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Medalist and Defending Champion Ousted;
Past
Champion Richardson Advances
Bristol,
Va. – Medalist Bob Kulp and defending champion Greg Reynolds were eliminated
and 2001 champion Kemp Richardson advanced in the first round of match
play Monday at the 2003 USGA Senior Amateur Championship at The Virginian
Golf Club.
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| 2002
champion Greg Reynolds watches his shot from the fairway. He
lost in the first round. (USGA/Sam Greenwood) |
Kulp,
57, of Winston-Salem, N.C., was ousted by Preston Davis, 59, of San Juan
Capistrano, Calif., 3 and 2 in the day’s first match. Reynolds lost to
Fred Silver, 58, of Lewiston, N.Y., 3 and 2 and Richardson, of Laguna
Niguel, Calif., defeated Fred Rowland, of Leawood, Kan., 5 and 4.
“To
get here was a thrill,” said Davis, who was a national champion in track.
“Now to advance to the second round is just icing on the cake. It’s the
biggest thing I’ve ever done, which goes to show that my golfing career
isn’t all that fantastic.”
Davis,
who survived a 9-way playoff for match play after triple-bogeying his
last stroke play hole, birdied four of the first five holes to take a
2-up lead, which he increased to 4-up through nine holes. Kulp rallied
to narrow the gap to 2 holes with a winning birdie on the par-3 15 th
but lost the 16 th and the match with a bogey.
“(
Davis ) played really well,” Kulp, who set a USGA Senior Amateur stroke
play mark with a 66. “My driver, which is normally the strength of my
game, was off. I’m glad I don’t do this for a living. I’d be mad right
now. I’m sure I won’t be the only highly-seeded player who goes home (Monday).”
Kulp
proved accurate in his assessment as Reynolds, 56, of Grand Blanc, Mich.,
and two-time Walker Cup team member Marty West, 55, who was the fifth
seed, were defeated. West was edged by Gayle Sanchez, 55, of Baton Rouge,
La., 1 up.
“I
didn’t play as sharply as I would have hoped,” said Reynolds . “I had
several good chances at birdie but didn’t make one. He played consistently
and didn’t make a lot of mistakes and I did. It wasn’t a good day out
there.”
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| Preston
Davis defeated medalist Bob Kulp, 3 and 2. (USGA/Sam Greenwood) |
Bill
Ploeger, 62, of Columbus, Ga., the 1999 champion meets Gary Koprivica,
58, of Missoula, Mont., a quarterfinalist in 2002, in Tuesday’s second
round. Ploeger defeated Bill Howe, of La Quinta, Calif., Fla., 4 and 2
and, Koprivica beat Ken Forster, of Salem, Ore., 4 and 3.
Other
notables to advance were the second- and third-seeded players from
stroke
play: Mark Bemowski, 57, of Mukwonago, Wis. and Bruce Richards, 60, of
Bellevue, Wash., a member of the USGA Executive Committee.
The
oldest player in the match play field, Pete Parker, 69, of Winston-Salem,
N.C., advanced with a 2-up win over Robert Fouke, of Broken Arrow, Okla.
Play
continues Tuesday with the second and thirds round of match play and ends
with Thursday’s final round.
The
USGA Senior Amateur is one of 13 national championships conducted annually
by the Association, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs.
Bristol,
Va. – Results from Monday’s first round of match play at the 2003 USGA
Senior Amateur played at The Virginian Golf Club (6,914-yards, par 71):
Preston
Davis, San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (151) def. Robert Kulp, Winston-Salem,
N.C. (137), 3 and 2
Randy
Reifers, Columbus, Ohio (148) def. Bill Baloh, Herminie, Pa. (148), 2
and 1
Gaylord
Davis, Portland, Ore. (145) def. Charlie Post, Denver, Colo. (149), 2
up
Frank
Abbott, Napa, Calif. (146) def. Gary Verble, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (149),
19 holes
Bill
Ploeger, Columbus, Ga. (143) def. Bob Howe, La Quinta, Calif. (150), 4
and 2
Gary
Koprivica, Missoula, Mont. (149) def. Kenneth Forster, Salem, Ore. (146),
4 and 3
Edward
Craig, Orlando, Fla. (143) vs. Joseph Rogers, Sun City, Ariz., (150),
19 holes
Pete
Parker, Winston-Salem, N.C. (149) def. Robert Fouke, Broken Arrow, Okla.
(146), 2 up
David
Boesel, Winter Park, Fla. (141) def. Gerald Chatham Sr, Hernando, Miss.
(151), 3 and 1
John
Bracken III, West Hartford, Conn. (148) def. Mike Riley, San Diego, Calif.
(147), 4 and 3.
Alex
Tarumianz, Lookout Mountain, Tenn. (144) def. Mike Hilton, Muskego, Wis.
(150), 4 and 2
Robert
Morris, Great Falls, Va. (146) def. William Dreibelbis, Freeport, Ill.
(149), 4 and 3
Gayle
Sanchez, Baton Rouge, La. (151) def. Martin West, Rockville, Md. (141),
1 up
H
Andy Wall, Tyler, Texas (148) def.Tom Hackett, Richmond, Va. (147), 20
holes
Stephen
Isaacs, Richmond, Va. (150) def. Bob Lutz, Jerome, Idaho (144), 19 holes
Sam
Farlow, Birmingham, Ala. (149) def. Randy Sonnier, Houston, Texas (146),
21 holes
Mark
Bemowski, Mukwonago, Wis. (138) def. Dave DeNezza, Greensburg, Pa. (151),
1 up
John
Peters, Muscatine, Iowa (148) def. Ronald Grove, Raleigh, N.C. (147),
3 and 2
Bob
Hullender, San Antonio, Texas (145) def. John French, Bloomfield Hills,
Mich. (149), 2 and 1
Rick
Smith, Crystal Lake, Ill. (149) def. Larry Barnacle, Pine Springs, Minn.
(146), 4 and 2
Robert
McIntyre, Westfield, N.J. (150) def. Spencer Sappington, Alpharetta, Ga.
(142), 2 and 1
Russ
Berkoben, Perrysburg, Ohio (147) def. Alexander Lindsey, Swampscott, Mass.
(149), 6 and 5
Fred
Silver, Lewiston, N.Y. (150) def. Greg Reynolds, Grand Blanc, Mich. (143),
3 and 2
Roy
Smethurst, England (146) def. Vic Hannon, Camden, S.C. (149), 2 and 1
Bruce
Richards, Bellevue, Wash. (139) def. Ron Ramsey, Big Fork, Mont. (151),
1 up
Patrick
McCabe, Jupiter, Fla. (148) def. Michael McCormick, Warwick, R.I. (147),
2 and 1
A.B.
Sisco, Pensacola, Fla. (150) def. Rob Thompson, Merced, Calif. (145),
2 and 1
John
Gibbs, Oneonta, Ala. (149) def. Bill Heldmar, Tulsa, Okla. (146), 1 up
Harcourt
Kemp, Louisville, Kent . (151) def. Alex Antonio, Bentleyville, Ohio (142),
1 up
Beecher
Metzger Jr, Venice, Fla. (147) def. Patrick Trowbridge, Tulsa, Okla. (148),
3 and 1
Kemp
Richardson, Laguna Niguel, Calif. (144) def, Fred Rowland, Leawood, Kan.
(150), 5 and 4
Jim
Lipe, Shreveport, La. (149) def. Marvin Giles III, Richmond, Va. (146),
19 up.
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