FALLBROOK, Calif. (July 17, 2007)-- Everyone needs a bit of luck here and there, and when Daniel Wax of Pacific Palisades got a nice break on Hole 12 of the amateurgolf.com San Diego County Amateur, he made the most of it, making par and birdieing the next two holes.

He eventually finished up with a 3-under-par 69 that paired with his even-par first round gave him a two stroke victory over reigning California State Amateur champ Josh Anderson and Tim Cha of Chino Hills.

"I was trying to hit my 3-wood up the left side and I hit it a little too far and it got stuck in the hazard," said Wax of his adventure on 12. "I had a stick right behind my ball so I just tried to punch it out and hopefully it would slope down.

"I hit it a bit too high and it actually went through the tree perfectly and funneled down to 15-20 feet."

Wax went on to two-putt, then play the next six holes in 3-under fashion.

"Making par on that hole helped my momentum, I bounced back with two birdies in a row and at that point I felt like I was in contention," said Wax.

In the relatively small Senior Division, the first three finishers wound up coming from the final group, with Gene Medlock of Westlake Village posting the low round of the tournament by three strokes with a 75.

"He played really solid all day," said first round leader Lloyd Sappington, who hung close with Medlock on their first nine before a two shot swing at No. 1 (their 10th hole) where Medlock made birdie to Sappington's bogey. In third place was Oceanside's Jim Myers.

Among Net Division players the question was -- with first round leader Dale Frank of Manhattan Beach slipping to a net 70 -- who wants to grab this title? No one was able to, giving Frank his first victory in an amateurgolf.com event.

"I did my best to lose it," said Frank. "But we didn't cooperate with you," replied Bill Easley.

*** Tournament Notes ***

Taking one for the team
- Matt Ouimet not only has the best golfing last name going, he also stands tall on the course. On the 9th hole today, his playing partner pulled his tee shot into the 10th fairway and hit a blind shot over the trees that bounced once and caught Ouimet right on the chin while he was purchasing a beverage from the cart girl.

"Lucky for him it hit me," quipped Ouimet, who fortunately did not require stitches. "It saved his ball from going into the hazard."

Acemaker:
- Erick Thorson of Westlake Village aced the 5th hole today, but the first round co-leader had mixed feelings about his second round score. "That was the only under par score on the card," he said.


Score one for the Bridgestone B330-S:
- Dale Frank recently joined amateurgolf.com's Premium Plus membership, which includes a dozen of the latest model B330 Tour balls from Bridgestone. He put the balls in play in this event, recording the first victory for an amateurgolf.com logo ball from Bridgestone! (visit http://www.amateurgolf.com/login.asp) if you need to renew your membership, and chose "Premium Plus" to get the balls and a cool Bridgestone hat).

Final results from the amateurgolf.com San Diego County Amateur, played at The Golf Club of California, follow:

- Championship: 6850 yards, par 72
- Senior Championship, and Net: 6497 yards, par 72

	CHAMPIONSHIP
	First Name	Last Name	City	State	Rd1	Rd2	Tot	Prize *
1	Daniel	Wax	Pacific Palisades	CA	72	69	141	$500
T2	Josh	Anderson	Murrieta	CA	75	68	143	$350
T2	Tim	Cha	Chino Hills	CA	72	71	143	$350
T4	Brian	Kim	Yorba Linda	CA	70	75	145	$183
T4	Adam	Porzak	Poway	CA	71	74	145	$183
T4	Erick	Thorson	Westlake Village	CA	70	75	145	$183
7	Kris	Butkys	Thousand Oaks	CA	74	73	147	$125
T8	Evan	Derian	Manhattan Beach	CA	75	73	148	$91
T8	Ramie	Sprinkling	Davis	CA	74	74	148	$91
T8	Tyler	Weir	Carlsbad	CA	72	76	148	$91
T11	Alex	Bon	Santa Monica	CA	75	75	150	$56
T11	Gene	Bondoc	Quezon City	Philippines	76	74	150	$56
T11	Anthony	Fernando	Zanboanga	Philippines	71	79	150	$56
T11	Chad	Vivolo	Carmel	CA	73	77	150	$56
T15	Michael Eric	Bibat	Paranaque City	Philippines	71	80	151	$25
T15	Andrew	Cortez	Murrieta	CA	78	73	151	$25
	Michael	Alejandro	Manila	Philippines	76	76	152
	Keith	Arendsee	Rancho Santa Fe	CA	76	76	152
	Miles	Thorson	Thousand Oaks	CA	76	76	152
	Rhett	Colbrese	San Diego	CA	76	77	153
	Bo	DeHuff	Coto De Caza	CA	75	78	153
	Mike	Reese	Apple Valley	CA	76	77	153
	Colin	Featherstone	Fallbrook	CA	75	79	154
	E.J.	Kahn	Los Angeles	CA	81	73	154
	Matthew	Ouimet	Coto De Caza	CA	76	78	154
	Bryan	Sheridan	Rancho Santa Fe	CA	76	78	154
	David	Staszko	San Jose	CA	75	80	155
	Dante	Becierra	Davao City	Philippines	78	78	156
	Scott	Clayton	San Bernardino	CA	76	80	156
	Jay	Bayron	Davao City	Philippines	80	77	157
	Paul	Rice	Redlands	CA	76	82	158
	Austin	Alfonso	Westlake Village	CA	75	84	159
	Kevin	Fitzgerald	Riverside	CA	78	82	160
	Nicholas	Giordano	San Diego	CA	81	79	160
	Ryan	Bailey	San Diego	CA	85	77	162
	Scotty	Pena	Encinitas	CA	81	81	162
	Joel	Fieri	San Diego	CA	81	82	163
	John	Gilles	Santa Barbara	CA	83	81	164
	Mark	Corley	San Diego	CA	84	82	166
	Ryan	Ehrlich	Victorville	CA	84	82	166
	Ron	Siskey	Grover Beach	CA	83	83	166
	Jay	Surface	San Dimas	CA	82	84	166
	Eugene	Bunyi	Pasig	Philippines	85	82	167
	Johnny	Ferreira	San Diego	CA	84	83	167
	Kurt	Erikson	Carlsbad	CA	86	85	171
	Andrew	Fitzgerald	Seal Beach	CA	90	81	171
	Dustin	Schweitzer	Tarzana	CA	86	85	171
	Brett	Mamer	Brawley	CA	90	82	172
	Keith	Ward	Moreno Valley	CA	85	89	174
	Todd	Stires	Murrieta	CA	78	dns	dns
	John	Lorenzo	Laguna Hills	CA	80	dns	dns
	Scott	Schachter	Rolling Hills Est	CA	81	dq	dq
	Cameron	DeVries	Goleta	CA	83	dns	dns
	Ali	Siam	Westlake Village	CA	84	dns	dns
	Andy	Chao	San Diego	CA	85	dns	dns
	Alan	Monroe	Carpinteria	CA	88	dns	dns
	Daniel	Shin	Artesia	CA	88	dns	dns
	Anthony	Loiacono	San Diego	CA	89	dns	dns
	Robb	Hernandez	Whittier	CA	90	dns	dns
	SENIOR
Pos	First Name	Last Name	City	State	Rd1	Rd2	Tot	Prize
1	Eugene	Medlock	Westlake Village	CA	80	75		$140
2	Lloyd	Sappington	Rancho Santa Fe	CA	78	82		$80
3	Jim	Myers	Oceanside	CA	80	82		$60
	Jay	Featherstone	Fallbrook	CA	85	78
	Ted	Safford	San Diego	CA	83	81
	Dave	Patty	Newport Coast	CA	84	81
	Greg	McMaster	Temecula	CA	w/d
	NET		(scores are Net)
Pos	First Name	Last Name	City	State	Rd1	Rd2	Tot	Prize
1	Dale	Frank	Manhattan Beach	CA	70	78	148	$175
T2	Andre	Fitzpatrick	La Mesa	CA	77	76	153	$93
T2	David	Igata	Corona del Mar	CA	82	71	153	$93
	Steve	Erlinger	Corona Del Mar	CA	82	75	157
	William	Easley	Hesperia	CA	80	78	158
	Matt	Michaels	hidden hills	CA	88	74	162
	Iain	Barclay	San Francisco	CA	82	82	164
	Daniel	Shaw	Aliso Viejo	CA	82	91	173
	Scott	Henrikson	Carlsbad	CA	95	84	179
* Note: All prizes are paid in proshop credit at The Golf Club of California. If you did not spend your credit after the tournament, you may come to the course or call 760-451-3737. Your credit is held on account under your name in their computer system. Thank you.

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