The weather for this weekends Twin Warriors Championship was very nice in comparison to the past few years. With temperatures in the mid 70's and wind speeds gusting to near 30 mph the stage was set for an exciting championship.
Making his 1st appearance on the local tour after placing 7th at the Western Masters that had a field of nearly 40 players tour veteran Shaine Hersey took top honors in the Championship Flight with a 79. Just two strokes back in 2nd place was Paul Bartlett with an 81. While Gary Franklin rounded out the top 3 with an 85.
The Palmer Flight was loaded up this week with a field of 13 players. Coming of a very frustrating disqualification at the Western Masters due to a scoring error by a fellow competitor Don Rountree shot the best round of the day. Firing an even par 72 to capture the top spot. Looking at the record books for the past few years this was the Best round shot at the very demanding golf course in tour history. 2nd place went to Paul Dominguez who made a hard charge at the very end with 3 birdies on the last 4 holes to shoot 74. While William Fortner came in a close 3rd with a 75 closing with a couple of birdies himself. Darren Webb finished 4th on the money list with a 78.
Brandon Drake walked away with his second victory in as many starts this year in the Hogan Flight with a very fine 79. Darren Baker came in 2nd place with an 83 and Dave Pritts rounded out the top 3 with an 85.
In the Sarazen Flight Ralph Anderson Jr. held on for a 1 stroke victory with 87 for his first victory on the tour. Samuel Felix came in 2nd place with a very fine 88 and Paul Chavez rounded out the top 3 with a 93.
In the Jones flight there was lots of excitement coming down the stretch. After moving up form the Snead flight after the first tournament of the year new comer Steve Roche captured his 1st tour victory of the year with a very fine 87 over tour veteran Phil Vallo who came in 2nd with an 88. 3rd place went to Ajna Seret who made a charge on the back nine but stumbled on the last hole to shoot a very fine 89.
In the Snead flight Kevin Rael walked away with his 2nd victory in as many starts this year with a 99 over 2nd place Bill Allen.
