Steffes and Rego split $10,000 as the winners of the $50,000 Miller Lite South Texas Open. They defeated Bill Boullianne and Andre Gomes 11-7, 11-3 to advance to the final match. Rego had won the 1998 Miller Lite Open at San Antonio with Gomes before pairing with Steffes this weekend.
Wong and Hannemann advanced to their first ever Miller Lite/AVP Tour final by defeating the team of Rob Heidger and Troy Tanner 9-7, 10-7. Wong, in his second Miller Lite/AVP Tour season, and Hannemann split the $5,700 second place prize money for their efforts. This marks only the fifth tournament that Wong and Hannemann have entered together.
Top Finishes (single elimination tournament) Prize Money
1. Kent Steffes (Pacific Palisades, CA)/ Emanuel Rego (Brazil) split $10,000
2. Albert Hannemann (Hermosa Beach, CA)/ Kevin Wong (Honolulu, HI) split $ 5,700
3. Rob Heidger (Danville, CA)/ Troy Tanner (San Clemente, CA) split $ 4,040
3. Bill Bouillianne (Palos Verdes, CA) / Andre Gomes (Brazil) split $ 4,040
1st - Kent Steffes/Emmanuel Rego $10,000 2nd - Albert Hannemann/Kevin Wong $ 5,700 3rd - Troy Tanner/Rob Heidger $ 4,040 3rd - Bill Boullianne/Andre Gomes $ 4,040 5th - Eric Fonoimoana/Dain Blanton $ 2,495 5th - Canyon Ceman/Ian Clark $ 2,495 5th - Karch Kiraly/Adam Johnson $ 2,495 5th - Eduardo Garrido/Kevin Martin $ 2,495 9th - Mike Garcia/Leland Quinn $ 1,030 9th - Franco Neto/Roberto Lopes $ 1,030 9th - Brent Frohoff/Henry Russell $ 1,030 9th - Aaron Smith/David Smith $ 1,030 9th - Mark Paaluhi/ Daniel Cardenas $ 1,030 9th - Aaron Boss/Dan Castillo $ 1,030 9th - Scott Davenport/S Friederichsen 1,030 9th - Collin Smith/Matt Unger $ 1,030 17th- Pepe Delahoz/Juan Rodriguez $ 500 17th- Mike Diehl/Wayne Seligson $ 500 17th- Jeff Bellandi/Pete Gray $ 500 17th- Aaron Keirieuz/ Jim VanZwieten$ 500 17th- Mark Addy/Jerry Graham $ 500 17th- Paul Baxter/Nathan Heidger $ 500 17th- Lee LeGrand/Adam Jewell $ 500 17th- Curtis Rollins/Carlos Machado $ 500 17th- Carlos Cartaya/Marcos Macao $ 500 17th- Paul Boyd /Rifat Agi $ 500 17th- John Anselmo/Jason Stimpfig $ 500 17th- Craig Geibel/JB Saunders $ 500 17th- Brett Bumgardner/Brett Schoeder 17th- Eduardo Bacil/Stein Metzger 17th- Lance Lyons/Justin Perlstrom 17th- David Fisher/John Hriebar $ 500