GEORGETOWN, TX (October 22, 2006)—The team of Charles Young of Cedar Park, TX and Eddie Podzemny of Austin, TX won the Bear Invitational on Sunday in a sudden-death playoff over Peter Dahlberg and Charlie Stevens of Fort Worth, TX. Dahlberg and Stevens, trailing by four heading into the final round, posted the day's low round, a 70, while Young and Podzemny closed with a 74 and an 8-under-par 208 total. The Louisiana team of Trey Coker and Rod Baronet began the final round one shot behind the leaders, but fell to third with a final-round 75 to finish two shots back at 210. Three teams finished tied for fourth at 5-under-par 211.

In the playoff, Young/Podzemny and Dahlberg/Stevens each had one player hit his approach into the water fronting the 18th green. After Dahlberg put his approach into the back bunker, Podzemny followed his long tee shot with a short iron to 15 feet, forcing Dahlberg to get up and down to extend the playoff. After Dahlberg hit a fine bunker shot to 5 feet, Podzemny had a putt for the win but narrowly missed. But Dahlberg was unable to convert his par putt, giving Young/Podzemny the title.

About the Bear Invitational
The Bear Invitational is a 54-hole two-man best-ball team event, with a field comprised of a Championship Division of 24 teams, and a Flighted Division with flights determined by combined team handicap. The tournament is named in honor of Jack Nicklaus, nicknamed the “Golden Bear”, who designed the course at Cimarron Hills and who officially opened the course when he played it for the first time in April of 2003. Visit www.thebearinvitational.com for complete tournament information.

About Cimarron Hills
Cimarron Hills has quickly established itself as a championship venue, having hosted the 2004 Texas Mid-Amateur Championship, the 2004 Southern Texas PGA Section Championship, the 2006 Bill Penn Memorial, and qualifying for Texas Golf Association state championships.

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Final results from The Bear Invitational, played Oct 20-22 at Cimarron Hills Golf & Country Club in Georgetown, TX:

	Bear Flight
Rank	Team/Player Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Team: 16	66	68	74	208	* Playoff
	Young, Charles
	Podzemny, Eddie
1	Team: 6	69	69	70	208
	Dahlberg, Peter
	Stevens, Charlie
3	Team: 12	69	66	75	210
	Coker, Trey
	Baronet, Rod
4	Team: 3	67	69	75	211
	Pumphrey, Jay
	Clement, Dave
4	Team: 15	67	72	72	211
	Brethower, Mick
	Jones, Brad
4	Team: 14	70	70	71	211
	Reid, James
	McGraw, Tim
7	Team: 19	74	68	70	212
	Westacott, Shawn
	Hyde, Trevor
7	Team: 2	73	67	72	212
	Smith, Wayne
	Lundquist, Dean
9	Team: 10	72	66	77	215
	Patterson, Ken
	Felps, Jason
10	Team: 21	69	70	77	216
	Bruce, Grady
	O'Connell, Trey
11	Team: 4	71	67	79	217
	Rice, Mike
	Sumner, Bill
11	Team: 1	71	72	74	217
	Hardin, Gary
	Walton, Mark
11	Team: 25	73	69	75	217
	Tyson, Jack
	Smith, Scott
11	Team: 8	74	73	70	217
	Shell, Jeff
	Fox, Joe
15	Team: 18	71	74	73	218
	Pierce, John
	Sassman, Steve
16	Team: 5	72	69	78	219
	Beynon, Roger
	Puls, Mike
17	Team: 7	76	69	76	221
	Sandlin, Lee
	Huddleston, Warren
17	Team: 11	73	74	74	221
	Riley, David
	Yarbrough, Kent
17	Team: 24	71	75	75	221
	Goldwater, Michael
	Goldwater, Garrett
20	Team: 22	72	75	77	224
	Unsall, Mike
	Baker, Doug
20	Team: 23	79	70	75	224
	Stubbs, James
	Stubbs, J.D.
22	Team: 9	74	74	80	228
	Grace, Terry
	Larsen, Chris
23	Team: 26	73	78	83	234
	Jolley, Jerry
	Burleson, Will
24	Team: 13	77	78	80	235
	Fitts, Gus
	Fitts, Clark
	Coffin Flight
Rank	Team/Player Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Team: 52	72	69	73	214
	Shevlin, Mike
	McGlauflin, Duane
2	Team: 33	71	70	74	215
	Forbes, Gregg
	Forbes, Paul
3	Team: 47	74	71	72	217
	Wiles, Josh
	Ray, Terry
4	Team: 51	72	74	72	218
	Felps, Johnnie
	Turnage, Marshall
5	Team: 43	74	71	77	222
	McKinney, Mo
	O'Meara, Mike
6	Team: 40	69	77	78	224
	Heidel, Greg
	Gratz, Rob
7	Team: 42	74	75	78	227
	Burger, David
	Ash, Perry
8	Team: 27	85	76	80	241
	Caspers, Greg
	Kraft, Chad
	Shield Flight
Rank	Team/Player Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Team: 48	79	67	79	225
	Lomax, Ronnie
	Wolf, David
2	Team: 29	77	75	75	227
	St. Clair, Lance
	Ross, Gene
3	Team: 44	76	75	82	233
	Ragland, Drew
	Metz, Kevin
4	Team: 39	78	77	82	237
	Hodgins, Rick
	Doherty, Michael
5	Team: 30	84	80	84	248
	Svajda, Dave
	Svajda, John
6	Team: 37	81	84	86	251
	Riese, Charlie
	Schmidt, Larry
7	Team: 35	84	81	87	252
	Arcaria, John
	Arcaria, Shawn
8	Team: 41	80	78	100	258
	Festor, Roger
	Tobias, John
	Scofield Flight
Rank	Team/Player Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Team: 36	79	79	81	239	* Playoff
	Birkman, Rick
	Gardner, David
1	Team: 49	78	81	80	239
	Nardecchia, Danny
	Stout, Mike
3	Team: 38	81	81	83	245
	Cowing, Tim
	Raley, Dan
4	Team: 31	86	76	85	247
	Maltz, Barry
	Wood, Dennis
5	Team: 32	83	80	85	248
	Markus, Andrew
	Hughes, Larry
6	Team: 28	82	79	88	249
	Caspers, Steve
	Peterson, Chet
7	Team: 34	84	82	84	250
	White, Dennis
	House, Lee
8	Team: 46	81	85	87	253
	Carr, Tommy
	Carr, Ricky
9	Team: 45	86	81	89	256
	Nauck, Glenn
	Kahn, Rod

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