Team Dallas Results

Bravo to Team Dallas Players. This year's tournament saw 3 of our players go undefeated. Eric Kaiser and Tom Ross continue their winning ways both going 4-0-0 in this year's tournment. Tournament newcomer Bill Shea also went 4-0-0 this year. Well done gentlemen!

Team Dallas Retains the Cup 13.5 to 6.5

The second annual Ryder Cup format tournament known as the DRS Texas Challenge concluded on yesterday with Team Dallas retaining the Texas Challenge Cup. Taking an 8 - 4 point lead into the singles matches on Sunday proved to be more than Team Austin could overcome. The matches were close and many came down to the 18th hole to be decided. The Dallas team returns home victorious and is anxious to defend the cup on their home turf next year. Congratulations to team Dallas.

Next Week is The Big Week!

Ok Golfers, next week we tee it up again for the 2nd DRS Texas Challenge Golf Tournment. Star Ranch is ready for us and we will begin the tournament at 1:30 on Friday afternoon.

For the DFW team, please plan on about a 3.5 hour trip and plan on getting to the course around 11:30 - 12:00 noon. From my house North of DFW Airport, the trip is about 210 miles. If you are coming from McKinney or Plano, probably add another 10-15 miles to the trip. I think if you get started by 8:00am, you should have not trouble getting to the course by noon. Lunch will be served at the course, and you probably want to hit the range for a bit. There will be some announcements regarding pairings for Friday afternoon's round and other tournament information.

Clicking on the title link to the post has a map from Google Maps showing directions to the course from my house.

Thanks to our tournament sponsors for kicking in for the tournament. They have each donated $250 to be a hole sponsor.

Please look for an email from either be or Bob sometime this week for more details on the tournament. We are looking forward to a great time and I hope everyone has a terrific tournament.

Regards,

Dennis

Tournament Information - We're getting close to Tee Time!

We are finalizing our arrangements for this year's event. Our tournament dates are October 10th,11th, and 12th (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) and we will be playing at Star Ranch in Hutto.

Our format will be the same as last year...Friday afternoon four ball, Saturday AM four ball, Saturday PM alternate shot, and Sunday AM single matches.

Our sponsored charity this year is the Make-A-Wish Foundation which provides a wonderful service for very ill children.

By September 19th, we will need to get final confirmation of players and payments coming in. Please see the information below for tournament costs. For the DFW team who will be traveling, estimate $75 per night for hotel and dinner for 2 nights. The anticipated total cost for the tournament is approximately $500 for the travelers and $350 for the locals (Austinians)

For payment, we'll need a couple of checks from you. One for the charity and one for the golf. Golf includes the 4 rounds of golf, prizes and breakfast and lunch Saturday and Sunday. Please make out two separate checks. One for $250 to DRS Texas Challenge Golf Tournament and the other for $100 made out to the Make-A-Wish foundation.

Anyone who has friends interested in playing, please give them our contact information. If you have any questions, please contact Dennis or Robert Sherrard

Can't wait to tee it up!

regards,

Dennis and Robert Sherrard
Co-Chairs - DRS Texas Challenge Cup

Dennis Sherrard
214-298-1128
dennis.m.sherrard@tx.rr.com

Robert Sherrard
(512) 963-5524
robert.sherrard@sbcglobal.net

Charity Selected for This Year's Tournament

Players, the charity selected for this year's Texas Challenge Cup is the Make A Wish Foundation. Please click on the highlighted text to go to their site and read up on the terrific work they do.

As with last year's event, a portion of your tournament entry fee will go to the foundation. The great thing about tournaments like this is you have a great time and help out some folks who really need it.

We'll have more information later about the chapter the donations will go to and hope to have a representative of the foundation at our awards ceremony.

Good golfing,

Dennis

Tournament Dates selected - Texas Challenge Cup for 2008

Golfers, please note the dates for the 2008 Texas Challenge Cup are October 10-12. We will kick-off with an afternoon tee-time (around 1:30 - 2pm) and play our first Fourball match. Saturday will be two rounds with a Foursomes match in the morning with another Fourball match in the afternoon. Sunday's tee times will kick-off around 8:00am with Singles matches and we hope to be done with awards around 2-3pm so the folks from DFW can get back home at a reasonable hour that evening.

Please mark your calendars.

Good golfing,

Dennis

Call for Players

As we get closer to this year's Texas Challenge Cup in October, I'm finding it difficult to field the team from DFW. I need players. Those of you who plan on playing please solicit your buddies to join our team. Right now, I've got 5 confirmed, 3 interested and need 8 more players.


For those of you who have expressed interested in playing, please confirm sometime within the next couple of weeks. My brother and I will have the final entry fees and logistics nailed down by then.

Good golfing and more info coming later.

Dennis

2008 Texas Challenge Course Selected

My brother and I played Star Ranch Golf Course on Friday, June 6. The course is located just outside of Austin in Hutto, Texas. Click on the title of this post for the link to the course's web site where you can see pictures of the course, facilities and other information.

I enjoyed the course very much. It is a mixture of links type and parkland type holes. The Championship tees measure the course out at just over 6300 yards, so it is not too daunting. The fairways and greens are undulating and the course is well bunkered. Water is in play on 5 or 6 holes, but there is sufficient bail-out room on almost every hole. On the day we played, it rained and the wind was up, but still the course played fairly and the greens rolled pretty true.

The course facilities are excellent with plenty of room on the driving range and great putting and chipping areas. There are separate banquet facilities from the main dining area so we'll have a space for eating and awards presentations.

I'll have more information up on the course and for those of us traveling, hotels and dining spots in a few days. We'll be closing the poll on the dates in the next 2-3 weeks, so if you've not made your preference on the weekend, please do so.

Thanks,

Dennis

Tournament Update

Players,

I'll be traveling to Austin on June 6th to scout out a couple of courses for our event in October. I'll have a couple of course reviews put together shortly afterward. We'll close down the poll on the dates by the end of June.

Texas Challenge 2008 - Update

Players, we are homing in on the time frame for this years event. We'll be playing in the Austin area this year and hope to have the venue decided in the next month or so. Please vote in the poll and give us your selection on the dates. Right now we are looking at an October weekend for the 2nd Texas Challenge.

More information soon.