Golf Channel AM Tour – Chicago South
Fox Bend Golf Club
May 27, 2012
The weather has not been kind to the Chicago area especially
on weekends the day of tournaments for either the North or South Tours. Finally we were treated to sunny and very
warm temperatures. Fox Bend Golf Club
held an Illinois Open and a couple Illinois PGA events in past years and the
Chicago South Golf Channel AM Tour was now making a visit to the course. The staff was outstanding and the course was
in great shape. Along with warm
conditions came better scoring with Jon Escondo turning in the low round of the
day; 72 in the Championship Flight.
Championship Flight:
Jon Escondo went out at one under par shooting a 35 and a three shot
lead. Jon closed out his day posting a
37 on the back for a final round of 72 to win by four shots over Raphael Fuchs
who shot 38/38 for a round of 76.
Palmer Flight: Kirk
Blakney followed up his 78 from Saturdays Chicago North Tour play with a 78
at Fox Bend giving him his third win and qualifying for the 2012 National
Championship. The Palmer Flight was very
close after everyone cleared through nine with three strokes separating the low
front nine of 40. Kirk kicked it into
high gear and posted one over par 37 on the back to win by three strokes.
Hogan Flight: Pete
Kaufman turned in his third win winning an invite to the 2012 National
Championship. Matt Love and Jeff Bassett
had a strong lead with front nine scores of 37 & 39 7 strokes ahead of
Pete. But an impressive or should I say
outstanding two under par back nine catapulted Pete to take the Championship in
the Hogan Flight. Pete better his front
nine score by ten strokes and held on toe beat DeREll Durr who shot a 79 to
take sole possession of 2nd place.
Sarazen Flight: Clay
Koenig earned his first win as a Sarazen shooting a winning score of
82. Clay has qualified for the 2012
National Championship many times over with multiple wins as a Jones, First
Place win at a Major and flight promotion from Jones To Sarazen. He took a two stroke lead to the final back
nine against Richard Ross who posted a 40 but fell one shot of tying Clay. John Kang of Ok/Tulsa Tour made a stop at the
Chicao South Tour fresh off of his victory the day before in a Chicago North
Tour event. He wasn’t able to win back
to back and finished in third with a final round of 86, four strokes back.
Jones Flight: Richard
Ledbetter posted an exceptional score shooting 78. His best round over the past couple years was
an 88 which was until now the only round under 90. Jim Gotschall, Mike Dyer and John Gerba were
in pursuit but a pair of 39’s for a round of 78 was too much for the field to
handle.
Snead Flight: John
Pacheco took a three stroke into the back nine but faltered opening the
door for Franklin Morris to make a move.
George Checks who was seven strokes back after nine didn’t seem like a
threat but he turned in a 42 shooting a 92 to win second place money and fall
one shot short of the lead.
Championship
Flight (0 – 3.9) 73.1 / 130
72 Jon Escondo; Bloomingdale, IL - $60 Gift Card
76 Raphael Fuchs; Downers Grove, IL – no payout
81 Isaac Ingersoll; Coralville, IA – no payout
Palmer Flight
94-7.9) 71.3/126
78 Kirk Blakney;
Joliet, IL - $100 Gift Card
81 Bill Schump;
LaGrange, IL - $20 Gift Card
Hogan Flight (8 –
11.9) 71.3/126
78 Pete Kaufman;
Bolingbrook, IL - $110 Gift Card
79 DeRell Durr;
Lynwood, IL - $50 Gift Card
80 Jeff Bassett; Downers Grove, IL - $20 Gift Card
80 Matt Love;
Arlington Heights – lost scorecard playoff for third place money
Sarazen Flight (12
– 15.9) 71.3/126
82 Clay Koenig;
Forsyth, IL - $100 Gift Card
83 Richard Ross;
Tinley Park, IL - $40 Gift Card
86 John King; Enid,
OK – no payout
Jones Flight (16 –
19.9) 69.3/121
78 Richard Ledbetter;
Chillicothe, IL - $120 Gift Card
83 Jim Gotschall;
Bolingbrook, IL - $60 Gift Card
85 Mike Dyer;
Plainfield, Il - $20 Gift Card
85 John Gerba;
Whiting, IN – lost in scorecard playoff for prize money
Snead Flight (20 –
up) 69.3/121
91 John Pacheco;
Lombard, IL - $100 Gift Card
92 George Checks; Schaumburg, IL - $40 Gift Card
92 Franklin Morris;
Bolingbrook, IL – lost in scorecard playoff for prize money
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