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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2025 • 3 2nd D - Davis-Hulen 2nd C - Circle B Family fishing by lighthouse 1st B - Brentag Lube 2nd B - Milford Pipe 2nd A - J&J Sales 1st C - RK Supply 1st D - Mewborne 1st A - 3B Pumping Cody Smith - Free Agent's player Elk City Mudcats waiting their turn Elk CIty Mudcats Fan Burkburnett - Julian - Out on Left Mudcats - Hunter Hargis Mudcats - Griffin Aker Mudcats - Easton Edwards Field Alejandro - Burkeburnett - Strike! Mudcats - Avery Wolf stretching By Alex Alvarez Local Sports the year, the door prizes are valued Circle B (61); 3rd 1 Source (61) at over from $15,000 to $20,000 “D”: 1st Mewborne (65); 2nd OILMAN’S TOURNAMENT total! No wonder why their “limit” Eddie Davis/Keith Hulen (65); The annual “Oilman’s Tourna- of 36 teams is usually overlooked, Panhandle Pipe (65) ment” took place on Friday the this year, the tournament had 43 All ties were broken by a score- 18th at the Elk City Golf & C.C. teams! Plus, if thee is a lucky guy card playoff starting at a random The tournament is organized by who makes a hole in one, there are hole drawn at the prize ceremony. Andy Blankenship (Powell’s) and cars on almost every hole to win! Coming up: Annual Club Cham- co-sponsored by Great Plains In addition, several oil companies pionship, July 26 & 27. Bank and Barber Dyson Ford, and send their food-truck with food there is no tournament held in Elk and drinks, and players are never LOCAL BASEBALL AND Burkburnett - Alejandro - Mean Cody Smith - For the Love of Base- City that gives more door prizes, hungry or thirsty! It’s a win-win SOFTBALL Cody Smith - Free Agents Coach ball - Triple Duty - Mudcats Coach Fast Ball nor as valuable: sets of clubs, the tournament for all. Elk City has summer baseball latest drivers, sets of woods, ex- Derek Hahn, PGA Profession- for young adults via the American Tower by Ackley Park. Anyone includes teams from Arkansas, a “triple” duty: player and coach pensive putters, tv’s, grills, expen- al, divided into four flight and the Legion League and Co-Ed Softball who would like to join the league, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The with “Free Agents” softball team, sive tools, you name it. Almost winners were: for local men and women who should go there in the afternoons, Mudcats are playing just around and assistant coach with Mudcats! everyone of the 150+ players walk “A”: 1st 3B Pumping (52); 2nd J want to play softball and compete and sign up. .500, and recently opened the Ar- “For the love of the game!” out with something, the least of & J Sales (53); 3rd Raider Services against other adult teams. Elk City also has a nice, young nold Lankford Classic with a win which is a couple dozen Pro-V1’s, (53) In the Co-Ed Softball League, men baseball team called the against Texas’ Burkburnett 8-7. KIDS INC plus everyone gets a “goody bag” “B”: 1st Brentag Lube (57); 2nd “Free Agents” team coached by “Mudcats”. Players are 19 and un- Mudcats are coached by Brian La- Don’t forget to call Kid’s Inc at with anything from a nice shirt Milford Pipe (57); 3rd Next Gen 2 Cody Smith and friends, is 19-0! der and Mudcats probably has Grande who is assisted by Cody 580-374-4332 to enter your young and extra balls, to leather shoe (57) Some of those “free agents”. They the youngest team of all of the Smith, whom we witnessed has ones in any of the kids sports of bags, coolers, etc. Depending on “C”: 1st RK Supply (61); 2nd meet at the park south of the Light American Legion League which your preference! Professional Individual Sports By Alex Alvarez winner of the Scottish Open) “next hole please”. place in Ryder Cup standings vig Aberg 15th Robert McIn- 13th Andrew Novak 14th Pat- and Tyrell Hatton at -8 and last Also, there is not doubt that should be seriously considered tyre (Collin Morikawa fell out rick Cantlay 15th Sam Burns 153RD OPEN CHAMPION- year’s winner, Xander Schauf- golf is so mental that when you as a pick if he does not make it of the top 15). (Biggest move inside the top SHIP fele at -7. And as far as most have something in your mind in points in the next few weeks. 12 was Harrish English who To no one’s surprise, after knowledgeable golfers knew, bothering you, it is nearly im- His last five finishes are 23rd, RYDER CUP STANDINGS: went from 10th to 6th making Scottie Scheffler took the lead “it was over”, but the truth possible to concentrate. Scot- 26th, 21st, 1st and 3rd, these 1st Scottie Scheffler, 2nd Thomas, Morikawa, Griffin by one after two rounds, and is that it is “never over”, even tie, so far, seems to have noth- last two with the likes of Rory Xander Schauffele, 3rd J.J. and Bradley go down one spot. then by four after the third in our minds when we think ing bothersome in mind when McIlroy, Wyndham Clark, and Spaun, 4th Russell Henley, 5th round, he never allowed any- there is no way he can lose. he plays. He seems at peace, in a bunch of world class players Bryson DeChambeau, 6th Har- Sources: ESPN, TV Sports, one closer than three shots. His cool demeanor, perfect fact, he IS AT PEACE! He has in the hunt, including a win ris English, 7th Justin Thomas, Wikipedia, Golf Channel, CBS Except for a “bump” on #8, plan to attack a golf course a great family life and when in the Scottish Open playing 8th Collin Morikawa, 9th Ben Sports, Personal Golf Library, where he seemed human and and near perfect execution of he leaves the course, “his job”, alongside Rory. Griffin 10th Keegan Brad- MSN Sports made a double bogey, it was a his plan, is something to learn he doesn’t take it home. Re- The golf course, Royal Por- ley (Captain) 11th Maverick clinic of not only smart golf, from. Nicklaus like. There member when Tiger had not trush in Northern Ireland, McNealy 12th Brian Harman but of execution. He opened were comparisons of Schef- ever lost a 54 lead in a major is just 60 minutes away from with a 3 under par 68, and was fler and Tiger Woods, but the and then came the 2009 PGA where Rory McIlroy was born just one off the lead shared by truth is that his game should Championship where Y.E. and began his golfing career. four players at four under par: be compared to Jack Nicklaus’ Yang? Tiger looked kind of lost It is also the place where an- Harris English, Haotong Li, and not Tiger Woods. Tiger during that last round, like a other Irishman, Shane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick and Chris- often needed the “great shot”, “zombie”, well, just a few days won The Open Championship tiaan Bezuidenhout. But on “great recovery” and getting later his personal problems the last time is was held at this Friday, Scottie shot a 7 under in “jail”, and he proved to be a came to light and it was doc- venue. par 64 and took the lead by “jail escape artist” which made umented that the week of the one over Fitzpatrick who shot it really exciting, so far, Scottie, Championship, he had been FEDEX CUP STANDINGS: a five under 66. By Saturday like Jack, has not needed those given notice of the problem. 1st Scottie Scheffler 2nd afternoon, Scottie’s lead was escapes: fairway, green, putt. He lost his concentration and Rory McIlroy 3rd Sepp Straka -XO\  four by four over Haotong Li, a During the third round, he was not as his best. Just like Ti- 4th Russell Henley 5th Justin Chinese pro who turned pro at needed only one “escape” from ger, when Scottie is at his best, Thomas 6th Harris English 15, fourteen years ago. deep rough around the green, he is unbeatable. Only time 7th Ben Griifin 8th J.J. Spaun By the start of the last round, he didn’t hole it out nor hit it will tell whether or not Scottie 9th Tommy Fleetwood 10th you had Scottie at -14; Li at close to the hole, he played the can keep outside interference Tommy Fleetwood 11th Kee- -10; Matt Fitzpatrick at -9; sensible shot, giving himself from his “job”. gan Bradley 11th Maverick gunshowtrader.com Rory McIlroy, Harris English, a chance, and holed a fairly On a closing note, Chris McNealy 12th Andrew Novak Chris Gotterup (last week’s straight 12 footer to save par: Gutterup, who climbed to 22nd 13th Corey Conners 14th Lud-