SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, CA (July 3, 2005) -- As 80,000 plus bikers descended on the town of Hollister for the nation's 2nd biggest biker rally, a spirited group of amateur golfers hit nearby San Juan Oaks for the amateurgolf.com Monterey Peninsula Four Ball. The event, founded 14 years ago as the Easter Classic by 2-time California Amateur champion Casey Boyns, was moved to San Juan Oaks this year from Del Monte.

SENIOR DIVISION RECORDS THE MOST BIRDIES
Players were mostly unaffected by the large number of bikers in the area (perhaps 7:00am isn't their favorite time for a wake-up call) but Mark Miller and Mike Harding, commuting down from the Bay Area, almost missed the event due to a power outage in Antioch. They were assessed a two stroke penalty Saturday morning, then proceeded to fire a 6-under round of 66, three strokes off the blistering pace of 9-under-par 63 set by Chuck Richesin of Woodbridge and Tom O'Grady of Los Altos. It's always tough to follow up a really low round the next day, and Miller and Harding were able to chip away, and finally pass the first round leaders with a 66 for a 132 tournament total. Richesin and O'Grady, while they cooled off overnight, still posted a solid round of 70 to easily finish second at 133. Bob Cayton and Neil Duffy, who have played in most if not all of amateurgolf.com's Monterey area events, posted 139 for third place.

CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION HAPPY TO AVOID THE OLD GUYS
The Championship Division played a course that was 300-400 yards longer, but with a winning score 6 strokes higher than their older counterparts they were happy to give the Seniors their own division. amateurgolf.com Founder Pete Wlodkowski, 43, teamed up with Andrew Temple, 20, who he met during his days at Oakland's Sequoyah Country Club to edge Eric Lillibridge and Jason Anthony of Fairfield by 1 stroke for the Championship. Temple is a student at Indiana University, where he is working hard on school and a regular spot on the highly competitive golf team. He nailed a crucial 4 foot par save on the last hole to take the pressure off of Wlodkowski, who rushed his 20 foot birdie putt 6-feet past the cup and yielded to his partner's younger nerves and pure putting stroke. First round leaders Tim Flynn and Eric Tis of Manhattan Beach slid to a 73 and finished 4th, while their travelling companions Lawrence Haggquist of Monterey and Dan Sullivan of Pasadena fashioned a second-straight 70 to grab 3rd place at 140.

RICHARDSON'S ACE DOES DOUBLE-DUTY IN THE NET DIVISION
Al Richardson of Santa Clara posts as many rounds as anyone in the amateurgolf.com Tournament Series, so his first ace was long overdue. Richardson, paired up with Jim Thurman of Clayton (the two also played in the Two Man Links at Bandon Dunes together) nearly flew his 8-iron on No. 16 into the cup as it bounced once and quickly in during the final round. Richardson's ace, although it cost him money at the bar, helped he and Thurman win the event since a cardoff with Joe Ceniceros and Phillip Hacker was decided using Sunday's back-nine score. Steve Batte of Las Vegas and Greyson Prinzing of Santa Clara finished a stroke back in third place.

MATCH PLAY IS NEXT AT RODDY RANCH
amateurgolf.com's next event, the 2005 Match Play Championship, is set for September 16-18 at Roddy Ranch in Antioch. The top 8 players in each division will be 'exempt' into the season ending amateurgolf.com Match Play championship, while the next 8 spots for match play in each division will be determined by an 18 hole qualifier, the Friday before the event (Sept 16). We will have the final points list posted by July 5, and allow players to register until August 1st before selecting the top 8 players on the points list from those who have entered. Likely, this will mean that players below the 8th spot will be exempt. Visit www.amateurgolf.com/tour for more info and to register.


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Final results from the amateurgolf.com Monterey Peninsula Four Ball, played at the par-72, San Juan Oaks Golf Club:

	CHAMPIONSHIP
First1	Last1	City1	First2	Last2	City	Rd1	Rd2	Tot
Andrew	Temple	Berkeley	Pete	Wlodkowski	Carlsbad	70	68	138
Jason	Anthony	Fairfield	Eric	Lillibridge	Fairfield	71	68	139
Lawrence	Haggquist	Monterey	Dan	Sullivan	Pasadena	70	70	140
Tim	Flynn	Manhattan Beach	Eric	Tis	Manhattan Beach	68	73	141
Mark	Clarke	Aromas	Rick	Myers	Aptos	73	73	146
Ron	Freeman	San Jose	Jim	McCarley	Hollister	71	76	147
Jack	Emmons	Pleasanton	Brent	Washer	Stockton	73	75	148
Vance	Verderame	Belmont	Jeff	Atkinson	Half Moon Bay	75	73	148
Will	Haydon	Palo Alto	Blake	Kiernan	La Honda	76	72	148
Dan	Koehn	Oakland	Greg	Wardle	San Francisco	74	75	149
Mitchell	Confer	Menlo Park	Dean	Prince	Pacifica	76	78	154
Randy	Shirbroun	San Francisco	Barry	Tripp	San Jose	77	77	154
Les	Cheong	San Jose	Jim	Perko	San Jose	79	78	157
Steve	Lim	Cupertino	Daniel	Lim	Cupertino	75	wdj	wd
	SENIOR DIVISION
First1	Last1	City1	First2	Last2	City	Rd1	Rd2	Tot
Michael	Harding	Antioch	Mark	Miller	Antioch	66	66	132
Tom	O'Grady	Los Altos	Charles	Richesin	Woodbridge	63	70	133
Bob	Cayton	Aptos	Neil	Duffy	Santa Cruz	68	71	139
Mike	Brownfield	Indian Wells	Stanley	Lent	Carmel	71	69	140
Tim	Harper	San Jose	Clem	Richardson	Salinas	70	72	142
Mike	Grafft	Ventura	Mike	Roark	Sausalito	76	72	148
	NET DIVISION
First1	Last1	City1	First2	Last2	City	Rd1	Rd2	Tot
Al	Richardson	Santa Clara	Jim	Thurman	Clayton	67	65	132*
I. Joe	Ceniceros	La Mirada	Philip	Hacker	Martinez	66	66	132
Steve	Batte	Las Vegas	Greyson	Prinzing	Santa Clara	65	68	133
James	Kline	Milpitas	John	Wolfe	Milpitas	68	66	134
Mason	Gunn	Sacramento	Todd	Knapp	Salinas	66	69	135
Jeff	Lerner	San Jose	Rick	Pittenger	San Jose	67	69	136
Morrie	Birnbaum	Concord	Charles	Chavez	Half Moon Bay	69	69	138
David	Staszko	San Jose	Greg	Staszko	San Jose	69	69	138
Bill	Foley	San Ramon	Jim	Robertson	Moraga	65	75	140

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