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Cherryville's
Greg Bunner Wins the Trusted Choice Big "I"
National Championship
Daniel Pizetoski Earns a fifth place finish
-Matthew Yelverton in the top ten finishing
8th - JT Poston finishes in 12th |
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Records fall at Old York Country Club as
three players make runs up the leaderboard
Chesterfield, N.J. —July
30, 2010 - After sharing the Boys Division
lead for two straight rounds, Greg
Bunner of Cherryville, N.C., was
crowned the champion at the 42nd Trusted
Choice® Big “I” National Championship with a
final round 71 and one-under-par 283
tournament total. New Jersey native Kuriko
Tsukiyama of Bogota finished the tournament
at 2-over-par 290 to claim the Girls
Division title after holding the lead all
four rounds. Corey McElyea of Santa Cruz,
Calif., and Will Bishop of Lexington, Ky.,
shot final round 65s while Elise Bradley of
Mandeville, La., carded a final round 67.
The three juniors wrote new men’s and
women’s single round records at Old York
Country Club at Chesterfield.
Bunner
averaged four birdies per round en route to
the biggest victory of his junior career.
Consistent strong putting throughout the
week led the eighteen-year-old to win in his last junior golf
appearance, as he heads off to Western
Carolina University in the fall. With
McElyea and Bishop in the clubhouse tied at
even-par 284, eighteen-year-old Bunner two
putted from 20 feet for par to seal the
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“I had no clue that they were
that close,” Bunner said after the round. “I
thought I had a two to three stroke cushion.
I was just trying to put a good line on it
with good speed. It’s nice to have my name
in the same list as Tiger Woods.”
Tied after their
course-breaking rounds of 65, McElyea and
Bishop took home second-place trophies.
Standing alone in fourth at 2-over-par 286
was Sean Friel of Rochester Hills, Mich.
Caleb Sturgeon of Laurens, S.C., Daniel
Pizetoski of Davidson, N.C., and Mark Reilly
of Babylon, N.Y., finished tied for fifth at
7-over-par 291.
In the Girls Division,
14-year-old Kuriko Tsukiyama shot a
final-round 2-over-par 74 to claim the
champion’s title. After a shaky 5-over-par
third-round 77, Tsukiyama
concentrated on chipping and putting while
warming up for the final round.
“It’s my first big victory,”
Tsukiyama said. “I’m really excited right
now. All I wanted to do was concentrate on
my own game and not worry about what other
people were shooting.”
Finishing second at
9-over-par 297 was Ally McDonald of Fulton,
Mich., followed by Ashlee Pickerell of
Salem, Ore., who shot an 11-over-par 299 for
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Kuriko
Tsukiyama and Greg Bunner
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Steve and Neil Wilkinson of
Wilmington,
N.C.
win their 2nd Father and Son golf
championship title |
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SEVEN LAKES, N.C. – July 30, 2010 -
Steve and Neil Wilkinson of
Wilmington,
N.C.
won their second Father and Son golf
championship title Friday at Seven Lakes
CC. They won the first time in 2006.
The Wilkinson’s fired a four-under par 68 on
the 6,600-yard layout to win by three
strokes. They counted six birdies and two
bogeys.
Neil and
Steve Wilkinson
2010 Champion
Steve, 55, said he was “along for the ride
today,” as Neil hit several important shots
on his 23rd birthday. “Dad
played well, too,” Neil offered. “We came
to this course playing well the first time,
and we both were hitting the ball very well
today too.”
Mark Wagner
and stepson Tyler Clodfelter of
Statesville,
N.C.,
took second place with a two-under card of
70 with four birdies and two birdies.
Four groups shot one-under-par 71s to share
third place. John and Nicholas Fritz of
Charlotte
shot 35-36; Ray and Kevin Womack of
Burlington,
N.C. shot
35-36;
Walker and
Jackson Taylor of
Wilmington,
N.C. shot
38-33; and Leon and Kyle Tucker of
Raleigh,
N.C.
shot 37-34. John Fritz sank a five-iron
shot on the first hole for a double-eagle
two.
The defending
champions, Jim Pridgen of
Jamestown,
N.C. and
Brent Pridgen of
Winston-Salem,
N.C.,
shot par 72.
The modified alternate-shot format has both
players of a team hitting a tee shot. The
team picks a ball at that point and plays
alternately to finish the hole.
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Garahan's
Win Record Fourth Carolinas Parent-Child
Title in Playoff
Katie and Gary Garahan
2010
Carolinas Parent-Child Champions
Southern Pines, NC (7/30/10) - Three
teams went into a playoff for the
Parent-Child Championship. Tied at 72 were
last year's champions Gig and Stacy Hilton,
three time champions Gary and Katie Garahan
and first time contenders L.D. & Gracie
Simmons. All three teams parred the first
two playoff holes and then on the par 4
third, Gary Garahan selected Katie's drive
and hit it to within 10 feet. From there
Katie drained the birdie putt for the title.
The Garahans now hold the record for the
most wins in the Parent-Child Championship
with four and this is the third time they
have won in a playoff.
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here for the final results......
 5th
Place Finisher Daniel Pizetoski
Somewhere on the Atlantic Sea Board – July
30, 2010 – It was around 10PM Friday night on a highway
heading home from the Big “I” we made
contact with Daniel Pizetoski for some
comments on his experience at the Big “I”.
We did not keep him long as he was tired and
wanted to sleep but he did say, “ that the
greens were really difficult. They had very
subtle breaks in them and the speeds made
putting very difficult but despite that I
really liked the course and the challenge.
My goal each day was just to play it safe
and try to stay around par. I was very happy
about my 5th place finish
considering the greens.”Sleep
tight Daniel you deserve a good rest for
your performance at the Big “I”. |
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Roach & Merkoluv Shoot Even-Par
70s in Third Round at Porter Cup
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Lewiston, N.Y. -- July 30, 2010 - Wes
Roach and Yaroslav Merkulov each fired
even-par 70s on Friday at the 52nd
annual Porter Cup. Rising sophomore
Brinson Paolini posted a four-over 74
in the third round at the Niagara
Falls Country Club (par 70, 6,871
yards).
David Chung, Russell Henley and Jake
Katz share the tournament lead at
eight-under (202). Chung and Katz each
fired five-under 65s on Friday to grab
a share of the lead. Nate McCoy is one
shot back in fourth place, while Tomas
Cocha and Peter Uijlein are tied for
fifth at six-under.
 Roach,
a rising senior from Knoxville, Tenn.,
got off to a miserable start with four
bogeys on the first five holes. He
settled in to par the final four holes
of the front nine to make the turn at
four-over. Roach caught fire at the
turn carding birdies on No. 10, No.
11, No. 13 and No. 14 to get back to
even-par for the day. He closed with
four pars to move into a tie for 68th
at nine-over (72-77-70=219).
 Merkulov
recorded 12 pars, three birdies and
three bogeys en route to his even-par
70. Following a bogey on No. 1, he
birdied the par-5 third hole and
parred the next six holes to fire an
even-par 35 on the front nine. He
moved into red figures with a birdie
on No. 11 but bogeys on No. 12 and No.
16 dropped the incoming freshman to
one-over for the day. Merkulov rallied
for a birdie on the 189-yard par 3
18th hole and is now tied for 45th
with at four-over 214 (72-72-70).
Paolini, the 2010 ACC Freshman of the
Year, is 44th at three-over (213)
after posting a 74 on Friday. The
Virginia Beach, Va., native suffered
bogeys onNo.
2 and No. 3 and dropped to four-over
following a double-bogey on No. 5.
Paolini parred the next six holes
before
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carding a bogey on No. 12. He rallied with
birdies on No. 13 and No. 14 to get back to
three-over but dropped a stroke with a bogey
on the closing 18th hole.
The final round of the 2010 Porter Cup
begins at 8am on Saturday with live scoring,
tee times and statistics available at
www.golfstat.com.
Sumrall
Wins IGA Match Play Championship
CARMEL, IND. -- July 30, 2010 - Rising
sophomore Adam Sumrall posted a 2 & 1 win
over top-seed Eric Steger on Friday to win
the Indiana Golf Association Match Play
Championship at Prairie View Golf Club in
Carmel, Ind. Sumrall reached match play as
the 31st seed after outlasting eight
competitors in a six-hole playoff on
Tuesday.
"I knew I had to play well today, and we
both got off to a great start," said
Sumrall, who was two-under after three holes
of play. "We went back and forth all day,
but I made putts to keep it going. I got
rather lucky."
Sumrall opened match play with a 3 & 2 win
over second-seed Andrew Wegeng and then
advanced to the round of eight with a
grueling 20-hole victory against Brodie
Williams.
The South Bend, Ind., native followed up
with 1 Up wins over Cory Ziedonis and Alex
Stinson to reach the final.
Sumrall has had some match play success in
his career, winning the Indiana Boys State
Junior Match Play at the age of 16 and also
notching a win at US Junior Match Play.
Sumrall will play in a US Amateur qualifier
before returning to Duke to play his
sophomore year.
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 Sajevic
Wins Nebraska State Amateur Title
Charlotte 49ers rising sophomore
Andy Sajevic
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73'S DOMINATE TOP TWO SR. TOUR FLIGHTS AT
THE NATIONAL GC
Pinehurst, NC (July 29, 2010)
- You
would expect that a 1-over 73 would be
turned in by one or more of the
Championship Flight players at The
National Golf Club in Pinehurst during
today's Senior Amateur Golf Tour event.
However, you might not expect that one of
those 73s came from an A Flight player
hitting from the same tees as the "big
boys". However, that's exactly what
Creedmoor's Cecil Lockley did to come away
with a 1-stroke victory over Lewisville's
Mike Smith. Lockley, who has competed in 25 events
this season on both the Raleigh and
Charlotte Tours, is no stranger to the
winner's circle, having notched a number
of Tour wins in the past. His 73 today
however, was the lowest score he has
posted during those 25 events he's played
this year.
In the Championship Flight two members
also posted 73s and consequently had to
return to the course to decide the top
spot in a sudden death playoff. Long
hitting Craig Sturdivant of Sanford was
the benificiary of starting the playoff
against Lawrence Hicks of Greensboro on
the relatively short 454 yard par 5, 10th
hole. With his length, Sturdivant was
able to reach the green in 2 with a
7-iron. His 2-putt birdie was just enough
to secure the win.
David Frye of Winston-Salem was the only B
Flight member to break 80 with a 78 and a
3-stroke victory over a trio of golfers.
Gary Niland of Mount Airy was one of only
4 players in the C Flight to break 90, as
his 87 gave him a one stroke win over
Raleigh's Darrell Hagwood.
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
THE NATIONAL GOLF CLUB
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
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CHAMPIONSHIP (6,128 yards)
Craig Sturdivant, Sanford 73
Lawrence Hicks, Greensboro 73
Alan Dirk, Sanford 74
Tommy Lee, Knoxville, TN 75
James Dill, Cary 75
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A FLIGHT (6,128 yards)
Cecil Lockley, Creedmoor 73
Mike Smith, Lewisville 74
Marv Houghton, Fayetteville 75
Mark McKenna, Fuquay-Varina 76
James McMillan, Laurinburg 77
Dale Casey, Zebulon 77
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B FLIGHT (6,128 yards)
David Frye, Winston-Salem 78
Edward Burton, Durham 81
James Herndon, Hamlet 81
Joe Burgess, Charlotte 81
James Dockery, Southern Pines 82
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C FLIGHT (6,128 yards)
Gary Niland, Mount Airy 87
Darrell Hagwood, Raleigh 88
Wayne Jones, Cary 89
Brian Costine, Durham 89
Charlie Williams, Autryville 90
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‘Wedgegate’ exposes holes in USGA’s
rule
Dear USGA,
What a fine mess you’ve got us into.
On paper, this new groove rule might
make sense. In real life, though, it
is driving players and rules
officials to the brink of golf
insanity.
The latest incident involved
18-year-old rookie pro Sarah Brown,
wrongly removed from the course
and disqualified from Continue
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