Davis County golf courses Valley View and Davis Park played host to the annual Spring Pro-Pro and opening rounds of the season-long Four-Ball Championship this week.
Monday’s Spring Pro-Pro at Valley View also served as the seeding tournament for the Round of 64 of the Four-Ball Championship with local favorites Zach Johnson and Caiden Jones taking the top spot on the leaderboard with a (-9) 63.
One shot back in the 36-team field were the teams of Jordan Gibbs/Ana Ross, Mark Owen/Dustin Pimm and Dustin Volk/Pete Stone. Team Summerhays, Bruce and Joe, rounded out the top 5 teams at 7-under par.
With the win at Valley View, Johnson and Jones were seeded second in the following day’s Four-Ball Round of 64 matches. The defending champion team of Tracy Zobell and Ryan Rhees received the No.1 seed and a bye into the Round of 32.
Jones said, “I’m super happy to be advancing to the next round. This is our second time winning the Spring Pro-Pro but only our first time advancing out of the Four-Ball second round together. Hopefully we can keep playing well and make a deep run”
In the 3-team Women’s Spring Pro-Pro division, Colleen Walsh/Lynsey Myers carded a round of even par 72, 1-stroke better than Darci Olsen and Cassie Campos.
Looking ahead to the Round of 16 which will be played May 22nd at Thanksgiving Point Golf Club, Zobell/Rhees will face the Stonebridge GC Professionals team of Paul Phillips and Clark Garso while Johnson/Jones will take on No. 18 seed team of Ryan Colemere and Jordan Bloxham (photos below).
Spring Pro-Pro top 5 teams of Volk/Stone and Summerhays/Summerhays also have advanced to the Round of 16.
The Four-Ball Quarterfinal matches will also be played May 22 at Thanksgiving Point. Semifinal matches and the championship match will be played June 26th, hosted by Jeremy Ranch Golf and Country Club near Park City, UT.
The Spring Pro-Pro and Four-Ball Round of 64 and 32 leaderboards are available on the website, Click Here. 50-teams entered the Four-Ball Championship this year. Click here to see the Four-Ball Qualifier team list. To follow the Four-Ball Championship match play results online, Click Here.
Many thanks to tournament sponsor Charley Carlson and host Professionals Pete Stone and Zach Johnson.