Jeffrey Smith Goes Wire-to-Wire in Tyler
17 May 2008 - Tyler, TX - Jeffrey Smith of Dallas Texas opens with 26 and does not look back as he wins the Tyler Texas Putting Tour event by 4 shots. Byron Kirby from Sulphur Louisiana who was 4 shots back after round one gave chase matching Jeffrey's last two rounds total of 57 but finished 4 back. Jeffrey and Byron both won TPT spots for Webster Texas in October. Brice Bergesen of Houston, Greg Simpson of Lake Charles, Louisiana and Tom Robertson of Lake Charles finished tied for 3rd 6 shots off the lead. Lee Messinger and Greg Simpson won TPT Championship spots in match play. Ken Stanfill of Waco, Texas and Adam Sahmel of Huffman Texas were leaders after two rounds at 13 under par.. The last round was won by Stanfill with his low round of the day of 27. Tyler local John Berger vaulted into 2nd with the low round of the day at 25 ending up only 2 back of Stanfill while Gary Plain of Tyler slid into third, four shots back of the leaders. Winning TPT Championship spots for the Amateurs was John Berger, Gary Plain in medal play and Alan Sahmel and Dave Blalock in match play. Article and scores provided by Mickey DeLucca and Danny Tatum.. |
Professional Division
(Tyler, TX - Course # 1 - 17 May 2008)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Jeffrey Smith* 26 29 28 83 $140.00 2 Byron Kirby* 30 28 29 87 $90.00 3 Brice Bergesen 28 31 30 89 $33.33 Greg Simpson* 28 29 32 89 $33.33 Tom Robertson 29 30 30 89 $33.33 6 Steve Tanton 32 30 28 90 7 Joel Baker 31 32 28 91 8 David McCollister 30 33 31 94 9 Tom Adair 30 32 33 95 Lee Messinger* 34 31 30 95 Charles Cox 33 28 34 95 * Player earned a spot in the 2008 Texas State Championship.
Brice Bergesen Messinger Lee Messinger 1 up Messinger Joel Baker 2-1 spot Baker Tom Adair 1 up Tom Robertson Robertson Charles Cox 1 up Simpson Greg Simpson 1 up spot Simpson David McCollister 4-3 Amateur Division
(Tyler, TX - Course # 1 - 17 May 2008)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Ken Stanfill 30 29 27 86 $20.00 2 John Berger* 31 32 25 88 $10.00 3 Gary Plain* 31 30 29 90 $10.00 4 Adam Sahmel 30 29 33 92 5 Trevor Lewin 31 31 32 94 Mike Huckaby 33 30 31 94 7 Alan Sahmel* 34 30 31 95 8 Chris Franks 37 35 32 104 9 Dave Blalock* 36 38 35 109
* Player earned a spot in the 2008 Texas State Championship.
| Adam Sahmel | ||
| Sahmel | ||
| Bye | ||
| Blalock | ||
| Chris Franks | 2-1 spot | |
| Blalock | ||
| Dave Blalock | 1 up | |
| Trevor Lewin | ||
| Lewin | ||
| Bye | ||
| Sahmel | ||
| Alan Sahmel | 5-4 spot | |
| Sahmel | ||
| Bye |