BERKELEY, Calif. (August 4, 2007) -- The Philippine National golf team continues to dominate the field at the amateurgolf.com Bay Regional, but several players who live a bit closer to Tilden Park are within striking distance of leader Jay Bayron -- who the coach described as their top player.

Bayron fired a nearly flawless 65, going out in 32 and coming home in 33 with no bogeys on the day. He holds a three stroke lead over his team mate Ferdinand Aunzo, who followed his first round 66 with a 73 to stand at 1-under 139. Another stroke back is Anthony Fernando of the Philippines, and one more player from their team (Michael Alejandro) stands at 141.

Making the biggest move up the leaderboard among local amateurs was Chris Moreno-Hunt, a resident of Berkeley who attends Pomona-Pitzer college (team mascot the extinct Sage Hen) who equaled his Tilden-best with a 2-under 68 for a 142 total. All good rounds have a good break somewhere, and Moreno-Hunt found his on the tough first hole, dubbed the "Famed West Face" by the East Bay Regional Parks District. His second shot was pulled left, leaving him in tall grass near the bushes.

"I hacked one out of there, straight up in the air," said Moreno-Hunt. "It plopped down a foot from the cup and I got out with a par."

Scott Hardy, the recent NCGA Public Links champ and coach of the St. Mary's College golf team stands at 141.

The 36-hole cut fell at 8-over 148.

In the Net Division, Al Richardson of Santa Clara and Greg Davidson of Rocklin are tied for the lead at 141. Richardson is the recent winner of the WGC Bridgestone Invitational contest, and his set of Bridgestone clubs will be presented to him after Sunday's round. He would like to pick up a trophy to go along with them... The Net Division cut fell at 146.

The Senior Division was concluded today with Jim Williams of Orinda defending his title by one stroke over Jay Guerin of Alameda.

The final round will be played on Sunday starting at 8:09am.

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Second round results from the 70th annual Bay Regional Championship, played at the 6294 yard, par 72 Tilden Park Golf Course follow. Final round tee times are shown for players surviving the 36-hole cut.

CHAMPIONSHIP					Sun
Player	Hometown	R1	R2	36 Tot	Time
Jay Bayron	Philippines	71	65	136	8:36
Ferdinand Aunzo	Philippines	66	73	139	8:36
Anthony Fernando	Manila, Philippines	69	71	140	8:36
Scott Hardy	Pleasant Hill, CA	70	71	141	8:36
Michael Alejandro	Manila, Philippines	72	69	141	8:27
Chris Moreno-Hunt	Berkeley, CA	73	68	141	8:27
Cory Synnestvedt	Danville, CA	71	71	142	8:27
Bryant Williams	Orinda, CA	71	74	145	8:27
John Hasse	Berkeley, CA	74	72	146	8:18
H. Curtis Abbey II	Portola Valley, CA	75	71	146	8:18
David Staszko	San Jose, CA	76	70	146	8:18
Bryan Moquin	Belmont, CA	75	72	147	8:18
Patrick Carrigan	Walnut, CA	72	76	148	wd
Gregg Button	Davis, CA	73	75	148	8:09
Dominic Coccia	Sonoma, CA	74	74	148	8:09
Eugene Bunyi	Philippines	74	74	148	8:09
Justin Tambunting	Elk Grove, CA	75	73	148	8:09
- - - cut - - -
Eddie Newland	Piedmont, CA	75	74	149
Michael Eric Bibat	Philippines	75	74	149
Patrick Pernice	Oakland, CA	72	78	150
Gene Bondoc	Phillipines,	73	77	150
Tyler Evans	san anselmo, CA	74	76	150
Andrew Tilton	San Mateo, CA	76	74	150
Robert Goodwin	Atherton, CA	77	73	150
Esan Geroux	Mill Valley, CA	75	76	151
Les Johns	Moraga, CA	75	76	151
Jason Stone	Antioch, CA	73	79	152
Keith Schwartz	San Mateo, CA	74	78	152
Daniel Coccia	Sonoma, CA	76	76	152
Steven Cooney	San Rafael, CA	79	73	152
Michael Fajardo	Lafayette, CA	76	77	153
Logan Woodruff	Pacific Grove, CA	78	75	153
Andrew Temple	Berkeley, CA	78	76	154
Dante Becierra	Philippines	78	76	154
James Donaldson	Berkeley, CA	75	80	155
Aris Pope	Oakland, CA	77	78	155
Reid Nonnenberg	Menlo Park, CA	82	74	156
Ron Siskey	Grover Beach, CA	83	77	160
Nick Jelovic	San Jose, CA	93	88	181
Wayne McClintock	Palo Alto, CA	dns	dns	dns
Neil Summers	Livermore, CA	73	wd	wd
Donald Cox	Mountain View, CA	wd	wd	wd
Penn Little	San Rafael, CA	wd	wd	wd
SENIOR
Jim Williams	Orinda, CA	74	76	150	Sr Champ
Jay Guerin	Fremont, CA	76	75	151
Rick Anderson	Clearwater, FL	74	81	155
NET					Sunday
Al Richardson	Santa Clara, CA	71	70	141	8:54
Gregg Davidson	Rocklin, CA	65	76	141	8:54
James Murphy	San Francisco, CA	70	72	142	8:54
Barry Bhangoo	Oakland, CA	72	70	142	8:45
Korsen Yu	Sunnyvale, CA	72	72	144	8:45
Lyle Covino	san francisco, CA	72	74	146	8:45
- - - cut - - -
Sunil Bhalla	Fremont, CA	74	74	148
Kevin Smith	Martinez, CA	75	74	149
Iain Barclay	San Francisco, CA	77	74	151
Robert Vernon	San Francisco, CA	80	73	153
Cary Lapidus	Berkeley, CA	76	80	156
Jutta Beymer	angels camp, CA	80	79	159
Scott Carelli	San Francisco, CA	80	81	161
Paul Agriesti	Orinda, CA	79	84	163
Tim Yager	San Jose, CA	85	84	169
Matt Michaels	Hdden Hills, CA	80	dns	dns
Nigel Harold	Alameda, CA	76	wd	wd

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