Tournament Notes:
- Bob Niger shot 5 birdies to lead the field with a 3 under 68 - the only other sub par round was Matt Couch with a 1-under-par 70.
- The course was in great shape but long rough played havoc with stray shots, and the cold was the toughest part of the day for some.
- Mark Casey scored his 3rd career hole-in-one when he aced No.4 - a 195 yard par 3, firing a 6-iron which bounced twice and rolled to the hole to provide him with his 3rd career hole-in-one.
- A small group of seniors will fight for points on Sunday. Bob Olds and Rob Thompson tied at 73 to lead the senior division. They will play in the final group tomorrow joined by local Bill Goodwin, who shot 76.
- The Net Division is led by Brentwood local Mike Casey who finished too late to get a drink from his brother's hole-in-one celebrations. Casey recently traveled to Kiawah Island with amateurgolf.com and the trip obviously paid off. Other players in the leading net group tomorrow will be Larry Fillmore (71) with Jim Thurman and Michael Gravely (74)
* * *First round results from the amateurgolf.com Diablo Valley Amateur, played at the Par-71, 6577 yard Shadow Lakes Golf Club: (note: To view pairings and tee times for Sunday, March 12, click here>)
| CHAMPIONSHIP | ||||||
| Player | Rd1 | |||||
| Bob Niger | 68 | |||||
| Matt Couch | 70 | |||||
| David Capel | 72 | |||||
| Eric Smith | 72 | |||||
| Jack Paton | 73 | |||||
| Steve Wilson | 73 | |||||
| Samuel Chavez | 74 | |||||
| Robert Matias | 75 | |||||
| Wesley Leith | 75 | |||||
| Jeff Vetterick | 76 | |||||
| John Turnacliff | 76 | |||||
| Andrew Bowdish | 77 | |||||
| Mark Casey | 77 | |||||
| Arvo Voip | 78 | |||||
| Chris Kilkenny | 78 | |||||
| Garth Watrous | 78 | |||||
| Grant Sparkes | 78 | |||||
| Jason Stone | 78 | |||||
| John Ramirez III | 78 | |||||
| Joseph Woo | 78 | |||||
| Jim Williams | 79 | |||||
| David Hawkins | 80 | |||||
| Randy McKinley | 80 | |||||
| Brandon Harkins | 81 | |||||
| Kyle Dowden | 81 | |||||
| Matt Sullivan | 81 | |||||
| Nicholas Comegna | 81 | |||||
| Todd Edwards | 81 | |||||
| Albert Conceicao | 82 | |||||
| Brian Geraty | 82 | |||||
| Matthew Garcia | 82 | |||||
| Mike Granelli | 82 | |||||
| Rick Shumate | 82 | |||||
| Blake Bertrand | 83 | |||||
| Chip Doyle | 83 | |||||
| Logan Woodruff | 83 | |||||
| Dave Curley | 85 | |||||
| Ken Sisler | 85 | |||||
| Larry Lopez | 85 | |||||
| Michael Park | 85 | |||||
| Patrick Pernice | 85 | |||||
| Christian Larsen | 86 | |||||
| Alex Henry | 88 | |||||
| Aaron Dean | NC | |||||
| Darian Shingu | WD | |||||
| Les Cheong | WD | |||||
| SENIOR DIVISION | ||||||
| Player | Rd1 | |||||
| Bob Olds | 73 | |||||
| Rob Thompson | 73 | |||||
| William Goodwin | 76 | |||||
| Shelton Washburn | 77 | |||||
| Dave Stone | 77 | |||||
| Joe Zanassi | 79 | |||||
| Tom Lyons | 79 | |||||
| Earl Stewart | 81 | |||||
| Tom Kintigh | 83 | |||||
| Ron Erkenbrecher | 88 | |||||
| NET DIVISION | ||||||
| Player | Rd1 | |||||
| Mike Casey | 69 | |||||
| Larry Fillmore | 71 | |||||
| Jim Thurman | 74 | |||||
| Michael Gravely | 74 | |||||
| Sean Price | 75 | |||||
| Gary Koshaba | 75 | |||||
| Michael Kinch | 75 | |||||
| James Priscaro | 78 | |||||
| Shane Davis | 78 | |||||
| Keith Price | 80 | |||||
| Will Harris | 81 | |||||
| Vincent Steele | 81 | |||||
| Al Richardson | 81 | |||||
| James Grensted | 82 | |||||
| Dave Joenk | 82 | |||||
| Tim Yager | 86 | |||||
| Justin Moroyan | 87 | |||||
| Ryan Hopkins | 91 |