Cliff
Matthews
Wins in Arlington, TX
7 September 2002 -
Arlington (Parks), TX - The Texas Putting Tour
continued its season at the Parks course in Arlington this Saturday.
First year pro
Andy Gaiser of Houston, Texas was looking for his first ever Pro
win. He has been very close four other times this year but has not been
able quite get there.
After the first round Andy held a one stroke lead over
Joel Baker
and Lee
Messinger. A second round 29 kept Andy in the lead but Joel shot a
28 to forge a tie. These two players were 5 strokes clear of the rest of
field. This was the same position they were in earlier in the year when
Joel and Andy were battled it out at the Arlington-Division course. In
that tournament Lee Messinger charged from way back to force a three way
playoff, this time it was
Cliff
Matthews turn to make a charge.
Cliff shot the lowest round of the day at 10 under 26. Joel's 32 last
round left him one behind Cliff and out of the playoff between Cliff and
Andy. The playoff came down the 16th hole, with both players tied the
title was settled by a bad rail. The rail had been inconsistent all day
and the former almost auto hole played very difficult. Cliff got a good
kick and Andy's ball slid missing just inside the hole. Both players
missed the tough 17th and Cliff made the 18th to close out the match and
take his first title of the year and a State Spot.
In match play
Steve
Armstrong defeated
Mike
Huckaby and Joel Baker to get one state spot. The other match play
spot available went to
Chris
Conradi who defeated
Don McCracken.
In the amateur division
Dave Blalock
jumped to an early 3 stroke lead with a 9-under 27. A 6-under 30 second
round kept the lead at three over
Neal
Armstrong. A last round 28 by Neal forced a tie with Dave and
another playoff was on. Dave dominated play during the playoff and took
his second title of the year. Neal got the consolation of his first
State Spot of the year. Match play spots went to Jason Sheffield who
defeated Jack Ramsey and Mike Wellborn who defeated Steve
Yancey.
Article and scores
provided by Lee Messinger.
Professional Division of
Arlington, TX Event (7
September 2002)
|
|
Round |
|
Prize |
|
Player |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
Money |
|
1 |
Cliff Matthews* |
30 |
31 |
26 |
87 |
$130.00 |
|
2 |
Andy Gaiser |
27 |
29 |
31 |
87 |
$70.00 |
|
3 |
Joel Baker |
28 |
28 |
32 |
88 |
$40.00 |
|
4 |
Lee Messinger |
28 |
34 |
29 |
91 |
$20.00 |
|
5 |
Chris Conradi* |
33 |
32 |
28 |
93 |
|
|
6 |
Wade Sahmel |
31 |
31 |
32 |
94 |
|
|
7 |
Don McCracken |
33 |
28 |
35 |
96 |
|
|
|
Steve Armstrong* |
29 |
32 |
35 |
96 |
|
|
9 |
David Lynch |
32 |
32 |
37 |
101 |
|
|
10 |
Mike Huckaby |
34 |
32 |
36 |
102 |
|