HOUSTON GOLF LEAGUE

JAIME ALVARADO

NO LUCK CHUCK

March Madness has really elevated the excitement in your league! The Match Play format adds a thrilling edge, and it’s great to see some standout performances, Five players have advanced into the next round. Pretty much all the matches at Battleground were Blowouts. Roland Turner beat last year's champion Joe Heart 5 & 4, Jamie Alvarado, Steven Ames, Kevin Howard 9 & 8, Haja Rabe showed no mercy on the newcomer Singam Karian beating 6 & 5, Bill Chenel was beating Nathan Simcox so bad made him quit before the turn. The only kind of close match was Chuck Tolliver's Match against Sean Hinton, with Chuck winning 5&3.

As for the Battle at Battlegrounds, it’s fascinating how significant this event is for Hall of Fame aspirations. four of the five players have won this event have enter the hall. With Roland Turner and Gabe Ramos on the cusp of a Hall entry, the stakes are high. It’s interesting to see how Ramos's focus might have shifted—love can definitely change a player's mindset. Roland was on a hot streak wining last week with us and then again on Saturday with his other group. So his belly was full and content. So at turn both of them had packed it in and were playing for skins and a trip down the road of would of could of golf.

Kyle Neitzey's low net score of 71 is impressive, especially on a tough course with bumpy greens his 4th place finish was very impressive, Jaime Villarreal's quest for win number 14 adds another layer of intrigue finishing third place. The drama on 18 was palpable; it’s incredible how quickly a lead can vanish in golf. Jaime's Alvarado misstep into the water with a gap wedgein his hand sounds like a classic case of how the game can turn in an instant. His two shot lead turn in to another scorecard playoff win over Chuck Tolliver.

Congratulations to Jaime on clinching his second career win! It sounds like he earned it through resilience and skill, especially after overcoming that tense moment on 18. I can't wait to see how the matches continue to unfold at the Masters—there’s definitely more excitement on the horizon!

SUMMARY

POS	PLAYERS	GROSS	SCORE	NET	PURSE
1	JAIME ALVARADO	74	-6	66	$515.00
2	CHUCK TOLLIVER	78	-6	66	$325.00
3	JAIME VILLARREAL	76	-4	68	$225.00
4	KYLE NEITZEY	71	-3	69	$135.00
5	LONNIE KNOWLES	79	-2	70	$0.00
T6	HAL GREGORY	84	1	73	$0.00
T6	JEREMY GUERRANT	77	1	73	$0.00
8	ETHAN BULTHOUSE	76	2	74	$0.00
T9	MARC NAPIER	82	3	75	$0.00
T9	HAJA RABE	78	3	75	$0.00
T9	BILL CHENEL	93	3	75	$0.00
T12	JOSE SANCHEZ	75	4	76	$0.00
T12	SEAN HINTON	89	4	76	$0.00
14	MYLES HENSON	78	6	78	$0.00
T15	BENNY GOMEZ	79	7	79	$0.00
T15	ROLAND TURNER	79	7	79	$0.00
T15	BEN DEJEAN	79	7	79	$0.00
18	JIMMY HAYES	82	10	82	$0.00
T19	SINGAM KARIAN	87	15	87	$0.00
T19	GABE RAMOS	87	15	87	$0.00
21	VICTOR ALMAZAN	88	16	88	$0.00
22	KEVIN HOWARD	89	17	89	$0.00
23	JOE HART	91	19	91	$0.00
WD	NATHAN SIMCOX	wd	-	WD	$0.00

PAYOUT

	PLAYERS	PURSE
1	JAIME ALVARADO	$515.00
2	CHUCK TOLLIVER	$349.00
3	JAIME VILLARREAL	$225.00
4	KYLE NEITZEY	$220.71
5	HAL GREGORY	$159.71
6	JOSE SANCHEZ	$145.71
7	ETHAN BULTHOUSE	$109.71
8	MYLES HENSON	$85.71
9	MARC NAPIER	$85.71
10	ROLAND TURNER	$85.71
11	BILL CHENEL	$60.00
12	LONNIE KNOWLES	$60.00
13	JEREMY GUERRANT	$24.00
14	HAJA RABE	$24.00
		$2,149.97