Amateur Match: ACCIDENT-PRONE KELLY TOPS STATE AM GOLF QUALIFIER
Jerry Kelly shot a 2-under par 70 Monday morning in a driving rain storm at Blackhawk Country Club and thrust himself into the favorite's role in the Wisconsin State Golf Association's amateur match play tournament.That was the easy part for the Maple Bluff golfer. The hard part for Kelly is whether he'll stay healthy during the next three days so he can contend for the championship.C'mon, you say. What could possibly happen to a...
Amateur Match: Atlanta champ Dorchinecz shoots for PGA
He had been pondering the idea for quite some time. Now, after picking up his second statewide amateur title in Georgia, MATT DORCHINECZ has made up his mind.Dorchinecz, a 1996 Taylorville High School graduate who played collegiate golf at NCAA Division II Kennesaw State, recently won the Atlanta Amateur Match Play Championship. That followed his Georgia Public Links Championship two years ago. Now, the 26-year-old Dorchinecz believes he's ready to pursue something bigger....
Amateur Match: SALLAZ NEEDS PLAYOFF TO ADVANCE TO FINALS DEFENDING KANSAS AMATEUR CHAMP WILL FACE COREY NOVASCONE OF WICHITA TODAY.
Can anyone derail defending champion Marty Sallaz?Newton's Brad Davis nearly did Saturday in the semifinals of the Kansas Amateur Match Play Championship on Crestview Country Club's south course.But Davis, a sophomore at the University of Kansas, let Sallaz back in the match by missing an eight-foot putt on the 18th hole. Sallaz, of Overland Park, birdied the second playoff hole to win. And so Sallaz moves again to the finals of Kansas' most...
Amateur Match: BIETERMAN IN DRIVER'S SEAT,
Defending champion reaches quarterfinals
KETTERING - Bob Riggleman's plan to upset David Bieterman in the City Men's Amateur Match Play Championship seemed to be off to a great start Thursday morning when he parked a sand wedge three feet from the cup on the first hole at Community Golf Course.If Riggleman thought he had the defending champion on his heels, the notion was quickly dispelled when Bieterman knocked in a six-foot birdie putt before Riggleman could sink his 3-footer. Bieterman, a 20-year-old...