Logar wins AGC Tour Championship
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STEVINSON, Calif (Dec 17, 2011) -- Patrick
Grimes and Berry Logar fired even par rounds
of 72 on Saturday at Stevinson Ranch, then
posted matching 4-over par rounds of 76 on
Sunday to finish the 2011 amateurgolf.com
Tour Championship in a tie.
Logar held the lead coming into Stevinson
Ranch's "Amen Corner" but suffered
bogeys on Nos. 16 and 17, letting Grimes back
into the game. When Grimes knocked his
second shot onto the par-5 18th green and
two-putted for birdie, he caught Logar, forcing
the playoff.
After both players made routine pars on
the 10th hole, a solid par 4, Logar found
trouble with his tee shot on the par-5 11th,
hitting into the tall grass on the right where it
took a few minutes to find his ball. Evidently it
was a good lie - the 2-time USGA participant
not only hit the shot of the day, he hit it to 6
inches, leaving a tap-in eagle and winning the
tournament.
"I misread it," joked Logar
afterwards.
Ben Whipple won the Senior Division with a
very solid final round of 73 and 155 total.
His friend, and Amateurgolf.com Two Man
Links Championship (Bandon Dunes) partner
Sherman Haggerty finished second. Evidently
they are warming up for the April/May
tournament early.
Chris Ladd of Petaluma wrapped up a 14
stroke victory in the Net Division, while Vincent
Steele finished second.
NOTES:
A special thanks to Stevinson Ranch for
hosting two of our events this year, and to all
of the players who have participated in our
tournaments in 2011. We have some changes
in the works for 2012 including at least a
couple of new events. Stay tuned for a
tournament player survey designed to gather
feedback to make the tournament series even
better.
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