Gregory & Norman Set to Face off in Final Match of the Yamaha Golf-Car Company & Srixon / Cleveland Golf / XXIO Match Play Championship, Hendley Claims Senior Title

Taylor Coffelt • October 15, 2019

FORT WORTH, Texas – The morning Quarter Final Matches of the Yamaha Golf-Car Company & Srixon / Cleveland Golf / XXIO Match Play Championship featured four of the top ten seeded professionals advancing to the afternoon Semi-Final Matches.

During the opening Match of the morning, #8 seed Todd Balkin, PGA assistant professional at Royal Oaks Country Club, bested #32 seed Ronny Glanton, PGA head professional at Sherrill Park Golf Course, 3&2. The second Match also concluded with a 3&2 finish with #5 seed Greg Gregory, PGA head professional at Hidden Creek Golf Course, surpassing #29 seed Julie Wells, PGA director of instruction at Cedar Creek Country Club. #6 seed Brian Norman, PGA assistant professional at Gleneagles Country Club, topped #14 seed Jon Antunes, PGA director of instruction at Hot Golf, Inc., 4&3, and the Final Match of the morning resulted in the 1UP win for #26 seed Michael Martin, PGA teaching professional at Leonard Golf Links, over #2 seed Josh Havard, PGA head professional at Rolling Hills Country Club.

The afternoon Semi-Final Matches featured Todd Balkin versus Greg Gregory and Brian Norman versus Michael Martin.

In the first Semi-Final Match, Gregory took the early lead by going 2UP through #2, and he maintained control of the match until hole #12 when Balkin got back to All Square. After a birdie on #13, Balkin was 1UP, but Gregory won holes #14, #16 and #17 to regain control and win the match 2&1.

Norman and Martin faced off in the other Semi-Final Match. The match went back and forth all afternoon and was All Square after #13. Norman won holes #14 and #15 to seize control of the match and made par on #16 and #17 to close out Martin 2&1.

Gregory and Norman will face off in the 18-hole Championship Match on Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m. The champion will take home a crystal trophy as well as $7,000 of the $42,000 Open Division purse.

The Championship also included a Senior Division. The division features eight of the top professionals from the 2019 OMEGA & XXIO Senior Points Challenge list competing for their own $10,500 purse. In the Championship Match, #1 seed Stuart Hendley, PGA director of instruction at Dallas Athletic Club, squared off against #6 seed Tom Strueber, PGA Life Member. Strueber started strong, going 1UP after two holes, but Hendley quickly caught up and was able to hold steady throughout the rest of the match. Hendley was finally able to best Strueber 3&2 on #16. He took home a crystal trophy and a check for $3,500.

The Yamaha Golf-Car Company & Srixon / Cleveland Golf / XXIO Match Play Championship is being contested October 14-16 at River Crest Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, a 6,512-yard, par 70 layout. The Championship is presented by Adventures In Golf, AT&T Byron Nelson, Green Garden Gold and PGA TOUR. The top 32 players on the final 2019 Yamaha Golf-Car Company & Srixon / Cleveland Golf / XXIO Player of the Year Points Challenge were invited to compete in the season-ending major championship.

Open Division Results - Semi-Finals

Senior Division Results

OPEN DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2019

8:30 a.m. #1 Tee

#5. Greg Gregory, Hidden Creek Golf Course vs. #6. Brian Norman, Gleneagles Country Club

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