First Glance: 2023 Texarkana Children Charities Open
(Texarkana, AR ) – The All Pro Tour and the Women’s All Pro Tour will be in Texarkana for the Texarkana Children Charities Open. This is the seventh year Texarkana Country Club and Northridge Country Club will be hosting the APT and the fifth year as a dual event with the WAPT.
DATES: July 12- July 15, 2023
OFFICIAL NAME: Texarkana Children Charities Open
HASHTAGS: #APT #WAPT #PXGRaceToStageII
SCHEDULE: 7th event of the APT 2023 season and 10th event of the WAPT 2023 season
VENUE: Texarkana Country Club and Northridge Country Club
PAR/YARDS: TCC: 71 (35-36), 6,935 yards | NCC: 71 (36-25) 6,283
PURSE MONEY: APT: Estimated $162,000 (winner claims guaranteed $20,000 or 19% of total purse) | WAPT: $55,000 (winner claims $10,000 or 19% of total purse)
PAST CHAMPIONS: APT: 2022 – Gregory Yates, 2021 – Sam Stevens, 2020 – Ryan Baca, 2019 – Andrew Presley, 2018 – Josh Creel, 2017 – Myles Lewis | WAPT: 2022- Amanda Tan, 2021- Grace Kim, 2020- Kristen Gillman, 2019- Elaine Wood
FIELD OVERVIEW
SIZE: 186 APT players | 72 WAPT players
APT FIELD LIST | WAPT FIELD LIST
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:
Sunday, July 9th:
Practice Rounds- (3:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m)
Monday, July 10th:
Practice Rounds- (7:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m)
Pro-Am at TCC – (1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.)
Tuesday, July 11th:
Practice Rounds- (7:30 a.m.- 7:00 p.m)
Golf Clinic at NCC – (10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m)
Junior Pro- AM at NCC – (1:00 p.m- 4:00 p.m)
APT vs. WAPT Shootout at NCC – (4:30 p.m- 6:30 p.m)
Wednesday, July 12th:
Round 1- (7:30 a.m. start)
Thursday, July 13th:
Round 2 – (7:30 a.m. start)
Cut Party at NCC- (6:00 p.m- 9:00 p.m)
Friday, July 14th:
Round 3- (7:00 a.m. start)
Saturday, July, 1st:
Final Round – (7:00 a.m. start)
Awards Ceremony – (after final round)
Top 10 Money List for 2022
Luke Long (Fayetteville, AR) – $37, 502.68
Blake Elliott (Bullard, TX) – $35, 686.67
Tanner Napier (Paris, TX) – $35, 576.25
Charlie Saxon (Tulsa, OK) – $35, 342.50
Blaine Hale (Dallas, TX) – $26, 885.00
Brandon Smith. (Frisco, TX) – $23, 185.00
Cooper Dossey (McKinney, TX) – $20, 000.00
Hayden Wood (Edmond, OK) – $18, 690.00
Preston Stanley (Katy, TX) – $18, 680.00
Tanner Gore (El Paso, TX) – $16, 680.00
PXG RACE TO STAGE II STANDINGS GOING INTO WEEK SIX
After four events of the 2023 Women’s All Pro Tour season, the PXG Race to Stage II has a top ten heading into week 10 in Texarkana.
1 – Ou Olankitkunchai (Thailand) – 1,914
2 – Bi Shin (South Korea) – 1, 710
3 – Elizabeth Wang (San Marino, CA) -1, 053
4 – Gurleen Kaur (Houston,TX) – 1, 041
5 – Brigitte Thibault (Canada) – 993
T6 – Mary Parsons (Canada) – 723
T6 – Megan Osland (Canada)- 723
8 – Yoonhee Kim (San Ramon, CA)- 686
9 – Emily Mahar (Australia) – 658
10 – Samantha Vodry (Little Elm, TX) – 636
NOTES ON THE LIST OF COMPETITORS:
This week’s APT field is made up of 186 players from 16 countries.
The breakdown of the players per country in the field this week: United States (165), Korea (3), South Africa (2), Ireland (2), China (2), Scotland (2), New Zealand (1), France (1), India (1), Mexico (1), Puerto Rico (1), Sweden (1), Hong Kong (1), Australia (1), Finland (1), Canada (1).
This week’s WAPT field is made up of 72 players from 16 countries.
The breakdown of the players per country in the field this week: United States (47), Canada (4) China (3), Mexico (3), Thailand (3), Taiwan (2), Australia (2), Sweden (1), Philippines (1), Belgium (1), Guatemala (1), Myanmar (1), Hong Kong (1), Korea (1), Paraguay (1) and United Kingdom (1).
Action gets underway at 7:30 A.M. CT the first two days of play. All players will play TCC and NCC during the first two days. A cut will be made after 36-holes to the top 35% of the starting field, including ties. The final two rounds will both be played at TCC. Amateurs are included in the cut number. The field will be repaired before the final two rounds based on score and players will go off in reverse horseshoe with leaders of the APT and WAPT teeing off last. A trophy presentation by the clubhouse will follow the final round of play. Attendance is free to the public.
