Lonnie Champagne of Houston recorded only the second hole in one in the month of October at Babe Zaharias.

Champagne, who lives in Houston, sank a 6-hybrid on the 140-yard second hole. The shot was witnessed by Jimmy Hebert …

Nederland’s Brendan Marley came up big in the Southern Texas PGA Fall Junior Tournament played at Zaharias. Marley posted a three-over-par 75 to win Boys 15-18 by six shots over Bulldog teammate Jadon Bell.

Other flight winners included Kayla McFall of Killeen (86 in Girls 15-18), William Hirtz of Houston (89 in Boys 13-13), Savannah Wright of Deer Park (88 in Girls 13-14), Xander Parks of Orange (87 in Boys 11-12) and Mya Wimer of Nederland (121 in Girls 11-12) …

Port Neches-Groves ex Andrew Landry, after an amazing start that saw him play the first five holes in six under, fall steadily down the leaderboard in the PGA Tour’s Sanderson Farms Classic.

Following a first-round 66 that was good for a share of the lead, Landry shot 74-74-75 for a 289 that left him tied for 59th. That earned a check for $9,331.

Lamar ex Shawn Stefani, meanwhile, had a strong showing in the Jackson, Mississippi, event. Stefani shot 67-70 on the weekend for a 280 total that was good for a 10th-place tie and a payoff of $92,142.

Both Landry and Stefani are playing in this week’s Shriners Hospital for Children’s Championship in Las Vegas …

Nederland ex Felicia Sauceda rebounded from a tough Monday to close with a 76 Tuesday in the University of South Florida Classic at the TPC of Tampa. The 76 was the low round for the Lamar University women’s team which finished 11th in team competition.

Sauceda, who shot 84-85 on Monday, was T48 overall out of 74 players with her 54-hole total of 245. Elodie Chapelet was low for LU with 230, which tied for ninth. Eva Martinez was T19 with a 233.

PNG ex Karlei Hemler, playing for McNeese State, shot rounds of 83-84-82 for a 255 that tied for 56th. McNeese finished 12th …

The team of Benny Sharpe, Harrell Guidry, Larry Foster and Charlie Perez scored a sweep in the Monday Senior 50-plus 2-ball Game at Zaharias. The Sharpe team finished minus-3 on the front and minus-1 on the back …

In the Friday Senior 2 ball at Zaharias, Sharpe was a winner on the front at minus-5 with the team of Ron LaSalle, Dwain Benoit and Jeff Rinehart. On the back, the foursome of Larry Reece, Rick Pritchett, Cricket Owen and Brad Royer won with minus-2 …

Format for the Thursday Senior Game at Zaharias was a four-man scramble. Winning with minus 13 was the fivesome of Doug LeBlanc, Pete Reobroi, John LeBlanc, Paul Duplantis and Paul Brown.

Second with minus-11 was the team of Bim Morrow, Ron Mistrot, Bob Barnes, Larry Rogers and Ben Thornton. Closest to the pin winners were James Trahan (No. 7), Pritchett (No. 12) and Morrow (No. 15) …

The Wednesday DogFight at Zaharias was won with 11 points by the team of Kenny Robbins, Pritchett, Don Duplan and Richard Menchaca. There was a tie for second at 10 points between teams captained by Morrow and Adam Noel.

Closest to the pin winners were Rogers (No. 7), Dillard Darbonne (No. 12) and Cody Metts (No. 15).
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