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Monday tee times for Hogan Pro-Am at 2013 Colonial tournament

Officials at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial finalized tee times tonight for Monday's Hogan Pro-Am, with competitors starting their rounds at both No. 1 and No. 10.

Below is a look at the competing teams. The names of professionals are in capital letters. Amatuers' names are next to each pro:

2013 CROWNE PLAZA INVITATIONAL AT COLONIAL HOGAN PRO-AM   

 Monday, May 20  
     
Tee Time ProName Amatuer Player Names  
     
1 10:00 KEN DUKE Lyn Cantor, Mike Dainauski, Alan Magee, Tim Genovese  
1 10:10 JOHN DALY Gina LaBarre, Jen Gribble, Patty Stafford, Grace DiBenedetto  
1 10:20 BOO WEEKLEY Peter Sandore, Dean Barkman, Carroll Baynard, Ray McRae  
1 10:30 CLARK DENNIS Chris Pate, Jim Osborne, Darrin Salge, Steven Sandidge  
1 10:40 TED POTTER Tony Martin, Mike Terry, Trent Brookshire, Phil Musser  
1 10:50 LEE WILLIAMS Michael Fox, Richard Franke, Steve Pellerin, Erik Theriault  
1 11:00 FABIAN GOMEZ Franetta Savage, Bill Conley, Jeanna Camp, Keith Post  
1 11:10 VAUGHN TAYLOR Dal Folmar, Greg Palmer, Jerramy Hainline, Joe Munsch  
1 11:20 KEITH CLEARWATER John Sherwood, Keith Suddaby, John Flack, Thomas Hervey  
1 11:30 JUSTIN BOLLI Tom Bates III, Tom Bates Jr, Tim Bates, David Turbeville  
1 11:40 OMAR URESTI Jimmy Thomas, Craig Bailey, Diane Steele, Brad Tracey  
1 11:50 STEVEN BOWDITCH John Pritchett, Jon Thompson, Tony Dressell, Tim Love  
1 12:00 HENRIK NORLANDER BJ Antes, Norman Brown, Fred Maldonado, James Webb  
1 12:10 BOBBY GATES Linda Hopton-Jones, Rick Hopton-Jones, Ronald Hopton-Jones, Doug Hopton-Jones  
1 12:20 FRANKLIN CORPENING Will Gribble, Jim Robertson, Alan Stump, Tony Harber  
     
10 10:00 DEREK ERNST Aaron Grieshaber, Tony Lenhart, Jeff Horlander, Richard Mitchell  
10 10:10 COLT KNOST Kevin Lee, John Rexford, Ty Richardson, Raj Desai  
10 10:20 STEVEN FOX Russ Lowder, Daniel Kay, Paul Miller, Bill O'Neil  
10 10:30 DAVID FROST Kirk Kinsell, George Murphy, Christopher Potter, David Harvey  
10 10:40 CHAD CAMPBELL LC Martin III, Kevin McCleary, Scott Quisling, West Soward  
10 10:50 DAVID LINGMERTH John Cychol, Frank Sablone, John Underwood, Tim Niedecken  
10 11:00 GREG OWEN Monica Chamberlain, Mike Taylor, Dwayne Anderson, Ed Chitren  
10 11:10 JASON SCHULTZ Wayne McCormick, Zac Colbert, Brian Zanazanian, Tom Keel  
10 11:20 BRIAN STUARD Mark Sharkey, Michael Newbrand, Monte Morris, Rob Haiman  
10 11:30 RICHARD LEE Brent Spaeth, Bret Arriola, Jeff Rostek, Blake Doran  
10 11:40 WILLIAM MCGIRT Brandt James, Paul Slechta, John Sebastian, Curt Maddux  
10 11:50 CHEZ REAVIE Amanda Busenbark, Jeff Colbert, Ken Carmody, Scott Isacson  
10 12:00 STEVE FLESCH Brandon de la Cruz, Greg Sabella, Robb Schikner, Luke Williams  
10 12:10 TAG RIDINGS Brent Lewis, Wes Tachibana, Beau Barrows, Mike McLaughlin  
10 12:20 JOHN PETERSON Pat Hamilton, Chris Strittmatter, Mark Henderson, David Risinger  

 

_ Jimmy Burch

Byron Nelson tournament dates set for same week in May in 2014 season

HP Byron Nelson Championship officials confirmed today that the dates for the 2014 tournament will be May 15-18, 2014 in Irving. The event will be played the week after The Players Championship, as it was this season.

_ Jimmy Burch

Oosthuizen's withdrawal at Nelson clouds Colonial availability of top-rated golfer in FW field

Louis Oosthuizen, the No. 7 player in the world golf rankings and top-rated player in next week’s field at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, withdrew before the start of today’s final round at the HP Byron Nelson Championship because of a neck injury.

Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open champion, has not withdrawn from next week’s event in Fort Worth. But his availability has to be considered tenuous, based on his medical condition. Oosthuizen was tied for 32^nd on the Nelson leaderboard at the time of today’s withdrawal and, under PGA Tour rules, will share 71^st place money at the Nelson with fellow competitors. But his Nelson earnings will be unofficial because he withdrew during the event.

If Oosthuizen is not able to play at Colonial, the tournament will lose its only competitor ranked among the top 10 in the world rankings. Matt Kuchar, the No. 12 player in the world rankings, is the highest-rated player in the Colonial field behind Oosthuizen.

Under PGA Tour rules, Oosthuizen could receive a medical waiver that would allow him to skip Wednesday’s pro-am round and still allow him to compete in Thursday’s opening round at Colonial. Oosthuizen has been playing regularly in recent weeks because his wife in expected to deliver a child in June, clouding his availability for the 2013 U.S. Open and other summer events.

_ Jimmy Burch

Oosthuizen withdraws from Nelson with neck injury, clouding next week's avialability at Colonial for top-rated competitor in field

Louis Oosthuizen, the No. 7 player in the world golf rankings and top-rated player in next week’s field at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, withdrew before the start of today’s final round at the HP Byron Nelson Championship because of a neck injury.

Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open champion, has not withdrawn from next week’s event in Fort Worth. But his availability has to be considered tenuous, based on his medical condition. Oosthuizen was tied for 32^nd on the Nelson leaderboard at the time of today’s withdrawal and, under PGA Tour rules, will share 71^st place money at the Nelson with fellow competitors. But his Nelson earnings will be unofficial because he withdrew during the event.

If Oosthuizen is not able to play at Colonial, the tournament will lose its only competitor ranked among the top 10 in the world rankings. Matt Kuchar, the No. 12 player in the world rankings, is the highest-rated player in the Colonial field behind Oosthuizen.

Under PGA Tour rules, Oosthuizen could receive a medical waiver that would allow him to skip Wednesday’s pro-am round and still allow him to compete in Thursday’s opening round at Colonial. Oosthuizen has been playing regularly in recent weeks because his wife in expected to deliver a child in June, clouding his availability for the 2013 U.S. Open and other summer events.

_ Jimmy Burch

A look at final commitment list, with alternates, for 2013 Colonial field

Officials at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial added several golfers to the field today for next week's PGA Tour event in Fort Worth. Among the notable late additions were Angel Cabrera, Trevor Immelman, Ryo Ishikawa, Ricky Barnes, Colt Knost, Sean O'Hair and three golfers with Tarrant County connections: Martin Flores, Tag Ridings and Greg Chalmers.

Below is a look at the full, final list of Colonial commitments:

 

 

Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial commitments

A list of golfers who have committed to compete in the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, May 20-26 in Fort Worth. Commitments became official Friday:

Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, Sang-Moon Bae, Ricky Barnes, Charles Beljian, Jonas Blixt, Justin Bolli, Scott Brown, Jonathan Byrd, Angel Cabrera, Chad Campbell, Patrick Cantlay, Roberto Castro, Bud Cauley, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Keith Clearwater, Erik Compton, Franklin Corpening, Ben Crane, John Daly, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, James Driscoll, Jason Dufner, Ken Duke, Harris English, Derek Ernst, Bob Estes, Matt Every, Steve Flesch, Martin Flores, Rickie Fowler, Steven Fox, Brad Fritsch, David Frost, Jim Furyk, Tommy Gainey, Scott Gardiner, Bobby Gates, Brian Gay, Tom Gillis, Fabian Gomez, Luke Guthrie, James Hahn, Brian Harman, David Hearn, J.J. Henry, Tim Herron, Justin Hicks, Charley Hoffman, John Huh, Trevor Immelman, Ryo Ishikawa, Freddie Jacobson, Zach Johnson, Matt Jones, Robert Karlsson, Chris Kirk, Colt Knost, Ben Kohles, Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar, Doug LaBelle II, Martin Laird, Scott Langley, Steve LeBrun, D.H. Lee, Richard H. Lee, Tom Lehman, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, David Lingmerth, Luke List, Davis Love III, Hunter Mahan, Troy Matteson, William McGirt, John Merrick, Bryce Molder, Ryan Moore, Seung-Yul Nol, Henrik Norlander, Sean O’Hair, Louis Oosthuizen, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Ryan Palmer, Corey Pavin, Pat Perez, John Peterson, Carl Pettersson, Scott Piercy, D.A. Points, Ted Potter Jr., Dicky Pride, Patrick Reed, Kyle Reifers, Tag Ridings, John Rollins, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel, John Senden, Vijay Singh, Jordan Spieth, Kevin Stadler, Scott Stallings, Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Shawn Stefani, Henrik Stenson, Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Vaughn Taylor, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, Nicholas Thompson, David Toms, Cameron Tringale, Bo Van Pelt, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Boo Weekley, Charlie Wi, Casey Wittenberg, Y.E. Yang.

Alternates: Darron Stiles, Stuart Appleby, Chez Reavie, D.J. Trahan, Brandt Jobe, Andres Romero, Cameron Percy, Aaron Watkins, Steven Bowditch, Lee Williams.

 _ Jimmy Burch

Colonial officials to feature nine of world's top 30 golfers next week in FW

Officials at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial will welcome nine of the top 30 players in the world golf rankings to Fort Worth for next week’s PGA Tour stop.

Topping that list will be Louis Ooshuizen, winner of the 2010 British Open and the No. 7 player in the world rankings. Also in the Colonial mix, finalized Friday, will be five of the world’s top 30 golfers who are not competing in this week’s HP Byron Nelson Championship in Irving: Hunter Mahan (No. 21), Bo Van Pelt (No. 26), Jim Furyk (No. 27), defending champ Zach Johnson (No. 29) and Rickie Fowler (No. 30).

Among next week’s competitors in Fort Worth will be three of the top eight golfers on the PGA Tour season money list and two of the top five. Matt Kuchar, the No. 12 player in the world rankings and No. 5 player on the season money list ($2,493,387), is the only confirmed Colonial competitor who cracks the top 15 in both lists. The top season money winner headed to Colonial will be Kevin Streelman ($2,572,989).

Kuchar and Oosthuizen, the Colonial headliners, will be among the starters in Thursday’s opening round in Fort Worth. They will be joined by several fresh names who joined the field Friday, including two-time major champion Angel Cabrera, 2008 Masters champ Trevor Immelman, Ryo Ishikawa, Sean O’Hair, Ricky Barnes, Luke List, Colt Knost and Colleyville resident Greg Chalmers.

Also joining the mix was Martin Flores, a former Oklahoma and Mansfield High School golfer, and Westlake resident Tag Ridings. Dropping off the Colonial list were Lucas Glover, Russell Henley, Billy Horschel and Jimmy Walker.

_ Jimmy Burch

Colonial officials boost donation amounts for Hogan Award honorees

Officials at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial will distribute a record $60,000 to recipients at Monday’s Ben Hogan Award banquet. Tournament officials will present a $25,000 grant to the winner’s school and $12,500 grants to the universities of the other two finalists. The remaining $10,000 in donations will go to support college golf and to a charity selected by keynote speaker Corey Pavin, a two-time Colonial champ. The three finalists for the 2013 Ben Hogan Award are TCU’s Julien Brun, California’s Michael Kim and Washington’s Chris Williams.

_ Jimmy Burch

 

PGA Tour player Campbell to serve as chairman of FW chaplains event on June 3

Chad Campbell, a Colleyville resident and PGA Tour participant, will serve as honorary chairman for the Fort Worth Marketplace Chaplains Classic, June 3 at Mira Vista Country Club in Fort Worth.

The charity golf fund-raiser includes an 18-hole scramble tournament. The tournament begins at 11:30 a.m., preceded by an 11 a.m. putting contest. Live and silent auction items will be available, including memorabilia autographed by Jack Nicklaus, Ben Crenshaw and others.

For more information, visit www.marketplaceministries.com or call 1-800-775-7657.

_ Jimmy Burch

Colonial officials to honor Summerall during tournament week

Officials at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial will make a $30,000 donation to The First Tee of Fort Worth in the name of the late Pat Summerall, a former CBS broadcaster who worked multiple Colonial tournaments, during Saturday of their event in Fort Worth. Colonial tournament chairman Bobby Patton will make the presentation to honor Summerall, best known as a legendary NFL broadcaster, during the telecast of the third round.

Lance Barrow, a Fort Worth native and CBS’ coordinating producer for golf telecasts, applauded the move. He said Summerall, a longtime Southlake resident, “loved this golf tournament … and all the places around here. This will be a great thing that will continue his name.”

_ Jimmy Burch

Westlake golfer seeing guest caddie for Wednesday's pro-am at Nelson #caddyforcrane

Ben Crane, a PGA Tour competitor who lives in Westlake, has pitched the idea of having a Twitter follower serve as his guest caddie during Wednesday’s pro-am at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. Crane posted this evening that he is offering the guest caddie opportunity to the person who tweets him back, using the hashtag #caddyforcrane, with the best reason why they should be his guest caddie during Wednesday’s round.

Crane has a 12:20 p.m. tee time for Wednesday’s pro-am.

_ Jimmy Burch

_ Jimmy Burch

Two former UTA golfers earn berths in Byron Nelson field #UTA, @UTAMAVS

Former UT Arlington golfers Zach Fischer and Bobby Massa were among the four players who earned berths in Thursday’s opening round at the HP Byron Nelson Championship field during Monday’s open qualifier in Lewisville.

Stephen Gangluff won the qualifier at Castle Hills with a 6-under par 66 and will be joined in the Nelson field by three players who posted rounds of 67: Fischer, Massa and Jason Schultz.

Massa will be making his debut in PGA Tour debut. Fischer will be playing in his third tour event this season. They join Zack Reeves, who competed in the 2012 True South Classic, as the only former UTA golfers to qualify to compete in a PGA Tour event.

_ Jimmy Burch

Colonial officials reach sellout status for Executive Women's Day during tournament week

Officials at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial have announced a sellout for next week’s Astellas Executive Women’s Day on May 21 of tournament week.

The first-year event, part of a PGA Tour initiative to introduce golf to female decision-makers in business while promoting health and wellness issues, includes a Tuesday breakfast and luncheon during tournament week. CBS Sports reporter Lesley Visser will be the keynote speaker for the lunch, set for 12:30 p.m. on May 21 at Colonial.

Colonial is one of 17 tour stops that will feature an Executive Women’s Day this season. The goal is to expand the initiative to all tour stops by the 2015 season.

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said the plan is to “enhance the tournament experience for women and engage women in a meaningful and productive way in our tournament markets.”

_ Jimmy Burch

 

Registration begins Wednesday for golfers to play in FW City Junior Championships

Registration opens Wednesday, May 15 for golfers to participate in the City Junior Championships sponsored by the Fort Worth Junior Golf Association. Participants can register online at www.fwjga.net. Ages 8-18 are eligible to enter.

The girls tournament is July 15-17. The boys tournament is July 22-25. Both events are free to participants.

Last year’s winners were Denton’s Javier Manrique (boys) and Flower Mound’s Hayley Dambold (girls).

_ Jimmy Burch

Daly, Ishikawa among late additions to 2013 Byron Nelson field

The deadline for participants to commit to play in the HP Byron Nelson Championship passed this afternoon and a couple of notable names, John Daly and Ryo Ishikawa, were among the last-minute additions to the field for next week's PGA Tour stop in Irving.

The 2013 Nelson field will feature seven of the top 25 players in the world golf rankings, led by Louis Oosthuizen (No. 7) and Matt Kuchar (No. 11). Below is a look at the full field for next week's event, which begins Thursday at the Four Seasons Resort: 

HP Byron Nelson Championship

A list of golfers who have committed to compete in next week’s HP Byron Nelson Championship, May 13-19 in Irving. Commitments became official today:

Stephen Ames, Stuart Appleby, Sang-Moon Bae, Blayne Barber, Ricky Barnes, Charlie Beljan, Jonas Blixt, Jason Bohn, Justin Bolli, Steven Bowditch, Keegan Bradley, Michael Bradley, Angel Cabrera, Chad Campbell, Greg Chalmers, Gary Christian, Will Claxton, Erik Compton, Donald Constable, Ben Crane, Ben Curtis, John Daly, Brian Davis, Jason Day, Graham DeLaet, Chris DiMarco, James Driscoll, Jason Dufner, Ken Duke, Harris English, Bob Estes, Matt Every, Steve Flesch, Martin Flores, Brad Fritsch, Tommy Gainey, Scott Gardiner, Robert Garrigus, Bobby Gates, Brian Gay, Tom Gillis, Fabian Gomez, Andres Gonzales, Jeff Gove, Nathan Green, Luke Guthrie, Paul Haley II, Brian Harman, Padraig Harrington, J.J. Henry, Jim Herman, Tim Herron, Justin Hicks, Charley Hoffman, Morgan Hoffman, Charles Howell III, John Huh, Trevor Immelman,  Ryo Ishikawa, Freddie Jacobson, Brandt Jobe, Dustin Johnson, Matt Jones, Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer, Jerry Kelly, Colt Knost, Russell Knox, Ben Kohles, Matt Kuchar, Hank Kuehne, Doug LaBelle II, Scott Langley, Steve LeBrun, D.H. Lee, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Michael Letzig, David Lingmerth, Luke List, Bill Lunde, Jeff Maggert, Steve Marino, David Mathis, Troy Matteson, Billy Mayfair, William McGirt, George McNeill, Eric Meierdierks, Bryce Molder, Seung-Yul Noh, Henrik Norlander, Sean O’Hair, Nick O’Hern, Joe Ogilvie, Louis Oosthuizen, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Jin Park, Jesper Parnevik, Cameron Percy, Pat Perez, Kenny Perry, Tim Petrovic, Scott Piercy, D.A. Points, Ted Porter Jr., Alistair Presnell, Dicky Pride, Ted Purdy, Jeff Quinney, Chez Reavie, Patrick Reed, Brian Ricketts, Tag Ridings, Alexandre Rocha, John Rollins, Andres Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel, John Senden, Wes Short, Jr., Marcel Siem, Vijay Singh, Heath Slocum, Jordan Spieth, Shawn Stefani, Darron Stiles, Robert Streb, Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard, Kevin Sutherland, Andrew Svoboda, Vaughn Taylor, Nicholas Thompson, Guan Tianlang, Brendon Todd, Peter Tomasulo, D.J. Trahan, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Jimmy Walker, Aaron Watkins, Boo Weekley, Mike Weir, Charlie Wi, Lee Williams, Casey Wittenberg, Gary Woodland, Y.E. Yang.

Alternates: Scott McCarron, Matt Bettencourt, Lee Janzen, Joe Durant, Ryuji Imada, Duffy Waldorf, Dean Wilson, Glen Day, Arjun Atwal, Cameron Beckman.

 

_ Jimmy Burch

 

Byron Nelson officials finalize field with seven of top 25 in world rankings headed to Irving next week

Officials at the HP Byron Nelson Championship will feature seven of the top 25 players in the world golf rankings at next week’s PGA Tour stop in Irving, based on the latest wave of commitments before today’s deadline.

The list includes Dustin Johnson, the No. 19 player in the world rankings who withdrew before Friday’s second round at The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. because of a lower back injury. Johnson, a significant gate attraction and one of the tour’s longest hitters, posted Friday on his Twitter account that he is “hoping to rebound” at the Nelson and still plans to compete in Irving.

Only four players in next week’s field at the Four Seasons Resort rank higher than Johnson in the world rankings: Louis Oosthuizen (No. 7), Matt Kuchar (No. 11), Keegan Bradley (No. 14) and Charl Schwartzel (No. 16). The list of top-25 competitors also includes the past three Nelson winners: defending champ Jason Dufner (No. 20); 2010 champ Jason Day (No. 25), a former Fort Worth resident, and Bradley, the 2011 champ.

Among Friday’s notable additions to the Nelson field were John Daly, Ryo Ishikawa, Stuart Appleby, Camilo Villegas, Chris DiMarco and Ted Purdy, the 2005 Nelson champ. Dropping off the list was Bo Van Pelt, the No. 26 player in the world rankings, as well as Carl Pettersson, Johnson Wagner and Derek Ernst, last week’s winner at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, N.C.

In addition, the 2013 Nelson will feature two notable teenagers: Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old from China who finished as low amateur at the 2013 Masters, and Dallas native Jordan Spieth, 19, who will compete for the first time as a professional in his hometown tour stop. Spieth made his PGA Tour debut at the 2010 Nelson and finished in a tie for 16^th while playing as a 16-year-old during his junior year at Jesuit High School.

Notable international players in the Nelson field will be past major champions Trevor Immelman (South Africa), Martin Kaymer (Germany), Padraig Harrington (Ireland) and Angel Cabrera (Argentina).

But the big news is that Johnson, who also withdrew from the 2013 Masters because of his back ailment, still plans to compete in Irving despite withdrawing from The Players after posting a 74 in Thursday’s opening round. In explaining his decision on his Twitter account (@DJohnsonPGA), he wrote: “Felt good working out this morning but something didn’t feel right on the range b4 the round. Hoping to rebound @ the @hpbnc!!”

_ Jimmy Burch