Alvarez wins rain shortened Maine Mid-Amateur
KENNEBUNK BEACH, ME (Oct. 2, 2011) -
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Joe Alvarez of Penobscot Valley Country
Club has become just the third player in the
21-year history of the Maine Mid-Amateur
Championship to win more than two
championships.Alvarez shot a three-under-
par
68 at Webhannet Golf Club in Kennebunk
yesterday, two better than his fellow playing
competitor Ricky Jones who had the
unfortunate luck of finishing with a pair of
bogeys.
When Mother
Nature lashed the golf course with heavy
rains
overnight and into Sunday, the course
became
unplayable and the MSGA was forced to
shorten the tournament to 18 holes,
declaring
Alvarez the victor. His other two victories
came back to back in 2006 and
2007.
Three
players -- the ever-present Keith Patterson
of
Biddeford-Saco, Ryan Wingard of Val Halla
and
John Hammontree of Falmouth -- tied for
third
with even par scores of 71 while Pat Keeley
of
the Woodlands was alone in sixth place at
72.
Wingard,
Hammontree and Keeley will receive
exemptions into the 2012 Maine Amateur
Championship at Sunday River for their
finishes, as they met the criteria of
being the top three players not
otherwise qualified.
Several groups
had already teed off on Sunday before the
13th hole became submerged and greens
that
in normal rain never puddle had no areas
from
which to take relief of standing water. With
heavier rains forecasted for this afternoon,
the
call was made.
It's a shame to
have to shorten the
tournament as the golf course,
despite the rain, was beautiful and the
players
were treated yesterday to some of the best
green conditions they've seen all year.
Thanks
to Webhannet Superintendent Greg Holder
and
his staff for doing everything in their power
to
try and host 36 holes of Maine men's
amateur
golf's third biggest championship.
Additionally,
the players were really looking forward to
playing Webhannet, which was evidenced by
the fact that this was the first time in several
years that this tournament has been sold
out.
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ABOUT THE Maine Mid-Amateur
Contestants must be at least 25 years of
age.
The tournament is restricted to amateur
Maine
residents, except that non-residents who
have
been members of MSGA-affiliated clubs for
10
years and who reside in Maine for five
months
annually are also eligible. Format is 36 holes of
individual stroke play.
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