Play continues at the Alameda Commuters
Anders Engell
Alameda, Calif. (April 22, 2012) -- Anders Engell, a senior at St. Marys College by way of Olso, Norway, carded a pair of 67's this weekend to lead the Alameda Commuters Championship being held at the Chuck Corica Golf Complex in Alameda, Calif.
Five time champion Rick Reinsberg signed for a 65, the low round of the tournament, and is one stroke back of Engell with 70-65--135 heading into the final two rounds next weekend.
Veteran Darryl Donovan is just two strokes back after carding rounds of 70-66--136. Donovan is coming off a strong second place finish at the Whisper Rock Invitational and a big win earlier in the year at the Florida Azalea Amateur. Donovan is also a past champion at the Alameda Commuters with back-to-back victories in 2000 and 2001.
Michael Weaver, a redshirt Junior at Cal, joins Donavon in third place with rounds of 69-67--136. Weaver most recently qualified for the Nationwide Tour event at Stonebrae where he posted 72-75--147, missing the cut by four strokes.
The cut fell at 145 with 47 players qualifing to play next Saturday and Sunday for the championship.
ABOUT THE
Alameda Commuters
What's in a name? In the case of the Alameda
Commuters Championship, the logo of the
almost 100
year old tournament would be a dead
giveaway. It's
a steam ferry, which was the only way to
"commute"
to San Francisco from the East Bay before the
Bay
Bridge was built. Started as an informal event
-- the
original first prize was a bag of nails -- the
tournament has grown into one of the top
independent events in California.
A
dedicated tournament committee prides itself
on
running the competition
as if
it were a PGA Tour event. Two of the best
public
courses at the city-owned Chuck Corica Golf
Complex
are prepared with care. Slick greens, Sunday
pins,
and even that rarity in amateur golf –
spectators are
all part of the fun. The roped-off scoreboard is
a
particular area of pride for the "green jackets"
who
were wearing dark green blazers before they
were
made popular by another tournament you
might be
aware of in Augusta Georgia. The 250 player
championship division is cut to 50 and ties for
the
second weekend, at which time the 36-hole
senior
division tees off to join them.
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