August 27th & 28th Austin, Texas

 

The Texas Putting tour held it's first major event of the year at the Austin, Texas course. The weather looked like it might be a big factor going in, as there was a 70 to 80 percent chance of rain both days. Luck was with us however, as the rain seemed to circle the Austin area but leave us alone during tournament competition.

 

The first day course proved to be one of the toughest courses played on the Texas Tour of the 122 rounds played there were only 12 rounds shot below 6 under 30 and no players were able to average better than 6 under a round over the four rounds. After play the first day defending champion Gary Reed held the lead at 120 in the Pro division two ahead of Brice Bergesen and David Lynch. James Taylor at 126 held a four-stroke lead in the amateur division.

 

The second day would be competed on the normal tournament course and scores looked to lower. The first round of the day saw Gary increase his lead to four stokes shooting a 9 under 27 and both David and Brice coming in two strokes worse. While Gary still held the lead after the sixth round things tightened up considerably between a few leaders while the rest of the field was close to being out of the race for the win. Brice managed to pull back the two strokes he had lost in the fifth round and was again two back and a fine 11 under 25 from Mike Baldoza left him one back. The only other player within 7 strokes of Gary was Rainey Statum at four back. Going to the last round Gary had been caught, both Brice and Rainey had tied him and Mike was siting 3 back of those three players. Rainey Statum had started the day eight back of the lead but by the time he finished he had won the event by three stokes. His second day total of 107 was better by eight strokes than any other score this day.

 

The second day in the amateur division saw wild swings in the standings. James Taylor started the day with a four stroke lead, by the time the sixth round was over James was in 4th place; 9 stokes back of the new leader Lloyd Navarro. The last two things saw things tighten up as both James, Chance Marett and Steve Willmann got closer and closer. By the time these players got to the last few holes it was a three-way fight between Chance, Lloyd and James. When chance finished at 256 both Lloyd and James came to the last hole tied one ahead of Chance. When Lloyd bogeyed the last hole ahead of James it gave him the ability to play it safe. A solid Par gave him the win.

 

 

 

June 26-27, 2004 - Texas Open - Austin
Pro Average: 248.67            
Amateur Average: 268.23            
                       
Place Pro Money Spot Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Total
1 Rainey Statum $320.00 1 33 31 31 33 27 27 25 28 235
2 Gary Reed $200.00 1 31 31 30 28 27 31 29 31 238
3 Brice Bergesen $120.00   30 34 30 28 29 29 27 32 239
  Mike Baldoza $120.00 1 31 33 31 29 30 25 31 29 239
5 Rodney Phillips $80.00 1 35 32 29 31 33 28 28 28 244
6 Wade Sahmel $60.00   31 29 30 33 33 29 29 31 245
7 Cliff Matthews $40.00 1 39 33 29 29 27 36 29 25 247
8 Keith Barfield   1 31 33 31 29 29 32 29 34 248
9 David Lynch   1 33 33 28 28 29 36 31 31 249
10 Jeffrey Smith     30 32 29 34 32 28 31 34 250
11 Lee Messinger     34 31 33 30 32 30 29 32 251
12 Joel Woodall     37 34 34 32 29 27 31 29 253
13 Steve Tanton     32 37 31 30 31 32 31 30 254
14 Jimmy Clark     35 33 32 32 32 33 32 29 258
15 Al Simpson     36 36 39 33 33 37 33 33 280
                       
Place Ama-Player   Spot Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Total
1 James Taylor $40.00 1 30 32 34 30 36 35 29 29 255
2 Chance Marett $20.00   34 31 35 36 29 31 28 32 256
3 Lloyd Navarro Jr. $20.00 1 35 35 30 30 32 26 34 34 256
4 Steve Willmann $20.00   32 34 36 33 29 29 33 32 258
5 Adam Sahmel   1 31 33 34 34 31 34 36 31 264
6 Dave Blalock     34 35 32 33 34 32 33 32 265
  Oniel Mercure   1 37 29 38 34 36 31 31 29 265
8 Mickey Delucca     39 30 35 33 29 33 33 34 266
9 Kenny Beck     34 41 31 34 25 34 38 32 269
10 Trevor Lewin   1 33 37 35 36 35 36 34 30 276
11 Gary Plain   1 32 36 36 32 36 38 36 33 279
  Steve Laursen   1 37 38 30 33 38 36 39 28 279
13 Todd Cabe     37 39 39 34 42 39 36 33 299