Scott R Chilcutt, Glen Rose, TX (November 24, 2018)  Players from around the state, along with some visiting out of staters, made there way Southwest of Fort Worth to Glen Rose for the first of two events at Squaw Valley on Saturday.  Home of the Dinosaur Valley State Park and Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose is a sleepy little town, with plenty of unique events attracting travelers to the area.

Similar to the 2017 version of the special two events in two days, the winds seemed to be the key.  Unlike, the previous version, Saturday played to the prevailing southerly's, with cloud cover that would keep it cool.  Smooth and fast, dormant Bermuda greens kept the players on their toes.


RESULTS:


Championship Flight:  With a birdie starting the shotgun on the par 5 -18th, Chris Ransbottom of Cedar Hill, TX, never really got into trouble and finished the day at +2, with a -1, 35 on the back.  For Ransbottom, starting his second points season on tour, it was his third Championship.  Two strokes back, the pair of Keith Childress of Diana, TX, and Grandview, TX, local Chad Johnson, both with a pair of birdies on the round, shared the runner-up finish.




Palmer Flight:  Coppell, TX, player Mark Taylor birdied his first hole of the day, the par 4 - 15th, followed up with five pars before his first bogie to pick up the Championship with only one stroke to spare.  Houston, TX, traveler, George Adams, with a birdie on the same hole, but his second of the day, picked up the second place honors with another Houston, member John Harcrow, with three birdies on his day, rounding out the top three.




Hogan Flight:  Clint Dacy of Fort Worth, TX, and local Cleburne, TX, first-time player Michael Petty, need extra holes to settle the score.  Back to the par 4 - 1st it would be Petty that would prevail for the win.  Dacy, relegated to second, with Rick Smalley of College Station, TX, carding the final podium spot.




Senior Hogan Flight:  On tour since 2015, Sal Torres of Fort Worth, TX, made the most of two birdies on the back of the Lakes Course, to finish even par on that nine, to pick up his first win on tour.  Three strokes back of Torres, Dave Hanson of Granbury, TX, a winner his last time out, picked up the runner-up spot with two birdies of his own on the day.  Two strokes back, the pair of Jim Penn of Houston, TX, and Hill Country traveler, Scott Harrelson of Portland, TX, shared the third-place finish, both with a pair of birdies.




Sarazen Flight:  Sacremento Tour traveler, John Moyle of Oakdale, CA, with two birdies on the round, finished his last two holes of the day with par's on the 11th and 12th, to jump ahead of Dallas, TX, member Ronald Occenad for the Championship by a stroke after Occenad played those in +3, after carding two birdies of his own.  One stroke back, Houston Duckwall of Pampa, TX, rounded out the top three.




Senior Sarazen Flight:  It took some record rounds to get in the money in this flight, with the top three all recording sub-eighty rounds.  Mackie Crossan of Abilene, TX, with two birdies on the day, bested the group with a +5 -77 for the Championship.  It was Crossan's seventh win on tour and first of the points season.  One stroke back, with a birdie on the par 4 - 16th, Grand Prairie, TX, member Tom Stockton took home the runner-up spot, with Zane Latham of Valley View, TX, and a birdie of his own on the par 4 - 17th, rounding out the top three.




Jones Flight: First-year member, Taarron Reed of Sugar Land, TX, took home the Championship, with a four-stroke advantage over Copper Canyon, TX, member Robert Varela.




Snead Flight:   Oklahoma Tour traveler, Rick Henthorn of Yukon, OK made the most of the trip with two-strokes to spare.  For Henthorn, starting his tenth year on tour, it was his nineteenth Championship and first of the points season.  Two back, Copperas Cove, TX, member Dan O'Shea, with a birdie on the par 4 - 17th, grabbed the second place spot, two strokes clear of Weatherford, TX, member Jason Jenniges, rounding out the top three.








SKINS:

GIANT SKINS:  (130/each)  Jim Penn (1) Birdie on 12.  Rick Houchins (1) Birdie on 11.  Scott Harrelson (1) Birdie on 7.  Clint Dacy (1) Birdie on 9.

Championship/Palmer:  ($60/each)  Keith Childress (2) Birdie on 14, Birdie on 18.  John Harcrow (2) Birdie on 1, Birdie on 10.  

Hogan:  ($40/each)  Rick Smalley (2) Birdie on 3, Birdie on 17. Rick Houchins (1) Birdie on 11.  Michael Petty (1) Birdie on 13.  Tony McCutchen (1) Birdie on 10.  Robert McCabe (1) Birdie on 4.  Clint Dacy (1) Birdie on 9.  

Senior Hogan:  ($52/each)  Scott Harrelson (2) Birdie on 5, Birdie on 7.  Rick Swanson (1) Birdie on 14.  Bill Clark (1) Birdie on 1.  Jim Penn (1) Birdie on 12.  

Sarazen/Senior Sarazen:  ($34/each)  John Moyle (3) Birdie on 5, Par on 9, Birdie on 18.  Mackie Crossan (2) Birdie on 2, Birdie on 10.  Burnie Rodgers (1) Birdie on 14.  Zane Latham (1) Birdie on 17.  David Short (1) Birdie on 1.  Jerry Emmons (1) Birdie on 3.  Stan Wilson (1) Birdie on 8.


Jones/Snead:  ($22/each)  Mike Welch (2) Birdie on 2, Birdie on 3.  Lee Hicks (2) Par on 5, Birdie on 8.  Darrell Lummus (1) Birdie on 10.  Michael Allen (1) Par on 1.  Dan O'Shea (1) Birdie on 17.  Jason Jenniges (1) Par on 14


CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:

$130/each - #3 Mike Welch - 1' 11".  #7 John Neff - 12' 5".  #11 Rick Houchins - 1' 10".  #13 Annette Crossan - 10' 6".



NEXT UP:


TEXAS TOURS SCHEDULE - click on the title for more information:

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.
2/24/2019 - Classic at the Creek - Indian Creek.
3/09/2019 - Prelude - Houston Open - Pecan Grove Plantation.



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