Amateur Match: BIETERMAN IN DRIVER'S SEAT,
Defending champion reaches quarterfinals
KETTERING - Bob Riggleman's plan to upset David Bieterman in the City Men's Amateur Match Play Championship seemed to be off to a great start Thursday morning when he parked a sand wedge three feet from the cup on the first hole at Community Golf Course.If Riggleman thought he had the defending champion on his heels, the notion was quickly dispelled when Bieterman knocked in a six-foot birdie putt before Riggleman could sink his 3-footer. Bieterman, a 20-year-old...
Amateur Match: Atlanta champ Dorchinecz shoots for PGA
He had been pondering the idea for quite some time. Now, after picking up his second statewide amateur title in Georgia, MATT DORCHINECZ has made up his mind.Dorchinecz, a 1996 Taylorville High School graduate who played collegiate golf at NCAA Division II Kennesaw State, recently won the Atlanta Amateur Match Play Championship. That followed his Georgia Public Links Championship two years ago. Now, the 26-year-old Dorchinecz believes he's ready to pursue something bigger....
TOP PLAYERS DEFEATED IN AMATEUR MATCH PLAY
It was a day of upsets in the second round of 1997 Dayton Amateur Match Play Championships at Community Golf Course on Wednesday.Defending champion Doug Kiser saw his bid for two straight titles squashed by former Alter High School star Glenn Spencer, who won their match 4 and 3. The most surprising upset came at the hands of John Kenney, who defeated 1995 runner-up Brian Bair, the medalist of the qualifying round, 1-up. Bair's 67 had beaten everyone in Monday's...
Amateur Match: SON WINS SHIVELY `FAMILY FEUD',
Chaz Shively rallies from 4 down to reach semifinals
DAYTON - Jim Shively had such a comfortable lead over his son, Chaz, in the City Men's Amateur Match Play Golf Championship Friday morning that he couldn't enjoy it."I was winning, but I felt like I was losing," he said. "Especially when I had him 4 down." The 22-year-old Chaz Shively had no such sympathy for his father after draining a 35-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to win the Shively version of the...
