Price, Buckle consolidate Tour hopes at Permian Basin

BY Bruce Young | Nationwide Tour | 2006 Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic | Wrap | 16 Oct 2006

Aron Price

(Photo: Anthony Powter)

Brandt Snedeker’s win in this week’s Nationwide Tour event, the Permian Basin Charity Classic, has seen him guarantee himself a trip to the USPGA Tour for the first time as a card holder in 2007.

Snedeker a player good enough to win the Public Links Championship in 2003 and thereby play the US Masters in 2004, has now won twice in playoffs in 2006 and along with his runner up placing in Chattanooga he has assured himself not only of status on the PGA Tour in 2006 but a relatively high position on the Nationwide Tour money list at the completion of the season. The higher the finish the better as that will provide greater access to events at the beginning of season 2007 in the big league.

Snedeker defeated Australian Aron Price at the first extra hole of a playoff after Price produced a final round of 66 to catch the third round leader.

For Price, who due to only limited status has been able to play only sparingly on the Nationwide Tour this season, this was an impressive result despite the disappointment of the playoff loss. The University of Southern Georgia graduate has made big strides since turning professional and this is an example of just how good he could become. A fourth placed finish at the Jacob’s Creek event early in the season gave him the occasional start but he has had to mix those events with play on the Grey Goose and Hooters Tours.

The runner up cheque will take Price to US$115,000 on the money list and because of his good finish here he will get a start next week in South Carolina. With three events left on this season’s Nationwide Tour he needs another US$100,000 to have any chance of finishing inside the top twenty but this result in Texas at least gives him hope.

While Price has a lot of ground to make up, Andrew Buckle all but secured his status with a share of fourth this week. The US$20,500 he earns have moved him to 16th on the money list with US212,000 and it would seem just a few thousand short of where he needs to be to be assured of joining Snedeker on the PGA Tour next year.

Matthew Jones was 6th and moves to US$116,000 while Jarrod Lyle’s 18th place moves him inside the top twenty.

The Nationwide Tour moves to South Carolina for the inaugural PalmettoPride Championship.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
1	-16	Brandt Snedeker	66	67	70	69	272
2	-16	Aron Price	73	68	65	66	272
3	-15	Craig Bowden	67	72	68	66	273
T4	-13	Andrew Buckle	70	69	68	68	275
T4	-13	Matt Kuchar	69	67	69	70	275
T6	-12	Dan Buchner	68	68	73	67	276
T6	-12	Matthew Jones	72	69	68	67	276
T8	-11	Boo Weekley	74	66	71	66	277
T8	-11	John Merrick	71	65	72	69	277
T8	-11	Matt Weibring	69	69	68	71	277
T11	-10	David Hearn	71	69	70	68	278
T11	-10	Kyle Thompson	72	66	73	67	278
T11	-10	Ryan Armour	74	70	70	64	278
T14	-9	Esteban Toledo	72	70	69	68	279
T14	-9	John Mallinger	73	69	68	69	279
T14	-9	Richard Johnson	70	71	73	65	279
T14	-9	Ricky Barnes	72	72	69	66	279
T18	-8	Brad Klapprott	74	70	69	67	280
T18	-8	Brad Ott	72	69	71	68	280
T18	-8	Jaco Van Zyl	73	71	69	67	280
T18	-8	Jarrod Lyle	70	71	71	68	280
T18	-8	Jeff Quinney	71	73	67	69	280
T23	-7	Chris Parra	68	70	70	73	281
T23	-7	Jim Rutledge	69	72	71	69	281
T23	-7	Jin Park	75	69	67	70	281
T23	-7	Tripp Isenhour	75	68	67	71	281
T27	-6	Kevin Johnson	69	72	71	70	282
T27	-6	Tim Wilkinson	70	71	72	69	282
T29	-5	Bradley Hughes	70	69	74	70	283
T29	-5	Jay Williamson	73	71	71	68	283
T31	-4	Gavin Coles	69	75	74	66	284
T31	-4	Joe Daley	74	70	71	69	284
T33	-3	Craig Lile	69	76	69	71	285
T33	-3	Jason Allred	71	72	73	69	285
T33	-3	Michael Sim	73	72	70	70	285
T33	-3	Nick Malinowski	74	70	71	70	285
T33	-3	Paul Claxton	69	71	75	70	285
T38	-2	Charlie Wi	72	71	73	70	286
T38	-2	Craig Kanada	75	69	70	72	286
T38	-2	D.j. Brigman	71	73	75	67	286
T38	-2	Kyle Reifers	75	70	69	72	286
T42	-1	Franklin Langham	76	69	72	70	287
T42	-1	Rick Price	69	71	76	71	287
T42	-1	Scott Dunlap	73	68	77	69	287
T42	-1	Stephen Marino	72	70	72	73	287
T46	Ev	Matt Hendrix	76	67	73	72	288
T46	Ev	Tom Gillis	74	71	72	71	288
T48	+1	Bob Heintz	72	72	74	71	289
T48	+1	Cameron Beckman	72	73	76	68	289
T48	+1	Jess Daley	71	73	70	75	289
T48	+1	Ronnie Black	72	70	75	72	289
T48	+1	Scott Petersen	73	72	71	73	289
T48	+1	Tommy Tolles	71	74	72	72	289
T54	+2	Brian Guetz	72	71	74	73	290
T54	+2	Fran Quinn	70	72	75	73	290
T54	+2	Jeff Hart	74	70	74	72	290
T54	+2	Paul Gow	72	72	74	72	290
T58	+3	Erik Compton	75	69	77	70	291
T58	+3	Hunter Haas	72	71	73	75	291
T60	+4	Aaron Barber	73	71	73	75	292
T60	+4	Brendon De Jonge	70	75	73	74	292
62	+5	Anthony Painter	77	68	73	75	293
T63	+6	Brett Bingham	72	73	77	72	294
T63	+6	Garrett Willis	74	71	72	77	294
65	+8	Scott Ford	68	75	79	74	296
66	+12	Phil Blackmar	74	71	82	73	300
67	+14	Chris Anderson	71	74	81	76	302
Cut +1
CUT	+2	Andrew Dresser	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Chez Reavie	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Deane Pappas	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Glen Day	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Jim Mcgovern	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Jimmy Walker	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Nick Flanagan	77	69	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Ryan Howison	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+3	Perry Arthur	76	71	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Andrew Pratt	77	70	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Bryce Molder	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Jason Caron	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Justin Bolli	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Ken Duke	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Michael Putnam	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Scott Hend	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+4	John Adams	79	69	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Blaine Mccallister	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	+4	David Mathis	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	+4	David Morland Iv	79	69	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Jamie Broce	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Jeff Klauk	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Keoke Cotner	72	76	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Kevin Stadler	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Peter Tomasulo	77	71	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Roberto Coceres	77	71	-	-	148
CUT	+5	Kevin Durkin	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Mike Henderson	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Adam Rubinson	78	71	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Brad Adamonis	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Chris Tidland	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Doug Labelle Ii	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Mario Tiziani	73	76	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Michael Long	79	70	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Parker Mclachlin	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Tim O'neal	67	82	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Tom Byrum	77	72	-	-	149
CUT	+6	Christopher Baryla	70	80	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Steve LeBrun	72	78	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Anthony Rodriguez	71	79	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Brian Madison	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Johnson Wagner	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Josh Broadaway	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Mark Wiebe	79	71	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Scott Gardiner	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Tom Johnson	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+7	Gary Christian	72	79	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Brenden Pappas	77	74	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Jason Enloe	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Roland Thatcher	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Scott Weatherly	79	72	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Zoran Zorkic	81	70	-	-	151
CUT	+8	Chad Collins	72	80	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Kevin Gessino-kraft	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Scott Parel	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	+9	Julian Nicolosi	77	76	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Jason Buha	78	75	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Jason Laing	76	77	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Joel Edwards	74	79	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Rick Woodson	79	74	-	-	153
CUT	+10	Adam Babb	77	77	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Kim Felton	77	77	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Steve Allan	77	77	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Travis Perkins	77	77	-	-	154
CUT	+11	Connie Pierce	79	76	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Andrew Johnson	82	73	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Bryan Novoa	75	80	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Steve Collins	81	74	-	-	155
CUT	+12	Wynand Snyman	82	74	-	-	156
CUT	+12	Steven Alker	78	78	-	-	156
CUT	+14	Joel Kribel	76	82	-	-	158
CUT	+15	Marcus Jones	77	82	-	-	159
CUT	+20	David Carlson	81	83	-	-	164
WD	-	Patrick Damron	-	-	-	-	WD
WD	-	Jeremy Anderson	76	-	-	-	WD
WD	-	Dan Olsen	79	-	-	-	WD
WD	-	Tom Scherrer	80	-	-	-	WD

Position	Score	Player	Country	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total

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Price, Buckle consolidate Tour hopes at Permian Basin

BY Bruce Young | Nationwide Tour | 2006 Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic | Wrap | 16 Oct 2006