Champ Flight Winner – Chris Pestka

Chris came out on this beautiful Saturday morning with going low on his mind.  On the front nine, Mr. Pestka put together five pars and a solid birdie on the tough sixth hole, a par three.  Chris made the turn at +5, 40.  On the back, Chris was dialing it in and when he did miss hit, he would scramble to make nothing worse than a bogey on the back nine.  Chris again made five pars and a birdie coming down the stretch and finished the back at +2 38, for a total of 78, +7 to take home his sixth win on the season.  Congratulations on another win, Chris.  The man can flat out swing it!!!

A Flight Winner – Chris Clem

Clem was out trying tournament golf for the first time after years of playing scrambles and weekend rounds with the buds.  He started his first round on tour with an absolute missile, splitting the fairway. Chris carded five pars and nothing worse than bogey on the front to make the turn with a 39, +4.  That put him in a three-way tie for the lead.  Onto the back, Chris put the pedal to the floor going birdie, par, birdie, par, par to start the back before an unfortunate triple that left the door open a little bit for the other competitors to catch up.  Coming down the stretch, Clem got clutch and parred the 16^th and 18^th, shooting a 39. +3 for a total of 78, +7, to secure his first win on tour, winning by 3 strokes.  Congratulations Chris and welcome to the tour.

B Flight Winner – Chris Poetz

Chris Poetz came out fired up and ready to take on the beautiful Tom Fazio designed golf course.  Poetz brought the thunder this week and played the front shooting a 39, +4.  That included four pars and an impressive birdie on the par 3 sixth, also making nothing worse than bogey. That gave him a one stroke lead at the turn.  Onto the back nine, Chris started off shaky making doubles on 10 and 12 but quickly got it back in order making three pars and a birdie coming down the stretch.  Chris finished the back with a 43, +7, for a total of 82, +11 to win his first tournament of the year by 2 strokes.  Great round today, Chris, congrats on getting the dub.

C Flight Winner – John Evans

New member John Evans came out and played very well in his first Golfweek Am Tour event.  Starting it off with a Birdie on the first hole, that set the tone for the day.  John carded three pars and a birdie on the front to come in at 42, +7 just one stroke off the lead.  Rei Nakamura was doing his best to chase down John making two pars on the front with some solid bogeys to make the turn at 43, +8 two strokes off the lead.  On the back, Rei played very solid pouring in four pars and an awesome birdie on sixteen.  That put him in the clubhouse at 83, +12.  Although Rei had a great round himself it was John Evans who had 8 consecutive pars on the back nine before finishing with a triple.  John’s total score was 81, +10 to hold off Rei Nakamura by two strokes. That makes win number 1 for Mr. Evans on the Golfweek Am Tour.  Congratulations on your first win.

D Flight Winner – Justin Finley

Had us a good one in the D as per usual.  The Finley brothers were at it again, playing some solid golf going back and forth.  Big brother Roddy started his round with an Eagle on the beautiful downhill par 5 and followed that up with a 38 on the front.  Justin came out and had three pars and four bogeys to put him at 43, +8 at the turn, Justin was five strokes back heading to the second nine. Justin stayed steady and it was the five pars on the backside, especially the absolute clutch par on the par 5, eighteenth, that solidified the win for Justin.  Shooting a 42, +6 for a total of 85, +14 to hold off brother Roddy by one stroke, winning his second Golfweek tournament of the year. Congratulations, Justin on a great win. Also, with your great performance I want to congratulate you on moving up to the C flight. Way to go Justin.