Alameda Commuters: Five tied for lead after Rd. 2

20 Apr 2008
see also: Alameda Commuters Golf Tournament, Corica Park - South Course
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Reigning SF City Champ tied for lead

ALAMEDA, Calif. (April 20, 2008)--The second weekend of play at the historic Alameda Commuters won't lack for excitement (we'll be there providing video coverage) as five golfers are currently tied for the lead after 36 holes of play.

But that may not even be the most exciting story.

Emily Childs, 17, fresh off a victory at the San Francisco City Championship, made the cut after firing consecutive 74's to sit at 148, ten strokes off the lead. It was the first time a woman has made the cut in the 80-year history of the tournament, and according to Tournament Commitee member Mike Maurice, it is the first time in Northern California history that a woman has made the cut in a tournament of this size.

The University of Colorado at Boulder-bound Childs sunk a 20-foot birdie putt on the 35th hole of the SF City championship match, which gave led to a 1-up victory over Dorothy Schwartz.

"This year I've been playing really well, everything that I've set out to do I've done," said Childs, who noted that her short game was especially strong over the weekend. "I wanted to win the San Francisco City and make the cut at the Alameda, so that was a big confidence booster.

"I've played in this tournament for the past two years, and I usually play golf with guys, so I wasn't that intimidated"

The reigning SF City men's champion, Martin Trainer, is also making waves at the Commuters after firing a second-round 67, combined with a 71 to join the logjam atop the leaderboard at 4-under 138.

Chris Marin, the winner of the amateurgolf.com California Mid-Amateur, joins Trainer, along with Walnut Creek's Sean DeMeter, Andrew Haggen of De La Salle HS and Cal-Berkley golfer Michael Jensen. Freddy Wolfe is a stroke off the pace at 139, while 11 other golfers are within four strokes.

Other notables include Rick Reinsberg, the champion in four of the past five years is at 145. Darryl Donovan and Ken Webb, both two-time Commuters champs, sit at 147 and 148, respectively.

Patrick Burda, son of former champ Jeff Burda is at 143, while Commuters Committee member Mark Merrigan finished at 147.

Full results from the 6339-yard, par-71 Chuck Corica Golf Complex Earl Frye Course follow:

Name	Rd.1	Rd.2	Tot.
DeMeter, Sean	69	69	138
Haggen, Andrew	72	66	138
Jensen, Michael	70	68	138
Marin, Chris	68	70	138
Trainer, Martin	71	67	138
Wolfe, Freddy	71	68	139
Swenson, Brian	69	71	140
Carson, Dennis	70	71	141
Dahl, Ian	72	69	141
Viboch, Brett	68	73	141
Chung, Steven	69	73	142
Ernst, Derek	72	70	142
Harkins, Brandon	77	65	142
Looper, Jamie	69	73	142
Sako, Nick	72	70	142
Tessler, Trent	70	72	142
Yamane, Kent	74	68	142
Burda, Patrick	70	73	143
Carson, Jonathan	72	71	143
Jojola, Domingo	75	68	143
Miller, Matt	72	71	143
Smith, Sam	72	71	143
Ichikawa, Tyler	74	70	144
Jensen, Chris	70	74	144
Koika, Aleksei	73	71	144
Biggadike, Andrew	75	70	145
Briones, Carlos	70	75	145
Grimes, Patrick	75	70	145
Hamm, Jeffery	72	73	145
Hexner, Devin	75	70	145
Mallin, Mark	70	75	145
Marin, Nicolas	71	74	145
Reinsberg, Rick	74	71	145
Hoffman, Kaz	77	69	146
Hovan, Matthew	71	75	146
Costanzo, Ralph	73	74	147
DeFrancesco, Michael	74	73	147
Donovan, Darryl	73	74	147
Garcia, Matthew	73	74	147
McClain, Kevin	77	70	147
Merrigan, Mark	73	74	147
Pienkos, Shaun	72	75	147
Smith, Paul	79	68	147
Travis, Taylor	72	75	147
Childs, Emily	74	74	148
Dusi, Marco	73	75	148
Kallerud, Bjorn	72	76	148
Keane, Jonathan	76	72	148
Meeker, Eric	76	72	148
Myers, Blair	71	77	148
Nelson, Jeff	77	71	148
Webb, Ken	73	75	148
Cut Line
Colbrese, Rhett	73	76	149
DeVries, Cameron	74	75	149
Durham-Hammer, Nathan	77	72	149
Guittard, Jay	76	73	149
Herrfeldt, Paul	73	76	149
Kilcoyne, Craig	76	73	149
Mckee, Michael	78	71	149
Noonan, Brendan	78	71	149
Noonan, Ken	77	72	149
Terry, Scott	72	77	149
Barkow, Adam	77	73	150
Bauer, Mike	73	77	150
Gonzalez, Ryan	77	73	150
Isom, Gregory	74	76	150
Mizusawa, Jarrod	75	75	150
Nevin, Andy	74	76	150
Scarff, Reid	75	75	150
Smith, Kevin	77	73	150
Yagmourian, Joseph	76	74	150
Galletti, Nicolo'	77	74	151
Hanavan, Bruce	71	80	151
Harkins, Timothy	76	75	151
Hettich, Matthew	74	77	151
Ichikawa, Adam	78	73	151
O'Regan, Brian	75	76	151
Walters, Andrew	80	71	151
Wight, Steven	74	77	151
Woo, Min	77	74	151
Wyllie, Mark	79	72	151
Barton, Bill	75	77	152
Goodwin, Robert	73	79	152
Ignacio, Gable	75	77	152
Ledzinski, Jerry	74	78	152
Mormann, Brett	80	72	152
Myers, Jay	77	75	152
Pagila, Justin	76	76	152
Williams, Matt	74	78	152
Baxter, Jonny	75	78	153
Chang, Derek	75	78	153
Gillfillan, Matt	76	77	153
Han, Edward	77	76	153
Hemenez, Mark	78	75	153
Minor, Mark	79	74	153
Petsuch, Brett	74	79	153
Synnestvedt, Cory	77	76	153
Williams, Scotty	75	78	153
Anderson, Matthew	76	78	154
Bregman, Travis	80	74	154
Conklin, Gary	78	76	154
Crownover, Chris	73	81	154
DeLecce, Guiliano	78	76	154
Gabbert, Justin	81	73	154
Kwon, Simon	77	77	154
Maurice, Mike	74	80	154
McClung, Mac	74	80	154
Ouneklap, Ben	76	78	154
Rittenour, Austin	72	82	154
Byrne, Patrick	79	76	155
Dougherty, Michael	78	77	155
Fischer, Eric	78	77	155
Iulio, Iose	74	81	155
Iyer, Wayne	76	79	155
Kaneshiro, Walter	78	77	155
Leon, Jullio	74	81	155
Loui, Paul	78	77	155
Maples, Roland	76	79	155
Nadir, Sean	79	76	155
Nong, Vy	73	82	155
Perez, Kenneth	80	75	155
Tewell, Gary	74	81	155
Thompson, Simon	80	75	155
Brown, Gary	76	80	156
Caldwell, Travis	78	78	156
Delasin, Arsenio	76	80	156
Granelli, Mike	80	76	156
Olson, Hans	76	80	156
Wood, Andrew	76	80	156
Kato, Chris	80	77	157
Lata, Alvin	74	83	157
Miller, James	77	80	157
Morris, Scott	79	78	157
Pence, Craig	82	75	157
Pernice, Patrick	80	77	157
Rechedy, Nick	77	80	157
Riley, Jim	80	77	157
Arneson, Mark	78	80	158
Benson, Richard	80	78	158
Calonico, Kyle	80	78	158
Charlton, Spencer	80	78	158
Conceicao, Al	79	79	158
Correa, Jared	80	78	158
Lasher, Prabhjot	80	78	158
O'Leary, John	81	77	158
Paul, Vinny	78	80	158
Pineo, Jake	78	80	158
Sheikh, Noah	74	84	158
Smith, Dylan	78	80	158
Wallach, Matthew	77	81	158
Williams, Ron	80	78	158
Willis, Robert	82	76	158
Woo, Joseph	79	79	158
Amarilla, Michael	76	83	159
Bartell, Mike	79	80	159
Duensing, Thomas	84	75	159
Hoskins, Ryan	79	80	159
Klemm, Ryan	77	82	159
Pence, Steve	83	76	159
Prince, Dean	82	77	159
Schacht, Richard	76	83	159
Summers, Neil	83	76	159
Tsuchiyama, Ted	80	79	159
Ursiny, Ryan	79	80	159
Ayres, William	79	81	160
Esguerra, Samantha	81	79	160
Sager, David	77	83	160
Warren, Bobby	84	76	160
White, Robert	78	82	160
Bain, John	79	82	161
Delasin, Dodisa	80	81	161
Farynaz, William T	78	83	161
Goin, Chris	79	82	161
Johnson, Jeff	78	83	161
Kwon, Diane	79	82	161
Schwartz, Keith	76	85	161
Beesley, Andrew	84	78	162
Graham, Phillip	85	77	162
Im, John	81	81	162
Lindall, Gustav	84	78	162
Stewart, Jacob	80	82	162
Toy, Zac	77	85	162
Mance, Mark	76	87	163
Muzio, Dino	83	80	163
Rebman, David	83	80	163
Tao, Derrick	80	83	163
Gill, Phillip	82	82	164
Santos, Harold	77	87	164
Caesare, Tim	82	83	165
Warren, A.J.	85	80	165
Belcher, Jamie	80	86	166
Donaldson, Brien	86	80	166
Hall, Norm	83	83	166
Hitchcock, Tom	82	84	166
Maguire, Mike	83	83	166
Cusack, Brian	80	87	167
Jackson, Ben	87	80	167
Domanico, Michael	86	82	168
Gordon, Andrew	84	85	169
Wilson, Russel	86	83	169
Ariga, Yosuke	81	89	170
Barclay, Iain	84	86	170
Hylton, Gregg	88	82	170
Lehnhoff, Phillip	82	88	170
Williams, James	79	92	171
Inthawong, Kenji	81	91	172
Euan, Miguel	92	81	173
Ho, Jody	87	86	173
Bernhardt, John	89	87	176
Canniffe, Eoghan	88	88	176
Datuin, Acen	86	91	177
Sauro, Patrick	95	101	196

ABOUT THE Alameda Commuters

What's in a name? In the case of the Alameda Commuters Championship, the logo of the almost 100 year old tournament would be a dead giveaway. It's a steam ferry, which was the only way to "commute" to San Francisco from the East Bay before the Bay Bridge was built. Started as an informal event -- the original first prize was a bag of nails -- the tournament has grown into one of the top independent events in California.

A dedicated tournament committee prides itself on running the two weekend, 72-hole competition as if it were a PGA Tour event. Two of the best public courses at the city-owned Chuck Corica Golf Complex are prepared with care. Slick greens, Sunday pins, and even that rarity in amateur golf – spectators are all part of the fun. The roped-off scoreboard is a particular area of pride for the "green jackets" who were wearing dark green blazers before they were made popular by another tournament you might be aware of in Augusta Georgia. The 250 player championship division is cut to 50 and ties for the second weekend, at which time the 36-hole senior division tees off to join them.