Cal sophomore shoots 63 at West Texas Amateur; Allen golfer leads
July 22, 2012 by admin
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The nine-year official course record was broken at Diamondback Golf Club Saturday with a little help from mom.
Playing in the men’s Open Division of the Texas Golf Association’s West Texas Amateur, Michael Culin of Plano, a sophomore business major at the University of California-Berkeley and a member of the Golden Bears golf team, fired an 8-under-par 63. he edged the previous mark of 64 that has been tied on numerous occasions but set originally in 2003.
Culin, who began his round off the 10th tee, was 7 under with one hole to play. after smashing a drive down the middle of the fairway, he found his ball resting in a sandy divot.
“That was extremely frustrating,” said Culin. “I knew I needed a birdie and when I saw that I was very anxious,”
Culin’s mother, who has been his caddie throughout the tournament, came through with the inspiration that delivered him.
“My mom kept telling me to stop worrying and that I was still going to birdie the hole,” he said.
Culin stuck an iron shot 15 yards from the flag about pin high and dropped the putt dead center of the cup.
“We were walking up the last fairway saying I was going to make birdie over and over again,” said Culin.
Having seemingly spoken things into existence, Culin’s closing stroke that secured the record also provided him with his personal best career round and propelled him into contention heading into today’s final round. he is five off the pace in a tie for 11th.
Mike Calef of Allen leads the
men’s Open Division by a stroke over Trevor McInroe of Plano. Calef posted rounds of 67 and 68 for a 7 under 135 two-day total. Defending champion Beau Davis is nine shots back after a second-round 74.
Tim Carlton of Cypress (68-66—134) leads the men’s Senior flight by a shot over Phil Austin of Arlington. Mike Gooden of Dallas (72-72—144) is the outright leader of the Super Senior group.
In a tournament that has seen a hole-in-one drop and watched a course record fall, a highlight of the event since the first wave teed off Thursday morning has been the ever-accommodating, legendary Charles Coody.
Respected locally and nationally, the 1971 Master’s champion who played his college golf at TCU is more than happy to host the tournament for a second time in the links’ near 13-year history.
“This is one of the longest standing tournaments in the state, and we’re glad to have it here,” said Coody, who owns and designed Diamondback. “The players are complimentary of the golf course, and this is great for Abilene, so hopefully they’ll go home and tell their friends there’s a pretty good golf course out here,”
Coody, clad in casual golf attire, drove his cart around the course watching groups putt out on the ninth and 18th holes. he stopped near the range watching competitors young and old hit practice balls and then walk to their cars, glancing always in his direction with an appreciative nod and silent high regard.
“We have a full field of players this year,” said Coody, commenting on the event filling its maximum number of competitors (144). “And we’re happy to have them all,”
As evidenced by the crowded range and clubhouse, packed scorer’s tents and practice greens and a parking lot that seemingly never yields a vacant spot, they were all happy to be there.
Texas Golf Association
West Texas Amateur
at Diamondback Golf Club
Round 2 Results
Open Division
Mike Calef, Allen 67-68—135
Trevor McInroe, Plano 70-66—136
John Dowdall, Houston 71-66—137
Ben Bankhead, McKinney 72-66—138
Colby Harwell, Lorena 66-72—138
Dylan Anthony, Temple 64-74—138
Rick Houston, Midland 71-68—139
Matt Porter, Seymour 71-68—139
Lewis Stephenson, Mansfield 70-69—139
Ciro Baeza, Odessa 70-69—139
Michael Culin, Plano 77-63—140
Ed Sanchez, San Antonio 70-70—140
Tom Moore, San Antonio 70-70—140
Randy Lance, the Woodlands 69-71—140
Colby Webb, Burleson 69-71—140
Tyson Turnbow, Muleshoe 70-71—141
Mickey Scott, San Angelo 70-71—141
Michael Kelly, Plano 70-71—141
Trent Redfern, Austin 73-69—142
Trey Todd, Plano 73-69—142
Clarke Kincaid, Trophy Club 72-70—142
Logan Philley, Robert Lee 71-71—142
Mike Cotter, Albany 68-74—142
Corey Bounds, Carrollton 76-67—143
Blake Vinson, Fort Worth 73-70—143
James Dalthorp III, Houston 70-73—143
Luke Carpenter, Abilene 69-74—143
Zeb Littlefield, Millsap 73-71—144
Micah Rodgers, Odessa 72-72—144
Beau Davis, San Angelo 70-74—144
True Graves, Odessa 72-73—145
Kyle Pilgrim, Colleyville 74-72—146
Randy Rawls, Lubbock 71-75—146
Jacob Caldwell, Bridgeport 71-75—146
Eric Noski, Spring 75-72—147
Martin Board, Midland 74-73—147
Richard Lay, Irving 73-74—147
Adam Lowe, Hondo 76-72—148
Connor Dunn, Dallas 76-72—148
Morgan Johnson, Rowlett 72-76—148
Josh Montoya, Lubbock 77-72—149
Jeff Bellnap, Kingwood 76-73—149
Mike Voigt, Colleyville 75-74—149
Austin Jung, Lubbock 78-72—150
Stephen Love, Irving 74-76—150
Drew Canty, Nacogdoches 72-78—150
Tyler Elbrecht, Austin 79-72—151
Mike Tate, Longview 75-76—151
David Klaudt II, Dallas 75-76—151
Michael Guerrette, Fairview 74-77—151
Paul Berman, Houston 73-78—151
Hunter Rawls, Lubbock 70-82—152
Bryce Cooper, Houston 78-75—153
Larry Wright, Plano 76-77—153
David Richards, Dallas 81-73—154
Reed Stegall, San Angelo 81-73—154
Taylor M. Smith, Fort Worth 80-74—154
Cal Arrott, San Angelo 79-75—154
Matt Moore, Grapevine 77-77—154
Bryan Rodgers, Lake Jackson 76-78—154
Cory Ziegler, Granbury 75-79—154
Matthew Hance, Montgomery 80-75—155
Win Bruning, Dallas 84-72—156
Tyler Chadwick, Lubbock 77-79—156
Adam Carpenter, Abilene 77-79—156
Christopher Hall, Abilene 80-77—157
Scotty Bryant, Humble 82-76—158
Mark Merki, Denton 79-79—158
Mitchell Griffin, Driftwood 76-82—158
Kendall Magee, Dallas 84-77—161
Ryan Dollar, Dallas 80-81—161
William Haslam, Fort Worth 81-81—162
Travis Brown, Abilene 84-83—167
Taylor Davis, Weatherford 83-85—168
Bryan Kemp, Killeen 88-81—169
Jason Seefeld, Lubbock 81-88—169
Bill Grozdanich, Euless 91-83—174
Jim McCain, Graham 88-89—177
Shannon Glidwell, McKinney 84-96—180
Chad Meador, Wolfforth 81 — WD
SENIOR Division
Tim Carlton, Cypress 68-66—134
Phil Austin, Arlington 67-68—135
Henry Coffman, Mansfield 71-67—138
Jerry Hudgins, Tyler 73-66—139
Doug Hopton-Jones, Mansfield 72-67—139
Richard LaPierre, San Antonio 71-68—139
John Grace, Fort Worth 66-73—139
Joe Hawkins, Abilene 69-71—140
Aaron Billings, Horseshoe Bay 69-72—141
Craig D. Urban, Abilene 72-70—142
Jesso Cook, Austin 72-70—142
Tom Melcher, Mansfield 71-71—142
Bob Ammon, Waco 73-70—143
Bob Kearney, Houston 76-70—146
Mike McClung, Marble Falls 78-70—148
Ralph Cotton, Colleyville 76-72—148
Bobby Smith, Wichita Falls 75-73—148
Mickey Jones, Odessa 74-74—148
Denny Alexander, Fort Worth 74-74—148
Lloyd Hughes, Dallas 74-74—148
Jack Medick, Colleyville 69-79—148
Randy Jacobs, Fort Worth 77-72—149
Gary Penn, Fort Worth 75-74—149
William Whitaker, Abilene 75-74—149
Frank Johnson, Abilene 71-78—149
Buddy Trumpf, Wichita Falls 73-77—150
Rick Turner, Houston 77-74—151
Dale White Jr., Fort Worth 76-75—151
Dick Sheffield, San Angelo 75-76—151
Jeff Mewhirter, Northlake 78-77—155
James Long, Granbury 77-78—155
Vern Spurlock, Fort Worth 74-81—155
James Bushnell, Austin 80-76—156
Les Reddin, Georgetown 75-81—156
Skip Warren, Houston 82-75—157
Lee Roy Pearson, Eastland 79-79—158
Marshall Morgan, Odessa 79-81—160
Robert Morris Jr., Dallas 79-82—161
Stephen Crescenzo, the Woodlands 78-84—162
Tracy DeLatte, Dallas 92-77—169
Michael Acrea, Graham 86-83—169
SUPER SENIOR Division
Mike Gooden, Dallas 72-72—144
Craig Carlisle, Trophy Club 73-72—145
Patrick Cooper, Conroe 73-72—145
Dale Fell, Georgetown 72-73—145
Doug Smith, San Antonio 73-73—146
Don Grider, Georgetown 72-75—147
Howard Knowles, Houston 76-73—149
Jim Ferrell, Lubbock 74-75—149
Jerry Ransom, Greenville 73-77—150
Coy Jones, Longview 72-78—150
Jim Hoverson, Georgetown 74-77—151
Fred Hopton-Jones, Dallas 79-73—152
Harold Speer, Mansfield 78-76—154
Michael Hastings, Waxahachie 76-79—155
Denny Wood, Montgomery 85-73—158
Daniel Powell, Wichita Falls 85-73—158
Jay Stone, Dallas 96-89—185
Cal sophomore shoots 63 at West Texas Amateur; Allen golfer leads
