By Pete Wlodkowski, amateurgolf.com

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MISSION VIEJO, CA (Sept 24, 2005) -- Standing in the 18th fairway after a monstrous drive, Eugene Choi of Diamond Bar, Calif. stood a full 5 strokes behind leader Daniel Wax. Just a few seconds later, the lead was down to 2, thanks to a laser-perfect 3 iron that found the hole for a rare double-eagle 2 on the water-guarded par 5.

Choi stood in disbelief, and even after being told that his ball was in the cup he walked to the 18th green with a wedge and putter in his hand. (Those, of course, weren't necessary)

Wax had posted his solid round of 67 after a start that everyone in the field would envy - birdie, birdie, birdie. And he narrowly missed birdie on the fourth hole when his putt slid by the cup. Jason Pridmore, playing with Wax, shot 68 thanks to 4 birdies on the back nine that allowed him to get within 1 of the Wax.

Choi is joined at 69 by Justin Gray of Westminister, Calif. and the four players in the 60's will square off in Sunday's final round to determine the champion of this inaugural event.

In the Senior Division, Conrad Lawrence's round of 69 puts him in a more comfortable postition than Wax; he has a 7-stroke lead over Eugene Medlock of Westlake Village. And demonstrating how hard it can be to 'shoot your handicap' nobody in the Net Division bettered par, with Tom Jablonski holding a 1 stroke lead over Travis Corcoran after a net 74.

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First round results from the inaugural amateurgolf.com Mission Viejo Championship, played at the par 72 Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club:

NOTE: Sunday tee times are listed in the column on the left. To view a printable list of Sunday pairings by tee time, click here>

	CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday	First	Last	City	St	Rd1
9:06	Daniel	Wax	Pacific Palisades	CA	67
9:06	Jason	Pridmore	Ventura	CA	68
9:06	Eugene	Choi	Diamond Bar	CA	69
9:06	Justin	Gray	Westminster	CA	69
8:57	Derek	Zellmer	Huntington Beach	CA	71
8:57	Micah	Burke	San Bernardino	CA	72
8:57	Frank	Chiu	Morongo Valley	CA	72
8:57	Brian	Barre	Garden Grove	CA	73
8:48	David	Pichon	Ventura	CA	73
8:48	Jeffrey	Chen	walnut	CA	74
8:48	Joe	Johnson	Carlsbad	CA	74
8:48	Andy	Chao	San Diego	CA	75
8:39	Alexander	Resurreccion	Long Beach	CA	75
8:39	Adam	Rodriguez	Lake Forest	CA	75
8:39	Johnny	Ferreira	San Diego	CA	76
8:39	Joel	Fieri	San Diego	CA	76
8:30	Brian	Kim	Yorba Linda	CA	76
8:30	Patrick	MacMichael	Santa Barbara	CA	76
8:30	Tyler	Smith	San Juan Capistrano	CA	76
8:21	Joshua	Walsh	Milpitas	CA	76
7:18	Carl	Chang	RSM	CA	77
8:03	David	Hahn	Henderson	NV	77
8:21	Lincoln	James	Ventura	CA	77
8:21	Yung	Kim	Wilmington	CA	77
8:12	Chris	Moreno-Hunt	Berkeley	CA	77
7:18	Todd	Palmaer	Corona Del Mar	CA	77
8:12	Bo	DeHuff	Coto De Caza	CA	78
8:12	John	Lavery	Mission Viejo	CA	78
8:12	Matt	Marshall	Los Gatos	CA	78
8:03	Dylan	Pelletier-Ross	Claremont	CA	78
8:03	Will	Ritter	Aliso Viejo	CA	78
8:03	Kris	Assawapimonporn	Huntington Beach	CA	79
7:54	David	Lebowitz	Santa Monica	CA	79
7:54	James	Lynch	Placentia	CA	79
8:21	Chris	Balster	Milpitas	CA	79
7:54	Rob	Douglas	Downey	CA	80
7:18	Nick	Lindesay	Newport Beach	CA	80
7:45	Josh	Mecouch	Portland	OR	80
7:45	Stephen	Motte	Perris	CA	81
7:45	Issei	Suenaga	Rancho Santa Margarita	CA	81
7:45	Kevin	Hartsoch	Playa del Rey	CA	82
7:36	Andrew	Varela	San Diego	CA	82
7:36	Eric	Akeson	Peoria	IL	83
7:36	Rick	Holguin	Dove Canyon	CA	83
7:27	Jack	Kim	Los Angeles	CA	83
7:27	William	Ellis	Hermosa Beach	CA	85
7:18	Pete	Wlodkowski	Carlsbad	CA	85
7:27	Kevin	McKelvie	Aliso Viejo	CA	85
7:27	George	Jackson	Murrieta	CA	88
9:15	Tyler	Smith	Irvine	CA	88
9:15	John	Fluman	San Clemente	CA	89
9:15	Kevin	Klatt	San Diego	CA	89
9:15	Tyler	Todhunter	Mission Viejo	CA	89
	Ryan	Kahl	Palmdale	CA	dns
	Patrick	Walker	San CLemente	CA	dns
	SENIOR
Sunday	First	Last	City	St	Rd1
7:09	Conrad	Lawrence	Marina Del Rey	CA	69
7:09	Eugene	Medlock	Westlake Village	CA	76
7:09	Peter	Daley	Newport Beach	CA	77
7:09	Mike	Marcus	Dana Point	CA	82
7:00	Patrick	Reynolds	Irvine	CA	84
7:00	Steve	Spiva	Solana Beach	CA	87
7:00	Gregory	Waller	Tustin	CA	89
	James	Brickey Jr.	Danville	CA	dns
	NET DIVISION
Sunday	First	Last	City	St	Rd1
9:42	Tom	Jablonowski	Santa Monica	CA	74
9:42	Travis	Corcoran	Laguna Niguel	CA	75
9:42	Thomas	Marr	Newport Beach	CA	77
9:42	Robert	Riley	R.S.M	CA	78
9:33	Robby	Gau	Coto de Caza	CA	79
9:33	Peter	Hlavin	Trabuco Canyon	CA	79
9:33	Barbara	Thomas	San Diego	CA	80
9:33	Craig	Iverson	Arroyo Grande	CA	82
9:24	Robert	Eliseo	Victorville	CA	84
9:24	Michael	Brown	Aliso Viejo	CA	87
9:24	John	Sawicki	Corona del Mar	CA	88

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