Ball and Graves move into first-place tie at Bentwood golf tourney
Two-time champions Jason Ball and Jack Graves shot a 3-under par 69 to move into a first-place tie with Patrick Box and Cade Custer after the second round of the Bentwood Country Club Men's Partnership golf tournament on Saturday.
Ball and Graves (70-69--139), who have won the title two of the last three years, trimmed a shot off Friday's opening round. Ball is a former San Angelo Central High School golfer.
Box and Custer (67-72--139) had to settle for par after shooting five strokes higher than their first-round score.
"Man, it didn't have a lot to do with me," Graves said of moving into a tie for first. "Jason played really well all day. I helped very little. Jason's really good. We missed some putts, but we made a few that mattered in the end. We're looking forward to (Sunday)."
If not for a second-place finish last year, Ball and Graves would be shooting for a fourth-consecutive championship.
Graves talked about how the course is looking this time around during what's been a brutally hot West Texas summer.
"With no more rain than we've had, I think Bentwood's done a phenomenal job," he said. "That's as good as I've seen it in a long time. They set it up tough and it's been tough, but the tournament's been great. Everything about it's been great so far."
And they're hoping to work their magic again on Sunday.
"It would mean a lot to me," Graves said. "Honestly, I'm probably the worst player in the flight. All these guys are (former) college golfers and I'm not. For me to win again with Jason, and Jason is very talented, it would mean a lot because all these guys are better than me. They're all good, and I'm decent at times, I guess."
Central head football coach Kevin Crane and Murray Carson are just two shots back (69-72--141) heading into Sunday.
Mark Vega and Tyler Ware (76-66--142) had the best round of the day in the Championship Flight, as they moved within three shots of the co-leaders. Ware is trying to win the tourney for the second-straight year after taking the 2021 title with former partner Zachery Murphy.
The Championship Flight will begin teeing off at 2 p.m. on the No. 1 hole Sunday, and the co-leaders are scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m.
Bentwood Country Club Men's Partnership
Saturday's second-round results
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Jason Ball/Jack Graves 70-69--139
Patrick Box/Cade Custer 67-72--139
Kevin Crane/Murray Carson 69-72--141
Mark Vega/Tyler Ware 76-66--142
Cory Adams/Jim White 73-71--144
Justin Holcomb/Chad Meeks 71-73--144
Cal Arrott/Jacob Daughtry 78-68--146
Jim Mundell/Seth Mundell 74-75--149
PRESIDENTS FLIGHT
Jake Farr/Troy Jenike 70-66--136
John Bailey/Philip Bailey 70-69--139
Nick Wisniewski/Marshall Brown 68-73--141
John Overstreet/Nathan Overstreet 73-70--143
Lahne Burns/Zach McCormick 70-73--143
Travis Franco/Fred Guerrero 73-71--144
John Callahan/Kyle Doby 72-72--144
Joe Coronado/Todd Horton 68-76--144
Brandon Doremus/RT Mackie 74-72--146
Marc Gonzales/David Reyes 71-75--146
Anthony Longoria/Lanze Velez 75-73--148
Steven Jost/Stuart Jost 72-78--150
FIRST FLIGHT
Mike Bergenthal/Jeff Munden 72-71--143
Steven Brooks/Kevin Dusek 70-73--143
Kyle Groves/Brandon Warne 75-72--147
David Aycock/Charles Harzke 74-74--148
Nick Barron/Paxton De La Garza 75-75--150
Jeremy Kalnbach/Michael Kalnbach 75-75--150
Mike Lane/Steve Pullig 77-74--151
Michael Chavez/Michael Matlock 74-77--151
Jason Hufford/Joshua Kaplan 78-76--154
John Paul Boisse/Gabe Castro 77-77--154
Travis McMahon/Bryan Thompson 76-78--154
Ryan Gutierrez/Alex Jenike 78-82--160
SECOND FLIGHT
Chris Evatt/Jamey West 71-72--143
Brett Foskey/Rudy Izzard 70-73--143
Mike Dejacomo/Ryan McDaniel 75-70--145
Bo Butler/Jake Powers 75-71--146
Daniel Gonzales/Chase Hensley 75-71--146
Reese Montgomery/Wrey Montgomery 70-76--146
Jake Sparks/Jace Williams 74-74--148
Will Harper/Kevin Kilmer 74-75--149
Michael McWilliams/Riley Nabors 71-79--150
Jesse Estrada/Felipe Garcia 73-78--151
Scott Antilley/Jim Honea 76-76--152
Jim Cain/Todd Fiske 77-79--156
THIRD FLIGHT
Jay Scott/Noah Smith 74-71--145
Tate Horwood/William Orsak 73-73--146
Michael Folmar/Craig Gutierrez 73-75--148
Todd Whittley/Jimmy Yarbrough 77-72--149
Mitch Butler/David Vance 73-76--149
Stacy Beaty/Jackson Duncan 74-78--152
Ross Gehrels/Johnny Pagan 74-80--154
Gabe Haskins/Bryce Lands 80-76--156
Brett Jackson/Jason Jumper 75-82--157
Jim Carson/Mike Murray 80-77--157
Ryan Hayward/Jeffrey Tongate 81-79--160
Brian Albertson/Carl Wilson 83-87--170
FOURTH FLIGHT
Jessie Fitchett/Angel Hernandez 71-70--141
Brandon Cain/Brandon Farmer 70-76--146
Dayton Draper/Eddie Loehman 75-74--149
Cody Driver/Salomon Saucedo 74-77--151
Chris Conner/Lewis Conner 73-78--151
Eric Reyes/Matt Shorb 79-73--152
Cody Cauley/Lehman Cauley 79-75--154
Scott Alexander/Bob Chesser 78-76--154
Shane Hill/Preston Scott 80-75--155
Aaron Bonaventure/Shawn Myers 81-79--160
Colby Latham/Colot Murr 83-81--164
Kevin Riley/Lanny Wood 85-89--174
FIFTH FLIGHT
John Pierce/David Quanz 73-75--148
Elvis Cardenas/Albert Trevino 72-76--148
Blake Burchard/Fred Hernandez 74-75--149
Lyle Cole/Justin McGeath 78-75--153
Chad Currie/Sergio Velasquez 79-75--154
Ryan Newlin/Brian Raymond 79-76--155
Lee Jimenez/Nathan Jimenez 77-78--155
Parrish Braden/Jay Fandel 77-78--155
Carey Sartain/Troyce Wilcox 81-76--157
Mitchell Lane/Jonathan Stark 76-82--158
Michael Deadman/Reagan Noble 75-88--163
Jory Soechting/Jerris Springfield 84-84--168
SIXTH FLIGHT
Aaron Hood/Lee McCown 80-73--153
Chris Deleon/Brian Doran 77-77--154
Amaro Villarreal/Benjamin Villarrreal 76-80--156
Chase Churchwell/Justin Churchwell 80-77--157
Jason Battle/John Halford 79-81--160
Jim Bailey/Douglas Rainey 85-79--164
Lonny Briley/Bruce Strickland 82-84--166
Stuart Holland/Bill Huey 81-85--166
Brian Gargan/Winn Palmer 85-83--168
Derek Darby/Blake Vincent 86-84--170
Cecil Ross/Ricky Ross 90-81--171
Jonathan Runion/Jared Urbantke 94-89--183
SEVENTH FLIGHT
Vince Sikes/Greg Webber 74-73--147
Eric Hernandez/Kelan Johnson 76-83--159
Roland Villarreal Jr./Roland Villarreal 84-77--161
Matt Stanley/Toby Stevens 83-78--161
Ryan Barnes/Brandon Myers 80-81--161
Gary Foster/Scotty Johnson 83-80--163
P.K. Kelley/Don Topliff 78-86--164
Phil Coleman/Justin Jones 84-83--167
Bryan Adams/Jake Franke 84-84--168
Josh Lowe/Graham Sutliff 87-82--169
Wes Giesecke/Steve Mahaffey 87-99--186
C.J. Muniz/Tony Villarreal 92-NS--NS
This article originally appeared on San Angelo Standard-Times: Two teams tied for lead at Bentwood golf tourney
