TGA State Match Play Championship MEN’S GOLF
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ONTGOMERY—
Nothing could stop
Dallas’ Steve Galko
at the State Mid-Am Match
Play Championship.
He...
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TGA State Match Play Championship MEN’S GOLF
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TEXASLINKSMAGAZINES.
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BY ALEX BLAIR
Texas Links Staff
ONTGOMERY—
Nothing could stop
Dallas’ Steve Galko
at the State Mid-Am Match
Play Championship.
He
would’ve beaten Fate, 3 and 2.
Galko shot 68 to claim
medalist honors at the championship and never looked back.
Of his five matches, only one
reached the 17th tee.
Katy’s
Kyle Flodder put in a game
effort in the final and easily
could have won 3 and 2 instead
of losing by that margin.
The
event was held at Walden on
Lake Conroe July 23-26.
“To win any tournament in
Texas is great,” Galko said.
“It’s so hard to win.
”
Galko beat Houston’s Mike
Booker in the semifinals by
draining a 20-foot par putt on
the 18th hole.
That was his
toughest match.
Galko is one of
the top mid-amateurs in the
state.
By contrast, Flodder is a
relative unknown.
A lifelong
Texan, Flodder recently moved
back to the state from Arizona.
This was his first
Less
