17th annual Master Division Championship; McDonald Fires 65 for Lead.SOUTH LAKE TAHOE Ta·hoe , Lake A lake on the California-Nevada border west of Carson City, Nevada. It is a popular resort area. , Calif.--(BW SportsWire)--Sept. 17, 1998--Pat McDonald fired a brilliant 6-under-par 65 Thursday Thursday: see week. to take a big step toward his third victory in the Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern Golf Association's Master Division Championship. McDonald, who won the title in 1991 and 1994, carded four birdies and an unconventional eagle en route to the first-round lead in the 17th annual event for players ages 40-54. Playing in the first group of the day at the par- par- pref. Variant of para-1. 71, 6,741-yard Lake Tahoe Golf Course, McDonald made birdies on the third and fifth holes. But, the big break came on the 412-yard, par-4 eighth. "I hit a thin 1-iron off the tee," said the Sunset Whitney CC member after the round. "I was about 190 yards from the hole. After taking the wind and altitude altitude, vertical distance of an object above some datum plane, such as mean sea level or a reference point on the earth's surface. It is usually measured by the reduction in atmospheric pressure with height, as shown on a barometer or altimeter. into consideration, I hit an 8-iron. It bounced in front of the green and then rolled into the middle of the hole." McDonald then added birdies on the 12th and 14th holes. Oddly, none of the birdies came on par-5s. "I don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. play the par-5s well here," he smiled. He did make a good par on No. 9 after hitting his second shot into a hazard. McDonald goes into the second round - to be played at Edgewood Edgewood is the name of some places in the United States of America and Canada:
Adjective designating an internal-combustion engine in which the piston makes four strokes for every explosion lead over Gary Gary, city (1990 pop. 116,646), Lake co., NW Ind., a port of entry on Lake Michigan; inc. 1909. Gary was founded by the U.S. Steel Corporation, which purchased the land in 1905 and landscaped it for a city. Vanier of the Olympic Club The Olympic Club is a country club with several golf courses partly located in San Francisco, California. The club's main "City Clubhouse" is located in downtown San Francisco. The courses are on a property that straddles the boundary between San Francisco and Daly City. . Vanier had five birdies and three bogeys in his round of 69. Rod Souza of Stockton GCC GCC: see Gulf Cooperation Council. (compiler, programming) GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection, which currently contains front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada, as well as libraries for these languages (libstdc++, libgcj, etc). shot a 70, as did Michael Baty of Van Buskirk. McDonald set the tournament record with his 70-66-136 showing on the same two courses in 1994. Two-time defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Jeff Burda struggled in the first round and finished with a 3-over-par 74. First-round results: -0- Pat McDonald, Sunset Whitney 65 Gary Vanier, Olympic Club 69 Rod Souza, Stockton 70 Michael Baty, Van Buskirk 70 Michael Redman, Antioch 71 Mike Spellman, Antioch 72 Dennis Younglove, El Macero 72 Gary Conklin, Alameda 73 Jim Knoll, Windsor 73 Marco Dusi, Turlock 73 Bob Miroyan, De Laveaga 73 Greg Durst, Peach Tree 73 Steven Wolf, Woodbridge 74 Gregory O'Malley, Mountain Shadows 74 Gordon Yamamoto, Salinas 74 Perry Trisler, Sacramento 74 Rob Thompson, Merced 74 Jeff Burda, Del Rio 74 David Gill, King City 74 Douglas Johnson, Fig Garden 74 Craig Cannaday, Rio Vista 75 Jack Goodrich, Fresno MAGA 75 Steve Goetz, Sierra View 75 Anthony Amaral, Paradise Valley 75 Michael Wiechers, Granite Bay 75 Joe Negri, Bennett Valley 76 Jim Williams, San Francisco 76 Dave Flores, Modesto Par Three 76 Ken Webb, Turlock 76 Robert Cayton, Monterey Bay 76 Richard Paiko, Teal Bend 76 Thomas Lyons, Springtown 76 Brad Bulcock, Gleneagles International 76 Randy Tiesiera, Turlock 76 William Hamilton, Nor Cal Lefthanders 76 Steven MacIlraith, Lake Wildwood 77 Richard Strock, Stanford 77 Jim Yaple, Concord 77 Rick Whitmore, Bethel Island 77 Gary Conti, Stanford 77 Mark Miller, Antioch 77 Chris McKenna, Twelve Bridges 77 Ruben Martin, Aspen Meadows 77 Clem Richardson, Corral de Tierra 77 Mark Nicholson, Del Rio 77 Allen Herd, Mountain Springs 78 Brooks Barthel, Elkhorn 78 Steven Lewis, Olympic Club 78 Kevin Braegger, Springtown 78 Jim Lopes, Kings 78 Dave Parsons, Club Shakespeare 78 Bob Berg, Riverview 78 Marshall Gleason, Olympic Club 78 Jeffrey Martin, Mill Valley 79 John Arnold III, Modesto 79 William Barry, El Macero 79 Cosme Diaz, Teal Bend 79 Bud Christians, El Dorado Hills 79 Tony Reboton, Nor Cal Lefthanders 80 Barry Zarecky, Valley Hi 80 Bob Reed, Castlewood 80 William McMonigle, Presidio 81 Ross Brownlie, GCSA 81 Michael Bakula, Fort Washington 81 Bob Rowland, Castlewood 81 Dan Thurston, Mountain Shadows 81 Ralph Costanzo, Mariner's Point 81 Robert Seidel, Fig Garden 81 Greg Olson, Gold Hills 81 Chester Zinn, Atascadero 82 Dennis Suhrke, Mill Valley 82 Jim Reed, Marin 82 Steve Poletti, Elkhorn 82 Allan Jamieson, California 82 Jeffrey Blackmon, Cherry Island 82 Vincent Ambrosia, Jerseys 82 Jay Gentry, Quail Lodge 83 Tom Palumbo, Rancho del Rey 83 James Nelson, Jerseys 83 Donald Mancebo, Merced 84 William Snell, De Laveaga 84 Dale Jensen, Napa Valley 84 Neil Hamilton, Benicia 84 Robert Williams, Tracy 85 Raul Perez, Stevinson Ranch 85 Harlan Karnofsky, Rancho Murieta 85 David Goettsch, Antioch 87 Paul Dommes, Walnut Creek 89 |
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