Corbin Holt – Champ Flight, Chad Wintz – A Flight, Ron Wallace – B Flight, Gregory Gatrell – C Flight and Will Spittle – D Flight all won The Midwest Regional hosted by Big Cedar Lodge!
The Golfweek Amateur Tour headed to Missouri for Midwest Regional. 100 golfers from 15 tours converged on Big Cedar (Hollister/Branson, MO) to play Ozarks National and Buffalo Ridge. Scores were as hot as the temperatures. Mother Nature smiled on us the first day and kept the highs just under 90 degrees.
In the Champ Flight, Corbin Holt (Alabama) took a 3-stroke lead from Day 1 and added another 3-stroke lead in Day 2 to claim a 6-stroke lead taking the victory with scores 74-46-150, with 2nd place finisher, Alex Hoffman (Arkansas) carding 77-79-156.
The A Flight had the most drama with a sudden death, 2 extra hole playoff to crown the winner. Chad Wintz (Arkansas) and Kory Hemm (Cincinnati/Dayton) both scoring a Two-Day total of 154. After both players made par on the first hole, Wintz parred the 2nd hole to win the A flight. Followed by 3rd place, Paul Herrin (Tidewater) carding 160, 4th place to Lucas Boozer (Alabama)162 and Jeremy Wilson (Indianapolis) taking 5th place, posting a 163.
B Flight, Ron Wallace (Arkansas) was tied with Amalaraj Irudayaraj (Indianapolis) with both posting a 78 after the first day, but Wallace pulled away by 4-strokes on Day 2 to earn the B Flight win. With Irudayaraj (166) claiming 2nd place, and finishing 3rd, Michael Murphee (Tidewater) carding 169, and 4th place went to Will Duncan (Kansas) with a score of 172.
The C Flight, Gregory Gatrell (Tampa) posting scores 88-80-168 comes back with being down by 1-stroke from the leader after Day 1. Phil Hemba (Arkansas) takes 2nd place with a score of 170, followed by Bob Kendall (Kansas) taking 3rd place carding a 172, Robert Luter claiming 4th place posting a 174, and 5th place went to Jay Williams (Arkansas) with a 175.
The D Flight saw Will Spittle (Tidewater) 98-86-184 to overcome a 9-stroke deficit from Day 1 and take the D Flight trophy. Vic Werner (Arkansas) posting a two-day total of 186, had a chance to catch him on 18, but could not quite get it done and claimed the 2nd place position. Carl Cessor (Kansas) carding a 188, took 3rd place, followed by Alex Gustafson (Arkansas) scoring a 189-claiming 4th place.
Winner of the Srixon ZX4 Irons raffle was Kenny Holeyfield (Arkansas) with a last-minute ticket purchase. Raising $1300 with the proceeds going to the Jimmy V Foundation – Cancer Research. It was the second highest raised this year to date. Great job!!
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