Whitney and Bergstrom Win the Roy Tatum Best Ball in a Playoff

23 Feb 2010
by Arizona Golf Association
see also: Coach Roy Tatum Tucson Best-Ball Tournament, Randolph Golf Course
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Cyrus Whitney (top)<br> and Matt Bergstrom

Cyrus Whitney (top)
and Matt Bergstrom

TUCSON, AZ (February 21, 2010)--Long time amateurgolf.com member and supporter Cyrus Whitney teamed up with reigning Arizona Mid-Amateur champion Matt Bergstrom to win the Roy Tatum Best Ball in a three-team playoff.

A field of about 80 teams competed in the popular 36-hole best-ball tournament at the Randolph and Dell Urich Golf Courses in Tucson. The tournament is named after the former University of Arizona golf coach Roy Tatum.

After finishing with a 133 total, Whitney and Bergstrom joined the teams of Patrick Geare/Jerry Huff and Tom Beach/Erik Nielson in the sudden-death playoff. On the first playoff hole, Bergstrom, a former University of Arizona player, made birdie for the win.

Final results of the Roy Tatum Best Ball, played February 20-21, 2010 at Randolph and Dell Urich Golf Courses in Tucson, Arizona:

Championship Flight

1st Whitney, Cyrus & Bergstrom, Matt 133
2nd Geare, Patrick & Huff, Jerry 133
3rd Beach, Tom & Nielson, Erik 133
4th Hossack, Chad & O'Malley, Sean 138
5th Workman, BJ & Vaughan, Matt 138

TOP 10 Teams

1st Whitney, Cyrus & Bergstrom, Matt 133
2nd Geare, Patrick & Huff, Jerry 133
3rd Beach, Tom & Nielson, Erik 133
4th Riegel, Al & Riegel, Matthew 136
5th Lieberthal, David & Lieberthal, Jim 137
6th Hossack, Chad & O'Malley, Sean 138
7th Workman, B.J. & Vaughan, Matt 138
8th Smith, Scott & Cronk, Drew 138
9th Johnson, Jay & Plowman, Chip 139
10th Ferenchak, John & Kavanaugh, Ken 139

1st Flight

1st Riegel, Al & Riegel, Matthew 136
2nd Smith, Scott & Cronk, Drew 138
3rd Johnson, Jay & Plowman, Chip 139
4th Ferenchak, John & Kavanaugh, Ken 139
5th Cesarek, Greg & Redhair, Mike 143

2nd Flight

1st Lieberthal, David & Lieberthal, Jim 137
2nd Adler, Dave & Bauley, Craig 144
3rd Lumpkins, Kelly & Gomes, Oscar 145
4th Rudi, Jeff & Pagel, Larry 146
5th Adams, Marc & Adams, Stan 147

3rd Flight

1st Coughlin, Steve & O'Hara, Pat 135
2nd Tate, Jim & Howard, Steve 138
3rd Redger, Dale & Snyder, James 143
4th Halverson, David & Halverson, Marc 143
5th Milliken, Ray & Volguardson, Jay 144

1st Net Flight

1st Grier, Robert & Gray, Cliff 123
2nd Clayton, Tim & Lopez, Ron 125
3rd Hyatt, Richard & Warren, Greg 126
4th Shipley, Rick & Worthington, Andy 127

2nd Net Flight

1st Grischow, Steve & Huffer, Brian 125
2nd Valdez, Richard & Valdez, Ralph 129
3rd Roam, Jimmy & Lara, Chuy 132
4th Boller, Casey & Williams, Nathan 134

ABOUT THE Tatum Best-Ball

36-hole four-ball stroke play tournament. Field limited to the first 80 teams to register. Each player must have a valid USGA handicap. Flighted by combined handicap.