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.

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Final results from the amateurgolf.com Diablo Valley Amateur, played at the Par-71, 6577 yard Shadow Lakes Golf Club:

	CHAMPIONSHIP
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
	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
4	Jim Thurman	74	76	150
5	Michael Kinch	75	75	150
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
12	Vincent Steele	81	82	163
13	James Grensted	82	81	163
14	Al Richardson	81	83	164
15	Tim Yager	86	88	174
16	Ryan Hopkins	91	84	175
17	Shane Davis	78		WD
18	Justin Moroyan	87	WD	WD

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