Thatcher goes to battle for PGA promotion

BY Bruce Young | Nationwide Tour | 2007 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic | Preview | 08 Aug 2007

Roland Thatcher

The Nationwide Tour is in Moosic, Pennsylvania, this week for the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic and with only ten events remaining before the season ending Tour Championship, each and every event becomes crucial in the race for a place amongst the top 25 who will graduate to the PGA Tour in 2008.

For those who have already confirmed their position in top 25 their task is to finish as high on the 2007 Nationwide Tour money list to ensure the maximum number of early season PGA Tour starts in 2008. For players such as Nick Flanagan and Roland Thatcher, their goal will be to win one more time in 2007, which will provide instant graduation to the PGA Tour via the “Battlefield Promotion” which rewards three time winners on the Nationwide Tour in any one season with immediate access to the PGA Tour.

The Northeast Pennsylvania Classic is played over the Glenmaura National Golf Club’s layout in Moosic near Scranton in the northeast of Pennsylvania, the course designed by Michael Hurdzen in 1992. The event has been played here at this venue since its introduction to the Nationwide Tour in 2000.

Roland Thatcher, who is looking for that all important third victory, will likely be the favourite to win given his current form and that he played well in this event in 2006.

Jason Day, the Nationwide Tour’s number two money winner in 2007, will take the week off to recharge the batteries for the all important closing weeks of the season while third placed Paul Claxton will be keen to get things back on track after a run of poor tournaments in recent weeks.

Amongst the other Australians playing this week, fourth placed Nick Flanagan is working his way back into form after a break back in Australia, while 21st placed Scott Gardiner has played very well over the last two months with several near misses.

Greg Chalmers, David McKenzie, Steve Bowditch, Brad Hughes, Kim Felton, David Lutterus, James Nitties, Richard Swift and Phil Tataurangi are others from down under who will take their place in this week’s field.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
1	-14	Justin Bolli	68	67	69	66	270
T2	-13	Patrick Sheehan	70	69	64	68	271
T2	-13	Richard Johnson	68	64	67	72	271
T4	-10	D.a. Points	67	65	68	74	274
T4	-10	Garth Mulroy	69	69	69	67	274
T4	-10	Jason Allred	69	67	67	71	274
T4	-10	Jim Mcgovern	64	67	74	69	274
T8	-9	Chad Collins	62	69	72	72	275
T8	-9	Kevin Gessino-kraft	68	65	68	74	275
T10	-8	Daniel Summerhays	71	67	67	71	276
T10	-8	Lee Williams	67	71	68	70	276
T10	-8	Michael Letzig	69	64	72	71	276
T10	-8	Nicholas Thompson	70	68	69	69	276
T10	-8	Rick Price	69	64	71	72	276
T15	-7	Brad Elder	67	70	70	70	277
T15	-7	Ricky Barnes	65	70	71	71	277
T15	-7	Tee Mccabe	72	68	65	72	277
T18	-6	David Mckenzie	66	72	69	71	278
T18	-6	Marc Leishman	71	68	72	67	278
T18	-6	Omar Uresti	71	64	70	73	278
T21	-5	Jeff Curl	64	72	70	73	279
T21	-5	Andrew Dresser	66	71	68	74	279
T21	-5	Arjun Atwal	70	68	73	68	279
T21	-5	B.j. Staten	67	68	73	71	279
T21	-5	Chris Baryla	68	71	69	71	279
T21	-5	Greg Chalmers	69	68	72	70	279
T21	-5	Phil Tataurangi	72	68	71	68	279
T21	-5	Ron Whittaker	67	67	73	72	279
T21	-5	Scott Sterling	66	69	72	72	279
T30	-4	Stephen Dartnall	67	72	71	70	280
T30	-4	Chris Nallen	65	68	71	76	280
T30	-4	David Morland Iv	68	68	70	74	280
T30	-4	Jason Enloe	68	68	71	73	280
T30	-4	Joe Daley	69	67	68	76	280
T30	-4	Peter Tomasulo	69	69	71	71	280
T30	-4	Tjaart Van Der Walt	67	73	71	69	280
T37	-3	Erik Compton	68	69	73	71	281
T37	-3	Esteban Toledo	66	69	70	76	281
T37	-3	Jon Mills	67	72	67	75	281
T37	-3	Roland Thatcher	66	71	76	68	281
T37	-3	Scott Parel	68	71	71	71	281
T37	-3	Tom Carter	67	70	71	73	281
T43	-2	Gary Christian	70	67	73	72	282
T43	-2	Mark Leon	71	67	70	74	282
T43	-2	Scott Gardiner	67	68	74	73	282
T46	-1	Boyd Summerhays	69	71	71	72	283
T46	-1	Brad Adamonis	69	70	70	74	283
T46	-1	Greg Kraft	69	70	74	70	283
T46	-1	Jason Caron	69	71	70	73	283
T46	-1	Jimmy Walker	68	67	77	71	283
T46	-1	Tim Wilkinson	68	69	76	70	283
T52	Ev	Brian Smock	70	70	71	73	284
T52	Ev	Kim Felton	70	69	71	74	284
T54	+1	David Ogrin	69	69	76	71	285
T54	+1	Jeff Klauk	71	69	72	73	285
T54	+1	Justin Smith	72	68	73	72	285
T57	+2	Chris Thompson	71	69	70	76	286
T57	+2	Henrik Bjornstad	72	68	75	71	286
T57	+2	Matt Weibring	67	71	75	73	286
T57	+2	Nick Flanagan	73	67	69	77	286
T61	+3	Bill Glasson	71	68	73	75	287
T61	+3	Chris Anderson	64	74	74	75	287
63	+5	Mike Heinen	70	69	75	75	289
64	+10	Ian Leggatt	68	71	77	78	294
Cut -2
CUT	-1	Chris Smith	69	72	-	-	141
CUT	-1	David Hearn	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	-1	David Mathis	73	68	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Gary Hallberg	68	73	-	-	141
CUT	-1	James Nitties	69	72	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Jason Hill	71	70	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Jeff Hart	71	70	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Keith Nolan	68	73	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Kelly Grunewald	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Nick Malinowski	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Skip Kendall	72	69	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Todd Demsey	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Todd Fischer	73	68	-	-	141
CUT	Ev	Brian Prouty	70	72	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Brock Mackenzie	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Bryn Parry	69	73	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Justin Hicks	72	70	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Kevin Johnson	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Kris Blanks	69	73	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Len Mattiace	73	69	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Marc Turnesa	70	72	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Ramon Bescansa	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Rich Morris	69	73	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Scott Weatherly	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Stephen Gangluff	70	72	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Tim Weinhart	68	74	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Tommy Tolles	67	75	-	-	142
CUT	+1	Andy Morse	70	73	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Ben Bates	70	73	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Brad Lamb	74	69	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Byron Smith	69	74	-	-	143
CUT	+1	David Lutterus	73	70	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Dustin Bray	66	77	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Gabriel Hjertstedt	71	72	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Jeremy Anderson	71	72	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Jim Renner	70	73	-	-	143
CUT	+1	John Morse	71	72	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Josh Williams	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Richard Swift	69	74	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Tom Scherrer	74	69	-	-	143
CUT	+2	Brian Vranesh	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	+2	Blake Adams	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	+2	David Sanchez	74	70	-	-	144
CUT	+2	Fran Quinn	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	+2	Kenneth Staton	69	75	-	-	144
CUT	+2	Kevin Haefner	75	69	-	-	144
CUT	+2	Mike Sposa	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	+2	Pete Jordan	69	75	-	-	144
CUT	+3	Jess Daley	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+3	John Kimbell	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+3	Steven Bowditch	66	79	-	-	145
CUT	+3	Thomas Aiken	75	70	-	-	145
CUT	+4	Brad Sutterfield	69	77	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Brett Bingham	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+4	James Driscoll	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Kyle Mccarthy	69	77	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Matt Hansen	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Miguel Angel Carballo	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Roger Tambellini	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Scott Dunlap	76	70	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Tim O'neal	76	70	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Troy Kelly	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Tyler Brewington	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+5	Bradley Hughes	70	77	-	-	147
CUT	+5	Josh Broadaway	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+6	Brad Fritsch	75	73	-	-	148
CUT	+6	Brian Unk	70	78	-	-	148
CUT	+6	Pat Bates	74	74	-	-	148
CUT	+6	Scott Ford	75	73	-	-	148
CUT	+7	Travis Deibert	73	76	-	-	149
CUT	+7	Jon Pillar	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+7	Jeff Wood	72	77	-	-	149
CUT	+7	Robert Hamilton	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+8	Andrew Pratt	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+8	Camilo Benedetti	73	77	-	-	150
CUT	+8	Jon Turcott	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+8	Sal Spallone	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+9	Vince Ramagli	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	+9	Alex Knoll	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+9	Greg Pieczynski	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+9	Matt Loving	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	+10	Elliot Gealy	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	+10	Ryan Howison	77	75	-

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Thatcher goes to battle for PGA promotion

BY Bruce Young | Nationwide Tour | 2007 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic | Preview | 08 Aug 2007