Senior Amateur Tour

DURHAM'S ARDERY SHOOTS 72 TO WIN HARRIS TEETER TOUR AT RIVER RIDGE!

Posted: 3/28/2009 9:15:41 AM

Eric Ardery (Champ Flight) Dale Casey (A Flight) Richard Pfister (B Flight) Harold Booker (C Flight)

Raleigh, NC (March 26, 2009) - Durham's Eric Ardery, playing in the Championship Flight of the Harris Teeter Senior Golf Tour, posted an even par 72 in wet conditions at River Ridge Golf Club for a 2-shot win over Milt deReyna of Hope Mills and Mitch Whitley of Zebulon Thursday. Ardery birdied 3 of his final six holes on the 6,274 yard course to finish strong and notch the win. The A Flight, which played from 5,769 yards, was topped by Zebulon's Dale Casey with a 3-over 75. Bob Rudolph and Jack Blankenhorn, both of Raleigh, finished a single stroke back. Pittsboro's Richard Pfister took top honors in the B Flight with an 85. Once again two Tour members shared 2nd and 3rd place as Raleigh's Darrell Hagwood and Pinehurst's Tom Kubla each turned in 87s. Raleigh's Harold Booker, who has played in over 80 events "on-Tour" turned in his lowest C Flight career score with an 82 to win the C Flight competition. Ordinarily that would be a runaway score for the flight, but Greensboro's Mark Campanella also chose Thursday to post his best ever number in Tour action with an 83 to take second. Raleigh's Arnold Ewing rounded out the top 3 with an 85. "We'll have our eye on both Harold and Mark's Tour Handicap rating as we go on", stated Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "Both of those scores indicate that on a good day they can compete at the B Flight level. I just want to make sure that this wasn't a once-in-a-lifetime occurance. That's why we keep Tour Handicaps on every member". For information on the Harris Teeter Tour, which is open to any amateur golfer over 50, call or email Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 or behgolf@aol.com THE HARRIS TEETER SENIOR TOUR RIVER RIDGE GOLF CLUB EVENT TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT: (6,274 yds) Eric Ardery, Durham 72 Milt deReyna, Hope Mills 74 Mitch Whitley, Zebulon 74 Brent Massey, Raleigh 75 David Williams, Cary 75 A FLIGHT: (5,769 yds) Dale Casey, Zebulon 75 Bob Rudolph, Raleigh 76 Jack Blankenhorn, Raleigh 76 Dudley Barnette, Apex 77 Scott Hammond, Clayton 79 Phil Solesky, Durham 79 B FLIGHT: (5,769 yds) Richard Pfister, Pittsboro 85 Darrell Hagwood, Raleigh 87 Tom Kubla, Pinehurst 87 Tom West, Holly Springs 88 Warren Henderson, Wake Forest 90 Frank Zadell, Apex 90 C FLIGHT: (5,769 yds) Harold Booker, Raleigh 82 Mark Campanella, Greensboro 83 Arnold Ewing, Raleigh 85 Jeff Brown, Youngsville 88 Charlie Williams, Autryville 89 Benny Miller, Raleigh 89

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