Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, July 24, 1995 TAG: 9507240120
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
``We butchered it, didn't we?'' the 29-year-old assistant pro at the Farmington Country Club said of the way he and Ferguson played the 16th hole.
McNamara and Ferguson finished 72 holes over the Willow Oaks Country Club at 12-under-par 276 to force the playoff.
Ferguson birdied the 17th to take a one-shot lead, but McNamara birdied the 18th to tie. That gave McNamara a 5-under 67 and Ferguson a 3-under 69 for the final round.
``Going back to junior tournaments, I've been in 27 playoffs and won 24 times,'' McNamara said.
Ferguson, on the other hand, has lost four playoffs this year.
``I've got to start getting it done in regulation,'' said the 35-year-old assistant pro at the Washington Golf and Country Club.
Defending champion Jerry Wood, 26, closed with a 4-under 68 and finished at 277, one shot out of a playoff.
``I just never could put any pressure on him,'' Wood said.
Third-round leader Rick Schuller of Centreville, who tied the course record Saturday with a 63, soared to a 75 on Sunday and was tied at 280 with Richmond amateur Simon Cooke.
Amateur Hank Klein, playing his home course, had a 71 and was tied at 281 with Williamsburg pro John Stone, 73.
Two-time State Amateur champion Keith Decker (69) of Fieldale tied with senior pro Bruce Lehnhard (68) of Fairfax at 284.
Tom McKnight of Galax finished at 285, Dicky Linkous of Roanoke was at 295, J.W. Entsminger of Lexington carded a 305 total and Rodney Naff of Roanoke finished at 307.
In other golf news:
LIGHTNING STRIKES FOR KERDYK: She had never won as a pro. She rarely was in position to win since joining the LPGA Tour in 1988.
And now, five holes from victory, Tracy Kerdyk had to sit out a one-hour delay.
So where was she during the thunderstorms?
``I was hiding,'' she said, her eyes moist after winning the Big Apple Classic by four strokes in New Rochelle, N.Y. ``I didn't know until the rain delay where I stood. Then somebody mentioned it. I did know I was 3 under and somebody would really have to make a charge to be ahead of me.''
The only charge was by Kerdyk, whose closing 4-under-par 67 put her at 11-under 273, matching the lowest winning score for the event and beating four others - third-round leader Carin Hjalmarsson of Sweden, Elaine Crosby, Caroline Pierce of England and Michelle McGann.
It was a surprising victory for the 29-year-old, whose best finish was a tie for third in Hawaii last year. This season, she has missed seven cuts, including two of the past three events, and had only one top-10 finish before taking the $105,000 first prize at Wykagyl Country Club.
DOUGHERTY WINS FIRST: Ed Dougherty made a slick dowhill putt for birdie at the 71st hole of the Deposit Guaranty Classic in Madison, Miss., building a two-stroke lead en route to his first PGA Tour victory.
Dougherty added a birdie on the par-5 18th to finish with a round of 6-under-par 66. He was 16-under 272 for the tournament, two strokes ahead of Gil Morgan.
Dougherty, a 16-year pro playing in his third event of the year, began the day three strokes behind Dicky Thompson, who shot a 73 on the 7,157-yard Annandale Golf Club to finish four back.
Morgan, who would have become the 28th PGA tour player to reach career earnings of $5 million with a victory, shot 69.
Pete Jordan finished three strokes back after a 68 that included two eagle 3s. Thompson was in a group of four players at 276.
The victory was worth $126,000 and a two-year exemption for Dougherty, meaning the 47-year-old can play on the tour until he is eligible for the Senior PGA Tour in late 1997. The paycheck was more than Dougherty made in 12 of his 15 previous seasons.
POWELL HAS SENIORITY: Jimmy Powell became the first player to win the Super Senior competition and a Senior PGA Tour title at the same event when he prevailed at the First of America Classic in Ada, Mich.
Powell, of La Quinta, Ca., carded a 5-under-par 67 to finish 15-under at the 6,864-yard Egypt Valley Country Club. He was five strokes ahead of Babe Hiskey and six ahead of Larry Laoretti.
The victory also made Powell, 60, the oldest player to win on the tour since Roberto DeVicenzo took the 1984 Merrill Lynch-Golf Digest Commemorative at age 61.
Powell picked up $15,000 for his Super Senior victory Saturday in a separate event within the tournament for players 60 and older. He earned another $105,000 for his victory Sunday in the main portion of the $700,000 tournament.
by CNB