Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Golf Channel Amateur Tour - Louisiana / East Texas - Eagle's Bluff Country Club

          


John Jeffrey of Groves, Tx. shoots the low round of the day with a 75 to take top honors in the Championship flight.  Michael Garrett of Greenwood, La wins the Hogan flight with an 85 and Ken Crossland of Lufkin, Tx. captures his first victory of the season to capture the top honors in the  Jones flight.

The Course:  Eagle’s Bluff Country Club, Bullard, Tx.  The course was in good condition with the greens still recovering from aerification performed a couple of weeks prior to this event. 

The Weather:  A mix of sunshine and clouds.  The winds were constant, S 2-4 mph.

The Tournament: 

  

Championship Flight:  Top 3:  John Jeffrey (75), John Oates (80), Robert Corbello (81)

John Jeffrey of Groves, Tx. takes home another win and captures top honors with a 3 over par round of 75.  John Oates of Diboll, Tx captures second place with an (80) and rounding out the top 3 is Robert Corbello of Vidor, Tx with a (81) just one shot back from second.

  

Hogan Flight:  Top 3:  Michael Garrett (85), Jerry Bobo (86) (Back nine – 45, 29), Dale Johnson (86) (Back nine - 45, 31).

 The scores were close in the Hogan flight.  Michael Garrett of Greenwood, La fired an 85 to pull off the win and capture first place honors. We had to go to the scorecards to decide second place.  Jerry Bobo of Nacogdoches, Tx. (45 ,29) won the scorecard playoff to capture second place over Dale Johnson of Lufkin, Texas (45,31).

  

Jones Flight:  Top 3: Ken Crossland (87), Rick Hagel (89), Randy Adcock (91)

Ken Crossland of Lufkin, Tx. breaks thru to capture his first tour victory of the season with a score of 87.  Rick Hagel of Hackberry, La captures second place honors with and (89), just two shots back of first and Randy Adcock of Vidor Tx. rounds out the top 3 with a (91).

In addition, to the flight winners, the follows players won the skills challenges.

Closest to the pin ($45 each)

Collier Nolte, #2

Cecil Jones (Guest), #5

Matt Thomas, #13

John Oates, #15

Skins Winners ($30 each)

Matt Oates, #2 with a 2

Matt Oates, #5 with a 2

John Jeffrey, #7 with a 3

Andy Vargo, #9 with a 3

Matt Oates, #11 with a 3

Larry Meadows, #14 with a 3

Robert Corbello, #18 with a 3

Prize Winners

Free round of golf at Wildwood – Collier Nolte

Shoe Bag – Rick Hagel

Event Photos:  Caught in the Act !!!

    

          

  


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