Dustin Groves Captures Valentine Invite
8/23/2009 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: Valentine Invitational, a historic Virginia Mid-Am and Senior golf tournament, Hermitage Country Club
Dustin Groves of Keswick, VA wins the Valentine Invitational at Hermitage Country Club by two shots over Keith Decker
MANAKIN-SABOT, VA (August 23, 2009)--Final results of the Valentine Invitational, played August 21-23, 2009 at Hermitage Country Club:
| Dustin Groves | Keswick | 73 | 68 | 69 | 210 |
| Keith Decker | Martinsville | 70 | 71 | 71 | 212 |
| Jacob Everts | Ooltewah, TN | 73 | 69 | 71 | 213 |
| David Schmidt | Wytheville | 68 | 73 | 73 | 214 |
| Ben Keefer | Glen Allen | 72 | 69 | 73 | 214 |
| Blake Redmond | Sugar Land, TX | 75 | 69 | 70 | 214 |
| Robert Lindstrom | Huntsville, Ala. | 74 | 69 | 72 | 215 |
| Mikey Moyers | Stanardsville | 74 | 68 | 74 | 216 |
| Tim Kelley | Ashland | 77 | 66 | 73 | 216 |
| Steve Serrao | Midlothian | 72 | 73 | 71 | 216 |
| Jordan Utley | Richmond | 69 | 71 | 77 | 217 |
| Greg Marshalek | Richmond | 73 | 72 | 72 | 217 |
| Scott Shingler | Haymarket | 76 | 71 | 70 | 217 |
| Forest Shuford IV | Williamsburg | 77 | 69 | 72 | 218 |
| Garland Green | Tazewell | 71 | 76 | 71 | 218 |
| Glenn Mullian | Richmond | 74 | 72 | 73 | 219 |
| Sam Beach | Glen Allen | 72 | 76 | 71 | 219 |
| Roger Newsom | Virginia Beach | 74 | 74 | 71 | 219 |
| Zach Kozuchowski | Fraser, MI | 76 | 75 | 68 | 219 |
| Jason Copeland | Virginia Beach | 73 | 75 | 72 | 220 |
| Jake Mondy | Blacksburg | 76 | 72 | 72 | 220 |
| Allen Barber | Yorktown | 76 | 69 | 76 | 221 |
| Michael Shrader | Midlothian | 73 | 73 | 75 | 221 |
| Jeffrey Topp | Fairfax | 73 | 74 | 74 | 221 |
| Adam Horton | Chesapeake | 77 | 72 | 73 | 222 |
| Jeff Long | Centreville | 77 | 73 | 72 | 222 |
| Joseph Morton | Virginia Beach | 76 | 68 | 79 | 223 |
| Nick Biesecker | Staunton | 74 | 74 | 75 | 223 |
| William Smith | Newville, PA | 75 | 75 | 74 | 224 |
| A.J. Gerlach | Fall Church | 78 | 72 | 74 | 224 |
| Jay Livingston | Glen Allen | 73 | 75 | 77 | 225 |
| Brad Miller | Timonium, MD | 76 | 76 | 73 | 225 |
| Weston Eklund | Charlottesville | 76 | 74 | 76 | 226 |
| Bryce Chalkley | Richmond | 78 | 74 | 74 | 226 |
| Matt Hopkins | Virginia Beach | 84 | 71 | 72 | 227 |
| Jason Pool | Dunn Loring | 77 | 72 | 79 | 228 |
| Jack Wilkes | Roanoke | 79 | 73 | 76 | 228 |
| Jimmy Angel | Midlothian | 77 | 76 | 75 | 228 |
| Jimmy Delp | Arlington | 82 | 73 | 73 | 228 |
| David Jordan | Glen Allen | 78 | 80 | 70 | 228 |
| Jeff Bostic | Glen Allen | 74 | 77 | 78 | 229 |
| Marc MacDonald | Harare, Zimbabwe | 81 | 70 | 78 | 229 |
| Jordan Gibbs | Princeton, N.J. | 77 | 77 | 75 | 229 |
| Kyle Bailey | Fincastle | 83 | 73 | 73 | 229 |
| Larry Loving | Richmond | 74 | 76 | 80 | 230 |
| Scott McClellan | Cary, N.C. | 76 | 75 | 79 | 230 |
| Pete Toole | Henrico | 80 | 72 | 78 | 230 |
| Tony Good | Glen Allen | 77 | 77 | 76 | 230 |
| Van Williams | Glen Allen | 77 | 78 | 75 | 230 |
| Lawrence Lessing | Cold Spring Harbr, NY | 78 | 77 | 75 | 230 |
| Mark Boedicker | Great Falls | 78 | 81 | 73 | 232 |
| Robert Jones | Richmond | 83 | 71 | 79 | 233 |
| Grant Rafield | Birmingham, AL | 77 | 80 | 76 | 233 |
| Sean Cassidy | Martinsville | 78 | 80 | 75 | 233 |
| Emmett Clougherty | Manakin-Sabot | 77 | 77 | 80 | 234 |
| Buck Brittain | Tazewell | 80 | 78 | 76 | 234 |
| Rich Jeremiah | Midlothian | 84 | 78 | 72 | 234 |
| Ray Dingledine | Midlothian | 76 | 78 | 81 | 235 |
| Tim Driver | Penn Laird | 81 | 76 | 78 | 235 |
| Alec Sorrel | Glen Allen | 81 | 78 | 76 | 235 |
| Dan Hosek | Arlington | 77 | 77 | 82 | 236 |
| Para Pandya | Midlothian | 78 | 78 | 80 | 236 |
| Aaron Eckstein | Salem | 81 | 79 | 76 | 236 |
| Paul Woodson | Powhatan | 80 | 74 | 83 | 237 |
| Brent Holsten | Richmond | 85 | 72 | 80 | 237 |
| Scott Saal | Virginia Beach | 80 | 78 | 80 | 238 |
| Will Coleman | Kensington, Md | 88 | 78 | 72 | 238 |
| Steve Galling | Burke | 81 | 74 | 84 | 239 |
| Jim Woodson | Powhatan | 80 | 76 | 83 | 239 |
| Jay Serrao | Virginia Beach | 84 | 76 | 79 | 239 |
| Daniel Hurley | Leesburg | 86 | 75 | 78 | 239 |
| Matt Brantingham | Richmond | 82 | 82 | 75 | 239 |
| Ben Adelberger | Boynton Beach, FL | 84 | 81 | 74 | 239 |
| Robert Menefee | Alexandria | 78 | 77 | 85 | 240 |
| Cam Young | Richmond | 87 | 73 | 81 | 241 |
| Mike Dowd | Richmond | 81 | 83 | 78 | 242 |
| Nick Brown | Southern Pines, N.C. | 86 | 80 | 78 | 244 |
| Andrew Tilley | Ringgold | 82 | 81 | 82 | 245 |
| Greg Gerczak | Richmond | 82 | 81 | 83 | 246 |
| Robby McKetta | Richmond | 81 | 83 | 82 | 246 |
| Michael Barber | Yorktown | 83 | 82 | 84 | 249 |
| Rusty Breeden | Glen Allen | 85 | 81 | 85 | 251 |
| David Brogan | Lexington | 74 | 81 | WD | |
| Tim Vigotsky | Centreville | 80 | 77 | WD |
About the Valentine Invitational
The Valentine has been hosted by Hermitage Country Club since the event began in 1931. 54 holes of individual stroke play on Hermitage’s Manakin and Sabot golf courses. The field has a Mid-Amateur division and a Senior division (ages 50 and over). Gi...
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