Alameda Commuters: Danny Ro takes 1st Round lead
ALAMEDA, Calif. (April 20, 2013) -- Danny Ro fired a first-round 66 and leads by one shot at the 2013 Alameda Commuters Championship at the Earl Fry Course at the Chuck Corica Golf Complex.
Ro leads Ryan Sloane by one shot after Sloan shot 67.
Joshua Granger and Rick Reinsberg both shot 68 and are tied for third place while a group of five players all shot 69 and are tied for fifth.
The leaderboard is loaded with some of the best amateurs in northern California. Shotaro Ban is among the group of five tied for fith while Andrew Bigadike, Keelan Kilpatrick and Shintary Ban are all four shots back of the leader and in a tie for 10th.
Play continues Sunday. Amateurgolf.com will have continuing coverage.
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.
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