Jeffrey Smith
Wins by Two in
Arlington, TX
11 July 2004 - Arlington (Parks), TX -
After the first two rounds of play at the Arlington Parks course
Lee Messinger
was in at 21 under 51 with a one-stroke lead over
Jeffrey Smith.
With no other player within 6 strokes of the lead it looked like it was
going to be a two-man battle over the final round. Jeffrey started out
slow over the first four holes making two par's one ace and one bogey.
Lee, playing behind Jeffrey, made two of the first four holes to
increase his lead two three strokes. Jeffrey then got going over the
last five holes on the front nine only missing the difficult 8th hole
and shooting a four under fourteen. Lee was unable to push his advantage
over the last five holes on the front only making two of the five to
also shoot a 4 under fourteen on the front.
Jeffrey continued his run on the back nine making the first four
holes and also making 16 and 18 to shoot a 6 under 12 on the back. When
Jeffrey finished Lee was on the 15th hole and knew he needed three of
the last four to tie. A lag on the 15th hole made three with three.
After making the 16th hole a very good putt on the difficult 17th hole
just lipped out. Lee also missed the 18th hole giving Jeffrey his
two-stroke margin of victory. Brice Bergesen finished 3rd eight strokes
back of Jeffrey. The win gave Jeffrey his fourth and final state spot.
Additional spots went to Lee Messinger and
Rodney Phillips
in match play. Congrats also go to John Tritz for his perfect front nine
in the last round.
After two rounds in the amateur division it was also a two man battle
as Jason
Sheffield held a two stroke lead over
Chance Marett
with no other player within 6 strokes of the lead. A last round 26 by
Chance closed the gap but was not able to give him an outright win and a
playoff was on. Chance jumped to an early lead and held a three-stroke
lead as the players entered the back nine. Chance was not able to put
Jason away but he was also not able to increase his lead and match was
still in question until the 16th hole. An ace on the 16th hole for
Chance got his lead back to three and two lay-ups gave Chance his third
win of the year. Jason got some consolation in receiving the first
available state spot. Additional spots went to Bertz Ferguson and Oniel
Mercure in match play competition.
Article and scores
provided by Lee Messinger.
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