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Klabunde garners top draw
They came from the north and from the south and points east. But nobody dislodged Kevin Klabunde from his top qualifying spot Wednesday in the regular men's draw of the 70th Southern Oregon Golf Tournament. Klabunde shot a 3-under par 69 in Tuesday's local qualifying round at Rogue Valley Country Club and then sat back while the out-of-town players took their turn. When the final divot settled Wednesday, Klabunde's score stood firm, placing the medalist on the opposite end of the 64-man bracket from defending champion Brooks Newsom as match-play begins today. Newsom didn't have to qualify, but shot a practice round of 67 Tuesday. Newsom is matched against Bob Kellington today, while Klabunde goes up against Raef Lillesve. Klabunde is a two-time junior-senior men's champion, but will this finally be the year he walks off the winner of the big draw? "It's nice to still be playing Monday," Klabunde said Wednesday evening. "It's tough to win, regardless of the division. You just can't have a bad day and win like you can in stroke play." The 45-year-old Klabunde has bounced back and forth between the regular and junior-senior divisions since 1996, the first time he moved up the age-ladder. "I take a lot of abuse from my friends when I go up," says Klabunde. "After winning in '96 I said `OK, I'm going back."' Brad Bills ousted Klabunde in the 1997 quarterfinals, 6 and 5. "After Bills beat me, I went dragging my tail behind me back to the junior-seniors in 1998 and I'll probably go back next year with my tail between my legs." Not, however, as long as his putting stays sharp. "I hit a lot of greens," Klabunde says. "The difference between my good scores and the bad is my putting." Tommy Smith, the 1989 champion, and Rick Dimick, who each shot 71s Tuesday, had the next best qualifying scores with Bills, the 1993 champ, Kelly Owen, Craig Knips, Doug Luther and Mike Spiegel carding 74s. Doug Ward, who sandwiched a championship in between Klabunde's titles, shot a 73 Wednesday to match Greg Miller for medalist honors in the junior-senior division. Ward made the turn at 37 and came home in 36. Bob Cox, the 1995 champion had an 82. John Dunkin paced senior qualifying with a 75 Wednesday, two strokes better than last year's runner-up Bob Harrell shot Tuesday. Bob Buck, who won the junior-senior title in 1973, carded a 78. Hal Light, a junior-senior winner in 1979 and 1982, registered an 86. With defending women's champion Laura Tennant bypassing the tournament, a potential final between two local players was set up in Wednesday's qualifying. Grants Pass' Amanda Nealy, the 1992 winner, shot nines of 27 and 28 to claim medalist honors. Three strokes back was Medford's Reena Eklund, who won her second straight Rogue Valley Stroke Play title Sunday at Cedar Links. After a rough front nine of 41, she came back with a 37 for a 78 total.Heather Holte, the 1996 champ, had an 82. Gayle Jantzer, playing in her first senior women's competition, took medalist honors with a 42-45--87. Jantzer advanced to the quarterfinals in regular women's play a year ago. Wednesday's qualifying scores REGULAR MEN Doug Luther 74, Michael Spiegel 74, Ian Parent 75, Michael McCann 75, Ryan Schaefer 76, Scott Swendiman, 77, Ted Stark 77, Noah Schwartz 80, Stephen Wood 81, Mark Decker 81, Greg Findley 82, Mike Finnell 82, Dick Condon 83, Brent Orrico 83, Jerry Sessions 84, Ron Siegrist 84, Bruce McDonald 85, David Luther 85, Bob Kellington 86, Raef Lillesve 86, Rick Nelson 87, Darrell Hunt 87, Daryn Clark 88, John Adair 88, Larry Miller 89, Rich Setzler 89, Terry Newsom 89. Mike Munden 90, Gard Brooks 90, Hal Hartzell Jr. 90, Andy Luther 90, Kevin Agguire 90. Kevin Jones 90, Jon Woods 90, Gary Sterton 90, Jon Ausland 92, Steve Hartzell 92, Derek Schweitzer 93, Dave Mettler 93, John Decker 94, Jeff Stirewalt 96, Thomas Leach 95, Tim Gallagher 95, Jim Hauck 95, Roger Colwell 95, Will Ferguson 96, Kevin Tucker 96, Scott Sterton 97, Matt Van Sant 97. Philip Raykovich, 100, Dan Petrocchi 102, Patrick Brockie 103, Frank Holminiski 105, Michael Tucker 105, , Alan Cartwright 105, Gary McDonald 105, Rob Burke 105, Jim Stormo 108, Curtis McGrew 109, Michael Carufel Sr. 109, John Snyder 112, Mike Marken 116, Rob Hauck 116. JUNIOR-SENIOR Doug Ward 73, Jerry Cochrane 76, Dan Gambe 77, Gary Kaufman 77, Tom Deatherage 77, James McCabe Jr. 78, Fred Gilleland 78, Jake Watkins 79, Arnold Lockwood 79, Gary Loeb 80, Gary Wood 80, Jim Towns 80, Ted Decker 81, Ric Metzger 82, Dave Shellhorn 82, Jim Hansen 82, Mark Binegar 84, Scott Mayfield 86, Carl Hanson 86, Brad Heilman 87, Michael Maier 87, Vaughn Schneider 87, Scott McGeary 88, Don Hutchison 88. Kirk Straw 90, Wendall Towe 90, John Barnes 91, Chris Wetle 92, Tom Groves 92, James Baumoel 92, Jeff Benson 93, Bill Heyerman 93, Jodie Griffin 94, Wayne Logemann 95, Ralph Perry 95, Mark Orrico 96, Michael Farthing 97, Steve Skinner 99. Chuck Carnese 101, Kurt Boyd 104, John Barker 108, Greg Swank 111, Don Lesh 114. SENIOR John Dunkin 75,Dale Lingenbrink 78, Don Rose 79, David Rongerude 80, Steve Ausland 80, Mike Morris 82, Gary Stein 82, Tom Hoagland 83, John Annin 84, Larry Brown 84, Bruce McDonald Sr. 85, Hal Light 86, Roger Winslow 86, Dean Keller 87, Dick Sorenson 87, Jim Johnson 88, Chuck Miller 88, Jerry Dillen 88, Glenn Lund 88, Jerry Adams 88, Bill Hoagland 90, Dennis McManus 90, James Nixon 90, Howard Phearson 90, Jay Gum 92, Steve Goodrich 92, Tom Pantich 92, Harvey Myers 92, Bill Keenan 92, Rod Adams 93, David Mansfield 94, Clarence Primasing 94, Ted Hughes 95, Pete Puljan 95, Mitch Buich 96, Phil Austin 97, Gene Primasing 97, Rick Harding 97, John Root 98, Don McCullough 98, Burt Williams 99, Tony Decker 99, Kenneth Gilmore 100, Ben Watrus 104, Bob Bassett 104, Ronald Van Vleet 105, James McCabe Sr. 107, Scott Milne 113. REGULAR WOMEN Amanda Nealy 75, Reena Eklund 78, Jennifer Ausland 79, Luneta Ah Sam 80, Heather Holte 82, Carmen Akins 83, Linda Edwards 85, Trina Rasmussen 85, Laura Pinkham 87, Kristin Couch 88, Linda Johnson 89. Bogey Loyd 90, Maureen McFaddin 90, Denise Benson 92, Tracie Armitage 93, Judy Lockwood 94, Barbara Pinkham 95, Alison Myers 97, Carol Fischer 98, Demi Waliser 99. Anne Reynolds 100, Diane Tucker 103, Kim Brockie 105, Judy Plummer 108, Margaret Kilroy 108, Katie Doyle 111, Becky Barry 112, Donna Dixon 112, Lela Larkin 114, Gloria Tyson 115, Jan Madsen 117, Barbara Stormo 12.5. SENIOR WOMEN Gayle Jantzer 87, Lynda Adams 90, Chris Howe 91, Norma Luther 92, Vicki Moffatt 93, Barbara Hanson 94, Brenda Hill 95, Nancy McDonald 96, Ruth Walker 98, Doris Grosch 98, Sandra Lingerbrink 99. Carolyn Kennedy 100, Carol Jones 100, Ann Roberts 102, Yvonne McIvor 102, Jerry McCann 102, Renee Nieto 103, Coral Edwards 104, Shirley Murphy 104, Helen Pantich 104, Hollis Petrochhi 108, Barb Field 108, Muriel Muenzel 109, Yvonne Schlafke 113, Jany Buich 115, Casey Mitchell 116, Helen Jones 128, Eva Lund 128. |
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