Three Share Medalist Honors at 2002 U.S. Mid-Amateur
Greenwich, Conn. – Three players, including two insurance executives from the same company, shared medalist honors at the 2002 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, being held at The Stanwich Club (par 72, 6,952 yards) and the Round Hill Club (par 71, 6,560 yards).
George Zahringer, 49, of New York, N.Y., Pat Carter, 34, of Lesage, W.Va., and Bill Sharpe, 33, of Edmond, Okla., finished at 1-under-par 142 to lead the field of 264 players after 36 holes of stroke play into Monday’s first round of match play.
Sharpe and Carter work for the same insurance firm – Woodman of the World Life – based in Omaha, Neb. Sharpe’s caddie is a Woodman’s field manager, Daryl Hardaway.
Zahringer, who was the 2001 Mid-Amateur runner-up and holds a membership at Stanwich, shot a 2-over-par 74 after recording the low score at Round Hill on Saturday, a 3-under-par 68.
Carter, who has won eight straight West Virginia Amateurs and was a Mid-Am quarterfinalist in 1996 and 1997, followed his even-par 72 at Stanwich with a 1-under-par 70 at Round Hill.
Sharpe started with a 2-under-par 69 at Round Hill to accompany Sunday’s 1-over-par 73 at Stanwich.
“My brother’s (Earl) been caddieing for me and he said he didn’t know why I’d want to be medalist,” said Carter, who was hired by Sharpe in 2000. “He was kind of hoping I’d finish second or third. The jinx has got to be broken sooner or later so maybe this year.”
In 22 previous Mid-Amateurs, the medalist has never won the championship.
“I think I can win and I have won before so that’s not a new step or an additional evolution of my competitive golf game,” Zahringer said. “It’s really staying focused and composed. Sometimes in a match, it’s making fewer mistakes than your opponent, sometime it’s playing better than him. There’s still a lot of golf left. Everybody stay tuned, including myself.”
Three strokes back were Danny Green, 45, of Jackson, Tenn., who won the Mid-Amateur in 1999, and Brad Hardin, 25, of Martinsville, Ind., whose sister Leigh Anne was the 1998 U.S. Girls’ Junior champion and a member of the 2002 USA Curtis Cup squad.
Green, a 2001 USA Walker Cup team member, shot 4-over-par 76 at Stanwich, which included four birdies. He had shot 2-under-par 69 at Round Hill Saturday for a 36-hole total of 2-over-par 145. Hardin, playing in his first USGA championship, had a 3-over-par 75 at Round Hill after a 2-under-70 at Stanwich.
“The course (Stanwich) wasn’t difficult today, I just lost my swing,” said the amiable Green. “As good as I played yesterday was as bad as I played today. I just wasn’t hitting the ball well. I think every fairway I hit, I made birdie.”
Safely into the match play field is defending champion Tim Jackson, 43, of Germantown, Tenn., who fired a 4-over-par 76 to finish at 4-over-par 147.
“You’ve got to know when you are putting uphill and when you’re putting downhill,” Jackson said of playing Stanwich. “You’ve got to know which greens receive shots and which ones don’t. Some putts are extremely fast and some are extremely slow. You just have to learn those spots in the green. It is such a big local knowledge course.”
David Herzog, 29, of Palmdale, Calif., matched Jackson at 147 when he shot a 3-under-par 69 at Stanwich Saturday and followed it with a 7-over-par 78 at Round Hill.
Notables missing the cut were 1997 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Ken Bakst of New York, N.Y. (83-77—160), 2000 champion Greg Puga of Los Angeles, Calif. (78-77—155), 1992 champion Danny Yates of Atlanta, Ga. (79-79—158).
A 12-man playoff for the final seven spots in the match play field of 64 will begin at 9 a.m. Monday. The playoff is scheduled to begin at 7:45 a.m. on Stanwich’s 10th hole.
The second and third rounds of match play are set for Tuesday and the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds for Wednesday. The Championship runs through Thursday’s 36-hole final match.
The U.S. Mid-Amateur is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the United States Golf Association, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs.
Greenwich, Conn. -- Results from Sunday’s second round of stroke play from the 2002 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at The Stanwich Club (6,952 yards, par 72) and Round Hill Club (6,560 yards, par 71): (SC = The Stanwich Club, RH = Round Hill)
George Zahringer, New York, N.Y., 68RH-74SC--142
Patrick Dean Carter, Lesage, W.Va., 72SC-70RH--142
Bill Sharpe, Edmond, Okla., 69RH-73SC--142
Danny Green, Jackson, Tenn., 69RH-76SC--145
Brad Hardin, Martinsville, Ind., 70SC-75RH--145
Kyle Coody, Plano, Texas, 72SC-73RH--145
Dave Yarnes, Corvallis, Ore., 72SC-73RH--145
Patrick Pierson, Central Nyack, N.Y., 70SC-76RH--146
John Pate, Santa Barbara, Calif., 74RH-72SC--146
Chris Cupit, Alpharetta, Ga., 70RH-76SC--146
Chris Jenkins, Little Rock, Ark., 72RH-74SC--146
Tim Jackson, Germantown, Tenn., 71RH-76SC--147
John Kemp, England, 74RH-73SC--147
David Herzog, Palmdale, Calif., 69SC-78RH--147
Michael Kelley, Westerville, Ohio, 73RH-74SC--147
Chip Travis, Hinsdale, Ill., 72RH-75SC--147
Brendan Hester, Sutton, Mass., 79SC-69RH--148
Jim Roy, Syracuse, N.Y., 77SC-71RH--148
Ryan Nietfeldt, Omaha, Neb., 76SC-72RH--148
Jerry Courville, Milford, Conn., 75SC-73RH--148
Bert Atkinson, Charleston, S.C., 72SC-76RH--148
Timothy Waggoner, Spokane, Wash., 80SC-69RH--149
Tripp Davis, Norman, Okla., 75SC-74RH--149
Terrence Miskell, New Braunfels, Texas, 74RH-75SC--149
Peter Samborsky II, Dayton, Ohio, 74RH-75SC--149
Greg Stebbins, Mahwah, N.J., 77SC-72RH--149
Trip Kuehne, Dallas, Texas, 75SC-74RH--149
Gary Wolstenholme, England, 71SC-78RH--149
Haymes Snedeker, Oxford, Miss., 74RH-75SC--149
Mark Wagner, Statesville, N.C., 78SC-71RH--149
Jeff Wilson, Suisun, Calif., 76SC-73RH--149
Austin Eaton, Stamford, Conn., 76RH-73SC--149
Joseph Taylor, West Islip, N.Y., 74RH-75SC--149
Greg Ott, Des Moines, Wash., 75SC-74RH--149
Shawn McCaskey, Cincinnati, Ohio, 75RH-75SC--150
Kemp Richardson, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 73RH-77SC--150
Gene Elliott, West Des Moines, Iowa, 73RH-77SC--150
Arnold Cutrell, Greensburg, Pa., 76SC-74RH--150
Gary Lucas, Topeka, Kan., 72RH-78SC--150
Titus Harris III, Houston, Texas, 76RH-74SC--150
Daniel Arvanitis, Manchester, N.H., 74SC-76RH--150
Greg Reynolds, Grand Blanc, Mich., 74SC-76RH--150
Jim Spagnolo, Fort Worth, Texas, 78SC-72RH--150
Michael McDermott, Broomall, Pa., 76SC-74RH--150
Randy Mahar, Portland, Ore., 74RH-76SC--150
Matthew Clarke, Loudonville, N.Y., 77RH-73SC--150
Dan Jennings, Los Angeles, Calif., 72RH-78SC--150
Rick Reinsberg, Moraga, Calif., 74SC-77RH--151
Tim Sheppard, East Peoria, Ill., 79SC-72RH--151
Terry Wamack, Columbus, Ohio, 75RH-76SC--151
Gregory Martin, Starkville, Miss., 75SC-76RH--151
Wes Christopher, Kingwood, Texas, 74RH-77SC--151
Chris Kuhlke, Augusta, Ga., 77RH-74SC--151
Robert Sheats, Atlanta, Ga., 76RH-75SC--151
Peter McCarthy, Canada, 73SC-78RH--151
David Nocar, Severna Park, Md., 77RH-74SC--151
Richard Southwick, Shelter Island, N.Y., 78SC-73RH--151
*Paul Schlachter, Pittsburgh, Pa., 72RH-80SC—152 (4,5)
*Scott Hardy, Pleasant Hill, Calif., 75RH-77SC—152 (4,5)
*Tim Hogarth, Northridge, Calif., 76SC-76RH—152 (4,5)
*Paul Simson, Raleigh, N.C., 76SC-76RH—152 (4,4)
*James Scorse, Rochester, N.Y., 76RH-76SC—152 (4,3)
*Trey Lewis, Hendersonville, Tenn., 74RH-78SC—152 (3)
*David Brown, Upper St Clair, Pa., 77SC-75RH—152 (4,5)
* In playoff for final seven match play spots
Failed to Qualify
*Dan Falls, Goshen, Md., 76SC-76RH—152 (4,6)
*Michael Deo, Bedminster, N.J., 77SC-75RH—152 (7)
*Steve Smyers, Lakeland, Fla., 77SC-75RH—152 (6)
*Kenneth Kellaney, Phoenix, Ariz., 75SC-77RH—152 (5)
*Chris Lange, Bryn Mawr, Pa., 73RH-79SC—152 (5)
Kevin Quinn, Needham, Mass., 78RH-75SC--153
Aaron Tallman, Pembroke Pines, Fla., 75SC-78RH--153
Paul Zarek, Burlington, Wis., 75SC-78RH--153
Dean Channell, Cary, N.C., 75RH-78SC--153
Colin Bork, Fargo, N.D., 81RH-72SC--153
James Hay, Fremont, Calif., 75SC-78RH--153
Michael McLoone, Arlington Heights, Ill., 78SC-75RH--153
Malcolm Holland, Dallas, Texas, 74SC-79RH--153
David Lucks, St Louis, Mo., 80SC-73RH--153
Mike McCoy, West Des Moines, Iowa, 72SC-81RH--153
Allen Barber, Yorktown, Va., 75RH-78SC--153
Keith Janecek, Parkton, Md., 76RH-77SC--153
Richard Balla Jr, St Charles, Ill., 74SC-79RH--153
Tim Duffey, Phoenix, Ariz., 78SC-75RH--153
C Rod Pattan, Fenton, Mich., 78SC-75RH--153
Rob Mangini, Scottsdale, Ariz., 75RH-78SC--153
Robert Basham, Los Lunas, N.M., 77RH-76SC--153
Dan Barkley, Roswell, Ga., 76RH-77SC--153
Paul Melson, Plantation, Fla., 77RH-76SC--153
Mike Booker, The Woodlands, Texas, 72SC-81RH--153
Benji Nelson, Madison, Miss., 77RH-77SC--154
Brian Murphy, Wethersfield, Conn., 77SC-77RH--154
Jay Rice, Darien, Conn., 74SC-80RH--154
Trey Owen, Austin, Texas, 77SC-77RH--154
Bret Voisin, Orlando, Fla., 79SC-75RH--154
Rick Dewitt, Arvada, Colo., 82SC-72RH--154
Mark Strickland, Woodstock, Ga., 75SC-79RH--154
David Nelson, Reno, Nev., 83SC-71RH--154
Roger Hoit, Summit, N.J., 72RH-82SC--154
Jeff Knox, Augusta, Ga., 71SC-83RH--154
Richard Berkmeyer, St Louis, Mo., 81SC-73RH--154
Marty James, Prescott, Ariz., 74RH-80SC--154
Brian Higgins, Franklin, Mass., 80SC-75RH--155
Kenneth Weixel, Columbus, Ohio, 76RH-79SC--155
Sean Hartman, Massapequa, N.Y., 75RH-80SC--155
Greg Puga, Los Angeles, Calif., 78SC-77RH--155
Ryan Hill, Longview, Texas, 82SC-73RH--155
William Mallon, Vero Beach, Fla., 78SC-77RH--155
Steve Johnson, Signal Mountain, Tenn., 82SC-73RH--155
Brian Sparrow, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, 79SC-76RH--155
Jack Kearney, Peachtree City, Ga., 77RH-79SC--156
Brad Cruts, Allen Park, Mich., 79SC-77RH--156
Peter Meurer, Staten Island, N.Y., 82RH-74SC--156
Richard Breed, Farmington, Conn., 78SC-78RH--156
Mark Peel, Delray Beach, Fla., 74RH-82SC--156
Alan Hill, Spring Branch, Texas, 77RH-79SC--156
Clay Long, Carlsbad, Calif., 80RH-76SC--156
William Moore, Pacific Grove, Calif., 77SC-79RH--156
Mark Etue, Carlsbad, Calif., 78RH-78SC--156
Michael McGowan, Bethesda, Md., 78SC-78RH--156
Robert E Savarese Jr, Lafayette Hill, Pa., 78RH-78SC--156
Matt Strong, Highlands Ranch, Colo., 75RH-81SC--156
Matthew Lawton, Burr Ridge, Ill., 77SC-79RH--156
Nic Daugharty, Valdosta, Ga., 77SC-79RH--156
Christopher Cassetta, Kernersville, N.C., 74RH-82SC--156
Phillip Ebner, Minneapolis, Minn., 82RH-74SC--156
Mark Catalano, Upper Arlington, Ohio, 77SC-79RH--156
Michael Stone, Glenview, Ill., 76SC-81RH--157
Frank Babusik, Ft Lauderdale, Fla., 80SC-77RH--157
Jeff Burda, Modesto, Calif., 76RH-81SC--157
Robert Valerio, Hawthorne, Calif., 81RH-76SC--157
Greg Nichols, Pigeon Forge, Tenn., 79SC-78RH--157
Brian Komline, Gladstone, N.J., 74SC-83RH--157
Timothy Byers, McHenry, Ill., 81SC-76RH--157
Scott Hval, Portland, Ore., 75SC-82RH--157
Cyrus Whitney, Old Tappan, N.J., 83SC-74RH--157
David Pawlus, Parsons, Kan., 78RH-79SC--157
John Kelley, Winston-Salem, N.C., 78RH-80SC--158
Paul Houvener, Bothell, Wash., 80RH-78SC--158
Ray Makloski, Pueblo, Colo., 78RH-80SC--158
Joel Sandler, North Potomac, Md., 75RH-83SC--158
David Delich, Cos, Colo., 78SC-80RH--158
Frank Acker, Las Vegas, Nev., 78SC-80RH--158
Peter Dahlberg, Fort Worth, Texas, 81RH-77SC--158
Jeff Scohy, Mt Gilead, Ohio, 78RH-80SC--158
Doug Green, Cumming, Ga., 76RH-82SC--158
Richard Blooston, Edina, Minn., 79SC-79RH--158
Ken Eichele, Beechhurst, N.Y., 83RH-75SC--158
James Camaione, Upland, Calif., 77SC-81RH--158
Steven Colwick, Houston, Texas, 75SC-83RH--158
John Belicka, Greenwich, Conn., 76RH-82SC--158
Tim Walsh, Wasilla, Alaska, 80SC-78RH--158
Rick Woulfe, Ft Lauderdale, Fla., 79SC-79RH--158
Michael Kersey, Edmond, Okla., 77SC-81RH--158
Danny Yates, Atlanta, Ga., 79SC-79RH--158
Tim Scott, Downers Grove, Ill., 81SC-77RH--158
David Boesel, Winter Park, Fla., 78SC-80RH--158
Steven Galko, Dallas, Texas, 81SC-77RH--158
Gui Costin, Radnor, Pa., 77SC-81RH--158
Bob Paris, Erie, Pa., 79RH-79SC--158
John M Jones III, Sugar Land, Texas, 76RH-82SC--158
Jeffrey Hedden, Waterford, Conn., 82SC-76RH--158
Michael Hall, Wilmington, Del., 79SC-79RH--158
Casey Alexander, Massapequa Park, N.Y., 73RH-85SC--158
Michael Doetsch, New York, N.Y., 77SC-81RH--158
Chip Lutz, Reading, Pa., 80RH-78SC--158
Lance Parker, San Luis Obispo, Calif., 86SC-73RH--159
Roy Neal, Mt Pleasant, S.C., 80RH-79SC--159
Claud Cooper, Birmingham, Ala., 76RH-83SC--159
Mike McClung, Horseshoe Bay, Texas, 77SC-82RH--159
B W Bruce, Marion, Ill., 79SC-80RH--159
Mike Stewart, Concord, Ohio, 73RH-86SC--159
John Auclair, Cumberland, R.I., 80RH-79SC--159
Shaun Jepsen, Bountiful, Utah, 80RH-79SC--159
Michael Nealy, Boca Raton, Fla., 82SC-78RH--160
Brian Coakley, Wellesley, Mass., 81SC-79RH--160
Alex Moore, Winnetka, Ill., 78RH-82SC--160
Rich Berglund, Oakmont, Pa., 80SC-80RH--160
Kenneth Malloy, Rye, N.Y., 81RH-79SC--160
Randall Conroy, Lawrence, Kan., 78SC-82RH--160
Dennis Younglove, El Macero, Calif., 81RH-79SC--160
Jamie Looper, Oakdale, Calif., 81RH-79SC--160
Tyler Rachetto, Sturgis, S.D., 81SC-79RH--160
Aaron Nichols, Union, Ky., 80RH-80SC--160
Larry Brasch, Tempe, Ariz., 77RH-83SC--160
Gus Sylvan, Columbia, S.C., 75SC-85RH--160
John O'Donnell, Los Angeles, Calif., 78RH-82SC--160
Bob Kaestner, Glyndon, Md., 75RH-85SC--160
Kenneth Bakst, New York, N.Y., 83SC-77RH--160
Robert Godfrey, Clemson, S.C., 81RH-80SC--161
Skip Taylor, Flat Rock, N.C., 77RH-84SC--161
Joe Bushee, Cabot, Ark., 79RH-82SC--161
Mark McEvoy, Montebello, N.Y., 81RH-80SC--161
Shane Evangelist, Irving, Texas, 83RH-78SC--161
Rod Skyles, Boise, Idaho, 78RH-83SC--161
Brett Snortland, The Woodlands, Texas, 83SC-78RH--161
John Lindholm, Grand Blanc, Mich., 78RH-83SC--161
John Carras, Midland, Mich., 79RH-83SC--162
Randy Elliott, Winter Park, Fla., 84SC-78RH--162
Jason Griffith, Gainesville, Ga., 81RH-81SC--162
Bill Land, Lafayette, La., 82SC-80RH--162
Jerry Greenbaum, Atlanta, Ga., 78RH-84SC--162
Tim Gamso, Dallas, Texas, 80RH-82SC--162
John O'Brien, Jacksonville, Fla., 75RH-87SC--162
Jason Coolik, Atlanta, Ga., 79RH-83SC--162
Shawn Barker, Bartlesville, Okla., 79RH-83SC--162
Mark Amundson, Sioux Falls, S.D., 78SC-85RH--163
Gayle Sanchez, Baton Rouge, La., 81RH-82SC--163
Mitch Wyatt, Salisbury, Md., 86SC-77RH--163
W Keith Wood, Atlanta, Ga., 79RH-84SC--163
Jim Vallone, San Dimas, Calif., 80SC-83RH--163
Kenny Wilson, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 83RH-80SC--163
John McDonald, San Clemente, Calif., 83RH-80SC--163
David Hayes, Menands, N.Y., 78RH-85SC--163
Michael Murphy, Cincinnati, Ohio, 82RH-81SC--163
James Winner, Bel Air, Md., 84SC-79RH--163
Chad Hilderbrand, Cincinnati, Ohio, 81RH-82SC--163
Earle Bidez, Birmingham, Ala., 83SC-80RH--163
Tim Mooradian, Maynard, Mass., 84SC-79RH--163
Bryan Sasek, Lenexa, Kan., 81SC-83RH--164
Glenn Wityak, Middlebury, Conn., 83RH-81SC--164
Mike Cotter, Albany, Texas, 85SC-79RH--164
P Chet Walsh, Norristown, Pa., 86RH-78SC--164
Edward Vomastek, Traverse City, Mich., 82RH-82SC--164
Scot Lance, Fairfax, Calif., 77SC-87RH--164
Dan Crockett, Franklin, Tenn., 78RH-86SC--164
Jeff Parsons, Aliso Viejo, Calif., 86SC-78RH--164
Chad Frank, Lake Mary, Fla., 80RH-84SC--164
Tom Norys, Riverside, Calif., 81RH-83SC--164
Mark Inman, Skillman, N.J., 81RH-83SC--164
Chris Hartenstein, Austin, Texas, 83RH-81SC--164
Dale Black, Flushing, Mich., 77RH-87SC--164
John Hogan, Beverly, Mass., 79RH-85SC--164
Larry Gilhuly, Gig Harbor, Wash., 86SC-79RH--165
Jon Pfluger, Austin, Texas, 82RH-83SC--165
Jack Kelly, Seattle, Wash., 80RH-85SC--165
Steve Watts, Orem, Utah, 80SC-85RH--165
David Patterson, Atlanta, Ga., 81SC-84RH--165
Steve Agazzi, Johns Island, S.C., 84SC-82RH--166
Michael Keaveny, Brewster, N.Y., 85SC-81RH--166
Terrell Coffield, Bennington, Vt., 80RH-87SC--167
Jack Medick, Colleyville, Texas, 81RH-86SC--167
Mike Riedel, Brentwood, Calif., 79RH-88SC--167
Brian Oakley, Phoenix, Ariz., 80SC-88RH--168
David Kokesh, Bloomington, Minn., 82SC-86RH--168
Rob Northcutt, Atlanta, Ga., 81RH-87SC--168
Paul Kimura, Kaneohe, Hawaii, 83SC-85RH--168
Michael J Karger, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., 87SC-82RH--169
Kevin Watford, Nashville, Tenn., 79RH-90SC--169
Trey Wilkinson, Houston, Texas, 87SC-82RH--169
Mike Montgomery, Granite Bay, Calif., 84SC-86RH--170
Stephen Kuhn, Boston, Mass., 83SC-87RH--170
Theodore Seagroves III, Chapel Hill, N.C., 85RH-85SC--170
Chris Heidenreich, San Mateo, Calif., 81RH-90SC--171
David Swanson, Sacramento, Calif., 90RH-82SC--172
David Murray, Grapevine, Texas, 83SC-89RH--172
Robbie Gaglioti, Warren, N.J., 80RH-92SC--172
Jeff Mehlberth, Centerville, Ohio, 87RH-86SC--173
Joe Kohmann, Twinsburg, Ohio, 83RH-90SC--173
Robert Caton, Huntington Beach, Calif., 76RH-98SC--174
Jim McGuire, Alexandria, Va., 90SC-85RH--175
Jason Hlatky, Denver, Colo., 88SC-90RH--178
Anthony Kondracki, Kingston, Pa., 96RH-87SC--183
Duff Meyer, Arlington Heights, Ill., 93SC-WD--WD
Michael Taylor, Jackson, Miss., 90SC-WD--WD
