Wade Sahmel Holds of for Win in
Longview
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Wade Sahmel |
7 May 2006 - Longview, TX - The Texas Putting Tour continued its East Texas
swing on May 7th at the Longview course. With another round a rain coming
through overnight the players would again be faced with wet conditions. It would
be Joel Baker taking the
opening round lead at 11 under 25 with
Wade Sahmel sitting two
strokes back.
Another 27 from Sahmel in the second round would push him into
the lead with three other players; Baker,
James Taylor
and Gary Reed,
sitting two strokes back. Sahmel would struggle over the last nine
holes giving many players the opportunity to catch him but only one
the following players really made a significant push over the final
nine holes.
Mike Baldoza
had started the last round nine strokes behind. A six under 12 on
the front made up two strokes but he was still seven back. He then
proceeded to make six of the first seven holes on the back while
Sahmel was even over that stretch. A bogey by Baldoza on the 17th
would dearly cost him as he would finish one stroke back in second
place, enough for a state spot. The win gave Sahmel his second of
the year and a spot in the World Match Play event.
Lee Messinger,
Steve Tanton, and Taylor
would all finish tied for third at 20 under 88 -- two stroke back.
Addition spots went to Reed and Taylor in match play.
Mickey DeLucca Battles Back for Win in Longview
7 May 2006 - Longview, TX - The Texas Tour continued on Sunday for three rounds
of medal play on Course #1 in Longview, TX. After a rocky start at only 3 under
par, Mickey DeLucca
of Baton Rouge, LA came firing back with back to back rounds of 6 under par to
finish at 93 for his first
state tour win since the 2004 season.
Ken
Stanfill opened in the lead with a first round 5 under par.
Trevor Lewin and
Gary Plain
trailed by a stroke at 32, with DeLucca,
David Chisum,
Dave
Blalock and
Greg Cole all tied at 33. Second round action saw Lewin and
Plain jump to the top of the leader board, both with second round 7
under par to take the lead at 61. DeLucca, with a second round 6
under par was two strokes off the lead at 63, tied with first round
leader Stanfill who posted a second round 32.
As much of the field struggled in the final round, DeLucca held
tough, shooting his second round at 6 under par for the day and
finished at 93 for the win, narrowly edging out Lewin by a stroke.
Chisum also fired a final round 6 under par to jump into the third
spot, tied with Plain at 95. Stanfill finished fifth at 96.
Texas State Championship qualification spots went to DeLucca in
medal play and Greg Cole and David Blalock in match play.
Article and scores
provided by Lee Messinger.