SO. SECTION GOLF PRELIMS: LOCALS RULE AT GOLF PLAYOFF OPENER.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer OXNARD - James Dalthorp III made it look easy when it wasn't. Erik Jarvey took the spectacular route. Ben Fox squeezed every bit of drama out of his attempt. All three area players accomplished goal No. 1 on Monday - survival in the playoff-opening Northern Regional individual tournament at River Ridge River Ridge is the name of more than one location.
So did 10 other area players in one of the most successful playoff showings in years by local individuals. Dalthorp, a junior at Oaks Christian of Westlake Village, tied Kyle Mendoza of Covina and Levi Garcia of Paso Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
Dalthorp came within two strokes of earning a U.S. Open The term U.S. Open is applied to "open" United States national championships in a particular sport, in which anybody, amateur or professional, American or non-American may compete. These include:
``I just grinded it out. I didn't feel like I really had it today,'' he said, ``but I just took my time and worked hard out there. I grinded pretty hard the whole day.'' The grinding was so hard because Dalthorp arrived home at 1 a.m. Monday from Hawaii. ``I was pretty tired coming down 18,'' he said. Golden League champion Jarvey was pretty excited coming down from arguably ar·gu·a·ble adj. 1. Open to argument: an arguable question, still unresolved. 2. That can be argued plausibly; defensible in argument: three arguable points of law. the shot of the tournament. After nearly hitting his tee shot into water surrounding the island- green par-3 14th hole, he chipped into the cup from the edge of that water to turn potential double-bogey into birdie. ``Lucky,'' said Jarvey, who thought his tee shot would wind up in the lake but wound up advancing by two shots with a 74. ``I got a break and I shoved it in.'' Fox, whose school - Oakwood of North Hollywood - has no golf team, got into Monday's playoff opener by winning his third consecutive individual playoff qualifier with a bogey- free round of 65. He might have played even better for his final four holes at River Ridge, rallying from the brink of elimination to finish even-par 72 by going 5-under-par in his final four holes. ``I got out there and I was just asleep,'' said Fox, a former state junior champion and national Junior PGA Championship The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship outside of North America) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. qualifier who four-putted his second green Monday. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what it was, but bad shot here, bad shot there and all of a sudden I was five over par. Coming down the stretch, I felt I just had to handle it.'' Fox accomplished that with a birdie-birdie-birdie-eagle finish he called rewarding. ``To know that I can just turn it on and it all comes through when in the clutch, that feels good,'' he said. ``But I kinda Adv. 1. kinda - to some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy" kind of, sort of, rather went blank for a couple of hours there.'' David Lipsky David Lipsky (born 20 July 1965 in New York City) is a novelist, journalist, and short story writer. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1983 and Brown University in 1987, and holds an M.A. in Creative Writing from Johns Hopkins University. of La Canada and Louis Amira of Valencia (71 each), Joe Greiner of Hart of Newhall and Brett Kanda of Flintridge Prep of La Canada Flintridge (72 each) and Jason Rosenkrantz of Westlake (73) led the other area qualifiers. Michael Casca of Oaks Christian, Nick Geyer of Viewpoint of Calabasas and Taylor Wallace of Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (all 74) and Trevor James of Oak Park and Danny Hoffenberg of Royal (75 each) also advanced. Casey Piper of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. shot 76 then advanced to the third hole of an 11-player playoff for the last section- final berth before losing to Bryan Pierce of Arroyo Grande. Dave Shelburne, (818) 713-3609 dave.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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