Rommann wins Section CPC, Boyd uses ace to snare final qualifying spot

By Ken MacLeod

After a four-hour plus delay due to lightning and flooding, Trent Rommann hit his tee shot to 10 feet on the par-3 15^th hole, leading to a birdie that propelled him to victory in the South Central PGA Club Professional Championship Tuesday at Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club.

Rommann, an assistant professional at Crestview Country Club in Wichita, was tied at 6-under with Blake Bowman of Pryor, a regional representative for Yamaha Golf Cars, when play resumed about 6:20 p.m. after golfers had been called off the course just after 2 p.m. due to lightning in the area. A torrential rain came in about 4 p.m. and just being able to get back to the 15^th tee was problematic for a time as floodwaters poured through the course.

Rommann finished at 6-under for 54 holes, while Bowman bogeyed the 17^th and 18^th holes to drop back to 4-under, where he finished tied with Kyley Tetley of the Golf Studio in Bixby and Jeff Combe, director of golf at Tulsa Country Club.

Those four each earned spots in the 2018 Club Professional Championship June 17-20 at Bayonet Black Horse in Seaside, Calif. The fifth and final spot came down to a playoff between four of the section’s most decorated pros in host professional Tim Fleming, Cary Cozby of Southern Hills Country Club, Mark Fuller of Surrey Hills Country Club and Michael Boyd, who has a golf school at The Club at Indian Springs in Broken Arrow.

Boyd seized the last spot with a birdie on the first playoff hole to earn his fourth trip to the CPC. He has never been one of the top 20 finishers in that event who earn berths in the PGA Championship, and has never played in a major championship despite a career that included a stint on the PGA Tour.

“This is my best route to playing in a major,” said Boyd. “It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. It didn’t look like it was going to happen today,”

Boyd was pessimistic after his third shot on the par-5 13^th hole hit a cart path and sailed out of bounds, leading to a double bogey. Two holes later, however, he swung an 8-iron on the 153-yard 15^th and watched the shot land just short and plop into the hole for his second career hole-in-one in competition and sixth overall.

“I was still trying, but I thought I was just playing for grins after the double bogey,” Boyd said. “Then I make a hole-in-one and I’m back in it. Golf’s a funny game.”

While Boyd, Combe, Tetley and Rommann have all played in the national event previously, it will be a new experience for Bowman, who was the 36-hole leader at 7-under but couldn’t find his swing after the long layoff.

“It was my goal coming in here and I’m really excited,” Bowman said. “The only other national event I’ve played in was the 2007 U.S. Amateur, and it’s kind of weird because that event was also in California and qualifying was in Oklahoma City. I told my wife I took that as an omen.”

Tetley shot the day’s low round of 67 to move up to 4-under on the par-71 Perry Maxwell-designed course. Combe and Rommann each closed with a 71, while Boyd shot 72 and Bowman 74.

Rommann has nearly advanced to the PGA Championship in a previous CPC appearance, chipping in on the final hole to reach a seven-man playoff for the final spots which he didn’t win. This time he hopes he’s one shot better.

In the playoff for those who finished at 2-under to determine the order for alternates, Fleming is first alternate followed by Cozby, Fuller and Brent Wilcoxen of Jenks.

South Central Section Club Professional Championship

Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club

1	Trent Rommann  Crestview CC	E	F	-6	66	70	71	207
T2	Kyley Tetley  Cedar Ridge CC	-4	F	-4	73	69	67	209
T2	Blake Bowman	+3	F	-4	70	65	74	209
T2	Jeff Combe  Tulsa CC	E	F	-4	72	66	71	209
T5	Michael Boyd  Club at Indian Springs	+1	F	-2	68	71	72	211
ALTERNATES – IN ORDER (4)
T5	Tim Fleming  Oklahoma City G&CC	E	F	-2	72	68	71	211
T5	Cary Cozby  Southern Hills CC – Champ	E	F	-2	73	67	71	211
T5	Mark Fuller  Surrey Hills	E	F	-2	71	69	71	211
T5	Brent Wilcoxen  South Lakes	-4	F	-2	72	72	67	211
DID NOT QUALIFY
10	Jim Woodward	+1	F	-1	69	71	72	212
11	Kyle Emerson  Oklahoma City G&CC	+1	F	E	71	70	72	213
T12	Jim Young  River Oaks GC	-1	F	+1	69	75	70	214
T12	Kyle Flinton  Quail Creek G & CC	+1	F	+1	70	72	72	214
T12	Steven Hausmann  Hausmann Golf	+3	F	+1	71	69	74	214
T15	Tim Graves  Coffee Creek GC	+1	F	+2	72	71	72	215
T15	Lee Johnson  Hidden Lakes	E	F	+2	74	70	71	215
17	Kevin Moberg  Summit Golf Brands	-2	F	+3	71	76	69	216
18	Mike Hansen  Duncan G&T Club	E	F	+4	72	74	71	217
T19	Jarod Lundy  Winter Creek GC	-1	F	+5	75	73	70	218
T19	Matt Davis  The Greens CC	+1	F	+5	73	73	72	218
T21	James Kane	+1	F	+6	72	75	72	219
T21	Jeff Klappenbach  Kickingbird GC	+3	F	+6	72	73	74	219
T23	Jon Burton  Hardscrabble CC	+4	F	+7	72	73	75	220
T23	Derrick Vest  Patriot GC	+4	F	+7	74	71	75	220
T25	Brian Soerensen  Kickingbird GC	+3	F	+8	74	73	74	221
T25	Nick Bryan  Alotian Club	E	F	+8	76	74	71	221
T25	Malachi Murphy  Winter Creek GC	E	F	+8	75	75	71	221
28	Philip Holley  Hot Springs CC	+2	F	+9	77	72	73	222
T29	Aaron Kristopeit  Lincoln Park GC	+4	F	+10	75	73	75	223
T29	Kirt Mowery  Golf Club of Oklahoma	+7	F	+10	72	73	78	223
T29	Derek Franco  Twin Hills Golf & CC	+2	F	+10	79	71	73	223
T32	Mark Trudeau  Oak Tree National	+5	F	+11	73	75	76	224
T32	Bruce Baxley  Searcy CC	+4	F	+11	77	72	75	224
T32	Darren Watts  Lake Hefner GC	+3	F	+11	76	74	74	224
T32	Mark Budler  Muskogee CC	+1	F	+11	78	74	72	224
T36	Mark Wiley  Diamante GC & CC	+7	F	+12	73	74	78	225
T36	Joey Martinez  Belmar GC	+4	F	+12	72	78	75	225
T38	Brent Cryer  The Greens CC	+9	F	+13	70	76	80	226
T38	Edward Roethlisberger  Ponca City	+3	F	+13	79	73	74	226
T40	Brad Fulton  Oklahoma City G&CC	+7	F	+14	76	73	78	227
T40	Garrett Diel  Belmar GC	+4	F	+14	79	73	75	227
42	Corey Burd  Bailey Ranch Golf Club	+9	F	+15	80	68	80	228
T43	Devin Davenport  Oak Tree National	+10	F	+16	72	76	81	229
T43	Ben Causgrove  Trosper Park	+9	F	+16	78	71	80	229
T43	Jeff Tucker  Surrey Hills	+4	F	+16	76	78	75	229
T46	Barry Howard  Hot Springs CC	+7	F	+17	78	74	78	230
T46	Mike Stewart  Hidden Trails CC	+6	F	+17	79	74	77	230
T48	Colin O’Bryan  MacDonald Park GC	+8	F	+20	73	81	79	233
T48	Brent Mistler  The Greens CC	+5	F	+20	76	81	76	233
50	Steve Blaske  Tex Consolver GC	+10	F	+22	76	78	81	235
51	Troy Hendricks  Auburn Hills Municipal	+12	F	+26	80	76	83	239
DID NOT FINISH
WD	Dj Ransom  Pinnacle CC			+13
WD	Aaron Speaker  Hillcrest			+14
WD	Steve Ramsey  Dornick Hills G&CC			+15
WD	Neely Robertson  Pleasant Valley CC			+16
WD	Zachary Armstrong  The Trails			+17
WD	Kristen Palmer  Pinnacle CC			+19
WD	Terry Wiles  Kickingbird GC			+21
WD	Wade Walker  Hidden Trails CC			+24
WD	Greg Bray  Terradyne CC
WD	Ryan Rody  Gaillardia CC

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