YORBA LINDA, Calif. (August 12, 2007) -- David Staszko won the North Orange County Amateur today by three strokes, thanks to a tournament-low final round of 2-under 70.

Up against a solid field that included six members of the Philippine National Golf Team and several college and high school standouts, Staszko won his first tournament by shaking off a tough start and grinding out the chips and putts that are so crucial to scoring well on Black Gold's tricky green-surrounds.

Staszko, 20, saved bogey on the first hole after his second shot bounded off the left fringe and into the hazard behind the green. He took a drop, got up-and-down, and immediately came back with a two-putt birdie on the driveable par four second hole.

Making the turn in 1-over 37, Staskzo caught a bit of fire with birdies on Nos. 12 and 13, the latter when his father and caddie Greg convinced him to go for the green in two with a hybrid club from 210 yards.

"Good advice," he later admitted.

The father and son pair have traveled together to more than 20 amateurgolf.com events over the past three years, picking up several top 10's and low individual rounds. Last week at the Bay Regional in Berkeley (a major NCGA event) Staszko finished seventh.

While amateurgolf.com events do not have standard-bearers or leaderboards, word of Staszko's lead worked it's way to him via two members of the Philippine National Team, who were frequently giving each other status reports.

"I got a little nervous when I thought I might be tied for the lead when Eugene (Bunyi) got an update on sixteen," said Staszko. "Then, when I birdied seventeen, I got really excited."

Staszko gave himself a bit more reason to be nervous on No. 18, the water-guarded par 5 with the clubhouse and gallery behind the green. He pushed his 5-iron second shot into the right rough, then hit a controlled wedge to 10 feet and safely two-putted for par.

Dave Baydala played very solid golf in winning the Senior Division at 5-over 149, while Randy Eck defended his net title with a final round 66 for 6-under 138. "I was leaking oil towards the end, but I got the job done," said Eck, a 14-handicapper who fired an 80 to record a Tiger-like victory.

* * * Final results from the 2nd Annual amateurgolf.com North Orange County Amateur, played at the 6430 yard, Par 72 Black Gold Golf Club:

	CHAMPIONSHIP
Pos	First	Last	City	State	Rd1	Rd2	Tot
1	David	Staszko	San Jose	CA	71	70	141
2	Ferdinand	Aunzo		Philippines	73	71	144
T3	Eugene	Bunyi		Philippines	72	73	145
T3	David	Min	Cerritos	CA	74	71	145
5	Mike	Leibfried	Rolling Hills	CA	72	74	146
T6	Michael	Alejandro		Philippines	73	75	148
T6	Gene	Bondoc	Phillipines	Philippines	74	74	148
T6	Scott	Clayton	San Bernardino	CA	74	74	148
T6	Anthony	Fernando	Manila	Philippines	76	72	148
10	Justin	Lee	Tarzana	CA	73	76	149
	Bo	DeHuff	Coto De Caza	CA	74	76	150
	Raymond	Ho	Cerritos	CA	76	74	150
	Adam	Sides	Camarillo	CA	76	74	150
	Jon	Tringale	Laguna Niguel	CA	76	74	150
	Robert	DeHuff	Coto de Caza	CA	72	79	151
	Daniel	Shin	Artesia	CA	77	76	153
	Ryan	Bailey	San Diego	CA	77	77	154
	Kris	Butkys	Thousand Oaks	CA	80	75	155
	Matthew	Hettich	Alameda	CA	77	79	156
	Chris	Kirk	Redondo Beach	CA	82	74	156
	Dante	Becierra		Philippines	80	77	157
	Matthew	Ouimet	Coto De Caza	CA	84	75	159
	Rick	Shlemmer	Los Alamitos	CA	85	74	159
	Germund	Sua	carson	CA	81	81	162
	Jason	Cassidy	Costa Mesa	CA	85	77	162
	Joe	Drago	Tracy	CA	79	84	163
	Peter	Israel	venice	CA	80	83	163
	Ross	O'Brien	Carmichael	CA	80	83	163
	Peter	Senior	Sherman Oaks	CA	82	81	163
	Pete	Wlodkowski	Carlsbad	CA	85	79	164
	Ray Le	Yang	Rowland Heights	CA	79	dns	dns
	Scott	Schachter	Rolling Hills Estates	CA	82	dns	dns
	Brandon	Fox	Aliso Viejo	CA	94	dns	dns
	Mike	Reese	Apple Valley	CA	dns	dns	dns
	Erick	Thorson	Westlake Village	CA	dns	dns	dns
	Brad	Wyatt	La Verne	CA	dns	dns	dns
	NET
Pos	First	Last	City	State	Rd1	Rd2	Tot
1	Randy	Eck	San Juan Capistrano	CA	72	66	138
T2	James	Griffin	Long Beach	CA	77	74	151
T2	Steve	Erlinger	Corona Del Mar	CA	78	73	151
	Aaron	Hamby	WHITTIER	CA	80	74	154
	David	Igata	Corona del Mar	CA	80	74	154
	William	Easley	Hesperia	CA	80	75	155
	Scott	Henrikson	Carlsbad	CA	75	85	160
	Terence	Hsu	Irvine	CA	82	79	161
	Daniel	Shaw	Aliso Viejo	CA	79	84	163
	Matt	Michaels	Hidden Hills	CA	nc	dns	dns
	SENIOR
Pos	First	Last	City	State	Rd1	Rd2	Tot
	Dave	Patty	Newport Coast	CA	75	74	149
	Dave	Baydala	Murrieta	CA	85	90	175

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