- his team won the Net Division too!
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.
* * * * *
Final results from the amateurgolf.com Monterey Peninsula Four Ball, played
at the par-72, San Juan Oaks Golf Club:
|
CHAMPIONSHIP |
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|
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 |
ABOUT THE
amateurgolf.com 2005 Monterey Peninsula Four Ball
A 36 Hole, 2-man best ball event with scratch, senior scratch, and handicap divisions. NCGA Points event- part of the amateurgolf.com Tournament Series.
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