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Gary Reed uses a low 3rd round to overtake

three others in Longview, Tx

 The Texas Tour had it’s biggest turnout of the year at the Longview course for it’s sixth event of the year. Among the players in the eighteen man field were two former national champions, Bryan Boyd and Marc Portugal, and world champion Mike Baldoza. The first round saw Marc Portugal and Byron Kirby jump to a three stroke lead. Both players fired 10 under 26’s. Another group of four players were tied four third. Marc and Byron both slowed down in the second round but Marc’s 7 under 29 kept him in the lead by three strokes going to the last round. A poor last round of 4 under 32 opened the door for another player to take the win. Both Joel Baker and Wade Sahmel, playing in early groups, passed Marc but Gary Reed fired an 8 under 10 on the front nine to put himself in position to take the win. With three holes to Gary only had to par out for the title. A bogey on the 16^th hole gave the leader in the clubhouse, Joel Baker, a brief moment of hope he might still get a chance at the win but Gary made the tough 17^th and played it safe on the easy 18^th hole to take the win, a state spot, and the available world spot. Additional state spots went to Lee Messinger and Steve Tanton in match play competition.

The amateur division was a two man competition just about from the beginning. After two rounds Chance Marett held at least a five stroke lead over the field with the exception of Anthony Driver who was sitting two in back of Chance. A very poor last round by Chance of 2 under gave other players a chance to catch him. Steve Willman missed catching Chance by one stroke with a 9 under 27. Anthony Driver’ 4 under 32 was enough to force an 18 hole playoff. Chance jumped to early lead but was not able to put Anthony away until the end of the round. The win also gave Chance a state spot. Additional spots went to David Chisum and Steve Willmann.

May 15, 2005 - Longview - Course 1
Pro Average:			91.94
Amateur Average:			98.08
	Pro	Money	Spot	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Total
1	Gary Reed	$190.00	1	29	30	25	84
2	Joel Baker	$110.00		29	29	27	85
3	Wade Sahmel	$80.00		31	27	28	86
4	Jeffrey Smith	$65.00		33	29	25	87
	Marc Portugal	$65.00		26	29	32	87
6	Brice Bergesen	$40.00		29	29	31	89
7	Mike Baldoza	$16.67		34	26	30	90
	Kenny Beck	$16.66		29	32	29	90
	Steve Tanton	$16.66	1	32	31	27	90
10	Byron Kirby			26	32	33	91
11	Steve Armstrong			31	33	28	92
12	Tom Adair			33	31	29	93
13	James Taylor			35	30	30	95
	Lee Messinger		1	34	30	31	95
15	Rodney Phillips			35	26	35	96
16	Jude Prather			34	34	32	100
17	Charles Cox			36	30	36	102
18	Al Simpson			36	29	38	103
	Amateur		Spot	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Total
1	Chance Marett	$20.00	1	29	28	34	91
2	Anthony Driver	$10.00		30	29	32	91
3	Steve Willman	$10.00	1	31	32	29	92
4	Gary Plain	$10.00		34	31	30	95
5	David Chisum		1	30	32	34	96
6	Jason Sheffield			32	34	31	97
7	Dave Blalock			31	36	32	99
	Donald Halpain			35	30	34	99
9	Adam Sahmel			30	34	37	101
10	Jack Ramsey			34	36	35	105
	Trevor Lewin			32	36	37	105
12	Bryan Woolley			36	31	39	106