The Bear Invitational: Podzemny, Young win in playoff
10/26/2008 | by
see also: The Bear Invitational, Cimarron Hills Golf & Country Club
Eddie Podzemny and Charles Young come out on top after playoff with Mick Brethower / Brad Jones and Phil Thomas / John Perez
GEORGETOWN, Texas (Oct. 26, 2008) -- After 36 holes, the top of The Bear Invitational's leaderboard was jammed tight, with three teams tied for first in the 54-hole, two-man best-ball tournament, and seven more teams within five strokes.
Things still weren't settled after Sunday's final 18 holes, but after a playoff, the team of Eddie Podzemny and Charles Young prevailed over teams of Mick Brethower and Brad Jones and Phil Thomas and John Perez at the Cimarron Hills Golf Club.
All three of those teams finished 36 holes of play at 1-under 141 and through 54 holes at 3-under 211.
In the first flight, Duane McGlauflin and Mike Shevlin found themselves tied with Johnnie Felps and Mace Brindley and Sam Baker and John Bamonte at 221.
Mike Watkins and Pat Baker won the second flight by a stroke at 233.
Full results from the 7,302-yard, par-72 Cimarron Hills Golf Club follow:
| Team | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | 54-holes | Rd.3 | Tot. |
| Charles Young/ Eddie Podzemny * (Won in Playoff) | 67 | 74 | 141 | 70 | 211 |
| Mick Brethower/ Brad Jones | 69 | 72 | 141 | 70 | 211 |
| Phil Thomas / John Perez | 70 | 71 | 141 | 70 | 211 |
| Gene Black/ Robby Russell | 72 | 71 | 143 | 72 | 215 |
| Wayne Smith/ Dean Lundquist | 80 | 65 | 145 | 70 | 215 |
| Jay Pumphrey/ Jimmy Wheeler | 72 | 72 | 144 | 72 | 216 |
| Ken Patterson/ Jason Felps | 73 | 73 | 146 | 70 | 216 |
| Rick Hare/ Steve Moran | 69 | 75 | 144 | 73 | 217 |
| Jeff Shell/ Joe Fox | 72 | 73 | 145 | 75 | 220 |
| Jeff Munden/ John Ironside | 74 | 71 | 145 | 78 | 223 |
| James Stubbs/ J.D. Stubbs | 77 | 76 | 153 | 72 | 225 |
| Tim Wilhite/ Eddie Seabaugh | 77 | 75 | 152 | 74 | 226 |
| Robert Ball/ Bill Conlin | 76 | 74 | 150 | 77 | 227 |
| John Austin/ Mark Austin | 75 | 77 | 152 | 75 | 227 |
| Vince Brunssen/ Glenn Daly | 75 | 80 | 155 | 73 | 228 |
| Koy Stribling/ Bob Hill | 76 | 79 | 155 | 80 | 235 |
| Mark Scott/ Jim Bechtol | 77 | 81 | 158 | 78 | 236 |
| Chris James/ John Shearer | 77 | 77 | 154 | WD | WD |
| First Flight | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | 54-holes | Rd.3 | Tot. |
| Duane McGlauflin/ Mike Shevlin | 74 | 71 | 145 | 76 | 221 |
| Johnnie Felps/ Mace Brindley | 75 | 72 | 147 | 74 | 221 |
| Sam Baker/ John Bamonte | 75 | 76 | 151 | 70 | 221 |
| Ryan Streed/ Ray Feight | 75 | 74 | 149 | 73 | 222 |
| Andrew Markus/ James Falconer | 79 | 73 | 152 | 70 | 222 |
| Josh Wiles/ Terry Ray | 72 | 74 | 146 | 78 | 224 |
| John Ellett/ Joe Ellett | 76 | 71 | 147 | 79 | 226 |
| Mark Story/ James Goates | 84 | 78 | 162 | 73 | 235 |
| Greg Gentry/ Hayden Stewart | 79 | 78 | 157 | 79 | 236 |
| Chad Arcaria/ Shawn Arcaria | 79 | 77 | 156 | 85 | 241 |
| Second Flight | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | 54-holes | Rd.3 | Tot. |
| Mike Watkins/ Pat Baker | 79 | 76 | 155 | 78 | 233 |
| Mike Stout/ Steve Eiland | 83 | 81 | 164 | 70 | 234 |
| Perry Ash/ Michael Deaver | 74 | 85 | 159 | 77 | 236 |
| Rick Birkman/ David Gardner | 77 | 78 | 155 | 82 | 237 |
| Jeff Hale/ Kurt Mclerran | 83 | 79 | 162 | 75 | 237 |
| Gene Ross/ Lance St. Clair | 82 | 80 | 162 | 75 | 237 |
| Tommy Carr/ Ricky Carr | 83 | 83 | 166 | 78 | 244 |
| Dennis White/ Lee House | 81 | 83 | 164 | 81 | 245 |
| Frank Pickens/ Rod Kahn | 78 | 81 | 159 | 88 | 247 |
About the The Bear Invitational
54-hole two-man best ball event held at one of the finest clubs in central Texas. The event is named in honor of Jack Nicklaus, who designed the course at Cimarron Hills. Teams are composed of either one Mid-am & one Senior, two Mid-Ams or two Senior...
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