Sacheck Beats Heat at Texas State Am

June 29, 2009 | by Texas Golf Association

2009 Texas State Amateur champion

James Sacheck wins the Texas State Amateur in his first attempt, closing with a 67 to overcome Bronson Burgoon and Johnathan Schnitzer

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

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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 playe...

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