4th OF JULY INVITATIONAL BECOMES A GOLF CLINIC...

Zach Pool watches his
tee shot on #7

Zach Pool, Alfred "Thumper" Galyean, Cory Smith, Blake Walker & Robert Parker gave a ball striking clinic for two days. After the first day, two players, Pool and Parker, were at 66, the other three were at 69. You could say they all provided "fireworks" in this national holiday weekend.

Cory Smith seems to be
thinking: "I've got to make
a putt!!"

After nine holes on Sunday, Parker was in front at 6 under par with three players at minus 4: "Thumper" (who eagled 9 from 75 yards); Cory who had a 34 despite a costly bogey on #8 and Zach, who played the front nine in plus one. But the back nine was different with Zach coming back early, and all but Cory, fading back. It all came to the last hole, where Cory and Zach both had short putts for birdie. Zach made his, while Cory, the crowd's favorite, missed his, and that was the difference, Zach winning the tournament 135 to 136. Congratulations to both and thank you for the great show!

The results are as follows:

Don Murphey: "you don't
have to be in the Championship
flight to have fun"

CHAMPIONSHIP: 135 - Zach Pool; 136 - Cory Smith; 137 - Robert Walker; 139 - Alfred Galyean; 142 - Blake Walker.
"A": 139 - Steven Stark (won playoff); 139 - Travis Stout; 140 - Shane Pingry; 142 - Tyler Windsor.
"B": 150 - Tom Thomas; 151 - Matt Salazar; 154 - Aaron Kauk; 155 - Chad Kisling
"C": 159 - Robert Lackey; 160 - Ann Cowan (*) & Ray Greene; 161 - Leon Stuart.
"D": 171 - Terry Nichols; 173 - Dewey Coats; 175 - Grady Lantz; 181 - Steve Johnson


(*) Ann Cowan was the only woman playing in the event and played from the same tees as the men.

On Sunday's buyout, the winners were as follow:
CHAMPIONSHIP: 67-Cory Smith, 69-Zach Pool; 71-Robert Parker

Richard Harvey, "I agree
with Murphey!"

"A": 66-Shane Pingry; 67-Steven Stark; 68-Travis Stout; 70-Tyler Windsor & Mark Fairchild
"B": 70-Bret Brittain; 74-Matt Salazar & Tom Thomas; 76-Aaron Kauk & Chad Kisling
"C": 74-Jeremy Gray; 77-Robert Lackey &Ray Greene; 78-Ann Cowan
"D": 80-Terry Nichols; 85-Dewey Coats; 86-Grady Lantz; 89-Don Murphey & Steve Johnson.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WIINNERS, AND THANK YOU TO ALL PARTICIPANTS!

(for more pictures of this tournament, click here)