Ex-Bobcat golfers Custer and Box celebrate 'first of many' Bentwood titles
There simply was no stopping former San Angelo Central High School golfers Cade Custer and Patrick Box at the 2022 Bentwood Country Club Men's Partnership.
Playing the three-day event together for the first time, Custer and Box shot 67-72-66--205 (11-under par) to shake off Jason Ball, another former Bobcat, and Jack Graves by two strokes (70-69-68--207).
"We putted good," Custer said. "My partner's (bleeping) good. I know you can't print that. I helped him when he needed some help, but yeah, we played good."
When asked if this was their first Bentwood title, Custer quipped with, "It is our first championship, the first of many," before going to celebrate with his buddies.
Custer graduated from Central in 2005, a year after Box.
"I kind of found (golf) again later in life," Custer said. "It's a hobby now more than an extracurricular. Man, I can't hold it together. Go talk to my partner."
Box talked about their mind-set coming into the weekend.
"We had a lot of confidence because we both grew up playing here, but we had never played in the partnership together," Box said. "It was kind of a bit of an unknown, but we knew what we were capable of."
Box said it made it extra special being paired with Ball and Graves, who had won two of the last three championships, on Sunday, as they began the day tied for the lead.
"It was probably the funnest six hours imaginable," Box said. "They're two really, really good golfers and two really, really good guys and it was just a blast."
Justin Holcomb and Chad Meeks (71-73-64--208) had the best round of the weekend on Sunday, and they finished third.
Central head football coach Kevin Crane and partner Murray Carson (69-72-68--209) placed fourth in the top flight that featured eight teams.
Tyler Ware, who won the 2021 title with former partner Zachery Murphy, placed fifth with Mark Vega (76-66-68--210). They couldn't overcome getting off to a slow start on Friday.
Bentwood Country Club Men's Partnership
Sunday's final results
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Patrick Box/Cade Custer 67-72-66--205
Jason Ball/Jack Graves 70-69-68--207
Justin Holcomb/Chad Meeks 71-73-64--208
Kevin Crane/Murray Carson 69-72-68--209
Mark Vega/Tyler Ware 76-66-68--210
Cory Adams/Jim White 73-71-72--216
Cal Arrott/Jacob Daughtry 78-68-72--218
Jim Mundell/Seth Mundell 74-75-77-226
PRESIDENTS FLIGHT
John Bailey/Philip Bailey 70-69-67--206
Jake Farr/Troy Jenike 70-66-73--209
Nick Wisniewski/Marshall Brown 68-73-69--210
John Overstreet/Nathan Overstreet 73-70-70--213
Brandon Doremus/RT Mackie 74-72-68--214
Lahne Burns/Zach McCormick 70-73-73--216
Anthony Longoria/Lanze Velez 75-73-69--217
Marc Gonzales/David Reyes 71-75-73--219
Joe Coronado/Todd Horton 68-76-75--219
Travis Franco/Fred Guerrero 73-71-77--221
John Callahan/Kyle Doby 72-72-77--221
FIRST FLIGHT
Mike Bergenthal/Jeff Munden 72-71-71--214
Steven Brooks/Kevin Dusek 70-73-71--214
Kyle Groves/Brandon Warne 75-72-69--216
David Aycock/Charles Harzke 74-74-74--222
Michael Chavez/Michael Matlock 74-77-72--223
Jason Hufford/Joshua Kaplan 78-76-72--226
Mike Lane/Steve Pullig 77-74-76--227
Travis McMahon/Bryan Thompson 76-78-74--228
Jeremy Kalnbach/Michael Kalnbach 75-75-79--229
John Paul Boisse/Gabe Castro 77-77-76--230
Ryan Gutierrez/Alex Jenike 78-82-74--234
Nick Barron/Paxton De La Garza 75-75-84--234
SECOND FLIGHT
Bo Butler/Jake Powers 75-71-68--214
Reese Montgomery/Wrey Montgomery 70-76-70--216
Will Harper/Kevin Kilmer 74-75-68--217
Daniel Gonzales/Chase Hensley 75-71-71--217
Mike Dejacomo/Ryan McDaniel 75-70-72--217
Chris Evatt/Jamey West 71-72-74--217
Brett Foskey/Rudy Izzard 70-73-77--220
Jake Sparks/Jace Williams 74-74-76--224
Scott Antilley/Jim Honea 76-76-73--225
Jesse Estrada/Felipe Garcia 73-78-74--225
Michael McWilliams/Riley Nabors 71-79-75--225
Jim Cain/Todd Fiske 77-79-77--233
THIRD FLIGHT
Tate Horwood/William Orsak 73-73-74--220
Jay Scott/Noah Smith 74-71-78--223
Michael Folmar/Craig Gutierrez 73-75-76--224
Mitch Butler/David Vance 73-76-76--225
Todd Whittley/Jimmy Yarbrough 77-72-79--228
Ross Gehrels/Johnny Pagan 74-80-76--230
Ryan Hayward/Jeffrey Tongate 81-79-71--231
Gabe Haskins/Bryce Lands 80-76-77--233
Jim Carson/Mike Murray 80-77-80--237
Stacy Beaty/Jackson Duncan 74-78-88--240
Brett Jackson/Jason Jumper 75-82-84--241
Brian Albertson/Carl Wilson 83-87-73--243
FOURTH FLIGHT
Jessie Fitchett/Angel Hernandez 71-70-70--211
Dayton Draper/Eddie Loehman 75-74-70--219
Cody Driver/Salomon 74-77-72--223
Brandon Cain/Brandon Farmer 70-76-78--224
Chris Conner/Lewis Conner 73-78-75--226
Scott Alexander/Bob Chesser 78-76-75--229
Eric Reyes/Matt Shorb 79-73-77--229
Shane Hill/Preston Scott 80-75-75--230
Aaron Bonaventure/Shawn Myers 81-79-71--231
Cody Cauley/Lehman Cauley 79-75-80--234
Colby Latham/Colt Murr 83-81-79--243
Kevin Riley/Lanny Wood 85-89-79--253
FIFTH FLIGHT
Blake Burchard/Fred Hernandez 74-75-72--221
John Pierce/David Quanz 73-75-74--222
Lee Jimenez/Nathan Jimenez 77-78-71--226
Elvis Cardenas/Albert Trevino 72-76-79--227
Ryan Newlin/Brian Raymond 79-76-75--230
Parrish Braden/Jay Fandel 77-78-76--231
Chad Currie/Sergio Velasquez 79-75-78--232
Lyle Cole/Justin McGeath 78-75-82--235
Mitchell Lane/Jonathan Stark 76-82-78--236
Carey Sartain/Troyce Wilcox 81-76-86--243
Michael Deadman/Reagon Noble 75-88-86--249
Jory Soechting/Jerris Springfield 84-84-85--253
SIXTH FLIGHT
Chris Deleon/Brian Doran 77-77-76--230
Aaron Hood/Lee McCown 77-77-76--230
Chase Churchwell/Justin Churchwell 80-77-80--237
Amaro Villarreal/Benjamin Villarreal 76-80-81--237
Stuart Holland/Bill Huey 81-85-75--241
Jason Battle/John Halford 79-81-85--245
Brian Gargan/Winn Palmer 85-83-79--247
Lonny Briley/Bruce Strickland 82-84-82--248
Jim Bailey/Douglas Rainey 85-79-88--252
Derek Darby/Blake Vincent 86-84-83--253
Cecil Ross/Ricky Ross 90-81-87--258
Jonathan Runion/Jared Urbantke 94-89-90--273
SEVENTH FLIGHT
Vince Sikes/Greg Webber 74-73-79--226
Roland Villarreal Jr./Roland Villarreal 84-77-78--239
Ryan Barnes/Brandon Myers 80-81-81--242
Matt Stanley/Toby Stevens 83-78-81--242
Josh Lowe/Graham Sutliff 87-82-76--245
Eric Hernandez/Kelan Johnson 76-83-87--246
Phil Coleman/Justin Jones 84-83-81--248
Bryan Adams/Jake Franke 84-84-82--250
P.K. Kelley/Don Topliff 78-86-86--250
Wes Giesecke/Steve Mahaffey 87-99-87--273
C.J. Muniz/Tony Villarreal 92-NS-NS--NT
This article originally appeared on San Angelo Standard-Times: Former Bobcat golfers Custer and Box win first Bentwood crown
