Rainey Statum Wins First Texas State Tournament of 2001 in Duncanville

9 September 2001 - Duncanville, TX - New carpet greeted the players at the Duncanville course and everyone was wondering how the course would play. The older carpet had been making the course increasingly difficult over the last few years with few players able to break 90. Don Parker answered the question by blitzing the field in the first round with a 10-under 25. There were also 5 other players who also managed to get below 6 under mark. Don was not able to continue his great play and Rainey Statum with first two rounds of 9 and 10 under held a 2 stroke lead on Don and 3 strokes over Cliff Matthews. Another 10-under 26 gave Rainey an easy 3 stroke win and a State Spot with by far the lowest score seen in Duncanville in the last 5 years. Cliff Matthews took the other Texas State Spot.

In the amateur division Andy Gaiser led wire to wire, only sharing the lead briefly after the 2nd round with Wade Sahmel, to make the race for player of the year a three way battle between Andy Gaiser, Wade Sahmel, and Steve Tanton. State Spots went to James Kile, Dave Blaylock, and Mike Wellborn.

Professional Division of Duncanville, TX Events - 9 September 2001

Round Prize
Player 1 2 3 Total Money
1 Rainey Statum* 27 26 26 79 $160.00
2 Cliff Matthews* 27 29 26 82 $100.00
3 Don Parker 25 30 31 86 $70.00
4 Greg Everly 30 31 26 87 $45.00
  Jeffrey Smith 33 27 27 87 $45.00
6 Randy Wimpy 30 28 30 88 $30.00
7 Bill Florian 29 30 30 89 $10.00
  Lee Messinger 32 30 27 89 $10.00
9 David Lynch 32 32 27 91  
10 Byron Kirby 32 29 32 93  
11 Steve Armstrong 32 32 31 95  
12 Brice Bergesen 29 33 34 96  
13 Tom Adair 28 32 37 97  
14 Brian Woolley 32 34 32 98  
15 Greg Simpson 34 32 35 101  
16 Chris Conradi 37 35 30 102  

Amateur Division of Duncanville, TX Events - 9 September 2001

Round Prize
Player 1 2 3 Total Money
1 Andy Gaiser 28 29 26 83 $20.00
2 Steve Tanton 30 30 26 86 $10.00
3 Wade Sahmel 30 27 30 87 $10.00
4 Adam Sahmel 35 29 32 96 $5.00
  James Kile* 33 28 35 96 $5.00
6 Jack Ramsey 32 29 36 97  
7 Dave Blaylock* 36 31 32 99  
8 Mike Wellborn* 34 34 34 102  
  Rob Martin 34 33 35 102  
10 Alan Thomas 36 30 37 103  
11 Gary Plain 38 34 34 106  

* Earned TX State Championship Spot.

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