Texas Four-Ball winners Mark Mattox and Ed Martinez
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Montgomery’s Mattox and Martinez, from Kingwood, worked together again to maximize their birdies to claim their first South Four-Ball title. The team started the day three shots back of the pace set by defending champions John Dowdall / Randy Lance and Thomas Tsika / Ross Horak after an opening round 3-under par 69. The duo posted five birdies and their only bogey of the day on their way to a first nine score of 4-under par 32. They would go on to card three more on their second nine. Their two-day total of 10-under par (69-65—134) was good enough for a tie atop the leaderboard.

The Hunter / Gullion team matched their opening round score of 5-under par 67. Houston’s Hunter and Gullion of Humble, turned at 1-under par 35 and carded four birdies on their second nine on their way to a second round 67 and a two day total of 134.

The co-leaders made their way to the eighteenth hole to decide who would claim the South Four-Ball title. The group needed to play the par four 18th hole four times to decide a champion. Mattox claimed the title for his team after draining a five foot par putt.

“This is my first tournament in a long time and it feels good to get a win” said Mattox. Martinez echoed how good a victory felt, “the level of competition that played this weekend shows how good the golf is in Texas.”

Solo third was claimed by first round co-leaders Tsika / Horak at 9-under par 135 and the teams of Andrew and Chris Minton finished tied for fourth with Dowdall / Lance at 7-under par 137.

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