2016 Tournament of Champions at Rio Secco Golf Club

The 2016 Tournament of Champions is underway at Rio Secco Golf Club! 54 players are competing in the first tournament of the year for the Southern Nevada Golf Association.

In the Championship Division, first round leader Jeremy May battled Jack Trent on the back side, but couldn’t hold the lead as Trent birdied the final 3 holes to win by 4 strokes. May ended up in second place with the 2015 SNGA Player of the Year and former PGA Tour Professional, Ed Fryatt.

Fourth Place went to Kelly Knievel, the son of Evel Knievel, with a two round total of 149.

In the Super Senior Field, Larry Keever held on to the victory over the two time Super Senior Player of the Year, Frank Abbott. John Kelley captured the Super Senior Net championship with a salty 65 net on the final day.

The Senior Division Championship went to John Turk, after holding off the likes of Steve Fink and Gary Carpendale down the stretch. Turk made a terrific up and down on the final hole to finish off against SNGA Senior Championship. The Senior Net went to Randy Burton, who is the defending Nevada State Senior Net Championship. Burton shot 141 Net after two day to clip Joe Rada by 5 shots.

Lastly, the Net Division winner was Paul Kulon with a two day total of 148 after the supposed winner, Mark Dudenuke, forgot to turn in his scorecard.

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The next event on the SNGA’s Championship Series schedule is the Primm Amateur Championship on February 13-14.

Thank you to Eric Dutt, Todd Wright and the Rio Secco staff for hosting this tournament on this fantastic course! Rio Secco is one of SNGA’s favorite stops every year!