Veritex Bank Texas State Open Pro-Am Results
NTPGA • July 30, 2017
DALLAS, Texas -
The Veritex Bank Texas State Open Pro-Am was held today at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas. The Pro-Am consisted of 21 teams and began with a 1:00 p.m. shotgun start. The team of Bobby Hudson of Memphis, Tennessee, and three amateurs, Bill Bradford, James Miller and John Holmes took home first place with a team total of 13-under par, 59. The amateurs each took home a trophy and a $150 gift certificate to the Trinity Forest golf shop.
Professionals competed in a $2,000 skins game and four skins were won and validated. Anthony Broussard of Addison, Texas, Tucker Wadkins of Scottsdale, Arizona, Brian Norman of The Colony, Texas, and Johnathan Schnitzer of Houston, Texas each won a $500 skin.
The Veritex Bank Texas State Open Pro-Am precedes the 47th Veritex Bank Texas State Open, to be contested on Tuesday, August 1 through Friday, August 4 at Trinity Forest Golf Club. The Championship will be a 72-hole stroke play event consisting of 156 professionals and amateurs playing for a projected purse of $200,000. The field will play 36 holes before being cut to the low 55 scores and ties.
For further information about the 47th Veritex Bank Texas State Open, please contact the Northern Texas PGA at (214) 420-7421 or visit the NTPGA website at www.ntpga.com.
Please find the final Pro-Am results below:
(a) – Denotes amateur. Pro-Am amateurs received gift certificates. Gift certificate amounts are per-team. All ties were broken by a scorecard playoff.
First Place: Bobby Hudson 59 (13-under-par)
Bill Bradford (a)
James Miller (a)
John Holmes (a)
Second Place: Hunter Haas 60 (12-under-par)
Robert Myers (a)
Bob Butler (a)
Mark Denny (a)
*Third Place: Anthony Broussard 61 (11-under-par)
Bart Dickinson (a)
Matt Jones (a)
Cary Newman (a)
*Took third in a score card playoff
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