Fall Classic at Waterchase

The Dallas/Fort Worth Amateur Players Tour returned to Waterchase Golf Club on Sunday, November 8, 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas, for one of the most competitive DFW amateur golf tournaments on the fall calendar. A sold-out field of 52 players competed across five divisions, with two net games running alongside them, and players are flighted into divisions based on their APT Tournament Index.

Waterchase played to a par of 72, and the scoring spread across the day pointed to where the test lay. The par-5 3rd was the hardest hole on the property, surrendering only four birdies from 52 players and playing better than a shot over par. At the other end, the par-3 7th was the most generous hole on the card, yielding 28 pars and four birdies.

In Division 1, Brad Branch of Southlake, Texas was never headed and never caught, posting a 1-over 73 that stood as the low round of the day. It was a round built on patience — 15 pars against just two bogeys — and Branch turned in 2-over 38 before coming home in 1-under 35, the lone birdie arriving at the par-4 17th just as the margin needed protecting. Jacob Rodriguez of Grapevine made it a two-man fight for most of the afternoon, matching Branch stroke for stroke through six, through twelve and through fifteen holes before signing for 3-over 75 and runner-up honors. Rodriguez birdied the par-5 3rd and the par-4 11th and came home in 1-over 37. Andrew Parson of Carrollton was only a shot adrift at the turn in the race and finished third at 5-over 77, authoring the best comeback nine in the division — out in 5-over 41, back in even-par 36 with birdies at the par-5 6th, the par-4 11th and the par-3 12th.

Division 2 went to Willy Syrquin of Dallas, who closed the door with a 4-over 76 and a three-shot win. Syrquin was actually chasing early — he trailed Stephen Welch by four and Ryan Agnew by three after six holes — but 12 pars and only two bogeys made the difference, with birdies at the par-4 4th and the par-4 17th and an inward 1-over 37. Agnew, also of Dallas, took second at 7-over 79 on the strength of a bogey-free-of-disaster card carrying 12 pars. Adolfo Perez of Rowlett and Welch of Roanoke shared third at 8-over 80 to round out the money positions. Perez went out in 2-over 38 with three birdies in his first eight holes, while Welch turned in even-par 36 with birdies at the par-3 2nd, the par-5 6th and the par-4 11th before the inward nine got away from him. Ten players finished within seven shots of the lead.

Division 3 belonged to Buck Burdette of Fort Worth, whose outward 1-under 35 was the best nine anyone produced in the division and effectively settled matters. Burdette birdied the par-3 2nd, the par-4 4th and the par-3 7th, came home in 5-over 41 and still won by four with a 4-over 76. Stu Kambury of The Colony took second at 8-over 80, turning in 1-over 37 with a birdie of his own at the 7th. Behind them came a three-way tie at 9-over 81 between Chad Ramsey of Crowley, Randy Sitz of Prosper and Scott Prestridge of Bedford, all sharing third to round out the money positions. Ramsey assembled 12 pars without a birdie, Sitz picked one up at the par-5 13th, and Prestridge finished best of the three, playing his last three holes in 1-under with a birdie at the par-5 18th. Five players ended the day within five of Burdette.

Division 4 needed more than 18 holes to decide a champion. Raymond Medina, a Houston chapter member from Cypress, and Rodney Wren of Frisco both signed for 11-over 83, and Medina came through the playoff for the title. The regulation golf was every bit as tight: Medina led by two after six holes, Wren edged a shot in front by the twelfth and stretched it to two with three to play, and Medina answered where it mattered most, playing his closing six in 2-over to force the tie. Medina’s day was a tale of two nines — 8-over 44 going out, 3-over 39 coming home, with a birdie at the par-5 6th. Wren birdied the par-4 11th and also came home in 4-over 40. Chris Winkelmann, another Houston visitor, finished third at 14-over 86.

Stephen Lamb of Garland won Division 5 by two with a 12-over 84, and he did it the hard way. Lamb was 9-over at the turn, level with Rick Pritchard through six holes, then flipped the switch on the inward nine, playing it in 3-over 39 with a birdie at the par-5 13th and never giving back the one-shot cushion he held from the twelfth hole on. Pritchard, of Huntsville, Texas and the Houston chapter, took runner-up honors at 14-over 86 with a birdie at the par-3 2nd. Gabe Kyei of Southlake finished third at 17-over 89.

Syrquin completed the double-dip in Mid-Am Net, adding the net title to his Division 2 win with a net 2-under 70, the only sub-par net number in the contest. TJ Reddington of Haslet had the better of it early, two clear after six holes and still a shot in front at the turn, but Syrquin had the lead back by the fifteenth and won by two. Charles Headen III of Dallas was second at net even-par 72, with Reddington and Kyei sharing third at net 2-over 74.

Senior Net produced the lowest net number of the day. Pritchard turned his 86 into a net 9-under 63 and a two-shot win, holding off Medina, who was a shot or two in front of the pace through fifteen holes before Pritchard closed it out. Lamb was second at net 7-under 65, making it two strong results on the day, and Medina took third at net 6-under 66 to go with his Division 4 title.

The chapter raised $40 for Folds of Honor from this event.

Next up in the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter — Winter’s Edge at Fossil Creek on Sunday, December 6th. Space is limited and registration closes November 27th.