NOTES:
- 2nd round tee time on Sunday is a 9:30am shotgun.
-To view the video of Matt Marshall's interview comments, click on the "play button"
MONTEREY, Calif. (December 2, 2006) —Andrew Bowdish and Matt Marshall each used torrid stretches of golf, combined with a knack for avoiding the double and triple bogeys that Del Monte Golf Course can foist on players, to take the opening day lead at the amateurgolf.com Christmas Classic with 2-under 70’s.
Bowdish, who is coming off a win at the amateurgolf.com Metropolitan Amateur, notched two’s on three straight holes, including the par 4 fifth hole in which he drove to the edge of the green and chipped in for eagle.
Marshall, who tied for 8th in last year’s event, went on a stretch of five three’s in a row, including an eagle of his own on the par-5 13th. Only a three-putt on the 17th hole kept him from sole possession of the lead.
Mark Sollenberger was in front in the senior division with a 1-over 73. Charles Richesin trailed by a stroke.
Dan Gray led the net division with a 71, along with Derek Gilchrist.
NOTES: Del Monte’s out-of-bounds factor was the bane of several players, including Garett Wagner, who is still in the hunt with a 73 despite taking a nine on Hole 13… Andrew Biggadike was another victim, taking a seven on the par-3 5th when his tee shot bounced over the green, OB… The course has been good to the Gilchrist family, Derek’s son Jeff shot a 63 to win the event a decade ago… 17-year-old Sam Chavez is well within striking distance of the leaders at even-par, despite taking a double-bogey on 18… Brian Thompson is also even, while Jake Bieber and Kevin Fitzgerald are lurking at +1.
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First round results from the amateurgolf.com Christmas Classic, played at the
par 72 Del Monte Golf Course:
| Name | Hometown | Rd1 |
| Matt Marshall | Los Gatos, CA | 70 |
| Andrew Bowdish | San Jose, CA | 70 |
| Brian Thompson | Gilroy, CA | 72 |
| Samuel Chavez | Hillsborough, CA | 72 |
| Jake Bieber | Alamo, CA | 73 |
| Garett Wagner | Brentwood, CA | 73 |
| Kevin Fitzgerald | Riverside, CA | 73 |
| Steve Wilson | Discovery Bay, CA | 74 |
| Brian Swenson | Dublin, CA | 74 |
| Kevin Conover | Petaluma, CA | 74 |
| David Leuterio | Sacramento, CA | 74 |
| Kris Butkys | Thousand Oaks, CA | 75 |
| Jason Melvin | Carmel, CA | 76 |
| Andrew Biggadike | Palo Alto, CA | 76 |
| Jess Stimack | Santa Rosa, CA | 76 |
| Corey Campbell | Auburn, CA | 77 |
| Doug Marjama | Gold River, CA | 78 |
| Sean Nadir | Los Altos, CA | 78 |
| Matt Costello | Danville, CA | 79 |
| Ramie Sprinkling | Davis, CA | 79 |
| Jeff Haluska | 80 | |
| Jose Rodriguez | Berkeley, CA | 80 |
| Jack Paton | Hillsborough, CA | 80 |
| Lawrence O'Neill | San Francisco, CA | 80 |
| John Sinovic | Carmel, CA | 81 |
| Cody Miller | Citrus Heights, CA | 81 |
| Jeremy Harris | El Dorado Hill, CA | 81 |
| Grant Norton | Rancho Murieta, CA | 81 |
| Kyle Candlish | Rancho Murieta, CA | 81 |
| Jud Spencer | San Jose, CA | 81 |
| Mark Douglas | San Jose, CA | 81 |
| Robert Budenbender | Citrus Heights, CA | 82 |
| Steven Kern | Colfax, CA | 82 |
| Greg O'Malley | Sonoma, CA | 82 |
| Robert Goodwin | Atherton, CA | 83 |
| Juan Lopez | Lakeport, CA | 83 |
| David Nelson | Reno, NV | 83 |
| David Staszko | San Jose, CA | 83 |
| James Martini | San Ramon, CA | 83 |
| Michael Shwe | Cupertino, CA | 84 |
| Josh Boro | San Jose, CA | 84 |
| Dino Giacomazzi | 85 | |
| Blake Andrus | El Dorado Hills, CA | 85 |
| Ken Sisler | El Dorado Hills, CA | 85 |
| Troy Laughlin | Placentia, CA | 85 |
| Jay Stimack | Sacramento, CA | 85 |
| Kevin Hartsoch | Playa del Rey, CA | 86 |
| Steve Batte | Las Vegas, NV | 87 |
| Roby Seed | Gualala, CA | 89 |
| Michael Burgess, Jr. | Rohnert Park, CA | 90 |
| Jamie Ensell | San Jose, CA | 94 |
| James Priscaro | Santa Clara, CA | 94 |
| Will Schramm | Alamo, CA | 102 |
| Kevin Kobalter | San Rafael, CA | WD |
| Will Haydon | Aptos, CA | NS |
| Tyler Raber | El Macero, CA | WD |
| Mason Mallory | Hillsboro, CA | NS |
| Matt Vukicevich | Kenwood, CA | WD |
| Matthew Wallach | Los Altos, CA | NS |
| Erik Hallgrimson | Los Gatos, CA | WD |
| Dan Thurston | Rohnert Park, CA | WD |
| Rhett Colbrese | San Diego, CA | NS |
| Ryan Lester | San Jose, CA | NS |
| Senior | ||
| Name | Hometown | |
| Mark Sollenberger | Scottsdale, AZ | 73 |
| Charles Richesin | Lodi, CA | 74 |
| Kevin Gaughan | Danville, CA | 75 |
| Earl Stewart | Fairfax, CA | 75 |
| Mark Miller | Antioch, CA | 76 |
| Rob Thompson | Merced, CA | 76 |
| Tom Lyons | Pleasanton, CA | 76 |
| Joe Rhodes | Antioch, CA | 77 |
| Herb Jensen | Carmichael, CA | 77 |
| Michael Donnelly | Clayton, CA | 78 |
| Ron Erkenbrecher | Clovis, CA | 78 |
| Terry Ackerman | Monterey, CA | 78 |
| Thomas Moore | Carmel, CA | 79 |
| Bob Schoenherr | San Jose, CA | 79 |
| Jack Rademann | Orangevale, CA | 80 |
| Chip Campion | Salinas, CA | 80 |
| Neil Duffy | Santa Cruz, CA | 80 |
| Larry Raber | El Macero, CA | 81 |
| Tom O'Grady | Los Altos, CA | 81 |
| Bob Cayton | Aptos, CA | 82 |
| Dave Baydala | Murrieta, CA | 82 |
| Randy Blankenbaker | Rohnert Park, CA | 83 |
| Hilton Tudhope | Carmel, CA | 84 |
| John Seed | Gualala, CA | 86 |
| Daniel Kuper | Sunnyvale, CA | 88 |
| Jim Bertholf | Minden, NV | 91 |
| NET | ||
| Name | Hometown | |
| Derek Gilchrist | Lincoln, CA | 71 |
| Dan Gray | Patterson, CA | 71 |
| Fred Luper | Suisun, CA | 73 |
| Noel Rush | Pacifica, CA | 73 |
| Peter Funt | Monterey, CA | 73 |
| Charles Balisha | Turlock, CA | 74 |
| James Murphy | San Francisco, CA | 75 |
| Jim Thurman | Clayton, CA | 75 |
| Wesley Boudreaux | Los Angeles, CA | 76 |
| Tom Silva | Turlock, CA | 77 |
| Bill Strahan | Burlingame, CA | 77 |
| Dave Nikitin | Vacaville, CA | 77 |
| Peter Balisha | Turlock, CA | 78 |
| Matt Newcomer | El Dorado Hills, CA | 78 |
| Terry Ulleseit | Reno, NV | 78 |
| Mark Johnson | San Ramon, CA | 78 |
| Don Swift | Davis, CA | 78 |
| Marc Sanders | Turlock, CA | 79 |
| Robert Vernon | San Francisco, CA | 79 |
| Al Richardson | Santa Clara, CA | 79 |
| Dan Avila | Turlock, CA | 79 |
| Waiter Harris | Menlo Park, CA | 80 |
| Axel Gomez | Turlock, CA | 80 |
| Mike Burgess | Rohnert Park, CA | 80 |
| Matt Mattina | Lakeport, CA | 82 |
| Joe Morais | Turlock, CA | 82 |
| Vincent Steele | Concord, CA | 83 |
| Frank Angelo | Moraga, CA | 83 |
| Todd Knapp | Salinas, CA | 85 |
| Del Hocker | San Jose, CA | 85 |
| Daniel Shaw | Blue Jay, CA | 88 |
| Steve Cohen | Marina, CA | 90 |
| Terry Trout | Clovis, CA | 94 |
| Rick Bauer | San Ramon, CA | 97 |