2007 RDGA Match Play Championship
Stafford Country Club
May 18-20, 2007

Jim Scorse, Stafford Country Club defeated Larry Sand, Irondequoit Country Club, 6 & 5 in the final match of the 2007 Rochester District Golf Association Match Play Championship, at Stafford country Club.

Scorse saved his best golf for the final match. He birdied five holes, #1, #5, #7, #11, and #13 with his only bogey at #9. Sand was never up in the match after methodically winning his way to the finals.

The championship began on Friday, May 18 with the top 32 players in the RDGA, based upon their point totals from the 2006 season.

Defending champion, John Kircher, Monroe GC, won his Friday morning match against club mate Dana Consler, 3 & 2. He lost in the second round to Pete VanValkenburg, Caledonia CC, 4 & 3.

Larry Sand reached the finals by downing Andy Conway, Ravenwood GC, 2 & 1, Tim Spitz, Monroe GC, 4 & 3, Pete VanValkenburg, 2 up, and Rick Rumble, Oak Hill CC, 1 up in the semi0final match.

Meanwhile, Jim Scorse, 3 time RDGA John H. Ryan Jr. Memorial Championship Winner and runner up to Kircher for the 2006 RDGA Player of the year, used home course knowledge to win his five matches in three days. He defeated Corey Lamberton, Churchville GC, 5 & 4, Brian Riley, Brook Lea CC, 4 & 2, Ken Andrychuk, Clifton Springs CC, 2 up, and Colm Murphy, Webster GC, 2 & 1 in the semi-finals.

The RDGA Match Play Championship has become the first major event for the top players in the Greater Rochester area. In 2006, the event was moved from a late summer date in August to the opening major event of the RDGA season in May.

For more information, please contact Mike Sorce or Fred Lapple at the RDGA, 585-292-5950.

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