Texas Senior Amateur: Arnold comes from behind

19 Aug 2007
see also: Texas Senior Amateur Championship, The Nelson Golf and Sports Club - TPC
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DALLAS, Texas (Aug. 19, 2007)-- Mike Arnold from Windcrest (San Antonio) fired a blistering 66 to come from seven shots back and win the 71st Texas Senior Amateur Championship.

Arnold’s impressive 6-under-par round was the lowest of the tournament by three shots and was the lowest of the day by four.

Arnold who is no stranger to big tournaments (two Senior Opens, two US Public Links, and two US Amateurs) picked the right time to card his career-low round as a Senior during the final round of the State Senior Amateur.

His six birdie, no bogie scorecard was a testament to his solid play, but his putter won him the trophy. Although he didn’t know it at the time, Arnold made a 20’ putt on the 18th green to save par that won him the ultimate prize.

“The course didn’t play easy today, but I went out today and just tried to improve my position”. said Arnold.

Indeed he did, and won his first TGA championship for his efforts.

Jimmy Chapman of Irving made a run for the title and came up just few feet short. Needing to make birdie on the difficult par-5 18th hole on the Gold Course, Chapman pushed his approach shot into the right bunker and was forced to try and hole his bunker shot for a share of the lead.

The shot landed a few feet short and left him with a three-footer for the runner up position, which he ultimately made. Chapman carded a 2-under-par 70 for the day and a tournament total of even par 216.

Full results follow:

	Name	City	Rd.1	Rd.2	Rd.3	Tot.
1	Mike Arnold	Windcrest	76	73	66	215
2	Jimmy Chapman	Irving	73	73	70	216
T3	Thomas McGraw	Montgomery	74	73	71	218
T3	Andy Wall	Tyler	73	69	76	218
5	Gary Hardin	Ft. Worth	71	76	73	220
T6	Jimmy Wheeler	Tyler	76	72	73	221
T6	Mickey Jones	Odessa	72	73	76	221
T8	Bob Smith	Houston	76	75	71	222
T8	Fred Clark	Kingwood	76	74	72	222
T8	Chris Larsen	Houston	73	75	74	222
T8	Larry Walsh	Mountain City	69	75	78	222
T12	Ralph Cotton	Irving	73	77	73	223
T12	Chip Stewart	Dallas	74	74	75	223
T14	David Bean	Houston	74	78	72	224
T14	Larry Thomas	Dallas	76	73	75	224
T16	Stephen LeRoy	Plano	76	76	73	225
T16	Roy Rhodes	Dallas	70	80	75	225
T18	Billy Clagett	Austin	76	77	73	226
T18	Bob Watson	San Antonio	77	75	74	226
T18	Gary Britt	The Woodlands	78	77	71	226
T18	Ford Cartwright	Lufkin	74	74	78	226
T22	Joel Eastman	Dallas	74	73	80	227
T22	Steve Spearman	Pittsburg	73	73	81	227
T22	Mike Rice	Houston	83	73	71	227
25	Gary Penn	Ft. Worth	77	75	76	228
T26	Jody Vasquez	Aledo	77	76	76	229
T26	Bill Edwards	Southlake	75	75	79	229
T26	Gordon Norwood	Cypress	70	78	81	229
T29	Mike Hopson	Lufkin	72	82	76	230
T29	Andy Edgerton	Austin	77	78	75	230
T29	Lloyd Hughes	Dallas	81	71	78	230
T29	Robert Woodward	Dallas	74	77	79	230
T29	Gary Kirwan	McKinney	73	78	79	230
T29	Jack Medick	Colleyville	69	80	81	230
T29	Van Stewart	Flint	80	78	72	230
T36	Steve Bueltel	Kingwood	78	75	78	231
T36	Dan Nelson	Edinburg	76	77	78	231
T36	Dan Alpha	The Woodlands	76	77	78	231
T36	Jerry Hudgins	Kingwood	74	80	77	231
T36	Denny Alexander	Fort Worth	73	77	81	231
T41	James Martin	Dallas	75	77	80	232
T41	Richard Hageman	Cibilo	77	77	78	232
T41	John Paty	Dallas	80	75	77	232
T41	Harry Todd	Dallas	77	76	79	232
T45	Timothy Hamilton	Abilene	76	75	82	233
T45	Harlin Hamilton	Plano	81	77	75	233
47	Al Pineault	San Antonio	76	79	79	234
T48	Thomas Sooy	Houston	76	78	81	235
T48	Dale White	FT. Worth	79	77	79	235
T48	Frank Davis	San Antonio	78	79	78	235
T48	Alan Dale	New Braunfels	78	80	77	235
T52	Rusty Marshall	Schertz	74	80	82	236
T52	James Burdine	Dallas	74	80	82	236
T52	Patrick Cooper	Cypress	81	77	78	236
T52	Don Heathcott	Montgomery	75	83	78	236
T52	Chuck Ribelin	Dallas	83	76	77	236
T52	Dale Fell	Georgetown	78	78	80	236
T58	Joe Miller	New Braunfels	80	79	78	237
T58	Don Grider	Georgetown	79	81	77	237
T58	Earl Craig	Plano	81	79	77	237
61	Gordon Hesdorffer	Richardson	76	81	82	239
T62	James Rath	Houston	76	82	82	240
T62	Doug Schwarz	Richardson	79	83	78	240
64	Harvey McCraw	Kingswood	75	79	87	241
T65	Jess Claiborne	Horseshoe Bay	82	73	87	242
T65	Sam Fife	Carrollton	78	80	84	242
67	Don Rhoden	Abilene	75	82	88	245
T68	John McDonald	Houston	81	81	84	246
T68	Fred Hansen	Terrell	82	79	85	246

ABOUT THE Texas Senior Amateur

The State Senior Amateur is the second oldest event of all the TGA tournaments, having first been played in 1937.

Eligibility: Entries are open to male amateur golfers with a GHIN Handicap Index of 6.4 or less and who are 55 years of age or older as of the tournament start date (first round of tournament play). All players will be competing in one division from the same tees and yardage.

Format/Field Size: Play will be contested over 54 holes of stroke play. All players will be competing in one division from the same tees and yardage. The field is limited to 144 players. At the completion of the 36 holes the field will be cut to the low 54 players and ties.

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