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Show mjaiafrD d(Mru'Ei) pliKf dleddles wqbdgdsit Steve LaDonne of Rifle, Colo., found out that it takes more than 36 holes to wt the job of golfing done as he had to go one extra hole in order to grab first place honors in the Eastern Utah petroleum Invitational Golf Classic, Sunday at the Dinaland Golf Course in Vernal. LaDonne owned a four stroke lead with four holes to go Sunday, but bogeys on numbers six and seven and a double bogey on number nine forced forc-ed the tourney championship into a sudden death playoff between Brad Stone of Centerville and LaDonne, who tied with -3 under par score of 141. The 220 yard par three, number one hole was the first and last hole in the sudden death playoff. Stone missed a shot for par at number one and LaDonne dropped in his shot for par and grabbed the first place prize of $2500. Stone, who won the tournament three years ago, won $1500 for second place. LaDonne's tee shot landed just off the green to the right and Stone's shot ended up on the right side of the fairway fair-way and behind the cart path. "I got a chip within three feet of the hole. I figured I would make the putt. After playing so badly on the last few holes I would have been mad if I played real bad on the number one hole in sudden death," stated LaDonne. "I was disappointed in the way I played the last few holes. I had the tournament won and almost gave it away. I had two bogeys and a double dou-ble bogey on the final four holes. I shot some very poor shots on number nine to drop into a tie." LaDonne added, "The second time around on number three was a key in the tourney. I made a birdie there Sunday Sun-day and it put me in a winning position. posi-tion. It gave me a four stroke lead and ' '. . Y 1 v ... ... , ' " ' . i : ... i ; - ' . I I ' ' ' i i . - , " -- . j . . i -i' ... .-.. i 1 .... ... " . i : .... "H ' !' w ' " ' : ' - C K - - - .... , - --v' - i . j i i . 1 1 . , v , i . .... r , ' . f - , v .1 I ' . . i v -1 i ' , . . f "' ' J . ' 4 ' v. - .. . . ' - - BRAD STONE knocks his ball out of the rough and sends it in the direction of the number three hole during golf action at the Dinaland Golf Course, Sunday afternoon. held it for a couple of holes, but all in all I was pleased with the outcome." "This tournament is an excellent meet. The hospitality is excellent and unmatched anywhere. It is a treat to come here to play golf whether you win or not. The golf membership does a fine job," said LaDonne. When asked his thoughts after being up by four with four holes to go and ending en-ding up in a tie to force a sudden death playoff, LaDonne remarked, "Not much you can do. I just had to come back and play the best I could. I played it safe on number one and placed it in front of the green and I chipped about three feet away from the hole and put her in." Mike Malaska, winner of the tourney in 1976, was the first day leader at 68, but LaDonne grabbed the lead in the meet Sunday. LaDonne turned in a score of 70 on Saturday and posted nine hole scores of 33 and 37. He nabbed nabb-ed a 71 score on Sunday and had tallies of 38 and 33. He posted hole scores of: 3-5-5-4-4-5-4-4-3-37, 3-4-5-3-4-4-4-4-2-33, 2- 5-5-4-4-3-3-4-3-33 and 3- 4-4-4-4-5-5-4-5-38. Stone fired scores of 36 and 34 for a 70 on Saturday and posted rounds of 36 and 35 for a 71 tally. Bruce Sum-merhays Sum-merhays and Mike Malaska tied for third place at 143 and split third and fourth place money of $1200 and $950. Summerhays posted scores of 36-38-74 and 35-34-69 and Malaska turned in scores of 33-35-68 and posted tallies of 39-36-75 Sunday. Chip Garris and last year's winner, Tom Costello, tied for fifth place at 144 and split $1600. Garris fired scores of 37-34-71 and 37-36-73 and Costello posted scores of 38-34-72 and 33-39-72. Roy Christensen placed seventh at 145 ' and won $650. He had scores of 38-35-73 and 35-37-72. Milan Swilor tied with amateurs .' : ; I h J -f v it : x -j i I ' . . ' . ;- - ... ..s-r J,HE FIRST PLACE trophy and $2500 is awarded to Eastern Petroleum Invitational Golf Classic winner Steve LaDonne, right Rifle, by Scooter Mathews of the Vernal Men's Golf Association. LaDonne won the title when he defeated Brad Stone in a sudden death playoff on the number one hole. Craig Hart and Jack Ridd for eighth place at 146. Swilor posted scores of 36-36-72 and 35-39-74. Also placing in the professional standings were: Jeff Jerman, ninth, 73-74-147; Tommy Williams, 75-73-148; Lynn Landgren, 77-71-148; Joe Cornwall, 75-73-148, tenth place tie and Bob Rudd, Kean Ridd, Reid Goodlife, 13th place tie. Ralph Emery won the seniors crown and Clarence Twitchel placed second, Dick Kramer nabbed third place. Craig Hart and Jack Ridd tied for championship (amateur class) honors at 146. Hart beat Ridd in a sudden death playoff on number two for first place honors and won $350 in merchandise. merchan-dise. Hart birdied the par five number two hole for top amateur honors. Hart recorded scores of 38-35-73, Saturday and 37-36-73, Sunday and Ridd posted tallies of 36-36-72 and 38-36-74. Billy Johnston placed third in the championship class at 147 and turned in scores of 38-37-75 and 36-36-72. Todd Barker placed fourth at 148 and had scores of 36-37-73 and 39-36-75. Ken Cromwell placed fifth at 151 and recorded tallies of 34-38-72 and 38-41-79. Alan Hart captured sixth place at 154 and had scores of 41-38-79 and 37-38-75. Mark Pease and Win Young tied for seventh place at 156. Pease had scores of 36-36-72 and 37-37-74. Young recorded tallies of 3M1-76 and 39-41-80. Cecil Murray and Hans Parkinson tied for ninth at 157. Murray dished out scores of 40-41-81 and 38-38-76 and Parkinson had tallies of 37-38-75 and 40-42-82. v :: . V t i. "I . I .. : f . y 1 I , ; . - ,' ' t : I I . . .-.!), I - i . f i v.. . I ,' .-. . ' . v ? ; v-: h . J STEVE LADONNE signals to the crowd that he is number one after sinking a three-foot putt, which gave him a first place win on the first hole of sudden death over Brad Stone. |