Jeffrey Huffman Posts Two Stroke Victory in Beaumont, TX
19 July 2003 - Beaumont, TX - The Texas Putting Tour held it's 14th event of the season in southeast Texas at the Beaumont course. After the first round local Pro Jeffrey Huffman and Wade Sahmel held a three stroke lead over four other players at 9-under 27. The second round saw Wade take a solo lead of two strokes over Jeffrey Huffman with Jeffrey Smith and Lee Messinger four back and Rainey Statum and Steve Armstrong five back. The tough Beaumont course finally caught Wade in the last round and his 4-under 32 opened the door for the rest of the field. Only Jeffrey Huffman was able to take advantage of Wade's final round, his 8-under 28 gave him a two stroke victory and a state spot. Wade did hold on to second with Steve Armstrong in third and Lee Messinger taking fourth.
Even though Wade had had his problems in the last round of stroke play he came back strong in match play to claim a state spot beating Don Parker and Byron Kirby. The other state spot went to Lee Messinger who beat Steve Tanton and Steve Armstrong.
After the first round in the amateur division with 7 players within 2 stokes it was anybody's game. In the second round the star was Jason Sheffield, his 10-under 26 was the best round of the day in either division. Going to the last round, though, the event was still tight with Jason and Kenny Beck tied for lead and Rhet Wylie two back. In the end both leaders faltered in the last round and allowed other players an opportunity for the title. It was Rhet Wylie who took advantage, his 6-under 30 was just enough to give him the win and a state spot. Jason Sheffield did manage to hang on for second one back along with Dave Blalock.
The two remaining state spots went to Adam Sahmel and Jack Ramsey in match play.
Article and scores provided by Lee Messinger.
Professional Division of Beaumont, TX Event (19 July 2003)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Jeffrey Huffman* 27 31 28 86 $170.00 2 Wade Sahmel* 27 29 32 88 $110.00 3 Steve Armstrong 30 31 30 91 $80.00 4 Lee Messinger* 30 30 32 92 $60.00 5 Brian Woolley 32 34 27 93 $45.00 Rainey Statum 32 29 32 93 $45.00 7 Mike Baldoza 30 34 30 94 $16.67 Jeffrey Smith 30 30 34 94 $16.66 Jon Drexler 31 28 35 94 $16.66 10 Don Parker 32 32 31 95 11 Byron Kirby 33 31 32 96 12 Brice Bergesen 31 33 34 98 Steve Tanton 34 30 34 98 14 Greg Simpson 33 32 35 100 15 Al Simpson 36 38 31 105 16 Charles Cox 31 41 36 108 17 Charles Simpson 38 34 36 108 18 Ed Duthile 36 36 37 109
Amateur Division of Beaumont, TX Event (19 July 2003)
| Round | |||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| 1 | Rhet Wylie* | 31 | 30 | 30 | 91 |
| 2 | Dave Blalock | 32 | 30 | 30 | 92 |
| Jason Sheffield | 33 | 26 | 33 | 92 | |
| 4 | Kenny Beck | 31 | 28 | 34 | 93 |
| 5 | Gary Glasscock | 35 | 28 | 34 | 97 |
| Mickey DeLucca | 33 | 29 | 35 | 97 | |
| 7 | Jack Ramsey* | 33 | 33 | 35 | 101 |
| 8 | Doug Austin | 33 | 32 | 37 | 102 |
| 9 | Adam Sahmel* | 39 | 34 | 32 | 105 |
| 10 | Mike Huckaby | 40 | 38 | 42 | 120 |
* Earned TX State Championship Spot.
Match Play Results of Beaumont, TX Event (19 July 2003)
