Weaver leads at Alameda Commuters
Michael Weaver
ALAMEDA, Calif. (April 22, 2012) -- After the cut last Saturday, the field of 45 players continued play again Saturday at the 85th Alameda Commuters.
Michael Weaver, a redshirt Junior at Cal, fired a third-round 65 to move from third place after Round 2 to the top of the leader board.
Weaver sits at 201 and holds a four-stroke lead over the trio of Jonathan De Los Reyes, defending champion Rick Reinsberg and past champion Darryl Donovan, who all are at 205.
Second-round leader Anders Engell, a senior at St. Mary’s College, slipped into a tie for sixth after a third-round 73. Nicolo Galletti moved up into third after posting the low round of the tournament with a 63 today and has a tournament total 206.
In the senior division, Mel Collins of Long Beach, CA holds a 4-stroke lead at 136 (68-68) while Jeff Burda of Modesto, CA and Tom O'Grady of Los Altos, CA are tied for second after both carding 144 (70--70.)
The fourth and final round begins Sunday at 7:20 a.m. PT.
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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