Steve Armstrong (PPA) and Jason VanBuskirk (APA) win 2006 Oklahoma State Championship Titles

1 October 2006 - Lawton, OK - Congratulations go out to Steve Armstrong (PPA Pro) and Jason VanBuskirk (APA) who won the 2006 Oklahoma State Championship titles in Lawton, OK. Chris Enders and Danny Hoel won the Pro-Am Championship. Lee Messinger, Danny Hoel, David Chisum and Mike Chisum won the four-man team championship.

Greg Sandlin (PPA Pro) and David Chisum (APA) won the qualifier tournament held on September 30th.

Scores and story provided by Mike Chisum.

Click here for the complete scores from the 2006 PPA Oklahoma State Championship Weekend in Lawton, OK (30 September - 1 October, 2006)

Greg Sandlin and Jason Van Buskirk Win 2006 Oklahoma Open in Enid and Danny Hoel Celebrates

27-28 May 2006 - Enid, OK - The Oklahoma tour usually finds itself in Ft. Smith, Arkansas during the Memorial Day Weekend for the Arkansas State Championship, but this year, since the skipped year for the Arkansas State Championship, Enid became the host course for the 2006 Oklahoma Open. The Open was the site where a milestone was reached. Danny Hoel was recognized for making Oklahoma tour’s 400th consecutive tournament. Dating back to June 9, 1984, Danny has not missed an Oklahoma Tour event. Danny took over as tour director in 1991, and has been the driving force for keeping the tour together in Oklahoma.

As is par for the course the heat and winds decided to join the putters in Enid for a tough course and tough conditions to challenge all the putters who attended. After day one, five rounds on course 2, the pro division had Greg Sandlin in the lead with a 150 and Chris Enders just 10 strokes behind at 160.

In the amateur division, Jason VanBuskirk would take an early lead with 158. Scott Schuler was in second place with a 161 just one stroke ahead of John Lozier.

Day two the putters moved over to course 1 for four more rounds of putting with heat and wind. Greg Sandlin was able to hold of Chris Enders even though Chris started with two strong rounds of 30 to pull within 4 strokes of Greg. Greg did manage to finish strong with a 29 and 31 to close off Chris’ charge and win the Oklahoma Open with a 276. Greg Sandlin, Chris Enders and Steve Armstrong all received state qualifying spots.

In the amateurs, Jason was in the lead in last years open and barely edge out John to take it last year in Lawton. This year would be similar in that Jason would find himself fighting off a second day charge from John Lozier. Jason held on for the win with a 282 just 2 strokes ahead of John’s 284. Jason Van Buskirk successfully defended his Oklahoma Open title. State qualification spots went to Jason VanBuskirk, John Lozier, Scott Schuler and Danny Hoel.

Scores and story provided by James Taylor and AmPutters.com.

Click here for the complete scores from the 2006 PPA Oklahoma Open Enid, OK (27-28 May 2006)

Lee Messinger takes pro division while Greg Cole wins in the APA division

13 May 2006 - Ft. Worth, Westside - Saturday in Ft. Worth on the Westside location the temperature went up and so did the degree of difficulty on each hole. It also did not help that the "Blue Angels" were buzzing the course. Lee Messinger was the solo Pro ready to play and shot the lowest score of the day to take the professional division.

The Oklahoma Tour traveled to Ft. Worth Texas this weekend for a one day shootout on the tough West Side course. After ending regulation play tied at 98, tour veteran Greg Cole defeated Danny Hoel in an 18 hole playoff (30-34) for his first win since 2003 on this same course. Jason VanBuskirk fired the low round of the day in the opening round, taking the lead at 8 under par. Hoel was two strokes back at 6 under par, with Cole in at 3 under par. With the US Navy's Blue Angel's flying overhead and temperatures rising, each hole became increasing more difficult to hit, and second round scores were significantly higher for most of the field.

VanBuskirk with a second round 4 under par still held the 36 hole lead at 60, with a seemingly insurmountable 5 stroke lead over Cole and Hoel at 65. Disaster would strike VanBuskirk in the final round however, and a pair of final round 3 under pars from Cole and Hoel moved them into a tie for the top spot at 98, clipping VanBuskirk by a thin stroke. In the 18 hole playoff that followed, Cole got his second wind, defeating Hoel 30-34 for the win. One Oklahoma State qualification spots went to Greg Cole in medal play. In match play, Jason VanBuskirk beat Trevor Lewin 5-4 and Jimmy VanBuskirk defeated Ken Stanfill 2-1 for the qualification spots.

Scores and story provided by James Taylor and AmPutters.com.

Click here for the complete scores from the PPA Oklahoma State Tournament in Ft. Worth, TX (13 May 2006)

Steve Yates Sweeps Weekend in Enid, OK

23 April 2006 - Enid, OK - Steve Yates swept the weekend in the professional division in Enid, Oklahoma. Through the gusty winds Steve shot a 96 to edge out Greg Sandlin by two strokes. Even though Greg lost the medal play he got his revenge in match play by beating Steve Armstrong and then Steve Yates in match play to get the only pro qualifying spot for the day.

In the amateurs there was a tie again after regulation. Jason Van Buskirk shot a 30 to beat John Lozier for the medal state spot. John Lozier and Bob Nelson took the match play spots.

Scores and story provided by James Taylor and Jimmy Van Buskirk.

Click here for the complete scores from the PPA Oklahoma State Tournament in Enid, OK (23 April 2006)

Steve Yates Wins First Professional Event of 2006 Season

22 April 2006 - Enid, OK - Saturday in Enid had the normal windy weather which really affected the holes facing the south on Course 2. Steve Yates took his first professional win of the year by shooting a 92. He edged out Steve Armstrong by two strokes to get the state qualifying spot. Steve Armstrong continued to play strong and won the match play for a state qualifying spot.

The only drama of the day was in the amateur division where Jason Van Buskirk and Scott Schuler tied after 54 holes. Schuler won the 18 a hole playoff for the medal state qualifying spot. Danny Hoel and Jimmy Van Buskirk won match play for the state spots.

Scores and story provided by James Taylor and Jimmy Van Buskirk.

Click here for the complete scores from the PPA Oklahoma State Tournament in Enid, OK (22 April 2006)

Lee Messinger Leads Wire-to-Wire for Victory

2 April 2006 - Lawton, OK - After a rain shower overnight the course was dried before the tournament start and the wind started to act up some. Lee Messinger went wire to wire with a 2 stroke win over Mike Chisum. David Chisum shot a clean 85 (the lowest score of the day again was an amateur) to win the amateur field four strokes ahead of Danny Hoel.

Scores and story provided by James Taylor.

Click here for the complete scores from the PPA Oklahoma State Tournament in Lawton, OK (2 April 2006)

James Taylor Earns First Professional Victory

1 April 2006 - Lawton, OK - In the pro division James Taylor edged out Lee Messinger by one stroke to obtain his first professional win. In the amateur division Jason Van Buskirk puts down an 87, the lowest total score of the day, to win over David Chisum who were 3 strokes behind.

Scores and story provided by James Taylor.

Click here for the complete scores from the PPA Oklahoma State Tournament in Lawton, OK (1 April 2006)

2006 PPA Oklahoma State Tour Information

21 March 2006 - Welcome to the Oklahoma State Tour for 2006. For 2006 we have lowered the number of Pro Spots to 32, 2 per pro (APA will stay at 64). This will have two effects: each spot will become more valuable and each spot will definitely have to be competitively earned. We look forward to all our fellow putters from Texas, Kansas and anywhere else to join us for what we hope is a very successful season.

Chris Enders
PPA Oklahoma State Tour

2006 PPA Oklahoma State Tour Schedule Announced

13 March 2006 - Danny Hoel of the PPA Oklahoma State Tour has announced that the 2006 Oklahoma State Tour will begin play on the weekend of April 1st and 2nd in Lawton, OK (course #2). The complete 2006 Oklahoma State Tour schedule has been posted on the Oklahoma State Tour web page on ProPutters.com.