Senior Amateur Tour

2 FROM ZEBULON GRAB SENIOR TOUR WINS

Posted: 7/10/2009 10:35:46 AM

Seven Lakes, NC (July 9, 2009) - Zebulon, a cozy suburb of Raleigh, NC, is becoming the "Home of Champions" on the Harris Teeter Senior Amateur Golf Tour. At the Seven Lakes Country Club event held here today, two golfers who call Zebulon home walked away with victories in their respective flights. In addition, both accomplished the feat with flair, winning in sudden death playoffs. Brent Massey finished tied with Pinehurst's Chuck Taubersmith after regulation play after both carded 1-under 71s on the 6,154 yard track. They both headed back to the 495 yard, par 5, 1st hole. Unfortunately for Taubersmith, his tee shot wound up in a waste bunker from which he hit his second shot out of bounds. When Massey was able to reach the green with a 5-iron in 2 strokes, Taubersmith conceded the win to the long hitter. Randy Bunn, who also calls Zebulon home, had car pooled with Massey to get to this event. He wanted to make sure he had something to brag about in the car on the way home as well, so he decided he'd win his playoff in the A Flight. After the original 18 holes of competition, on which both shot 75, Bunn found himself tied with Cathage's Gene Greenawalt. Just as their Championship counterparts did, they teed it up again on hole #1. The playoff may very well have ended right there as both had makeable birdie putts from inside ten feet but both missed, taking the playoff to the next hole. When Greenawalt, who had missed the green on the par-4 with his second shot, hit a poor chip and left himself a 20 ft putt, Bunn felt confident that a 2-putt par would do the trick for a win. He was right, as Greenawalt failed to can the 20 footer. Another Raleigh area Tour member, Tom West of Holly Springs also walked away with a win, as he took top honors in the B Flight. He was the only flight member to break 80 as his 79 left him 3-strokes clear of Mount Gilead's Jerry Williams who took second. As has been the case recently, the C Flight saw some low scoring as Youngsville's Jeff Brown had an 83 and finished one stroke ahead of two golfers - Tony Johnson and Mark Campanella, both from Greensboro. Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck said "As we do after every event, we'll be checking Tour Handicaps to ensure people are flighted correctly. Especially after seeing the impressive scores posted today". THE HARRIS TEETER SENIOR AMATEUR TOUR SEVEN LAKES COUNTRY CLUB EVENT TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (6,154 yds) Brent Massey, Zebulon 71 Chuck Taubersmith, Pinehurst 71 Ken Eichele, Pinehurst 73 Rick Luzar, Pinehurst 74 Terry Collins, Pinehurst 75 Milt deReyna, Hope Mills 75 A FLIGHT (6,154 yds) Randy Bunn, Zebulon 75 Gene Greenawalt, Carthage 75 Terry Lewis, Albemarle 76 Tom Fagerli, Yadkinville 76 Bob Rudolph, Raleigh 76 B FLIGHT (6,154 yds) Tom West, Holly Springs 79 Jerry Williams, Mt Gilead 82 Richard Gibson, Greensboro 83 Richard Pfister, Pittsboro 83 Rick Schliepsiek, West End 83 C FLIGHT (6,154 yds) Jeff Brown, Youngsville 83 Tony Johnson, Greensboro 84 Mark Campanella, Greensboro 84 Harold Booker, Raleigh 85 Ron Alligood, Advance 87 Gary Chapman, Jamestown 87

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