Gandranata leads Alameda Commuters

24 Apr 2010
by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: Alameda Commuters Golf Tournament, Corica Park - South Course
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ALAMEDA, Calif. (April 24, 2010) -- George Gandranata fired 5 under 67 Saturday to take a one stroke lead into the final round of the 83rd Alameda Commuters Championship. But Gandranata should be anything but comfortable at the top of the leaderboard -- he is trailed by 4-time Alameda Commuters champion Rick Reinsberg, who fired a 6 under par 65 to get right into the thick of things heading into Sunday.

Once again, firm, fast greens and tucked pins greeted the players on a wonderful spring day. Along with Gandranta's 67 and Reinsberg's 65, 36-hole co-leader Scott Olds fired 70 to stand alone in 3rd place at 207, grabbing a spot in the final pairing.

Carlos Briones of San Lorenzo posted 69 to hold the 4th spot at 209. Briones, played an up and down round that included a double bogey 6 at the 12th. He will play in the second to last group with Patrick Grimes (72, 210) and Kevin Wentworth who played himself back into the tournament (69, 210).

In Senior action, defending champion Jim Knoll fired 67 to take a one stroke lead over Rob Adolph (68) and NorCal standout, Gary Vanier (69).

Alameda's Mark Merrigan fired 34 going out, but came in 42 to fall back to the middle of the pack with a 76.

The big question of the Senior tournament was: Where's Bobby? 6-Time Commuters Champion Bob Blomberg was rushed to the hospital to have emergency surgery prior to the tournament and had to withdraw. For many contestants, the Commuters isn't the Commuters, without Bob Blomberg.

Third round results from the Alameda Commuters Championship, and first round results from the Senior Division follow: (Note, to view final round tee times, visit the Alameda Commuters website>)

	CHAMPIONSHIP
Pos	Player	Scores
1	George Gandranata	68-69-67--204
2	Rick Reinsberg	70-70-65--205
3	Scott Olds	70-67-70--207
4	Carlos Briones	69-70-70--209
T5	Patrick Grimes	68-70-72--210
	Kevin Wentworth	66-75-69--210
T7	Adam Barkow	70-70-71--211
	Bruce Hanavan	70-72-69--211
	Philip Snow	72-71-68--211
T10	Anthony Barrera	72-71-69--212
	Scott Hardy	72-68-72--212
	Domingo Jojola	69-72-71--212
	Kevin Lucas	72-70-70--212
	Taylor Travis	73-68-71--212
T15	Matthew Hansen	72-71-70--213
	Josh Stone	72-72-69--213
17	Curtis Loop	68-76-70--214
T18	James Back	69-74-72--215
	Eric Crociata	72-72-71--215
	Matt Montez	73-71-71--215
	Justin Pagila	69-75-71--215
T22	Matthew Anderson	74-72-70--216
	Matt Crawford	74-71-71--216
	Geoff Gonzalez	71-71-74--216
	Anthony Machi	72-71-73--216
	Carter Pool	71-71-74--216
	Cody Robinson	76-64-76--216
T28	Kaz Hoffman	72-72-73--217
	Chris Jensen	71-71-75--217
	Ryan Sloane	72-71-74--217
	Ben Geyer	70-75-72--217
T32	Roberto Galletti Jr.	76-70-72--218
	Scott Hess	72-74-72--218
	Jamie Looper	71-72-75--218
	R.C. Orr	76-70-72--218
	Dalan Refioglu	73-72-73--218
T37	Akshay Maliwal	73-72-74--219
	Steven Wight	72-74-73--219
T39	James Hay	71-74-75--220
	Paul Smith	74-71-75--220
T41	Chris Ellis	72-73-76--221
	Michael Haenel	71-73-77--221
	Jeffrey Haluska	75-71-75--221
T41	Craig Kilcoyne	71-74-76--221
	Andrew Roberts	71-74-76--221
46	Gary Brown	76-69-77--222
47	Scott Terry	71-70-82--223
T48	Taylor Bromley	73-73-80--226
	Thomas Harmon	71-73-82--226
	Brooks Price	74-72-80--226
51	Stan Morrison	70-75-85--230
52	Jamie Core`	74-69-WD--WD

	SENIOR DIVISION
Pos	Player	Rd1
1	Jim Knoll	67--67
2	Rob Adolph	68--68
3	Gary Vanier	69--69
T4	Scott Anderson	71--71
	Dan Bieber	71--71
T6	Jeff Burda	72--72
	Jay Guerin	72--72
	Herb Jensen	72--72
	Peter Moren	72--72
T10	Mark Miller	73--73
	Tom O'Grady	73--73
	Marshall Raymer	73--73
T13	Paul Balatti	74--74
	John Enright	74--74
	Kevin Gaughan	74--74
	Bob Olds	74--74
	Greg Saiki	74--74
	Vic Shellenberg	74--74
T19	Doug Johnson	75--75
	Greg Olson	75--75
	Earl Stewart	75--75
	Bruce Swanson	75--75
T23	Chuck Beesley	76--76
	Ron Johnson	76--76
	Mark Merrigan	76--76
	Ronald Wiley	76--76
	Ben Whipple	76--76
	Dave Kinser	76--76
T29	Michael Donnelly	77--77
	Jeff Early	77--77
	Carl Selkirk	77--77
	Rob Thompson	77--77
	Joe Zanassi	77--77
	Neal Pearson	77--77
	James Ono	77--77
T36	Robert Heaton	78--78
	Roly Lamontagne	78--78
	Tom Lyons	78--78
	Rex Massier	78--78
T40	Neil Duffy	79--79
	Merton Goode	79--79
	Alan Schneider	79--79
	Tony Wilmer	79--79
T44	Marco Dusi	80--80
	Steve Lund	80--80
	Bob Reed	80--80
	Jim Spence	80--80
T48	Bob Callan	81--81
	Gary Shemano	81--81
50	Giuseppe Beato	82--82
T51	Walt Edgerley	84--84
	Ford Heath	84--84

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.