Cochiti Championship - 2014

Cochiti Championship - 2014

Albuquerque, NM—The GOLF CHANNEL Amateur Tour of New Mexico continued its 2014 season with the Cochiti Championship at the Cochiti Golf Club in Cochiti Lake, NM on Saturday, May 31.  New Mexico Am Tour players finally got a break with the weather.  The day was sunny, warm, and only light winds.  Several good scores were posted by the players.   

Mark Garard of Farmington, NM captured the Championship Flight and his first victory of the season with a three shot victory over Jason Thiele and a 4 shot victory over Alan Turney.  All three players matched front nine scores of 40 but the last two holes of the back nine provided the win for Mark when he parred both #17 and #18, while Jason went bogey/double bogey and Alan took at 10 on #17.

In the combined Palmer/Sr Palmer Flight, tour vet Darren Webb of Albuquerque captured his second win of the year with the tournament low score of 76.  Terry Freeze took second place with an excellent 78.  #17 and #18 again proved to be the deciding holes.  Darren went birdie/par and Terry took a triple bogey on #18.  

The combined Hogan/Sr Hogan Flight was won by tour vet Rick Blose of Albuquerque.   Rick took a one shot victory over the long hitting Adrian Abreu.  Rick posted an excellent 78 and beat Adrian by a single shot.  Adrian started off slow with a front nine 43, but came back with an outstanding 36 on the back nine. This is Rick’s third win of the year and he has qualified for Nationals pending meeting the eligibility requirement of playing at least one tournament after June 1. 

In the very competitive combined Sarazen/Sr Sarazen Flight, long time tour player Phil Vallo of Rio Rancho, NM captured his first victory of the year with a very good 84. Phil topped last week’s winner James Jefferies by a single shot. Phil started off strong with a front nine 40 and held on as James started off slow but shot an excellent back nine 39 to come up only one shot short.       

In the combined Jones/Sr Jones Flight, Stephen Inoue of Santa Fe, NM also captured his first victory of the year with a very strong 86.  Doug Christian continues to play well in the Jones Flight and posted an 88 to take second place.  There was a three way tie for third place between Eric Greenwood, Thomas Teschner, and Sam Bolin.  All of them posted 94 and Sam took home the third place prize via scorecard playoff with his strong back nine score of 43.  

Thank you to all of the NM Am Tour players and visitors for playing in the Cochiti Championship.  

Note:  The TOUR returns to action with the the Isleta Eagle Championship on June 14.  Please contact me by email or phone before the registration deadline of June 8 if you want to pay by cash or check.

Top Finishers and Payouts:

For full field scores and event photos please visit www.gcamtour.com/albuquerque

Championship Flight:

82– Mark Garard ($75 and Trophy)

Palmer/Sr Palmer Flight:

76 – Darren Webb ($100 and Trophy)
78 - Terry Freeze ($25)

Senior Hogan Flight:

78 – Rick Blose ($150 and Trophy)
79 - Adrian Abreu ($50)

Sarazen/Senior Sarazen Flight:

84 – Phil Vallo ($125 and Trophy)
85 - James Jefferies ($50)

Jones/Senior Jones Flight:

86 – Stephen Inoue ($100 and Trophy)
88 – Douglas Christian ($75)
94 - Sam Bolin ($50) via scorecard playoff

Optional Skins Game Results:

Group 1 ( Championship/Palmer/Hogan)

#13 – Adrian Abreu ($107)
#7 - Rick Blose ($107)
#12 - Jack Anderson ($107)

Group 2 (Sarazen/Jones)

#17 - James Jefferies ($60)
#10 - Bruce Ranke ($60)
#15 - Stephen Inoue ($60)
#1 - Douglas Christian ($60)
#14 - Sam Bolin ($60)

Player of the Year Standings (Top 5):

Open Division:

1.  Douglas Christian          215
2.  Adrian Abreu                  150
3.  Thomas Teschner          145
3.  Darren Webb                 145
5.  Sam Bolin                     130

Senior Division:

1.  Rick Blose                      230
2.  Stephen Inoue               215
3.  James Jefferies             195
4.  Terry Freeze                  155
5.  Brett Burrell                   145

Contact:

Don Rountree
Tour Director – New Mexico
drountree@gcamtour.com
505-250-4315