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Dudley-Pipkin Duo Wins With
Senior Four-Ball with Closing Birdie

Senior Four-Ball Championship
Poppy Hills GC
Sept. 23-24, 1999

Pebble Beach (9-24-99) – Joe Dudley two-putted for birdie from 40 feet on the final hole Friday to give him and partner Bob Pipkin a come-from-behind victory in the first Northern California Golf Association Senior Four-Ball Championship at Poppy Hills Golf Course.

Dudley’s birdie enabled the Almaden Country Club twosome to finish at 65-68—133. The win came at the expense of Jim McMurtrey (Diablo CC) and Bill Celli (Round Hill CC) who went to the final hole with a one-stroke lead but had to scramble for a closing bogey. McMurtrey and Celli shot 65-69—134.

After nine holes in the final round, McMurtrey and Celli held a two-stroke lead with a 3-under-par effort. They also birdied the 10th and 11th holes and were three strokes up going to the 12th. Dudley and Pipkin, who also birdied the 10th, got one stroke back with a birdie at No. 12 and another when McMurtrey and Celli bogeyed the 13th.

The lead went back to two when the eventual champions bogeyed No. 14, but Pipkin got his team to within a shot with a 50-foot birdie putt on the tough par-4 16th. Both teams parred the 17th to set the stage for the closing hole and Dudley’s victorious stroke.

Third place went to fast-closing Cliff Davis (Green Valley CC) and Bob Olds (Brentwood CC). They combined for a 6-under-par 66 on the final day and a 36-hole total of 136.

Antioch’s Bob Heaton holed an 8-iron on the sixth hole for an ace, but he and partner Bill Paulson finished at 74-71—145.

Following are the complete results:

133 – Joe Dudley and Bob Pipkin, Almaden, 65-68
134 – Bill Celli, Round Hill, and Jim McMurtrey, Diablo, 65-69
136 – Cliff Davis, Green Valley, and Bob Olds Brentwood, 70-66
138 – Reg Bailey, Oakhurst, and Dave Parsons, Club Shakespeare, 68-70
138 – Ed Anderson, Butte Creek, and Dick Dallagiacomo, Tierra Oaks, 68-70
139 – Jack Koski, Manteca, and Dallan Ragland, Kings River, 68-71
139 – Thomas Smith, Harding Park, and Earl Stewart, San Geronimo,  70-69
139 – Ron Greenwood, Sunnyside, and John Stanfield, Fort Washington, 71-68
140 – H. Jay Guerin and Lou Schmitz, Alameda, 67-73
140 – Bob Heys and Bill Ward, Napa Valley, 67-73
140 – Carl Borders and Dan James, Olympic Club, 70-70
140 – Bobby Fries, Fort Washington, and Ted Gehrke, DeLaveaga, 71-69
141 – Robert Callan, Olympic Club, and Jim Ono, Brookside, 70-71
142 – Jim Schmiedt and Jim Visher, Peninsula Amateur, 68-74
142 – Michael Davis, Serrano, and Dave Ellis, Granite Bay, 70-72
142 – John Cranston, Sharon Heights, and Peter Ross North Ridge, 70-72
142 – Larry Miller and Jerry Wilson, Sunset Whitney, 72-70
142 – Lewis Keller and Gary Conti, Stanford, 72-70
143 – Farrell Hinkle, Monterey Bay, and Maury Klumok, Monterey Peninsula,
70-73
143 – Dick Adams and Russ Matesso, Monterey Peninsula, 71-72
143 – Tom Buran and Steve Miraglia, Sequoyah, 72-71
143 – Richard Kabler and Bob Rowland, Castlewood, 75-68
144 – Pete Reed, Atascadero, and Charles Senn, San Luis Obispo, 69-75
144 – John Arnold, III, and Ray Dickinson, Modesto, 70-74
144 – Don Lazarini and Gary Nelson, Meadow Club, 71-73
144 – Jim Gafke and Michael Heaton, Olympic Club, 72-72
144 – Clyde Nunes and Bill Rex, Riverside, 73-71
145 – Robert Heaton, Antioch, and William Paulson, Corral de Tierra,  74-71
146 – Jim Thurman and Jack Vogler, Oakhurst, 71-75
146 – John Mandella, Pasatiempo, and Ronald Swank, Spring Hills, 72-74
146 – Ray Celaya, South Bay MAGA, and Chon Gallegos, Santa Teresa, 74-72
146 – Tom Culligan, Peninsula, and Marshall Gleason, Olympic Club, 77-69
147 – Jerry Chirpich and James Clarke, San Luis Obispo, 72-75
147 – Peter Daley and John Jones, Monterey Bay, 73-74
147 – Bill Aragona, Boulder Creek, and Ralph Huber, Orinda, 74-73
148 – Stephen Stapleton and Dick Yokota, Pasatiempo, 74-74
148 – Robert Foster and Michael Frey, Butte Creek, 74-74
150 – Robert Heitman, Pine Mountain Lake, and Phil Van Tassell, Concord,
75-75
150 – Bo Bjursten and Stephen Isaacs, Meadow Club, 77-73
152 – Joe Cea and George Hunter, Villages, 77-75
153 – Boyd Robertson and Danny Thompson, Roseville, 75-78
154 – Ed De Avila, Sequoyah, and Dennis Petri, Vallejo, 78-76
155 – Charles Kittrell, Saddle Creek, and Ronald Leedy, Mountain Springs,
80-75
156 – Doug Kerr, Atascadero, and Bob Mazone, Dairy Creek, 80-76
DQ – Dick Bocks and Richard Gonzales, Stanford, 77-dq

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