Breezy Day One at the Temple Cup Senior

06 Apr 2006
see also: The Temple Cup, Crown Colony Country Club
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Lufkin, Texas

LUFKIN, TX (April 6, 2006)--A breezy day saw many of the scores soaring at the Temple Cup Senior on Thursday, but a handful of teams were able to solve the winds and the difficult Crown Colony Country Club course, led by Henry Cole and Van Stewart, who opened with a 6-under 66.

Sitting one shot back are the teams of William Sumner/Gary Kirwan and Steve Earsley/Mike Rice. Rice, the reigning U.S. Senior Amateur champion, won this event with Bob Hullender in 1997 and 1999.

Four-time champions Larry Thomas and Chip Stewart (2000-2003) shot a 68 to tie for fourth with the team of David Moore and Steve Bueltel. No other team was able to break 70, and only 11 of the 50 teams were able to break par for the round.

Among other past champions, Charles Hill, Jr./Bob Sine (2005) shot a 73 to sit tied for 14th, and Todd Lusk/Andy Wall (2004) shot a 74 to sit tied for 18th.

Once again, Crown Colony is proving to be a worthy championship test. Crown Colony has long been one of the highest-rated courses in the state of Texas, and has an impressive championship pedigree. In addition to annually hosting the Temple Cup and Temple Cup Senior, Crown Colony was the site of the Southern Amateur in 1987 and 2001, and the Texas State Amateur in 1982 and 1998.

The 54-hole, best-ball tournament resumes with the second round on Friday.

First-round results from the Temple Cup Senior, played at Crown Colony Country Club in Lufkin, TX, April 6-8, 2006:

1	Henry Cole	Van Stewart	66
T2	Steve Earsley	Mike Rice	67
T2	William Sumner	Gary Kirwan	67
T4	Larry Thomas	Chip Stewart	68
T4	David Moore	Steve Bueltel	68
6	Ford Cartwright	Mike Hopson	70
T7	Henry Ellis	Jerry Gatti	71
T7	Gary Seaman	Don Seaman	71
T7	John Goode	John Pigg	71
T7	Bob Abbott	Jim Martin	71
T7	Dan Alpha	Doug Baker	71
T12	Bob Boeger	Ralph Foltz	72
T12	Dakin Cramer	Corky Nelson	72
T14	Bob Vidricksen	Frank Roth	73
T14	Carey Schulten	Curt Wagner	73
T14	Richard Cozby	Mike O'Brien	73
T14	Charles Hill, Jr.	Bob Sine	73
T18	Howard Knowles	Bert Rogers	74
T18	Rex Covert	Rick Rogers	74
T18	Pat Trowbridge	Ed Heffern	74
T18	Joe Cadle	Tom Miller	74
T18	Carl Ahrens	Tommy Cruse	74
T18	Harvey McCraw	Mike Atnip	74
T18	Jim Pope	Kent Herndon	74
T18	Andy Wall	Todd Lusk	74
T26	Bill Davis	Skip Warren	75
T26	Richard Mosman	Bob Mosman	75
T26	Mike Morgan	Johnson Ramsey	75
T26	Bill Wiley	Jerry Hudgins	75
T30	Joe Battson	Robert Scardino	76
T30	Bill Rogers	George Hunter	76
T30	John Steineker	Jim Thigpen	76
T30	Larry Augsburger	Henry Hair	76
T30	Mike Busch	Wes Duperier	76
T35	Buddy Hurst	Pat Hodges	77
T35	Max Haney	Bill Slaughter	77
T35	Tripp Owen	Joel Broussard	77
T35	Bob Twaddell	Terry Bigham	77
T35	Gene Ross	Bob Duboise	77
T40	Frank Pickens	Bob Bishop	78
T40	Jay Gasper	Bob Wands	78
T40	W. Dick Davis	Don Addington	78
T40	Bobby Gray	Rod Simmons	78
T40	Mace Brindley	Scott Jones	78
T45	John McDonald	Jim Rath	79
T45	Dick Martin	Fred Hansen	79
T45	Craig Carlisle	Ron Montgomery	79
48	B.J. Shaw	Gary Mellema	80
49	Jack Bailey	Mike Arrington	81
50	Norman Brady	Don Campbell	95

ABOUT THE The Temple Cup

A popular 54-hole four ball invitational played on one of the best courses in Texas. The tournament honors Arthur Temple, a highly successful businessman in the timber and paper goods industry, whose vision resulted in the creation of Crown Colony Country Club. Age divisions: 55-64, 65- 74, 75 and up.