Two Rounds Complete at the Yamaha Golf-Car Company/ Lajitas Golf Resort Match Play Championship

NTPGA • October 10, 2016

LUFKIN, Texas – Round one and round two matches of the Yamaha Golf-Car Company / Lajitas Golf Resort Match Play Championship resulted in four of the top ten seeds moving on to the Quarter Final Matches. Tuesday morning’s Quarter Final Matches will feature #1 seed Stuart Deane, PGA golf coach at The University of Texas at Arlington; Cameron Doan, PGA head professional at Preston Trail Golf Club (#9 seed); Paul Norris, PGA PGA golf coach at Texas Wesleyan University (#29 seed); Amanda McCurdy, PGA teaching professional at Tierra Verde Golf Course (#28 seed); Thomas Devanna, PGA assistant professional at Tangle Ridge Golf Club (#18 seed); Ben Cuzen, PGA assistant professional at Preston Trail Golf Club (#7 seed); Greg Gregory, PGA assistant professional at Hidden Creek Golf Course (#3 seed); and Michael Martin, PGA teaching professional at Sinclair’s Golf (#11 seed). McCurdy and Norris are the highest remaining seeds in the field. McCurdy, making her first Match Play appearance, bested Britt Patton, PGA director of golf at Dallas National Golf Club, 3 & 1 in the second round. Also during the second round, Norris took out the #20 seed of Troy Denton, PGA teaching professional at The Maridoe Golf Club, 4 & 3 to play in tomorrow’s matches.

#1 seed Stuart Deane was the 2016 Yamaha Golf-Car Company / Lajitas Golf Resort Player of the Year and will look to capture his fourth Match Play title this week. Deane defeated Brent Lingel, PGA head professional at Keeton Park Golf Course, 2 UP in round one, and won his second round match 1 UP over Gabe Reynolds, PGA teaching professional at Top Golf Dallas, to advance.

The Yamaha Golf-Car Company / Lajitas Golf Resort Match Play Championship is being contested October 10-12 at Crown Colony Country Club in Dallas, Texas, a 6,711-yard, par 72 layout. The Championship is presented by AT&T Byron Nelson, Lorente Golf and PGA TOUR. The top 32 players on the final 2016 Yamaha Golf-Car Company / Lajitas Golf Resort Player of the Year Points Challenge were invited to compete in the season-ending major championship. Quarter Final Matches will be played on Tuesday morning with the Semi-Final Matches following in the afternoon. The Championship Match will be played on Wednesday morning, with the winner taking home $5,250 of the $36,300 Open Division purse.

For the fifth straight year the Championship includes a Senior Division. Last year the Division was expanded from four to eight of the top professionals from the 2016 OMEGA Senior Points Challenge list competing for their own $9,150 purse. Tuesday morning’s Semi-Final Matches will feature #1 seed Perry Arthur, PGA part owner of The Golf Club of Dallas; Stuart Hendley, PGA director of instruction at Green Tree Country Club (#4 seed); Tom Strueber, PGA Life Member (#2 seed); and Rick Woodson, PGA teaching professional at Sherrill Park Golf Course (#6 seed). The final Senior Division match will take place on Wednesday, October 12 with the champion taking home a trophy and a check for $2,750.

Round One and Two Open Division match results as well as Senior Division Quarter Final Matches are listed below:

QUARTER FINAL MATCHES, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016
Ben Hogan Bracket
8:30 a.m. #1 Tee
#1. Stuart Deane, University of Texas at Arlington vs. #9. Cameron Doan, Preston Trail Golf Club

Don January Bracket
8:40 a.m. #1 Tee
#29. Paul Norris, Texas Wesleyan University vs. #28. Amanda McCurdy, Tierra Verde Golf Course

Byron Nelson Bracket
8:50 a.m. #1 Tee
#18. Thomas Devanna, Tangle Ridge Golf Club vs. #7. Benjamin Cuzen, Preston Trail Golf Club

Lee Trevino Bracket
9:00 a.m. #1 Tee
#3. Greg Gregory, Hidden Creek Golf Course vs. #11. Michael Martin, Sinclair’s Golf


SENIOR SEMI-FINAL MATCHES, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016
9:10 a.m. #1 Tee
#2. Tom Strueber, PGA Life Member vs. #6. Rick Woodson, Sherrill Park Golf Course

9:20 a.m. #1 Tee
#1. Perry Arthur, The Golf Club of Dallas vs. #4. Stuart Hendley, Green Tree Country Club

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