Colby Harwell
(Golfweek Photo)
DALLAS, TX (July 21, 2016) -- John Derrick, James
Glenn, Colby Harwell and Culley Barragan share
medalist honors at the 2016 Texas Mid-Amateur Match
Play at Northwood Club with 2 under par, 68s.
Culley Barragan, Dallas, member of Northwood
Club, recorded the first 2 under par, 68 to take the title
as the number one overall seed. Following Barragan is
John Derrick of Waco as the number two seed, Colby
Harwell, San Antonio, the third seed and James Glenn,
Tyler, the fourth overall seed.
Barragan’s round featured three birdies with a lone
bogey on the par 3, fifth hole. John Derrick’s round also
only featured a single blemish which was on the difficult
par 4, seventeenth. Colby Harwell was the only player in
the field to escape the round without a single bogey on
the score card. James Glenn’s scorecard however
featured five birdies as well as three bogeys.
There was a 10 for 2 playoff at 4 over par, 74
following the 18 holes of stroke play to determine the
final spots for match play. Gary Ezmerlian birdied the
par 3, 16th to take the first spot from the playoff, and
the 31st seed overall. Jeff Wolff outlasted four additional
players over the course of six additional holes to claim
the 32nd and final seed.
Northwood Club has previously played host to the
1952 U.S. Open and more recently the 2014 U.S. Open
Sectional. The layout was most recently designed by Jay
Morrish and Tom Weiskopf and is playing to a par 70,
which measured to 6,755 yards for the Stroke Play
Qualifying Round.
Starting times for the Round of 32 for Match Play
will begin at 8:00 am on the first tee with first overall
seed facing the thirty-second overall seed. After all the
matches are complete, the Round of 16 will begin at
approximately 1:00pm.
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ABOUT THE Texas Mid-Am Match Play
Eligibility: Entries are open to male amateur golfers
with a GHIN handicap index of 5.4 or less, and who
are 25 years of age or older as of the first round of
the Championship.
Format/Field Size: Scheduled for 18 holes of stroke
play qualifying on Thursday. The low 32 players
advance to match play beginning on Friday. Round of
32 and 16 played on Friday, Quarter and Semifinal
matches played on Saturday, and Final match on
Sunday morning. The field is limited to 84 players.
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