NOVATO, CA (February 26, 2006) -- Final results from the amateurgolf.com Wine Country Cup, played at the par 72 StoneTree Golf Club:

Only the strong survived the second round at a very wet, yet wonderful, StoneTree Golf Course. The promised rain began to show shortly after play began and the leaders saw the worst of the conditions as the rain steadily worsened throughout the day.

A great start by Bob Niger who shot 4-under-par in the first 8 holes, allowed him to stride away from first round leader Josh Bleyle. Niger who shot a solid 75-73 won the title by 8 strokes. Andrew Bowdish, who rallied on the back nine with three birdies was unable to do enough to threaten Niger's lead.

Josh Bleyle, a local from Mill Valley, who shot 74 on Saturday struggled a little to reach his targets on Sunday but held on to tie third place with Trent Tessler of Redwood City, CA.

In the Senior Division, there was a tight battle in the leading group between Frank Abbot and Dave Carroll. Abbott began the day with a one shot lead and it stayed that way till his bogey on No. 7 allowed Carroll to draw even and sniff the taste of victory. Carroll then birdied the par 3 No.8 and began the final 9 holes in the lead position.

As the rain continued to fall, the competition continued to be fierce. It all came down to the final hole where Carroll missed his put and scored a double bogey to give the title to Frank Abbott by one stroke.

Robert Rowland brought home a 74 on Sunday to shoot him 10 places up the leader board to finish in 3rd place.

Net Division: Gary Koshaba was happy to start Round 2 with a 4 stroke lead as the leaders played in heavy rain and finished on very wet putting greens. Noel Rush fought tooth and nail but nothing was enough as Koshaba romped away with a 6 stroke victory.

Championship
First	Last	Division	R1	R2	Tot
Bob	Niger	Championship	75	73	148
Andrew	Bowdish	Championship	77	79	156
Josh	Bleyle	Championship	74	83	157
Trent	Tessler	Championship	78	79	157
Patrick	Pernice	Championship	75	84	159
Chris	Kilkenny	Championship	81	80	161
Wesley	Leith	Championship	81	82	163
John	Turnacliff	Championship	78	86	164
Scott	Terry	Championship	82	82	164
John	Holm	Championship	81	85	166
John	Giffin	Championship	82	84	166
Dirk	Godsey	Championship	83	84	167
Wm. Randy	McKinley	Championship	90	77	167
Steve	Pence	Championship	81	87	168
Gregory	Sgarlato	Championship	82	86	168
Mike	Granelli	Championship	88	82	170
Tim	Ganahl	Championship	86	86	172
Chip	Doyle	Championship	94	83	177
Darren	Whiteside	Championship	84	93	177
John	Allison	Championship	90	88	178
Pete	Johnson	Championship	88	91	179
Eddie	Shope	Championship	94	85	179
Philip	Yim	Championship	89	91	180
H. Curtis	Abbey II	Championship	95	87	182
Jon	Mygrant	Championship	90	94	184
Brian	Zimmerman	Championship	92	92	184
Dave	Ayres	Championship	93	91	184
Logan	Woodruff	Championship	95	89	184
Christopher	Vance	Championship	96	92	188
Jim	Hayden	Championship	94	95	189
Justin	Tupper	Championship	97	93	190
Richard	Saavedra	Championship	100	104	204
Chris	Escher	Championship	103	102	205
Brian	Sommerfeld	Championship	109	121	230
Don	Holm	Championship	82	WD	WD
Bradford	Thomas	Championship	82	WD	WD
Adam	Cioth	Championship	83	WD	WD
Chase	Flanigan	Championship	85	WD	WD
Jerry	Ledzinski	Championship	79	WD	WD
Alexander	Schmitt	Championship	93	WD	WD
Jeff	Vetterick	Championship	WD		WD
Matt	Vukicevich	Championship	85	WD	WD
Net Division
First	Last	Division	R1	R2	Tot
Gary	Koshaba	Net	70	76	146
Noel	Rush	Net	76	76	152
Terry	Kelley	Net	78	75	153
Bill	Strahan	Net	78	76	154
Thomas	Baxes	Net	76	78	154
James	Marinello	Net	74	81	155
Justin	Moroyan	Net	79	76	155
Jim	Thurman	Net	81	75	156
James	Priscaro	Net	81	76	157
Bob	Sibbitt	Net	83	77	160
Jeff	Traweek	Net	82	78	160
Alan	Parker	Net	74	88	162
Tim	Morrisey	Net	85	77	162
Jeff	Kier	Net	88	75	163
Setsan	Suwansap	Net	79	87	166
Dave	Joenk	Net	85	82	167
Al	Richardson	Net	87	82	169
Scott	Henrikson	Net	82	88	170
Vic	Pectol	Net	88	82	170
Andrew	Brooks	Net	87	84	171
Charles	Murrin	Net	88	85	173
William	Thiercof	Net	92	83	175
Joe	Fay	Net	87	96	183
Jonathan	Bik	Net	94	94	188
Rob	McCourt	Net	80	WD	WD
Senior Division
First	Last	Division	R1	R2	Tot
Frank	Abbott	Senior Championship	73	77	150
Dave	Carroll	Senior Championship	74	77	151
Robert	Rowland	Senior Championship	81	74	155
Bob	Schoenherr	Senior Championship	77	79	156
Randy	Blankenbaker	Senior Championship	83	74	157
Herb	Jensen	Senior Championship	78	79	157
Joe	Zanassi	Senior Championship	79	79	158
Tony	Wilmer	Senior Championship	75	85	160
Stuart	Diamond	Senior Championship	76	84	160
Marshall	Raymer	Senior Championship	84	76	160
Earl	Stewart	Senior Championship	79	81	160
Dave	Curley	Senior Championship	83	79	162
Greg	O'Malley	Senior Championship	80	82	162
Tom	Lyons	Senior Championship	77	86	163
Dave	Stone	Senior Championship	84	79	163
Shelton	Washburn	Senior Championship	82	83	165
Ed	Anderson	Senior Championship	85	83	168
Frank	Ontiveros	Senior Championship	81	87	168
Vic	Shellenberg	Senior Championship	79	89	168
Bill	Foley	Senior Championship	80	90	170
Robert	Luff	Senior Championship	88	85	173
Daniel	Kidd	Senior Championship	87	96	183
Dave	Patty	Senior Championship	95	94	189
Jeff	Early	Senior Championship	77	DQ	DQ
Dell	Stortroen	Senior Championship	90	WD	WD
Ben	Whipple	Senior Championship	83	DQ	DQ

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