amateurgolf.com Diablo Vly Championship: Final Results
BRENTWOOD, CALIFORNIA (March 12, 2006) --Storm was the operative word today as
players braved rain, hail, wind and low winter temperatures. Heavy overnight rain
had some wondering if the final round of the Diablo Valley Amateur would actually
be played.
But like Tiger's streak of consecutive cuts made, the amateurgolf.com record of
never losing a round to rain is intact after five years. Once 7:00am rolled around,
the wind kicked up and quickly dried the greens so that the tournament could get
underway. Conditions were tough, however, as the rain and cold winds steadily
worsened throughout the day. But we got it in, and a collective thank-you to all
players for giving it a go. Hopefully your games will be tougher for it.
SENIOR DIVISION
Seniors finished in the best of the weather. Low of the day was Tom Lyons with
72 bringing him 4th place. Winner Rob Thompson who shot a steady 73 –
73 held off joint first round leader Bob Olds who posted 76 today. Olds tied
for second with William Goodwin, both locals from Brentwood.
CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION
A lot of rain and the odd hailstorms did nothing to throw first round leader,
Bob Niger off his game today. Although he quietly states "I really don't
like playing in this kind of weather", no-one will believe him. He followed
yesterday’s 3 under par 68 with a 72 to shoot 140 and win the tournament
by 5 strokes from Matt Couch at 145. Dave Capel, who also played in the leading
group scored 72-75 to finish in 3rd place with 147.
John Ramirez III equaled the low round today with 72, and moved himself 10
places up the leader board to finish tied 6th.
NET DIVISION
Local players walked away with the net division. Winner Mike Casey scored 69
– 73 to finish 142. 2nd place went to Sean Price of Discovery Bay with
146, and 3rd to another local Larry Fillmore with 148.
TOURNAMENT NOTES:
- Special thanks to Liz McQueen and Trisha Williams of amateurgolf.com
for running a fine event, and to Tim Eldridge of Shadow Lakes for being there
for us this weekend. Tim is a former NCGA staffer who now runs tournaments and
groups at Shadow Lakes; contact him at teldridge@troongolf.com
if you are interested in having a group at Shadow Lakes.
- Many of you recognized "Long Driver" Eric Jones of Orinda (hey,
he's not an amateur any more, but we still like him!) who helped us get the
tournament started on Saturday. Eric was one of the original members of amateurgolf.com,
and he has since graduated to the LDA Tour, where he has captured the Re/Max
National Long Drive Senior Championship as well as other titles. amateurgolf.com
will be working together with Eric on a Tournament Players School at Poppy Ridge
starting the weekend of April 15-16; for more information visit www.longdrivechamp.com
or contact Eric at 650-274-3890. The school is just $895 for two days of intensive
workshops including emphasis on the mental side of the game with Glen Albaugh.
* * * *
Final results from the amateurgolf.com Diablo Valley Amateur, played at the
Par-71, 6577 yard Shadow Lakes Golf Club:
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CHAMPIONSHIP |
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Pos |
Player |
Rd1 |
Rd2 |
Tot |
1 |
Bob Niger |
68 |
72 |
140 |
2 |
Matt Couch |
70 |
75 |
145 |
3 |
David Capel |
72 |
75 |
147 |
4 |
Jack Paton |
73 |
75 |
148 |
5 |
Steve Wilson |
73 |
76 |
149 |
6 |
Samuel Chavez |
74 |
76 |
150 |
7 |
John Ramirez III |
78 |
72 |
150 |
8 |
Jeff Vetterick |
76 |
76 |
152 |
9 |
Robert Matias |
75 |
78 |
153 |
10 |
Andrew Bowdish |
77 |
77 |
154 |
11 |
John Turnacliff |
76 |
79 |
155 |
12 |
Mark Casey |
77 |
78 |
155 |
13 |
Arvo Voip |
78 |
78 |
156 |
14 |
Jim Williams |
79 |
77 |
156 |
15 |
Matt Sullivan |
81 |
75 |
156 |
16 |
Garth Watrous |
78 |
80 |
158 |
17 |
Chip Doyle |
83 |
75 |
158 |
18 |
Eric Smith |
72 |
87 |
159 |
19 |
Wesley Leith |
75 |
84 |
159 |
20 |
Mike Granelli |
82 |
77 |
159 |
21 |
Dave Curley |
85 |
74 |
159 |
22 |
Chris Kilkenny |
78 |
82 |
160 |
23 |
Blake Bertrand |
83 |
78 |
161 |
24 |
Grant Sparkes |
78 |
84 |
162 |
25 |
Kyle Dowden |
81 |
82 |
163 |
26 |
Logan Woodruff |
83 |
80 |
163 |
27 |
Patrick Pernice |
85 |
78 |
163 |
28 |
Rick Shumate |
82 |
82 |
164 |
29 |
Alex Henry |
88 |
77 |
165 |
30 |
David Hawkins |
80 |
86 |
166 |
31 |
Randy McKinley |
80 |
86 |
166 |
32 |
Joseph Woo |
78 |
90 |
168 |
33 |
Christian Larsen |
86 |
83 |
169 |
34 |
Todd Edwards |
82 |
88 |
170 |
35 |
Nicholas Comegna |
81 |
89 |
170 |
36 |
Matthew Garcia |
82 |
89 |
171 |
37 |
Ken Sisler |
85 |
86 |
171 |
38 |
Brandon Harkins |
81 |
WD |
|
39 |
Albert Conceicao |
82 |
WD |
|
40 |
Brian Geraty |
82 |
WD |
|
41 |
Larry Lopez |
85 |
WD |
|
42 |
Michael Park |
85 |
WD |
|
43 |
Jason Stone |
78 |
77 |
DQ |
44 |
Aaron Dean |
NC |
|
|
45 |
Darian Shingu |
WD |
|
|
46 |
Les Cheong |
WD |
|
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|
SENIOR DIVISION |
|
|
|
Pos |
Player |
Rd1 |
Rd2 |
Tot |
1 |
Rob Thompson |
73 |
73 |
146 |
2 |
Bob Olds |
73 |
76 |
149 |
3 |
William Goodwin |
76 |
73 |
149 |
4 |
Tom Lyons |
79 |
72 |
151 |
5 |
Dave Stone |
77 |
78 |
155 |
6 |
Earl Stewart |
81 |
74 |
155 |
7 |
Joe Zanassi |
79 |
77 |
156 |
8 |
Shelton Washburn |
77 |
79 |
156 |
9 |
Tom Kintigh |
83 |
79 |
162 |
10 |
Ron Erkenbrecher |
88 |
WD |
WD |
|
|
NET DIVISION |
|
|
|
Pos |
Player |
Rd1 |
Rd2 |
Tot |
1 |
Mike Casey |
69 |
73 |
142 |
|
|
|
2 |
Sean Price |
75 |
71 |
146 |
|
|
|
3 |
Larry Fillmore |
71 |
77 |
148 |
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|
|
4 |
Jim Thurman |
74 |
76 |
150 |
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|
|
5 |
Michael Kinch |
75 |
75 |
150 |
|
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|
6 |
Keith Price |
80 |
70 |
150 |
|
|
|
7 |
James Priscaro |
78 |
76 |
154 |
|
|
|
8 |
Michael Gravely |
74 |
81 |
155 |
|
|
|
9 |
Gary Koshaba |
75 |
83 |
158 |
|
|
|
10 |
Dave Joenk |
82 |
79 |
161 |
|
|
|
11 |
Will Harris |
81 |
82 |
163 |
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|
|
12 |
Vincent Steele |
81 |
82 |
163 |
|
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|
13 |
James Grensted |
82 |
81 |
163 |
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|
14 |
Al Richardson |
81 |
83 |
164 |
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|
|
15 |
Tim Yager |
86 |
88 |
174 |
|
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|
16 |
Ryan Hopkins |
91 |
84 |
175 |
|
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|
17 |
Shane Davis |
78 |
|
WD |
18 |
Justin Moroyan |
87 |
WD |
WD |
ABOUT THE
amateurgolf.com 2006 Diablo Valley Amateur
Registration for this tournament is now closed.
If you are interested in playing, please contact Liz McQueen 650 207 0817 or email liz@amateurgolf.com
Second year for this event at the Troon-Golf managed Shadow Lakes Golf Course, a Par 71, Gary Roger Baird-designed daily fee facility that blends traditional golf course design elements with the contemporary. Outstanding course conditions that Troon Golf is known for.
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