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SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (AP) – The Fourth Annual California Gator Golf Tournament was played on Saturday, August 17th, at Monarch Bay Golf Course par 71, 7,015 yards in length (the second longest in California). The tournament was a huge success and a new foursome led by Tournament Co-Captain, Marty Duda, emerged to claim this years coveted Gator Golf title – catapulting his foursome from Worst in 2001 to First in 2002 with a tournament winning score of 62 for the round. "This is something you dream about," said Duda, "a Gator, Hurricane, Wildcat and Badger all coming together as a team to win this tournament, it means everything to me."
The purpose of the tournament was to have fun with fellow Gators and Gator Supporters
(which everyone did) and to raise funds to help offset expenses for the South Bay
Swamp specifically, the cost of the pay-per-view football games. Thank you to all
those who participated in this years event and special thanks to our tournament
Co-Captains for volunteering their time to organize the Gator Golf tournament for a
second consecutive year and to Monarch Bay for their reptile tolerance.
GO GATORS!!!!
First Place – 9 Under (62)
Marty "Gator" Duda, Reggie "Cat5" Duda, Lee “Badger” Hedtke and Stefan “Wildcat” Myslicki
This is something you dream about,'' said Duda, “a Gator, Hurricane, Wildcat and Badger
all coming together as a team to win this tournament, it means everything to me.
"I'm on top of the world right now," said Duda. "I'm sure we will stay up and
have some fun tonight."
Individual Awards:
Second Place – 5 Under (66)
Rob “Big Dog” Caughell, Steve “Tiger” Harman, Audrey “Monster” Daniels” and Jim “Grandslam” Johnsonte
It just wasn't meant to be. The golf gods weren't with us today.
Individual Awards:
Third Place – 4 Under (67)
Greg Olson, Chris Pattengill, Brad Davis, Gideon Senderov
We tried to keep it together but it felt like we had our 'B' game going all day.
Individual Awards:
Fourth Place – 2 Under (69)
Aaron Arasato, Wynn Arasato and Jeff Tomsik
We've never really won anything, but we've always competed hard.
Individual Awards:
Fifth Place – 2 Over (73)
Steve "GATOR" Wood, Bill "Deputy Swamp Master" Denty, Joe "Swamp Disaster Master"
Churchill and Jim "Swamp Disaster Master Bro" Churchill
Sometimes, we even surprise ourselves out there.
Individual Awards:
Sixth Place – 8 Over (79)
Rich Lago, Don Gundry, Dan Hunt and Tom Sebekos
We just didn't make enough birdies, we’re glad it's over so we can relax a little.
Individual Awards:
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