UT Arlington golf coach Stuart Deane returned to the top of the leaderboard by capturing the E-Z-Go Eastern Championship on Tuesday at the Dallas Athletic Club.

Deane fired a 2-under-par 70 in the second round to solidify his victory, including stringing together four consecutive birdies on the back nine. Deane finished 8-under in the two-round event.

"It feels really great [to be back in the win column]," said Deane told ntpga.com after his round. "You know, last year was a totally different year with the birth of our second child and my world was kind of turned upside down for great reasons, but you know I feel like this year I kind of have my feet back under me.

"This course is an odd golf course to a degree because it takes driver out of your hand. You have to hit it out of the fairway a lot. I was two shots down at the turn, and I birdied four in a row to take the lead. 16, 17, and 18 are tough holes and with it getting late with the rain delays, it just became a matter of crossing the line first."

Deane clinched the one-stroke win on No. 18 as Greg Gregory, the second place finisher, was unable to sink a birdie that would have tied the event.

This 36-hole NTPGA major championship was the first of four individual stroke play events that comprise the Yamaha Golf Cars / Lajitas Golf Resort Player of the Year Points Challenge presented by Justin Golf and Wee Golf, and serves as a qualifier for the 2015 Texas Joe Black Cup and James P. Jordan Cup teams. The E-Z-GO Eastern Championship featured a field of 129 Northern Texas PGA Members and Apprentices competing at Dallas Athletic Club in Dallas.

The E-Z-GO Golf Eastern Championship was presented by Advantage Hole In One, Adventures In Golf, AT&T Byron Nelson, Greg Norman Collection / Dunning Golf, PGA TOUR and Pukka Headwear.