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Louisiana Golf Association
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HAL WRIGHT
WINS RAIN-SHORTENED LOUISIANA GOLF ASSOCIATION NET AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
May 16, 2010 -- Baton Rouge, LA -- The weather again held court on
Sunday at Santa Maria Golf Club in the 11th edition of the Louisiana
Golf Association Net Amateur Championship. Play was finally called at 5
PM as the course remained unplayable due to a strong downpour two hours
earlier. With the final group only having completed nine holes, it was
deemed impossible to complete the round and consequently, the event
reverted back to the initial 18 holes that was finally completed earlier
in the day.
Hal Wright of Shreveport took home first place hardware, his three-under
par 69 besting Sid Wilde of Ponchatoula and Ronald King of Mandeville by
one shot. Tying for fourth place at one-under par 71 were Rhett
Bourgeois of Baton Rouge and Mike Sibley of Covington.
Flight winners included: Carrick Howard in the Carnoustie flight;
William Duncan in the Troon flight; Lonnie Ford in the Prestwick flight;
and Keith Mire in the St. Andrews flight.
This year’s event was held for the third consecutive year at the Robert
Trent Jones, Sr., designed Santa Maria Golf Club in Baton Rouge, which
played to a par of 72 at just over 6,600 yards. Play didn’t get under
way on Sunday until 9:30 AM, two hours later than scheduled, as a result
of a strong thunderstorm that brought over two inches of rain to the
Santa Maria course on Saturday night and Sunday morning. The Santa Maria
venue again proved to be extremely popular with the Net Amateur
competitors.
The LGA conducts this event to provide a Championship for the higher
handicap player with procedures in place to assure that consistency and
integrity are benchmarks for the event. The LGA utilizes the USGA
Tournament Score Probability Table to adjust any handicap indexes when a
player’s score exceeds normal probability.
In the eighth annual Net Club Team Championship, conducted concurrently
with the Net Amateur, Oak Knoll Country Club in Hammond won a playoff
with Olde Oaks Golf Club from Shreveport and a second Oak Knoll team,
each team firing a four-over par 220. The Oak Knoll winning team
consisted of teammates Augie Brune, Noel Gautreaux, Greg Smith, and Sid
Wilde.
