LEWISVILLE, TX (June 4, 2006)--Bob Neal of Arlington defeated Marc Campbell of Southlake on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the inaugural amateurgolf.com North Texas Amateur at The Golf Club at Castle Hills in Lewisville. Both players had identical 68-69--137 totals to finish at 7-under for the tournament.

In the playoff, both Neal, 49, and Campbell, 22, parred the 479-yard 1st hole, before Campbell's three-putt at the 2nd allowed Neal to two-putt for the win.

After round one, 11 players were under par, with four--Josh Irving of Mansfield, Stephen Paterson of Austin, Campbell and Neal--sharing the lead at 4-under 68. Todd McGrew of Coppell was two shots back at 70, with an additional six players at 71.

Irving started fast with birdies at #2 and #3 to get to 6-under, where Paterson joined him with birdies at #6 and #9. With nine holes to go, Irving and Paterson led by one over Neal and two over Campbell and McGrew.

But things turned quickly on the back nine, as Campbell birdied three holes in a row starting at #10, while Irving and Paterson fell out of contention, both coming home in 40. When Neal bogeyed the par-3 12th, he fell three shots behind, but birdies at #13, #14 and #16 gave him the lead after Campbell bogeyed the long par-4 15th. Campbell's birdie at the par-5 17th pulled him even with Neal, and when both players parred the 18th the playoff was set.

McGrew had the low final round with a 68 to finish at 138, one shot out of the playoff. Todd Parker of Dallas birdied the last two holes to shoot 69 for a 140 total and 4th place, while Irving and Paterson closed with 74's to finish tied for 5th at 142. In all, eight players finshed under par for the tournament.

In the Senior Division, Doug Baker of Austin entered the final round with a one-shot lead over Jim Butcher of The Colony, with Peter Dahlberg of Fort Worth an additional two shots back. Dahlberg closed with a 73 to pull within one shot, but in the end Baker's 75 was good enough for a 147 total and a one-shot win.

In the Net Division, Blane Freytag of Peoria, AZ followed his opening 10-under 62 with a 68 for a 130 total and a seven-shot win over Cesar Hernandez of Carrollton, with Jin Han of Allen, TX in third with a 139 total.

The Golf Club at Castle Hills proved to be a great host course, with excellent playing conditions and practice facilities, and a good pace of play. Thanks to Sam Jepsen and his staff for their hard work, and to Richard Noon at The Golf Academy for providing the use of their practice facilities to North Texas Amateur contestants. Thanks also to Jamie Pipes of UST, who set up the UST tent at The Academy after round one and provided informal club fitting to our players.

The North Texas Amateur is an amateurgolf.com Texas Amateur Rankings Points Event.

Final results from the amateurgolf.com North Texas Amateur, played at The Golf Club at Castle Hills, June 3-4, 2006:

1	Bob Neal, Arlington	68	69	137
2	Marc Campbell, Southlake	68	69	137
3	Todd McGrew, Coppell	70	68	138
4	Todd Parker, Dallas	71	69	140
T5	Justin Davidson, Haslet	71	71	142
T5	Josh Irving, Mansfield	68	74	142
T5	Stephen Paterson, Austin	68	74	142
T8	Clarke Kincaid, Trophy Club	71	72	143
T8	Jim Neumann, Frisco	71	72	143
10	Will Kinnaird, Odessa	76	69	145
11	Jonathan Alden, Austin	76	70	146
T12	Kyle Collins, San Antonio	77	70	147
T12	Ian Anthony, Euless	74	73	147
T12	John Bearrie, Arlington	74	73	147
T15	Steve Trafton, Austin	77	71	148
T15	Mark Lindberg, Coppell	71	77	148
17	Larry Trowell, The Colony	77	72	149
T18	Aaron Bradshaw, Allen	74	76	150
T18	Chris Brauner, Austin	73	77	150
T18	Trey Owen, Austin	71	79	150
T21	Ryan Barcena, Lubbock	75	76	151
T21	Larry Nunez, Odessa	73	78	151
T21	Louie Pullen, Roanoke	72	79	151
24	Matthew Rutter, Fort Worth	73	79	152
25	Cody Pinkston, Georgetown	78	75	153
T26	Andrew Braun, Trophy Club	75	79	154
T26	Josh Webber, Dallas	75	79	154
T26	Praneeth Perera, Carrollton	73	81	154
T29	Russell Williams, Prosper	79	78	157
T29	Bill Robb, Lewisville	76	81	157
T31	Kurt Kellum, Dallas	80	78	158
T31	Lee Seidlits, Austin	77	81	158
T33	Rob Norland, Richardson	80	80	160
T33	Matthew Oates, Diboll	76	84	160
35	Win Bruning, Dallas	84	78	162
36	Rawley Vines, Austin	82	86	168
37	Tim Johnson, Denton	79	90	169
38	Shannon Glidwell, Euless	89	81	170
WD	Jim Quinn, Mansfield	76	WD	WD
WD	Randy Fink, Houston	85	WD	WD
WD	Jeff Altrichter, McKinney	88	WD	WD
NC	Bryce Benson, Arlington	NC		NC
Senior Division
1	Doug Baker, Austin	72	75	147
2	Peter Dahlberg, Fort Worth	75	73	148
3	David Brader, Austin	77	73	150
4	John Moffett, Dallas	76	75	151
T5	Ralph Cotton, Irving	77	76	153
T5	Mac McGee, Midland	76	77	153
T5	Jim Butcher, The Colony	73	80	153
8	Si Harris, Dallas	79	75	154
9	Sam Fife, Carrollton	76	80	156
T10	Harlin Hamilton, Plano	80	78	158
T10	John R. Jones, La Quinta, CA	80	78	158
12	Wade Adams, Dallas	83	76	159
13	Terry Fooks, Lewisville	84	80	164
NC	Jim Parrish, Dallas	82	NC	NC
WD	Stuart Smith, Dallas	83	WD	WD
Net Division
1	Blane Freytag, Peoria, AZ	62	68	130
2	Cesar Hernandez, Carrollton	67	70	137
3	Jin Han, Allen	69	70	139
T4	R.E. Branch, Dallas	72	69	141
T4	Ryan Hartley, Sanger	72	69	141
6	Mike Casson, Dallas	73	71	144
7	Rex Blazevich, Dallas	85	76	161
8	Burt Almond, Flower Mound	92	82	174
9	Eric Thomas, Katy	99	79	178

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