Moses Lake golfer goes 9-under
on front nine, 5-over on back side
to take 36-hole medal play title
Sole survivor players gather on the first green to mark their balls. Bill Boggs
of Moses Lake was still standing after five holes.
Mark Grigg
Mark Grigg of Moses Lake made
the only 6 on his card on his final
hole but still ran away
from the field to win
the 36-hole Round-Up
City Amateur played
at Pendleton
Country Club.
Golfers came from
across the Northwest.
Of course, the all-time winningest RUCA champ, Brad Christianson,
came from Oklahoma.
(Christianson
ended up tied for fifth
gross in the first flight.)
PCC member Shaner
Applegate won low
net for the field with a
two-day total of 133.
The next best finish
by a local golfer was
Greg Roland Jr.’s tie for third in the
first flight.
Grigg played the front side nineunder
par over the two days, shooting
31 in spectacular weather on Sunday.
Starting on number 12, Grigg made
the turn one-over-par then went on a
tear with five birdies in six holes.
He parred number 10 and then “played to take double bogey out” on
the par-5 dog-leg left umber 11. “I knew where I was and decided
to play two irons and pitching wedge.
It was a tough shot out of the rough
and I missed an eight footer. It was the
only 6 I had all weekend,”
Grigg said.
Greg Corn, a past
winner who finished third
in the first flight, played
with Grigg on the final
day. “Mark controlled his
game and made putts
when he needed to. He
hit the ball better than
everybody I saw,” Corn
said.
Grigg, who was “making
everything inside 10
feet,” said the course
benefitted the straight
hitter. On Sunday he
hit 13 fairways and had
birdie putts on 15 of the
18 holes. “I thought the course was in excellent
shape,” Grigg said. “The greens
were a little umpy but if you got it
on line the putt wasn’t affected. The
rough was tough, especially around
the greens. It was very tricky; you
didn’t know what it would do coming
out, but all in all the course was
fantastic.”
The sole survivor was exciting as
usual with Bill Boggs of Walla Walla
outlasting the 10 players with the best
first-day totals.
Greg Grant, Heppner, wins a cruise
at the 2006 Round-up City Am
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putts on 15 of the
18 holes. “I thought the course was in excellent
shape,” Grigg said. “The greens
were a little umpy but if you got it
on line the putt wasn’t affected. The
rough was tough, especially around
the greens. It was very tricky; you
didn’t know what it would do coming
out, but all in all the course was
fantastic.”