Broken Arrow Open - Battle Creek

Scott R Chilcutt, Edmond, OK (May 25, 2013)  Due to a scheduling conflict, Sara and myself made the 1,000 mile round trip trek to the Hill Country for torrential rains and a flood out at the Memorial Championship, while Oklahoma Tour players finally made it off the cart paths in over two months.

But dry it was not!  Battle Creek Golf Club, owned by the city of Broken Arrow, had over an inch of rain as the left over storms from earlier central Oklahoma tornadoes moved there way towards the northeast.  Sloppy conditions, howling winds and residential lined fairways forced solid ball striking and control to good rolling greens.

Gary Chrisman from Yukon, OK sporting a new set of clubs, edged out Blanchard, OK member Jerime Parker by two strokes for the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving.



RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Just off a third place finish against a strong field at the Bobcat Open @ Texas Star, Checotah, OK member James Fowler went two under on two birdies for his second win on the season.  Douglas Duke of Ft Smith, AR, carded a couple of birdies of his own to get the runner up spot, with Tulsa, OK resident Bill Robinson three strokes back in third.

Palmer Flight:  Roland Lewis of Tulsa prefers playing in warm weather and looks to be coming into form.  While Lewis made a mess of the par 5 - 9th, he played solid enough to collect his 15th win on tour and second of the points season.  One stroke back, Rick Herbst of Okarche, OK collected two birdies on the back nine to stay five clear of Edmond, OK member John Montazzoli rounding out the top three.

Hogan Flight:  Blanchard, OK player Jerime Parker played the back nine in even par to grab his sixth win on tour and first since his promotion to the Hogan Flight.  Since coming on the tour as a Snead Flight player in 2011 Parker has now picked up a win in four different flights.  Derek Goodson of Ft Smith, AR recorded four birdies on the day to finish two strokes ahead of Broken Arrow local Allen Sawvel finishing in the third spot.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Kansas City Tour member Bob Hunter of Lee's Summit, MO recorded his first sub eighty round for his first win on tour.  Hunter, matched birdies on the par 4 - 12th with Todd Chapman of Tulsa to remain tied for the lead.  Chapman would double the 16th to go one stroke back.   Mike Johnson of Tahlequah, OK shared the lead going to the 18th, but a double on his last hole relegated him to a T-2 with Chapman.

Sarazen Flight:  Going out in +3, Gary Schuessler of Wichita, KS seemed to have things locked up, but ran out of gas coming to the club house to open the door for Augusta, KS traveling partner, Ernest DeBruler.  DeBruler, birdied the par 4 - 12th en route to his fourth win on tour and second of the year.  Schuessler shared the second place honors with Stan Wilson of Jones, OK.

Jones Flight:  Winning his first event on the points season, Yukon, OK member Gary Chrisman took ten events to snare his second of the year and sixth on tour.   Two strokes back Scott Ingerson of Mustang, OK had his best finish in his first year on tour with Yukon, OK player Kyle Kuykendall a winner in his last time out at Tiffany Greens rounding out the top three.
   











SKINS:


Giant SKINS: 1 -- Douglas Duke, Ft. Smith, AR; James Fowler, Checotah, OK; Roland Lewis, Tulsa, OK; Derek Goodson, Fort Smith, AR; Rod Haddock, Siloam Springs, AR; Robert Lakey, Sayre, OK; Tim Mathis, Edmond, OK.

Championship /Palmer:  2 -- James Fowler, Checotah, OK; Rick Herbst, Okarche, OK. 1 -- Douglas Duke, Ft. Smith, AR; Roland Lewis, Tulsa, OK.

Hogan / Senior Hogan:  3 -- Derek Goodson, Fort Smith, AR. 1 -- Allen Sawvel, Broken Arrow, OK; Rod Haddock, Siloam Springs, AR; Robert Lakey, Sayre, OK; Tim Mathis, Edmond, OK.

Sarazen:  3 -- Ernest DeBruler, Augusta, KS. 1 -- Christian Williamson, Edmond, OK; Gary Schuessler, Wichita, KS; Stan Wilson, Jones, OK.

Jones:  4 -- Roger Johnson, Owasso, OK. 1 -- Gary Chrisman, Yukon, OK; Scott Ingerson, Mustang, OK; Brian Putnam, Edmond, OK.


Next Up:   The Oklahoma Tour will resume play on June 15th  at the Edmond Summer Classic, Fairfax Golf Club.  Hill Country Tour returns to The Hills Country Club for the Austin - Nicklaus Open on June 8th.   The Dallas Tour members will tee it up next for the Fort Worth Championship @ Waterchase on Saturday June 1st. 

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

Howard / Wilson Champions

Curt Howard / Stan Wilson Champions @ Missouri Valley Championship

Eight Oklahoma Tour Members Qualify for National Championships

Branson, MO (April 28, 2013)  The annual Golf Channel AM Tour April Major in Missouri returned to Branson, coined as the community that "PUTS THE SHOW IN THE SHOW ME STATE". 

With the clubhouses situated on adjoining hill tops in the Ozark Mountains just south of Branson the John Daly's Murder Rock Golf Club and the Tom Fazio designed Branson Creek Golf Club created two very different challenges.  While rain virtually washed out the practice rounds on Friday, the nearly two inches that fell during the 24 hours changed any tricks that may have been discovered during those rounds anyway.  Overcast and cool mornings, with intermittent showers on Saturday gave way to a semi dry Sunday final round.  Tour players from 17 states and Canada, representing 25 Tours competed for 11 Flight Champion awards and 37 players made their reservations for the National Championship / Senior National Championship events in LaQuinta, CA in late September.

Nearly $1,400 was raised for the  Feherty's Troop First Foundation during the 50/50 drawing.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:   Marcus House of Olive Branch, MS became a three time Major Champion on the Am Tour in a wire to wire fashion.  After taking a five stroke advantage into the final day, House took no time to add to the lead with two birdies on the first four holes, carding a one under par on the front nine for a seven stroke win.  Rolla, MO member Jared Jordan, with three birdies on the weekend,  edged out Oklahoma Tour Member Douglas Duke of Fort Smith, AR for second place finish by a single stroke, one that came during the opening round when they matched scores on Sunday.

Palmer Flight:  After taking a ten during the first round at the par 4 - 8th hole, his 17th of the day, the disappointment was short lived for Dave Davlin of San Antonio, TX when he saw his name on top of the leader board.  Davlin took three strokes off on his second round to pick up his tenth win on tour and second Major Championship by three stokes over a pair knotted up in the second place finish.  Hard charging Oklahoma Tour Member Chad Schuchmann of Nixa, MO, T12 after round one, shot a course low 74 on day two to snuggle into a runner up tie with Louisville, KY resident Chris Jaggers.

Senior Palmer Flight:  First round leader Robert Corbello of Vidor, TX struggled early on day two to open the door for a pair of Oklahoma players, tied in the third spot overnight.  Sapulpa, OK player Curt Howard played his first twelve holes on the final day in even par to edge out Bill McConnell of Norman, OK by a single stroke.  Howard picked up his third Major Championship of his career and second on the year for his eleventh win overall.  McConnell recorded his best finish in a major two strokes ahead of Herb Reynolds from The Woodlands, TX the final player in the flight to punch his ticket to the Senior National Championship.

Hogan Flight:  Paired in the second to last pairing of the flight,  Kevin Campbell of Westminister, MD made up an eight stroke deficit after day one for his fourth Major Championship and sixth win on tour.  Campbell, a former AM Tour Director from Baltimore took six strokes off his first day total to hold on to a two stroke win over Lawton, OK runner up, Jeffrey Banner.  The trio of  Joe Deere of Catoosa, OK, New Braunfels, TX member Michael Campbell and Trevor Peck of Shiloh, IL made a fivesome for National Championship qualifications.

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Stumbling on the final day after a first round lead at the Myrtle Beach Classic, Jones, OK resident Stan Wilson had to have uncomfortable thoughts taking a three stroke advantage into Sunday's round. On the contrary, the experience may have just been enough to solidify his fifth win on tour and first Major Championship holding on to those three strokes.  Olan Benge of  Wharton, TX, eight strokes back after the opening round took ten strokes off his first round score to share the second place honors with fellow Houston Tour member Roman Umali.

Jones Flight:  Jason Mueller of Wright City, MO added three strokes to his first round lead to win his second event on tour by seven strokes over Oklahoma Tour member Gary Chrisman of Yukon, OK.  Chrisman, in his fourth runner up finish on the year, finished two strokes ahead of Katy, TX traveler Kris Bixby for the final qualification to the National Championship final in LaQuinta, CA.

Senior Snead Flight:   Sri Lanka native, Nimal Gunasinghe now residing in Creve Coeur, MO grabbed his second win on tour and first Major Championship by eight strokes over Weldon Springs, MO member Steve Oien.   Oien a winner at the 2012 Lake of the Ozarks Classic and Midwest Classic at Blackwolf Run held on to his first round runner up spot over Saturday leader Rick Henthorn of Yukon, OK by nine strokes.  Henthorn qualifies for the Nationals for the second time after a T-3 at the 2013 Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay.


Next Up:  The Oklahoma Tour will resume play on May 11th at the Valley View Invitational in Farmington, AR.  REGISTRATION DEADLINE Friday May 3rd.  The Dallas Tour members will tee it up next for the Bobcat Open at Texas Star on May 19th. Hill Country Tour will be back in Kerrville for the Mr. Nelson Open at Riverhill on May 11th.  

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

   

  

Soggy Cowboy Classic - Lakeside

Scott R Chilcutt, Stillwater, OK (April 13, 2013)   Home to nearly 25,000 students, Oklahoma State University and its Stillwater Campus sprawls just south of Lakeside Golf Course.  OSU Athletics and its formidable golf program developed by Labron Harris from 1947 - 1973.  Harris was the architect of Lakeside, home of  OSU Cowboys Golf for nearly 50 years. 

On this Masters weekend, where two former Cowboy Golfers made the cut at Augusta, the Oklahoma Tour and visitors from surrounding states gathered for the Cowboy Classic with soggy and windy conditions.  With over 3 tenths of an inch of early morning rain, a closed range and carts relegated to the paths only, it took players out of there comfort zone and put a premium on mental and physical flexibility.

Augusta, KS member, Ernest DeBruler took home the Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving of Lewisville, TX, two strokes clear of the Kickingbird Challenge trophy winner Tim Mathis of Edmond, OK and Dallas Tour visitor, Scott Sears.



RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  Playing the par three's and four's in +3 each,  James Fowler of Checotah, OK took advantage of the par 5 - 13th to set up his first of two birdies on the day to pick up his first win on the year.  Three strokes back, first year Boston, MA native, Bill Robinson now residing in Tulsa, OK recorded his second runner up finish in three tries.  Another three strokes back, 2012 Championship Flight Player of the Year, Steve Lusk of Ponca City, OK rounded out the top three in his first outing of 2013.

Palmer Flight:  Four players finished within two strokes, where Jimmy Westfall of Oklahoma City, OK collected his tenth win on tour and first of the season.  Westfall used a birdie on the par 3 - 8th and stayed away from the big numbers to win by one stroke over Edmond, OK first year player Dave Kirby.  Kirby finished the back nine in +3 to edge out a pair locked in the third spot.   Curt Howard of Sapulpa, OK and Norman, OK resident Bill McConnell shared the third place honors.  McConnell, opting out of the Giant Skins, left two on the table including an eagle on the par 5 - 13th.

Hogan Flight:  With only two starts on tour in 2012,  Tony Miller of Edmond, OK made the best of his winter golf.  Despite a double on the final, uphill par three, Miller carded his first win on tour five strokes clear at +9 - 79.  In the second spot, the winner at the Forest Ridge Classic, first year player Joe Deere of Catoosa, OK finished one stroke clear of third place Jason Thomas of Yukon, OK.

Senior Hogan Flight:  Low trajectory, wind piercing ball flight vaulted Tim Mathis of Edmond, OK to his second win in as many tries.  For the second sub 80 round on a par 70 course, Mathis ran out front of Tulsa native, Dallas Tour member Randy Sellers now from Lewisville, TX by four strokes.  Sellers birdie on the par 4 -9th hole righted early woes to finish four strokes clear of third place finisher James Surber of Edmond, OK.

Sarazen Flight:   Ernest DeBruler of Augusta, KS had a run from the fifth to eleventh holes in three under par to card his third win on tour, six strokes clear of a trio knotted up in the second spot.  Christian Williamson of Edmond, OK played his last eight holes in minus one to catch up with traveling Dallas Tour member Scott Sears of Carrollton, TX and Arkansas Tour member Jay Williams of Van Buren, AR.  

Jones Flight:  Oklahoma City native, Brian Putnam now residing in Edmond started his Am Tour career playing out of Virginia.  Set to play with the Oklahoma group during the summer of 2012, Putnam was transferred home just in time to be deployed to Afghanistan, thus setting back his debut in this part of the country to 2013. Putnam took the front nine to warm up, coming back to the club house in +4 to record his second win on tour.  Five strokes back, Gary Chrisman of Yukon, OK and first year Oklahoma City member Jeff Ebbs shared the second place finish.

Senior Jones Flight:  Ron Walker of Crescent, OK made it five.  Walker's fifth win on tour and second of the season, Ron stayed two strokes ahead of Dallas Tour traveler Lloyd C Reid Jr.  Reid managed his runner up finish by a stroke over another trio tied in the third place finish.  Forced to play with the Senior Jones due to a lack of Snead participants,  Rick Henthorn of Yukon split the third place honors with Terry Saxon of Norman, OK and visiting Belle Vista, AR member Dennis Baxter.
   


SKINS:

Giant Skins:  2 -- Ernest DeBruler, Augusta, KS. 1 -- James Fowler, Checotah, OK; Curt Howard, Sapulpa, OK; James Surber, Edmond, OK; Art Wiles, Oklahoma City, OK.

Championship /Palmer:  1 -- James Fowler, Checotah, OK; Roland Lewis, Tulsa, OK; Curt Howard, Sapulpa, OK; Bill McConnell, Norman, OK.

Hogan / Senior Hogan:  2 -- James Surber, Edmond, OK. 1 -- John Kang, Enid, OK; Tony Miller, Edmond, OK; Randy Sellers, Lewisville, TX; Art Wiles, Oklahoma City, OK.

Sarazen:  3 -- Ernest DeBruler, Augusta, KS. 2 -- Jay Williams, Van Buren, AR. 1 -- Christian Williamson, Edmond, OK.

Jones / Senior Jones:  1 -- Gary Chrisman, Yukon, OK; Kyle Kuykendall, Yukon, OK; Chris Manahan, Oklahoma City, OK; Rick Henthorn, Yukon, OK; Jeff Ebbs, Oklahoma City, OK.


Next Up:  After a break for the Missouri Valley Championship, the Oklahoma Tour will resume play on May 11th at the Valley View Invitational in Farmington, AR.  Hill Country Tour visits Vaaler Creek Golf Club for the first time at the Battle at Blanco on April 20th.  The Dallas Tour makes introduces another new course for the Arlington Championship at Tierra Verde on Sunday April, 21st.  

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

Skirting the Storms - Forest Ridge Classic

Oklahoma Tour Staff, Broken Arrow, OK (March 30, 2013)  Forest Ridge Golf Club, annual home to the season opener in the Tulsa area was true to form for this time of year.  Aerification scheduled a few weeks before each spring event had a little harder time healing this year due to some freezing temperatures, but most rolled well.  

Overnight and early morning thunderstorms seemed to effect only the range, typically a flood zone during those torrential rains, but the course drained well, the sun broke through and the event went off on schedule.

Joe Deere picked up his first Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving with a personal record round.  Giant skins winners came from Championship, Hogan, Senior Hogan and Jones Flight players.




RESULTS:

Championship Flight:  First time tour player, Daniel Cannon of Tulsa, OK made an eagle three on the par 5 -18th to force a playoff with Checotah, OK member James Fowler.  Fowler on hiatus from the tour since 2011 went out in +1 and looked to have things under control.  Fowler then got on a bogey train from 14-16, bounced back with a birdie on 17, but took a six on the final hole to open the door to the playoff.  On the second extra hole, Cannon birdied the par 4 -2nd as he had done in regulation to take home the trophy.  One stroke back, Alma, AR first year member Brett Hubbard rounded out the top three.

Palmer Flight:  Recently promoted to the Palmer Flight, Chad Schuchmann of Nixa, MO picked up his first win in the new flight and third of the year.  Schuchmann, over came a couple of bad holes early on to play the back in two over par maintaining a seven shot advantage over a pair tied up in the second place finish.  Tulsa, OK member Brook Lister and James Smith of Claremore, OK shared the runner up points.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Okarche, OK new comer, Rick Herbst held on over a charging, Jimmy Westfall of Oklahoma City, OK for his first win on tour.  Westfall, parred his final three holes to come within one stroke of the win and maintained a two stroke lead over third place finisher John Montazzoli from Edmond, OK.

Hogan Flight:  Catoosa, OK resident, Joe Deere became another first time winner on the day.  Deere came to the club house with a one over par back nine for a four stroke victory over Brandon McCool of Edmond, OK.  McCool, with two birdies on the day maintained a nine stroke advantage over first time local Broken Arrow, OK player Jake Mills.

Senior Hogan Flight:    Rod Haddock of Siloam Springs, AR, played the back nine in +4 - 40 to take the flight championship for the third time on tour and first of the year.  Haddock, a winner last at the 2012 Hard Rock Open @ Cherokee Hill Golf Club finished three strokes clear of Edmond, OK player Michael Hicks.  Hicks played his final four holes in one under par with a birdie on the par 4 - 16th, to edge out Bruce Callich of Checotah, OK and fellow Edmond resident  James Surber by a stroke.

Sarazen Flight:  Battling an off season knee injury and surgery, Arkansas Tour member Kirby Rogers from Muldrow, OK seems to be back in form and in victory lane for the first time this year.  Rogers parred the final hole to maintain a two stroke lead over 28 year old, first year Muskogee, OK player Chad Wheeler.  Charging from a rough front nine, Rogers traveling Arkansas Tour partner,  Jay Williams of Van Buren, AR went one under over the last three holes to round out the top three.

Jones Flight:    Craig Merrill of Roland, AR commanded his eighth win on tour and second of the year by eleven strokes.  Traveling Bakersfield, CA visitor Don Risner completed his 24th event on the points year and recorded his eighth runner up finish to go with his three wins on the year .  Kyle Kuykendall from Yukon, OK finished just one stroke back in the third place finish.





SKINS:

Giant Skins:  2 -- Brett Hubbard, Alma, AR; Michael Hicks, Edmond, OK. 1 -- Daniel Cannon, Tulsa, OK; Brandon McCool, Edmond, OK; Bruce Callich, Checotah, OK; Sammie Martin, Elgin, OK; Ron Walker, Crescent, OK.

Championship / Palmer / Senior Palmer:  3 -- Brett Hubbard, Alma, AR. 2 -- Jimmy Westfall, Oklahoma City, OK. 1 -- Daniel Cannon, Tulsa, OK.

Hogan / Senior Hogan:  2 -- Brandon McCool, Edmond, OK; Frank Schield, Norman, OK; Michael Hicks, Edmond, OK; Bruce Callich, Checotah, OK. 1 -- Bob Hunter, Lee's Summit, MO.

Sarazen: 2 -- Stanley Emerson, Topeka, Kansas. 1 -- Dewayne Madison, Edmond OK; Tony Solano, Aurora, CO; Chad Wheeler, Muskogee, OK; Melvin Wilson III, Dallas, TX.

Jones:  4 -- Craig Merrill, Roland, AR. 2 -- Carl Eaton, Porter, TX; Don Risner, Bakersfield, CA. 1 -- Sammie Martin, Elgin, OK; Ron Walker, Crescent, OK.

Next Up:  Oklahoma resumes play at the Cowboy Classic - Lakeside on April 13th. The Dallas Tour goes back to back for the Flower Mound Open at Bridlewood on April 7th. Hill Country Tour visits Vaaler Creek Golf Club for the first time at the Battle at Blanco on April 20th.   

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

Oklahoma Tour Opens at KickingBird

Scott R Chilcutt, Edmond, OK (March 16, 2013) Visitors from Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia and Texas were welcomed to the Oklahoma Tour 2013 Season Opener for a full field at the KickingBird Challenge.

KickingBird Golf Course, the site of the season opener for the third straight year on the Oklahoma Tour, once again did not disappoint.  While the Bermuda grass fairways and rough are still in the dormant state the BentGrass greens rolled smooth and fast.  Mostly sunny skies and light southerly breezes helped kick start the temperatures into the high 70's, but gave way to a late afternoon cool down with winds shifting from the north and changing the complexion of the layout.

Oklahoma Tour local,  Tim Mathis of Edmond, OK captured his first Tournament Champion Trophy, presented by Carlisle's Engraving by three strokes over a pair in the second spot.

RESULTS:

Championship Flight:   Stockton, CA native John Navarro now residing in Edmond, OK went out in even par, overcame a tough stretch on 10-12 with a birdie on the dog legged right par 4 - 13th to win his first event on tour.  Tulsa, OK Bill Robinson another new comer to the tour, finished four strokes back, with another Edmond local Chad Benoit rounding out the top three two back of Robinson. 

Palmer Flight:    Brad Cooper of Lawton, OK picked up his sixth win on tour and first since his two win season in 2010.  Cooper started the day with a birdie on the par 4 - 2nd, but his par on the long par 4 -18th made the difference in the one stroke advantage over Broken Arrow, OK member Allen Sawvel.  Jameson Bradford, of Plano, TX player went on a birdie run from eight through ten but fell one stroke short to Sawvel finishing in the third spot.

Senior Palmer Flight:  Sapulpa, OK member Curt Howard, with his son Tams in town on a visit from Minnesota on the bag, went for his third win in as many attempts.  Howard playing the first eleven holes in -2 on three birdies, held out a two stroke advantage over local Edmond player Dave Kirby.  Kirby making his second start on tour after working on the tournament committee the last two years held on to his runner up spot by a stroke over a surging Clayton Badger of Drumright.  After a slow start Badger, played the last 10 holes in even par to settle with the show position finish.

Hogan Flight:   Jeffrey Banner of Lawton, OK picked up his third win on tour and first since the 2012 Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay.  Oklahoma City, OK tour rookie, Ronnie Draper, a winner in his first time out over a strong field at the Hill Country Tour Kerrville Championship @ Comanche Trace evened things up with a birdie on the par 4 - 13th, but fell short by a stroke at the end of the day.  Edmond, OK local Brandon McCool finished two strokes back for his second third place finish on the year.       

Senior Hogan Flight:   Home field advantage proved important when Edmond, OK partners in crime, Tim Mathis and James Surber had the one, two finish.  Mathis with a tournament low, +3 - 73 grabbed his seventh win on tour four strokes clear of Surber with three birdies on the day.  Surber a winner at the 2013 Texas Open at Horseshoe Bay played the back nine in one over par to hold on to a three stroke advantage over traveling Dallas Tour member Myles Gallemore of Irving, TX.     

Sarazen Flight:   Imran Siddiqi, another local from Edmond, finished out his last three holes in even par to over take Wichita, KS traveler Gary Schuessler for his fifth win on tour and first of the season. Schuessler, coming into his own with a win and two runner up finishes on the points season held on to the second place spot by one stroke over Augusta, KS traveling partner Ernest DeBruler.  DeBruler parred his final two holes to stay out front of a pair of players in the T4 finish.     

Senior Sarazen Flight:  Denver Tour visitor, Tony Solano from Aurora, CO carded his ninth win on tour in his first outing of the points season.  Solano maintained a one stroke advantage over Oklahoma Tour first year member Vincent Gonzalez of Oklahoma City.  Davis Noble of Lake Kiowa, TX just south of the Red River recorded his best finish of the points season rounding out the top three.

Jones Flight:  Gary Chrisman of Yukon, OK bogied the final hole to force an early evening playoff with Crecent, OK member Ron Walker.  With darkness lingering on the first playoff green, Walker appeared to be ready to concede defeat, but after prodding from Chrisman drained a 30' putt for his fourth win on tour.  The pair finished two strokes ahead of another pair knotted up in the third place spot.  K.C. Montgomery of Fairview and Yukon, OK player Kyle Kuykendall split the third and fourth place points.

Snead Flight:  Just one week after walking off the course at an event in Dallas to join his wife for the birth of a new son, Sammie Martin of Elgin, OK commanded his second win on tour. Martin the 2012 Player of the Year in the Snead Flight outlasted 2012 Senior Snead Player of the Year Rick Henthorn of Yukon, OK with a late round birdie on the par 4 -17th.  Henthorn with a birdie of his own on the par 5 -12th stayed three strokes ahead of tour rookie William Perkins of Grand Prairie, TX finishing in the third spot.

SKINS:

Giant Skins:  1 -- Gary Hayes, Chickasha, OK; Tim Mathis, Edmond, OK; Art Wiles, Oklahoma City, OK; Chico Robinson, Powder Springs, GA; Ron Walker, Crescent, OK.

Championship / Palmer / Senior Palmer:  2 -- Allen Sawvel, Broken Arrow, OK. 1 -- Brad Cooper, Lawton, OK; Curt Howard, Sapulpa, OK.

Hogan / Senior Hogan:  2 -- Tim Mathis, Edmond, OK. 1 -- Gary Hayes, Chickasha, OK; Allan Barnett, Cheyenne, OK; Randy Sellers, Lewisville, TX; Rod Haddock, Siloam Springs, AR; Robert Lakey, Sayre, OK; Art Wiles, Oklahoma City, OK.

Sarazen / Senior Sarazen:  1 -- Christian Williamson, Edmond, OK; Melvin Wilson III, Dallas, TX; Dewayne Madison, Edmond OK.

Jones / Snead:  2 -- K.C. Montgomery, Fairview, OK. 1 -- Ron Walker, Crescent, OK.

 

Next Up:  The Oklahoma Tour backs up the opener with the Forest Ridge Classic in Broken Arrow, OK on March 30th.   The Dallas Tour resumes action at the Frisco Lakes Challenge on March 30th at The Golf Club at Frisco Lakes, registration closes Friday, March 22nd.   Hill Country Tour hits the links after a break for the Texas open on March 24th Round Rock Open on Friday, March 15th.

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