San Antonio Senior: Ellenwood Wins His First

SAN ANTONIO, TX (May 7, 2006)--Competing in his first senior event and coming off a neck injury that sidelined him for most of the winter, Chuck Ellenwood of Seguin fired consecutive 72's for an even-par 144 total to win the Greater San Antonio Senior Championship.

Because of his injury, Ellenwood had only been playing for the last five weeks and was wavering on whether to enter the tournament. But his regular playing group from Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club talked him into it. "[They] really talked me into playing. They told me, 'Well Chuck, you can't possibly finish last'." Ellenwood entered, and now has his first amateur tournament win.

"My victory is dedicated to my youngest sister and all women battling breast cancer", said Ellenwood.

Phil Carey, Dewitt Carnes, and Bob Delgado finished tied for second at 3-over 147, with Ken Lawrence another shot back in fifth. Bruce Benner and first-round leader Jerry Smith finished tied for sixth at 149.

Among past champions, Mike Arnold (1998, 2003) and Leon Walthall (2002) tied for 8th at 150, Terry Sullivan (2004) finished 12th at 152, Al Pineault (2005) tied for 18th at 156, and Ray Cevallos (1993) finished 37th at 163.

In the Super Senior Division, Paul Perry held off Calvin Drake by one shot, closing with a 78 for a 157 total. First-round leader Carl Heiden finished solo third at 159.

The tournament was reduced to 36 holes because of weather, as storms washed out the secoond round on Saturday.

The San Antonio Senior is an amateurgolf.com Texas Amateur Rankings Points Event

Final results of the Greater San Antonio Senior Championship, played at Woodlake Country Club, May 5-7, 2006:

1	Chuck Ellenwood	72	72	144
T2	Phil Carey	75	72	147
T2	Dewitt Carnes	73	74	147
T2	Bob Delgado	75	72	147
5	Ken Lawrence	73	75	148
T6	Bruce Benner	76	73	149
T6	Jerry Smith	71	78	149
T8	Mike Arnold	74	76	150
T8	Neil Haddock	74	76	150
T8	Leon Walthall	73	77	150
11	Alfredo Flores	76	75	151
12	Terry Sullivan	75	77	152
T13	Alan Dale	75	79	154
T13	Thomas Johnson	77	77	154
T13	Charles Pastorino	79	75	154
T13	Gary Vaughan	78	76	154
17	Bubba Craighead	79	76	155
T18	George Fillis	78	78	156
T18	Rusty Marshall	76	80	156
T18	Al Pineault	77	79	156
T18	Bob Watson	79	77	156
22	Tim Hoy	73	84	157
T23	Jeff Carruthers	78	80	158
T23	Wayne Garcia	79	79	158
T23	Bruce Hooper	79	79	158
T26	Edward Celaya	78	81	159
T26	Jack Collier	74	85	159
T26	Tom Harden	76	83	159
T26	Randy Kilian-Smith	77	82	159
T26	Mark Lee	76	83	159
T26	Todd Williamson	79	80	159
T32	Ernie Fernandez, Jr.	76	84	160
T32	Steve Schwartz	79	81	160
T34	Dayton Archer	75	86	161
T34	Ron Botello	78	83	161
36	Leo Garcia	79	83	162
37	Ray Cevallos	78	85	163
T38	Bob Phipps	75	89	164
T38	H.G. Schonenberg	77	87	164
40	Brent Silber	79	87	166
41	Adrian Gonzales	82	88	170
Super Senior Division
1	Paul Perry	79	78	157
2	Calvin Drake	80	78	158
3	Carl Heiden	74	85	159
T4	Fred Clark	78	84	162
T4	Victor Isaac	79	83	162
T4	T.A. Watson	84	78	162
7	Bruce Kilhefner	84	79	163
8	Danny McCormick	80	84	164
9	Kenneth Vetters	86	79	165
T10	Tony Hoffman	83	84	167
T10	Dave Humes	83	84	167
12	Bill McConahay	80	89	169
T13	Ron Diharce	85	85	170
T13	Charles Giesey	85	85	170
15	Carl Covington	83	91	174
16	Carey McWilliams	87	88	175
17	John Wade	86	90	176
18	Hank Dubuy	89	88	177
19	Rudy Valero	91	89	180
20	Pete Martinez	93	88	181
21	John LaCourse	83	99	182
22	Tom Smith	94	99	193
23	Travis Cannon	102	98	200
24	Bob Byrd	100	103	203
WD	W.A. Nash	86	WD	WD
WD	Mike W. Hunt	WD	WD	WD
WD	Bill Hitch	WD	WD	WD
First Flight (Top 5)
1	Frank Melton	80	72	152
2	Michael Wysong	78	77	155
T3	Steve Russell	82	75	157
T3	David Stephens	83	74	157
T5	Byron Moore	82	77	159
T5	Kelly Stanres	78	81	159
Second Flight (Top 5)
T1	Lionel Anaya	86	78	164
T1	E.B. Jobe, Jr.	87	77	164
T1	Phillip Purvis	86	78	164
T3	Rick Edgerton	86	80	166
T3	Don Hays	86	80	166
Third Flight (Top 5)
1	James Zitterkopf	95	86	181
T2	Bill Clark	95	87	182
T2	David Hill	96	86	182
4	Larry Lambert	94	90	184
5	Henry Gonzales	94	93	187