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Mr. Bernard "B.C." Thibeaux, III
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Home Phone: 337-288-5200 Born and raised in Lafayette; * * * * * * * * * * Dan McDonald • Special to The Advertiser • March 29, 2010 (reprinted in part for Ben Thibeaux) Thibeaux was in his first Nationwide outing, and had the best chance going into Sunday of cracking the top 25 and earning automatic entry into the next event (the Stonebrae Classic near San Francisco in two weeks). But he ran into trouble after playing the first six holes in 1-under and had eight straight over-par holes. A triple-bogey seven on the par-four 17th was the final bruise in an 11-over 82, but Thibeaux was philosophical. “It’s not the last time I’m going to shoot 80 as a pro,” he said. “I didn’t give up”»I was still hitting some good shots. Today, if you miss a target just a little, it was really magnified. I started great, that was my goal, and it just got away.” * * * * * * * * * * Dan McDonald • Special to The Advertiser • March 28, 2010 BROUSSARD — B.C. Thibeaux’s next goal is in sight. And Michael Smith isn’t that far away, either. The two friends and former UL golf standouts survived Friday’s cut in the $550,000 Chitimacha Louisiana Open, a career first for both in Nationwide Tour play. The next goal is a top-25 finish, and after Saturday’s third round, Thibeaux is very close entering today’s final trip around the Le Triomphe course. Thibeaux, in his first-ever Nationwide appearance, shot 1-under 70 for the third straight day and stands at 3-under 210, tied for 26th in the field. The top 25 and ties here gain automatic entry into the next Nationwide event, the April 12-18 Stonebrae Classic in San Francisco. “That’s my number one priority right now,” Thibeaux said after his Saturday round that included a hole-out eagle from the 13th fairway along with two birdies and three bogeys. “You obviously want to make the cut, but my goal coming in here was to make top 25 and get in the next tournament so I’m going to stick to my own plan.” The plan got easier on the difficult par-four 13th, when Thibeaux stood 178 yards from the pin off the tee and hitting into the wind. His 5-iron cut into the green, hopped twice and rolled in for an eagle 2. “I’m on a course that I should know how to play,” he said. “I’ve been playing here since I was little.” Smith, who was also at 2-under after back-to-back 70’s Thursday and Friday, carded a 2-over 73 on Saturday and is tied for 47th at even-par 213. “I had a tough round with the putter,” Smith said, “and it seemed like I couldn’t hole enough par putts to really score. Smith, in his second Nationwide event after missing last year’s cut here by a single stroke, had three straight bogeys on the difficult 13th-15th stretch. But he regrouped with a birdie at the 17th. “We had a south wind today … it was a north wind the first two rounds, and the south’s tougher out here. But some of these guys are obviously figuring it out.” That name again “I played good all day,” said Delahoussaye, whose family moved to Baton Rouge at age 8 and shortly after migrated to South Carolina. “I hung on and had some birdies down the stretch to salvage a good score.” Delahoussaye had birdied the 7th and 8th holes to get back to 2-under at the turn before hitting into the water on the par-five 12th and taking a double-bogey. But he ran in birdie putts on the 15th, 16th and 17th holes. Finishing-hole announcer Chuck Wood said he’ll make sure to announce Delahoussaye as a “resident” of Greenville but a hometown product when he walks up to today’s final green. “This is still where I’m from, and I still have family here,” said Delahoussaye, who earned his PGA Tour card at Q-School last winter. “I’ve got a lot of people out here to support me. A lot of people down here know that I’m from here, but some don’t and they ask me where I’m from because of my name.” Eagles the hard way That one came from veteran Vance Veazey, who holed out a sand wedge from 79 yards on the par-five first hole on the way to a 2-under 69 and eventually a tie for second entering today’s final round. Thibeaux’s hole-out on the 13th hole provided the second, and Brian Vranesh — also tied for second with Veazey and four others — had the other when he recorded the tournament’s second ace with a 5-iron from 194 yards on the par-three third hole. The tournament’s first hole-in-one came on Friday, when Dallas product Matt Weibring aced the 181-yard 11th hole during a three-under 68 round. The ace by Weibring, who tied for fifth here in 2006 but struggled to a five-over 76 on Saturday, was the first since Paul Claxton (3rd hole) in the opening round and Garrett Osborn (6th hole) in the fourth round two years ago. Probable record There are no existing records on the Nationwide Tour for players having participated the most times in the same tournament, or for cuts made in the same tournament. But since the Nationwide Tour is in only its 21st season and only eight of the Tour’s 28 tournaments are even 15 years old, it’s a pretty good bet that his marks have to be all-time Nationwide marks. Heinen has always drawn one of the tournament’s bigger walking galleries, and that was especially true on Saturday when he was paired with Thibeaux and the two led a large throng around the course. “I’ve been out here so long, it seems like nothing is really unusual,” he said. “But I had a good time playing with B.C. He played well “» anytime both of us are hitting it good, it helps both of us.” Tough on winners On Saturday, though, Stankowski had double-bogeys on the second and eighth holes and four other bogeys in a 7-over 78 that left him at 3-over 216 and tied for 64th. Gavin Coles, who won here two years ago and is in the Open for the fifth straight year, had four bogeys and a lone birdie on the 12th. His 3-over 74 left him at 2-over 215 and tied for 60th. Fran Quinn was the only previous winner on the Nationwide Tour this year (winning at Panama) to make the cut. Quinn had a third straight 1-under 70 and is at 210, tied for 26th with Thibeaux and seven others. 9:30 a.m. — Kirk Triplett (213), Scottsdale, Ariz.; Michael Smith (213), Lafayette, La. 11 a.m. — Luke List (210), Nashville, Tenn.; B. C. Thibeaux (210), Lafayette * * * * * * * * * * Golf: Thibeaux shoots 1-under in Nationwide Tour debut Dan McDonald • Special to The Advertiser • March 26, 2010 BROUSSARD — For the most part, Thursday’s opening round of the $550,000 Chitimacha Louisiana Open was a solid one for the Acadiana delegation. Lafayette’s B.C. Thibeaux, in his first Nationwide Tour outing and a sponsor exemption to the field, carded a 1-under 70 and stands tied for 27th among the 124 players that completed play before darkness. “I kept telling myself one shot at a time,” Thibeaux said after his three-birdie, two-bogey round. “I have a tendency to get ahead of myself, but today I tried to just smile a lot and have as much fun as I could have.” The combination of a first major pro event and playing in front of home fans did have its effect, though. “I couldn’t feel my limbs on the first tee,” Thibeaux said. “But it was a good nervous — it was a pumped-up, ready-to-go kind of thing.” It helped that he rolled in a 30-foot putt from the back fringe on the 11th, his second hole of the day, and had a stellar par save on the 13th when he hit a flop shot within an inch of the pin. “That was an unbelievable par,” he said. “I short-sided myself but hit an amazing shot.” Fellow Lafayette product and former UL teammate Michael Smith was one of the 20 players that will return to play at 8:15 a.m. today to complete the round, and he’d like to pick up where he left off. Smith, who missed the cut last year by a single stroke in his Nationwide debut, stands at 2-under through 15 holes and is tied for 14th in the incomplete round. Smith was even par at the turn after a three-putt bogey on the 18th, but he birdied the second and fifth holes on his closing side. Rayne native, former UL All-American and Lake Charles resident Mike Heinen rolled in a monster 70-foot par putt on his closing ninth hole, ending an up-and-down round that included four birdies and five bogeys. “I hit some good shots, and got some competitive juices flowing early,” said Heinen, who has played only three competitive rounds since last July. “I was hitting it solid and then some shots got loose, but that happens when you’re six months off from competitive golf. At times I was surprised with how good I was hitting.” Heinen is sitting close to the cut line. Lafayette native and former ESA standout Kris Cox has some work to do in today’s second round after posting a 4-over 75 that included numerous missed putts. Baton Rouge’s Scott Sterling is tied with Thibeaux at 1-under after three birdies despite a bogey on his closing ninth hole. He canned a 45-footer for birdie on the 12th to jump-start his round. Breaux Bridge native Brent Delahoussaye of Greenville, S.C., shot even par, Monroe’s Brian Bateman was at 2-over, Alexandria’s Chad Ginn was 5-over and Phil Schmitt of Baton Rouge and Cliff Bailey of Choudrant — two of the PGA Gulf States Section qualifiers — were both 6-over. Former Lafayette resident and 2005 Open winner Ryan Hietala birdied three straight holes, the fourth through sixth, on his back side to get to 1-under through 16, and Jake Narro of Ponchatoula was 1-over through 15. Good greens In fact, many of the pros taking part in the Open gave high praise to the course conditions, especially the greens. “The greens are perfect,” said veteran Vance Veazey of Memphis, Tenn., whose 4-under 67 in the morning wave gave him a share of the early lead. “I putt better on fast greens, and these are really fast. I’ve played this course a lot of times, and they’re in the best shape I’ve seen.” Open admission “This is the first time we’ve been able to associate the word ‘gallery’ with Thursday,” Jones said. “The only gauge we really have is in the parking and we won’t get that report until later, but our parking group said they parked a lot of cars, and if this wasn’t our best Thursday for foot traffic, it’s right up there.” The Open adopted a no-ticket-required policy in early March. Admission is free for all four days of the event, with the only charge being a $5 donation for parking which includes shuttle service to the middle of the course. Fans also for the first time received a tournament gift pack courtesy of the Open and Golfballs.com. Still unique The veteran from Flower Mound, Texas, captured that 1996 title by a four-shot margin which remains the Open’s second-highest margin of victory. He then went to Atlanta immediately after the check presentation as an alternate to the field for the BellSouth Classic, got into that tournament at the last minute and went on to win that event. He became the first and still only player to win back-to-back events on the Nationwide Tour and PGA Tour. That accomplishment was voted as the top moment in Nationwide Tour history last October, topping a list of “20 Greatest Moments” that spotlighted the Tour’s 20th anniversary.
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