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Greg Wille

Oct 5, 2020
2 min

DRAMATIC VICTORY: Salado grad O'Rear defeats Harwell on seventh playoff hole, wins Texas Mid-Amateur

SAN ANTONIO – Former Salado High School standout golfer Ryan O'Rear won the 37th Texas Mid-Amateur in dramatic fashion Sunday at Oak Hills Country Club. The 29-year-old O'Rear, who now resides in Leander, began the third and final round with four consecutive bogeys. However, he then reversed the momentum by playing the next 14 holes in a total of 9 under par – including an eagle on No. 10 en route to a 5-under 30 on the back nine – to fire a 5-under 66 for a 54-hole total of

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Greg Wille

Aug 11, 2020
1 min

GOLF: Temple junior Daniel Moon shoots 73, ties for 21st in George Hannon Junior Invitational

Temple High School incoming junior Daniel Moon shot a 2-over-par 73 on Tuesday in the final round of the George Hannon Junior Invitational to finish tied for 21st place in the Legends Junior Tour event at University of Texas Golf Club in Austin. Moon improved by four strokes after his first-round 77. He birdied the par-3 12th hole and also recorded 14 pars and three bogeys. Austin's Keaton Vo ran away with the victory, firing a 6-under 65 for a 9-under 133 total that beat out

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GOLF: Belton grad William Paysse rebounds with even-par 72 at Bandon Dunes, misses U.S. Amateur cut

Greg Wille

Aug 11, 2020
2 min

GOLF: Belton grad William Paysse rebounds with even-par 72 at Bandon Dunes, misses U.S. Amateur cut

Temple resident and Belton High School graduate William Paysse rebounded from Monday's difficult first round in the 120th U.S. Amateur Championship to shoot an even-par 72 on Tuesday at Bandon Dunes in Bandon, Oregon, missing the cut for match play. With an 8-over 151 total for two rounds of stroke play, Paysse -- who recorded an 8-over 79 on Monday at Bandon Trails -- tied 15 other golfers for 166th place in the 264-player field. With 64 players advancing to match play compe

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Greg Wille

Aug 10, 2020
1 min

GOLF: Temple's Daniel Moon shoots 77 in first round of LJT George Hannon Junior Invitational

Temple High School incoming junior Daniel Moon shot a 6-over-par 77 on Monday in the first round of the Legends Junior Tour's George Hannon Junior Invitational at University of Texas Golf Club in Austin. Moon is tied for 26th place out of 48 players in the Boys 15-18 division after recording 12 pars and six bogeys. He's nine strokes behind Austin's Keaton Vo, who fired a 3-under 68 to build a one-shot lead over Spring's Andrew Spaulding. The second round will be played Tuesda

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Greg Wille

Aug 9, 2020
1 min

GOLF: Former Salado star Ryan O'Rear fires final-round 68 to share 11th place in Texas Amateur

Former Salado High School three-time state champion Ryan O'Rear made five birdies and fired a 3-under-par 68 in Sunday's final round of the 111th Texas Amateur to share 11th place at Boot Ranch in Fredericksburg. O'Rear, now a Leander resident, made the 36-hole cut on the number after consecutive 74s, then played his final 36 holes in 4-under 138 to charge up the leaderboard. The former Baylor standout made 14 birdies in the four-day event. The only final-round score better t

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Greg Wille

Aug 7, 2020
1 min

GOLF: Salado grad O'Rear makes Texas Amateur cut on number; Belton senior-to-be Hankamer misses cut

Salado graduate Ryan O'Rear shot his second consecutive 3-over-par 74 on Friday to make the 36-hole cut exactly on the number in the 111th Texas Amateur at Boot Ranch in Fredericksburg. Meanwhile, Temple resident and incoming Belton senior Dallas Hankamer missed the cut after following Thursday's first-round 79 with Friday's second-round 78. O'Rear, who won three straight Class 2A individual state championships for Salado from 2007-09, now resides in Leander. The former Baylo

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Greg Wille

Aug 5, 2020
1 min

GOLF: USGA releases U.S. Amateur tee times for Temple resident, Belton grad William Paysse

Temple resident and Belton graduate William Paysse has his tee times set for his first appearance in the U.S. Amateur Championship next week at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort on the Oregon coast in Bandon. The 20-year-old Paysse, a redshirt freshman at Texas A&M, will begin the 36-hole stroke play portion of the U.S. Amateur at 1:57 p.m. Monday at Bandon Trails, followed by a round on the Bandon Dunes course at 9:44 a.m. CDT Tuesday. His playing partners for both rounds will be Hen

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