SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA (August 13, 2006) -- The Santa Maria Valley Amateur was held on August 12 and 13, reports Jack O'Keefe, head professional at Rancho Maria Golf Club. The first round leader, Brian McPherson of Santa Maria, posted his career low round on Saturday with a 66 but as is sometimes the case after going low, stumbled a bit in the second round with a 75 to post 141 for the tournament. That opened the door for Ramie Sprinkling, who came back from a first round of 71 with a final round of 65 to take the title by 3. A strong field of approx. 90 scratch players continued the tradition of this well-run tournament.

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Final results from the Santa Maria Valley Amateur, played at the 6541-yard, Par 72 Rancho Maria Golf Club follow:

Player	Rd1	Rd2	Tot
Ramie Sprinkling	71	65	136
Aaron Bournonville	70	69	139
Bryan Hogan	72	67	139
Joshua Warthen	72	68	140
Cean Geronimo	71	70	141
Mike Gluyas	70	71	141
Brian McPherson	66	75	141
Peter Morse	71	71	142
David Lewinski	75	69	144
D.J. Fernando	75	70	145
Clint Fulton	74	73	147
Patrick Denne	77	71	148
Steve Lindstrum	75	73	148
Bill Ostini	74	74	148
A Flight (net scores)
Kevin James	68	68	136
Chong Won	69	67	136
Pete Duguran	67	70	137
B Flight (net scores)
Eddie Williams	68	66	134
Chuck Burn	67	70	137
David Zavala	71	66	137

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