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Derek Meinhart

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (May 7, 2015) — Derek Meinhart of Mattoon, Ill. captured the 10th annual Carlton Woods Invitational on Thursday, finishing with a one-over par total of 217 at The Club at Carlton Woods. His victory was by three shots over Addison, Texas resident Aaron Hickman.

Meinhart broke Kyle Nathan’s 18-hole tournament course record in round two, shooting 67 to jump out to a four-shot lead entering the final round. He carded 75 on Thursday, the same score he opened with on Tuesday.

Hickman was under-par on Wednesday, shooting 71 to get into second place before shooting a final-round 74. He grabbed the runner-up position by a stroke over Ed Sanchez of San Antonio.

SENIORS

In the Senior Division, second-round leader Lee Sandlin edged a surging Wayne Wright to hold on for a one-stroke win. Sandlin went four-under with a 68 in round two and finished with 74, while Wright shot 69 in his attempt to come from behind.

Wright birdied two of his last four holes, including the par-five 18th while Sandlin made bogeys on three of his last five, including the final two.

Recent Society of Seniors Masters winner Doug Pool of Las Vegas tied for second place with Wright at two-over 218, shooting 75-71-72.

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (May 8, 2014) — Matt Van Zandt shot a final-round 73 to slip past overnight leader Kyle Nathan and win the 2014 Carlton Woods Invitational.

Matt Van Zandt

The Houston resident shot 76-70 over the course of the first two days and took advantage of Nathan’s final-round 78 to win by a shot.

Nathan, from Glenview, Ill. had held the lead over the first two rounds with a 69-73 start but couldn’t find the same magic in Thursday’s finale.

Draegen Majors, from Stillwater, Okla., shot 76-73-73 to finish solo third place ahead of Shaun Helmle (77-73-75).

Chris Causey, Brady Exber and David Poteet finished tied for fifth while Chris Wilson, Beau Davis and defending champion Colby Harwell tied for eighth.

SENIOR DIVISION

Mike Booker

Mike Booker found himself in a familiar spot Thursday — the top of the leaderboard. Booker, a local favorite, shot 71-73-72 to win his third Carlton Woods Senior title by a shot over Jeff New.

New entered the final round one shot off the lead shared by Booker and Larry Nunez. He kept pace with Booker but couldn’t upend the veteran champion.

Nunez shot 79 in the final round and tied for fifth place.

Recent Tower Invitational champion Mike Peck shot rounds of 79-68-74 to finish solo third in the senior flight.