Net Amateur & Net Club Team Championships

Round 1 Recap

RANDY INDOVINA OF BATON ROUGE TAKES FIRST ROUND LEAD AT 2006 LGA NET AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

August 26, 2006 -- Baton Rouge's Randy Indovina shot a net score of four-under par 68 to take a one shot lead after first round play in the seventh annual Louisiana Golf Association Net Amateur Championship at Beaver Creek Golf Course.  Indovina, who plays out of Briarwood Golf Course, carries a USGA Handicap Index of 9.3 (Course Handicap of 10) and shot a gross score of 78.  He leads Mandeville's Jerry Lebus and Lake Charles' Ricky Norwood by one and two shots respectively heading into Sunday's final round.

Lebus, who plays out of Calvert Crossing Golf Club, has a USGA Handicap Index of 8.0 (Course Handicap of 8) and shot a net score of 69 (gross score of 77).  Norwood shot a net score of 70 (gross score of 80) and plays to a USGA Handicap Index of 9.3 (Course Handicap of 10).  He plays out of Pine Shadows Golf Course.

Rounding out the top-ten heading into Sunday's final round are: Julius Courville, Lake Charles (T-4, 73); A.J. Dupree, Baton Rouge (T-4, 73); Sedrick Gregory, Sulphur (T-4, 73); Carl LeMaire, Breaux Bridge (T-7, 74); Johnny Yoder, Metairie (T-7, 74); Jared Fontenot, Washington (T-7, 74); and Al Wyche, Shreveport (T-7, 74). 

Play was brought to a halt at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday morning as thunderstorms rolled into the area.  After a two-hour rain delay, play resumed at 1:30 p.m. with all 48 players still on the course.  The first round concluded at 4:45 p.m.

Final round play will start at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday with the leaders beginning their round on the first hole at 9:45 a.m.

This is the seventh annual Net Amateur Championship conducted by the Louisiana Golf Association.  The LGA is attempting to provide a true championship event for the higher handicap player, with procedures in place to assure that consistency and integrity are benchmarks for the event.

The Overall Net Amateur Champion will be the individual that returns the low net score for 36 holes.  The LGA is utilizing the USGA Tournament Score Probability Table to adjust any handicap index where a player’s score exceeds normal probability.   In addition to the Overall Net Championship, the field is divided into four flights with the top-three finishers in each flight receiving awards.

In the concurrent LGA Net Club Team Championship, the team from Pine Shadows Golf Course in Lake Charles leads Calvert Crossing Golf Club from Calhoun by six strokes heading into Sunday’s final round of play.  This is the fourth year that the LGA has conducted the Net Club Team Championship in conjunction with the Net Amateur.  Four players represent a club and the best three of four net scores are totaled to create the Club Team score for the day.  The team with the low two-day total will take a beautiful crystal trophy back home to their club as the 2006 LGA Net Club Team Champion.

The year's championship is being played at Beaver Creek Golf Course in Zachary, just north of Baton Rouge.  The golf course, which has drawn rave reviews from the field, is playing to a par of 72 and approximately 6,700 yards for the championship.

Flight leaders are as follows: