Barrett Sandefur and Beth Cleckler
Barrett Sandefur’s first round 69 was good for a one stroke lead headed into the final round of the 2018 Spring Championship at Morris Williams Golf Course. There were a number of players close behind at the beginning of the second round. Sandefur stepped on the gas with birdies on the first and second holes. He added two more birdies on the front nine along with one bogey to turn at three under for the round.
After pars on 10-13, he birdied the difficult 208 yard par three 14th and made eagle on the par five 17th. His final round 66 resulted in an eight shot margin over Alex Woodward and Matt Wernecke. Woodward and Wernecke were the only other players to finish under par for the tournament, both with 143 one under par totals.
Sandefur won the 2016 Spring Championship to go with this year’s victory so it appears he likes the course and playing golf in the late winter-early spring season.
Presenting the championship trophy to Sandefur was Beth Cleckler. Cleckler has been the general manager at Morris Williams for the past couple of decades and will be retiring next month. She says she has mixed emotions about the event but is looking forward to playing some golf. Cleckler won the Austin Women’s City Championship about a dozen times so she is very capable. Best of luck to her in her retirement. It is well deserved.
Nathan Neal won the first flight with 78-71. Billy Mutschler won the second flight with 86-75. Full field scores are listed below. Shown here are the top six players in the Championship flight.
left to right – Ben Carter, Robert Evans, Matt Wernecke, Barrett Sandefur, Josh Luongo, Gene Black
Championship Flight Scores
| 1 | Barrett Sandefur | F | -9 | 69 | 66 | 135 | $485.00 | |
| T2 | Alex Woodward | F | -1 | 74 | 69 | 143 | $357.50 | |
| T2 | Matt Wernecke | F | -1 | 73 | 70 | 143 | $357.50 | |
| T4 | Josh Luongo | F | E | 75 | 69 | 144 | $217.50 | |
| T4 | Robert Evans | F | E | 73 | 71 | 144 | $217.50 | |
| T6 | Gene Black | F | +1 | 73 | 72 | 145 | $155.00 | |
| T6 | Ben Carter | F | +1 | 70 | 75 | 145 | $155.00 | |
| T8 | Steve Paterson | F | +2 | 75 | 71 | 146 | $130.00 | |
| T8 | Daniel Alba | F | +2 | 74 | 72 | 146 | $130.00 | |
| T8 | Jonathan Alden | F | +2 | 71 | 75 | 146 | $130.00 | |
| T11 | Wes Hansen | F | +3 | 74 | 73 | 147 | $96.00 | |
| T11 | Greg Jones | F | +3 | 74 | 73 | 147 | $96.00 | |
| T11 | Bret Hutchens | F | +3 | 73 | 74 | 147 | $96.00 | |
| T11 | Mike Allen | F | +3 | 73 | 74 | 147 | $96.00 | |
| T11 | Nathan Schwarz | F | +3 | 72 | 75 | 147 | $96.00 | |
| T16 | Gavin Moreland | F | +4 | 78 | 70 | 148 | $75.00 | |
| T16 | Chris James | F | +4 | 74 | 74 | 148 | $75.00 | |
| T16 | Chris Hartenstein | F | +4 | 73 | 75 | 148 | $75.00 | |
| T19 | Stew Ford | F | +5 | 75 | 74 | 149 | $0.00 | |
| T19 | Matt Riley | F | +5 | 75 | 74 | 149 | $0.00 | |
| T21 | Sean Downing | F | +6 | 78 | 72 | 150 | $0.00 | |
| T21 | Manish Bhakta | F | +6 | 76 | 74 | 150 | $0.00 | |
| T21 | Jeremy Williams | F | +6 | 75 | 75 | 150 | $0.00 | |
| T21 | John Perez | F | +6 | 74 | 76 | 150 | $0.00 | |
| 25 | Randy Reynolds | F | +7 | 77 | 74 | 151 | $0.00 | |
| T26 | Russell Brightman | F | +8 | 79 | 73 | 152 | $0.00 | |
| T26 | Nickolai Esau | F | +8 | 75 | 77 | 152 | $0.00 | |
| T26 | Jeffrey Lanier | F | +8 | 75 | 77 | 152 | $0.00 | |
| T29 | Matthew Wahl | F | +9 | 80 | 73 | 153 | $0.00 | |
| T29 | Bryan Kennedy | F | +9 | 77 | 76 | 153 | $0.00 | |
| T29 | Jeff Shell | F | +9 | 76 | 77 | 153 | $0.00 | |
| T29 | Brett Egge | F | +9 | 74 | 79 | 153 | $0.00 | |
| T33 | Miles Hindsman | F | +10 | 77 | 77 | 154 | $0.00 | |
| T33 | Rob Ormand | F | +10 | 77 | 77 | 154 | $0.00 | |
| T33 | Kirk Smith | F | +10 | 77 | 77 | 154 | $0.00 | |
| T33 | Nick Erickson | F | +10 | 76 | 78 | 154 | $0.00 | |
| T33 | Bryan Boyd | F | +10 | 76 | 78 | 154 | $0.00 | |
| T33 | Clayton Brady | F | +10 | 76 | 78 | 154 | $0.00 | |
| T39 | Peach Reynolds | F | +11 | 78 | 77 | 155 | $0.00 | |
| T39 | Charles Young | F | +11 | 74 | 81 | 155 | $0.00 | |
| T41 | Kelly Cramer | F | +12 | 83 | 73 | 156 | $0.00 | |
| T41 | Matthew Fisher | F | +12 | 79 | 77 | 156 | $0.00 | |
| T41 | Matthew Jungman | F | +12 | 78 | 78 | 156 | $0.00 | |
| T44 | Aaron Clary | F | +13 | 82 | 75 | 157 | $0.00 | |
| T44 | Scott King | F | +13 | 79 | 78 | 157 | $0.00 | |
| T44 | Jonny Sunday | F | +13 | 78 | 79 | 157 | $0.00 | |
| T47 | Carson Chapman | F | +14 | 82 | 76 | 158 | $0.00 | |
| T47 | Michael Goldwater | F | +14 | 78 | 80 | 158 | $0.00 | |
| 49 | Christopher Pearson | F | +15 | 78 | 81 | 159 | $0.00 | |
| T50 | James Grubbs | F | +17 | 81 | 80 | 161 | $0.00 | |
| T50 | Steven Eckelman | F | +17 | 81 | 80 | 161 | $0.00 | |
| 52 | Lee Krassner | F | +19 | 87 | 76 | 163 | $0.00 | |
| 53 | Harrison Giles | F | +20 | 84 | 80 | 164 | $0.00 | |
| T54 | Myron Jordahl | F | +23 | 82 | 85 | 167 | $0.00 | |
| T54 | Chris Lyles | F | +23 | 80 | 87 | 167 | $0.00 | |
| 56 | Chris Bielss | F | +25 | 80 | 89 | 169 | $0.00 | |
| DID NOT FINISH | ||||||||
| NC | Jan Douglass | +9 | ||||||
| NC | Jason Stoddard | +10 | ||||||
First Flight Scores
| 1 | Nathan Neal | F | +5 | 78 | 71 | 149 | $265.00 | |
| 2 | Erik Henson | F | +6 | 79 | 71 | 150 | $190.00 | |
| 3 | Tommy Norris | F | +7 | 77 | 74 | 151 | $130.00 | |
| 4 | Bubba Sykes | F | +10 | 78 | 76 | 154 | $70.00 | |
| 5 | Joey Mactal | F | +11 | 79 | 76 | 155 | $0.00 | |
| 6 | Justin Gilg | F | +15 | 80 | 79 | 159 | $0.00 | |
| 7 | Christopher Gowell | F | +16 | 82 | 78 | 160 | $0.00 | |
| 8 | Richard Welch | F | +18 | 83 | 79 | 162 | $0.00 | |
| T9 | Nick Maggio | F | +19 | 80 | 83 | 163 | $0.00 | |
| T9 | Scott Haag | F | +19 | 78 | 85 | 163 | $0.00 | |
| 11 | Mark Herrin | F | +20 | 81 | 83 | 164 | $0.00 | |
| 12 | Mickey Cevallos | F | +27 | 83 | 88 | 171 | $0.00 |
Second Flight Scores
| 1 | Billy Mutschler | F | +17 | 86 | 75 | 161 | $230.00 | |
| T2 | T Ross Henry | F | +18 | 87 | 75 | 162 | $137.50 | |
| T2 | Patrick Giles | F | +18 | 86 | 76 | 162 | $137.50 | |
| 4 | John Cowart | F | +20 | 89 | 75 | 164 | $60.00 | |
| T5 | Wilson Maclin | F | +27 | 92 | 79 | 171 | $0.00 | |
| T5 | Kenny Ames | F | +27 | 86 | 85 | 171 | $0.00 | |
| 7 | Todd Lacoste | F | +31 | 88 | 87 | 175 | $0.00 | |
| 8 | Sean Durkin | F | +32 | 87 | 89 | 176 | $0.00 | |
| 9 | Clint Nesmith | F | +33 | 91 | 86 | 177 | $0.00 | |
| 10 | Aaron Bretz | F | +35 | 92 | 87 | 179 | $0.00 |
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