Oakland, California (October 30, 2005) -- Final results from the Metropolitan Amateur are now in, and the competition was keen once again.

Matt Marshall of Los Gatos followed his wonderful first round 66 with a 72 to win the Championship by 1 over Chris Jensen, while Frank Abbott fired even par to win the Senior division and Shane Davis (who holed out from 140 yards for eagle at No. 18 in round one) shot 67 on Sunday for a 12-under-par net total of 132 and a Net victory he called his "biggest ever."

Marshall faced heavy pressure all day on Sunday from Chris Jensen, and the players were tied heading into No. 16. It was there that Marshall hit the two shots that likely won him the tournament.

After he hit a ball he later called "mud covered" from the rough on the short par-4 to well over the green to the right on his second shot, Marshall faced a shot that was easily a '10' on the degree-of-difficulty scale -- blind, uphill, from a whispy lie in the rough with no green to work with and a bush thrown in for good measure.

Marshall executed a perfect full-swing flop shot to 12 feet and made the putt. Just another ho-hum par, which obviously fired up the small in stature but long in distance player for the par-5 seventeenth. Marshall pounded a drive down the middle there, and followed it with a 3-iron to 20 feet and a two putt birdie. When Jensen's long iron shot found the hazard, he made bogey and allowed Marshall to enjoy a two shot lead on the 18th tee. Despite a bogey from over the green on No. 18, Marshall was able to secure the victory by 1 when Jensen's 20 foot birdie try failed to drop.

Shane Davis had an easier time in securing his Net Division title, as he was able to rely on a "one shot at a time" approach to follow his first round 65 with a net 67 on Sunday in one of the most consistent Net Division wins in recent amateurgolf.com events. He'll be back for more, after discovering tournament golf only recently.

And score another victory for software consultant Frank Abbott of Napa. Abbott fired an even par total of 144 for the weekend to edge realtor Tom Lyons by three strokes for the Senior Title.

Thanks to Metropolitan Golf Links for hosting our 3rd annual tournament and to all staff and players for participating.

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Final results from the 2005 amateurgolf.com Metropolitan Amateur, played at the par 72 Metropolitan Golf Links:
(please scroll down for winner photos)

	Championship Division
Pos	Player Name	+/-	Rd1	Rd2		Tot
1	Matt Marshall, Los Gatos, CA	-6	66	72		138
2	Chris Jensen, Los Altos, CA	-5	69	70		139
3	Keigo Painter, Burlingame, CA	-3	72	69		141
4	Nick Podesta, Yuba City, CA	-1	71	72		143
T5	Freddy Wolfe, Piedmont, CA	E	72	72		144
T5	Martin Renaud, Hayward, CA	E	76	68		144
7	Kent Yamane, San Jose, CA	+1	75	70		145
8	Chris Brauner, Austin, TX	+3	72	75		147
9	Eric West, Berkeley, CA	+4	73	75		148
T10	Dennis Hong, Los Altos Hills, CA	+6	76	74		150
T10	Elliott Wainwright, Palo Alto, CA	+6	73	77		150
T12	Brian Thibault, San Jose, CA	+7	77	74		151
T12	Greg Hutton, Oakland, Ca	+7	75	76		151
T12	Ryan Gonzalez, Burlingame, CA	+7	74	77		151
T15	John Turnacliff, Novato, CA	+8	77	75		152
T15	Ryan Collins, Lafayette, CA	+8	75	77		152
T15	Thomas Duensing, Petaluma, CA	+8	78	74		152
T18	Andrew Biggadike, Palo Alto, CA	+9	76	77		153
T18	Aris Pope, Oakland, CA	+9	76	77		153
20	Matt Couch, Tracy, CA	+10	77	77		154
T21	Patrick Pernice, Oakland, CA	+11	78	77		155
T21	Phil Gill, Alameda, CA	+11	80	75		155
T23	Max Rausch, Palo Alto, CA	+12	76	80		156
T23	Robert Goodwin, Atherton, CA	+12	83	73		156
T25	Cary Chiappone, Oakland, CA	+13	77	80		157
T25	Chip Doyle, Castro Valley, CA	+13	76	81		157
T27	Joachim Wahlstrom, San Francisco, CA	+15	78	81		159
T27	Min-Wook Woo, Davis, CA	+15	79	80		159
T27	Nic Durst, yuba city, CA	+15	80	79		159
30	Pete Wlodkowski, Carlsbad, CA	+17	82	79		161
31	James Reichert, Alameda, CA	+22	82	84		166
T32	Alex Henry, Daly City, CA	+23	82	85		167
T32	John Allison, Santa Maria, CA	+23	82	85		167
T32	Tak Taoyama, San Jose, CA	+23	83	84		167
35	Michael Spiegel, San Francisco, CA	+24	90	78		168
36	Kevin Klatt, San Diego, CA	+30	87	87		174
37	Matthew Wallach, Los Altos, CA	+32	87	89		176
T38	Andrew Overton, Livermore, CA	WD	81	WD		WD
T38	Daniel M Greenhalgh, San Francisco, Ca	WD	86	WD		WD
T38	Erik Hallgrimson, Los Gatos, CA	WD	80	WD		WD
T38	Jon Witrado, Turlock, CA	WD	85	WD		WD
T38	Phillip Herrera, Stockton, CA	WD	78	WD		WD
T38	Scott Gilgallon, San Francisco, CA	WD	84	WD		WD
T38	Steve Harvey	NC	80	NC		NC
	Senior Division
Pos	Player Name	+/-	Rd1	Rd2		Tot
1	Frank Abbott, Napa, CA	E	71	73		144
2	Tom Lyons, Pleasanton, CA	+3	75	72		147
3	Robert Rowland, Danville, CA	+5	74	75		149
4	Doug Ladd, Alameda, CA	+10	76	78		154
5	Neal Pearson, San Leandro, CA	+12	79	77		156
6	Terry Ackerman, Piedmont, CA	+14	81	77		158
7	James Miller, San Francisco, CA	+17	80	81		161
8	Kevin Gaughan, Danville, CA	WD	73	WD		WD
	NET Division
Pos	Player Name	+/-	Rd1	Rd2		Tot
1	Davis, Shane, Livermore, CA	-12	65	67		132
2	Sly, Mike, Los Altos, CA	-6	71	67		138
3	Fagan, Robert, Pleasanton, Ca	-3	70	71		141
4	Marinello, James, Concord, Ca	-2	76	66		142
T5	Burch, Russ, Walnut Creek, CA	-1	71	72		143
T5	Thurman, Jim, Clayton, CA	-1	70	73		143
T7	Goldie, Bart, Oakland, CA	+1	72	73		145
T7	Steele, Vincent, Concord, CA	+1	69	76		145
T9	Kuper, Daniel, Sunnyvale, CA	+2	72	74		146
T9	Rush, Noel, Pacifica, CA	+2	74	72		146
11	Koshaba, Gary, San Francisco, CA	+3	77	70		147
12	Richardson, Al, Santa Clara, CA	+4	67	81		148
13	Strahan, Bill, Burlingame, CA	+5	78	71		149
T14	Farah, Cameron, San Anselmo, CA	+6	77	73		150
T14	Howard, Bernard, Los Angeles, CA	+6	76	74		150
T16	Reid, David, San Mateo, CA	+9	78	75		153
T16	Smith, Kevin, Richmond, CA	+9	73	80		153
18	Sevillano, Evelio, Santa Clara, CA	+10	74	80		154
19	Yu, Korsen, Sunnyvale, CA	+11	80	75		155
T20	Maas, Tim	+12	75	81		156
T20	Stinson, Bruce, Emeryville, Ca	+12	77	79		156
22	Henry, Alan, Daly City, CA	+13	80	77		157
T23	Cowan, Craig, Pacifica, CA	+16	76	84		160
T23	Heller, Lucas, Piedmont, CA	+16	79	81		160
25	Castillo, Ray, San Mateo, CA	+25	84	85		169
26	Spizuoco, Chris, San Francisco, CA	WD	70	WD		WD

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