URESTI CONTINUES VICTORY STREAK AT THE 2024 ENERGY TRANSFER TEXAS SENIOR OPEN!
MONT BELVIEU, TX (October 11, 2024) –
A major congratulations is in store for Omar Uresti from Austin, TX for winning the 28th Energy Transfer Texas Senior Open! His three day total of 8-under par, 205, eclipsed Joe Summerhays from Syracuse, UT and Mike Standly, from League City, TX by one stroke.
This 54-hole Championship started on Wednesday with Omar Uresti, PGA Life Member taking the lead after firing a 5-under par 66. He became a co-leader after Round 2 on Thursday with Joe Summerhays with a two-day total of 6-under par. However, it was a tight leaderboard with 10 people within 5 shots of the lead going into the final day.
Uresti got off to a quick start with a birdie on the first hole and making the turn 3-under par to extend his lead, however, his lead was contested on the back nine when Summerhays made two birdies to get within one of Uresti.
Both players found some trouble on the last hole, but it came down to Uresti needing a two putt for the victory! This victory comes just one year after Uresti came in second place at this event in 2023.
“I couldn’t quite remember how last year went down but I do know I finished second. This year was very similar and it did pop into my mind but I quickly threw it out and just tried to keep focused by going one shot at a time,” said Uresti.
Uresti would have a bogey free round until the final hole and he benefited from the lip out that happened to Summerhays. Uresti carded 14 birdies throughout the event but just never really got comfortable.
“I was hitting it really well but just couldn’t get the putts to fall. I was hitting approach shots within 10-12 feet but just putting it was weird and I was slightly misreading it. Fortunately, I still was able to secure the victory”
2024 marks the 11th year that the Energy Transfer Texas Senior Open has been played at Eagle Pointe Golf Club in Mont Belvieu, TX. The players this year experienced 2 brand new holes and a slight adjustment to the finishing hole from a par-4 to a par-5. The City of Mont Belvieu continues to improve the property and the overall experience with many more updates to come each year in the near future. The golf course played to a par-71, measuring at 6,592 for the Men and 5,637 for the Women.
The Super Senior Division was won by Terry Snodgrass from Arlington, TX. His three day total of three over par, 216, outlasted Greg Bruckner from Phoenix, AZ by one shot.
The Southern Texas PGA would like to thank our title partner Energy Transfer who has been the title partner for the last 10 years! In addition, our four presenting sponsors of the City of Mont Belvieu, Riceland, Vortech Contracting, and S&B play a major role in the experience throughout the entire Championship.
This year the tournament purse was $100,000 for the second straight year making it one of the biggest State Senior Open Purses in the country with the winner taking home $20,000.
On Tuesday, Energy Transfer hosted their annual Pro-Am prior to the Championship and we would like to thank our Pro-Am sponsors that helped raise $30,000 for PGA REACH Southern Texas and the Energy Transfer Scholarship Fund!
Our Pro-Am Partners include Barbers Hill Education Foundation, Bridgestone, CIMA Services, Coastal Chemical, Coby Stevens, Flyway, Koch, Lajitas Golf Resort, McGrath Real Estate Partners, MS Benbow and Associates, Nalco Water, PERC Engineering, Puffer, Texas Farm Bureau Insurance, and TPC Industrial.
The 29th Energy Transfer Texas Senior Open will be back at Eagle Pointe October 8-10, 2025 with the Pro-Am being October 7, 2025.
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