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Richman Houston hits an approach shot at the third hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Michael Sullivan watches his tee shot at the second hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Richman Houston watches his tee shot at the second hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Michael Sullivan watches his putt on the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Kellen Young watches his tee shot at the second hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Drew Ironside hits an approach shot at the third hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Drew Ironside watches his putt on the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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John Fischer hits out of the rough toward the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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John Fischer watches his putt on the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Jason Hewitt chips onto the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Carter Tipton chips onto the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Alex Clouse chips onto the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Carter Tipton watches his tee shot at the second hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Rick Houston watches his shot onto the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chris Nolen watches his tee shot at the second hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Rick Houston watches his tee shot at the second hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Kellen Young hits an approach shot at the third hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Alex Escamilla watches his tee shot at the second hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Alex Escamilla watches his putt on the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Richie Ramos watches his tee shot at the second hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Mason Leary chips onto the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Tyler Bales watches his tee shot at the second hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Richard Alaniz watches his chip onto the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Bek Nasuhoglu watches his tee shot at the second hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Carson Lopez hits an approach shot at the first hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Aaron Marquez watches his tee shot at the second hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Jared Arras watches his putt on the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Beau Billeck chips onto the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Trey Harper watches his putt on the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Joshua Wabuke chips onto the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Michael Clinton hits an approach shot at the first hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Jayson Lester watches his tee shot at the second hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Ryan Fioretti watches his putt on the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Ethan Jaehn\u00a0watches his putt on the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Peyton Moore chips onto the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Adrian Miller watches his tee shot at the second hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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EJ Rodriguez watches his putt on the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Cade Smith watches his putt on the first green during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chesley McDonald watches his tee shot at the second hole during the Star Electric Midland Men’s City Golf Championship, Aug. 1, 2026, at Hogan Park’s Roadrunner Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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It was a good day for low rounds as the Star Electric Midland Men\u2019s City Golf Championship had 10 under-par scores on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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It was 2022 tournament champ Richman Houston that went into the clubhouse with the lowest round as he fired a 65 on Hogan Park\u2019s par-72 Roadrunner Course.<\/p>\n
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Houston will hold a one-stroke lead over second-place Michael Sullivan (66) and a two-stroke advantage over third-place Kellen Young (67) heading into Sunday\u2019s second and final round of the Midland Men\u2019s City Golf Championship on the Roadrunner Course.<\/p>\n
Houston made seven birdies and no bogeys to reach the top of the leaderboard.<\/p>\n
Houston said he hit 17 greens.<\/p>\n
\u201cI struck the ball good and my irons were good,\u201d Houston said. \u201cI got lucky off the tee twice, but other than that, it was a nice round. It was nothing spectacular. It was pretty ho hum, boring round of golf, I know if that sounds bad to say. A boring 65. It was nothing spectacular. I played good golf, that\u2019s all it was.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Houston added that he had a couple of par saves to avoid bogey. \u00a0Houston said he made a 10-foot putt on the eighth hole to avoid a bogey.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe course was playing great,\u201d Houston said. \u201cIt\u2019s playing firm and fast in the fairways, which is awesome I think for kind of the links style course that it is, that it is playing firm and fast. The greens are rolling good. The weather was awesome. It was nice, it wasn\u2019t 110. Ninety was as hot as it got, so it was awesome. I enjoyed today a lot. I\u2019m happy to see the course playing in a very challenging but fair condition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sullivan will be in contention on Sunday for the tournament title after finishing 10th at the Midland Men\u2019s City Golf Championship in 2025.<\/p>\n
The Green Tree Country Club member made seven birdies and one bogey.<\/p>\n
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\u201cEverything went well for me,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cI have been playing in this tournament for the last couple of years and I\u2019ve learned from playing with a lot of the younger guys to just hit driver and be aggressive, so that\u2019s what I did today, I hit driver on every hole and stayed aggressive and the putts started falling.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sullivan said he played golf in high school in McKinney, but he took the sport more seriously after moving to Midland in 2017.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t really until after college and moving to Midland when I started to play a lot,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cI play about once a week, I\u2019m lucky if my wife lets me. But I have actually been on vacation in Colorado, so this is now my 10th round in 11 days. I\u2019m kind of finding a hot streak right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Drew Ironside, Jason Hewitt, John Fischer and Carter Tipton each shot a 69 to sit in a four-way tie for fourth. Three-time champ Rick Houston, Chris Nolen and Alex Clouse all carded a 71 to sit in a three-way tie for eighth.<\/p>\n
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Richman Houston has played clutch on the final round Sunday in the past, winning a playoff to claim the title in 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing changes much,\u201d Richman Houston said of Sunday. \u201cI didn\u2019t play aggressive today. I played pretty conservative and I still shot a good score. I will probably still do the same thing tomorrow. I don\u2019t feel a need to push it and I don\u2019t feel a need to really lay back off the wheel, off the gas. I will stick to my game plan. If putts go in, they do. If the putts don\u2019t go in, they don\u2019t. We\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Saturday\u2019s first round results<\/b><\/p>\n
1. Richman Houston, 65; 2. Michael Sullivan, 66; 3. Kellen Young, 67; t4. Drew Ironside, 69; t4. Jason Hewitt, 69; t4. John Fischer, 69; t4. Carter Tipton, 69; t8. Rick Houston, 71; t8. Chris Nolen, 71; t8. Alex Clouse, 71; 11. Alex Escamilla, 72; t12. Ryan Fioretti, 73; t12. Ethan Jaehn, 73; t12. Jayson Lester, 73; t12. Joshua Wabuke, 73; t12. Jared Arras, 73; 17. Mason Leary, 74; t18. EJ Rodriguez, 75; t18. Carson Lopez, 75; t20. Aaron Marquez, 76; t20. Cade Smith, 76; t20. Richard Alaniz, 76; 23. Bek Nasuhoglu, 77; 24. Trey Harper, 78; t25. Chesley McDonald, 79; t25. Michael Clinton, 79; t25. Peyton Moore, 79; t25. Richie Ramos, 79; t29. Adrian Miller, 84; t29. Beau Billeck, 84; 30. Tyler Bales, 85<\/p>\n
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1. Stephen Delgado, 69; 2. Daniel Bonnell, 72; t3. Roberto Urdaneta, 77; t3. Lance Wood, 77; 5. Eric Clodfelter, 79; t6. Thomas Brantley Jr, 80; t6. Justin Thomas, 80; 8. Blake Bruyere, 82; 9. Martin Munoz, 83; 10. Casen Blandford, 84; 11. Paul Caudle, 91; 12. Giovanni Montez, 94<\/p>\n
1. Javier Yanez, 76; 2. Elisandro Aguilar, 79; 3. Cecil Cannon, 80; t4. Chris Virant, 82; t4. Jim Pannell, 82; t6. Ryan Hernandez, 83; t6. Alfanso Renteria Jr., 83; t6. Cruz Apodaca, 83; 9. Mundy Hernandez, 84; t10. Armando Bautista, 85; t10. Casey Barrier, 85; t12. Robert Olivares, 86; t12. Hayden McLalib, 86; t14. David Nanez, 87; t14. Moises Brito, 87; t16. Ben Bowling, 88; t16. Erik Estrada, 88; 18. Dow Moore, 90; 19. Damon Darnell, 94<\/p>\n
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1. Gus Munoz, 77; 2. Matt McCarriston, 79; 3. Arturo Rodriguez, 80; 4. Jesse Ortega, 84; t5. Ryan Robles, 85; t5. Vernon Brown, 85; t5. Shane Sawyer, 85; t8. Emilio Solis, 86; t8. Lupe Bonilla, 86; t8. Paul Ray, 86; 11. Ashley Wood, 87; t12. Kevin Maltos, 88; t12. Anthony Minjarez, 88; 14. Kenneth Duby, 89; 15. Jason Adams, 92; 16. Austin Lanclos, 95; 17. Greg Rader, 96; 18. Brant Atwood, 99; 19. Joshua Cross, 102; 20. Lonnie Lasater, 105<\/p>\n
1. Mike Wilson, 63; 2. Doug Aylor, 72; 3. Charlie Rivera, 74; 4. Ricky Valdes, 75; t5. Steve Clinton, 76; t5. Joe Hart, 76; 7. Charles Davis, 77; t8. Rodney Damron, 79; t8. Sid Wilson, 79; 10. Stan VanHoozer, 80; t11. Monty Forrester, 81; t11. Steven Marzett, 81; t13. David Clark, 83; t13. Jimmy Ray, 83; 15. Rick Craddock, 84; 16. Bud Hayes, 89; 17. Jesse Paredes 90; 18. Shawn Flesher, 93; t19. Lee Ellard, 96; t19. Joseph Jensen, 97; t19. Danny Campbell, 97; 22. Jim Haley, 103<\/p>\n
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11:37 a.m. \u2013 Bales, Billeck, Miller<\/p>\n
11:45 a.m. \u2013 Ramos, Clinton, Moore<\/p>\n
11:52 a.m. \u2013 McDonald, Harper, Nasuhoglu<\/p>\n
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Noon \u2013 Alaniz, Marquez, Smith<\/p>\n
12:15 p.m. \u2013 Lopez, Rodriguez, Leary<\/p>\n
12:22 p.m. \u2013 Arras, Wabuke, Fioretti<\/p>\n
12:30 p.m. \u2013 Lester, Jaehn, Escamilla<\/p>\n
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12:45 p.m. \u2013 Clouse, Nolen, Rick Houston<\/p>\n
12:52 p.m. \u2013 Ironside, Tipton, Fischer<\/p>\n
1 p.m. \u2013 Hewitt, Young, Sullivan, Richman Houston<\/p>\n
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10:52 a.m. \u2013 Blandford, Caudle, Montez<\/p>\n
11 a.m. \u2013 Brantley Jr., Bruyere, Munoz<\/p>\n
11:07 a.m. \u2013 Wood, Clodfelter, Thomas<\/p>\n
11:15 a.m. \u2013 Delgado, Bonnell, Urdaneta<\/p>\n
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9:45 a.m. \u2013 Estrada, Moore, Darnell<\/p>\n
9:52 a.m. \u2013 Nanez, Bowling, Brito<\/p>\n
10 a.m. \u2013 Olivares, McCalib, Bautista<\/p>\n
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10:15 a.m. \u2013 Barrier, M. Hernandez, R. Hernandez<\/p>\n
10:22 a.m. \u2013 Apodaca, Renteria Jr., Pannell<\/p>\n
10:30 a.m. \u2013 Virant, Cannon, Aguilar, Yanez<\/p>\n
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8:22 a.m. \u2013 Cross, Lasater<\/p>\n
8:30 a.m. \u2013 Atwood, Rader<\/p>\n
8:37 a.m. \u2013 Lanclos, Adams, Duby<\/p>\n
8:52 a.m. \u2013 Wood, Maltos, Minjarez<\/p>\n
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9 a.m. \u2013 Solis, Ray, Bonilla<\/p>\n
9:07 a.m. \u2013 Brown, Robles, Sawyer<\/p>\n
9:22 a.m. \u2013 Munoz, McCarriston, Ortega, Rodriguez<\/p>\n
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7 a.m. \u2013 Haley, Campbell, Jensen<\/p>\n
7:07 a.m. \u2013 Ellard, Flesher, Paredes<\/p>\n
7:15 a.m. \u2013 Ray, Craddock, Hayes<\/p>\n
7:30 a.m. \u2013 Marzett, Forrester, Clark<\/p>\n
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7:37 a.m. \u2013 Wilson, VanHoozer, Damron<\/p>\n
7:45 a.m. \u2013 Clinton, Hart, Davis<\/p>\n
8 a.m. \u2013 Valdes, Rivera, Aylor, Wilson<\/p>\n
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