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amateurgolf.com Silicon Valley Am - Final Results
- with Runner-up Casey Boyns
- with Runner-up Casey Boyns

SAN JOSE, CA (January 22, 2006) -- Brett Lunde of Willits shot a remarkable 6-under-par 66 at Coyote Creek's Valley Course on Saturday -- a score that left several players wondering if he played the same golf course -- then followed it up with a 75 on the Tournament Course on Sunday for a 5 stroke victory over Casey Boyns of Pacific Grove in the 2nd Annual amateurgolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur.

Teeing off on the back nine, Lunde started the day just how he left off on Saturday, with a birdie on his first hole, the par 4 10th. He got to 2-under on the day and appeared to put Boyns and the rest of the field in his rear view mirror before back to back double bogeys on his 7th and 8th holes (the challenging 16th and 17th holes on the Tournament Course) eroded a good part of his lead - but he still had three strokes to play with. At the players' 13th hole, the par-5 4th, Lunde's birdie against Boyns' bogey expanded the lead to a comfortable 5 strokes. The lead was up to 7 heading to the 18th tee, where both players found the fairway bunker with their tee shots.

Boyns, who holed an 9-iron second shot for an eagle in the first round, picked a four iron that landed pin-high on the top tier, and he drained the 8-foot birdie putt to post a 74 and 146 total. Lunde hit an excellent fairway bunker shot as well, and hit a reasonable approach putt from the bottom tier. His 4-foot par putt did a 360, perhaps a little message from the golf gods to remind him that breaking par when nobody else does isn't to be taken for granted.

In the Senior Division, Lou Alvarez won his second straight amateurgolf.com event with a solid 71 giving him a 144 total of even par. Alvarez played steady golf all around, especially on the par 5's.

"I was really sticking my wedges on my third shots, and several times today I had it inside of 6 feet for birdie," said Alvarez, who resides in Auburn.

Tom Lyons fired an even par 72 on Sunday to wind up 5 strokes back with a very respectable tournament total of 149.

Gary Koshaba won his first amateurgolf.com event in the Net Division with an even par total of 144. "The only other event I can remember winning was a turkey shoot," said Koshaba, who was one of the few players in the field to par the diabolically-pinned 2nd hole on Sunday. Jim Grensted was runner up in the Net Division.

TOURNAMENT NOTES:


- Lunde's 66 wasn't totally out of the blue - the 21-year-old fired a 64 in the first round of the 2004 Mendocino County Amateur, an event he would go on to win.

- Special thanks to the entire staff at Coyote Creek Golf Club for hosting us for the second straight year, and to sponsors UST Golf Shaft and Bridgestone Golf for providing great tee prizes and utility clubs for the winners.

- To all players, thanks for understanding that the pin placements on Sunday on hole Nos. 2 and 8 were unintentionally extreme. amateurgolf.com will work with Coyote Creek and our other host courses at future events to guard against this happening again.

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Final result from the amateurgolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur, played at Coyote Creek Golf Club follow:

- Valley Course, par 72, 7048 yards (6431 yards Net and Senior)
- Tournament Course, par 72, 7027 yards (6633 yards Net and Senior)

NOTE: please scroll down the page for photos of winners

CHAMPIONSHIP
Name Hometown Rd1 Rd2 Tot
Brett Lunde Willits, CA 66 75 141
Casey Boyns Pacific Grove, CA 72 74 146
Arvo Voip Magalia, CA 74 74 148
Kent Yamane San Jose, CA 75 75 150
Mike McRae Moraga, CA 77 73 150
Freddy Wolfe Piedmont, CA 74 77 151
Nick Podesta Yuba City, CA 77 74 151
Chris Whalen San Jose, CA 76 76 152
Trent Tessler Redwood City, CA 76 76 152
Tim Breland stockton, CA 74 79 153
Brandon Beck Berkeley, CA 79 74 153
Sean McNamara Monte Sereno, CA 76 78 154
Ryan Collins Lafayette, CA 75 80 155
Brian Thibault San Jose, CA 73 83 156
Diane Kwon Fremont, CA 75 81 156
Chris Marin Marina, CA 76 80 156
Andrew Biggadike Palo Alto, CA 78 78 156
Samuel Chavez Hillsborough, CA 80 76 156
Jud Spencer San Jose, CA 76 81 157
David Capel Ripon, CA 77 80 157
Bob Niger El Dorado Hills, CA 74 84 158
Andrey Mindirgasov Pacific Grove, CA 76 82 158
Brian Geraty Eden Prairie, MN 76 82 158
Giuliano Delecce carmel valley, CA 77 81 158
Andrew Overton Livermore, CA 76 83 159
Paxton Song Los Altos, CA 77 82 159
Garrett Logan Henderson, NV 80 79 159
David Leuterio Sacramento, CA 81 78 159
Aaron Dean Sacramento, CA 73 87 160
Matthew Garcia Burlingame, CA 78 82 160
Martin Renaud Hayward, CA 79 81 160
Tak Taoyama San Jose, CA 78 83 161
Mike MacDonald palo Alto, CA 77 85 162
Corey Campbell Auburn, CA 83 79 162
Phillip Hall Atherton, CA 79 84 163
Andrew Bowdish San Jose, CA 80 83 163
Ryan Bohning Marina, CA 81 82 163
Amit Odaiyar lodi, CA 75 89 164
Chris Wilderotter Santa Clara, CA 80 84 164
Diego Salas Berkeley, CA 80 84 164
Hans Olson Bainbridge Island, WA 82 82 164
Dan Sexton Salinas, CA 81 84 165
David Staszko San Jose, CA 82 83 165
Jack Paton Hillsborough, CA 79 87 166
Phillip Herrera Stockton, CA 81 85 166
Mike Granelli Clayton, CA 86 80 166
Eben Warde palo alto, CA 83 84 167
JP Policarpio Castiac, CA 79 89 168
Philip Yim Petaluma, CA 84 84 168
Pete Wlodkowski Carlsbad, CA 88 80 168
Alex Henry Daly City, CA 80 89 169
Ricardo Ronquilla San Jose, CA 80 89 169
John Giffin Novato, CA 80 90 170
Ron Freeman San Jose, CA 85 86 171
Vince Ambrosia San Jose, CA 85 87 172
Stan Morrison San Francisco, CA 79 94 173
Eric Steichen San Francisco, CA 92 84 176
Al Conceicao San Jose, CA 88 90 178
John Allison Santa Maria, CA 93 85 178
Robert Parmenter Morgan Hill, CA 98 81 179
Sandy Nash Campbell, CA 90 90 180
JD Wright Los Lunas, NM 91 90 181
Brian Zimmerman Hanford, CA 84 98 182
Kris Butkys Thousand Oaks, CA 90 93 183
Peter Crawford San Carlos, CA 95 89 184
Harald Vaernes Honolulu, HI 91 101 192
Shaheen Iqbal San Jose, CA 93 108 201
Brian Sommerfeld Sacramento, CA 103 103 206
Erick Thorson Westlake Village, CA 80 DQ DQ
Erick Justesen Cameron Park, CA 76 WD WD
Bret Wagar San Jose, CA 78 WD WD
Sean Dyer Aptos, CA 79 WD WD
Jeremy Harris Davis, CA 85 WD WD
H. Curtis Abbey II Portola Valley, CA 91 WD WD
Scott Chase Los Altos Hills, CA 91 WD WD
Randy Haag Burlingame, CA 77 WD WD
SENIOR DIVISION
Name Hometown Rd1 Rd2 Tot
Lou Alvarez Auburn, CA 73 71 144
Tom Lyons Pleasanton, CA 77 72 149
Rob Thompson Merced, CA 74 82 156
Tony Wilmer San Mateo, CA 78 78 156
Marshall Raymer Pleasanton, CA 74 83 157
Jim Ono Saratoga, CA 76 81 157
Bruce Black Los Gatos, CA 75 83 158
Chip Campion Salinas, CA 76 82 158
Clem Richardson Salinas, CA 77 81 158
Terry Ackerman Piedmont, CA 77 82 159
Greg Saiki Sanger, CA 79 81 160
Sam Reeves Fresno, CA 77 88 165
Daniel Kuper Sunnyvale, CA 81 85 166
Steve Garrett Santa Clara, CA 82 WD WD
Martin Johnson Los Gatos, CA 84 WD WD
Bob Schoenherr San Jose, CA 85 WD WD
Paul Spengler Pebble Beach, CA 90 WD WD
Bill Foley San Ramon, CA WD
Greg McMaster Temecula, CA WD
Ron Erkenbrecher clovis, CA WD
NET DIVISION
Name Hometown Rd1 Rd2 Tot
Gary Koshaba San Francisco, CA 71 73 144
James Grensted Belmont, CA 69 79 148
Noel Rush Pacifica, CA 74 82 156
Vincent Steele Concord, CA 80 76 156
Mike Sly Los Altos, CA 74 83 157
Dan Crawford San Carlos, CA 76 81 157
Gary Hovey San Jose, CA 80 77 157
Sean Price Discovery Bay, CA 79 79 158
Fred Behling Los Altos, CA 81 79 160
Kevin Smith Richmond, CA 76 86 162
Jeff Traweek Auburn, CA 77 86 163
Al Richardson Santa Clara, CA 78 85 163
Robert Jackson Santa Clara, CA 84 79 163
Justin Moroyan Los Altos, CA 78 87 165
Bill Strahan Burlingame, CA 82 83 165
Peter Funt Monterey, CA 78 WD WD




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The Silicon Valley Amateur is the first AmateurGolf.com tournament to have, on its past winner's list, a MAJOR champion. That would be Collin Morikawa, who won the 2016 title. Just over four years later, he won the PGA Championship just up the road at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Multiple PGA Tour star and Morikawa's fellow 2023 USA Ryder Cup team member Max Homa also won the Silicon Valley Amateur in 2011.

For 2024, the tournament is moving to a new venue -- Stanford University Golf Course. Tournament players will relish competing at a course normally reserved for university students and faculty. Please note that we will play on Monday and Tuesday, and expect this event will fill very quickly.

Related: The road to PGA stardom for Homa and Morikawa went through the Silicon Valley Amateur

DIVISIONS

CHAMPIONSHIP
For players aged 16 and over who have a USGA or equivalent index of less than 5.5

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
For players age 50 and over (as of the tournament date) with a handicap index of less than 8.0. Note: Must be 55 and over for NCGA Senior Points.

MID-AM (subdivision of Championship)
For players age 25- 49. Compete alongside the younger players in the Championship Division, (same tees, same prize opportunities) and if there are at least six Mid-Ams, a separate prize and trophy will be awarded.

SUPER SENIORS (subdivision of Senior)
For players age 65+. Compete alongside the younger senior players in the Senior Division, (same tees, same prize opportunities) and if there are at least six players 65 or over, a separate prize and trophy will be awarded for low super senior.

WOMEN (subdivision of Championship)
Will play in the Championship Division but from a shorter tee. If there are at least six women in the field, a separate prize and trophy will be awarded.

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