SAN JOSE, CA (January 22, 2006) -- Brett Lunde of Willits shot a remarkable 6-under-par 66 at Coyote Creek's Valley Course on Saturday -- a score that left several players wondering if he played the same golf course -- then followed it up with a 75 on the Tournament Course on Sunday for a 5 stroke victory over Casey Boyns of Pacific Grove in the 2nd Annual amateurgolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur.

Teeing off on the back nine, Lunde started the day just how he left off on Saturday, with a birdie on his first hole, the par 4 10th. He got to 2-under on the day and appeared to put Boyns and the rest of the field in his rear view mirror before back to back double bogeys on his 7th and 8th holes (the challenging 16th and 17th holes on the Tournament Course) eroded a good part of his lead - but he still had three strokes to play with. At the players' 13th hole, the par-5 4th, Lunde's birdie against Boyns' bogey expanded the lead to a comfortable 5 strokes. The lead was up to 7 heading to the 18th tee, where both players found the fairway bunker with their tee shots.

Boyns, who holed an 9-iron second shot for an eagle in the first round, picked a four iron that landed pin-high on the top tier, and he drained the 8-foot birdie putt to post a 74 and 146 total. Lunde hit an excellent fairway bunker shot as well, and hit a reasonable approach putt from the bottom tier. His 4-foot par putt did a 360, perhaps a little message from the golf gods to remind him that breaking par when nobody else does isn't to be taken for granted.

In the Senior Division, Lou Alvarez won his second straight amateurgolf.com event with a solid 71 giving him a 144 total of even par. Alvarez played steady golf all around, especially on the par 5's.

"I was really sticking my wedges on my third shots, and several times today I had it inside of 6 feet for birdie," said Alvarez, who resides in Auburn.

Tom Lyons fired an even par 72 on Sunday to wind up 5 strokes back with a very respectable tournament total of 149.

Gary Koshaba won his first amateurgolf.com event in the Net Division with an even par total of 144. "The only other event I can remember winning was a turkey shoot," said Koshaba, who was one of the few players in the field to par the diabolically-pinned 2nd hole on Sunday. Jim Grensted was runner up in the Net Division.

TOURNAMENT NOTES:

- Lunde's 66 wasn't totally out of the blue - the 21-year-old fired a 64 in the first round of the 2004 Mendocino County Amateur, an event he would go on to win.

- Special thanks to the entire staff at Coyote Creek Golf Club for hosting us for the second straight year, and to sponsors UST Golf Shaft and Bridgestone Golf for providing great tee prizes and utility clubs for the winners.

- To all players, thanks for understanding that the pin placements on Sunday on hole Nos. 2 and 8 were unintentionally extreme. amateurgolf.com will work with Coyote Creek and our other host courses at future events to guard against this happening again.

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Final result from the amateurgolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur, played at Coyote Creek Golf Club follow:

- Valley Course, par 72, 7048 yards (6431 yards Net and Senior)
- Tournament Course, par 72, 7027 yards (6633 yards Net and Senior)

NOTE: please scroll down the page for photos of winners

CHAMPIONSHIP
Name	Hometown	Rd1	Rd2	Tot
Brett Lunde	Willits, CA	66	75	141
Casey Boyns	Pacific Grove, CA	72	74	146
Arvo Voip	Magalia, CA	74	74	148
Kent Yamane	San Jose, CA	75	75	150
Mike McRae	Moraga, CA	77	73	150
Freddy Wolfe	Piedmont, CA	74	77	151
Nick Podesta	Yuba City, CA	77	74	151
Chris Whalen	San Jose, CA	76	76	152
Trent Tessler	Redwood City, CA	76	76	152
Tim Breland	stockton, CA	74	79	153
Brandon Beck	Berkeley, CA	79	74	153
Sean McNamara	Monte Sereno, CA	76	78	154
Ryan Collins	Lafayette, CA	75	80	155
Brian Thibault	San Jose, CA	73	83	156
Diane Kwon	Fremont, CA	75	81	156
Chris Marin	Marina, CA	76	80	156
Andrew Biggadike	Palo Alto, CA	78	78	156
Samuel Chavez	Hillsborough, CA	80	76	156
Jud Spencer	San Jose, CA	76	81	157
David Capel	Ripon, CA	77	80	157
Bob Niger	El Dorado Hills, CA	74	84	158
Andrey Mindirgasov	Pacific Grove, CA	76	82	158
Brian Geraty	Eden Prairie, MN	76	82	158
Giuliano Delecce	carmel valley, CA	77	81	158
Andrew Overton	Livermore, CA	76	83	159
Paxton Song	Los Altos, CA	77	82	159
Garrett Logan	Henderson, NV	80	79	159
David Leuterio	Sacramento, CA	81	78	159
Aaron Dean	Sacramento, CA	73	87	160
Matthew Garcia	Burlingame, CA	78	82	160
Martin Renaud	Hayward, CA	79	81	160
Tak Taoyama	San Jose, CA	78	83	161
Mike MacDonald	palo Alto, CA	77	85	162
Corey Campbell	Auburn, CA	83	79	162
Phillip Hall	Atherton, CA	79	84	163
Andrew Bowdish	San Jose, CA	80	83	163
Ryan Bohning	Marina, CA	81	82	163
Amit Odaiyar	lodi, CA	75	89	164
Chris Wilderotter	Santa Clara, CA	80	84	164
Diego Salas	Berkeley, CA	80	84	164
Hans Olson	Bainbridge Island, WA	82	82	164
Dan Sexton	Salinas, CA	81	84	165
David Staszko	San Jose, CA	82	83	165
Jack Paton	Hillsborough, CA	79	87	166
Phillip Herrera	Stockton, CA	81	85	166
Mike Granelli	Clayton, CA	86	80	166
Eben Warde	palo alto, CA	83	84	167
JP Policarpio	Castiac, CA	79	89	168
Philip Yim	Petaluma, CA	84	84	168
Pete Wlodkowski	Carlsbad, CA	88	80	168
Alex Henry	Daly City, CA	80	89	169
Ricardo Ronquilla	San Jose, CA	80	89	169
John Giffin	Novato, CA	80	90	170
Ron Freeman	San Jose, CA	85	86	171
Vince Ambrosia	San Jose, CA	85	87	172
Stan Morrison	San Francisco, CA	79	94	173
Eric Steichen	San Francisco, CA	92	84	176
Al Conceicao	San Jose, CA	88	90	178
John Allison	Santa Maria, CA	93	85	178
Robert Parmenter	Morgan Hill, CA	98	81	179
Sandy Nash	Campbell, CA	90	90	180
JD Wright	Los Lunas, NM	91	90	181
Brian Zimmerman	Hanford, CA	84	98	182
Kris Butkys	Thousand Oaks, CA	90	93	183
Peter Crawford	San Carlos, CA	95	89	184
Harald Vaernes	Honolulu, HI	91	101	192
Shaheen Iqbal	San Jose, CA	93	108	201
Brian Sommerfeld	Sacramento, CA	103	103	206
Erick Thorson	Westlake Village, CA	80	DQ	DQ
Erick Justesen	Cameron Park, CA	76	WD	WD
Bret Wagar	San Jose, CA	78	WD	WD
Sean Dyer	Aptos, CA	79	WD	WD
Jeremy Harris	Davis, CA	85	WD	WD
H. Curtis Abbey II	Portola Valley, CA	91	WD	WD
Scott Chase	Los Altos Hills, CA	91	WD	WD
Randy Haag	Burlingame, CA	77	WD	WD
SENIOR DIVISION
Name	Hometown	Rd1	Rd2	Tot
Lou Alvarez	Auburn, CA	73	71	144
Tom Lyons	Pleasanton, CA	77	72	149
Rob Thompson	Merced, CA	74	82	156
Tony Wilmer	San Mateo, CA	78	78	156
Marshall Raymer	Pleasanton, CA	74	83	157
Jim Ono	Saratoga, CA	76	81	157
Bruce Black	Los Gatos, CA	75	83	158
Chip Campion	Salinas, CA	76	82	158
Clem Richardson	Salinas, CA	77	81	158
Terry Ackerman	Piedmont, CA	77	82	159
Greg Saiki	Sanger, CA	79	81	160
Sam Reeves	Fresno, CA	77	88	165
Daniel Kuper	Sunnyvale, CA	81	85	166
Steve Garrett	Santa Clara, CA	82	WD	WD
Martin Johnson	Los Gatos, CA	84	WD	WD
Bob Schoenherr	San Jose, CA	85	WD	WD
Paul Spengler	Pebble Beach, CA	90	WD	WD
Bill Foley	San Ramon, CA	WD
Greg McMaster	Temecula, CA	WD
Ron Erkenbrecher	clovis, CA	WD
NET DIVISION
Name	Hometown	Rd1	Rd2	Tot
Gary Koshaba	San Francisco, CA	71	73	144
James Grensted	Belmont, CA	69	79	148
Noel Rush	Pacifica, CA	74	82	156
Vincent Steele	Concord, CA	80	76	156
Mike Sly	Los Altos, CA	74	83	157
Dan Crawford	San Carlos, CA	76	81	157
Gary Hovey	San Jose, CA	80	77	157
Sean Price	Discovery Bay, CA	79	79	158
Fred Behling	Los Altos, CA	81	79	160
Kevin Smith	Richmond, CA	76	86	162
Jeff Traweek	Auburn, CA	77	86	163
Al Richardson	Santa Clara, CA	78	85	163
Robert Jackson	Santa Clara, CA	84	79	163
Justin Moroyan	Los Altos, CA	78	87	165
Bill Strahan	Burlingame, CA	82	83	165
Peter Funt	Monterey, CA	78	WD	WD

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