, Lewisville, TX; Rick Henthorn, Yukon, OK.



Next up, The Oklahoma Tour resumes play on July 16th at the Grand Lake Showdown then returning to the central part Oklahoma for the Cowboy Classic in Stillwater on July 31st.  The the Dallas Tour makes its way to Tour 18 for the Clash at Tour 18 on  July 23rd and then ventures east of the metroplex to Canton Classic at Twin Lakes on July 30th.

For more information:

Scott R Chilcutt

Tour Director

Dallas / Fort Worth - Oklahoma

GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour

405.513.1467 - 972.302.9478

schilcutt@gcamtour.com

www.gcamtour.com