The weather played a big factor at this event as wet course conditions and a slight weather delay made the course play a little longer and tougher than normal. Trey Scruggs of Shreveport, La. came out on top with the low round of the day shooting 75 to take top honors in the Championship flight and claiming his first tour win of the season. Trey has been working on his putting over the last few weeks and it turns out it was the right decision. There’s a lesson to be learned for most of us here, the short game is where the scoring happens and putting deserves as much focus as the full swing. In the Hogan flight, straight shooting, Dale Johnson of Lufkin, Tx takes another win shooting 80 to capture first place honors. Randy Adcock of Vidor, Tx captures top honors in the Jones flight shooting 84 to take top honors and a little hardware for his trophy case.
The Weather: A mix of sunshine, clouds and rain.
The Tournament:
Trey Scruggs of Shreveport, La. takes home top honors with a 3 over par round of 75. Don Bogue, of Lufkin, Tx. captures second place honors with a (76). One of our guests soon to turn member, Cecil Jones scored well enough to tie for second place with his steady play. Mike Morton of Broussard, La shoots (79) to capture fourth place and rounding out the top 5 is Bobby Annison (Team Championship Qualifier) of Denham Springs, La with an (84).
Hogan Flight: Top 3: Dale Johnson (80), Larry Meadows (81) Don Moore (82), Derek Hammonds (82), Andy Vargo (83).
The scores were close once again in the Hogan flight. Dale Johnson of Lufkin, Tx. fired (80) to pull off the win and capture first place honors. Larry Meadows of Hallsville, Tx(81) captures 2nd place honors, narrowly missing his bid for the win. Larry had an amazing 3 birdies on the front and just 30 putts overall, but a double and 2 - triple bogeys cost him the win on this day. Derek Hammonds of Queen City, Tx. and Don Moore (Team Championship Qualifier) of Texarkana, Tx. battled it out on the scorecard to decide third place honors. Don came out on top with a back nine score of 42 vs Derek’s 43. In review of the cards this came down to putting once again. With a little focus on putting both of these players would have been in the 70’s. The putting stats made a huge difference in the results in this flight. 1st place had 32, 2nd 30 putts, 3rd place had 35 putts and 4th place had 37 putts with very similar GIR stats. Rounding out the top 5 is Andy Vargo of Bossier City, La (83).
Randy Adcock of Vidor, Tx. breaks thru to capture first place honors with a score of (84) in the Jones flight. Sidney Harper of Mt. Pleasant, Tx captures 2nd place with an (85), Third place goes to Roy Allen of Lufkin, Tx with an (89), Fourth place goes to one of our Team Championship qualifiers, Bruce Biddy of Hooks, Tx with an (90) and rounding out the top 5 is Ken Crossland of Lufkin, Tx with a (99).
In addition, to the flight winners, the follows players won the skills challenges.
Closest to the pin ($50 each)
John Blount, #3
Randy Adcock, #8
Thomas Okon, #13
Mike Morton, #17
Skins Winners ($30 each)
Thomas Tatum, #1 with a 3
Larry Meadows, #7 with a 3
Randy Adcock, #8 with a 2
Don Bogue, #14 with a 3
Trey Scruggs, #16 with a 4
Sidney Harper, #18 with a 3
