Madigan Leads in Day 1 of ABQ City

New Mexico State Aggie golfer Tim Madigan was tied with five others after the first day of the Albuquerque City Men’s Golf Championship Friday. The Day 1 championship results are here.

Find Day 1 results for the President’s and remaining flights here.

ADO’s Harvey Makes PNC Cut

Arroyo del Oso’s Bill Harvey shot a second-round 73 to post a 2-over 144, good enough to get him into a tie for 68th and a good chance to play the final two days of the PGA’s Professional National Championship.

Harvey’s two-day total was the best Sun Country Section PGA showing in the event. Las Campanas’ Bob May Jr. finished at 5 over, and Four Hills Country Club’s Scott gates carded a two-day total of 4 over. Both missed the cut.

Mark Sheftic of Ambler, Pa., was the leader in the clubhouse late Tuesday afternoon with a 7-under 67-68, with three players, including 2008 PNC Champion Scott Hebert, of Traverse City, Mich., still on the course with a chance to take the lead going into Round 3 on Wednesday.

The projected cut was 2 over for the low 70 players, plus ties, in the 312-player field.

Final-round action moves exclusively to Twin Warriors Wednesday morning as some 240 players who gathered here from around the nation head home. Both Twin and Santa Ana served as venues for the event’s first two days.

ADO’s Harvey has a Shot at PNC Cut

Arroyo del Oso Head Professional Bill Harvey led the local contingent at the PGA of America’s 42nd Professional National Championship with an even-par 71 at Santa Ana Golf Club that put him in a tie for 41st place after Round 1.

Four Hills General Manager Scott Gates posted a 4-over 76 at Twin Warriors, putting him in a tie for 161st, and Las Campanas pro Bob May Jr. finished at 5 over at Santa Ana to end the day in a tie for 195th place.

Defending 2008 PNC Champion Scott Hebert of Traverse City, Mich., was a study in consistency Sunday at Santa Ana Golf Club, posting an opening-round bogey-free, 5-under 66 at Santa Ana, which played 7,217 yards and generally easier than Twin Warriors on a blustery day that yielded 38 total sub-par rounds across both courses.

The 312-player field will be cut to 70 players plus ties after Monday’s play for two days of final-round action at the 7,493-yard par 71 Twin Warriors layout  Tuesday and Wednesday. Three Sun Country Section PGA pros are entered in the event.

Sun Country Golf is holding its July-August edition off the presses to publish coverage of the event. For full first-round esults, click here.

Puerto Tank Protest Growing

An uprising by Puerto del Sol golfers over the imminent devastation of their golf course has led water officials to propose rerouting underground pipes to serve a massive above-ground water tank to be built there.

“Instead of ripping through five or six fairways with 30-foot trenches, they’ll be skirting the edge of the course,” said Puerto operator Tony Hidalgo Jr.  A map of the tank’s location and routing of pipe can be found here.

The tank project, first reported by Sun Country Golf, led the PDS men’s and women’s golf associations to approach two TV stations, which reported how trenching would lay waste to the course when construction starts in October. See KRQE’s Tim Maestas’ story on the controversy here.

The mammoth nature of the tank project was under-reported by us when we first broke this story. The actual capacity of the tank is 2 million gallons. The 125-foot diameter tank would stretch from rough line to rough line in the area between Holes 3 and 4, and cut into 30 yards of No. 3 fairway, exaggerating the dogleg.

The tank is being built to hold a non-potable mix of recycled industrial water and water piped uphill from the Rio Grande, to be used to irrigate Isotopes Park and other Southeast Heights sports venues, including the golf course itself. In the long run, the presence of the tank will cut Puerto’s water cost by 20 percent.

At the same time, Wayne Brooks, president of the PDS men’s association, told  KRQE that in a year or two, people will forget exactly why PDS is losing money, as people stay away and play somewhere else.

UNM Championship Adding Length

The University of New Mexico Championship Course is adding a new set of tees to bring the length of the course from the tips to 7,557 yards — an increase of 233 yards.

The new tees, dubbed “Lobo tees,” are being built on Nos. 5, 7, 11, 13 and 18. The biggest change comes on No. 7, where 54 yards are being added to bring the hole’s total length to 522 yards.

Other changes:

No. 5, a par 4, will get longer by 45 yards and play 487 yards;

No. 11, a par 3, will get 16 yards longer, playing 220 yards from the back.

No. 13 will get 44 more yards to become a 505-yard Par 4.

No. 18 will have 38 yards added and become a 562-yard uphill Par 5.

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Daily, Lieberwirth Tie in Pro-Scratch

Tanoan Country Club, June 22, 2009

Team Results

1. Justin Dahrling, Tim With, Guillermo Chavez 30-69-112—211 -5 $630 $210 each
2. Dal Daily, Tommy Hudson, Derek Marker 30-68-114—212 -4 $570 $190 each
3. Scott Lieberwirth, Larry Lujan, Karl Jarvis 31-69-113—213 -3 $480 $160 eachT
4. Dominic Curran, David Senn, Kevin Richards 30-71-115—216 E $375 $125 each

T4. Mark Gonzalez, Danny Medina, Roby Quintella 34-72-110—216 E $375 $125 each

6. Kevin Loghry, Dick Thobe, Conner Payne 33-72-112—217 +1 $255 $85 each

T7. Bobby Baca, Chris Ortiz, Pete Sierra 33-72-115—220 +4 $205 $68.33 each

T7. Lyndon Bystrom, Joe Galllego, James Altamirano 33-71-116—220 +4 $205 $68.33 each

T7. Luis Delgadillo, Gerardo Ronquillo, Filiberto Cruz 37-70-113—220 +4 $205 $68.33 each

10. Bill Harvey, Rich Goff, Mike Quinlan 35-68-118—221 +5 $150 $50 each

11. Tony Hidalgo, Jerry Gonzalez, Rex Enright 33-72-118—223 +7

T12. Donnie Torres, Cale Jones, Gary Rich 35-74-115—224 +8

T12. Joel Atson, Rich Aragon, Travis Clark 32-73-119—224 +8

14. Jim Traina, Jheremy Young, Jose Gutierrez 34-73-118—225 +9

T15. Kevin Price, Brad Condon, Robert Medina 32-72-122—226 +10

T15. Colby Reddoch, Luis Luna, Danny Ottman 33-75-118—226 +10

17. Tom Velarde, Eddie Peck, Warren Finch 36-74-119—229 +13

T18. Kurt Osborn, Jack Osborn, Bob Hudgins 38-71-121—230 +14

T18. Zach Hoefel, Corey Landry, Larry Carroll 34-78-118—230 +14

T20. Steve Manning, Greg With, Bobby Gilchrist 31-73-124—231 +15

T20. Tom Moore, Ken Ray, Terry Freeze 34-72-125—231 +15

22. Daniel Nunez, Tim Estes, Jim Plank 34-75-123—232 +16

T23. Coy Sanchez, Brian Longwill, Walter Buenning 33-77-123—233 +17

T23. Tad Bourg, Carville Bourg, Gino Torres 36-77-120—233 +17

25. Ron Moxom, Scott Lieshman, Richard Whitaker 37-80-118—235 +19

26. Mark Swanson, Mike Fogleman, Max Dawkins 33-79-124—236 +20

27. Anthony Romero, Bob Deveraux, Mike Kim 37-76-128—241 +25

28. Sabino Grijalva, Gavin Torres, Anton Salome 34-78-132—244 +28

Chris Smith, Jeff Vinton, Dave Moore DQ

Pro Sweeps

T1        Dal Daily                        68-37--105 -3    $375  
T1        Scott Lieberwirth            69-36--105 -3    $375
3          Mark Gonzalez               72-36--108 E     $275
T4        Kevin Price         71-39--110 +2   $201.67
T4        Luis Delgadillo                74-36--110 +2   $201.67
T4        Joel Atson          75-35--110 +2   $201.66
7          Dominic Curran              74-38--112 +4   $135 
T8        Lyndon Bystrom              72-41--113 +5   $115
T8        Bill Harvey                     73-40--113 +5   $115
T10       Justin Dahrling               76-38--114 +6   $83.34
T10       Daniel Nunez                  76-38--114 +6   $83.33
T10       Zach Hoefel                   76-38--114 +6   $83.33
T13       Bobby Baca                    77-38--115 +7   $22
T13       Anthony Romero            77-38--115 +7   $22
T13       Kurt Osborn                   75-40--115 +7   $22
T13       Tom Velarde      76-39--115 +7   $22
T13       Kevin Loghry      77-38--115 +7   $22
T18       Coy Sanchez      76-40--116 +8  
T18       Ron Moxom       76-40--116 +8  
T20       Tony Hidalgo      80-37--117 +9  
T20       Donnie Torres    77-40--117 +9  
T20       Steve Manning   77-40--117 +9  
23         Tom Moore        76-43--119 +11 
T24       Jim Traina         82-38--120 +12 
T24       Mark Swanson   77-43--120 +12 
T24       Tad Bourg         83-37--120 +12 
27         Colby Reddoch   83-39--122 +14 
28         Sabino Grijalva   85-49—134 +26
            Chris Smith        DQ 

Amateur  Sweeps

1          Tim With                       66-37--103 -5    $300   
2          Chris Ortiz                     72-37--109 +1   $255  
T3        James Altimorano           74-36--110 +2   $220   
T3        Rex Enright                    72-38--110 +2   $220
T5        Jheremy Young              75-36--111 +3   $145   
T5        Rich Goff                       73-38--111 +3   $145  
T5        Karl Jarvis                      74-37--111 +3   $145  
T5        Luis Luna           73-38--111 +3   $145  
T5        Roby Quintela                75-36--111 +3   $145  
10         Conner Payne                74-38--112 +4   $85   
T11       Tommy Hudson              72-41--113 +5  $63.34  
T11       Derek Marker                 77-36--113 +5   $63.33  
T11       Terry Freeze                  75-38--113 +5   $63.33   
T14       Pete Sierra        74-40--114 +6  $53.34  
T14       G. Chavez          77-37--114 +6   $53.33
T14       Gary Rich           79-35--114 +6   $53.33  
T17       Walt Buenning    74-41--115 +7   $35    
T17       Kevin Richards   75-40--115 +7   $35  
T17       David Senn        78-37--115 +7   $35  
T17       Joe Gallego        76-39--115 +7   $35 
T17       Danny Medina    77-38--115 +7   $35  
T22       Brad Condon      79-38--117 +9   $5   
T22       Tim Estes          75-42--117 +9   $5   
T22       G. Ronquillo       80-37--117 +9   $5  
T22       Dick Thobe        81-36--117 +9   $5   


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The Outlaw Club Closes

The Outlaw Club in Lincoln Hills, a private course built as the centerpiece of a high-end estate development  in Alto, N.M., has closed.

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Patrick Beyhan Wins Big I Junior

Big I Junior Classic Qualifier, Sun Country PGA Match-Play Championship, presented by Independent Insurance Agents of New Mexico, June 7-10, Santa Fe Country Club Host, PGA Professional:  David Nowell

FINAL RESULTS

BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

(15) Patrick Beyhan, Albuquerque. DEF. (1) Simon Miller, Albuquerque. 1 Up

GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

(7) Chanet Fiorina, Santa Fe. DEF. (4) Jordan Debrine, Albuquerque. 4 & 3

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Bullseye Offers Personalized Golf Balls In Time for Father’s Day

Rob Scott,  co-owner with brother Gene, of Bullseye Golf Center, 8212 Menaul Blvd. N.E., Albuquerque, says he’s the first in town to offer ink-jet printing of any image you want on your golf balls. [Read more →]

Carrillo Wins Socorro Open

Ricardo Carillo won the Socorro Open. Boyd Summerhays finished second. Second-round leader Nick Geyer, a UNM Lobo golfer, finished third. The event concluded Saturday.

The full results for the championship flight can he found here.

Professionals are segregated and identified by capital letters. Amateurs in the championship are identified by both lower and upper case. Finishing order for players in those two groups can be determined by comparing gross scores.

The full results for the amateur handicapped flights can be found here.