SAN JOSE, Calif. (Jan. 18, 2008) -- John Murphy approached the 18th hole with the rest of the final group at the amateurgolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur thinking the battle for the title would be between leader Gregor Main and Cameron Rappleye, who trailed by a stroke.

Three strokes off the pace, the Cal Berkeley golfer knew he'd have to do something spectacular to have a shot at forcing a playoff.

But spectacular is exactly the word for what he pulled off.

"We all hit the fairway off the tee, and I just looked at it and said 'I need to go for the pin, I need to dunk it,'" said Murphy, who lined up his 8-iron from 160 yards. "I'm always in it to win it, and it looked great in the air. It just landed perfect, three feet in front of the pin, two bounces and in."

A sizable crowd had gathered by that point to watch the final group come in, and cheered the clutch shot. It was Murphy's second hole-out of the day, the first coming on 11, good for another eagle.

Main, who plays for UCLA, found himself above the hole with his approach shot, and ended up three-putting for bogey, tying the pair at 6-under 138.

Rappleye also bogeyed, and finished in third at 139.

Main and Murphy gamely replayed the 18th three more times, parring each time, before daylight gave way and the two settled on a hard-fought tie.

In the senior flight, Rich Morrison was the victor at 1-under 143.

Tony Wilmer had the shot of the tourney in that flight, burying a 150-yard eagle shot on the 17th hole of the Valley Course, which was the site of play on Saturday.

In the net flight, Noel Rush was tops with a final score of 2-over 146.

Full results follow:

	Championship
Pos	Player	Hometown	Rd1	Rd2	Tot
T1	Gregor Main	Danville	67	71	138
T1	John Murphy	Wilton	68	70	138
3	Cameron Rappleye	Elk Grove	68	71	139
4	Daniel Cone	Moraga	69	72	141
5	Eric Mina	Fremont	70	73	143
T6	Darryl Donovan	Morgan Hill	73	71	144
T6	George Gandranata	Emeryville	72	72	144
T6	Michael Weaver	Fresno	72	72	144
T9	Brandon McNally	Burlingame	69	76	145
T9	Jeffrey Hamm	Danville	73	72	145
T9	Mat Miller	Pleasanton	76	69	145
T12	Brett Mormann	Santa Barbara	71	75	146
T12	Ian Dahl	Berkeley	71	75	146
T12	Kent Yamane	San Jose	73	73	146
T12	Shaun Pienkos	Saratoga	72	74	146
T16	Andrew Moren	Turlock	72	75	147
T16	Brent Booth	Los Altos	72	75	147
T16	Devin Hexner	San Francisco	73	74	147
T16	Grant Norton	Rancho Murieta	73	74	147
T16	Stephen Hale	Berkeley	70	77	147
21	Jamie Core	Berkeley	76	72	148
T22	Erick Thorson	Westlake Village	71	78	149
T22	Kyle Candlish	Rancho Murieta	75	74	149
T22	Mark Wyllie	San Jose	74	75	149
T22	Robert McRae	Moraga	68	81	149
T26	Brandon Van Goethen	Huntington Beach	74	76	150
T26	Henrik Holm	Moraga	75	75	150
T26	Spencer Fletcher	Los Altos	74	76	150
T29	Alexander Schmitt	Tiburon	73	78	151
T29	Andrey Mindirgasov	Pacific Grove	77	74	151
T31	Adam Loran	San Jose	73	79	152
T31	Chris Marin	Monterey	78	74	152
T31	Grant Rappleye	Elk Grove	75	77	152
T34	Andrew Nottenkamper	Pacific Grove	76	77	153
T34	Brian Swenson	Dublin	71	82	153
T34	Colt Knedler	Beverly Hills	79	74	153
T34	Dennis Carson	Burlingame	73	80	153
T38	Anthony Machi	Pleasanton	78	76	154
T38	David Staszko	San Jose	78	76	154
T38	Jake Johnson	Cameron Park	72	82	154
T38	Phillip Huffman	Villa Park	71	83	154
T38	Ray Le Yang	Rowland Heights	70	84	154
T38	Scott Lacrosse	San Jose	77	77	154
T44	Jonny Baxter	Pleasanton	80	75	155
T44	Kevin Smith	San Jose	76	79	155
46	Jay Weiss	Santa Clara	78	78	156
T47	Matt Montez	Sacramento	77	80	157
T47	Stephen Jahncke	San Jose	77	80	157
T49	Albert Conceicao	San Jose	82	76	158
T49	Dan Potter	Irvine	75	83	158
T49	Jeff Petroff	Tualatin	76	82	158
T49	Robert Goodwin	Atherton	74	84	158
T53	Brian O'Regan	Walnut Creek	76	83	159
T53	Kyle Souza	Livermore	75	84	159
T53	Marcus Briscoe	Valencia	76	83	159
T53	Richard Conlin	Vancouver, BC	82	77	159
T57	Ahron Valverde	Whittier	82	78	160
T57	Keith Schwartz	San Mateo	82	78	160
T57	Robbie Garcia	Pleasanton	75	85	160
T57	Steve Wilson	Martinez	77	83	160
T57	Teddy Schrier	Atwater	76	84	160
T57	Travis Bregman	Newhall	80	80	160
63	Mike Granelli	Clayton	86	75	161
64	Tim Honeycutt	Placerville	81	81	162
65	Matt Williams	San Jose	80	84	164
66	John Allison	Pismo Beach	80	87	167
67	Lance Bishop	Wilton	84	86	170
68	Mike Connealy	Danville	87	91	178
69	Tim Yager	San Jose	85	95	180
T70	Gary Young	Mississauga, ON	75	NC	NC
T70	John Giffin	San Rafael	NC	NC	NC
T70	Justin Cecil	Sunnyvale	NC	NC	NC
T70	Mike Murphy	Oakland	NC	NC	NC
T70	Pete Fukuhara	Palo Alto	NC	NC	NC
T70	Phillip Herrera	Stockton	NC	NC	NC
T70	Samuel Petke	San Francisco	NC	NC	NC
T70	Sean Nadir	Los Altos	86	WD	WD
	Senior Division
Pos	Player	Hometown	Rd1	Rd2	Tot
1	Rich Morrison	Los Gatos	69	74	143
2	Mark Miller	Antioch	73	79	152
3	Michael Donnelly	Clayton	70	83	153
T4	Clem Richardson	Salinas	77	78	155
T4	Tony Wilmer	San Mateo	72	83	155
6	Tom O'Grady	Los Altos	75	81	156
7	Bob Reed	Fremont	73	84	157
T8	Harlan Karnofsky	Sacramento	74	85	159
T8	Neil Duffy	Santa Cruz	74	85	159
10	Rob Thompson	Merced	79	84	163
11	Tom Lyons	Pleasanton	78	86	164
12	Bob Schoenherr	San Jose	82	88	170
13	Norm Hall	Atherton	86	85	171
14	Thomas Hitchcock	San Mateo	90	87	177
15	Al Richardson	Santa Clara	93	94	187
	Net Division
Pos	Player	Hometown	Rd1	Rd2	Tot
1	Noel Rush	Pacifica	73	73	146
2	Bill Strahan	Burlingame	74	78	152
3	Lyle Covino	san francisco	75	78	153
T4	James Grensted	Belmont	74	80	154
T4	Mike Sly	Mountain View	76	78	154
6	Del Hocker	San Jose	70	85	155
7	Sunil Bhalla	Fremont	76	82	158
8	John Gomez	San Jose	75	85	160
9	Bart Goldie	Oakland	79	84	163
10	Scott Carelli	San Francisco	82	82	167
11	Chris Parker	Danville	75	92	167
	Scott Rhine	San Jose	85	WD	WD

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