Post Report: The Patriot Major Championship

Dallas, Texas — June 15, 2016 – The  historic Golf Club of Dallas (formally known as Oak Cliff C.C.) once again hosted the annual Patriot Major Championship. This TJGT major derives it’s name from the Dallas Baptist University (DBU) Patriot golf team. The site is also the home course for DBU’s collegiate teams. The Golf Club of Dallas is rich in history and tradition. The club once hosted the Dallas Open, now known as the Byron Nelson tournament and while the tournament was hosted at GC of Dallas from 1958 to 1967, Sam Snead, Julius Boros, Bert Yancey and others collected trophies.The tournament provided fair weather in the 80s for the beginning of the week. The humidity rose during the afternoons making hydration essential for each competitor. College coaches in attendance represented the following institutions: Dallas Baptist University and Midwestern State University.

Day One: Junmin Lee (2019) from Mission, TX finished his opening round with a 67 (-3 under) to hold the over night lead. Ethan Eppinette (2018), from Texarkana, AR sat in second place by himself after posting a score of 71 (+1 over).  At the close of round one there were four players tied with scores of 72: Watson Hill (2017) from Longview, TX, Conner Jolley (2017) from Amarillo, Tyler Thurmond (2017) from San Antonio, TX and Paul Gonzalez (2017) from Waxahachie, TX 

Day Two: Junmin Lee was able to hold off Paul Gonzalez during the final round. Lee posted a round of 71 (+1 over) for a two day total of 138 to claim 1^st place.  Paul Gonzalez posted a 69 (-1 under) and moved up the leaderboard in round 2 to claim 2^nd place.  In a tie for 3^rd place, was Adam Loeckle (2018) from Southlake, TX and Ethan Eppinette from Texarkana, TX, both boys finished with a two day total of 145.  In a tie for 5^th place, was Cole Grossl (2019) from Keller, TX and Bryce Waters (2017) from Midland, TX, both boys closed out the tournament with a two day total of 146. Waters defeated Grossl on the first playoff hole of the sudden death playoff.

Boys 12-18	Player	Hometown	Grad Year	Score	AJGA Exemptions
1st	Junmin Lee	Mission TX	2019	67,71=138	8
2nd	Paul Gozalez	Waxahachie	2017	72,69=141	4
3rd	Ethan Eppinette	Texarkana AR	2018	71,74=145	4
4th	Adam Loeckly	Southlake	2018	76,69=145	4
T-5	Cole Grossl	Keller	2019	77,69=146	4
T-5	Bryce Waters	Midland	2017	75,71=146	4
T-7	Hayes Haydon	Austin	2019	76,72=148	4
T-7	Caden Honea	Southlake	2018	76,72=148	1
T-7	Jacob Kelber	Southlake	2017	73,75-148	1
T-7	Tyler Thurmond	San Antonio	2017	72,76=148	1
T-7	Dalton Doerr	Austin	2017	79,69=148	1

Day One: Hanna Harrison (2016) from Plano, TX took the lead after the opening round of 74 (+2 over).  In 2^nd place was Grace Pettijohn (2018) from Plano, TX, she posted a 76 (+4 over) and only remained two shots back from the lead. Esther Ahn (2017) from Harker Heights, TX sat in 3^rd place with a 79 (+7 over).

Day Two: Hanna Harrison had no issues holding on to her overnight lead, she came out and improved her score by one stroke during the final round. Harrison posted a 73 (+1 over) to capture 1^st place in the Girls Division of this prestigious TJGT major. Pettijohn posted a 77 (+5 over) in her final round which was good enough to hang on to 2^nd place. Rachel Dupree (2018) from Shreveport, LA, jumped up the leaderboard during the final round by shooting a 74 (+2 over) and she clinched 3rd place.