Austin City Championship: Noonan Wins in Playoff
8/7/2006 | by
see also: Austin City Championship, Lions Municipal Golf Course
Brian Noonan rolls in a 35-footer on the 72nd hole to force a playoff with Robby Ormand, then prevails with a birdie on the first playoff hole
Thanks to Doug Smith of the Austin American Statesman for this report.
AUSTIN, TX (August 7, 2006)--Brian Noonan and Robby Ormand put on a great show Sunday at Jimmy Clay Golf Course, but it was Noonan who was left alone to take the final bows as winner of the Austin Men's City Championship.
For four days, Noonan chased Ormand, the leader after each of the first three rounds at Lions Municipal, Morris Williams and Roy Kizer. Ormand began Sunday's final round with a four-stroke lead over Noonan, and it quickly became a two-man race.
Noonan and Ormand matched shots and putts all day, and Noonan, a 21-year-old graduate of Westlake High School, finally won by sinking an 8-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, which was interrupted by a 45-minute rain delay.
An hour earlier, Noonan had forced the playoff by sinking a 35-foot putt for birdie on the final hole of regulation. Noonan's final round of 5-under-par 67 tied Ormand, who shot 71 Sunday, at 15-under 271.
Only six other players broke par for the 72-hole championship: Cameron Nofi (third, 279), Stephen Paterson (fourth, 281), Billy Clagett (fifth, 284), and Connor Smith, Creighton Honeck and Jon Perez (tied for sixth, 285).
On the first hole of sudden death, the par-5 10th at Clay, both players hit their second shot on the slope to the left of the green. Play was then suspended because of lightning and thunderstorms. When play resumed, Ormand chipped 18 feet past the hole and Noonan lobbed a wedge to 8 feet. Ormand's birdie attempt slid by the right side, and Noonan then dropped his putt for the victory.
Noonan's putt in overtime may have won the tournament, but it was his birdie on No. 18 that kept him alive.
"I hit a wedge from only 108 yards but left it about 35 feet short," said Noonan, who will be a junior at Louisiana State. "Robby chipped up to about a foot, and I knew he had a par. There wasn't much to think about. I had to make the putt. The putt wasn't going to do a lot. I just saw the line and made sure to get it there."
Noonan's victory overshadowed a bold shot by Ormand on the par-5 16th. Ormand, a 19-year-old Bowie graduate who will be a sophomore at Texas Christian, was coming off a bogey on the par-4 15th where Noonan had made birdie to tie for the lead.
Ormand nailed his drive 310 yards down the middle of the 16th fairway. After Noonan laid up in two, Ormand faced a 250-yard shot to the green, which was guarded by a pond in front and bunker to the right. Instead of playing safe, Ormand drilled a 3-wood to 20 feet of the hole and two-putted for birdie to regain the lead as Noonan made par.
"At that point I just felt like I had to make birdie to win, and that was my best chance," Ormand said. "I had a little room to bail out to the right, but I hit it just perfect.
"I had my chances, but I guess it was just not meant to be," Ormand added. "Brian made a really great putt on 18 to tie and then made a putt to win. It was pretty good stuff today."
Final scores from the Austin City Championship, played at Lions, Morris Williams, Roy Kizer and Jimmy Clay Golf Courses, August 4-7, 2006:
The Austin City Championship is an amateurgolf.com Texas Amateur Rankings Points Event
AUSTIN, TX (August 7, 2006)--Brian Noonan and Robby Ormand put on a great show Sunday at Jimmy Clay Golf Course, but it was Noonan who was left alone to take the final bows as winner of the Austin Men's City Championship.
For four days, Noonan chased Ormand, the leader after each of the first three rounds at Lions Municipal, Morris Williams and Roy Kizer. Ormand began Sunday's final round with a four-stroke lead over Noonan, and it quickly became a two-man race.
Noonan and Ormand matched shots and putts all day, and Noonan, a 21-year-old graduate of Westlake High School, finally won by sinking an 8-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, which was interrupted by a 45-minute rain delay.
An hour earlier, Noonan had forced the playoff by sinking a 35-foot putt for birdie on the final hole of regulation. Noonan's final round of 5-under-par 67 tied Ormand, who shot 71 Sunday, at 15-under 271.
Only six other players broke par for the 72-hole championship: Cameron Nofi (third, 279), Stephen Paterson (fourth, 281), Billy Clagett (fifth, 284), and Connor Smith, Creighton Honeck and Jon Perez (tied for sixth, 285).
On the first hole of sudden death, the par-5 10th at Clay, both players hit their second shot on the slope to the left of the green. Play was then suspended because of lightning and thunderstorms. When play resumed, Ormand chipped 18 feet past the hole and Noonan lobbed a wedge to 8 feet. Ormand's birdie attempt slid by the right side, and Noonan then dropped his putt for the victory.
Noonan's putt in overtime may have won the tournament, but it was his birdie on No. 18 that kept him alive.
"I hit a wedge from only 108 yards but left it about 35 feet short," said Noonan, who will be a junior at Louisiana State. "Robby chipped up to about a foot, and I knew he had a par. There wasn't much to think about. I had to make the putt. The putt wasn't going to do a lot. I just saw the line and made sure to get it there."
Noonan's victory overshadowed a bold shot by Ormand on the par-5 16th. Ormand, a 19-year-old Bowie graduate who will be a sophomore at Texas Christian, was coming off a bogey on the par-4 15th where Noonan had made birdie to tie for the lead.
Ormand nailed his drive 310 yards down the middle of the 16th fairway. After Noonan laid up in two, Ormand faced a 250-yard shot to the green, which was guarded by a pond in front and bunker to the right. Instead of playing safe, Ormand drilled a 3-wood to 20 feet of the hole and two-putted for birdie to regain the lead as Noonan made par.
"At that point I just felt like I had to make birdie to win, and that was my best chance," Ormand said. "I had a little room to bail out to the right, but I hit it just perfect.
"I had my chances, but I guess it was just not meant to be," Ormand added. "Brian made a really great putt on 18 to tie and then made a putt to win. It was pretty good stuff today."
Final scores from the Austin City Championship, played at Lions, Morris Williams, Roy Kizer and Jimmy Clay Golf Courses, August 4-7, 2006:
The Austin City Championship is an amateurgolf.com Texas Amateur Rankings Points Event
| Brian | Noonan | 64 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 271 |
| Robby | Ormand | 65 | 67 | 68 | 71 | 271 |
| Cameron | Nofi | 69 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 279 |
| Stephen | Paterson | 67 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 281 |
| Billy | Clagett | 69 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 284 |
| Connor | Smith | 72 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 285 |
| Creighton | Honeck | 71 | 69 | 74 | 71 | 285 |
| John | Perez | 70 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 285 |
| Gene | Black | 73 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 288 |
| Chris | Benestante | 74 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 288 |
| T.J. | Vague | 73 | 74 | 69 | 73 | 289 |
| Phil | Thomas | 72 | 76 | 72 | 72 | 292 |
| Matt | Smith | 74 | 67 | 75 | 76 | 292 |
| Chris | Hartenstein | 72 | 72 | 71 | 77 | 292 |
| Steve | Wood | 69 | 72 | 70 | 81 | 292 |
| Vince | Brunssen | 73 | 71 | 72 | 78 | 294 |
| Grady | Bruce | 69 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 295 |
| Bart | Antle | 70 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 295 |
| Michael | Smith | 72 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 296 |
| Teddy | Wheeler | 70 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 296 |
| Randy | Reynolds | 65 | 74 | 86 | 73 | 298 |
| Jeff | Shell | 70 | 81 | 73 | 74 | 298 |
| Bobby | Hutcherson | 74 | 72 | 76 | 76 | 298 |
| Daniel | Wood | 78 | 75 | 67 | 78 | 298 |
| Rob | Ormand | 70 | 78 | 78 | 73 | 299 |
| Steve | Trafton | 76 | 73 | 73 | 77 | 299 |
| Kody | King | 72 | 71 | 79 | 77 | 299 |
| Lester | Lundell | 75 | 75 | 77 | 73 | 300 |
| Mike | Green | 74 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 300 |
| Jeremy | Williams | 76 | 76 | 76 | 73 | 301 |
| Jonathan | Buchanan | 77 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 301 |
| Peach | Reynolds | 73 | 81 | 71 | 76 | 301 |
| Wayne | Smith | 76 | 77 | 72 | 76 | 301 |
| Ralph | Barrera | 71 | 79 | 75 | 76 | 301 |
| Ken | Gadawski | 79 | 70 | 71 | 81 | 301 |
| Richard | Wyche | 76 | 77 | 75 | 74 | 302 |
| Clay | Johnson | 74 | 70 | 82 | 76 | 302 |
| Johnny | Ormand | 70 | 75 | 80 | 77 | 302 |
| Larry | Walsh | 74 | 73 | 77 | 78 | 302 |
| Dennis | Sokol | 71 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 302 |
| Victor | Wallace | 77 | 72 | 73 | 80 | 302 |
| Lee | Seidlits | 77 | 73 | 81 | 72 | 303 |
| Ben | Bertram | 73 | 75 | 81 | 74 | 303 |
| Josh | Luongo | 75 | 78 | 74 | 76 | 303 |
| Kendall | Allen | 77 | 77 | 78 | 72 | 304 |
| Karl | Steffes | 76 | 77 | 74 | 77 | 304 |
| Michael | Goldwater | 77 | 70 | 80 | 77 | 304 |
| Jerrwood | Marshall | 79 | 73 | 78 | 75 | 305 |
| William | Miller III | 76 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 305 |
| Charlie | Laudermilk | 75 | 73 | 78 | 79 | 305 |
| Mike | Carroll | 75 | 75 | 80 | 76 | 306 |
| David | Brader | 71 | 81 | 77 | 78 | 307 |
| Daniel | King | 70 | 80 | 74 | 83 | 307 |
| Donald | Rose | 74 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 308 |
| Mike | Grindle | 76 | 74 | 78 | 81 | 309 |
| Luke | Wester | 73 | 78 | 82 | 77 | 310 |
| Tony | Pitifer | 70 | 80 | 81 | 79 | 310 |
| John | Tomicki | 74 | 73 | 83 | 80 | 310 |
| Jim | Phillip | 77 | 78 | 74 | 81 | 310 |
| Frank | Paul | 77 | 76 | 76 | 81 | 310 |
| Graham | Turney | 74 | 77 | 77 | 82 | 310 |
| Matt | Fisher | 76 | 77 | 81 | 77 | 311 |
| Jonathon | Ayala | 77 | 75 | 80 | 79 | 311 |
| Ryan | Zimmerman | 76 | 79 | 83 | 74 | 312 |
| Payne | Wilkie | 76 | 75 | 80 | 81 | 312 |
| Mark | Baldree | 79 | 76 | 84 | 74 | 313 |
| Roger | Bailey | 80 | 74 | 80 | 79 | 313 |
| Tim | Wilson | 74 | 74 | 86 | 79 | 313 |
| Nathan | Erwin | 72 | 82 | 75 | 84 | 313 |
| Jeff | Jones | 81 | 73 | 82 | 79 | 315 |
| Kelly | Cramer | 76 | 76 | 80 | 83 | 315 |
| Keith | Bumpass | 81 | 74 | 83 | 78 | 316 |
| Matthew | Pizalate | 76 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 316 |
| Rawley | Vines | 74 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 318 |
| Bill | Totten | 78 | 77 | 87 | 79 | 321 |
| Ramiro | Gonzalez Jr. | 78 | 76 | 79 | 89 | 322 |
| Kurtis | Schoenberger | 78 | 75 | 94 | 81 | 328 |
| Alan | Garcia | 76 | 78 | 82 | DQ | DQ |
| Scott | Bailey | 73 | 75 | 73 | WD | WD |
About the Austin City Championship
72-hole stroke play championship open to all amateur golfers that reside in the Austin Metropolitan area. This area includes Travis, Hays, Burnet, Blanco, Caldwell, Williamson & Bastrop counties. Played on multiple courses in the Austin area.
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