Lee Messinger Wins 2001 Texas Open
in Arlington, TX
26-27 May 2001 - Arlington (Division), TX - The first day of the
event saw Lee
Messinger again play well on the number 1 course, a course where he
won last year's state event with a 28 under par 80 for three rounds,
shooting an impressive 39 under par 105 and taking a strong 11 stroke
lead over Joel
Baker into the second day. Sunday saw Cliff
Mathews try and put some pressure on Lee by closing to within 11
strokes with an 10 on the back nine only missing the 18th hole in the
6th round. Lee responded in the 7th round shooting a 10 under 26
followed by a 9 under 27 the last round to shoot 72 under 216 and take
the title with a 12 stroke victory. State Spots went to Cliff
Matthews, Tim
Murphree, Randy
Wimpy, Joel
Baker, and Bill Florian.
In the APA division Steve
Tanton was the winner. Tanton lead wire to wire in completing his 10
shot victory over second place finisher Dwaine
Willett who has finished second in 5 Texas Opens. This was Tanton's
fourth win of the season. Dwaine Willett, Andy Gaiser, Jack Ramsey,
Steve Willmann and Doug Austin won spots for the Texas State
Championship.
Professional Division of 2001 Texas
Open
(Arlington, TX - 26-27 May 2001)
|
|
Round |
|
Prize |
|
Player |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Total |
Money |
| 1 |
Lee Messinger |
26 |
26 |
28 |
25 |
28 |
30 |
26 |
27 |
216 |
$260.00 |
| 2 |
Cliff Matthews* |
29 |
32 |
28 |
30 |
30 |
25 |
28 |
26 |
228 |
$140.00 |
| 3 |
Jeffrey Smith |
26 |
26 |
32 |
33 |
30 |
27 |
30 |
29 |
233 |
$80.00 |
| 4 |
Tim Murphree* |
30 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
31 |
29 |
26 |
31 |
237 |
$40.00 |
| 5 |
David Lynch |
29 |
31 |
29 |
30 |
28 |
30 |
32 |
29 |
238 |
|
| 6 |
Randy Wimpy* |
30 |
27 |
29 |
34 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
28 |
238 |
|
| |
Joel Baker* |
26 |
30 |
35 |
25 |
30 |
33 |
30 |
30 |
239 |
|
| 8 |
Bill Florian* |
31 |
33 |
29 |
31 |
30 |
29 |
29 |
29 |
241 |
|
| 9 |
Chris Conradi |
31 |
30 |
29 |
32 |
28 |
30 |
30 |
32 |
242 |
|