Scott R Chilcutt, Dallas, TX (October 28, 2018) The DFW Tour continued with the second event of the 2019 points chase, with a couple of similarities. Quick greens and Airshows. Starting out the year at Champions Circle, the airshow at Alliance Airport, had the big dog jets, that would strain the eardrums standing over a putt. This round, the Commemorative Air Force Wings over Dallas, entertained and irritated, with the constant buzzing overhead.
The Golf Club of Dallas, a tough, parkland style course, designed initially by Perry Maxwell and finished by his son Press Maxwell after his death, is tough. Small greens, to go with long irons and woods to the greens tested the patience of the field.
RESULTS:
Championship: Looking to go two for two after winning at Champions Circle, Larry Vannatta of Grand Prairie, TX, made the turn with a one-stroke lead, but that didn't last long. Lewisville, TX, player Jack Carlile, carded two consecutive birdies starting on the 11th, added another on the par 3 - 17th to go finish one under on the back nine to pick up the Championship. Vannatta would finish, three strokes back, with plenty to spare, when Tim Williams of McKinney, TX, rounded out the top three, eight strokes back.
Palmer: In his first event since opting to move from the Senior Palmer to the Open Palmer, Gabriel Brisco, of Mesquite, TX, equaled a flight low back nine, with the help of a birdie on the par 4 - 15th to force extra holes with Southlake, TX, player Reid Darnell. Back to the course for the sudden death, it would take the pair two holes, where Brisco would finally prevail for his first win of the season. Three strokes out of the playoff, Oklahoma Traveler, Michal Foster of Catoosa, OK, would round out the top three.
Hogan: Allen, TX, member Brian Hebert, came out of the gate strong, +2 on the front with a birdie on the par 3, 3rd, ran into some trouble on the back and opened the door for Rick Houchins of Las Colinas, TX, and Weatherford, TX, resident Walter Albertson. Albertson, made the move that would count, going +1 over the final five holes to pick up the Championship. Houchins, in the lead after his birdie on the par 3 - 17th would fall back to a tie in the runner-up spot with Hebert after a bogey on the final hole. For Albertson, it was his fifth win on tour, and first since he won at The Golf Club of Dallas, in October of 2017.
Senior Hogan: First time player, William Rouse, of Krum, TX, would card a pair of 42's to pick up the championship. Thress strokes back, Bullard, TX, member Bill Clark, picked up the runner-up finish, five strokes clear of a pair tied up in third. Jon Neff of Frisco, TX and Dallas, TX, player Bob Mulligan, with two birdies on the front nine, would share the third place honors.
Sarazen: The pair of Dallas, TX, residents, Ronald Occenad and David Holcomb, a winner his last time out, finished the day knotted at the top. Back to the course for the sudden death playoff, Occenda would prevail with a par on the first hole for his fourth win on tour. First-time player, David Short of Watauga, TX, finished four strokes back, rounding out the top three.
Senior Sarazen: Rhome, TX, member Michael Cox, looked to have the tournament in the bag, but a double struck, the first of the day on his scorecard, on the final hole to open the Championship door to Rodney Wren of Dallas, TX. Wren, with a birdie on the par 3 - 7th, card a pair of par's on his final two holes to pick up his sixth win on tour, all coming in the last twelve months. Cox, would finish in the runner-up spot, three strokes clear of the trio of Steve Killion of Sanger, TX, Kansas City, MO, traveler Lee Larscheid and Jeff Ackerman, SR of Wylie, TX, sharing the final podium spot.
Jones: Pete Partain of Bedford, TX, with a birdie on the par 3 - 3rd, took four strokes off his front nine scores on the back, that turned out to be just enough to force extra holes, with Fort Worth, TX, member Keith Huddleston. Back to the course, it would take two holes in the sudden death for Huddleston to pick up his first win as a Jones Flight player after being promoted at the end of the 2018 season. Two strokes back of the pair, Lloyd C Reid, JR, the player that introduced us to the course, carded a birdie on the par 5 - 2nd, to round out the top three.
Snead: Four players made the turn with the same front nine scores, and three of them would finish in the top three, all a little differently, with Paul Ray of Midland, TX, taking the top spot for his second win on tour. Michael Allen of Sequin, TX, playing in his first event on Tour, finished one stroke back in second and three strokes clear of Weatherford, TX, player Jason Jenniges rounding out the top three.
SKINS:
Giant Skins: ($200/each) Todd Winch, Southlake, TX - 1 Birdie on 10. Bill Nay, Plano, TX - 1 Birdie on 6. Walter Albertson, Weatherford, TX - 1 Birdie on 8.
Championship/Palmer: ($100/each) Jack Carlile, Lewisville, TX - 1 Birdie on 17. Larry Vannatta, Grand Prairie, TX - 1 Birdie on 1. Gabriel Brisco, Mesquite, TX - 1 Birdie on 15.
Hogan: ($35/each) Steve Cochran, Flower Mound, TX - 1 Birdie on 15. Todd Winch, Southlake, TX - 1 Birdie on 10. Rick Houchins, Las Colinas, TX - 1 Birdie on 17. Randy Dorsey, Killeen, TX - 1 Birdie on 14. Robert McCabe, Granbury, TX - 1 Birdie on 13. Kyle Akins, Heartland, TX - 1 Birdie on 2. Bill Nay, Plano, TX - 1 Birdie on 6. Walter Albertson, Weatherford, TX - 1 Birdie on 8.
Senior Hogan/Sarazen: ($35/each) Rick Swanson, Carrollton, TX - 2 Birdie on 2, Birdie on 11. Rick Allaire, Dallas, TX - 1 Birdie on 13. William Rouse, Krum, TX - 1 Par on 18. Stephen Lamb, Garland, TX - 1 Par on 14. Bob Mulligan, Dallas, TX - 1 Birdie on 1. Jon Neff, Frisco, TX - 1 Par on 16. Ronald Occenad, Dallas, TX - 1 Par on 8.
Senior Sarazen: ($60/each) Lee Larscheid, Kansas City, MO - 1 Birdie on 1. Zane Latham, Valley View, TX - 1 Birdie on 14. Rodney Wren, Dallas, TX - 1 Birdie on 7. Tom Stockton, Grand Prairie, TX - 1 Par on 9.
Jones Snead: ($60/each) Richard Schram, Bryan, TX - 2 Birdie on 2, Par on 6. Kenne Thomas, Wylie, TX - 1 Birdie on 13. Shannon Buffington, Irving, TX - 1 Par on 12. Jason Jenniges, Weatherford, TX - 1 Par on 9.
CLOSEST TO THE HOLE:
$150/each:
#3 - Mike Cox - 7'; #7 - David Short - 2' 10"; #13 Robert McCabe - 8' 11"; #17 - Rick Houchins - 2' 8".
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