Lee Messinger Defeats Tom Adair in Playoff to Win in Longview, TX

6 May 2001 - Longview, TX - Tom Adair was looking for a weekend sweep going into the final 5 holes on Sunday. He held a three stroke lead on Lee Messinger but took a bogy on the 15th hole to allow Lee to close to within 1 stroke by the time both players reached the 17th hole. Lee made the 17th to force a tie and both players made the 18th to take it to a playoff. Lee started off strong taking a 5 stoke lead into the back nine after shooting a 6 under 12 on the front. After struggling through the back 9 taking four bogy strokes and only one ace through hole 17, Lee saw Tom close to within 1 stroke going to the 18th. Tom was unable to make the 18th and Lee closed out the win, for his second win of the year, with an ace. Mike Huckaby took third place for his first cash as a pro on the Texas Tour.

In the amateur division Wade Sahmel took his second win of the season shooting the best round of the day at 10 under 26 in the first round. Wade made the first 7 holes to shoot his 26. Gary Plain of Tyler, Texas took 2nd place.

Professional Division of Longview, TX Event (6 May 2001)

Round Prize
Player 1 2 3 Total Money
1 Lee Messinger 32 28 29 89 $140.00
2 Tom Adair* 28 33 28 89 $80.00
3 Mike Huckaby 30 31 31 92 $50.00
4 Chris Conradi 31 33 29 93 $30.00
5 Brian Woolley 31 33 30 94 $10.00
  Byron Kirby 33 34 27 94 $10.00
7 Greg Simpson 31 34 31 96  
  Jeffrey Smith* 33 32 31 96  
  Steve Armstrong* 31 30 35 96  
10 David Lynch 34 34 32 100  
11 Charles Cox 35 34 36 105  
12 Al Simpson 37 32 37 106  

Amateur Division of Longview, TX Event (6 May 2001)

Round
Player 1 2 3 Total
1 Wade Sahmel* 26 31 32 89
2 Gary Plain* 31 30 31 92
3 Steve Tanton 33 29 32 94
4 Mark Hudgins* 35 32 29 96
5 Adam Sahmel 34 36 33 103
6 Greg Cole 36 34 35 105
7 Dave Blaylock 34 40 33 107
8 Trevor Lewin 39 36 41 116

* Earned TX State Championship Spot.

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