Senior Amateur Tour

HOT WEATHER & HOT GOLFERS MARK SR. AMATEUR TOUR EVENT

Posted: 7/9/2010 9:26:50 AM

Seven Lakes, NC (July 8, 2010) - While temperatures soared to nearly 100 degrees at Seven Lakes Country Club during the Senior Amateur Tour event held here today, it didn't stop the four flight winners from some hot scoring of their own. Probably the most dramatic effort of the day was turned in by Durham's Brian Costine in the C Flight, who managed to post an 81, almost 11 full strokes lower than his Tour scoring average of 91.7. "I scrambled around and got it up and down a bunch today", explained Costine when asked how he managed to go so low. As it turned out, he needed a special effort to get the win as Mt. Gilead's Jerry Williams also turned in one of his best Tour efforts with an 83. Two-time National Tour Championship Flight winner Alan Dirk of Sanford posted an even-par 72 to claim the top spot in the event. The steady Tour veteran wound up with a comfortable 5-stroke margin of victory over Greensboro's Lawrence Hicks, who was playing in only his 2nd Tour event. Another 1st-year Tour member, George Paris of Durham, won a closely contested A Flight competition with a 75 that was 1-stroke clear of both Clemmons' Doug Masters and Steve Smith of Apex. Not to be outdone, the top B Flight Tour members in the event also posted strong numbers, as Greensboro's Vic Robertson edged Pinehurst's Wayne Ricks by one - 78 to 79. THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR SEVEN LAKES COUNTRY CLUB EVENT TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (6,556 yds) Alan Dirk, Sanford 72 Lawrence Hicks, Greensboro 77 Ken Eichele, Pinehurst 78 Terry Collins, Pinehurst 80 Charles Smith, Greensboro 81 Chuck Wilkins, Pinehurst 81 A FLIGHT (6,154 yds) George Paris, Durham 75 Doug Masters, Clemmons 76 Steve Smith, Apex 76 Mike Smith, Lewisville 77 Terry Lewis, Albemarle 77 Wiley Barrett, Southern Pines 77 B FLIGHT (6,154 yds) Vic Robertson, Greensboro 78 Wayne Ricks, Pinehurst 79 Twig Avent, Durham 80 Terry Dearman, Greensboro 80 Mike Bradley, Pinehurst 81 C FLIGHT (6,154 yds) Brian Costine, Durham 81 Jerry Williams, Mt Gilead 83 John Crofts, Charlotte 85 Charles Gunn, Greensboro 88 Gary Chapman, Jamestown 88

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