The 2015 victorious North team
(TXGA Photo)
HOUSTON, TX (October 29, 2016) -- The Cypress Creek
Couse at Champions Golf Club will host the 2016 Texas
Shootout from Oct. 29-30.
The season-ending Texas Shootout is by invitation-
only and features the top 12 players (eight mid-
amateurs and four seniors) from North Texas squaring
off against their counterparts from South Texas in a
Ryder Cup-style competition.
Players earn their way onto their respective teams
by accumulating points throughout the year in
designated TGA regional and statewide tournaments, as
well as USGA national championships. North and South
regions are defined as either being above or below the
31’ parallel, located in Salado.
Of the eight mid-amateurs selected from each
region, four come from the TGA Statewide Player of the
Year point standings and four from the Regional Player
of the Year point standings. The top four North and
South senior players are chosen based on the Statewide
Senior Player of the Year point standings.
The format for the Shootout includes foursome,
four-ball and singles matches. A total of 24 matches will
be played over the two days. Each match is worth three
points – one point each for front nine, back nine and 18
– making for 72 available points. The first team to
accumulate 36½ points is the winner.
Designed by Ralph Plummer, the Cypress Creek
Course opened for play in 1959. With more than 70,000
trees, wide fairways and enormous greens, it remains
one of America's premier tournament sites. Among the
many elite championships that have been contested on
Cypress Creek over the years include the 1967 Ryder
Cup, 1969 U.S. Open, 1993 U.S. Amateur and 1998
U.S. Women’s Amateur, and five PGA Tour
Championships.
Skippered by playing captain Mike Peck of Irving,
the North team bested the South team, 38-34, at the
2015 Texas Shootout at Dallas National Golf Club. The
South leads the overall series 7-6.
2016 TEXAS SHOOTOUT NOTES:
North Team: Zach Atkinson, CJ Brock, Rob
Couture, *Dave Davis, Gary Ezmerlian, Brad Gibson,
*John Grace, Aaron Hickman, *Mike Peck (Playing
Captain), Rick Sulzer, Chris Wheeler, and *Wayne
Wright.
South Team: *Bobby Baugh, *Mike
Booker (Playing Captain), Nicholas Cristea, Patrick Datz,
John Dowdall, *Gary Durbin, Robert Evans, John
Hunter, *John Pierce, Jay Reynolds, Danny Simmerman,
and Seth Stuart.
*Indicates senior player representative
Schedule of Events:
Saturday, October 29
8:00 - 8:50 a.m. - Foursome Matches
12:30 - 1:20 p.m. - Four-Ball Matches
Sunday, October 30
8:00 - 9:28 a.m. - Singles Matches; Awards
Presentation following conclusion of play.
ABOUT THE Texas Shootout
This Ryder Cup-style team event is the final
tournament of the Texas Golf Association
competitive amateur golf season. Each team
consists of 8 players who qualify for their
respective teams via TGA State and Regional
Player of the Year points accumulated
throughout the TGA season.
Eligibility: The field will be made up of 16
competitors, 8 players from each region
(North
/ South). Of the 8 players chosen from each
region, 5 players will be selected from the
TGA
Statewide Player of the Year point standings,
and 3 players will be selected from the TGA
Regional Player of the Year point standings.
All
statewide players will have up to the
completion of the current year USGA Mid
Amateur Championship to earn points toward
the event. All Regional players will have up to
the completion of the Regional Mid Amateur
Championship to earn points towards the
event. If a player qualifies by both criteria,
he
will be selected based on the higher rank.
The
next highest ranked player from within the
Regional or Statewide points will be added to
ensure 5 players from the statewide rankings
and three players from the Regional rankings
will be chosen.
Format: Ryder Cup format: Four-ball
Matches, Foursome (Alternate shot) Matches,
and Singles Matches. 3 point system, 1 point
for the winner of each nine holes, and 1 point
for the overall match winner
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