story by Don Jenkins

HAYMARKET, Virginia (July 29, 2009) -- Ted Smith of Wilkinson, IN, won the eleventh annual David King Senior Legends Invitational by one shot with a seven-under total of 209 (67-69-73).  The tournament was hosted by Evergreen CC in Haymarket, Virginia for the tenth straight year.

Smith, ranked third in the current Golfweek national senior rankings, executed a delicate up-and-down on the final hole to edge John Long (Centreville, VA, 71-69-70 - 210) and Bill Zylstra (Plymouth, MN, 70-71-69-210). Zylstra  is second in the national rankings.

Richmond, Virginia's Vinny Giles finished fourth with 211 (71-69-71 -211). Smith entered the final round with a two shot lead over two-time defending champion Jerry Hudgins (Kingwood, TX), four shots over Long and Giles and five over Zylstra.

After a bogey at the first Smith steadied himself with birdies at 3 and 6, turning in one-under 35. Smith's lead was three over Zylstra who turned in 33 and four over Long, who matched Smith's 35, and Hudgins, who double-bogeyed the second hole and turned in 37. Giles shot 38 on the front and fell seven back.  Smith bogeyed 14 and 17 coming in allowing Long and Zylstra an opportunity to catch him.  Zylstra, however, bogied 12 and double-bogeyed the 16th, eliminating his chances.  Long birdied No. 12 and found himself with a 20 footer on the last hole to tie which just missed right. Zylstra birdied 17 and 18 to tie Long. Giles made a run on the back as well with a 33 but fell two short. 

In the super senior Division, Stan Fischer of Richmond, VA, won by seven shots with six-under 210 (72-67-71).  Skip Juris (Dublin, OH) was second with 217.  Virginian's Charlie Jurgonis (Fairfax) and George Ownes (Virginia Beach) tied for 3rd with 218.

Final results follow:

	Seniors
Pos	Contestant	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Tot
1	Ted Smith	67	69	73	209
2	John Long	71	69	70	210
	Bill Zylstra	70	71	69	210
4	Vinny Giles	71	69	71	211
5	Jerry Hudgins	66	72	74	212
6	Peter Allen	73	72	70	215
	Charles Schimmin	73	68	74	215
8	John Hoffman	75	69	73	217
9	Ron Carter	76	71	71	218
	Jim Hays	72	74	72	218
	John Casstevens	74	70	74	218
	Paul Schlachter	71	70	77	218
13	Peter Van Ingen	71	76	72	219
14	Robert Albus	71	77	72	220
	Donald Jeanes	72	73	75	220
	James Wheeler	72	72	76	220
17	Bob Howe	73	73	75	221
	Ray Womach	73	72	76	221
19	Tom Grady	77	71	74	222
	Chip Ward	72	72	78	222
21	Gary Kirwan	75	76	72	223
	James Anthony	77	73	73	223
	Greg Mokler	74	75	74	223
	Pokey Buchanan	72	74	77	223
25	Charles Bagby	69	81	74	224
	John Armstrong	73	74	77	224
27	Joe Pavoni	76	78	71	225
	Tim Vigotsky	75	76	74	225
	Dave LeClere	76	73	76	225
	Bill Lawler	74	75	76	225
	Stan Abytko	71	78	76	225
32	Bill Engel	77	75	74	226
	John Price	75	72	79	226
34	Mike Weiner	75	79	73	227
	Jeff Nemoytin	73	79	75	227
36	Lynn Wessman	71	77	80	228
37	Larry Den	77	72	80	229
38	Ross Robinson	78	78	74	230
	Mark Schechter	75	81	74	230
	James Castagna	81	73	76	230
41	David Sibley	80	74	77	231
	Roy Holloway	73	79	79	231
	Robert Gardiner	78	73	80	231
44	Leo Langan	76	81	76	233
	Stephen Fay	74	79	80	233
46	Kim Mansfield	74	77	83	234
47	George Kapetanakis	79	81	75	235
48	Richard Hubbard	75	87	74	236
	Joseph Cordaro	74	80	82	236
50	Eddie Litten	85	75	77	237
	Dan Tate	79	78	80	237
52	John Osborne	79	78	81	238
53	James Cecchini	82	78	79	239
54	Thomas Pomroy	84	80	78	242
55	Jerry Estep	79	80	84	243
56	Jeff Coffman	79	81	84	244
	J.P. Leigh	80	72	WD
	Charles Horner	77	79	WD
	Rober Macwhinnie	78	82	WD
	Super-Seniors
Pos	Contestant	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Tot
1	Stan Fischer	72	67	71	210
2	Skip Juris	72	75	70	217
3	Charlie Jurgonis	76	71	71	218
	George Owens	72	72	74	218
5	John Vardaman	75	72	72	219
	Bill Stallings	73	74	72	219
	Roger Pitkin	72	72	75	219
8	Jay Howson	76	71	73	220
	Richard Anderson	71	75	74	220
10	Tom Flory	76	71	74	221
11	Charles Persinger	72	74	76	222
12	Richard Suggs	73	76	74	223
	Richard Tatum	75	73	75	223
	Walt Martin	69	75	79	223
15	Jeff Belfore	74	75	75	224
	Walter Anderson	75	73	76	224
	Yancey Ford	72	74	78	224
18	Taylor Jennings	72	77	76	225
	Charles Busbee	74	74	77	225
20	William Kuhlmann	78	73	75	226
	David Stewart	76	75	75	226
	Donald Valcheff	77	72	77	226
23	Mills Rendell	76	72	78	226
24	David King	76	77	74	227
	Robert Schmid	75	76	76	227
26	Bill Erwin	79	73	76	228
27	Daryl McClendon	78	77	75	230
	Jack Forbes	78	76	76	230
	Gerry Barnett	74	76	80	230
	Henry Kerfoot	70	79	81	230
31	Nick Kirkland	77	76	78	231
32	Bob Moyers	81	78	73	232
	Dan Pierre	80	77	75	232
	Chuck Smith	79	74	79	232
	Curtis Wagner	77	73	82	232
36	Robert Niemann	81	77	75	233
	Deane Hundley	76	81	76	233
	Bob Murphy	75	77	81	233
39	Curtis Fromal	76	80	78	234
	Michael Sanger	74	82	78	234
41	Ron Goldburg	81	78	77	236
	Ben Shadoan	75	78	83	236
43	Gary Lindberg	81	79	78	238
	Steve Smith	77	81	80	238
	Tommy Bates	81	75	82	238
46	Ed Gilbert	73	88	78	239
47	Jim Kite	75	83	83	241
48	Gunnar Bennett	83	85	75	243
	Gus Kozina	83	80	80	243
	Paul Cobb	79	82	82	243
	Terry Bracy	92	89	WD

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