Tierra Del Sol Championship Recap

The 1^st annual Tierra Del Sol Championship is officially in the record books. Mother Nature gave everyone a few things to think about for this brand new event at a hidden gem of a golf course in Belen New Mexico. There was a little bit of all four seasons present throughout the course of competition this past Sunday.

In the Palmer Flight Roland Lucero got his 1^st victory of the season starting out with 5 pars in his first six holes and finishing with an even 80. Emerson Vallo came in a close 2^nd with an 81 with a string of pars and a couple of birdies on the back nine. Terry Freeze rounded out the top 3 with an 82.

In the Hogan Flight Steve Robbins captured his 1^st victory this year with an 86, this was Steve’s last tournament locally as he has accepted a position with a Casino in San Diego, CA. Good Luck on the local tour out in Sunny California. Coming in a close 2^nd for the second time this season was Ken Stopka who shot an 87 with pars on 11 of the first 14 holes before stumbling a bit in the closing few holes, due to Mother Nature with her high winds. Rick Blose and Dallas Shaw rounded out the top three.

In the Sarazen Flight Jeff Petrin battled the elements for his 1^st victory of the 2011 season with a 5 stroke margin of victory over 2^nd place finisher Ron McCulloch. Jim Pendergast rounded out the top three finishing just 1 stroke behind 2^nd place.

In the Jones Flight Fernando Sanchez got his 2^nd victory this season with a 93 to edge out Phil Vallo and Ryan Manyo who tied for 2^nd place. Both shot 94.

In the Snead Flight Kevin Rael battled the elements to capture his third victory of the season. With his 3^rd victory Mr. Rael is now qualified for Nationals provided he meets the minimum requirements per the GCAmTour rules, see below.

 Qualifiers for the Senior and National Championship must be a member in good standing with Golf Channel Amateur Tour and are required to compete in at least five (5) tournament rounds on Tour of which three (3) must be local tournament rounds, meaning non-Majors. All qualifiers must ALSO compete in at least one (1) tournament round after June 1, 2011. A tournament round is designated as an 18-hole score.