ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Jan. 5, 2008)-- Hudson Johnson of Longview, Texas narrowly broke out of a tie with Bryce Ledford of Ooltewah, Tennessee at the New Year's Invitational, held at the St. Petersburg Country Club, as the two players who entered the third round tied posted rounds of 67 and 68 respectively. Several other players remain within striking distance -- Bud Cauley of Jacksonville (211) and Charles Ford (213) have both posted scores in the 60's in the last two rounds.

Doug Root now leads by 10 strokes in the senior division after carding a third-day score of even-par 72, and Jonathan Mathias of San Antonio, Texas has a 5-stroke lead over Duke Butler of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida in the Mid-Am Division.

Full results follow from the 6718-yard, par-72 St. Petersburg Country Club:

CHAMPIONSHIP
PLAYER		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	TOT
Johnson	Hudson	70	72	67	209
Ledford	Bryce	72	70	68	210
Cauley	Bud	74	69	68	211
Ford	Charlie	75	69	69	213
Hale	Stephen	72	74	68	214
Strickler	Will	70	75	69	214
Uihlein	Peter	73	73	70	216
Von Borsig	Conrad	72	73	71	216
Smith	Wills	71	75	71	217
Curran	Jon	72	73	72	217
Kennedy	Chris	72	73	72	217
Pettitt	Philip	72	73	72	217
Coconis	Bo	74	74	70	218
Martin	Alex	74	74	70	218
Fuchigami	Takeshi	74	73	71	218
Winings	Andy	73	73	72	218
Hoffman	Matt	71	75	72	218
Cole	Spencer	80	72	67	219
Mathias	Jonathan	73	76	70	219
Brandon	Seth	72	76	71	219
Wilson	Peter	73	72	74	219
Mount	Jonathan	74	70	75	219
Brown	Tyler	71	74	75	220
Whalen	Billy	75	75	71	221
Jensen	Michael	73	77	71	221
Barr	Cale	72	73	76	221
Holmes	David	72	72	77	221
Barlow	Zach	75	76	71	222
Mathiassen	Thomas	75	74	73	222
May	Justin	76	74	73	223
Duthie	John	74	76	73	223
Barbosa	Mike	75	74	74	223
Yamane	Kent	73	76	74	223
Main	Gregor	77	77	70	224
Butler	Duke	81	71	72	224
Schmidt	David	75	74	75	224
Mindirgasov	Andrey	72	77	75	224
Cosat	Ross	76	72	76	224
Dennis	Jeff	76	79	70	225
Mullhaupt	Nick	78	75	72	225
Reardon	William	78	74	73	225
Bunn	Brandon	75	75	75	225
Smith	Craig	77	71	77	225
McConnell	Miles	73	75	77	225
Rhodes	Andrew	79	76	71	226
Smith	Nicholas	84	70	72	226
Meier	Justin	79	75	72	226
Smith	Thomas	75	77	74	226
McAndrew	David	75	75	76	226
Galloway	Matthew	81	76	70	227
Coxe	Travis	78	77	72	227
Belden	Brian	77	76	74	227
Parker	Tommy	78	74	75	227
Downs	Eric	71	80	76	227
Gleixner	Robert	81	74	73	228
Kania	James	77	77	74	228
Yow	Scott	78	81	70	229
Nix	Morgan	78	75	76	229
Blann	Jordan	82	75	73	230
Kerper	Richard	78	78	74	230
Fowler	David	77	78	75	230
Ralph	Travis	78	76	76	230
Troy	Donnie	80	76	75	231
Keane	Jonathan	77	79	75	231
Leppo	Josh	78	76	77	231
Coontz	Thad	76	81	75	232
Brant	Mark	79	75	78	232
Shaw	Brent	84	76	73	233
Gandy	Jason	81	79	73	233
Beehler	John	81	79	73	233
Stough	Kyle	78	81	74	233
Lewis	Sam	77	79	77	233
Thorson	Erick	78	84	72	234
Fox	John	76	81	77	234
Ebert	John	82	74	78	234
Baldwin	Spencer	77	79	78	234
Young	Michael	84	76	75	235
Bellville	Ben	79	80	76	235
Mullhaupt	Chris	79	78	78	235
Boggini	Andy	79	78	78	235
Fiedler	Trevor	80	78	78	236
Robinson	Zach	79	86	72	237
Eggimann	Bobby	78	78	81	237
White	Lee	85	77	76	238
Imura	Kazuki	81	77	80	238
Volpenhein	Alex	77	81	80	238
Pike	Brandon	85	77	78	240
McMahon	Conor	87	83	71	241
Sierra	Stewart	84	78	79	241
Clark	Calvin	85	75	81	241
Davis	Amory	81	79	82	242
Fuqua	Ben	87	78	78	243
Jensen	Chris	81	83	79	243
Wolfe	Freddy	80	82	81	243
Hare	Ransom	82	86	76	244
Park	Paul	94	76	75	245
Barker	Kirk	88	78	79	245
Weaver	Ross	83	85	78	246
Merrell	Kodi	79	87	80	246
Dumala	Daniel	87	78	82	247
Ford	Phil	83	77	87	247
Ruel	Daniel	82	86	80	248
Cuitino	Ryan	76	87	85	248
Sweany	Michael	85	81	86	252
Powell	Phil	81	85	87	253
Holmes	Michael	83	93	82	258
Patwari	Abe	95	78	86	259
Quintessenza	Jim	90	88	87	265
Mesagno	Bruce	87	86	92	265
Kennedy	John	88	92	89	269
Martino	Rich	102	90	95	287
Billings	Greg	98	94	97	289
Byrd	James	86	75	WD	WD
Freeman	Hagen	112	101	WD	WD
Lorenzano	Joe	94	WD	WD	WD
Melnyk	Dalton	80	WD	WD	WD
SENIOR DIVISION
PLAYER		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	TOT
Root	Doug	78	72	73	223
Holbrook	Jim	79	77	77	233
Hope	Richard	80	77	77	234
McBride	Sandy	79	79	78	236
Dollenberg	Eric	81	77	79	237
Williams	Dennis	86	84	79	249
Douglass	Bob	86	84	82	252
Goff	Daley	86	84	82	252
DeMott	Ken	88	85	80	253
Roark	Earl	87	83	86	256
Gerometta	Paul	85	92	82	259
Hess	Bruce	90	85	85	260
Lucente	Vinny	91	91	82	264
Bartoszek	Don	91	88	85	264
Wharton	Bob	94	89	89	272
MID-AM DIVISION
PLAYER		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	TOT
Mathias	Jonathan	73	76	70	219
Butler	Duke	81	71	72	224
Schmidt	David	75	74	75	224
McConnell	Miles	73	75	77	225
Yow	Scott	78	81	70	229
Kerper	Richard	78	78	74	230
Coontz	Thad	76	81	75	232
Shaw	Brent	84	76	73	233
Beehler	John	81	79	73	233
Lewis	Sam	77	79	77	233
Boggini	Andy	79	78	78	235
Eggimann	Bobby	78	78	81	237
Sierra	Stewart	84	78	79	241
Barker	Kirk	88	78	79	245
Weaver	Ross	83	85	78	246
Ford	Phil	83	77	87	247
Sweany	Michael	85	81	86	252
Powell	Phil	81	85	87	253
Quintessenza	Jim	90	88	87	265
Mesagno	Bruce	87	86	92	265
Kennedy	John	88	92	89	269
Martino	Rich	102	90	95	287
Billings	Greg	98	94	97	289
Freeman	Hagen	112	101	WD	WD
Melnyk	Dalton	80	WD	WD	WD

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