Northern Texas PGA Team Leads After Day One of the Texas Joe Black Cup Matches
Taylor Coffelt • November 10, 2020
DALLAS, Texas
– The Northern Texas PGA leads the Southern Texas PGA seven to five after day one of the 40th Texas Joe Black Cup Matches.
The Northern Texas PGA needs five and a half points to capture the win, while the Southern Texas PGA needs seven points to retain the cup.
The first match of the day featured Ryan Polzin, PGA head professional at Oak Hills Country Club, and Ben Kern, PGA head professional at Georgetown Country Club, versus Billy Harris, PGA head professional at Dallas Country Club, and John Sikes, PGA director of golf at Hollytree Country Club. The match started in favor of Team NTPGA but was back and forth until Team STPGA’s Polzin made birdie on hole #17, giving the STPGA a 1 UP lead. Both teams made par on hole #18, giving Team STPGA the point.
Team NTPGA prevailed, however, during the second match as PGA Head Professional at Green Tree Country Club Adam Headley and PGA Head Professional at Lubbock Country Club Brandon Veld defeated David Von Hoffmann, PGA director of golf at Spanish Oaks Golf Club, and Matt Cain, PGA head professional at Spanish Oaks Golf Club, 3&2.
Matches #3 and #4 were halved, giving each team another full point, and Matches #5 and #6 finished with a Team STPGA win and Team NTPGA win, respectively. This left the matches tied at three points a piece going into the afternoon’s Foursome Matches.
The first of the Foursome Matches was contested by Harris and Sikes versus Kern and Polzin. The Match was even for the first five holes, but Team SPTGA was able to garner the lead for the next seven holes. After an impressive and crucial 60-foot birdie putt from off the green on hole #13, Sikes and Harris were able to draw all square. The teams each won one more hole down the stretch and the match finished in a tie.
During the Match between Cameron Doan, PGA head professional at Preston Trail Golf Club, and Brandon Veld, PGA head professional at Lubbock Country Club, versus Ricky Lyons, PGA general manager at Westwood Golf Club, and Doug DeSive, PGA head professional at Corpus Christi Country Club, Team NTPGA won the match 3&1.
The Match consisting of Brett Beaty, PGA head professional at Dallas National Golf Club, and Adam Headley, PGA head professional at Green Tree Country Club, versus Jason Alexander, PGA head professional at The Club at Carlton Woods, and Ryan Brandt, PGA head professional at Riverbend Country Club, were all square for the duration of the match until the final hole. On hole #18, Headley hit his approach to three inches from the hole from 154 yards catapulting the NTPGA to a 1 UP win.
The final Foursome Match of the day, between PGA Head Professional at Rolling Hills Country Club Josh Havard and PGA head professional at Hidden Creek Country Club Greg Gregory versus Darrell Fuston, PGA director of golf at The Woodlands Country Club, and Joe Mitchell, PGA director of golf at Victoria Country Club, ended with a 3&2 win in favor of Team NTPGA.
The teams from each Section are represented by their Section President, the top playing PGA Directors of Golf, PGA Head Professionals and PGA General Managers and a Captain’s Pick. Perry Arthur, PGA Life Member, is captain of the Northern Texas PGA team, and David Pilsner, PGA director of instruction at Timber Creek Golf Club, is serving as the Southern Texas PGA captain.
The Texas Joe Black Cup Matches is an annual competition between the Northern Texas PGA and the Southern Texas PGA Sections. After 39 years, the Matches currently sit at 19-18-2 in favor of the Southern Texas PGA. The Ryder Cup-style format features 12 golf professionals from each Section competing in Four-Ball and Foursome Matches the first day followed by Singles Matches the final day. The event was started in 1981 to honor Joe Black, a Snyder, Texas, native who was completing his first year as President of The PGA of America.
One point is awarded to a winning match and a half point is awarded to any match that is tied after eighteen holes. Singles matches will begin at 8:00 a.m. off of the first tee on Tuesday morning. The Matches are being contested at Trinity Forest Golf Club, a 7,069-yards, par 72 layout in Dallas, Texas and are presented by Club Car, STITCH and Sun Mountain.
Day One results HERE.
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
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.
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