CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION
48th Tanos Exploration II / Patterson-UTI Drilling Texas State Open
Tuesday, July 31 - Friday, August 3, 2018
The Cascades Club
Tyler, Texas
Par: 70
Yardage: 6,882
Field Size: 156
Cut: Low 55 and ties; 48 professionals, 11 amateurs
Qualifying Information
Attempted to Qualify: 637
Regional Qualifying: 18 hole, stroke play,
conducted at 22 sites throughout Texas and surrounding states
during June and July
Second Chance Qualifier: 18 hole, stroke play,
conducted at the Lakes Course at Firewheel Golf Park and
Bridlewood Golf Club.
Exempt Categories
- Past Champions
- Top ten (10) professionals and ties from the 2017
Texas State Open
- Top two (2) amateurs and ties from the 2017
Texas State Open
- Low PGA Professional from the 2017 Texas State
Open
- Top 15 and ties Northern Texas PGA and Southern
Texas PGA Members from the 2017 final Player of
the Year Point Standings from each Section
- Top three (3) Northern Texas PGA and Southern
Texas PGA Members on the current Section’s
Player of the Year Point Standings as of
Wednesday, July 18
- PGA A-3 Members (must hold A-3 classification
on the day of the first round of the Texas State
Open) who are residents of the State of Texas
- 2018 Texas Amateur Champion
- Top ten (10) point earners on the 2018 Northern
Texas PGA Players Tour
- Top money leader from the APT 2017-18 Winter
Series Money List
- One (1) host facility exemption
- Four (4) sponsor / NTPGA exemptions
- One (1) exemption each for the All American,
Prestige and Legends Junior Tours
- Eleven (11) professionals to bring a three-
person amateur team for the Texas State Open
Pro-Am received an exemption into the 48th
Tanos Exploration II / Patterson-UTI Drilling
Texas State Open