Every time Phil and Mary Ann Rapp return to Augusta, they always make time for their favorite Broad Street restaurant.

At Luigi's, Phil heads to the jukebox and selects songs by Dean Martin and Tony Bennett. I Left My Heart in San Francisco is one he really enjoys.

"I love that," said Rapp, a native Californian. "That was my dad's kind of place. That place is kind of a San Francisco kind of a deal. It's great to go there every year."

The Rapps, of Weatherford, Texas, have traveled to Augusta each of the past 15 years. In that time, they've established their cherished downtown Augusta restaurants -- including La Maison on Telfair and the Boll Weevil. They've also become Augusta Futurity legends.

Phil Rapp, the winningest cutter in Augusta Futurity history, claimed his ninth title Saturday night. He and Dont Look Twice, a mare by High Brow Cat out of Tapt Twice, rung up a score of 228 to win the Futurity Open, the crown jewel of the 30th annual Augusta Futurity,

The 39-year-old Rapp, who recorded the third-highest score in Augusta, extended his lead in all-time Augusta Futurity wins by four over Faron Hightower and Tag Rice. Rapp also won the 2007 Futurity Open, the 2002 Futurity Open, the 2000 Futurity Non-Pro, the 1999 Classic Non-Pro, the 1998 Classic Non-Pro, the 1998 Classic Open and the 1994 Futurity Non-Pro. He won the 1991 Futurity Non-Pro before he met his wife.

Rapp wasn't the only cutter who had a special week. Barbara Brooks of Thompson's Station, Tenn., whose husband Kix is part of the country duo Brooks & Dunn, won her first major title aboard Sass and the City. The pair won the Futurity Non-Pro finals.

Elizabeth Queen, who grew up in nearby Estill, S.C., won two titles to become the winningest female rider in Augusta Futurity history -- she now has four. Queen, of Lipan, Texas, won the inaugural Champions Challenge Non-Pro and the Classic Non-Pro.

Veteran cutter Brett Davis, of Texarkana, Texas, won in Augusta for the first time when he and Grandpaws Playgirl took home the Classic Open title.

Austin Shepard, of Summer-dale, Ala., won his third Augusta Futurity title in as many years when he and Thomas E Hughes won the inaugural Champions Challenge Open.

Other winners included Seth E. Holcombe and Hot N Smart ($100,000 Amateur for 5/6-Year-Olds, Robbie Gale and Short A Shay ($50,000 Amateur Any Age) and Tara Gaines and Patrick La Dual ($20,000 Non-Pro).

The Rapps likely will be back next year, with Phil gunning for win No. 10 in Augusta. And when they do return, they'll have their favorite places in mind.

"It's always nice to come to Augusta," Mary Ann Rapp said. "We always have a great time here."

Reach Chris Gay at (706) 823-3645 or chris.gay@augustachronicle.com.