Jim Woodward of Oklahoma City won the Golf Passport Section Championship at Muskogee Country Club with a 3-under score of 210. Tim Graves of Edmond was second at 212. The Pro-Scratch Championship, sponsored by Red Bull, was held Aug. 21, 2006 at Belmar Golf Club in Norman, Okla. Woodward and his partner Kelly Huddleston from Gaillardia Golf Club in Oklahoma City and Glen Rose and his partner Chance Tatum shared the title with great team scores of 64. The South Central Section would like to introduce David Reddick, who is the new owner of the Golf Passport. The Golf Passport has been one of our main sponsors for a number of years and we are glad to report that Reddick will continue to support the section and our Section Championship in the future. You can reach him at 14526 Enterprise Place, Oklahoma City, 73128 or by phone at 405-949-0011. The Pro-Assistant Championship was
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PGA Views Barry Thompson SCS Executive Director held Sept. 5 at Oak Tree Country Club in Edmond. The team of Tim Fleming/Kyle Flinton from Quail Creek G&CC in Oklahoma City won the event with a great team score of 95, followed by the team of Tim Fleming/Aaron Kristopeit and Mark Fuller/Matt Larson from Oak Tree Country Club with team scores of 97. This popular event is sponsored by Callaway Golf and sales reps Eric Meracle and Tom Funderburk. All four chapters held their Chapter Championships on Sept 11. The winners were: Arkansas Chapter Champion and Senior Division Champion Bob Ralston Kansas Chapter Champion Rod Nuckolls
ing Wichita Country Club on a $12 million Continued from page 11 expansion and renovation project which will last for three and one-half years. resumes with impressive performances Cozby is the head professional who this during 2006. year was given the additional title of Chief Sophomore Brad Boan of Olathe, Kan., Executive Officer of Kansas’ oldest private was runnerup in the Kansas State Amateur golf club, founded in 1900. championship, losing to his former Olathe In June of 2003, the club completed a East High School teammate Drew Lethem redesign of the golf course by Jeffrey in the 36-hole title match. Boan was a 4.0 Brauer, golf course architect of Dallas, and student in high school and is headed for a expansion of its driving range. degree in mechanical engineering. The new project will include construcSanders won two titles, the Wichita city tion of a 7,000-square-foot golf cart buildmatch play and the Oklahoma Golf ing, but the rest of the money will be spent Association state match play events. on expanding the clubhouse, adding a Matt Lazzo of Wichita, a WSU freshman, casual dining room, larger patio, mixed teamed with Josh Taylor of Overland Park grill and lounge and expansion of the fitto grab the Kansas Golf Association Junior ness center and tennis courts and swimTeam title. ming pool. And Brandon Hermreck, sophomore The club will remain open throughout from Stilwell, Kan., teamed with Zechariah the project. Potter, another sophomore from Cheney, Terradyne Makeover Under Way: Wichita’s Kan., to capture the KGA Four-ball crown. Terradyne Resort and Country Club is also So WSU heads into the 2006-7 season in the midst of a renovation project. A new, with momentum and confidence. It could three-hole practice area and driving range be the best ever season for Coach Grier is under construction west of the club. Jones’ Shockers. Remodeling of the dining room will be Jones, a former Oklahoma State All- completed by the end of the year. American and standout on the PGA Tour, is The resort hotel which included some 40 in his 12th year as head coach and his WSU guest rooms is being remodeled into teams have won six of the last eight Valley offices. There is no timetable for the tournaments. remodeling of the hotel because the offices Jones was the PGA’s Rookie of the Year are being tailored to the desires of the in 1969 after winning the 1968 NCAA indi- occupants and will be completed as space vidual title and the PGA Tour qualifying is leased. tournament. He also won the 1966 Kansas No changes are planned for Terradyne’s Amateur crown. 18-hole golf course designed by Don Wichita CC Expanding: Cary Cozby is lead- Sechrest and opened in 1987.
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and Senior Division Rick Nuckolls Western Oklahoma Chapter Champion Tim Fleming and Senior Division Chuck Coatney Eastern Oklahoma Chapter Champion Brian Talley. The Senior Team Championship sponsored by Srixon and Ron Page and Page & Tuttle with Bruce Hollowell was held Sept. 25 at Oakwood CC in Enid. The team of Andy Schaben and Dan Langford, Jr. won the event with a score of 98. Host professional Tim Mendenhall and his partner Fred Forbes followed closely with a team score of 100. The Las Vegas Pro-am is almost here and this year promises to be as fun packed as the past events. The Section returns each year to the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino, which has been the host hotel for the event for the past 12 years. Each year the section holds the 32 5-man team event at a different course and this year it will be Silverstone Golf Club in Las Vegas. Everyone is ready to go!
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Cavener had four consecutive top-10 performances in the spring. Transfer Tara Goedeken from Wichita State and redshirt freshman Ashleigh Odgers will be counted on for support.
OKLAHOMA STATE WOMEN The Cowgirls, as is often the case, are led by a talented Swede, this year it is sophomore Permilla Lindberg, who finished 14th in the NCAA Preview Tournament in Daytona Beach. Sophomore Amanda Johnson of Jenks is poised for a breakout year. The Cowgirls will also count on seniors Mallorie Underwood and Candy Herrera.
ORU MEN The Golden Eagles began the fall season by winning the team title at the Mean Green Classic with its lowest team score since the Bill Glasson-led squad of 1980. It was also ORU’s first regular-season team title since 2000. Senior Mauricio Tamez tied for second in that event with rounds of 69-71-69. Also in the top 10 were Austin Hannah and Tyler Sullivan. Filling out the five-man rotation are Eric Barentt and Jesse Blom.
ORU WOMEN Pamela Ontiveros has already won the Centenary Classic for ORU this fall, while Tulsa native Christy Carter tied for ninth to lead ORU to a top-1o finish at the Jeannine McHaney Invitational in Lubbock, Texas.
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