Haas Leads After Round One of the 46th Veritex Bank Texas State Open
LEWISVILLE, Texas –
After round one of the 46th Veritex Bank Texas State Open, Hunter Haas of Southlake, Texas leads by two strokes after firing an opening round 64, 8-under-par. Haas teed off the 10th tee and carded two birdies on his first nine holes and then fired 6-under-par, 30 on the front nine, to finish with the lead heading into the second round.
“I think I had twenty-one putts. Anytime you have twenty-one putts you’re not going to shoot very high,” said Haas after his round. “I hit some critical shots well, and I got away with some bad shots that weren’t so demanding. Overall, I played really solid, and I’m pretty happy with myself right now.”
Three players sit just two shots back of Haas at 6-under-par, including 2012 champion Nathan Tyler of Tucson, Arizona as well as Brian Rowell of Broussard, Louisiana and Johnathan Schnitzer of Houston, Texas.
Again for 2016, the Low PGA Club Professional will be recognized at the Veritex Bank Texas State Open. Eighteen PGA club professionals are in the field. Brian Norman, PGA director of instruction at Gleneagles Country Club in Plano, Texas, and Matt Lohmeyer, PGA teaching professional at GolfTec in Fort Worth, Texas currently share the lead after Round 1. Both Norman and Lohmeyer finished the first round with scores 4-under-par, 68.
Andrew Paysse (a) currently leads the field of amateurs competing in the Texas State Open. He carded a 2-under-par 70 today, while three amateurs sit just one shot back at 1-under par. They include 2015 low amateur runner-up Michael Perras (a) of Pasadena, Texas, Matt Gilchrest (a) of Southlake, Texas, and Adam House (a) of Rockwall, Texas.
The Championship did experience about an hour weather delay when afternoon play was suspended at 3:53 p.m. due to lightning in the area. Play resumed at 4:50 and was completed.
The 72-hole stroke play event consists of 156 players comprised of 24 amateurs and 132 professionals. The field will play 36-holes before being cut to the low 55 scores and ties. All four rounds will be contested at The Lakes at Castle Hills, a 7,297-yard, par 72 layout. The Veritex Bank Texas State Open has a purse of $182,500, one of the largest purses in the country for a state open. First place will win $36,500.
Children’s Health is the charitable partner of the 46th Veritex Bank Texas State Open at The Lakes at Castle Hills.
Round two will commence on Wednesday, July 27 at 7:30 a.m. Starting times and groupings can be found at www.ntpga.com. Admission is free to all.
Please note: (a) denotes amateur. Also, amateurs are awarded gift certificates.
First round results.
