Scott R Chilcutt, Westworth Village, TX (November 11, 2018)  Simply not a more appropriate pace in the DFW area to host the Veterans Day Championship.  Hawks Creek Golf Club, formerly known as the Carswell Golf Course sits adjacent to the runways at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, once known as Carswell Air Force Base. 

While overcast skies, with a chilling wind, may have kept the temperatures down, the fast and true greens, heated up the competition.


RESULTS:


Championship Flight:  Nick Quast of Dallas, TX, started the day with a double bogey, but followed with a couple of pars, then two consecutive birdies to finish out the front nine in +1.  Quast would then stumble on #11 and #14, but card another two birdies to win the Championship at +3.  Five strokes back, Lewisville, TX, member Jack Carlile, matched Quast on the back nine, with the help of a birdie on the par 3 - 17th to finish in the runner-up spot.  Brad Bugg, of Ovilla, TX, playing in his first event in months, rounded out the top three, with a birdie on the par 4 - 2nd.





Palmer Flight:  Bryan, TX, resident John Harvell, made the most of a birdie on the par 4 - 14th to match his pairing partner Kevin Vansau of Crawford, TX and it would come down to the final hole of the day.  Harvell finished the round with a key par on 18th to pick up his first win since the 2018 Coastal Bend Championship in January.  Vansau would finish one stroke back and share the points, but lose the scorecard playoff for the gift card to Ranger, TX, player Scott Harper, when he finished the back nine +2 with an eagle on the par 5 - 12th. 





Senior Palmer Flight:  Tim Bush of Granbury, TX, carded his best round on tour, a +3 - 75 with two birdies on the back nine.  For Bush, it was his third Championship on tour, and first since the March event at Stonebridge Ranch Country Club.  Six strokes back, Carrollton, TX, member Todd Arnold, and Scott Harris, of Fort Worth, TX, both marked single birdies on the day to share the runner-up finish.





Hogan Flight:  Flower Mound, TX first-year member Steve Cochran would force a sudden-death playoff with Walter Albertson of Weatherford, TX who was looking for his third consecutive win, after winning his last two times out.  But Cochran, playing in his second event, would card two birdies on the back nine to send the pair back to the par 4 - 1st, for the playoff, where the newcomer would take home the top spot with a bogey. Two strokes back of the pair, Kyle Akins of Heartland, TX, and Houston, TX, traveler Nestor Alvarez with share the third place finish.





Senior Hogan Flight:  A winner his last time out, William Rouse, of Krum, TX, was looking to repeat, when Granbury, TX, member Dave Hanson, started what would become a three-stroke swing over the final two holes, with a birdie on the par 3 - 17th to pick up the Championship.  Rouse would finish, one stroke back, with Bob Mulligan, of Dallas, TX, rounding out the top three, two strokes out of the lead.





Sarazen Flight:  Oklahoma Tour traveler, Steven Pond of Tulia, TX, would hold off a hard-charging, Ronald Occenad of Dallas, TX.  Pond, would make the turn with a four-stroke advantage and hold on for his first Championship on Tour.  Occenad, with consecutive birdies on #10 and #11, grabbed the runner-up finish, with Dallas, TX, resident David Holcomb, rounding out the top three., one back of second.





Senior Sarazen Flight:  Amarillo, TX, player Tim Edwards, made the turn, two strokes back of Jerry Emmons, of Granbury, TX, but would make the most of a birdie on the par 5 - 12th, to win the Championship with a five-stroke cushion.  Emmons would hand on for the second place finish, with Dallas, TX, player Rick Allaire, taking the final podium spot.





Jones Flight:  Hamlin, TX, member Vance Lakey, made the most of a business trip to Tennesee to stop off in Fort Worth and pick up his first win on tour.  Lake with two birdies on the round, finished three strokes clear of Tommy Templin of Denton, TX, in the second place finish, with local Fort Worth, TX, member Keith Huddleston rounding out the top three.





Snead Flight:  It was a special Veteran's Day for Killeen, TX, member, Jack Iglesias, when he shot his record low round, for his second win on tour!  Iglesias, with a birdie on the par 4 - 1st put himself in a good position, made the turn with a one-stroke advantage and ran away with the field on the back nine.  Ron Hardy of Lewisville, TX, took home the runner-up loot, with Flower Mound, TX, member Marin Simmons carding the third-place finish.






SKINS:

GIANT SKINS:  ($142/each)  Scott Harper, Ranger, TX - 1 - Eagle on 12. Rodney Wren, Dallas, TX - 1 - Birdie on 18. Ronald Occenad, Dallas, TX - 1 - Birdie on 11. Nick Quast, Dallas, TX - 1 - Birdie on 5. Rick Houchins, Las Colinas, TX - 1 - Birdie on 7.

Championship/Palmer:  ($25/each)  Nick Quast, Dallas, TX - 3 - Birdie on 4, Birdie on 5, Birdie on 13. John Harvell, Bryan, TX - 1 - Birdie on 14. Scott Harper, Ranger, TX - 1 - Eagle on 12. Brad Bugg, Ovilla, TX - 1 - Birdie on 2. BJ Gunn, Prosper, TX - 1 - Birdie on 8. Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX - 1 - Birdie on 9.

Senior Palmer/Hogan:  ($73/each) Craig Vanderlaan, Dallas, TX - 1 - Birdie on 10. Tim Bush, Granbury, TX - 1 - Birdie on 14. Darren Bufton, Bedford, TX - 1 - Birdie on 1. Brian Hebert, Allen, TX - 1 - Birdie on 6. Rick Houchins, Las Colinas, TX - 1 - Birdie on 7. Scott Harris, Fort Worth, TX - 1 - Birdie on 9. 

Senior Hogan/Sarazen:  ($106/each) Ronald Occenad, Dallas, TX - 2 - Birdie on 10, Birdie on 11. Dave Hanson, Granbury, TX - 1 - Birdie on 8.

Senior Sarazen:  ($46/each) Rodney Wren, Dallas, TX - 2 - Birdie on 18, Par on 5. Tim Edwards, Amarillo, TX - 1 - Birdie on 12. Burnie Rodgers, Fort Worth, TX - 1 - Birdie on 15. Rick Allaire, Dallas, TX - 1 - Par on 16. Steve Killion, Sanger, TX - 1 - Birdie on 6. 


Jones/Snead: ($28/each) Jack Iglesias, Killeen, TX - 4 - Par on 15, Par on 16, Par on 18, Birdie on 1. Tommy Templin, Denton, TX - 2 - Par on 14, Birdie on 5. Vance Lakey, Hamlin, TX - 2 - Birdie on 10, Birdie on 2. Clayton Pugh, Alavado, TX - 1 - Par on 13. Kenne Thomas, Wylie, TX - 1 - Par on 9. 



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REMAINING IN 2018:

11/17/2018 - Fall Open - Canyon Springs - Closed
11/18/2018 - Fall Challenge - Humble - Tour 18 - Closed

11/24/2018 - Lakes Open - Squaw Valley - Closes Friday, November 16th.
11/25/2018 - North Texas Winter Championship - Apache Links - Closes Friday, November 16th.

2019:

1/19/2019 - Coastal Bend Championship - Northshore Country Club.
2/09/2019 - Kerrville Winter Championship - The Golf Club at Comanche Trace.
2/10/2019 - Katy Classic @ The Golf Club at Cinco Ranch.
2/16/2019 - North Richland Hills Open - Iron Horse Golf Club.
2/23/2019 - Winter Championship - Golf Club of Houston.


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