(Brook Hollow Golf Club photo)
DALLAS, Texas — In the 114-year history of
the Trans-
Mississippi Golf Association, no
club has been more supportive of its mission
than
Brook Hollow Golf Club. The Trans-
Miss Senior Championship returns May 18-21
to the
historic A.W. Tillinghast-designed
parkland course, which marks the 11th time
Brook
Hollow GC has played host to a
Trans-Miss event.
The 2015 Trans-Miss Senior, an individual
stroke play
championship, is scheduled for
54 holes for the Senior Division (ages 55-64)
and
Super Senior Division (ages 65-69).
The Legends Division (70 years and older) will
play 36
holes. Each division will play
from separate tees with three individual
champions
crowned. The Seniors will play
Brook Hollow from about 6,700 yards; the
Super
Seniors from about 6,500 yards and
the Legends will play from about 6,200 yards.
Longtime head professional Simon Buckle
said he and
his membership are excited to
once again host a major amateur event. Last
year, the
club played host to the 105th
Texas Amateur.
“Brook Hollow has a rich tradition of
supporting
amateur golf,” Buckle said. “The
club’s membership consists of several former
USGA
Executive Committee members,
Texas Golf Hall of Fame inductees and
champions of
several major amateur events,
including the 2004 USGA Senior Women's
Amateur
Championship and 2011 Men's
Crump Cup Invitational.”
The Trans-Miss last came to Brook Hollow in
2011. The
Trans-Miss Senior
Championship at that time was played as
match play,
and Portland’s Chris Maletis
defeated Robert Polk from Parker, Colo., 2
and 1, the
finals. Maletis is back in the
field this year, as are 2013 champion Corky
Nelson and
nine of the top 15 finishers at
the 2014 Trans-Miss Senior Championship.
Over the years, Brook Hollow has produced
popular
champions such as PGA Tour
major champion Bob Tway, who won the
1976 Trans-
Miss Championship, and Ben
Crenshaw, a two-time Masters champion and
member
of the World Golf Hall of
Fame. Crenshaw won the 1972 Trans-Miss
Championship at Brook Hollow. Texas Golf
Hall of Fame member Don Addington, a
member at
Brook Hollow and father of
Trans-Miss GA Executive Director Rob
Addington,
finished second to L.M. Crannel Jr.
at the 1951 Trans-Miss Championship, also
played at
Brook Hollow.
“Amateur golf provides a competitive stage at
the
premier level to many of our
current members,” Buckle said. “Hosting
events such
as the Trans-Mississippi Senior
Championship provides us the opportunity to
give back
to the Amateur golf stage;
the purest form of the game.”
Designed by Tillinghast in 1920 just six miles
from
downtown Dallas, Brook Hollow
promises to challenge a field that includes top
amateurs from 17 U.S. states. The
classic track features tree-lined fairways with
numerous
doglegs and subtle
movements that place a premium on driver
accuracy.
Tripp Davis and Associates in
2012 completed a full restoration of
Tillinghast’s
design. The job included
reestablishing 18 bunkers that had been lost
over the
course’s lifetime. Davis also
moved 16 bunkers to restore Tillinghast’s
original
angles into greens.
“The course will play ‘sneaky long’ compared
to
previous years,” Buckle said. “The
restoration forces players to play the doglegs
as
designed and not having the ability
to challenge carry distances that additional
bunkers
and tee placements have
provided. Our Director of Grounds, Ken
Small, is
excited to be hosting another major
amateur championship. I have no doubt Ken
will have
the course in a championship
condition that rivals any championship around
the
country."
ABOUT THE Trans-Miss Senior
The championship will be contested over 54 holes
of individual stroke play with three divisions:
Senior
(55+, max
handicap 6.0), Super Senior
(65+, max handicap 10.0) and Legends (70+, max
handicap
12.0).
Must be a
member
of
Trans-Mississippi Golf Association member
club
(players may make an individual contribution of
$100
minimum to the Turf Scholarship Fund as part of the
entry process, in lieu of club membership).
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