United High School student Emiliano Martinez became the youngest winner in the 22-year Laredo Open golf history at the Laredo Country Club. The 16-year-old Martinez captured the championship flight with a 74-72 – 146. The largest field ever – 172 golfers –competed. Martinez won by four strokes over Jonathan Swisher, last year’s District 29-5A champion from Alexander, now a freshman playing for TAMIU.

Final results from the 22nd annual Laredo Open, played at Laredo Country Club, April 8-9, 2005:

1	Emiliano Martinez	74	72	146
2	Jonathan Swisher	75	75	150
3	Robbie Garcia	75	81	156
T4	Rick Boswell	79	79	158
T4	Jimmy Garza	79	79	158
6	Lawson Walden	81	78	159
7	Joe Flores, Jr.	78	82	160
T8	Mike Fischer	77	84	161
T8	Memo Garcia	83	78	161
T10	Zeferino Perez	81	81	162
T10	Carlo de Leon, Jr.	79	83	162
T10	Tim Hutton	82	80	162
13	Horacio Perez	80	83	163
T14	Ruben Villareal	84	81	165
T14	Billy Palacios	81	84	165
T16	Brian Barrett	80	86	166
T16	Chase Smiley	85	81	166
18	Jim Galvin	86	81	167
T19	Dicky Gutierrez	83	85	168
T19	Chuck Jacaman	84	84	168
21	Mike Drake	87	82	169
T22	A.R. Perez	86	84	170
T22	Curtis Borland	85	85	170
T22	Carl Schenken, Jr.	85	85	170
T25	Richard Guerra	85	86	171
T25	Ruben Pina	80	91	171
T25	David Smith	80	91	171
T25	Jim Raines	91	80	171
T29	Maurie Garcia	90	82	172
T29	Gordon Pracko	87	85	172
T29	Bob Watson	84	88	172
T32	A.B. Miller	88	88	173
T32	Ryan Gruter	85	88	173
T34	Billy Andrews	87	88	175
T34	Ramiro Palacios	85	90	175
T36	Felix Gamez	91	86	177
T36	Pato Canavati, Jr.	87	90	177
38	Steve Chappel	90	89	179
	Manuel Gonzalez	78	NC	NC
	Lalo Canamar	89	WD	WD
	Jorge Pena	89	WD	WD
A Flight (Top Ten)
1	Roberto Chaverra	82	77	159
2	Dick Jones	79	81	160
3	Roger Garcia	84	79	163
4	Steve McKim	83	82	165
T5	Joe Mike Jackson	82	84	166
T5	Saul Saenz	81	85	166
7	Gaspar Hinojosa	83	84	167
8	Emmanuel Martinez	83	85	168
T9	Ernesto Dominguez	81	88	169
T9	Eric Rosales	88	81	169
T9	Rene Solis	84	85	169
B Flight (Top Ten)
1	Bob Mead	87	85	172
2	Michael Moore	92	86	178
T3	Sergio Palomo	93	86	179
T3	Mitch Copps	85	94	179
5	Jack Kathy, Jr.	89	91	180
6	John Montoya	92	89	181
T7	Aaron Mendosa	92	90	182
T7	Gayle Black	91	91	182
T7	Guillermo Garcia	93	89	182
10	Ruben Villarreal	88	97	185
C Flight (Top Ten)
1	Chris Saunders	89	92	181
T2	Jerry Hamblin	88	94	182
T2	Jerry Barber	90	92	182
4	Alex Garza	97	86	183
5	Brady Kimble	93	91	184
6	Adolfo Laurel	94	91	185
7	Zaragosa Solis	95	91	186
T8	Cesar Garcia	91	97	188
T8	Duane Lewis	93	95	188
10	Steven Gravidel	100	90	190
D Flight (Top Ten)
1	Kevin Courser	92	101	193
2	Rod Henney	98	105	203
3	Rodolfo Galvan	100	104	204
4	Carlos Herrera	103	102	205
T5	Luis Villareal	104	103	207
T5	Humberto Marrufo	100	107	207
7	Fritz Villareal	108	101	209
8	Horacio Cavazos	106	105	211
9	Gabriel Escalante	104	110	214
10	Lulu Lopez	107	108	215

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