BERKELEY, Calif. (August 5, 2007) -- The final foursome of the Bay Regional Championship at Berkeley's Tilden Park had three players from the Philippine National Team and Scott Hardy of Pleasant Hill as the 4th. Trailing all three players (and the leader by 5) Hardy made a run for the title with the round of the day, a 68 on the tricky Tilden Park layout.

Hardy knew the title went to Jay Bayron of the Philippines (who fired a blazing 65 on Saturday) but didn't know he was three back.

"Oh, I was five shots back," joked Hardy. "I shouldn't have given you such a big lead."

Bayron shot a consistent 35-35 round of even par 70, capped off by a birdie on the last hole.

The temperature on Sunday was an amazing 40 degrees colder than Saturday's scorching 98 degrees. Bayron preferred the heat.

"Cold, foggy, and windy," said the 2006 Philippine Amateur champion, when describing his day.

In third place at 213 was Ferdinand Aunzo of The Philippines, while Chris Moreno-Hunt of Berkeley tied Michael Alejandro of The Philippines at 214 for fourth place.

Curtis Abbey of Portola Valley aced the fourth hole, a 143-yarder, with an 8-iron.

"I hit my best shot of the day there," said Abbey, who bought a few pitchers of beer for the players. "It landed 5 yards past the hole and spun back in."

Al Richardson won a cardoff with Barry Bhangoo for the Net title. Both players finished tied at 8-over 218.

Richardson was presented with a trophy, his proshop credit for the tournament, and a set of Bridgestone GC-Mid irons and hybrid club which he won in the recent amateurgolf.com contest.

"I didn't tell you when you called me on Wednesday evening that my birthday was Thursday," said Richardson. "It's been a pretty good week."

Although he went out in 49 on the front nine, Richardson played very solid golf on the back nine, including a 6-par run that got him right back on track.

"I was chipping like a madman," he said.

The Senior Division concluded on Saturday with Jim Williams defending his title at 10-over 150. (Williams' son Bryant, who plays for the University of Pennsylvania, made the Championship cut and finished tied for 9th.)

A note of thanks goes out to Tilden Park for hosting this event, and to the Tilden Park Men's Club for entrusting its future success to amateurgolf.com. Final results follow, from the 6294 yard, Par 70 Tilden Park Golf Course:

	CHAMPIONSHIP
Pos	Player	Hometown	R1	R2	R3	Tot
1	Jay Bayron	Philippines	71	65	70	206
2	Scott Hardy	Pleasant Hill, CA	70	71	68	209
3	Ferdinand Aunzo	Philippines	66	73	73	212
T4	Michael Alejandro	Manila, Philippines	72	69	73	214
T4	Chris Moreno-Hunt	Berkeley, CA	73	68	73	214
6	Anthony Fernando	Manila, Philippines	69	71	76	216
7	David Staszko	San Jose, CA	76	70	73	219
8	Bryan Moquin	Belmont, CA	75	72	74	221
T9	Bryant Williams	Orinda, CA	71	74	80	225
T9	H. Curtis Abbey II	Portola Valley, CA	75	71	79	225
	John Hasse	Berkeley, CA	74	72	81	227
	Gregg Button	Davis, CA	73	75	79	227
	Dominic Coccia	Sonoma, CA	74	74	79	227
	Justin Tambunting	Elk Grove, CA	75	73	81	229
	Eugene Bunyi	Philippines	74	74	82	230
	Cory Synnestvedt	Danville, CA	71	71	wd	wd
	Patrick Carrigan	Walnut, CA	72	76	wd	wd
	- - - cut - - -
	Eddie Newland	Piedmont, CA	75	74		149
	Michael Eric Bibat	Philippines	75	74		149
	Patrick Pernice	Oakland, CA	72	78		150
	Gene Bondoc	Phillipines,	73	77		150
	Tyler Evans	san anselmo, CA	74	76		150
	Andrew Tilton	San Mateo, CA	76	74		150
	Robert Goodwin	Atherton, CA	77	73		150
	Esan Geroux	Mill Valley, CA	75	76		151
	Les Johns	Moraga, CA	75	76		151
	Jason Stone	Antioch, CA	73	79		152
	Keith Schwartz	San Mateo, CA	74	78		152
	Daniel Coccia	Sonoma, CA	76	76		152
	Steven Cooney	San Rafael, CA	79	73		152
	Michael Fajardo	Lafayette, CA	76	77		153
	Logan Woodruff	Pacific Grove, CA	78	75		153
	Andrew Temple	Berkeley, CA	78	76		154
	Dante Becierra	Philippines	78	76		154
	James Donaldson	Berkeley, CA	75	80		155
	Aris Pope	Oakland, CA	77	78		155
	Reid Nonnenberg	Menlo Park, CA	82	74		156
	Ron Siskey	Grover Beach, CA	83	77		160
	Nick Jelovic	San Jose, CA	93	88		181
	Wayne McClintock	Palo Alto, CA	dns	dns		dns
	Neil Summers	Livermore, CA	73	wd		wd
	Donald Cox	Mountain View, CA	wd	wd		wd
	Penn Little	San Rafael, CA	wd	wd		wd
	SENIOR
Pos	Player	Hometown	R1	R2	R3	Tot
	Jim Williams	Orinda, CA	74	76		150
	Jay Guerin	Fremont, CA	76	75		151
	Rick Anderson	Clearwater, FL	74	81		155
	NET
Pos	Player	Hometown	R1	R2	R3	Tot
T1	Barry Bhangoo	Oakland, CA	72	70	76	218
T1	Al Richardson	Santa Clara, CA	71	70	77	218
3	James Murphy	San Francisco, CA	70	72	77	219
T4	Korsen Yu	Sunnyvale, CA	72	72	76	220
T4	Gregg Davidson	Rocklin, CA	65	76	79	220
6	Lyle Covino	San Francisco, CA	72	74	75	221
	- - - cut - - -
	Sunil Bhalla	Fremont, CA	74	74		148
	Kevin Smith	Martinez, CA	75	74		149
	Iain Barclay	San Francisco, CA	77	74		151
	Robert Vernon	San Francisco, CA	80	73		153
	Cary Lapidus	Berkeley, CA	76	80		156
	Jutta Beymer	angels camp, CA	80	79		159
	Scott Carelli	San Francisco, CA	80	81		161
	Paul Agriesti	Orinda, CA	79	84		163
	Tim Yager	San Jose, CA	85	84		169
	Matt Michaels	Hdden Hills, CA	80	dns		dns
	Nigel Harold	Alameda, CA	76	wd		wd

 

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