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Left, Neil and Ryan in their First Masters.
In 2006, Ryan placed 3rd at the NEC World Golf Championships,
to take his longest consecutive cut streak to 10,
which at the time ranked 6th best in the world. At
the time, he was also 51st on the money list with
over a million dollars in earnings. And had Ryder
Cup points that placed him 13th.
Also, early in 2006, Ryan birdied 4 of the last 5
holes to tie for 2nd at the B.C. Open, just missing
a birdie on 18 to force a playoff for the win
In 2005, Ryan overcame a five-stroke deficit with
a 10-under 62 on Sunday to capture his first PGA TOUR
title at the FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World
Resort, roaring by VJ Singh by 3 shots. His 62 was
the lowest closing round by a winner on the Tour in
more than 2 years. "What a feeling," Palmer
said. "I knew I could play. It was a matter of
proving it to myself." This win jumped Ryan from
91st to 37th on the money list.
Ryan Palmer in 2005
In 2004, Ryan finished 2nd at the Southern Fam Bureau
Classic, shooting rounds of 69,68,66, and 64. The
win put him at 87th on the money list, and easily
secured his tour card for 2005.
Left, Ryan smiles after making a putt on the 15th
green during the first round of the Deutsche Bank
Championship at the TPC of Boston on September 3,
2004 in Norton, Massachusetts. (Photo by Streeter
Lecka/Getty Images)
Ryan Palmer tied for 11th at the Booz Allen Classic
with rounds of 70,69,68, and 68 on the TPC at Avenel.
The 9 under par total was highlighted by a hole in
one on the 9th on Saturday.
Ryan had his second best finish in 2005 with the help
of another 66 at the HP Classic in New Orleans for
a 12th place tie. He also tied for 30th at The Honda,
and had another final round 66 at Doral to move up
the leaderboard and tie for 31st.
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Congratulations
to Mark Slater signing to play collegiate golf at HBU, with
proud parents, Neil and Coach Bloodworth from Elkins. |
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Here
is Cameron Hollek, signing his letter to play collegiate golf
at UTA with proud parents and Coach Handley from Fort Bend
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He
won, and they won! Matthew Seligmann, who placed first individually,
along with teammates Taylor Callender, Brandon Burke, Patrick
Burke, and Colin Mellinger (305-298). The tournament was SPC,
which is state for their private high school.
The tournament was held at Pecan Valley golf club in Ft. Worth.
Matthew shot a 72-70, with 30 mph wind. Way to go!
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Congratulations
to Robert Gwin, who is the leading money winner on the AGPTS!
Robert has played in 5 of the 6 events, and has placed in
the top 10 4 times (1st, 2nd(t), 5th(t), and 8th(t)).
Link
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Tenacious
Kip Guidry of Missouri City fired a 4-under-par 66, Sunday's
low round, to force a sudden-death playoff with Greg "Buzz"
Baker at the Men's Greater Houston City Amateur Championship.
Guidry then defeated Baker with a par on the fourth hole of
sudden-death when Baker's par putt slid past the hole.
NOTE: Neil is the instructor for 6 of the top 20, including
Kip Guidry (1st), Greg "Buzz" Baker (2nd), Dwayne
Morley (7th), Jonathan Shipley (8th), Trey Wilkins (13th T)
and Mark Slater (13th T). Click
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Buzz
Baker, who either led or shared the lead every round, birdied
the 72nd hoe to catch Kip Guidry (see above) and force a playoff. |
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Trey Wilkins wins 1 of the 5 HGA City Amatuer qualifiers
held at Wildcat last Wednesday with a score of 36, 34 (70).
The Houston City Amatuer will be held at Memorial Park the
21st - 23rd of September.
Visit the HGA site for
details.
Link
to tournament scores. |
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Brittany
Butler, here with her parents, signs to play with Utah Valley
State. |
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Congratulations to James Kwon who committed
to SMU Men's Golf Program.
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Congratulations
to Ashton Radvansky at the 1st Tee of Houston where he won
the Player of the Year,August 2007, and he also won the U.S.
Kids Summer Tour Championship. |
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Alex
Smith was the 11 and 12 year old Boys Champion at the 2007
Texas Junior Masters, with rounds of 72, 71 for a total of
143.
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Congratulations to Ben Arnett on another great
summer! |
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Lakareber
Abe was the 11 and 12 year old Girls Champion at the 2007
Texas Junior Masters, with rounds of 82, 73 for a total of
155. |
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Neil,
I would have sent you earlier updates but I did not have your
e-mail address with me in Austin. We just got back from celebrating
Clear Lake Girls State Championship! A. played great shooting
her lowest 36 hole tournament score ever with a 73-77 (150).
She finished in 13th place individually. The Lake girls posted
a 288-294 (582) total to win by 28 shots over The Woodlands.
A's teams # 2 player, L.H., won the individual state championship
shooting 69-70 and winning in a playoff. 2nd runner up was
AF who was one shot back. It was a great experience for A.
(and her parents).
Thanks for helping her make amazing progress over the past
12 months!
JS |
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Jamey
Taylor, with his family, sign to play with the University
of Texas at Arlington in 2007. Congratulations Jamey! |
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Recent demo day at Sienna Plantation Golf Club.
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Colt
Melton won the boys 14-15 2006 Texas Oklahoma Junior Tournament.
There were over 90 players in his age group in which he won,
with rounds of 75,78, 69, 74. |
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Mark
Slater advanced to Regional High School Golf Tournament to
be hosted by Eagle Point Golf Club by finishing All District
with scores of 72 - 74 last week at River Point Golf Club.
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Congrats
to Madison Mcclain, who signed to play golf at University
of Texas at San Antonio.
The greatest mascot of all time "Roadrunners".
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Jack
Jones from Elkins wins 2nd High School Tournament in a row.
74 at Augusta Pines and 77 in the second round played at Glennloch
Farms in extremely windy conditions. Way to go Jack!!! |
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First
college signing for 2006 fall at North Texas State University.
Top left is Neil standing with Clements High School Coach
Rubin, and bottom left and right is Sam & Valerie Golden
and with the pen in hand Janna Golden.
She played very well yesterday.....through six holes she was
3 under. She finished with a 76 and was the 3rd place medallist.
Neil, she is so close......when she was on the eagle birdie
roll yesterday....it was if it got uncomfortable to her.....she
could have easily gone 7 or 8 under yesterday.....she lipped
out 3 par putts and missed 4 other birdie attempts within
8 feet. Valerie and I deeply appreciate all that you have
done for Janna.
Take care and hope yall had a great Thanksgiving Holiday.
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Pictured
with Neil is Ben, winner at the Tournament of Champions at
River Ridge, and the Player of the Year in the 7-9 year old
division at the First Tee @F.M. Law Park. You can tell that
Ben is just a bit excited. |
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Sienna
Plantation Little Linksters Ashton Radvansky 3rd and Ben Arnett
1st with 39 for 9 holes. They look like they are already enjoying
the game of golf. |
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Steve
Jones long time student, a terrific position at the top of
the backswing, playing in Colorado in a AJGA Tournament. |
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Congratulations
go out to Kyle Kelley for signing to play collegiate golf
at Rice University. And Melissa Fahey signed to play at Texas
Tech University.
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Congratulations to Randi Gauthier who is now playing in the
2005 Futures Tour.
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Terry
McAlister, student, first Hole in One at Sienna Plantation
Golf Club # 17 with a pitching wedge from 108 yards. |
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Ooops.
Wrong stick.
Trey Wilkins in his 'alternate' sport. |
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Congratulations
to David Tasker. David led the Texas A&M golf team to
a sixth place finish in the John Burns Intercollegiate at
the Leilehua Golf Course. He finished in a tie for seventh
after firing rounds of 70-67-70 for a total of 207 (-8). |
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Derek
Rogers shot a final round 75 and 152 (+10) for the weekend,
which tied him for ninth place overall, to lead University
of Pennsylvania men's golf to a sixth place team finish at
the Big 5 Classic played at The Philadelphia Cricket Club. |
Matt Van
Zandt playing for Texas A&M. For more information visit
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http://sports.tamu.edu/press/pressRelease.php?PRID=7331 |
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Kevin Messer
qualified to compete in next months USGA Public Links Championship.
Kevin Messer will be traveling to Galloway,
New Jersey to play in the USGA Public Links Championship
on July 14th through the 19th, 2003 at Blue Heron Pines
Golf Club. The USAPL Local Qualifier was held Tuesday and
Wednesday at Memorial Golf Course where Kevin Messer was
the medalist with rounds of 66 and 71 for a 137 total (-7).
For more information visit www.usapl.org.
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Congratulations
to:
Elkins High School State Champions, Tyler
Dawson, Drew Allenspach, Brett Gill, Coach Angelo Sands,
Matt VanZandt, Lance Lopez. 302 first round and a second
round 281 to win the 5A Texas State Title by two shots.
Tyler
Dawson 81-77
Drew Allenspach 77-73
Brett Gill 72-69
Matt Van Zandt 76-70
Lance Lopez 76-69
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Congratulations to Juliette Bentz!
Here is Juliette Bentz from St. Agnes Prep School signing
her letter of intent to play golf at Southwest Texas State
University. From left is Debbie Skelly, Director of Guidance
and former head golf coach, Sister Jane Meyer, Head of School,
and Sally and Gary Bentz.
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WICHITA,
Kansas --The Lumberjack golf team posted its lowest round
of the spring Tuesday, shooting a final round 286 at the Wichita
State Shocker Classic at Crestview Country Club in Wichita,
Kan. to move into a tie for third place in the tournament.
SFA entered the day in fifth place and moved up two spots
to tie Washington State for third place with three round totals
of 881.
Trevor
Sauntry, a freshman from Houston, set a course tournament
record with a final round 62 to move into second place individually.
Sauntry recorded seven birdies and an eagle in the final round
to post what is believed to be the lowest tournament round
in SFA history. It is the lowest round by an SFA golfer since
moving to the Division I level. Sauntry shot rounds of 72-73-62
to finish at six under par, 207 for the tournament and finished
four shots back of tournament champion Gibby Martens of UT-San
Antonio. UTSA won the team title with a three round total
of 859.
The
second place finish is Sauntry's third top five finish of
the spring.
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Kevin Messer, NJCAA State Champion, who grew up on the links
of Quail Valley Country Club, just finished his second scholarship
year at San Jacinto Jr. College and has recently accepted
a golf scholarship to Southwest Texas University for the Fall
of 2002.
With the help of Neil Wilkins of Sienna Plantation Golf Club,
Kevin has continued to excel in his golf career with back
to back wins in his last two NJCAA Tournaments including a
1st Place State NJCAA Championship where he shot 72, 73, 67.
Kevin and his teammate, Andy Badeaux, both Elkins High School
graduates, who played for the Knights under the direction
of Angelo Sands, lead their San Jacinto Team to the first
state title in San Jacinto Junior College history!! Andy,
a freshman at San Jacinto Junior College, finished tying for
5th Place, with scores of 70, 77, 70.
Messer’s latest accomplishments include being1st Place
Medalist in the Odessa College NJCAA tournament at Sugar Tree
Golf Club in Dennis, Texas on March 18 with scores of 71,
72 as well as the 1st Place Medalist in the NJCAA State Championship
at the Jimmy Clay/Kiser Golf Course in Austin, Texas with
scores of 72, 73, 67 on April 6 & 7.
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Neil, Zach
"ace"Johnson, and Mike from the Sienna Junior Golf
Program. Zach made a hole in one during a playday on #6 from
75 yards with a 5 iron.
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Matt Van
Zandt "Champion" & Neil Wilkins with the 1st
place Trophy from the Texas Oklahoma Junior Golf Tournament
in Wichita Falls (15 year old age group). Matt had four rounds
of 74, 69, 68, and 72 .
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