For Topgolf-Dallas pro Gabe Reynolds, PGA is like being on the field for Super Bowl

If he wasn’t in upstate New York this week, Gabe Reynolds would probably be giving lessons at Topgolf-Dallas. Instead, he will be teeing it up at 11:25 a.m. Thursday with PGA Tour members Sam Ryder and Brandon Wu in the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club.

“I’m used to giving eight lessons in a day, not grinding it out on this beautiful, super difficult golf course,” he told Golf Channel on Tuesday.

Reynolds, 43, who has worked at Topgolf-Dallas for eight years, will be one of 20 club pros playing this week. He tied for fourth in the PGA Professional Championship to earn one of those spots. J.J. Killeen of Red Feather Golf and Social Club in Lubbock will also represent the Northern Texas PGA.

“It’s like really surreal,” Reynolds said. “I’m in the job I’m in because I love golf so much. I played nine holes with Viktor Hovland yesterday. It’s a fantasy land.”

The PGA will be Reynolds’ first PGA Tour event after toiling on mini-tours for several years following his graduation from Texas State. The director of instruction has been a Northern Texas PGA member since 2015. Until now, his biggest wins as a pro have been in section events.

“We’re at the Super Bowl,” he said. “It’s very cool. I get to be on the field.”

McKinney’s Avery Zweig wins USGA Four-Ball title

McKinney’s Avery Zweig and partner Gianna Clemente overcame an early two-hole deficit to win the Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship 3 and 1 at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash., Wednesday. Zweig, 16, and Clemente, 15, defeated Kate Villegas, 20, of Arcadia, Calif., and Tiffany Le, 19, of Covina, Calif.

Zweig and Clemente, of Estero, Fla., reached the semifinals in 2021 and the Round of 16 in 2022. They defeated Leigh Chien, 17, and Anna Huang, 14, 4 and 3, in the morning’s semifinal.

In the final, Zweig and Clemente birdied the par-3 12th hole to tie the match and then birdied thee of the next five holes to claim their first USGA title.

On the 157-yard, par-3 14th hole, after Clemente hit her tee shot into the penalty area, Zweig holed a 25-yard pitch for birdie.

“Oh, it was massive,” Zweig told reporters. “Over that chip, I wasn’t really thinking much. I just had a general idea where I needed to land it and put a good stroke on it and got some good luck.”

Zweig made a short birdie putt on No. 15 for a 2-up lead. A birdie on the par-4 17th ended the match.

“It’s amazing,” Clemente told reporters. “It’s been such a long and grueling week with a lot of really tense moments and a lot of really fun ones in there, too. I can’t even explain it.”

Clemente qualified for the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur at age 11 and Monday-qualified for three LPGA Tour events last summer.

Clemente and Zweig earned exemptions into the U.S. Women’s Amateur in August at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles, as well as berths in the U.S. Girls’ Junior in July. They also receive a 10-year U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball exemption as long as the pairing remains intact.

Tony Romo teams up with 6-10 Tommy Morrison

Tony Romo, who won the celebrity division of the Invited Celebrity Classic at Las Colinas Country Club in April, will be competing in his first U.S. Golf Association championship beginning Saturday at the Kiawah Island Club in Kiawah Island, S.C.

Romo, the former Cowboys quarterback, will team with 6-10 Texas freshman Tommy Morrison of Dallas in the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship. Morrison, the tallest player in Division I golf, enrolled at Texas in January. He has played in the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur and 2022 U.S. Amateur.

After two days of stroke play, the top 32 teams advance to match play.

Other players with North Texas ties in the field: Drew Evans and Brad Mason of Dallas; Sam Braver (Dallas) and Ben Klaus (Nichols Hills, Okla.); Christopher Wheeler (Carrollton) and Colby Harwell (San Antonio); Benjamin Baxter (Flower Mound) and Andrew Buchanan (Highland Park); and Michael Crites and Matt McKee of Dallas.

Fort Worth’s Dennis wins two USGA qualifiers

Clark Dennis of Fort Worth set himself up for the possibility of a busy summer of golf by winning a pair of qualifiers on consecutive days last week. Dennis shared medalist honors with two others at 5-under 66 in the U.S. Open local qualifier at Squaw Creek Golf Course on May 9. That earned him a spot in a 36-hole qualifier for the U.S. Open. Northwood Club and Bent Tree Country Club are hosting sectional qualifying on May 22. The other sectional qualifiers around the country are June 5.

A day later, Dennis was the medalist at the U.S. Senior Open qualifier at Indian Creek Golf Course’s Creek Course with a 6-under 66. That earned him a spot in the U.S. Senior Open at SentryWorld in Stevens Point, Wis., June 29-July 2.

Briefly: Annie Park of Dallas shot a 3-under 139 to finish fourth in U.S. Women’s Open qualifier at Echo Lake Country Club in Westfield, N.J., and earn a spot in the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links July 6-9. … Nancy Beck of Dallas won the Texas Women’s Amateur Golf Association State Championship by beating Anna Schultz of Heath in the match play event at Delaware Springs Golf Club in Burnet on May 10. … May 30 is the deadline to register for the June 3 Dallas Amateur Championship qualifier at Cedar Crest Golf Course. Visit www.iamagolfer.com to register.

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