Texas Four-Ball: Bearrie and Hickman post 64 to win shortened event
BRYAN, Texas — The final round of the 2015
Texas Four-Ball
Championship has been canceled due to
weather. After having to
shorten competition to 36-holes on Friday,
weather and course
conditions at Traditions Club caused the
tournament to be taken down
to an 18-hole championship.
Two-time Texas Four-Ball champions John
Bearrie of Arlington and
Aaron Hickman of Addison made it a third,
finishing Saturday evening
leading
the Championship Division with an 8-under-
par 64 in the first round of
the 2015 Texas Four-Ball Championship.
Taking second place two shots
behind the leaders is the team of Clint Frost
and Riley Pumphrey at 6-
under
66.
Bearrie and Hickman won the Texas-Four Ball
back-to-
back years in 2011 at Comanche Trace in
Kerrville and
in 2012 at Crown Colony Country Club in
Lufkin.
John Dowdall and Randy Lance finished in
third place
at 5-under 67, with two teams right behind
them tied
for fourth with 68. The afternoon rounds held
a lot of
impressive play, with four of the top five
teams
combining for bogey-free rounds.
Gary Durbin and Bob Kearney of Houston
shot 5-under-
par 67 Saturday in their first round of the
Texas Four-
Ball Championship and win the Senior Division
by one
stroke at Traditions Club in Bryan. Right
behind Durbin
and Kearney, tied at 4-under 68, were two
teams: Mike
Booker and Mike Peck, and Henry Coffman
and Jim
Quinn.
Despite strong winds in the morning, Durbin
and
Kearney managed to go bogey-free in the
first round.
They combined for three birdies over their
last seven
holes. Although Booker and Peck had six
birdies on the
day, two costly bogeys on the front nine kept
them one
back. Meanwhile, Coffman and Quinn birdied
three of
their last five to also get within a shot of the
leaders.
Chuck Ellenwood and David Thornally stand
alone in
fourth place at 3-under-par 69, while four
teams share
fifth place at 2-under 70.
Friday’s original first round was canceled after
heavy
rains and lightning. The Texas Four-Ball was
shortened
to 36 holes; the final round begins Sunday
morning at
7:30 a.m.
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ABOUT THE Texas Four-Ball
Eligibility: Entries are open to male
amateur golfers age 25 or older as of
the first round of tournament play, with
a certified USGA Handicap Index of 8.4
or less. Please reference “TGA State
Championship Eligibility” at
www.txga.org for additional eligibility
details.
Format: Scheduled for 54 holes of
Four–Ball Stroke Play.
The field is limited to 80 teams, as outlined below:
Championship: 25 & Over (48 teams)
Senior: 55 & Over (20 teams)
Super Senior: 65 & Over (12 teams)
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