Rainey Statum Wins
2004 PPA West Texas Open7-8 August 2004 - Midland, TX - The Texas Putting Tour held it's first event in Midland, Texas this weekend since the mid 90's. The course is currently under renovation and we are looking forward to seeing what they do with the changes next year.
Rainey Statum
2004 PPA West Texas Open ChampionRainey Statum, playing in his second event of the year, and Brice Bergesen held the opening round lead with both shooting 10 under 26. The rest of the field was tight behind Brice and Rainey with six of the remaining 10 players between 28 and 30. The second round saw Rainey take the lead by himself. A back nine 10 gave him 9 under 27 for the round and left him two strokes ahead of Jeffrey Smith whose 11 under 25 set a new course record. Another 27 in the third round increased Rainey's lead to five strokes going to the second day.
Brice Bergesen was the player now in second and Jeffrey Smith along with Lee Messinger, who's 13 under 23 included a perfect front nine and reset the course record, were tied for third six strokes back of Rainey. The only other players with 10 strokes of the lead going to the second day were Mike Chisum and Keith Barfield each eight back.
Rainey took control of the event early on Sunday. With some rain overnight the course was a little damp to start and Rainy made the best adjustments. His ten under 26 was best in the fourth round by three strokes and his lead went from six to ten strokes with two rounds to go. An 11 under par 25 in the 5th round sealed the win for Rainy. Brice was able to hang on for second place one ahead of Lee Messinger who took third alone. State spots went to Rainey Statum, Mike Chisum, Rod Phillips and Keith Barfield.
After the first day in amateur division there were only three players who still had a chance at the title. Seth Smith, playing his first event of year, lead at 87. James Taylor was one back and Adam Sahmel was five behind. No other player was within ten strokes of Seth. Seth dominated play over the second day increasing his lead in every round finishing at 40 under 176. James Taylor took second 13 back and Adam Sahmel finished third. State Spots went to Seth Smith, James Taylor, Carey Bailey and Trevor Lewin, who defeated Steve Yancey in an 18-hole playoff.
Article and scores provided by Lee Messinger.
Professional Division of 2004 PPA West Texas Open
(Midland, TX Event - 7-8 August 2004)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Money 1 Rainey Statum* 26 27 27 26 25 33 164 $200.00 2 Brice Bergesen 26 30 29 32 24 33 174 $110.00 3 Lee Messinger 34 29 23 31 28 30 175 $90.00 4 Mike Chisum* 32 28 28 31 30 28 177 $55.00 Wade Sahmel 28 33 29 29 30 28 177 $55.00 6 Rodney Phillips* 29 30 31 31 28 29 178 $30.00 7 Keith Barfield* 30 28 30 32 31 28 179 8 Jeffrey Smith 30 25 31 30 34 30 180 9 Gary Reed 31 33 34 29 28 26 181 10 John Tritz 29 34 33 30 32 31 189 11 Steve Tanton 29 31 34 34 31 31 190 12 David Lynch 32 35 30 32 33 30 192
Amateur Division of
2004 PPA West Texas Open
(Midland, TX Event - 7-8 August 2004)
| Round | ||||||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | |
| 1 | Seth Smith* | 29 | 30 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 176 |
| 2 | James Taylor* | 29 | 30 | 29 | 39 | 31 | 31 | 189 |
| 3 | Adam Sahmel | 30 | 35 | 28 | 33 | 31 | 36 | 193 |
| 4 | Carey Bailey* | 33 | 30 | 38 | 31 | 31 | 35 | 198 |
| 5 | Steve Yancey | 28 | 40 | 35 | 37 | 28 | 33 | 201 |
| Trevor Lewin* | 35 | 36 | 31 | 34 | 31 | 34 | 201 | |
| 7 | David Chisum | 35 | 34 | 39 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 204 |
* Earned TX State Championship Spot.