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PACIFIC GROVE, California (March 2, 2014) --
Backing up the kind of first round that Jerry
Ledzinski and Jeff
Britton of Carmel posted on Saturday (a 9-
under 61) can be tough, just ask
Amateurgolf.com founder Pete
Wlodkowski and George Kelley of Stevinson
Ranch, whose putters went cold Sunday after
shooting a 63 on
Saturday.
Not a problem for Ledzinski and Britton, two
long time friends and golf partners who play
out of Tehama and
complement each other perfectly. Ledzinski
hits it long, and his rounds typically include
flashes of brilliance like
runs of birdies, eagles on par-5s, that kind of
thing. Britton, who recently won the
Amateurgolf.com Tour
Championship senior division (his first-ever
senior event) is steady and easy going enough
to pick up his partner
when needed, while taking his own birdies
when they come.
Paired with brothers Austin and Andrew
Roberts today -- who both players were very
impressed with --
Ledzinski made a point on the par-5 6th hole
by flying a 130 yard shot in from the fairway
for eagle, then
followed it up by hitting the cup on the fly on
the tough 8th hole (and get this he hit wedge)
but this time his
ball bounced 20 feet backwards.
"I hit the hole on the fly twice," Ledzinski
joked. "I made half of them."
Net Champions
Brandon
Murphy (left) and Charles Balisha
|
At the end of the day it
was a 8-under 62 for
a 17-under tournament total of 123 and a 5-
stroke victory over
the Roberts brothers, of Carmichael, who fired
a solid 66 to secure second place. In solo third
was the team of
Warren Leary of Valencia and Mike Montgomery
of Roseville who posted 64-66=130.
In the Net Division,
Charles Balisha of Turlock
and Brandon Murphy of Escalon followed their
first round 62 with a
66 to shoot 128, not knowing how close their
margin of victory was. A single shot back were
fellow "Turlock
boys" Marc Sanders and Tom Silva who posted
a solid 64 on Sunday to move into second
place at 129, just one
back.
Terry Foreman (Antioch) and Mark Hill
(Patterson) posted a solid 66 in the tougher
Sunday conditions to
overtake first round leaders Wlodkowski and
Kelley (T2 with Ken Noonan of Pacific Grove
and Rob Adolph of
Fresno at 132) and take the title.
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Senior Champions
Terry
Foreman (left) and Mark Hill |
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