Upsets Were Abundant at Maridoe Golf Club
CARROLLTON, Texas - Round one and round two matches of the Yamaha Golf-Car Company | Srixon / Cleveland Golf Match Play Championship saw big upsets. Eight of the top 10 seeds in the Open Division were eliminated after the first two rounds of matches.
In the morning the No. 2 seed and No. 3 seed fell to No. 31 Jeremy Langdale, PGA director of golf at Ranchland Hills Golf Club and No. 30 Julie Wells, PGA teaching professional at John Sikes Golf Academy, respectively. Wells continued the strong play in the afternoon and defeated Tony Johnson, PGA head professional at San Angelo Country Club 4&3.
No. 1 overall seed and NTPGA Player of the Year JJ Killeen, PGA director instruction at 4ORE! Golf was eliminated in the afternoon matches. He was defeated by Josh Havard, PGA head professional at Rolling Hills Country Club 2 up.
No. 18 Steven Storey, PGA director of instruction at S2 Golf Academy, won big in both of his matches on day one. He defeated No. 15 5&3 and then defeated No. 31 5&4.
No. 9 seed Greg Gregory, PGA head professional at Southern Oaks Golf Club also advanced to the quarter finals. Gregory won the championship in 2018 and 2019 and will be looking to make it three wins in four years.
The Senior Division saw the No. 1 overall seed Bruce Smith, PGA director of instruction at Black Belt Golf Academy fall 4&3 to No. 8 seed Rick Woodson, PGA director of instruction at Sherrill Park Golf Course in the morning match. Woodson followed it up in the afternoon with a 6&4 victory to advance to the championship match tomorrow morning. Woodson will vie for a chance to win a $3,500 payout, but will have to defeat PGA Life Member and Maridoe Golf Club member, Tom Strueber. Strueber received a first round victory by forfeit after a late WD and then defeated Jim Henderson, PGA director of golf at Stevens Park Golf Course 1 up.
The top 32 professionals on the final 2021 Yamaha Golf-Car Company | Srixon / Cleveland Golf / XXIO /ASICS Player of the Year Points Challenge were invited to compete in the season-ending major championship. Quarter final matches will be played on Wednesday morning with the semi-final matches following in the afternoon. The championship match will be played on Thursday morning, with the winner taking home $7,500.
The Yamaha Golf-Car Company | Srixon / Cleveland Golf Match Play Championship is being contested October 5-7 at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas, a 7,136-yard, par 72 layout. The Championship is presented by Adventures In Golf, AT&T Byron Nelson, Cyber Group and PGA TOUR.
Tomorrow morning’s matches are listed below:
QUARTER FINAL MATCHES, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2021
Ben Hogan Bracket
8:00 a.m.
No. 9 Greg Gregory, Southern Oaks Golf Club vs. No. 17 Josh Havard, Rolling Hills Country Club
Don January Bracket
8:10 a.m.
No. 13 Chris Brown, PGA TOUR vs. No. 28 Henry Cagigal, Rockwood Golf Course
Lee Trevino Bracket
8:20 a.m.
No. 11 Jon Antunes, Heart of Texas Golf Academy vs. No. 30 Julie Wells, John Sikes Golf Academy
Byron Nelson Bracket
8:30 a.m.
No. 7 John Sikes, Hollytree Country Club vs. No. 18 Steven Storey, S2 Golf Academy
SENIOR FINAL MATCH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2021
8:50 a.m.
No. 7 Tom Strueber, PGA life member vs. No. 8 Rick Woodson, Sherrill Park Golf Course
Round one and two Open Division match results as well as Senior Division quarter final and semi-final match results HERE.
