NCGA STROKE PLAY – HARDY AND McElyea lead at -5 after two rounds

WOW did this golf course play tough today with pins that I frankly have never seen before. With the best amateurs in Nor Cal in the field, only two rounds under par were produced. Cory McElyea had a very impressive 68 today and is tied with first round leader Scott Hardy at -5 139. The last round here at Poppy Hills can produce some real drama as every hole on this course has some danger lurking for that errand shot.

This has been a long week down here for the three events over the last 9 days with the last round tomorrow. I’ve been involved in a double eagle to nip me for a major NCGA event, and today another painful occurrence happened. I had just hit a great bunker shot out on #13 to a foot, and excitedly I went to knock the sand off my shoes with the sand wedge when I missed my shoe and caught the side of my knee at full tilt with my wedge. Down to the ground I went and thoughts of withdrawing from the British Senior Open in Scotland were my biggest fear as I rolled on the ground in pain. After 8 Motrin’s I felt perhaps i could continue…what ensued was a very rocky round of 73 leaving me 5 shots of the leaders.

After many icing sessions I will attack this course tomorrow with a vengeance in pursuit of that perfect round of 65 or 66. Stay tuned and find out what happens tomorrow as the NCGA will crown it’s 2010 Stroke Play Champion!

7th Annual NCGA Amateur Stroke Play Championship

Updated: 7/10/2010 7:06 pm PDT – The low 40 players and ties will advance to Final Round tomorrow.

Position	Player	Club	Today	Hole	Total	Rounds						Total
						1	2
T1	Cory McElyea	De Laveaga GC	-4	F	-5	71	68					139
T1	Scott Hardy	amateurgolf.Com	+1	F	-5	66	73					139
3	Kevin Lucas	Collegiate Players Club	Even	F	-4	68	72					140
T4	Matt Montez	Valley Hi CC	Even	F	-1	71	72					143
T4	Russell Humphrey	Woodbridge GCC	+1	F	-1	70	73					143
T6	Michael Weaver	Fort Washington GCC	-2	F	Even	74	70					144
T6	Cameron Rappleye	Valley Hi CC	+2	F	Even	70	74					144
T6	Randy Haag	Olympic Club	+1	F	Even	71	73					144
T9	Andrew Bonner	Spring Creek GCC	+5	F	+2	69	77					146
T9	Chad Vivolo	Monterey Peninsula CC	Even	F	+2	74	72					146
T9	Kevin Alexander	Napa GC	+3	F	+2	71	75					146
T9	Kaz Hoffman	Mill Valley GC	+3	F	+2	71	75					146
T9	Roberto Galletti Jr.	Oakhurst CC	+1	F	+2	73	73					146
T14	Jamie Core	Collegiate Players Club	+1	F	+3	74	73					147
T14	Christopher Ellis	San Jose Muni Egolf Clubhouse	+6	F	+3	69	78					147
T14	Chris Jensen	Sharon Heights GCC	Even	F	+3	75	72					147
T14	Justin Marchiando	Poppy Hills GC	+3	F	+3	72	75					147
T14	Ben Geyer	Arbuckle GC	+2	F	+3	73	74					147
T14	Joshua Stone	Swenson Park GC	Even	F	+3	75	72					147
T20	Jack Hoenes	Spring Hills GC	+1	F	+4	75	73					148
T20	Ricky Stockton	Salinas Fairways GC	+4	F	+4	72	76					148
T22	Mark Wyllie	The Club GC	+2	F	+5	75	74					149
T22	Joel Slak	eClub Sacramento	+6	F	+5	71	78					149
T22	Dino Giacomazzi	Bayonet/Black Horse GC	+3	F	+5	74	75					149
T25	Bryan Moquin	California GC	+2	F	+6	76	74					150
T25	Christopher Herzog	Tuscan Ridge GC	+3	F	+6	75	75					150
T25	Kei Kita	eClub San Francisco	+3	F	+6	75	75					150
T28	Jeffrey Cornez	Collegiate Players Club	+4	F	+7	75	76					151
T28	Kevin Nabbefeld	eClub South Bay	+7	F	+7	72	79					151
T28	Matt Anderson	eClub East Bay	+7	F	+7	72	79					151
T28	Cody Thompson	Butte Creek CC	+5	F	+7	74	77					151
T28	Jordan Weir	Serrano CC	+4	F	+7	75	76					151
T33	Anthony Machi	Castlewood CC	+3	F	+8	77	75					152
T33	Wes Leith	Wildhorse GC	+8	F	+8	72	80					152
T33	Matt Lewis	Darkhorse GC	+5	F	+8	75	77					152
T36	Brian Swenson	Bridges GC	+6	F	+9	75	78					153
T36	Jay Myers	San Jose CC	+4	F	+9	77	76					153
T36	Dalan Refioglu	CordeValle Golf Club	+5	F	+9	76	77					153
T36	Casey Boyns	Monterey Bay GC	+6	F	+9	75	78					153
T36	Steve Woods	San Jose Muni Egolf Clubhouse	+8	F	+9	73	80					153
Projected Cut: +9 (153)
	Terry Foreman	Roddy Ranch GC	+6	F	+10	76	78					154
	Jeff Hoffman	Empire Ranch GC	+5	F	+10	77	77					154
	Geoff Hunt	Collegiate Players Club	+10	F	+10	72	82					154
	Bradford Thomas	Meadow Club	+6	F	+10	76	78					154
	Jonathan Carlson	Adams Springs GC	+8	F	+10	74	80					154
	Robert Miller	San Jose CC	+1	F	+10	81	73					154
	Darryl Donovan	CordeValle GC	+6	F	+10	76	78					154
	Jason Simonetti	Salinas Fairways GC	+5	F	+11	78	77					155
	Matt Thornton	Silver Creek Valley CC	+7	F	+11	76	79					155
	Chris Wilderotter	Claremont CC	+6	F	+11	77	78					155
	Joseph Woo	San Geronimo GC	+8	F	+11	75	80					155
	Teddy Schrier	Stevinson Ranch GC	+5	F	+11	78	77					155
	Jeff Stewart	Roseville GC	+6	F	+11	77	78					155
	Aidan Pinch	Caddy Club of Mayacama	+2	F	+11	81	74					155
	Dylan Smith	Armitage Shanks GC	+6	F	+12	78	78					156
	Ryan Carter	Swenson Park GC	+11	F	+12	73	83					156
	Jeff Lyons	Roddy Ranch GC	+11	F	+12	73	83					156
	Jeff Burda	Del Rio CC	+4	F	+12	80	76					156
	Grant Rappleye	Valley Hi CC	+6	F	+13	79	78					157
	Andy Nevin	eClub East Bay	+10	F	+13	75	82					157
	Tanner Makimoto	eClub Sacramento	+12	F	+13	73	84					157
	Taylor Knoll	Cameron Park CC	+7	F	+13	78	79					157
	Mitch Card	Gold Hills GC	+6	F	+14	80	78					158
	R.C. Orr	Stonetree GC	+10	F	+14	76	82					158
	Mathew Miller	Castlewood CC	+5	F	+14	81	77					158
	Luke Allard	eClub South Bay	+8	F	+14	78	80					158
	Nick Sako	Pine Mountain Lake GC	+18	F	+14	68	90					158
	Andre Navarro	Turlock GCC	+9	F	+14	77	81					158
	Phillip Bahn	Golf Mart GC	+7	F	+14	79	79					158
	Johnny Partridge	Marin CC	+8	F	+14	78	80					158
	Jake Markman	Harding Park GC	+7	F	+15	80	79					159
	Andrew Warren	Metropolitan GL	+8	F	+15	79	80					159
	Luis Gandara	eClub East Bay	+8	F	+16	80	80					160
	Nick Chladek	Stanford University GC	+6	F	+16	82	78					160
	Kevin Smith	Collegiate Players Club	+13	F	+16	75	85					160
	Ray Hale	Davis GC	+9	F	+16	79	81					160
	J J McMillen	Ukiah GC	+8	F	+16	80	80					160
	Jordan Swanson	Valley Hi CC	+10	F	+16	78	82					160
	Chad Brownfield	Gilroy GCC	+8	F	+17	81	80					161
	Ben Bauch	Reserve at Spanos Park GC	+7	F	+17	82	79					161
	Ryan Janick	Bridges GC	+13	F	+17	76	85					161
	Matt Biggar	Los Altos GCC	+10	F	+17	79	82					161
	David Halvorson	Del Rio CC	+9	F	+17	80	81					161
	Patrick Soli	Mariner’s Point Y.O.C.	+11	F	+18	79	83					162
	Scott Taylor	Salinas Fairways GC	+9	F	+18	81	81					162
	Dwight Eschliman	Lincoln Park GC	+10	F	+18	80	82					162
	Sergio Rios	Corral de Tierra CC	+13	F	+18	77	85					162
	Steven Wight	San Geronimo GC	+14	F	+18	76	86					162
	Adam Humphrey	Quicksilver GC	+12	F	+18	78	84					162
	Jordan Sedlock	eClub East Bay	+8	F	+19	83	80					163
	Scot Lance	Meadow Club	+14	F	+19	77	86					163
	Jason Faria	Golf Mart GC	+9	F	+19	82	81					163
	David Mannix	Golf Mart GC	+13	F	+20	79	85					164
	Steve Dopkins	eClub Sacramento	+14	F	+20	78	86					164
	Mac McClung	amateurgolf.Com	+15	F	+20	77	87					164
	Lance Torrey	eClub San Francisco	+10	F	+20	82	82					164
	Raymond Costley	Apple Mountain GR	+14	F	+22	80	86					166
	Dominic DeBellis	Roddy Ranch GC	+17	F	+22	77	89					166
	Kenny Maroney	Pleasanton GC Y.O.C.	+15	F	+22	79	87					166
	Steve Donnelly	Salinas Fairways GC	+12	F	+22	82	84					166
	Charlie Scroggins	Colusa GCC	+12	F	+22	82	84					166
	Nick Daniels	Windsor GC	+6	F	+23	89	78					167
	Ray Kong	Santa Teresa GC	+13	F	+23	82	85					167
	Glenn Andrade	Vintner’s GC	+11	F	+23	84	83					167
	William Bossard	Collegiate Players Club	+9	F	+23	86	81					167
	Kevin Noto	Gilroy GCC	+4	F	+23	91	76					167
	Jason Sturdevant	San Joaquin CC	+13	F	+25	84	85					169
	Trevor Thompson	eClub East Bay	+17	F	+25	80	89					169
	Jon Kosier	Cameron Park CC	+10	F	+25	87	82					169
	Gary Dunn	Granite Bay GC	+8	F	+26	90	80					170
	Jeff Haluska	Rooster Run GC	+16	F	+27	83	88					171
	Brent Gormley	NCGA Intro Membership	+13	F	+27	86	85					171
	Mike Murphy	Blackhawk CC	+19	F	+27	80	91					171
	Wes Sandroni	Morgan Creek GCC	+15	F	+27	84	87					171
	Josiah Schuyler	Antelope Greens GC	+18	F	+29	83	90					173
	John Crater	Spring Creek GCC	+17	F	+31	86	89					175
	Garth Keehan	Concord GC	+22	F	+35	85	94					179
	Steven Messer	Sierra View CC	WD			83						WD
	Jud Spencer	Silver Creek Valley CC	WD			89						WD
	Scott Cunningham	Eagle Ridge GC	NS			78						NS
	Donnie Elliott	Boulder Ridge GC	NS			79						NS