Ware and McNabb go wire to wire for San Angelo Country Club golf title
It was hard for Flynn McNabb to fight back tears Sunday night after winning the San Angelo Country Club Men's Partnership for the first time.
"It means the world," the 2019 San Angelo Central High School graduate said. "I grew up out here a lot and I've just watched guys like John Duke Hudson and Colton Williams win this thing (multiple times).
"My dad got me into this game and he passed away back in November and this is where his career started, so it feels pretty special. I feel like he's out here today right now."
The former San Angelo Central High School standout teamed up with Tyler Ware to shoot 67-65-68-69--269 (15-under par) for a three-shot wire-to-wire victory.
They held off Hudson and Williams (68-68-68-67-68--271), who placed second.
Defending champions A.J. Pursley and Travis Klutts (69-67-70-68--274) finished five shots off the lead and settled for third.
Ware and McNabb were in a four-way tie after Thursday's first round, but they were in sole possession of first from the second round on.
Don't think for a minute that it came easy though.
"We were 1-over I think through three or four holes and we tried battling and then we got a bad break on 8," McNabb said of Sunday's round, their highest score of the week. "We had a fried egg, both of us.
"We ended up being square with John Duke and (Colton) on 9 and I got lucky and made about a 15-footer downhill and after that, the putts just started going in. It was a great week."
The SACC tourney is a grueling test for golfers, especially since it's a four-day event.
"It's a marathon, not a sprint," Ware said. "I think there was a chemistry that we had. There were no apologies. We were just out here trying our best.
"We made some mistakes and you're going to make them, but I think when it came down to it, we did what we had to do when it came down to making the right putts. And we fed off of each other's energy really well."
Trying to hold off guys like Hudson and Williams is like playing with fire.
"We opened the door and that's a scary feeling," Ware said. "We were tied with them and (Flynn's) putt on 9 flipped the script a little bit. My putt on 11 or 18 started that train, and they made birdies as well. They would birdie on top of us all day. That was the hard part.
"We couldn't really get any leeway out of them. Finally, they gave us a little break on 11 and they made a mistake and we kept the foot on the throat a little bit from there. You just have to run out of holes sometimes if you're up. If we played three more holes, it'd probably go the other way."
Hudson and Williams tipped their hats to the new champs.
"They're great guys," Ware said. "I'm looking forward to playing against them again. I won the Bentwood partnership (in 2021) and now I've won this one. Taking both home in my first 10 months in San Angelo is pretty cool."
San Angelo Country Club Men's Partnership
Sunday's final results
NOTE: Will be updated with complete scores.
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Tyler Ware/Flynn McNabb 67-65-68-69--269
John Duke Hudson/Colton Williams 68-68-67-68--271
A.J. Pursley/Travis Klutts 69-67-70-68--274
Luke Healy/Mike Hillis 69-67-67-72--275
Erik Huedepohl/Eric Haddad 67-71-66-71--275
Chad Meeks/Justin Holcomb 70-67-67-72--276
Blake Vinson/Nathan Anderson 69-68-70-69--276
Cody Childers/Warren Smith 68-69-70-69--276
Zach Drennan/Jack Graves 70-72-67--209
Jim White/Cory Adams 67-72-74-66--279
Logan Philley/Brett Womack 75-71-68-68--282
Nash Nelson/Brett Holly 70-68-73-72--283
Case Wilson/Tanner Evans 73-70-69-72--284
Anthony Longoria/Jeffrey Frye 69-71-73-73--286
Zach Drennan/Jack Graves 70-72-67-77--286
PRESIDENTS FLIGHT
Lahne Burns/Zach McCormick 68-71-72-67-278
Nathan Pomroy/Reed Stegall 73-68-67-70--278
John Callahan/Kyle Doby 73-70-70-72--285
Coleman Coon/Zach Coon 73-68-74-70--285
Jason Ball/Marshall Brown 71-72-71-72--286
Mark Vega/Travis McMahon 68-75-71-73--287
Jason Trowbridge/Kevin Cartledge 72-75-67-73--287
Steve Jones/Tim Walker 77-70-70-71--288
RT Mackie/Brandon Doremus 71-70-74-73--288
Jason McMillan/Kevin Dusek 73-75-71-70--289
Michael Kotze/Travis Tucker 81-74-71-73--299
Cade Custer/Troy Jenike 77-77-71-75--300
FIRST FLIGHT
Spencer Plagens/Marcus Cook 75-72-70-71--288
Colby Meeks/Charles Hartzke 73-72-74-73--292
Carson Cummings/Kevin Burns 71-69-79-74--293
Wes Evans/Steve Bennett 72-78-75-70--295
Cooper Hogg/Jamin Burke 72-75-73-76--296
Chris Evatt/Cole Mikulik 69-71-78-78--298
Ryan Albert/Drew Pigg 73-77-72-76--298
Keith McCutchen/Sterling Abbott 77-72-72-78--299
Michael Folmar/Austin Chambers 75-74-74-76--299
Bart Johnson/Kyle Deshazo 73-77-81-74--305
Bill Burford/Benny Granger 82-75-75-74--306
Lance Velez/Mike Gonzales 74-76-76-74--300
Gilbert Velez/Clint Adams 78-75-77-77--307
Brantley King/Riley King 79-76-75-78--308
SECOND FLIGHT
Steven Brooks/CodyCauley 72-75-77-71--295
Brad Thompson/Bryan Thompson 77-73-72-73--295
Mike McMillan/Justin Hoelscher 73-76-74-73--296
Trey Dendy/Dana Tomlinson 78-75-67-77--297
Mason Vaughn/Nathan Jimenez 74-77-72-79--302
Chaney McBee/Jacob Hagan 74-78-73-77--302
Chase Hord/Katlin Horwood 79-69-77-78--303
Jackson Duncan/Jason Calhoun 81-78-75-70--304
Nick Wisniewski/Gile Sloan 80-78-73-74--305
Doug Chitsey/David Vance 73-78-79-75--305
Larry Coon/Odus Wittenburg 78-78-74-76--306
Craig Ellwanger/John Granaghan 75-79-77-75--306
John Paul Boisse/Lance Brock 75-78-87-78--318
Randy Crooks/Will Henderson 83-84-80-80--327
THIRD FLIGHT
Dayton Draper/Eddie Loehman 75-76-75-71--297
Calen McPhaul/Jared Jennings 74-74-77-73--298
Jamey West/Brad Ringo 76-73-75-73--297
Dane Lee/Chase McPhaul 76-75-68-79--298
Ricky Gutierrez/Craig Gutierrez 74-73-76-77--300
Shawn Poynor/Colby Lacy 73-72-80-75--300
Casey Poynor/Rocky Robles 73-76-79-74--302
Rush Seaver/Aaron James 74-78-79-74--305
Jeff Jones/Austin Wagoner 73-80-76-77--306
Robert Harris/Jimmy Yarbrough 74-72-81-79--306
James Phillips/Britt Poynor 77-77-70-83--307
Jeff Snook/J.C. Pitts 76-83-73-78--310
Will Doyle/Wayne Doyle 79-75-79-81--314
Trey Sisco/Wyatt Sisco 83-75-80-77--315
FOURTH FLIGHT
Justin Jenkins/Gus Chesnut 74-77-71-76--298
Devin Bates/Wrey Montgomery 76-77-75-74--302
Scott Stephens/Robert Runnion 74-79-76-75--304
Chase Hensley/Gus Underwood 72-73-81-78--304
Jason Battle/Luke Dacy 74-70-80-80--304
John Sentell/Jim Bob Harris 78-77-75-79--309
Preston Scott/Marshall Miller 75-78-78-80--311
Bob Bitters/Corky Solomon 71-78-79-83--311
Tom DeLaughter/Craig Sopetto 72-79-83-82--316
Sean Carter/Tyler Tomerlin 78-79-79-80--316
Mark Lack/Andy Tiger 80-76-83-78--317
Reagon Noble/Brian Gargan 79-76-84-80--319
Winn McCrea/ Ed Shaw 80-79-79-83--321
Chris Deleon/Jordan Coffman 73-86-82-91--332
FIFTH FLIGHT
Quint Binns/Dallas Robles 75-76-68-75--294
Andrew Graves/Mason Brooks 76-76-77-70--299
Jaime Morales/Steve Robles 73-75-78-78--304
Guy Velez/Kevin Kelso 79-79-75-73--306
Chris Hill/Justin Smith 76-80-70-78--306
Max Velez/Richard Luna 79-78-75-76--308
Will Harper/Austin Berry 77-81-74-78--310
Phillip Gandy/Blake Vincent 74-77-79-81--311
Brian Raymond/RyanNewlin 75-81-79-78--313
Danny Kiser/Monty Pierson 78-77-81-76--312
Bob Pickard/Steve Urbantke 76-81-78-77--313
Eric Barron/Landon Brockman 83-79-80-80--322
Todd Kolls/Winn Palmer 80-79-83-80--322
Kaylor Chafin/Sam Janca 79-81-86-88--334
SIXTH FLIGHT
John Castillo/Richard Baron 77-79-75-77--304
Joe Kasberg/Mike Halamicek 81-77-76-78--312
Joe Thieman/Ryan Edmiston 80-76-80-82--318
Michael Ingram/Ryan Ingram 79-84-80-81--324
Kelly Lankford/Mike Hennings 78-84-77-85--324
Ian Parker/Matt Randall 82-78-80-85--325
Bryan Jones/Mikel Jones 82-79-84-81--326
Royce Scott/Paul Waldrop 86-82-83-77--328
Mike Nikolauk/Gary Warnock 84-85-77-84--330
William Darby/Michael Dreadman 86-83-81-85--335
Lehman Cauley/Doug Kuhlmann 78-87-88-86--339
Craig Barnes/Bill Barnes 91-89-93-76--349
Bruce Kidd/Jeff Johnson 87-88-85-91--351
Wesley Giesecke/Steve Mahaffey 95-96-94-90--375
Charles Bryce is a journalist covering sports in West Texas. Send him a news tip at cbryce@gannett.com. Consider supporting West Texas journalism with a subscription to GoSanAngelo.com.
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