Ex-Bobcat McNabb hoping to nail down a title at SACC partnership
Playing in the San Angelo Country Club Men's Partnership sure beats roofing houses in Austin for former San Angelo Central High School golfer Flynn McNabb, especially when you have a four-shot lead at the halfway point.
McNabb teamed up with Tyler Ware to shoot a 6-under par 65 Friday, giving them a two-day total of 132 after an opening-round 67.
Three other teams were tied for the lead with Ware and McNabb heading into the day. There's now a three-way tie for second between two-time champions John Duke Hudson and Colton Williams (68-68--136), Luke Healy and Mike Hillis (69-67--136) and defending champs A.J. Pursley and Travis Klutts (69-67--136).
Hudson is trying to win his seventh SACC title with various partners.
Ware and McNabb came on strong in Round 2 to give them some breathing room heading into Saturday.
"The day was going pretty smoothly and for the first time in the last two days. We kind of ham and egged it a little bit," Ware said. "His putter's been looking really good all week and we've been burning a lot of edges, but a few dropped today. And on the 17th hole today, the 15th hole for the golf course, he had to get up and down behind a tree root.
"He almost didn't want to hit the shot because he was afraid it was going to hurt him. So he hits the shot and it catches the actual flag and takes it down to about 18 feet, or 15 feet, and he drains a downhill putt. And that was just the big moment. The big thing of a two-man is to be in the hole together, not one person in their pocket. That was the first time pretty much the entire day that we were sweating. And him making that putt was just a testament to the grind you have to do out here."
McNabb went to school in San Angelo from the sixth grade until he graduated from Central in 2019.
The former Bobcat took his game to the Division-I level before life threw him a bit of a curveball.
"I played at Incarnate Word (in San Antonio) for just a semester and then COVID kind of changed the game plan of everything, and I just had to re-evaluate everything and sit down and take it all in," McNabb said.
"I'm in Austin working for a roofing company and when I can play golf, I take advantage of it, that's for sure."
Playing golf in triple-digit temperatures is a walk in the park for McNabb.
"Being out here is a treat because if it's 105, it stays 105," he said. "If you're on a roof in 105 weather, it feels like 120. It's hot, but I've seen hotter."
The second-round leaders say SACC has been showing its teeth this week.
"The pins are tough. The golf course was playing tough," Ware said. "(McNabb) making that putt kind of solidified what we're doing. He's pretty even keel and I'm more of an emotional golfer, and that's the first time I've seen him fist bump in two days. It was just so cool."
Ware moved here from Georgetown about 10 months ago and this is the first time he's played in a partnership with McNabb.
When McNabb talked about graduating from high school in 2019, Ware chuckled a little bit because that's the same year he graduated from college, and "That makes me feel old."
Ware played briefly at Texas State University before concentrating on academics.
"I was pretty burnt out on golf," he said. "I went to school and just played amateur events. And that's the great thing about golf -- you don't really have to quit the sport if you decide to hang it up for a little bit. You can keep doing these things and play at a highly competitive level."
San Angelo Country Club Men's Partnership
Friday's second-round results
Note: The Championship Flight tees off at 8 a.m. Saturday.
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Tyler Ware/Flynn McNabb 67-65--132
John Duke Hudson/Colton Williams 68-68--136
Luke Healy/Mike Hillis 69-67--136
A.J. Pursley/Travis Klutts 69-67--136
Chad Meeks/Justin Holcomb 70-67--137
Blake Vinson/Nathan Anderson 69-68--137
Cody Childers/Warren Smith 68-69--137
Nash Nelson/Brett Holly 70-68--138
Erik Huedepohl/Eric Haddad 67-71--138
Jim White/Cory Adams 67-72--139
Anthony Longoria/Jeffrey Frye 69-71--140
Zach Drennan/Jack Graves 70-72--142
Case Wilson/Tanner Evans 73-70--143
Logan Philley/Brett Womack 75-71--146
PRESIDENTS FLIGHT
Lahne Burns/Zach McCormick 68-139
Nathan Pomroy/Reed Stegall 73-68--141
Coleman Coon/Zach Coon 73-68--141
RT Mackie/Brandon Doremus 71-70--141
Mark Vega/McMahon 68-75--143
Jason Ball/Marshall Brown 71-72--143
John Callahan/Kyle Doby 73-70--143
Jason Trowbridge/Kevin Cartledge 72-75--147
Steve Jones/Tim Walker 77-70--147
Cade Custer/Troy Jenike 77-77--154
Michael Kotze/Travis Tucker 81-74--155
FIRST FLIGHT
Chris Evatt/Cole Mikulik 69-71--140
Carson Cummings/Kevin Burns 71-69--140
Colby Meeks/Charles Hartzke 73-72--145
Spencer Plagens/Marcus Cook 75-72--147
Cooper Hogg/Jamin Burke 72-75--147
Michael Folmar/Austin Chambers 75-74--149
Keith McCutchen/Sterling Abbott 77-72--149
Ryan Albert/Drew Pigg 73-77--150
Bart Johnson/Kyle Deshazo 73-77--150
Lance Velez/Mike Gonzales 74-76--150
Wes Evans/Steve Bennett 72-79--151
Gilbert Velez/Clint Adams 78-75--153
Brantley King/Riley King 79-76--155
Bill Burford/Benny Granger 82-75--157
SECOND FLIGHT
Steven Brooks/CodyCauley 72-75--147
Chase Hord/Katlin Horwood 79-69--148
Mike McMillan/Justin Hoelscher 73-76--149
Brad Thompson/Bryan Thompson 77-73--150
Mason Vaughn/Nathan Jimenez 74-77--151
Doug Chitsey/David Vance 73-78--151
Chaney McBee/Jacob Hagan 74-78--152
John Paul Boisse/Lance Brock 75-78--153
Trey Dendy/Dana Tomlinson 78-75--153
Craig Ellwanger/John Granaghan 75-79--154
Larry Coon/Odus Wittenburg 78-78--156
Nick Wisniewski/Gile Sloan 80-78--158
Jackson Duncan/Jason Calhoun 81-78--159
Randy Crooks/Will Henderson 83-84--167
THIRD FLIGHT
Shawn Poynor/Colby Lacy 73-72--145
Robert Harris/Jimmy Yarbrough 74-72--146
Ricky Gutierrez/Craig Gutierrez 74-73--147
Calen McPhaul/Jared Jennings 74-74--148
Jamey West/Brad Ringo 76-73--149
Casey Poynor/Rocky Robles 73-76--149
Dane Lee/Chase McPhaul 76-75--151
Dayton Draper/Eddie Loehman 75-76--151
Rush Seaver/Aaron James 74-78--152
Jeff Jones/Austin Wagoner 73-80--153
James Phillips/Britt Poynor 77-77--154
Will Doyle/Wayne Doyle 79-75--154
Trey Sisco/Wyatt Sisco 83-75--158
Jeff Snook/J.C. Pitts 76-83--159
FOURTH FLIGHT
Jason Battle/Luke Dacy 74-70--144
Chase Hensley/Gus Underwood 72-73--145
Bob Bitters/Corky Solomon 71-78--149
Justin Jenkins/Gus Chesnut 74-77--151
Tom DeLaughter/Craig Sopetto 72-79--151
Devin Bates/Wrey Montgomery 76-77--153
Preston Scott/Marshall Miller 75-78--153
Scott Stephens/Robert Runnion 74-79--153
John Sentell/Jim Bob Harris 78-77--155
Reagon Noble/Brian Gargan 79-76--155
Mark Lack/Andy Tiger 80-76--156
Sean Carter/Tyler Tomerlin 78-79--157
Winn McCrea/ Ed Shaw 80-79--159
Chris Deleon/Jordan Coffman 73-86--159
FIFTH FLIGHT
Jaime Morales/Steve Robles 73-75--148
Quint Binns/Dallas Robles 75-76--151
Phillip Gandy/Blake Vincent 74-77--151
Andrew Graves/Mason Brooks 76-76--152
Danny Kiser/Monty Pierson 78-77--155
Chris Hill/Justin Smith 76-80--156
Brian Raymond/RyanNewlin 75-81--156
Max Velez/Richard Luna 79-78--157
Guy Velez/Kevin Kelso 79-79--158
Bob Pickard/Steve Urbantke 76-81--158
Will Harper/Austin Berry 77-81--158
Todd Kolls/Winn Palmer 80-79--159
Kaylor Chafin/Sam Janca 79-81--160
Eric Barron/Landon Brockman 83-79--162
SIXTH FLIGHT
John Castillo/Richard Baron 77-79--152
Joe Thieman/Ryan Edmiston 80-76--156
Joe Kasberg/Mike Halamicek 81-77--158
Ian Parker/Matt Randall 82-78--160
Bryan Jones/Mikel Jones 82-79--161
Kelly Lankford/Mike Hennings 78-84--162
Michael Ingram/Ryan Ingram 79-84--163
Lehman Cauley/Doug Kuhlmann 78-87--165
Royce Scott/Paul Waldrop 86-82--168
William Darby/Michael Dreadman 86-83--169
Mike Nikolauk/Gary Warnock 84-85--169
Bruce Kidd/Jeff Johnson 87-88--175
Craig Barnes/Bill Barnes 91-89--180
Wesley Giesecke/Steve Mahaffey 95-96--191
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