Texas South Four-Ball: Forbes/Williams hold lead
MISSOURI CITY, Tx. (Feb. 22, 2014) -- The team of Chris Forbes and Charlie Williams hold a narrow lead after the first round of the South Four-Ball Championship, presented by Club Champion.
Quail Valley Golf Course – El Dorado, is the host club for the first event of the 2014 Texas Golf Association South Regional Series. Forbes / Williams turned in a bogey-free 7-under par 64 that included five birdies on their opening nine, El Dorado’s back nine.
They hold a slim lead over three teams at 6-under par 65. Those three teams are Trevor Hyde / Ed Sanchez, Trent Booher / Brett Gill, and Nick Cristea / Blanton Hansen. In all, 16 teams carded rounds of 3-under par 68 or better during Saturday’s play. Bob Kearney picked up his 8th career hole-in-one on Saturday.
Kearney used a 7-iron on the 151 yard second hole. With so many teams near the top of the leader board, the title of South Four-Ball champion will be up for grabs with the final round scheduled to begin Sunday at 8:00AM off of the 1st and 10th tees.
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ABOUT THE Texas South Four-Ball
Eligibility: Entries are open to male amateur
golfers residing in the South Texas region
(both players must reside in south region) as
defined by the Texas PGA Sections (South of
31 degree parallel, Salado TX and south is
break point). Applicants must have a certified
USGA Handicap Index of 10.0 or less. Please
reference “TGA Regional Tournament Eligibility”
on www.txga.org for additional eligibility
details.
Format: 36 holes of Four-Ball Stroke Play, with
a Champion and Senior division.
Field limit: 40 teams
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