- with Runner-up Casey Boyns
SAN JOSE, CA (January 22, 2006) -- Brett Lunde of Willits shot a remarkable 6-under-par
66 at Coyote Creek's Valley Course on Saturday -- a score that left several players
wondering if he played the same golf course -- then followed it up with a 75 on
the Tournament Course on Sunday for a 5 stroke victory over Casey Boyns of Pacific
Grove in the 2nd Annual amateurgolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur.
Teeing off on
the back nine, Lunde started the day just how he left off on Saturday, with a
birdie on his first hole, the par 4 10th. He got to 2-under on the day and appeared
to put Boyns and the rest of the field in his rear view mirror before back to
back double bogeys on his 7th and 8th holes (the challenging 16th and 17th holes
on the Tournament Course) eroded a good part of his lead - but he still had three strokes to play with. At the players' 13th
hole, the par-5 4th, Lunde's birdie against Boyns' bogey expanded the lead to a comfortable 5 strokes. The lead was up to 7 heading to the 18th tee, where both players found the fairway bunker with their tee shots.
Boyns, who holed an 9-iron second shot for an eagle in the first round, picked a four iron that landed pin-high on the top tier, and he drained the 8-foot birdie putt to post a 74 and 146 total. Lunde hit an excellent fairway bunker shot as well, and hit a reasonable approach putt from the bottom tier. His 4-foot par putt did a 360, perhaps a little message from the golf gods to remind him that breaking par when nobody else does isn't to be taken for granted.
In the Senior Division, Lou Alvarez won his second straight amateurgolf.com
event with a solid 71 giving him a 144 total of even par. Alvarez played steady
golf all around, especially on the par 5's.
"I was really sticking my wedges on my third shots, and several times
today I had it inside of 6 feet for birdie," said Alvarez, who resides
in Auburn.
Tom Lyons fired an even par 72 on Sunday to wind up 5 strokes back with a very
respectable tournament total of 149.
Gary Koshaba won his first amateurgolf.com event in the Net Division with an
even par total of 144. "The only other event I can remember winning was
a turkey shoot," said Koshaba, who was one of the few players in the field
to par the diabolically-pinned 2nd hole on Sunday. Jim Grensted was runner up
in the Net Division.
TOURNAMENT NOTES:
- Lunde's 66 wasn't totally out of the blue - the 21-year-old fired a 64 in the first round of the 2004 Mendocino County Amateur, an event he would go on to win.
- Special thanks to the entire staff at Coyote Creek Golf Club for hosting us
for the second straight year, and to sponsors UST Golf Shaft and Bridgestone
Golf for providing great tee prizes and utility clubs for the winners.
- To all players, thanks for understanding that the pin placements on Sunday
on hole Nos. 2 and 8 were unintentionally extreme. amateurgolf.com will work
with Coyote Creek and our other host courses at future events to guard against
this happening again.
* * * *
Final result from the amateurgolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur, played at Coyote
Creek Golf Club follow:
- Valley Course, par 72, 7048 yards (6431 yards Net and Senior)
- Tournament Course, par 72, 7027 yards (6633 yards Net and Senior)
NOTE: please scroll down the page for photos of winners
CHAMPIONSHIP |
|
|
|
|
Name |
Hometown |
Rd1 |
Rd2 |
Tot |
Brett Lunde |
Willits, CA |
66 |
75 |
141 |
Casey Boyns |
Pacific Grove, CA |
72 |
74 |
146 |
Arvo Voip |
Magalia, CA |
74 |
74 |
148 |
Kent Yamane |
San Jose, CA |
75 |
75 |
150 |
Mike McRae |
Moraga, CA |
77 |
73 |
150 |
Freddy Wolfe |
Piedmont, CA |
74 |
77 |
151 |
Nick Podesta |
Yuba City, CA |
77 |
74 |
151 |
Chris Whalen |
San Jose, CA |
76 |
76 |
152 |
Trent Tessler |
Redwood City, CA |
76 |
76 |
152 |
Tim Breland |
stockton, CA |
74 |
79 |
153 |
Brandon Beck |
Berkeley, CA |
79 |
74 |
153 |
Sean McNamara |
Monte Sereno, CA |
76 |
78 |
154 |
Ryan Collins |
Lafayette, CA |
75 |
80 |
155 |
Brian Thibault |
San Jose, CA |
73 |
83 |
156 |
Diane Kwon |
Fremont, CA |
75 |
81 |
156 |
Chris Marin |
Marina, CA |
76 |
80 |
156 |
Andrew Biggadike |
Palo Alto, CA |
78 |
78 |
156 |
Samuel Chavez |
Hillsborough, CA |
80 |
76 |
156 |
Jud Spencer |
San Jose, CA |
76 |
81 |
157 |
David Capel |
Ripon, CA |
77 |
80 |
157 |
Bob Niger |
El Dorado Hills, CA |
74 |
84 |
158 |
Andrey Mindirgasov |
Pacific Grove, CA |
76 |
82 |
158 |
Brian Geraty |
Eden Prairie, MN |
76 |
82 |
158 |
Giuliano Delecce |
carmel valley, CA |
77 |
81 |
158 |
Andrew Overton |
Livermore, CA |
76 |
83 |
159 |
Paxton Song |
Los Altos, CA |
77 |
82 |
159 |
Garrett Logan |
Henderson, NV |
80 |
79 |
159 |
David Leuterio |
Sacramento, CA |
81 |
78 |
159 |
Aaron Dean |
Sacramento, CA |
73 |
87 |
160 |
Matthew Garcia |
Burlingame, CA |
78 |
82 |
160 |
Martin Renaud |
Hayward, CA |
79 |
81 |
160 |
Tak Taoyama |
San Jose, CA |
78 |
83 |
161 |
Mike MacDonald |
palo Alto, CA |
77 |
85 |
162 |
Corey Campbell |
Auburn, CA |
83 |
79 |
162 |
Phillip Hall |
Atherton, CA |
79 |
84 |
163 |
Andrew Bowdish |
San Jose, CA |
80 |
83 |
163 |
Ryan Bohning |
Marina, CA |
81 |
82 |
163 |
Amit Odaiyar |
lodi, CA |
75 |
89 |
164 |
Chris Wilderotter |
Santa Clara, CA |
80 |
84 |
164 |
Diego Salas |
Berkeley, CA |
80 |
84 |
164 |
Hans Olson |
Bainbridge Island, WA |
82 |
82 |
164 |
Dan Sexton |
Salinas, CA |
81 |
84 |
165 |
David Staszko |
San Jose, CA |
82 |
83 |
165 |
Jack Paton |
Hillsborough, CA |
79 |
87 |
166 |
Phillip Herrera |
Stockton, CA |
81 |
85 |
166 |
Mike Granelli |
Clayton, CA |
86 |
80 |
166 |
Eben Warde |
palo alto, CA |
83 |
84 |
167 |
JP Policarpio |
Castiac, CA |
79 |
89 |
168 |
Philip Yim |
Petaluma, CA |
84 |
84 |
168 |
Pete Wlodkowski |
Carlsbad, CA |
88 |
80 |
168 |
Alex Henry |
Daly City, CA |
80 |
89 |
169 |
Ricardo Ronquilla |
San Jose, CA |
80 |
89 |
169 |
John Giffin |
Novato, CA |
80 |
90 |
170 |
Ron Freeman |
San Jose, CA |
85 |
86 |
171 |
Vince Ambrosia |
San Jose, CA |
85 |
87 |
172 |
Stan Morrison |
San Francisco, CA |
79 |
94 |
173 |
Eric Steichen |
San Francisco, CA |
92 |
84 |
176 |
Al Conceicao |
San Jose, CA |
88 |
90 |
178 |
John Allison |
Santa Maria, CA |
93 |
85 |
178 |
Robert Parmenter |
Morgan Hill, CA |
98 |
81 |
179 |
Sandy Nash |
Campbell, CA |
90 |
90 |
180 |
JD Wright |
Los Lunas, NM |
91 |
90 |
181 |
Brian Zimmerman |
Hanford, CA |
84 |
98 |
182 |
Kris Butkys |
Thousand Oaks, CA |
90 |
93 |
183 |
Peter Crawford |
San Carlos, CA |
95 |
89 |
184 |
Harald Vaernes |
Honolulu, HI |
91 |
101 |
192 |
Shaheen Iqbal |
San Jose, CA |
93 |
108 |
201 |
Brian Sommerfeld |
Sacramento, CA |
103 |
103 |
206 |
Erick Thorson |
Westlake Village, CA |
80 |
DQ |
DQ |
Erick Justesen |
Cameron Park, CA |
76 |
WD |
WD |
Bret Wagar |
San Jose, CA |
78 |
WD |
WD |
Sean Dyer |
Aptos, CA |
79 |
WD |
WD |
Jeremy Harris |
Davis, CA |
85 |
WD |
WD |
H. Curtis Abbey II |
Portola Valley, CA |
91 |
WD |
WD |
Scott Chase |
Los Altos Hills, CA |
91 |
WD |
WD |
Randy Haag |
Burlingame, CA |
77 |
WD |
WD |
|
SENIOR DIVISION |
|
|
|
|
Name |
Hometown |
Rd1 |
Rd2 |
Tot |
Lou Alvarez |
Auburn, CA |
73 |
71 |
144 |
Tom Lyons |
Pleasanton, CA |
77 |
72 |
149 |
Rob Thompson |
Merced, CA |
74 |
82 |
156 |
Tony Wilmer |
San Mateo, CA |
78 |
78 |
156 |
Marshall Raymer |
Pleasanton, CA |
74 |
83 |
157 |
Jim Ono |
Saratoga, CA |
76 |
81 |
157 |
Bruce Black |
Los Gatos, CA |
75 |
83 |
158 |
Chip Campion |
Salinas, CA |
76 |
82 |
158 |
Clem Richardson |
Salinas, CA |
77 |
81 |
158 |
Terry Ackerman |
Piedmont, CA |
77 |
82 |
159 |
Greg Saiki |
Sanger, CA |
79 |
81 |
160 |
Sam Reeves |
Fresno, CA |
77 |
88 |
165 |
Daniel Kuper |
Sunnyvale, CA |
81 |
85 |
166 |
Steve Garrett |
Santa Clara, CA |
82 |
WD |
WD |
Martin Johnson |
Los Gatos, CA |
84 |
WD |
WD |
Bob Schoenherr |
San Jose, CA |
85 |
WD |
WD |
Paul Spengler |
Pebble Beach, CA |
90 |
WD |
WD |
Bill Foley |
San Ramon, CA |
WD |
|
|
Greg McMaster |
Temecula, CA |
WD |
|
|
Ron Erkenbrecher |
clovis, CA |
WD |
|
|
|
NET DIVISION |
|
|
|
|
Name |
Hometown |
Rd1 |
Rd2 |
Tot |
Gary Koshaba |
San Francisco, CA |
71 |
73 |
144 |
James Grensted |
Belmont, CA |
69 |
79 |
148 |
Noel Rush |
Pacifica, CA |
74 |
82 |
156 |
Vincent Steele |
Concord, CA |
80 |
76 |
156 |
Mike Sly |
Los Altos, CA |
74 |
83 |
157 |
Dan Crawford |
San Carlos, CA |
76 |
81 |
157 |
Gary Hovey |
San Jose, CA |
80 |
77 |
157 |
Sean Price |
Discovery Bay, CA |
79 |
79 |
158 |
Fred Behling |
Los Altos, CA |
81 |
79 |
160 |
Kevin Smith |
Richmond, CA |
76 |
86 |
162 |
Jeff Traweek |
Auburn, CA |
77 |
86 |
163 |
Al Richardson |
Santa Clara, CA |
78 |
85 |
163 |
Robert Jackson |
Santa Clara, CA |
84 |
79 |
163 |
Justin Moroyan |
Los Altos, CA |
78 |
87 |
165 |
Bill Strahan |
Burlingame, CA |
82 |
83 |
165 |
Peter Funt |
Monterey, CA |
78 |
WD |
WD |
|
ABOUT THE
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PORTAL
The Silicon Valley Amateur is the first
AmateurGolf.com
tournament to have, on its past winner's list, a
MAJOR
champion. That would be Collin Morikawa, who
won
the
2016 title. Just over four years later, he won
the
PGA
Championship just up the road at TPC Harding Park
in San Francisco. Multiple PGA Tour star and
Morikawa's
fellow 2023 USA Ryder Cup team member Max Homa
also
won the
Silicon
Valley Amateur
in 2011.
For 2024, the tournament is moving to a new venue
--
Stanford University Golf Course. Tournament players
will relish competing at a course normally reserved
for
university students and faculty.
Please note that
we will
play on Monday and Tuesday, and expect this event
will
fill very quickly.
Related: The road to PGA stardom for Homa
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Amateur
DIVISIONS
CHAMPIONSHIP
For players aged 16 and over who have a USGA or
equivalent index of less than 5.5
SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
For players age 50 and over (as of the tournament
date) with a handicap index of less than 8.0. Note:
Must be 55 and over for NCGA Senior Points.
MID-AM (subdivision of Championship)
For players age
25-
49. Compete alongside the younger players in the
Championship Division, (same tees, same prize
opportunities) and if there are at least six Mid-Ams,
a
separate prize and trophy will be awarded.
SUPER SENIORS (subdivision of Senior)
For players age
65+. Compete alongside the younger senior players
in
the
Senior Division, (same tees, same prize
opportunities) and if there are at least six players 65
or
over, a
separate prize and trophy will be awarded for low
super senior.
WOMEN (subdivision of Championship)
Will play in the
Championship
Division but
from a shorter tee. If there are at least six women in
the field, a separate prize and trophy will be
awarded.
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