Latrobe, PA- Across town from Arnold Palmer's house and club lies Glengarry Golf Links. A course with extremely wide fairways and tall fescue grass to ease the golfers shots stands as this weeks host for the Golf Channel Am Tour of Pittsburgh. An interesting par-69 layout with a handful of deep bunkers and water comming into play on just 7 holes was a treat for the 13 participants.
In the Hogan Flight, it was a 2-way battle between James Huber and Michael Yates. Both went back and forth grabbing the lead from each other but never were able to lead by more than 2 strokes. The match was again tied going into the 16th hole where Yates was steady and finished with 3 straight pars while Huber bogied the 16th and 17th before trying to rally and made birdie on the 18th hole. This gave Yates the 1-stroke victory shooting a 78 while Huber was just behind finishing with a 79.
The Sarazen Flight saw Christopher Casto pick up his 1st win as he carded an 83. Casto took the lead away from Jeff Meyers (85) and Mike Trupo (90) on the 13th hole with a par and finished on a streak of 6 straight pars to defeat Meyers by two strokes for 2nd and Bob Swann by 4 strokes (89) for 3rd place. Trupo finished in 4th.
And in the Jones Flight, it came down to the closing par-5 18th hole again as Steven Wiley held a 2 stroke lead on Johnny Owens and Jerry O'Brien. Wiley was able to make par while both Owens and O'Brien weren't able to and took triple bogies to allow Owens to win by 2 over them. Owens shot an 84 to take the win. Wiley finished 2nd with an 85 and O'Brien shot 87 which earned him 3rd place.
We hope to see everyone at our last regular season event on Saturday, August 20th at Olde Stonewall. A good way to finish the regular season back where we started it all on this challenging layout to prepare for nationals.
Don't forget the Tour Championship is Saturday, August 27th at Avalon Lakes Golf Club in Warren, Ohio. Please sign up for this event. The highest finisher not already qualified in their flight will earn an exemption to the 2011 National Championships at PGA West in La Quinta, Californina.
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