Victory Open I

WGAT-California-Richard Mcdaniel Claims Back to Back Wins

Richard Mcdaniel standing proud

 

            The WGAT California Tour made its stop in San Diego at the beautiful Rancho Bernardo Golf and Resort. With golfers showing up from as far as Texas to compete for their spot into the National Championship and earn their way onto Team USA.

          Bill Ault of Fountain Valley California was in the first group and jump out to an early lead with a gross birdie on hole 3 par 5 for a net 2!!  He maintained his lead all the way up till hole 13 a par 3 where he drop 4 shots to be in a tie for first.  Richard Mcdaniel was able to see the leader board through the live scoring provided via his smartphone and after seeing he was back in it he put the pedal to the medal.  Recording a net par on the next 3 holes to put him on top of the leaderboard while the rest of the field felt the pressure of earning that exemption.  Richard noticing he was in the lead from his smartphone choose to play it safe and protect his lead on hole 16 by pulling out 3 wood instead of driver.  It almost cost him the tournament.  He hook his shot from the tee box out of bounds and played a second ball under penalty.  So hitting 4 from the fairway from 200 yards he nearly holed it and tap it a gross 5 for a net 4!!! This gave him the confidence to finish out the next two holes to win the Victory Open 1 by 2 shots over Tournament Director Jeff Ault.  Congratulations to Richard on his come from behind win and earning back to back wins to earn a total of 400 merit points.