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Smith and Arnold Finish on Top at South Senior Am
Smith and Arnold Finish on Top at South Senior Am
Briefly: Scott Smith won the Senior Division of the 2019 South Senior Amateur presented by Impact Precision Golf after a 4-under-par 68 in the final round at River Crossing Club in Spring Branch. Mike Arnold took the Super Senior Division title with a final round 74.
Leaderboard:
Senior Division
1 Smith, Scott Houston 73-68-141
2 Booker, Mike Houston 73-70-143
3 Bruchmiller, Boyd Marble Falls 71-73-144
4 Kilby, Ron McAllen 71-74-145
T5 Baugh, Bobby San Antonio 76-70-146
T5 Youngs, Pat San Antonio 75-71-146
Super Senior Division
1 Arnold, Mike Windcrest 72-74-146
2 Samuel, Kent The Woodlands 71-76-147
3 Marshall, Rusty Houston 74-76-149
Final Results
Golf Course: River Crossing Club is located just north of San Antonio in Spring Branch. The club features 18 holes of championship golf nestled in the rustic Hill Country of Texas. The par-72 course reaches a max yardage of 6,838 yards. The final round of the Senior Division was contested at 6,603 yards; the Super Seniors played River Crossing Club at 6,271 yards.
Weather: Tuesday’s final round starting times were delayed one hour due to frost on the golf course. Temperatures were as low as 32 degrees in the morning and got up 68 degrees in the afternoon with the sun shining. Winds were observed in the late afternoon at 13 mph with gust up to 18 mph.
Winners’ Info: Smith, who lives in Houston, overcame a two-shot deficit to win the Senior Division title by two shots after a tournament low final round. Smith had a bogey-free final round that included four birdies on the day en route to a 4-under 68. He finished the 36-hole championship at 3-under 141.
Like Smith, Arnold overcame a two-shot deficit to win the Super Senior Division. Playing in the final Super Senior grouping of the day, Arnold carded a 2-over par 74 in the final round. After an opening round even par 72, he finished at 2-over 146 for the tournament. Arnold’s highlight of the round, and possibly the highlight of the tournament, came on the par-4 18th when he holed out for an eagle 2.
In Contention: Mike Booker of Houston finished the tournament in second place with a 1-under 143 tournament total. Boyd Bruchmiller of Marble Falls finished in third, just one shot behind Booker at even par 144. In fourth place was McAllen’s Ron Kilby, who finished four shots back of Smith at 1-over 145. Bobby Baugh and Pat Youngs, both from San Antonio, rounded off the Senior Division top five in a tie for fifth place. The pair finished the tournament at 2-over 146.
Kent Samuel of The Woodlands finished in second place in the Super Senior Division, one shot back of Arnold at 3-over 147. Rusty Marshall of Houston took third place in the Super Senior Division at 5-over par 149.
What’s Next: The South Regional Series presented by Impact Precision Golf will continue at Sterling Country Club in Houston on August 9-11 for the South Amateur. You can view the entire Texas Golf Association calendar by clicking here.
More Info: The TGA extends its sincere appreciation South Regional Series sponsor Impact Precision Golf and to River Crossing Club, the welcoming membership and hard-working staff, as well as our volunteers, for all their dedication and efforts in making the 2019 South Senior Amateur a memorable event. For more information you can visit the tournament homepage by clicking here.
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Five Players Tied at the Top of South Senior
Five Players Tied at the Top of South Senior
Briefly: Five players are tied atop the leaderboard of the Senior Division at the South Senior Amateur presented by Impact Precision Golf. Jimmy Wood of Kingwood leads the Super Senior Division by one after the opening round at River Crossing Club in Spring Branch.
Leaderboard:
Senior Division Super Senior Division
T1 Pierce, John San Antonio 71 1 Wood, Jimmy Kingwood 70
T1 Griffin, Matt San Antonio 71 2 Samuel, Kent The Woodlands 71
T1 Dowdall, John Fulshear 71 3 Arnold, Mike Windrest 72
T1 Kilby, Ron McAllen 71 T4 Marshall, Rusty Schertz 73
T1 Bruchmiller, Boyd Marble Falls 71 T4 Smith, Wayne Austin 73
6 Hurlbert, Craig Magnolia 72
T7 Perez, John Austin 73
T7 Booker, Mike Houston 73
T7 Piper, Marshall Cypress 73
T7 Smith, Scott Houston 73
Round 1 Results | Final Round Pairings
Golf Course: River Crossing Club is located just north of San Antonio in Spring Branch. The club features 18 holes of championship golf nestled in the rustic Hill Country of Texas. The par-72 course reaches a max yardage of 6,838 yards. Today’s round for the senior division was contested at 6,632 yards and the Super Senior Division at 6,297 yards.
Weather: 54 degrees and cloudy with steady 7 mph winds throughout the day.
In Contention: Five players are tied for the lead in the Senior Division at 1-under par 71 after the opening round. John Pierce of San Antonio, our defending Senior Division Champion, finds himself in the mix at the top along with Matt Griffin, John Dowdall, Ron Kilby and Boyd Bruchmiller. Griffin of San Antonio had the low nine of the day, carding a 4-under par 32 on the back nine thanks to an eagle on par-5 17th. Behind the leaders, five players are within two strokes. Craig Hurlbert finds himself one shot back after shooting an even par 72 in the first round. One shot behind Hurlbert, and two behind the leaders, is the grouping of John Perez, Mike Booker, Marshall Piper and Scott Smith. They carded rounds of 1-over par 73.
Wood leads the Super Senior Division after a stellar opening round. Wood carded four birdies and two bogeys on the day en route to his 2-under par 70. In the second and third position respectively sits Kent Samuel and Mike Arnold. Samuel of The Woodlands finished the round at 1-under par 71, one shot off the lead. Arnold of Windcrest finds himself a shot behind Samuel, and two behind Wood after opening with an even par 72 round. Rusty Marshall and Wayne Smith are three shots off the lead after carding rounds of 1-over par 73.
What’s Next: Final round tee times start tomorrow at 8:30 am off both No. 1 & 10 tees. Senior Division final group will be teeing off last on No. 1 while the Super Senior Division groups will be teeing off last on No. 10.
More Info: For more information on the South Senior Amateur presented by Impact Precision Golf, you can visit the tournament homepage here.
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Pierce Prevails at South Senior Amateur
Montgomery – John Pierce of San Antonio shot a final round 73 on Thursday to win the 2018 South Senior Amateur, presented by Impact Precision Golf. Kent Samuel also recorded a come-from-behind victory in the Super Senior division after posting a final round 1-over-par 73. Pierce and Samuel each won their divisions by two strokes.
Pierce started the final round one stroke off the lead, but bogeyed the par-4 third hole to get back to even par for the tournament. He recovered quickly with a birdie on the fifth, but another bogey on seven took him into the turn at one-over for the round. Pierce birdied the 10th hole before making bogeys on Nos. 11 and 13, when the wind started to pick up.
“I trusted I was going to hit it solid and hit it below the wind,” Pierce said of battling wind gusts of up to 20 mph. “It was kind of like a war of attrition and I was the last man standing.”
Bobby Baugh and David Leiss shot final rounds of 75 and 77, respectively, as the final group held onto the top three overall places. Baugh played a steady round marred only by three bogeys. First round leader Leiss started his round with two consecutive bogeys and couldn’t get back on track. He birdied the 15th hole for the second consecutive day, but that was his only birdie of the round.
In the Super Senior division, Kent Samuel overcame a two-stroke deficit to walk away with the victory. Samuel started his round with a bogey on the 501-yard par-5 10th hole, but bounced back with birdies on the 13th and 16th holes. A bogey on No. 18 left Samuel at even par for his first nine holes. He recorded seven pars on his final nine holes to hold on for the two-shot victory.
Tom McGraw, leading after round one, shot a 5-over 77 in his final round to finish as runner-up. Charles Reeve shot a final round 78 to finish third place in the Super Senior division.
The Texas Golf Association extends sincere gratitude to the members and staff at Walden on Lake Conroe Golf Club for their hospitality throughout the week. Click here for the full leaderboard and more information.