2027 HOU – La Quinta

The Houston Amateur Players Tour played Quail Valley Golf Course – La Quinta on Saturday, October 31, 2026 in Missouri City, Texas, delivering one of the fall’s most competitive Houston amateur golf tournaments. A field of 36 players competed across five divisions, with the Mid-Am Net and Senior Net games running alongside them. Players are flighted into divisions based on their APT Tournament Index.

The par-72 La Quinta course did most of its defending early. The par-4 6th gave up not a single birdie all day and played nearly two shots over par, the toughest hole on the card, with the par-4 2nd right behind it at a shot and a half over. The lone genuine scoring hole was the par-5 14th, which surrendered 12 birdies to a 36-player field and was the only hole on the property to play within half a stroke of its par.

In Division 1, Jason Hawthorne of Spring, Texas signed for an 11-over 83 to take the division. Hawthorne’s number was the second-lowest total posted anywhere in the field on the day.

Division 2 went to Darien Duhon of Bridge City, Texas, who put together a 13-over 85 for a four-shot win. The margin was far from settled early — Eric Storey of Dickinson, Texas sat just one back through six holes before Duhon pulled away over the middle of the round, pushing the gap to three by the turn for home and holding it the rest of the way. Storey’s 17-over 89 earned runner-up honors.

Division 3 produced the low round of the day. Troy White of Magnolia, Texas posted an 8-over 80, and he did it the hard way: out in 6-over 42, then home in 2-over 38 with nine pars and only three bogeys on the card. White made three birdies on the round, all at par 5s — the 7th, the 11th and the 14th — and that inward nine was the difference in a division that had turned over more than once. Sai Duvvuri, a Dallas/Fort Worth chapter member from Nashville, Tennessee, was actually two shots clear of White through six holes before the Magnolia player flipped the switch; by the 12th, Duvvuri had gone from two ahead to three behind, and by the 15th the margin was five. Duvvuri’s 12-over 84 included a birdie at the par-3 5th and matching nines of 6-over 42, good for second, four shots back. Five players in the division finished within seven of the winning score.

Division 4 was level at the top for twelve holes and then some. Andrew Antoine of Houston and George Jones, also of Houston, were dead even through six and still even through twelve before Antoine found the separation that mattered. Antoine went out in 10-over 46 and came home in 4-over 40, with birdies at the par-5 14th and the par-3 17th anchoring a closing stretch that got him to 14-over 86 and a two-shot win. Jones answered with a 16-over 88, built on even nines of 44 and 44 and a birdie at the par-5 1st, and took second to round out the money positions. Four players finished within five of the lead.

Division 5 belonged to James Alston of Houston, and the number in front of his name was the best he has ever shot. Alston’s 15-over 87 was a career best, and he had to protect it down the stretch to get it. Muhammad Maaz Qadir of Houston was a shot back after six, drifted three behind through twelve, then closed to within one with three holes to play. Alston answered where it mattered most, playing those last three in 1-over with a birdie at the par-4 16th to card nines of 7-over 43 and 8-over 44 for a two-stroke victory. Qadir’s 17-over 89 included a birdie at the 14th, the one hole all day that gave anything back, and two players separated themselves from the rest of the division by two shots.

Qadir did not leave Missouri City empty-handed. He carried his round into the Mid-Am Net game and won it going away, turning in a net 5-under 67 for an eight-stroke margin. Jonathan Sample, a Dallas/Fort Worth member from Lake Dallas, Texas, was within one of the lead after six holes before Qadir stretched clear, and Sample’s net 3-over 75 took second.

The Senior Net game produced the day’s cleanest double. Alston added the Senior Net title to his Division 5 win, posting a net 11-under 61 to complete the double-dip — the only player in the field to win two contests on the day. The win came by eight shots, which undersells how the race actually ran: Troy White was six clear of Alston on a net basis through twelve holes and still ten ahead after fifteen before the closing stretch went Alston’s way. White’s net 3-under 69 earned runner-up honors in a second contest to go with his Division 3 title, and George Jones made it two cards in the money as well, taking third in Senior Net with a net 2-under 70 to go with his runner-up finish in Division 4.

Four players cashed closest-to-the-pin prizes, one on each of the par 3s. Jack Anderson was closest at the 5th and Jason Reavis at the 13th, while Darien Duhon stuck his tee shot nearest the hole at the 8th and Troy White did the same at the 17th. Each pin collected $27.

Reavis had the better of the afternoon in more ways than one: he also took the Folds of Honor 50/50 drawing, collecting $40.

Next up in the Houston chapter — a trip to Windrose Golf Club on Saturday, November 14th. Space is limited and registration closes November 6th. After that, the chapter heads to High Meadow Ranch on Saturday, December 5th for an Elevated Event, with registration closing November 27th.