Bingaman Captures Title at Joyce Crane & Veritex Bank Section Championship

Taylor Coffelt • September 16, 2020
LONGVIEW, TX – Brandon Bingaman, PGA assistant professional at Bent Tree Country Club captured the Joyce Crane & Veritex Bank Section Championship following the first hole of a sudden death playoff against Nic Ishee, PGA assistant professional at Preston Trail Golf Club. On hole #18, Bingaman hit a wedge out of the rough onto the green 25 feet past the flag. He then two-putted for par to secure the victory. Ishee held a three-stroke lead heading into today’s final round, but bogeys down the stretch on holes #16 and #18 forced him into the playoff with Bingaman. 

Bingaman finished the championship with rounds of 69-68–137, 3 under par, to claim his first Northern Texas PGA individual major championship. He took home a check for $4,625.

"It’s an awesome feeling,” Bingaman said after the playoff. “Honestly I thought Nic had me by a shot on the last hole but he told me we had more golf and my first thought was that someone else tied him. But he said “no, we tied!” He’s great to play with, though, and we had a great time.”

The Section Championship also included a Senior Division of 37 PGA Members aged 50 and older who elected to compete for a separate $21,000 purse and played from a modified yardage. Jim Henderson, PGA director of golf at Stevens Park Golf Course, captured the Senior Division with rounds of 69-70–139, 1 under par. This is Henderson’s second Senior Division title. He took home a check for $2,250.



The Joyce Crane & Veritex Bank Section Championship, presented by AT&T Byron Nelson, Ewing Automotive Group, GT Golf Supplies, and the PGA TOUR was conducted at Pinecrest Country Club, a 6,513-yard, par 70 course located in Longview, Texas. The overall purse for the event was a record $56,000. The Open Division field consisted of 62 PGA Members who competed for a purse of $35,000.


The Joyce Crane & Veritex Bank Section Championship was the fourth and final individual stroke play major championship of the 2020 season to earn points towards the Yamaha Golf-Car Company & Srixon / Cleveland Golf / XXIO / ASICS Player of the Year Points Challenge presented by Adventures In Golf. The Eastern Championship, Western Championship, NTPGA Professional Championship, and Section Championship also served as qualifiers for the year-end Yamaha Golf-Car Company & Srixon / Cleveland Golf Match Play Championship. The Player of the Year Points Challenge also served as qualifying for the 2020 NTPGA Texas Joe Black Cup and Levy Cup teams.


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