Angela Stanford Emerges Victorious in the Legends Division of the Destination Grapevine Texas Women’s Open

Steven Clements • May 31, 2024

Weather Delays Shorten Championship to 36 Holes, Championship Division Play Set to Resume Tomorrow Morning

GRAPEVINE, Texas (May 30) – Angela Stanford won the Ewing Automotive Group Legends of the LPGA Division at the Destination Grapevine Texas Women’s Open after lengthy weather delays. The Championship has been shortened from 54 to 36 holes for both the Legends and Championship Divisions, with only the Legends Division completing 36 holes on Thursday. Play in the Championship Division will resume at 8:00am tomorrow morning at Grapevine Golf Course (Pecan/Mockingbird nines).


Stanford carded rounds of 66-71–137, to finish the shortened Championship at 7-under-par and win by a margin of four strokes. 


With three holes to play, Stanford only had a one stroke lead. “I purposely didn’t have my phone on and watch the leaderboard,” she said. Birdies on the final two holes were enough to get her back to the four shot lead that she started the day with. “I just tried to do my best down the stretch and thankfully it was enough.”


Speaking on the event and Grapevine Golf Course, Stanford said, “I liked it…it’s tricky, it seems like it’s open out there, but it’s really not. I was so happy to hear that we are here for a couple years. I’m thankful for this opportunity at home and to be at the Texas Women’s Open.”


This is the second year that Fin Ewing III and the Ewing Automotive Group have supported the Legends of the LPGA Division and made a separate $75,000 purse possible. “He loves golf and he loves women’s golf. We need more people like that in the world. I really appreciate Fin for everything that he does for golf in general and specifically women’s golf,” said Stanford about her relationship with Ewing. Stanford heads back to Fort Worth with $13,500 for her victory today. Both Ewing (2019) and Stanford (2020) are members of the greatest state golf hall of fame in the country, the Texas Golf Hall of Fame. 


A six hour and 15 minute delay caused by inclement weather interrupted play at 10:00am this morning. After resuming play shortly after 4:00pm it was once again suspended due to darkness at 8:23pm.


The Championship Division will resume the final round tomorrow morning. The leaders tee off at 8:27am. 2015 Champion Maddie McCrary still holds her one stroke lead at 6-under-par and will chase her second Destination Grapevine Texas Women’s Open title.


Grapevine Golf Course (Pecan/Mockingbird)

Par: 36-36-–72

Open Division: 6,300 yards

Legends of the LPGA Division: 6,145 yards

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By Erik Anderson • March 3, 2026
THE COLONY, Texas (March 2) – The team of Robert Bruns, PGA Head Professional at Trinity Forest Golf Club, along with partner Chase Walts, PGM Student at Methodist University who currently works as an assistant at Trinity Forest Golf Club won the 2026 KBS TOUR Shafts Pro-Assistant Championship after a two hole playoff. The two carded a bogey-free, 12-under-par, final score after shooting 64 on Old American Golf Club and a 31 on the back nine of Tribute Golf Links. They bested the team of Spencer Dillard and Alastair Jones from Preston Trail Golf Club. The 27-hole, Four-Ball Stroke Play Championship was hosted at Golf Clubs at The Tribute for the sixth straight year. Teams played Old American Golf Club and the back nine of Tribute Golf Links. Bruns and Walts both had looks inside 10 feet on the second playoff hole, though it was Bruns who poured in the winning putt. “I knew he had it in the bag, so I think that made it much easier for me to just be free and let it go,” said Bruns. Walts recently became an assistant professional at Trinity Forest, and said, “Robert is such a huge mentor to me and my career already. I hope to learn from everything he knows and that goes for golf as well.” “It makes it much easier when you’re in the mix coming down the fairway and you have a great relationship with each other. At the end of the day you’re just having fun,” Bruns said after their victory. This is the first win for both Bruns and Walts in Section Major Championships. The pair earned $3,200 ($1,600 each) out of the record $32,000 total championship purse. The KBS TOUR Shafts Pro-Assistant Championship was presented by Callaway Golf, Club Car, Evolve Golf, Landmark Golf Course Products, Range Servant, THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, and Winston Collection. View the final results HERE . Old American Golf Club Par: 35-36–71 Yardage: 6,770 Tribute Golf Links (Back nine) Par: 36 Yardage: 3,368

Northern Texas PGA Celebrates Award Winners, Conducts 58th Annual Meeting, Elects 32nd President of Section

By Molly Rawlins • February 23, 2026
Dallas, TX – (February 23, 2026) The Northern Texas PGA held their President’s Dinner on Sunday, February 22, at Royal Oaks Country Club. The dinner celebrated the 2025 NTPGA award winners, which included Northern Texas PGA Golf Professional of the Year, the Section's highest award, won by Cameron Doan, PGA director of golf at Preston Trail Golf Club. This is the highest honor given annually to a Northern Texas PGA Member, and is awarded for qualities of leadership, strong moral character and a substantial record of service to the NTPGA as well as the game of golf. The complete list of award winners can be found HERE . Congratulations to all. On Monday, February 23, the NTPGA staff then conducted a Professional Development Seminar and the 58th Annual Business Meeting at Dallas Country Club. During the Professional Development Seminar, the PGA of America golf professionals learned new communication skills from Tim Novak, increased their rules knowledge with Jon Drago, PGA, and David Price, PGA, and learned leadership lessons from a group of golf's top PGA golf professionals, including Cary Cozby, PGA, Bill Eschenbrenner, PGA, Bob Ford, PGA, and our very own Cameron Doan, PGA, and Ronny Glanton, PGA. After lunch, the 58th Annual Meeting consisted of the recognition of many professionals including the playing award winners honoring Matt Lohmeyer, Todd McCorkle, Rob Shields and Kim Paez. The 2026 Eva Williams A.C.E. Scholarship recipient, Sean Kim was also recognized. The meeting included comments from the Northern Texas PGA Past Presidents, current officers as well as from Executive Director, Kelly Gilley, PGA and CEO Mark Harrison. New Officers to the Northern Texas PGA Board of Directors were elected by acclamation. They include Ira Molayo as President, Jeremy Langdale as Vice President and Eric Hunt as Secretary. Two At-Large Directors were also elected by acclamation, Trish Holt and Neil Lockie. All were sworn in alongside East Texas Chapter President Tim Lawson and West Texas Chapter President Adam Headley. The current Northern Texas PGA Board of Directors can be found HERE . Before the meeting adjourned, the newly elected President, Ira Molayo, the PGA General Manager at Cedar Crest Golf Course in Dallas, addressed the membership. He stated that it is an honor to serve as the 32nd President of the Northern Texas PGA, using the word ‘serve’ intentionally because this position, like every role in our profession, is not about title. It is about stewardship. He then gave four notes about his commitment in these next two years – to represent all Members, across facilities, across classifications, across backgrounds, to listen carefully, to communicate clearly, and to support the staff and volunteers who carry this Section forward every day. He finished his comments by saying, “I do not intend to reinvent what is already strong. I intend to build on it.” Thank you to all of the PGA of America Golf Professionals in our Section who attended these special and important events over the past few days. Our Board and our staff look forward to a successful 2026.