Pittsboro, NC (July 24, 2014) - Johnny Adams of Cary was trying to win his second Senior Amateur Golf Tour event in a row today at Chapel Ridge Golf Club. After firing a 70 last week at Greensboro Country Club on the Farm Course for the victory in the Championship Flight, his 72 today was one stroke short of Craig Sturdivant's effort.
Sanford's Sturdivant, no stranger to the winner's circle "on-Tour", posted 4 birdies during the round. It was his 5th victory of the season in 12 starts. This win also enabled him to lengthen his lead in the season-long Championship Flight Points Standings race.
While Adams and Sturdivant were fighting it out in the Championship Flight, the lowest score of the entire event actually belonged to Raleigh's Rick LaFata with a 2-under 70 in the A Flight. LaFata was 2 shots clear of McLeansville's Ron Brady. "This makes two weeks running that the A Flight winner has posted a lower score than the Championship Flight", said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "It just goes to show that in golf, anything can happen on a given day".
The low scores continued in the B Flight with Pinehurst's Ed Zieglar and Durham's Jerry Widdowson both shooting 74s during regulation play. Zieglar emerged the winner in the ensuing sudden-death playoff with a par on the first extra hole.
The good play of Raleigh residents continued in the C Flight with Richard Glick equaling his career low Tour effort with an 80 that was four shots clear of a trio of members: Greensboro's Len Bullock, Elby Hatfield of Archdale, and Sophia's Dennis Bryant.
Next week's event takes the Tour to Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro on Thursday, July 31. That event is currently sold out.
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
CHAPEL RIDGE GOLF CLUB EVENT
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6500 yds)
Craig Sturdivant, Sanford 71
Johnny Adams, Cary 72
Allen Lee, Pinehurst 74
Joey Moffitt, High Point 74
Arch Reed, Pinehurst 75
A FLIGHT (6500 yds)
Rick LaFata, Raleigh 70
Ron Brady, McLeansville 72
Don Moore, Raleigh 73
Chuck Taubersmith, Pinehurst 75
Gus Alford, Zebulon 75
B FLIGHT (6202 yds)
Ed Zieglar, Pinehurst 74
Jerry Widdowson, Durham 74
Chuck Smith, Sanford 75
Harry Mosher, Knightdale 77
Jim Tesch, Raleigh 77
C FLIGHT (6202 yds)
Richard Glick, Raleigh 80
Len Bullock, Greensboro 84
Elby Hatfield, Archdale 84
Dennis Bryant, Sophia 84
Billy Lunsford, Spring Lake 85
Donald Brown, Kernersville 85
Doug Harvey, Knightdale 85