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"A" FLIGHTER GOES SUB-PAR IN HARRIS TEETER EVENT

Posted: 8/21/2009 10:44:34 AM

Advance, NC (August 20, 2009) - Burlington's Pete Crook registered 3 consecutive birdies to go along with 6 pars on his back-nine holes in the Harris Teeter Senior Amateur Tour event held at Oak Valley Golf Club today. That 33 on the "back" helped him to an overall 1-under 71 for the day on the 6,490 yard track - the lowest score not only in his A Flight, but in the tournament overall - including the Championship Flight. Cary's Michael Kang was 2 strokes back in 2nd. "There have been events in the past where the A Flight winner equaled, or even went lower than the Championship Flight scores, but that invariably has been due to the fact they normally hit from shorter tees. Such was not the case today as both the Championship and A Flights went from the same Blue Tees", said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "It was a heckuva score for Pete". As for the Championship Flight, it was topped by Greensboro's Randy Coppedge, playing in his first event since moving up to Championship from the A Flight. Coppedge's 74 gave him a 1-stroke margin over Ridgeway, VA's Bill Wilson and Mike Smith of Lewisville. Advance's Dawson Strider captured his second win of the season, being the only golfer in the B Flight to break 80 as he posted a 78. He was 2 strokes clear of a trio of players - Greensboro's Terry Dearman, Norlina's Sonny Peoples, and Charlotte's Joe Redmond. The C Flight saw the high drama of a sudden death playoff kind of "fizzle-out", as Advance's Ron Alligood hit his first 2 tee shots into a pond guarding the right side of the 10th fairway - their first playoff hole - to effectively hand over the win to Archdale's Elby Hatfield. Both had carded regulation rounds of 86. THE HARRIS TEETER SENIOR TOUR OAK VALLEY GOLF CLUB EVENT TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (6,490 yds) Randy Coppedge, Greensboro 74 Bill Wilson, Ridgeway VA 75 Mike Smith, Lewisville 75 Gene Queen, Winston-Salem 77 Peter Skalak, Durham 80 Mark Ashdown, Cary 80 A FLIGHT (6,490 yds) Peter Crook, Burlington 71 Michael Kang, Cary 73 William Hiner, Pinehurst 74 Ron Vanderklok, Advance 75 John Lyda, Advance 77 B FLIGHT (6,086 yds) Dawson Strider, Advance 78 Terry Dearman, Greensboro 80 Sonny Peoples, Norlina 80 Joe Redmond, Charlotte 80 Darrell Hagwood, Raleigh 82 Danny Keever, High Point 82 C FLIGHT (6,086 yds) Elby Hatfield, Archdale 86 Ron Alligood, Advance 86 Gary Ransom, Apex 87 Tim Story, Lenoir 87 Larry Wagoner, Granite Falls 88 Gary Chapman, Jamestown 88 Nelson White, Clemmons 88

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