All the Pre Tee-Off chatter Saturday AM indicated Walton had the QCGCDFCI championship all wrapped up with his pre-play 5 Under Par posting, but low
numbers came streaming in from font 9- with 10 players still in position to best Walton’s -5. The South Course had played up to its reputation- gentle, nourishing, beckoning. The West Course turned out to be another story. KAGT members got their full $15 green fee/cart fee paid for on the back nine, with every fairway roped off, ripped up, reseeded, and playing soft, soft, soft. Hole #5 was converted to a Par3 and the back nine played to a 34. Player were laying sod all over the West Course and scores were rising steadily. After 14 one contender stood alone at the top: Cummins at -9.
Cummins has been coming on strong the past several tournaments- 2nd at the RWI and a top 4 at the KAGT Open. He would ride out the West Course to post a KAGT scoring record at -7 and claim his first victory of the year. With Geer and Brown both finishing poorly, Cummins should jump into 2nd place and close the gap significantly on Camomot. The Record-Setting victory surely inspired Jason Day’s performance later in the afternoon.
(Cummins enjoys a cold one from the “Campeón QCGCDFCI” traveling champion’s mug. No stranger to KAGT hardware, Cummins noted he had enjoyed coffee from his Highland Classic mug that very morning.)
Walton’s 2nd place finish will net him some additional points and keep him firmly in the conversation heading into the last tournament: the SW Prestige, “The Memorial” at Old Capitol Sunday September 13th.
Mitch Gibson would finish strong to finish in solo 3rd with a -4 performance. Casey Weber rounded out the money winners in 4th at -3. Three others finished at -2. You had to go low this year at the QCGCDFCI- an Even Par finish got you nothing more than a three-way tie for 9thplace.
Well played, and see you at the Memorial.
QCGCDFCI – 8/15/2015 Blue Tees – South West / Bob White – 70.9/126 | ||||||||
9:00 | Handicap | Strokes | Gross Score | Net Score | Net Score | Place | Points | Money |
Weining | 16.2 | 18 | 98 | 80 | 10 | 16 | 5 | |
Herp | 16.3 | 18 | 88 | 70 | E | T9 | 25 | |
Buzzell | 12.9 | 14 | Scratch | |||||
Irwin | 9.3 | 10 | 88 | 68 | -2 | T5 | 45 | |
9:10 | ||||||||
Kremer | 8.1 | 9 | 85 | 76 | 6 | 14 | 5 | |
Fetter | 15.3 | 17 | 90 | 73 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |
Holtzmann | 11.5 | 13 | 81 | 68 | -2 | T5 | 45 | |
Weber | 18.6 | 20 | 87 | 67 | -3 | 4 | 65 | $22.10 |
9:20 | ||||||||
Brown | 7.7 | 9 | 88 | 79 | 9 | 15 | 5 | |
Camomot | 12.9 | 14 | 89 | 75 | 5 | 13 | 10 | |
Cummins | 9.3 | 10 | 73 | 63 | -7 | 1 | 100 | $110.50 |
Geer | 6.1 | 7 | 77 | 70 | E | T9 | 25 | |
9:30 | ||||||||
Deetsch | 18.6 | 20 | 90 | 70 | E | T9 | 25 | |
Gibson | 19.9 | 20 | 86 | 66 | -4 | 3 | 75 | $33.15 |
Boweving | 20.8 | 20 | 88 | 68 | -2 | T5 | 45 | |
Quintana | 13.1 | 15 | 84 | 69 | -1 | 8 | 35 | |
Preplayers | ||||||||
Walton | 5 | 6 | 73 | 67 | -5 | 2 | 85 | $55.25 |
Nacrelli | 19.4 | 20 | 109 | 89 | 17 | 17 | 5 |