Adamonis survives eight hole playoff

BY Bruce Young | Nationwide Tour | 2007 WNB Golf Classic | Round Four | 15 Oct 2007

Brad Adamonis

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The Nationwide Tour’s WNB Classic in Midland, Texas, has been won by the American Brad Adamonis after a four way playoff was required to decide the winner.

When Ron Whittaker bogeyed the first playoff hole and Vance Veazy the second, Adamonis and South African Tjaart van der Walt continued on for another six holes before Adamonis finally won at the eighth extra hole. It wasn’t the longest playoff in Nationwide Tour history, that honour goes to Eric Booker, who defeated Notah Begay at the Lehigh Valley event in 1998 but it is an event that will live long in the memory of Adamonis.

Adamonis has played well the last couple of weeks on the Nationwide Tour having finished 18th at the Boise Open and 5th at last week’s Mark Christopher Charity Classic. Although this win moves Adamonis within striking distance of the top 25 he will need another good week over the remaining three events of the season if he is to move to the PGA Tour for the first time next season.

All four players in the playoff were in desperate need of a win to advance their PGA Tour hopes but it would be the 34-year-old Adamonis who won out.

The leading Australasians were Matthew Jones and Greg Chalmers but that is of little consolation to Chalmers who shared the lead into the final day knowing that a win would see him back on the PGA Tour in 2008. The West Australian struggled to the turn in 39 but he was trailing by only one at that point and still had a chance. A bogey at the 10th did not help his cause and three further bogeys would see him finish 15th.

Tim Wilkinson and Scott Gardiner were 30th, Michael Long 45th, Aron Price 53rd and Steve Bowditch 64th.

There are now just three events remaining on the 2007 Nationwide Tour including their Tour Championship, the first of which is next week’s Palmetto Price Classic in South Carolina.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
1	-10	Brad Adamonis	68	68	72	70	278
T2	-10	Ron Whittaker	67	70	70	71	278
T2	-10	Tjaart Van Der Walt	71	69	70	68	278
T2	-10	Vance Veazey	70	67	73	68	278
T5	-9	B.j. Staten	68	69	71	71	279
T5	-9	Brian Guetz	63	71	70	75	279
T5	-9	Garth Mulroy	66	71	73	69	279
T5	-9	Jim Mcgovern	70	70	72	67	279
T5	-9	Jon Mills	67	71	70	71	279
T10	-8	Esteban Toledo	64	73	72	71	280
T10	-8	Jason Allred	67	70	71	72	280
T10	-8	Michael Letzig	65	71	76	68	280
T10	-8	Miguel Angel Carballo	73	66	71	70	280
T10	-8	Tom Gillis	71	67	68	74	280
T15	-7	Adam Meyer	67	75	67	72	281
T15	-7	Brenden Pappas	68	67	75	71	281
T15	-7	Greg Chalmers	68	65	71	77	281
T15	-7	John Riegger	68	68	69	76	281
T15	-7	Matthew Jones	71	70	67	73	281
T20	-6	Brad Ott	70	67	76	69	282
T20	-6	Bryn Parry	68	69	72	73	282
T20	-6	Deane Pappas	68	73	69	72	282
T20	-6	Jeff Klauk	70	68	71	73	282
T20	-6	Jeremy Anderson	67	67	73	75	282
T20	-6	Jimmy Walker	71	70	72	69	282
T20	-6	Todd Demsey	72	69	72	69	282
T27	-5	Jaxon Brigman	73	67	73	70	283
T27	-5	Kevin Gessino-kraft	64	72	79	68	283
T27	-5	Rich Morris	67	75	72	69	283
T30	-4	Steven Young	71	71	72	70	284
T30	-4	Joe Daley	71	71	69	73	284
T30	-4	Kyle Thompson	65	71	76	72	284
T30	-4	Scott Gardiner	72	69	72	71	284
T30	-4	Skip Kendall	71	69	75	69	284
T30	-4	Tim Wilkinson	70	69	75	70	284
T36	-3	Aaron Watkins	67	75	73	70	285
T36	-3	Daniel Summerhays	68	69	74	74	285
T36	-3	Scott Parel	69	68	72	76	285
T36	-3	Tee Mccabe	68	71	71	75	285
T40	-2	Chad Collins	70	71	72	73	286
T40	-2	Chris Thompson	70	72	70	74	286
T40	-2	Ian Leggatt	74	66	73	73	286
T40	-2	Peter Tomasulo	71	70	70	75	286
T40	-2	Tom Scherrer	68	74	72	72	286
T45	-1	Chris Anderson	67	71	76	73	287
T45	-1	Fabian Gomez	69	70	76	72	287
T45	-1	Franklin Langham	70	69	75	73	287
T45	-1	Keith Nolan	70	71	71	75	287
T45	-1	Michael Long	67	70	76	74	287
T45	-1	Roger Tambellini	69	73	74	71	287
T45	-1	Scott Dunlap	70	69	75	73	287
T45	-1	Tim O'neal	68	74	70	75	287
T53	Ev	Aron Price	72	67	72	77	288
T53	Ev	Ryan Howison	69	73	75	71	288
T53	Ev	Scott Sterling	67	69	73	79	288
T56	+1	Brad Elder	72	69	74	74	289
T56	+1	Omar Uresti	72	70	73	74	289
T56	+1	Patrick Sheehan	67	75	73	74	289
T56	+1	Ronnie Black	70	72	74	73	289
60	+2	Nicholas Thompson	71	69	75	75	290
61	+3	Gary Christian	68	74	79	70	291
T62	+4	Andrew Johnson	70	71	73	78	292
T62	+4	Keoke Cotner	67	75	74	76	292
T64	+5	Fran Quinn	71	71	78	73	293
T64	+5	Justin Bolli	69	70	77	77	293
T64	+5	Steven Bowditch	75	67	76	75	293
67	+7	Matt Hansen	70	67	77	81	295
68	+9	Chris Nallen	70	70	80	77	297
69	+10	Bob Burns	67	70	77	84	298
70	+12	Brad Gibson	70	71	80	79	300
Cut -2
CUT	-1	Blaine Mccallister	71	72	-	-	143
CUT	-1	D.a. Points	74	69	-	-	143
CUT	-1	David Mathis	69	74	-	-	143
CUT	-1	Jason Caron	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	-1	John Kimbell	68	75	-	-	143
CUT	-1	Lee M. Williamson	73	70	-	-	143
CUT	-1	Mario Tiziani	71	72	-	-	143
CUT	-1	Matt Weibring	69	74	-	-	143
CUT	-1	Mike Capone	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	-1	Roland Thatcher	70	73	-	-	143
CUT	-1	Tom Carter	74	69	-	-	143
CUT	Ev	Adam Rubinson	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Ben Bates	75	69	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Brian Smock	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Camilo Benedetti	75	69	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Edward Loar	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Hunter Haas	70	74	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Mike Heinen	69	75	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Paul Claxton	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Richard Johnson	75	69	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Richard Swift	69	75	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Rick Price	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Sal Spallone	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	+1	Chez Reavie	70	75	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Danny Briggs	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+1	David Morland Iv	69	76	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Elliot Gealy	70	75	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Kelly Grunewald	70	75	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Marc Turnesa	75	70	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Michael Sims	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Scott Draper	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Todd Fischer	70	75	-	-	145
CUT	+2	Chris Cureton	75	71	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Chris Smith	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Chris Wall	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Danny Ellis	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Dustin Bray	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	James Driscoll	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	James Nitties	79	67	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Kyle Mccarthy	69	77	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Zoran Zorkic	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+3	Blake Parks	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Franklin Hatchett	76	71	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Boyd Summerhays	71	76	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Curtis Malm	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Guy Boros	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Kevin Johnson	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Len Mattiace	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Martin Laird	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+4	Mike Hulbert	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Ricky Barnes	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Stephen Gangluff	71	77	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Tyler Williamson	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+5	Dean Larsson	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Jess Daley	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Joel Edwards	72	77	-	-	149
CUT	+6	David Hearn	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+7	Josh Broadaway	77	74	-	-	151
CUT	+8	Ted Potter, Jr.	74	78	-	-	152
CUT	+8	David Mckenzie	78	74	-	-	152
CUT	+9	Joshua Warthen	78	75	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Adam Riddering	78	75	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Brock Mackenzie	79	74	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Jason Enloe	75	78	-	-	153
CUT	+10	Henrik Bjornstad	78	76	-	-	154
CUT	+11	Alex Rodger	75	80	-	-	155
CUT	+12	Tommy Tolles	78	78	-	-	156
CUT	+15	Judd Whiteman	78	81	-	-	159
DQ	-	Chris Baryla	69	-	-	-	DQ
WD	-	Jon Turcott	70	-	-	-	WD
WD	-	Kris Blanks	70	-	-	-	WD
WD	-	Justin Hicks	75	-	-	-	WD
WD	-	Lee Williams	76	-	-	-	WD
WD	-	Michael Henderson	76	-	-	-	WD

Position	Score	Player	Country	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total

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Adamonis survives eight hole playoff

BY Bruce Young | Nationwide Tour | 2007 WNB Golf Classic | Round Four | 15 Oct 2007