Cliff Matthews Wins Again on the
Texas State Tour

2 June 2007 - Tyler, TX - The Texas Putting Tour visited East Texas and the Tyler Put-Putt the first weekend in June. The course was again in good shape as has come to be expected at Tyler.

The first round would see nine of the sixteen players shoot under 30 with Gary Reed holding the lead at 11 under 25. Sitting one stroke behind Gary were Joel Baker and Jeffrey Smith. Only one player would best Gary in the second round. An 11under 25 from Cliff Matthews would pull him to within one stroke of Gary who shot a 9 under 27.

With no other player within four strokes of the lead the last round looked to be a contest between Gary and Cliff. Both Gary and Cliff would shoot 6 under 12s on the front nine making it a two man battle over the last nine holes. With Cliff playing in the first group he was able to put pressure on Gary by shooting a matching 6 under back nine for the best round of the day at 12 under 24. Gary was unable to match Cliff on the back nine and ended three strokes back in second place.

The win was Cliffs second in two tries on the Texas Tour this year. Both wins coming with matching 31 under 77s. Both Gary and Cliff would also earn state spots along with 1st and 2nd places. Additional spots went to Mike Baldoza and Lee Messinger in match play.

Article and scores provided by Adam Sahmel, Gary Reed and Lee Messinger..

Professional Division
(Tyler, TX - Course # 1 - 2 June 2007)

Round Prize
Player 1 2 3 Total Money
1 Cliff Matthews* 28 25 24 77  
2 Gary Reed* 25 27 28 80  
3 Joel Baker 26 30 28 84  
4 Don Parker 30 29 26 85  
5 Tom Adair 30 29 27 86  
Bryon Kirby 28 31 27 86  
Greg Simpson 29 28 29 86  
8 Brice Bergesen 29 27 31 87  
9 Danny Tatum 32 29 27 88  
Jeffrey Smith 26 30 32 88  
Mike Baldoza* 32 28 28 88  
Steven Tanton 27 30 31 88  
13 James Taylor 32 28 29 89  
Jody Kimble 29 29 31 89  
15 Greg Roberts 31 30 31 92  
16 Lee Messinger* 33 34 31 98  

* Earned TX State Championship Spot.

Ken Stanfill Wins Wire-to-Wire in Tyler

2 June 2007 - Tyler, TX - The Texas Putting Tour visited East Texas and the Tyler Put-Putt the first weekend in June. The course was again in good shape as has come to be expected at Tyler.

Ken Stanfill would fire a 10 under 26 during the first round at the Tyler, Texas course for the best round of the day by two strokes. A 28, the only one on the day, was also shot in the first round. John Berger would be alone in second place with three other players in at 7 under 29.

A second round 30 from Ken would keep him in the lead by two strokes but three other players would join John two strokes behind. Mike Huckaby, Gary Plain, and Steve Willmann all joined John two strokes behind the lead. With no other player under 62 the winner would come out these 5 players.

The last round would be interesting with all five contenders playing in the 3rd and 4th groups everybody could watch as events unfolded. It did not take long for Ken to put the tournament all but out of reach A solid 4 under front nine normally would not have been enough to seal the win but all the other contenders were worse. There was a little drama left over the last nine holes as both Gary and John pushed hard. Both players managed a 5 under 13 over the last nine but were just little too far back to catch Ken. Ken would take the win with a total of 22 under 86 one stroke ahead of Gary and two ahead of John.

With Ken spotted out for State Gary and John would get the medal spots. Alan Sahmel and Dwaine Willett would also receive spots in match play.

Article and scores provided by Adam Sahmel, Gary Reed and Lee Messinger..

Amateur Division
(Tyler, TX - Course # 1 - 2 June 2007)

Round Expense
Player 1 2 3 Total Money
1 Ken Stanfill 26 30 30 86  
2 Gary Plain* 29 29 29 87  
3 John Berger* 28 30 30 88  
4 Mickey DeLucca 33 29 29 91  
Mike Huckaby 29 29 33 91  
6 Dwain Willett* 34 30 29 93  
7 Alan Sahmel* 34 30 30 94  
Trevor Lewin 32 31 31 94  
9 Dave Blalock 31 32 32 95  
10 Terry Linder 32 34 30 96  
11 Steve Willmann 29 29 39 97  
12 Scott Myers 34 30 35 99  
13 Adam Sahmel 36 33 31 100  

* Earned TX State Championship Spot.

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