Mid-Atantic Am: Moon Captures 100th Annual

October 1, 2006 | by

Three days of wet conditions give way to a perfect fall day for the closing round on Sunday and Ki Moon of Ellicott City won the title

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland (Oct 1, 2006) -- The 100th Middle Atlantic Amateur championship conducted at the Chevy Chase Club turned out to be two tournaments in one, and Ki Moon, from Ellicott City, won the one that mattered on Sunday (October 1). Moon, who just turned 22, took a three-stroke lead into the final nine and closed with a 1-over-par 71, and a 72-hole total of 281 at the Chevy Chase Club. Keith Snyder, 21, who had jumped into a tie for the lead with a third-round 66 on Saturday (September 30), wound up second with 73-283.

After three days of cool, rainy weather that wound up forcing a suspension of play on Thursday and Friday (September 29-30), the final round was played on a glorious fall day with 62 players having made the halfway cut at 156. With a course of 6,814 yards playing to a par of 35-35--70, Moon ended 66-75-69-71--281, and Snyder, a fifth-year engineering student at Drexel University, 71-73-66-73--283.

Kevin Vollmer, 20, a Montgomery College sophomore, vaulted past Terry Burke, third after 54 holes, to lead what amounted to the second division of the event with 77-74-68-71--290. The seven-shot margin was the same as co-leaders Moon and Snyder held on Burke after three rounds. Burke ended 75-72-70-74--291.

"I hit a lot of good shots [in the final round]," Moon said. "I think the back nine is easier than the front," but he still knew he had to be careful. As it deveoped, Moon, who birdied the second and sixth holes, and bogeyed the ninth, turned in 1-under 34. Snyder, on the other hand, struggled on holes 7-8-9, bogeying two of them and turning in 37. On the return trip, Moon birdied only the 14th and added three bogeys for 37, while Snyder bogeyed the 16th for 36.

"Coming out, I thought I'd have to shoot low, because he wasn't going to give me much," Snyder said. "I hit some 'loose' iron shots on 7-8-9, and just threw some shots away . . . and he made a lot of good shots."

Vollmer admitted to getting off to a weak start Thursday (77), but knew the course suited his game. "You hit good shots, you get rewarded, and I did that for most of the week, " he said. His 68-71 was the best weekend score. Moon had the low first round, 66; Braxton Hunter, from Rockford, Tenn., the low second, and the only one to break 70, with 69; Snyder, with 66, the low third, and Jimmy Delp, from Falmouth, Va., won for the final round on a match of cards at 71. Will Shriver, from Silver Spring, had the best back-nine numbers for the weekend with 32 and 34. The course played at par 70 and 6,814 yards. For complete 72-hole scoring results, click Men's Amateur on the right hand side of the Home Page, then click Scores under Tournament Documents on the right hand side of the page.

Future Middle Atlantic Amateurs are slated for Congressional (2007), Belle Haven (2008), Four Streams (2009), and Columbia (2010).

-Reported by John Stewart from Chevy Chase Club

Final Results follow:

	Player	Residence	1	2	3	4	72
1	Ki Moon	Ellicott City, MD	66	75	69	71	281
2	Keith Snyder	Hyattsville, MD	71	73	66	73	283
3	Kevin Vollmer	Rockville, MD	77	74	68	71	290
4	Terry Burke	Bethesda, MD	75	72	70	74	291
5	Jeff Graf	Silver Spring, MD	69	77	72	74	292
	Michael Mitchell	Chevy Chase, MD	76	74	70	72	292
7	Marty West	Rockville, MD	68	78	75	72	293
	Chris Reeves	Alexandria, VA	74	75	70	74	293
	Braxton Hunter	Rockford, TN	72	69	78	74	293
10	Will Shriver	Silver Spring, MD	76	72	71	75	294
	Michael Kelly	Odenton, MD	72	75	76	71	294
	Michael Mulieri	Silver Spring, MD	72	77	70	75	294
	Brad Hastings	Cambridge, MD	70	72	76	76	294
	Jason Cage	Towson, MD	74	76	71	73	294
15	Jimmy Delp	Falmouth, VA	75	74	75	71	295
16	Chris Connolly	Chevy Chase, MD	75	77	70	75	297
	Kevin Allis	Baltimore, MD	72	76	74	75	297
	Dan Hosek	Alexandria, VA	79	71	75	72	297
19	Paul Erdman	West Point, VA	74	77	76	71	298
	Rick Sovero	Reisterstown, MD	76	78	70	74	298
21	Drew Forrester	Parkville, MD	74	77	74	74	299
	Josh Hartman	Bethesda, MD	76	75	76	72	299
	Richard Holland	Bethesda, MD	74	73	77	75	299
	Jason Pool	Dunn Loring, VA	72	75	76	76	299
25	Zachary Lese	Silver Spring, MD	76	78	75	71	300
26	Scott Philips	Williamsburg, VA	69	81	74	77	301
	Vance Welch	Cross Creek, MD	78	78	72	73	301
	Peter Betzold	Bel Air, MD	80	74	75	72	301
29	Larry Loving	Richmond, VA	75	76	78	73	302
	Steven Ligi	Frederick, MD	73	76	76	77	302
	Michael Daniels	Murrells Inlet, SC	74	72	76	80	302
32	Allen Barber	Yorktown, VA	74	78	73	78	303
	Ryan Tendall	Rockville, MD	77	72	76	78	303
	Michael Wah	Rockville, MD	73	81	77	72	303
	Mychael Cohn	Washington, DC	76	75	73	79	303
36	Brad Foxwell	Nottingham, MD	77	77	72	78	304
	Tyler Blue	Bethesda, MD	78	73	78	75	304
38	Steven Delmar, Jr.	Gaithersburg, MD	77	76	79	73	305
39	Chris Cassetta	Winston-Salem, NC	78	76	71	82	307
	David Laughlin	Vienna, VA	76	75	77	79	307
	Marc Ehudin	Potomac, MD	78	76	74	79	307
	Clark Topping	Bel Air, MD	80	76	73	78	307
43	Tim Meinhardt	Rockville, MD	75	80	70	83	308
	Larry Vaughan	Naperville, IL	80	76	73	79	308
	Burke Hayes	Chevy Chase, MD	77	73	79	79	308
46	Mitch Wyatt	Ocean City, MD	78	72	79	80	309
	Greg Killian	Woodstock, MD	71	83	78	77	309
48	Tim Landres	Bethesda, MD	75	78	75	82	310
	Lee Fields	Leesburg, VA	77	76	80	77	310
	Tim Moylan	Ellicott City, MD	81	74	74	81	310
	Ted Coon	University Park, MD	76	77	76	81	310
52	Michael Koreski	Mineral Wells, WV	76	75	81	79	311
	Larry Martone	Washington, DC	74	82	77	78	311
	Jerry Maatman	Winnetka, IL	76	76	82	77	311
	Jack Bonifant	Silver Spring, MD	77	77	77	80	311
56	Michael Wheeler	Schenectady, NY	79	77	76	80	312
	Dan Hurley	Leesburg, VA	75	79	77	81	312
58	Wes Strang	Bethesda, MD	76	76	77	84	313
59	Jay Mulieri	Silver Spring, MD	79	76	78	81	314
60	Ed Offterdinger	Bethesda, MD	75	79	85	76	315
61	John White	Charlotte, NC	76	80	72	82	316
	Brent Davis	Silver Spring, MD	80	76	79	WD

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