Men's Mid-Amateur Championship, Presented by KPMG

2002 Ontario Men's Mid-Amateur Championship
Presented by KPMG
Kawartha Golf & Country Club (Peterborough, Ontario)
May 15-17, 2002


Chris Markle Wins Ontario Men's Mid-Amateur Title

Peterborough, Ontario: Chris Markle overcame a six-shot deficit to claim the 2002 Ontario Men's Mid-Amateur Championship, Presented by KPMG. The Cobourg native carded a final round 69 to win by two shots over three other golfers. Mr. Markle's score of two-under proved to be the only sub-par round of the tournament held at the Kawartha Golf & Country Club.

The 54-hole Championship was shortened to 36 holes after snow and rain forced the cancellation of 18 holes. As a result of the scheduling changes, play in today's final round began on both the 1st and 10th holes.

Championship Pose: Chris Markle

Ironically, Markle, who was six shots in arrears of First Round leader Kelly Roberts of London, played in one of two final round pairings. "I was in the final group, on the last day of the tournament," joked Markle. "Unfortunately, it was the wrong group. I didn't know what was going on when the tournament ended," an elated Markle explained.

The 'feature' group which included Roberts, received much of the attention as the event seemingly was about to conclude with Roberts standing over a key putt on the 18th hole. Moreover, Paul Davis, a past champion of this event, was anticipating a three-way play-off and was tuning up on the range.

"I hit the ball really well today, my strong suit is definitely my driving, when that is working for me good things usually follow," remarked Markle.

Mr. Markle is employed at Collins & Aikman as a Mould Repairman. He plays out of the Dalewood Golf & Curling Club just north of Port Hope, a club that includes former GAO Champions such as Brad Pemberton and Cuyler Hedley.

The top four competitors will comprise Ontario's team at the 2002 Canadian Inter-Provincial Team Matches later this summer in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Roberts, Tim Lane, of London and Davis of Toronto tied for second place at 150 and will join Markle on Team Ontario. Tony Ravenda of Welland and Bernie Bodogh of Grimsby tied for fifth at 152.

The Golf Association of Ontario is the governing body for amateur golf in the province and mandates policies on behalf of over 500 member clubs and 100,000 individual members. The GAO conducts provincial championships, camps, clinics and seminars.

FINAL RESULTS

R1	R2	Competitor	Club Affiliation	Scores
33	1	Chris Markle	Dalewood G&CC	79-69-148
1	2	Kelly Roberts	The Oaks G&CC	73-77-150
7	2	Tim Lane	River Road C	76-74-150
10	2	Paul Davis	Scarboro G&CC	77-73-150
2	5	Bernie Bodogh	St. Catharines G&CC	74-78-152
10	5	Tony Ravenda	Welland G&CC	77-75-152
3	7	Jim McNeil	Twenty Valley G&CC	75-78-153
20	7	Dan O'Donoghue	Kawartha G&CC	78-75-153
33	7	Larry Karpowicz	Public Player	79-74-153
10	10	Dan Partland	The National GC of Canada	77-77-154
10	10	Barry Fairhurst	Whitevale GC	77-77-154
20	10	Michael Belgrade	Forest City National GC	78-76-154
10	13	Joseph Vander Velden	The Oaks G&CC	77-78-155
10	13	Andy Holba	Blue Mountain G&CC	77-78-155
20	13	Larry Cooper	Mississaugua G&CC	78-77-155
20	13	John Zdonek	Kingsville G&CC	78-77-155
20	13	Michael Jackson	Blue Mountain G&CC	78-77-155
33	13	Bob Masukawa	St. Andrews East G&CC	79-76-155
56	13	Christopher Kertsos	York Downs G&CC	81-74-155
10	20	Wally Keating	Thames Valley G&CC	77-79-156
33	20	Ross Eisele	Victoria Park East GC	79-77-156
33	20	Ed Grandman	Shelburne GC	79-77-156
43	20	Roger Self	Kawartha G&CC	80-76-156
10	24	Rick Dodds-Hebron	Brampton GC	77-80-157
20	24	Paul Wildridge	Weston G&CC	78-79-157
33	24	Jim Briggs	Peninsula Lakes GC	79-78-157
43	24	Gary Ward	Hidden Lake G&CC	80-77-157
43	24	Jim Morton	Forest City National GC	80-77-157
56	24	David Greenlaw	Kawartha G&CC	81-76-157
3	30	Robert O'Hagan	Craigowan G&CC	75-83-158
7	30	David Walker	Whitevale GC	76-82-158
7	30	Steve Brodie	St. Thomas G&CC	76-82-158
10	30	Tim Trimper	King Valley GC	77-81-158
20	30	Chris Ingram	Wyldewood G&CC	78-80-158
20	30	John Murphy	Barrie CC	78-80-158
33	30	Laurie Peet	King Valley GC	79-79-158
33	30	W. Reid Ferguson	Station Creek GC	79-79-158
33	38	Gilles Parent	Public Player	79-80-159
43	38	John Mealia	Bayview CC	80-79-159
43	38	Robert Gibson	Cedar Brae G&CC	80-79-159
56	38	Brian Jeffery	Blue Mountain G&CC	81-78-159
43	42	Alex Chapman	Kings Forest GC	80-80-160
43	42	Paul Stone	Blue Mountain G&CC	80-80-160
56	42	Ian McDonald	Sutton Creek G&CC	81-79-160
3	45	Tom Hodgins	Cedar Brae G&CC	75-86-161
3	45	John Behan	Oshawa GC	75-86-161
10	45	Gordon Dunn	Brantford G&CC	77-84-161
20	45	Martin Hay	Kings Forest GC	78-83-161
20	45	Jim Young	Rattlesnake Point GC	78-83-161
43	45	Jim Jeffrey	St. Clair Parkway GC	80-81-161
56	45	Howard Glassman	The National GC of Canada	81-80-161
56	52	Peter Mumford	King's Riding GC	81-81-162
20	53	Greg Adoranti	Heron Point GL	78-85-163
20	53	Steve Eyers	Barrie CC	78-85-163
33	53	Paul Herbrand	Dutton GC	79-84-163
56	53	Kent Wagner	Hidden Lake G&CC	81-82-163
56	53	John Barnes	Board of Trade G&CC	81-82-163
43	58	Al Parent	Galt CC	80-84-164
43	58	Roger Perry	Rolling Meadows GC	80-84-164
43	58	Darin Dirk	Sunningdale G&CC	80-84-164
43	58	Ray Fowle	Links of Niagara at Willowdell	80-84-164
56	58	Mark Ruzycki	Hamilton G&CC	81-83-164
56	58	Brent Taylor	Victoria Park East GC	81-83-164
56	64	Jim Hughes	North Halton G&CC	81-84-165
43	65	Mas Takano	St. Andrews Valley GC	80-86-166
56	65	Don Positano	The National GC of Canada	81-85-166
20	67	Steve Mauthe	Greystone G&CC	78-89-167
56	67	Michael Midgley	York Downs G&CC	81-86-167
56	67	Kevin Sung	Mandarin G&CC	81-86-167
56	70	Mark Bennett	Bayview CC	81-87-168
56	70	Paul Lord	Lookout Point CC	81-87-168
56	72	Chris McIvor	Dalewood G&CC	81-90-171
The following players did not make the cut
73		Pat Alpaugh	Brantford G&CC	82
73		Randy Atkinson	Root River GC	82
73		Jim Brown	Rolling Meadows G&CC	82
73		John Cherry	Devil's Pulpit GA	82
73		Louis Doucette Jr.	Pine Ridge G&CC	82
73		Randy Doucette	Victoria Park East GC	82
73		Dave Farlow	Public Player	82
73		Stephen Fedynyszyn	Meadowbrook G&CC	82
73		Colin Grieve	King's Forest GC	82
73		Michael Howard	Meadowbrook G&CC	82
73		Tom Hyman	Greenhills CC	82
73		Brian Magee	Rosedale GC	82
73		Michael Mealia	Bayview CC	82
73		Sid Segsworth	Idylwylde G&CC	82
73		Phil Seon	Spring Lakes GC	82
73		Roy Teskey	St. George's G&CC	82
89		Ross Ballantyne	Midland G&CC	83
89		Michael Bondy	Blue Springs GC	83
89		Rodney Chypyha	Meadowbrook G&CC	83
89		Frank Dixon	Garrison G&CC	83
89		Rick Durocher	Kingsville G&CC	83
89		Tom Finlayson	Public Player	83
89		Leo Foy	Islington GC	83
89		Les Homme	Wyldewood G&CC	83
89		Michael Hopkins	Bear Creek GC	83
89		Clark McAlpine	Elmira GC	83
89		Paul Nielsen	Summit G&CC	83
89		Don Reed	Forest City National GC	83
89		Randy Robbins	Midland G&CC	83
89		Greg Walsh	Peterborough G&CC	83
89		Ted Williams	Hawk Ridge GC	83
89		Craig Wood	London Hunt	83
89		Dave Young	Craigowan G&CC	83
106		David Anyon	Mad River GC	84
106		Scot Cherry	Dalewood G&CC	84
106		Donald Curzon	Public Player	84
106		Ian Gibson	Meadowbrook G&CC	84
106		Chris Hawkins	Cataraqui G&CC	84
106		Guy Larente	Cambridge GC	84
106		Stig Lassen	Saugeen G&CC	84
106		Douglas McCann	Allandale G&CC	84
106		Murray McLeod	London Hunt	84
106		Doug McNeil	Public Player	84
106		Noel O'Halloran	Lambton G&CC	84
106		Michael Power	Peterborough G&CC	84
106		Shayne Randall	Peterborough G&CC	84
106		Chris Reiter	Public Player	84
106		Mark Shaughnessy	Kawartha G&CC	84
106		David Stevenson	Forest City National GC	84
106		Rick Vaive	Rattlesnake Point GC	84
106		Rick Valin	Galt CC	84
106		Les Westlake	St. Catharines G&CC	84
125		John Alpaugh	Timberwolf GC	85
125		Blake Clemes	Listowel G&CC	85
125		Herb Cowen	Pike Lake GC	85
125		Robert Goss	Port Colborne G&CC	85
125		Rick Grundy	Scarboro G&CC	85
125		Bill Hilton	St. Andrew's East G&CC	85
125		Michael Kaye	Tam O' Shanter GC	85
125		Paul Mackay	Victoria Park East GC	85
125		Terry Martin	River Road GC	85
125		Jack Northey	Saugeen GC	85
125		Frank O'Brien	Wyldewood G&CC	85
125		John Pate	Cutten Club	85
125		Yves Potvin	Victoria Park East GC	85
125		Gino Sinopoli	Mandarin G&CC	85
125		John Thrasher	Sarnia G&CC	85
125		Mark Tourlouse	Indian Creek G&CC	85
125		Len Aubertin	Peninsula Lakes GC	85
142		Ken Childs	The Links of Rockway Glen	86
142		Joseph Ficara	Station Creek	86
142		Dan Horchik	Spring Lakes GC	86
142		Darwyne Lang	Donalda Club	86
142		Don McQuaig	Bridgewater CC	86
142		Warren Strong	Wolf Run GC	86
142		Paul Wetherup	Royal Ashburn GC	86
142		Mark White	Deer Creek GC	86
150		Greg Colinas	Mandarin G&CC	87
150		Michael Kamps	Don Valley GC	87
150		Chris Kelos	Meadowbrook G&CC	87
150		Ron Luckman	Craigowan G&CC	87
150		Dave Madill	Oakville GC	87
150		Frank Mortensen	Lookout Point CC	87
150		Ken Skoretz	Kawartha G&CC	87
150		Michael Stoute	Markham G&CC	87
158		Paul Garner	Trillium Wood GC	88
158		Chris Hundley	Public Player	88
158		Wes Murray	Glen Abbey GC	88
158		David Reddish	Kawartha G&CC	88
158		Dennis Underwood	Spring Lakes GC	88
163		Jim King	Westmount G&CC	89
163		Scott McCallum	Huron Oaks GC	89
163		Jeff McCarrol	Wyldewood G&CC	89
163		Mike McIvor	Dalewood G&CC	89
163		Michael McLaren	Wolf Run GC	89
163		David Pulkkinen	Idylwylde G&CC	89
163		Jeff Schade	Doon Valley GC	89
163		Andy Sehmi	Lakeview GC	89
163		Pete Self	Kawartha G&CC	89
163		Stephen Warboys	Don Valley GC	89
163		Howie Wark	Rattlesnake Point GC	89
163		Ronald White	St. George's G&CC	89
163		Arnie Young	Victoria Park East GC	89
176		Bob Desautels	Cutten Club	90
176		Mike Guluk	The National GC Of Canada	90
176		Wayne Hein	Doon Valley GC	90
176		George Seagris	North Shore GC	90
180		Rod Dench	Ingersoll G&CC	91
180		Rob Gilmour	Newcastle GC	91
180		Chad Irschick	Station Creek	91
180		David Lywood	Lionhead G&CC	91
180		Bob McWade	Saugeen GC	91
180		Doug Ross	Deer Creek GC	91
186		Ron Drennan	Millcroft GC	92
186		Michael Morris	Orchard Beach G&CC	92
186		David Stuckless	Kedron Dells GC	92
189		Jim Teehan	Meadowbrook G&CC	93
190		Robert Love	Humber Valley GC	94
190		Marcel Palombi	The National GC Of Canada	94
190		Randy Robertson	Royal Ashburn G&CC	94
193		Robert Laws	Whitevale GC	97