Six Duos Win Titles at 2024 SNGA Team Championship at Stallion Mountain
The duos of Scott Lytle-Matt Mitchell (Championship), John Turk-Robert Futrell (Senior) and Steve Fink-Gary Carpendale (Silver) won gross titles at the 2024 SNGA Team Championship. Adam Pion-George Wolf (Net), John Bobroski-David Smith (Senior) and Larry Agan-Stephen Sitar (Silver) won net titles in the tournament held Sept. 8, 2024 at Stallion Mountain GC. –by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider
The tournament featured two formats. The first day was alternate shot while the second day featured four-ball play. While not on the winning teams, Vegas Golden Knights players Brayden McNabb and Mark Stone, and Zach Whitecloud played in the 2-player event. Their teams finished at even par over the two rounds in the championship division. Whitecloud played with Trent Walford. The SNGA thanks them for supporting amateur golf in Southern Nevada.
Championship
Scott Lytle and Matt Mitchell got off to a fast start the first day–six-under-par through the first seven holes–en route to a six-shot victory.
Over that early stretch, the duo combined for four birdies and an eagle.
The second day saw them hit their hot streak later in the round as they played a four-hole stretch four-under-par with two birdies and an eagle.
“The Day 1 format we really like,” Lytle said. “It was a dream start for us. If you’re hitting it good, you can play really well. We kind of stalled out on the back nine a little (one birdie and one bogey) but it was a solid day.”
He added Stallion Mountain was a great test.
“This course had some really penal rough close to the fairway where there was a chance you couldn’t find the ball,” Lytle said. ‘It was U.S. Open-type rough.”
Championship
Lytle-Mitchell, 66-64—130
McEvoy-McKay, 68-68—136
Crawford-Reedy, 72-66—138
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Net
Adam Pion and George Wolf played the final three holes in five-under-par over the two days–three birdies the first day and two birdies the final day–to hold on for the Net win.
The duo held off the hard-charging team of Samuel Frey and Ayden Frey who carded a 10-under-par second round to close to within two strokes.
“Today, the front nine was not pretty for us,” Wolf said. “But we got a little fired up on the back nine.”
He added it was the 13th hole that proved to be the key.
“I rolled in about a 20-foot putt for birdie and it was a stroke hole so we got two shots back,” he said. “Then it was a matter of just finishing strong. It was a struggle but we pulled it together on the back nine.”
Wolf said they were well aware of the hot play of Frey and Frey.
“I was watching,” Wolf said with a laugh. “They were on fire.”
He added walking to the 18th hole was calming.
“Once we both parred 17 (a net birdie as Pion had a stroke), we knew we had a two-stroke lead. Then it was just about playing it safe and hoping that Ayden or Sam didn’t eagle the last hole.”
Net
Pion-Wolf, 63-66—129
Frey-Frey, 69-62—131
DiClaro-Haas, 67-64—131
Berton-Canarelli, 63-68—131
Senior
John Turk birdied six of the nine holes on the final nine on Sunday as he and Robert Futrell teamed up to win the Senior title by three strokes.
“When I signed up, I wanted to play with Todd (Roberts) and Brady (Exber),” Turk said. “We got to play with them the last day and it was a blast and a lot of fun.”
Turk, who carded a 30 on the back nine, added playing with Roberts and Exber added to the challenge.
“They are the gold standard in Southern Nevada golf,” Turk said. “You always want to beat the best and they definitely came at us.”
Turk and Futrell bogeyed the ninth hole and Turk said enough is enough.
“I told Robert we’re not going to take this anymore…we’re going to attack,” he said. “And we did. I hit it pretty close on six or seven greens. Robert read the putts and I hit them where he said. It was a great team thing. It was just getting reassurance. That was the key.”
Senior
Futrell-Turk, 66-67—133
Exber-Roberts, 69-67—136
Corey-Hurlburt, 73-67—140
Senior Net
John Bobroski birdied the final two holes as he and David Smith rallied to win the Senior Net title by one stroke.
“It was all due to my partner,” Bobroski said. “He carried us the rest of the day. I had to do something. It came down to the 17th hole. We were one-down and knew we had to win the next two holes.”
Mission accomplished.
“On 17, we both had it inside of 10 feet and I just happened to make the putt first,” Bobroski said. “On 18, I hit it inside of 10 feet and two-putted for the birdie. They struggled on 18 and we wound up with the win.”
Bobroski said this format all comes down to the basics.
“We were ham and egging it,” he said. “If one guy was out of the hole, the other guy picked us up.”
Senior Net
Bobroski-Smith, 67-65—132
Freymueller-Miller, 65-68—133
Lucero-Moon, 75-63—138
Silver
Gary Carpendale birdied the final hole Sunday in teaming up with Steve Fink to win the Silver title by a stroke.
“It was a grind,” Carpendale said. “But we kind of ham-and-egged it despite both of us having some issues…me off the tee and him with his irons on some shots. But that’s the way it goes and we overcame those issues.”
Carpendale said it was quite the battle.
“We were just hanging in there,” he said. “We had the lead and gave that up. Then we tied it and it went back and forth before I made that last putt on 18 to seal it.”
Despite making the clinching putt, Carpendale said Fink kept them in the hunt earlier in the round.
“Steve carried us during the middle of the round,” he said. “They made a couple of birdie putts and Steve made birdies on top of their putts to keep us going. We both made some clutch putts that we really needed at key times.”
Silver
Carpendale-Fink, 66-67—133
Foggia-Steele, 67-67—134
Kelley-Woerner, 70-71—141
Silver Net
Larry Agan and Stephen Sitar birdied seven of the nine holes on the back nine Sunday to rally for a one-shot victory.
The duo also birded the final two holes on the front nine to make it nine birdies over an 11-hole stretch.
“The big turnaround for us was we played holes 15 through 17 six strokes better today,” Agan said. “Yesterday we went double bogey-double bogey-bogey. It was nice to play those holes better and give ourselves a chance.”
Agan added teamwork was the key.
“We played about the same today as yesterday overall,” he said. “But a couple of bad holes put us in trouble. Today, neither one of us got into a lot of trouble. We picked each other up and made a lot of birdies.”
Agan added the duo got quite a break on the 18th hole.
“I hit one left and it bounced off the marshall’s cart and into the rough instead of into the junk,” he said. “And they double bogeyed the last hole and that’s what won it for us.”
Silver Net
Agan-Sitar, 67-61—128
Bingham-Bradley, 63-66—129
Troilo-Yocum, 69-66—135
