2009 Texas State Amateur champion
BRYAN, TX (June 28, 2009)--Another hot day welcomed the players at Miramont Country Club. But none of that mattered to the remaining players in the field, as their main focus was to finish the day and crown the 2009 Texas State Amateur Champion. In the end, James Sacheck took the title with a brilliant final round 4-under 67. It was the first time the 23-year-old has played in the Texas Amateur.
Sacheck, who shot a competitive course record 7-under 64 on Friday to take a commanding 5 stroke lead into the weekend found himself on the outside looking in after a disastrous third round where he carded no birdies and posted a disappointing 7-over par 78, putting him a distant six shots back of 54-hole leader Bronson Burgoon of The Woodlands.
Burgoon looked unstoppable on Sunday as he made the turn at 1-under par to go 8-under for the championship and take a 5-stroke lead over the eventual champion. But Burgoon had a little trouble on Miramont’s inward nine. He cared a back nine 40 for Sunday total of three-over 74, putting him at 4-under for the championship.
Sacheck remained focused throughout the day as he completed his round bogey-free, finishing the day with two birdies per side for the clubhouse lead at five under. It then became a waiting game as three groups behind him Burgoon was trying to keep his composure after a bogey on No. 12 followed by a costly double bogey on the par 3 13th hole put him in a tie for the lead with Sacheck with five holes to play.
Another bogey on the other par 3 15th dropped Burgoon one shot behind Sacheck. Pars on 16 and 17 kept him alive but he needed to birdie the par 5 18th to force a playoff with Sacheck, who was waiting anxiously behind the gallery ropes.
A perfect drive on 18 left Burgoon a chance to go for the green in two, but his approach shot landed just short in the green-side bunker. A deftly played explosion shot left Burgoon with a very makeable 5 foot putt to force a playoff with Sacheck, but was unable to roll it in as the crowd stood in disbelief, including Sacheck who was wondering just a second prior if he would need to start warming up for a playoff. Reality sunk in for the TCU standout after a moment of disbelief, as he made his way to the awards ceremony where he was officially crowned the 100th winner of the Texas Amateur Championship.
Congratulations again to The Woodlands’ James Sacheck and all of those tied at 15th or higher who will receive automatic exemptions into next year’s championship to be held at Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas.
The Texas Golf Association would like to extend its thanks and appreciation to the presenting sponsor, Guaranty Bank, and to ownership, membership and professional staff of Miramont Country Club for their warm hospitality and continuing support of amateur golf by hosting the 2009 Texas Amateur. And, of course, many thanks to all the dedicated volunteers whose time and efforts greatly contribute to the tradition of this championship.
This year marked the 100th playing of this prestigious event, making the Texas Amateur one of the nation’s oldest state championships. It was first held in 1906 and has been conducted every year since except 1918, when it was temporarily suspended because of World War I, and 1943-45, when it was suspended because of World War II.
The list of past champions reads like a Who’s Who of Texas greats and includes such PGA Tour stars as Mark Brooks, Bob Estes, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Bruce Lietzke and Scott Verplank, to name but a few.
Final results of the 2009 Texas State Amateur Championship, played June 25-28, 2009 at Miramont Country Club in Bryan, TX:
1 | James Sacheck | The Woodlands | 70 | 64 | 78 | 67 | 279 |
T2 | Johnathan Schnitzer | Houston | 70 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 280 |
T2 | Bronson Burgoon | The Woodlands | 69 | 72 | 65 | 74 | 280 |
T4 | Jordan Spieth | Dallas | 71 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 281 |
T4 | Travis Woolf | Fort Worth | 74 | 65 | 69 | 73 | 281 |
T6 | Chris Ward | McKinney | 71 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 282 |
T6 | Conrad Shindler | Westlake | 73 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 282 |
T8 | Clarke Kincaid | Trophy Club | 71 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 283 |
T8 | Anthony Paolucci | Dallas | 71 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 283 |
T10 | Kramer Hickok | Plano | 69 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 286 |
T10 | Matthew Boyd | Sugar Land | 75 | 68 | 67 | 76 | 286 |
12 | Cole Moreland | Austin | 75 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 287 |
T13 | Jordan Russell | Bryan | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
T13 | Will Osborne | Wichita Falls | 71 | 70 | 71 | 76 | 288 |
T15 | Aaron Hickman | Houston | 73 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 289 |
T15 | Ty Dunlap | Westlake | 68 | 74 | 74 | 73 | 289 |
T15 | Riley Pumphrey | Georgetown | 71 | 71 | 72 | 75 | 289 |
T18 | Travis Klutts | Lake Kiowa | 72 | 73 | 77 | 69 | 291 |
T18 | Rob Couture | Dallas | 71 | 74 | 75 | 71 | 291 |
T18 | Ryan Kelley | The Woodlands | 72 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 291 |
T21 | Will Griffin | Lufkin | 68 | 71 | 78 | 76 | 293 |
T21 | Zach Rezentes | Mansfield | 73 | 74 | 70 | 76 | 293 |
T23 | Clay Price | Frisco | 73 | 76 | 73 | 72 | 294 |
T23 | Collin Stoops | Mckinney | 75 | 72 | 70 | 77 | 294 |
T25 | Chris Forbes | Katy | 76 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 295 |
T25 | Scott Loving | Conroe | 77 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 295 |
T25 | David Pocknall | Katy | 69 | 75 | 77 | 74 | 295 |
T25 | James Kwon | Houston | 74 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 295 |
T25 | Robby Ormand | Austin | 74 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 295 |
T25 | Jack Eckardt | Dallas | 72 | 72 | 75 | 76 | 295 |
T31 | Jade Scott | Daingerfield | 71 | 70 | 82 | 73 | 296 |
T31 | Michael Board | Spring | 76 | 70 | 74 | 76 | 296 |
T31 | Scott Roudebush | Austin | 72 | 76 | 71 | 77 | 296 |
T31 | Lelan Chiles | Granbury | 70 | 74 | 73 | 79 | 296 |
T35 | Brett Spencer | Plano | 76 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 297 |
T35 | Craig Rumora | Houston | 76 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 297 |
T35 | Bob Kearney | Houston | 73 | 70 | 76 | 78 | 297 |
38 | Praneeth Perera | Carrollton | 75 | 74 | 76 | 73 | 298 |
T39 | Randy Lance | The Woodlands | 73 | 73 | 78 | 75 | 299 |
T39 | Jared Johnson | Lindale | 73 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 299 |
T39 | Grady Bruce | Austin | 75 | 73 | 74 | 77 | 299 |
T42 | Shane McDonald | Mansfield | 75 | 72 | 78 | 75 | 300 |
T42 | Richard Lay | Irving | 73 | 73 | 77 | 77 | 300 |
T44 | Bryant Lach | The Woodlands | 72 | 76 | 78 | 75 | 301 |
T44 | Chris Davis | Beaumont | 73 | 74 | 75 | 79 | 301 |
T46 | David Ward | Dallas | 73 | 73 | 76 | 80 | 302 |
T46 | Kevin Doskocil | Hillsboro | 74 | 74 | 72 | 82 | 302 |
48 | Jim Campbell | Prosper | 73 | 75 | 84 | 72 | 304 |
49 | Chris Causey | The Woodlands | 70 | 75 | 75 | 86 | 306 |
50 | Owen Joyner | The Woodlands | 74 | 72 | 76 | WD | WD |
51 | Scott Maurer | Dallas | 73 | 71 | 79 | WD | WD |
52 | Juan Salcedo | The Woodlands | 75 | 74 | 75 | WD | WD |
53 | Mark Sweeney | Fort Worth | 75 | 74 | 77 | WD | WD |
54 | John Peterson | Fort Worth | 76 | 69 | WD | | WD |
MISSED THE CUT |
T55 | Lewis Stephenson | Mansfield | 77 | 73 | | | |
T55 | Trey Todd | Dallas | 72 | 78 | | | |
T55 | Robert McKinney | Houston | 73 | 77 | | | |
T55 | James Minahan III | Spring | 76 | 74 | | | |
T55 | James Dalthorp III | Houston | 77 | 73 | | | |
T55 | Steve Galko | Dallas | 75 | 75 | | | |
T55 | Neil Dufford | Midland | 78 | 72 | | | |
T55 | True Graves | Odessa | 77 | 73 | | | |
T55 | Michael Sullivan | Houston | 78 | 72 | | | |
T55 | Kevin Cashman | Montgomery | 77 | 73 | | | |
T55 | Brad Mason | Dallas | 77 | 73 | | | |
T66 | Garrett Driver | Humble | 79 | 72 | | | |
T66 | Sean Luke | Desoto | 76 | 75 | | | |
T66 | Ben Blundell | Rowlett | 75 | 76 | | | |
T69 | Robert Palmer | The Woodlands | 78 | 74 | | | |
T69 | Danny Lovell | Plano | 81 | 71 | | | |
T69 | Nick Cristea | Cypress | 74 | 78 | | | |
T69 | Brian Scherer | Midland | 78 | 74 | | | |
T69 | John Bearrie | Arlington | 78 | 74 | | | |
T69 | Andy McCabe | Dallas | 76 | 76 | | | |
T69 | Tom McGraw | Montgomery | 77 | 75 | | | |
T69 | Paul Haley Jr | Dallas | 78 | 74 | | | |
T69 | Will Hanna | Spring | 71 | 81 | | | |
T78 | Brian Mason | Dallas | 82 | 71 | | | |
T78 | John Pierce | San Antonio | 75 | 78 | | | |
T78 | John Flores | Sugar Land | 77 | 76 | | | |
T78 | Ryan O'Rear | Salado | 79 | 74 | | | |
T78 | Nick Tremps | San Antonio | 79 | 74 | | | |
T78 | Jason Williams | Houston | 77 | 76 | | | |
T78 | Rian Butler | Houston | 77 | 76 | | | |
T78 | Andrew Braun | Trophy Club | 79 | 74 | | | |
T78 | Michael Whitehead | Sugar Land | 80 | 73 | | | |
T87 | Austin Welch | The Woodlands | 77 | 77 | | | |
T87 | Michael Kaufman | Houston | 77 | 77 | | | |
T87 | Scott Matheson | Austin | 77 | 77 | | | |
T87 | Ty Spinella | Aledo | 73 | 81 | | | |
T87 | Brian Dwyer | Southlake | 79 | 75 | | | |
T87 | Brandon Ellis | Village Mills | 79 | 75 | | | |
T87 | Nathan Erwin | Austin | 77 | 77 | | | |
T87 | Guy Goodspeed | Del Rio | 81 | 73 | | | |
T87 | John Dowdall | Houston | 73 | 81 | | | |
T96 | Mike Booker | The Woodlands | 77 | 78 | | | |
T96 | Jack Freeman | Garland | 76 | 79 | | | |
T96 | Codie Scott | Amarillo | 81 | 74 | | | |
T96 | Josh Ketter | Houston | 80 | 75 | | | |
T96 | Beau Willis | Huntsville | 77 | 78 | | | |
T101 | Brax McCarthy | Fort Worth | 77 | 79 | | | |
T101 | John Schaefer | Plano | 76 | 80 | | | |
T101 | William Ezell | Houston | 82 | 74 | | | |
T101 | Gene Black | Pflugerville | 76 | 80 | | | |
T101 | Jeffrey Juillerat | Tyler | 75 | 81 | | | |
T101 | John Beatty | Montgomery | 78 | 78 | | | |
T107 | Scooter Jefferson | Tomball | 78 | 79 | | | |
T107 | Jacky Lee | Flint | 77 | 80 | | | |
T107 | Beck Miller | Houston | 79 | 78 | | | |
T107 | Stephen Handy | Arlington | 81 | 76 | | | |
T107 | Beau Davis | Abilene | 78 | 79 | | | |
T112 | Mitchell Cahill | Houston | 79 | 79 | | | |
T112 | Jim Neumann | Frisco | 78 | 80 | | | |
T112 | Glynn Johnson | Houston | 80 | 78 | | | |
T115 | Damon Clary | Cedar Park | 84 | 75 | | | |
T115 | Greg Young | Houston | 80 | 79 | | | |
T115 | Benjamin Rose | League City | 77 | 82 | | | |
T115 | Buzz Baker | Missouri City | 76 | 83 | | | |
T119 | Lance Lopez | Missouri City | 87 | 73 | | | |
T119 | Criss Johnston | Cedar Park | 80 | 80 | | | |
T119 | Vince Brunssen | Round Rock | 81 | 79 | | | |
T119 | Mike Mcclung | Marble Falls | 84 | 76 | | | |
T119 | Gary Durbin | Houston | 79 | 81 | | | |
T119 | Bill Wiley | Bryan | 81 | 79 | | | |
T125 | Ben Carter | Austin | 84 | 77 | | | |
T125 | Cody Dezern | Clyde | 82 | 79 | | | |
T125 | Carlton Smith | Allen | 83 | 78 | | | |
T128 | David Pfeuffer | New Braunfels | 81 | 81 | | | |
T128 | Tayler Diepholz | Southlake | 84 | 78 | | | |
T130 | Sean Frost | Dallas | 86 | 77 | | | |
T130 | Jason Berry | Granbury | 86 | 77 | | | |
T132 | Robert Hill | Spring | 88 | 76 | | | |
T132 | Stephen Wade | Cypress | 82 | 82 | | | |
T134 | Jon Senkowsky | Arlington | 84 | 82 | | | |
T134 | John Perez | Austin | 86 | 80 | | | |
136 | Brady Scott | New Braunfels | 83 | 86 | | | |
137 | Bruce Claver | Rowlett | 95 | 86 | | | |
138 | Robert Mills | Houston | 83 | WD | | | |
139 | Timothy Rice | Kemah | 88 | WD | | | |
T140 | Daniel Deichert | Dallas | WD | | | | |
T140 | Dru Fenimore | Dallas | WD | | | | |
T140 | Jim Mundell | San Angelo | WD | | | | |
T140 | Blanton Hansen | League City | WD | | | | |
T140 | Charlie Jabbia | Beaumont | WD | | | | |
ABOUT THE Texas Amateur
72 hole medal play walking-only championship first
played in 1906. At the completion of 36 holes the field
is cut to the low 54 and ties plus all players within 10
strokes of the lead.
18-hole qualifying rounds are held throughout the state
for players not otherwise exempt into the tournament
proper. Visit the Texas Golf Assocation website for
qualifier information.
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