Duo cruises to Oak Creek tournament win

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Brandon Adams kicks up a lot of dust on this tee shot on No. 6 on Sunday during the 27th Annual Oak Creek Charity Memorial Golf Tournament at Oak Creek Country Club. David Claybourn / Herald-Banner
Julian Bowers (left) and Brad Gray study this putt on the final hole of the 27th Annual Oak Creek Charity Memorial Golf Tounament. David Claybourn / Herald-Banner
Keith Jacobs keeps a close watch on this shot on No. 4 on Saturday at the 27th Annual Oak Creek Charity Memorial Golf Tournament. David Claybourn / Herald-Banner

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July 30, 2012

Duo cruises to Oak Creek tournament win

By DAVID CLAYBOURN Herald-Banner Staff The Herald-Banner Mon Jul 30, 2012, 07:15 PM CDT

GREENVILLE — Brandon Adams and Ben Cuzen ignored the heat as they cruised to victory on Sunday at the 27th Annual Oak Creek Charity Memorial Golf Tournament in Greenville.

The high reached 104 degrees at Oak Creek Country Club but that didn’t stop Adams and Cuzen from shooting a 12-under 60 to finish with a four-stroke victory. They carded a 117 total for the 36-hole tournament including a 57 on Saturday when the temperature was 101.

Adams is a local golfer and Cuzen, who is from Durben, South Africa, played college golf at Henderson State (Ark.) and Arkansas-Little Rock.

Second place at 121 went to Andrew Rainey and Eric Kelly (121). Two teams tied for third with 122s, Brad Gray and Julian Bowers and Chase Johnson and Russell Beasley. Bowers and Beasley are former Greenville High School golfers and Johnson was a standout golfer for Lone Oak High School.   Gray played college golf at Eastern New Mexico.

Ed Harrison, who grew up playing baseball for the Herald-Banner Little League team at Bill Betts Park in Greenville, won the first flight with former GHS golfer Mike Morgan. Morgan and Harrison fired two straight 64s to win by two shots over the local team of Steve Harp and Raymond Strickland. Harp was married 18 years ago on the No. 9 green at Wright Park Municipal in Greenville.

Jerry East and Brent Hart fired rounds of 66 and 65 to claim the second flight by three shots with a 131 total. Second place went to the Moore family — Steve and Randy — with rounds of 69 and 65.

Bobby Gray and Durrell Williams shot a 69 on Sunday to overtake Bob Bihr and Sterling Newcomb for the third flight title by a single stroke at 143.

The tournament honored the memory this year of James Williams, a longtime Oak Creek regular who died last August. Proceeds from the tournament benefitted the Hunt Regional Heathcare Foundation.

The tournament was started in 1986 by the family of the late Chris Athens. The event originally benefitted an athletic endowment with the University of North Texas before the family turned over operations of the tournament to Oak Creek in 1996.

                27th Annual Oak Creek

      Charity Memorial Golf Tournament

               Oak Creek County Club

                       Greenville

            Sunday’s final results

          CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT

1. Brandon Adams-Ben Cuzen              57-60-117

2. Andrew Rainey-Eric Kelly                  60-61-121

T3. Brad Gray-Julian Bowers                60-62-122

T3. Chase Johnson-Russell Beasley    62-60-122

               FIRST FLIGHT

1. Mike Morgan-Ed Harrison                 64-64-128

2. Steve Harp-Raymond Strickland       65-65-130

3. Nate Williams-Roger Carwile             66-65-131

            SECOND FLIGHT

1. Jerry East-Brent Hart                         66-65-131

2. Steve Moore-Randy Moore               69-65-134

3. Noble Ketchum-Justin Waddle          66-69-135

          THIRD FLIGHT

1. Bobby Gray-Durrell Williams              74-69-143

2. Bob Bihr-Sterling Newcomb               71-73-144

3. Pat Robinson-Charlie Hartford           75-74-149

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