Scott R Chilcutt, October 14, 2018 (Fort Worth, TX) The DFW Tour opened it's 2019 points season at The Golf Club at Champions Circle for the Fort Worth Fall Championship. The club between Texas Motor Speedway on the North and Alliance Airport on the South, typically has us playing in the cold, rain or even snow on one occasion, showed a fairly dry day. But it sure looked like it wasn't going to with the storms in the area, through about 3:30 on Saturday.
Course staff did a fantastic job of picking up a great deal of the debris, deposited from high water creeks, along with getting the greenside bunkers drained and in order for play. Course conditions, under the circumstances we good for some low scoring while the jet's and special planes, soared above during the Airshow, just a few miles south.
RESULTS:
Championship Flight: Despite laying of the golf clubs for a number of weeks, Grand Prairie, TX, player Larry Vannatta didn't show any rust on the scorecard. Vannatta, with five birdies on the round, canceled out the four bogies, for a -1 - 71 to pick up the win. Playing in his first event on Tour, Kirk Wright of Oklahoma City, OK, with a birdie on his first hole of the day, the par 4 - 1st, finished in the runner-up spot. Rounding out the top three, Edmond, OK, resident Al Swanson, with two birdies of his own, finished two strokes back of Wright.
Palmer Flight: Fort Worth, TX, member Kirk Boerner, grabbed his first win of the season and sixth of the calendar year. Two strokes back, Scott Harper of Ranger, TX, finished in the runner-up spot, with Little Elm, TX, player Chase Day, and two birdies on his day, rounding out the top three.
Senior Palmer Flight: Jalil Daneshfar of Dallas, TX, with the help of a birdie on the par 4 - 3rd picked up his second championship of 2018. Mark Taylor of Coppell, TX, with a birdie of his own on the par 5 - 5th carded the second place points with Carrollton, TX, member Todd Arnold, taking the final podium spot after a tough par 5 - 18th hole.
Hogan Flight: Los Colinas, TX, player Rich Houchins, with a birdie on the par 4 7th, picked up the win, one stroke clear of Christopher Chilcott of Northlake, TX. Chilcott, with a birdie on the par 4 - 1st, finished one stroke clear of the trio of Joesph Roy of Rockwall, TX, Killeen, TX, player Randy Dorsey, and Darren Bufton, of Bedford, TX, sharing the third place honors.
Senior Hogan Flight: Denver Roden of Fort Worth, TX, on tour since 2012, had yet to visit the winner's circle. Until Sunday, that is. Roden, with and 89, finished one stroke clear of Garland, TX, player Stephen Lamb and John Cox of Mansfield, TX, knotted in the runner-up finish.
Sarazen Flight: Dallas, TX, resident David Holcomb became an eight-time winner on tour. Holcomb finished, three strokes clear of Michael Petit of Plano, TX, finishing in the runner-up spot, with Donovan Ackerson, recently relocated to Dallas, taking home the third place spot.
Senior Sarazen Flight: Bob Moreau of Rockwall, TX, making the most of a birdie on the par 5 - 18th picked up the win, one stroke clear of Amarillo, TX, member Tim Edwards. Edwards with a birdie of his own on the 18th, finished one stroke ahead of Scott Sears of Carrollton, TX, playing in his first event as a Senior.
Jones Flight: New Braunfels, TX, traveler David Garcia, picked up his first win, starting his third seasons on tour. Garcia, with two birdies on the round, cleared second place finisher, Steve Pearson of Plano, TX, by five strokes. Pearson, with two birdies of his won, cleared third place member Pete Partain of Bedford, TX, by two strokes.
Snead Flight: Cale Rice of Fort Worth, TX, and Houston Tour traveler, Richard Schram of Bryan, TX, couldn't settle the score in regulation. Back to the par 5 - 18th, the pair would again, match scores and only on the par 4 - 1st, the second sudden-death hole, would Schram pick up the victory. One stroke back of the playoff, Martin Simmons, of Flower Mound, TX, with a birdie on the par 4 - 4th would round out the top three.
SKINS:
GIANT SKINS:
Latham - Zane Valley View, TX, $170.00, Eagle on 18; Buffington, Shannon - Irving, TX, $170.00, Birdie on 3; Garcia, David - New Braunfels, TX, $170.00, Birdie on 5.
CHAMPIONSHIP/PALMER:
Wright, Kirk - Oklahoma City, OK - 4 - $60.00 Birdie on 1, Par on 2, Par on 3, Par on 10; Harper, Scott - Ranger, TX - 2 - $30.00 Par on 9, Par on 11; Day, Chase - Little Elm, TX - 1 - $15.00 Birdie on 4; Bonin, Brad - McKinney, TX - 1 - $15.00 Birdie on 5; Swanson, Al - Edmond, OK - 1 - $15.00 Birdie on 8.
SENIOR PALMER/HOGAN:
Taylor, Mark - Coppell, TX - 2 $100.00 Birdie on 6, Birdie on 13; Chilcott, Christopher - Northlake, TX - 1 - $50.00 Birdie on 1; Umstead, Edward - Boca Raton, FL - 1 - $50.00 Birdie on 15; Arnold, Todd - Carrollton, TX - 1 - $50.00 Birdie on 4; Bufton, Darren - Bedford, TX - 1 - $50.00 Birdie on 5.
SENIOR HOGAN/SARAZEN:
Holcomb, David - Dallas, TX - 1 - $70.00 Par on 11; Holt, Phillip - Keller, TX - 1 - $70.00 Par on 15; Neff, Jon - Frisco, TX, - 1 - $70.00 Par on 9.
SENIOR SARAZEN::
Latham, Zane - Valley View, TX - 2 - $70.00 Birdie on 13, Eagle on 18; Rodgers, Burnie - Fort Worth, TX - 2 - $70.00 Birdie on 4, Birdie on 12; Everts, Terry - Eastland, TX - 1 - $35.00 Birdie on 1; Wren, Rodney - Dallas, TX - 1 - $35.00 Par on 2.
JONES/SNEAD:
Simmons, Martin - Flower Mound, TX,- 3 - $110.00 Birdie on 4, Par on 9, Par on 10; Brewner, Bill - LaRue, TX - 2 - $75.00 Birdie on 12, Birdie on 15; Garcia, David - New Braunfels, TX - 2 - $75.00 Birdie on 5, Par on 16; Lee, Mike - Dallas, TX - 1 - $35.00 Birdie on 13; Buffington, Shannon - Irving, TX - 1 - $35.00 Birdie on 3; Holman, Tom - Van Alstyne, TX, -1 - $35.00 Birdie on 8.
CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:
$180/each;
#5 - Chase Day - 7' 7"; #12 - Brian Hebert - 10' 5"; #15 - Ed Umstead - 8' 1".
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10/27/2018 - Fall Championship - Cypress Lakes - Closes Friday, October 19th.
10/28/2018 - Dallas Fall Championship - Golf Club of Dallas - Closes Friday, October 19th.
11/2/2018 - Prelude Austin Open - Onion Creek - Closes Friday, October 26th.
11/11/2018 - Veterans Day Championship - Hawks Creek - Closes Friday, November 2nd.
11/17/2018 - Fall Open - Canyon Springs - Closes Friday, November 9th.
11/18/2018 - Fall Challenge - Humble - Tour 18 - Closes Friday, November 9th.
11/24/2018 - Lakes Open - Squaw Valley - Closes Friday, November 16th.
11/25/2018 - North Texas Winter Championship - Apache Links - Closes Friday, November 16th.
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