Carbon Country Club hosts Pepsi tournament

By Sun Advocate

The 2008 Pepsi Cola Eastern Utah Amateur was held on Saturday and Sunday Aug. 9 and 10. The tournament had 88 players who participated in the event compared to last years 97. “We had a rather large rain storm on Friday night which caused about 15 players pull out of the event,” said Head Pro, Tom King. “Also the golf course and range was flooded due to the storm, however Justin Bosone and his crew did a fabulous job in getting the course back in shape on Saturday morning.” First flight handicap was 0-7, second flight was 8-12 and third 13-24. “I’m sure that some of the out of town players were playing in the Roosevelt Open, that was held on the same weekend which we think accounted for the loss in participation,” said King. The weather for the first round was great, there were some clouds to keep it nice and cool and the rain stayed away. The low round for day one was five under par, 65 shot by Tadd Cox who had a two shot lead over Jeff Westergard Jr. who shot a 67.
Day two had some great scoring as well as Tadd Cox who shot a six under equaling 64 to blow the field away and win by nine strokes over Zach Thompson who shot a 68, 70 for a two day total of 138.
Tournament Results:
First Flight Gross
1st – Tadd Cox – 129
2nd – Zach Thompson – 138
Tie – 3rd – Richard Tripp – 141
Rick Groendyke – 141
Jeff Jolley – 141
Fist Flight Net
1st – Ryan Halliday – 134
2nd – Pat Murphy – 137
Jeff Westergard Jr – 137
4th – Ron Jewkes – 138
Tom Etzel – 138
Second Flight Gross
1st – Rik Vasquez – 151
Tie 2nd – Bob Pierce – 152
Houston Lui – 152
Tie 4th – Angelo Basso – 153
Mike Stiewig – 153
Second Flight Net
1st – Charlie Philips – 127
2nd – Mike Erickson – 130
Tim Deason – 132
Dave Schoepp – 132
5th Chad White – 134
Third Flight Gross
1st Mike McKee – 164
Tie 2nd John Gianini – 165
Fred Sanchez – 165
4th Ethan Jenks – 166
Third Flight Net
1st – Morgan Moon – 129
2nd – Shane New – 137
Thomas Etzel – 137
4th – Tom Martinez – 139
Robert Regruto – 139