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South Texas Four-Ball: An amazing comeback
24 Feb 2008
see also: Texas South Four-Ball Championship, The Bearkat Course

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LEAGUE CITY, Texas (Feb. 24, 2008)-- With weather more like June than February many teams in the TGA South Region Four-Ball took advantage of excellent scoring conditions in the final round, leading to a close and exciting finish. John Dowdall of Houston and Jonathan Shipley of Katy caught fire on the back side with a seven under par 29 in route to a nine under par 63 to pass first round leaders Joey Gullion of Humble and Chris James of Austin to win by one stroke. Four teams tied for third, three shots off the pace.

There was also a close finish in the senior division. 2005 Champions Bob Smith and Doug Escue of Houston were tied for the lead after the first round with Mike Arnold of San Antonio and Rusty Marshall of Schertz, two ahead of 2006 Champions Mike Rice and Jerry Hudgins of Houston. Rice and Hudgins shot the low round of the tournament with a 10-under-par 62, but Smith and Escue almost matched them with a 63, which was good enough for a one stroke victory.

After a bogey on the first hole to start the round, Dowdall and Shipley birdied the next two holes and added another on the par five sixth hole to turn at two under par. Then the fun began as they birdied three of the first four holes on the back side, and on the par four 14th Dowdall holed out from the fairway for an eagle. Although this was the first time for the winning team to play together in a TGA event, they have some history together in come from behind wins. It was just last August that Shipley led Dowdall in the South Region Mid-Am with three holes to go only to suffer a double bogey and bogey over that stretch, allowing Dowdall to claim the victory.

Full results follow:

 

  Team Rd.1 Rd.2 Tot.
1 Shipley, J. / Dowdall, J. 67 63 130
2 Gullion, J. / James, C. 63 68 131
3 Hall, D. / Wiley, S. 69 65 134
4 Guidry, K. / Clary, D. 69 65 134
5 Thompson, T. / Sinitiere, D. 69 65 134
6 Mathias, J. / Beatty, J. 66 68 134
7 Pierce, J. / Kearney, B. 70 66 136
8 Booher, T. / Baker, B. 69 67 136
9 Hyde, T. / Manziel, P. 67 69 136
10 McCaffrey, M. / Youngs, P. 69 68 137
11 Pocknall, D. / Hensarling, T. 71 67 138
12 Wilkinson, T. / McKinney, R. 70 68 138
13 Williams, C. / Clark, J. 74 65 139
14 Phinny, P. / New, J. 70 69 139
15 Smith, S. / Tyson, J. 69 70 139
16 Kibbe, G. / Martin, S. 72 68 140
17 Williams, A. / Snymon, W. 69 71 140
18 Noto, G. / Primeaux, S. 72 69 141
19 Gipe, D. / Payne, G. 71 70 141
20 Mohr, J. / Lind, J. 73 69 142
21 Paterson, S. / Stockton, J. 71 71 142
22 Pelz, L. / Hoff, D. 75 68 143
23 Greebon, B. / Schaner, C. 73 70 143
24 Ferguson, C. / Ferguson, C. 73 70 143
25 Clifton, L. / Clifton, C. 71 72 143
26 Wiley, W. / Williams, A. 70 73 143
27 Jabbia, V. / Jabbia, C. 73 71 144
28 Miller, A. / Cook, C. 71 73 144
29 O'Dell, R. / Rice, T. 73 72 145
30 LaPierre, R. / McAndrews, B. 72 73 145
31 McClung, M. / Zavala, D. 74 72 146
32 Hansen, B. / Nebout, J. 74 72 146
33 Gilbert, J. / Acosta, K. 72 74 146
34 Patton, T. / Owen, T. 75 78 153
  Senior Flight      
  Team Rd.1 Rd.2 Tot.
1 Smith, B. / Escue, D. 68 63 131
2 Rice, M. / Hudgins, J. 70 62 132
3 Marshall, R. / Arnold, M. 68 69 137
4 Moore, D. / Bueltel, S. 70 69 139
5 Pritchett, J. / Nichols, T. 71 72 143
6 Trevino, R. / Hubbard, R. 74 72 146

 

ABOUT THE Texas South Four-Ball

Eligibility: Entries are open to male amateur golfers residing in the South Texas region (both players must reside in south region) as defined by the Texas PGA Sections (South of 31 degree parallel, Salado TX and south is break point). Applicants must have a certified USGA Handicap Index of 10.0 or less. Please reference “TGA Regional Tournament Eligibility” on www.txga.org for additional eligibility details.

Format: 36 holes of Four-Ball Stroke Play, with a Champion and Senior division.

Field limit: 40 teams

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