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CANADIAN BRYAN TOTH TAKES EARLY LEAD
By John Reger, for amateurgolf.com
CARMEL , California (October
12, 2006) - – For
only playing nine holes of The Preserve
Golf Club, Bryan Toth performed in the
first round of the Stocker Cup Championship
like he has a membership.
Toth, who is from Victoria , British Columbia , shot a 5-under 67 to take the first round lead by a stroke over defending champion, Paul Simson. Joe Sanders and Jeff Wilson are two shots behind.
“I think in some ways, not knowing the golf course helped,” Toth said. “I just played and didn’t worry about where the trouble was.”
It is the first year for Toth at this prestigious amateur event and he only played the front nine for his practice round. His lack of course knowledge didn’t show, however, as he was 2-under on the nine holes he didn’t see. Toth also birdied all four of the par 5s.
Toth’s partner in the team competition proved to be equally as strong. Derek Smith, who has a 9 handicap, shot a 74 on his own ball and the duo posted a 60. Three other teams, Paul Stimson/Phil Lester, John Desantis/Eric Stocker and Chris Carlson/Kerry Goodsel are two shots back.
“Derek played great,” Toth said. “He was playing so well I thought ‘I got to play better or he’s going to beat me.’”
NOTES
Simson, 55, is the defending champion and
if he needed any indication of how his
title defense would go, it was answered
on his second shot. Simson, who won this
year’s British Senior Amateur,
holed out with a pitching wedge from
115 yards for an eagle on the 10th hole,
his first hole. The round also included
a 55-foot birdie putt and a miss from
2 feet for par … Michael Giddings
made it to Carmel , but unfortunately
his clubs did not. No problem, he borrowed
the clubs of The Preserve’s Head
Professional, Jon Pietro. He might want
to keep them. Giddings, who belongs to
Bear Creek Golf Club in Murrieta, made
pars on four of the five toughest handicap
holes for net birdies … Nick
Ushijima had the most unusual bogey on
No. 2. He shanked his first shot out
of bounds, hit his third shot short of
the green and chipped in from 15 yards
to save bogey on the par 3.
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