Bodogh Does Some Home Cooking in Win

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Sunday August 8, 2010 - Bernie Bodogh has a history of success at Links of Niagara at Willo Dell and once again parlayed his home course advantage into success.

The Tour co-chairman played his front nine in an impressive four under par and would hold on to fire an even par 72 to win the fifth event on the Briggsy's Sportswear and Promotion Men's Tour by a single shot over playing partner Joe Bisson and Stephen Billyard.

Bodogh actually reached five under par during his round and almost let it slip away but his six birdies, 8 pars, 2 bogeys and 2 doubles was just good enough to prevail on a day where scoring was low across the board.

The win was Bodogh's sixth on the Niagara Men's Tour and his first since winning at Rockway Glen in 2008. The six wins is second all-time in Tour history, with fellow Tour co-chairman Jim Briggs holding the record of 10 wins. This is also the second time Bodogh has prevailed at Willo Dell on the Tour - he shot a Tour record 64 (-8) to win going away in 2003.

Lookout Point's Bisson made six birdies as well and had nines of 37-36 while LochNess Links' Billyard went 38-35 to finish tied for second. One shot further back and tying for 4th were Bridgewater's Kyle Griffis (35-39), Riverview's Andy Ragats (36-38) and Lookout Point's Joe Spiler (35-39). Seven more players rounded out the top ten with matching scores of 75: Evan Angi (36-39) and Ryan Gidney (35-40) from Lookout Point (36-39), Joe Buote from Riverview (40-35), Gord Henderson from Bridgewater (37-38), GAO Public Player Matthew Hopper (38-37), Willie Ormerod from the host course (38-37) and Dave Toulouse from LochNess Links (38-37).

There were no eagles on the day and as a result, there were only three skins, with each worth $180.00. Joe Bisson made a birdie 2 on the par three 3rd, Eagle Valley's Travis Glass made a deuce on the par 3 12th and Evan Angi made the only birdie on the par four 13th.

The Closest to the Hole prize from 13 Mountain Street Restaurant went to Roger Perry from Sparrow Lakes for his shot on the 3rd hole which settled only 4'7" away from the cup while Tony Ravenda from Thundering Waters won the Closest to the Hole award from Briggsy's Sportswear and Promotion for his shot on the par 3 16th, which ended up 7'8" away. Sawmill's Dave Abrams won the 50/50 draw and took home $59.00.

The race for the Jim McNeil Award heats up after the points reset, with Stephen Billyard taking the lead back from Lookout Point's Adam Briggs by 59 points. Rookie Dave Toulouse maintains his grip on third position and fellow rookie Evan Angi moves up into 4th while Ryan Gidney is only one point further back in 5th overall. Mathematically, anyone still within the top 11 can still win the overall crown so expect some fireworks later this month at LochNess Links! Dave Toulouse continues to lead the way in the race for the Gary Bos Academy Rookie of the Year award. Moving into second is Angi, with Kerry Howe falling back into third. Sawmill's Mark Armitage holds onto fourth spot and Evan Olsthoorn from St. Catharines GCC holds steady in fifth. Things are unbelievably tight in the Niagara Golf Report Senior Division race for players 50 & older, with Lookout Point's Ian Penney holding a slim lead over Gord Henderson. Rounding out the top five are Tony Ravenda, Frank Mortensen from Lookout Point and Bob Goss from Port Colborne.

This event was very challenging for Tour organizers, as the original venue for the event, Whirlpool GC in Niagara Falls was not in acceptable shape for the Tour due to disease on the putting surfaces. Our eternal gratitude goes out to Chuck Gates and all the staff at Links of Niagara at WilloDell for allowing the Tour to play the course on exceptionally short notice.

The Tour's final event of the 2010 season will be held on Sunday August 29th at LochNess Links in Welland. The event will be sponsored by Tour member Ryan Buckner and Buckner's Source for Sports, the region's best choice for sports equipment and apparel.

LINKS OF NIAGARA AT WILLODELL STATISTICS -

Average Score: 78.93

Most Birdies: Bernie Bodogh (Links of Niagara) and Joe Bisson (Lookout Point) - 6

Most Pars: Stephen Billyard (LochNess Links), Gord Henderson (Bridgewater) and Matthew Hopper (GAO - Public Player) - 13

Best Par 3 Performance: Andy Ragats (Riverview) - 2.80 average

Best Par 4 Performance: Joe Spiler (Lookout Point) - 3.88 average

Best Par 5 Performance: Joe Bisson (Lookout Point) - 4.20 average

Most Difficult Par 3: #12 & #14 - 3.63 average

Most Difficult Par 4: #8 - 4.67 average

Most Difficult Par 5: #11 - 5.35 average

Easiest Par 3: #16 - 3.09 average

Easiest Par 4: #6 and #18 - 4.28 average

Easiest Par 5: #10 - 5.12 average

Leaderboard

   PLAYERS  CLUB SCORE POINTS
1  Bodogh, Bernie  Links of Niagara 40 32 72 175
T2  Billyard, Stephen  LochNess Links 38 35 73 140
   Bisson, Joe  Lookout Point 37 36 73 140
T4  Griffis, Kyle  Bridgewater 35 39 74 110
   Ragats, Andy  Riverview 36 38 74 110
   Spiler, Joe  Lookout Point 35 39 74 110
T7  Angi, Evan  Lookout Point 36 39 75 85.5
   Buote, Joe  Riverview 40 35 75 85.5
   Gidney, Ryan  Lookout Point 35 40 75 85.5
   Henderson, Gord  Bridgewater 37 38 75 85.5
   Hopper, Matthew  GAO - Public Player 38 37 75 85.5
   Ormerod, Willie  Links of Niagara 38 37 75 85.5
   Toulouse, Dave  LochNess Links 38 37 75 85.5
T14  McLean, Chris  GAO - Public Player 38 38 76 66
   Ravenda, Tony  Thundering Waters 37 39 76 66
16  Hunermund, Mark  Twenty Valley 39 38 77 61
T17  Armitage, Mark  Sawmill 38 40 78 52
   Briggs, Jim  Fox Run 42 36 78 52
   Lipsett, Bill  Twenty Valley 37 41 78 52
   Mortensen, Frank  Lookout Point 36 42 78 52
   Patus, Dylan  Pelham Hills 40 38 78 52
T22  Abrams, Dave  Sawmill 39 40 79 41
   Glass, Travis  Eagle Valley 43 36 79 41
   Goss, Bob  Port Colborne 41 38 79 41
   Law, Stewart  Whirlpool 42 37 79 41
   McGregor, Brandon  St. Catharines 39 40 79 41
T27  Childs, Ken  GAO - Public Player 41 39 80 34
   Howe, Kerry  St. Catharines 37 43 80 34
T29  Bosela, Matt  St. Catharines 42 39 81 28
   Buckner, Ryan  St. Catharines 41 40 81 28
   Olsthoorn, Evan  St. Catharines 42 39 81 28
   Penney, Ian  Lookout Point 41 40 81 28
T33  Fleming, Ian  Twenty Valley 44 38 82 21
   Marotta, Anthony  Sparrow Lakes 39 43 82 21
   Perry, Roger  Sparrow Lakes 41 41 82 21
36  Smith, Kyle  Sawmill 40 43 83 18
T37  Briggs, Adam  Fox Run 41 43 84 16.5
   MacGlashan, Ryan  St. Catharines 41 43 84 16.5
T39  Garcia, Mike  LochNess Links 44 41 85 14.5
   McEachern, Stew  LochNess Links 41 44 85 14.5
41  Molkoski, Kenny  Sparrow Lakes 43 43 86 13
42  Tully, Dan  Sparrow Lakes 46 42 88 12
43  Lord, Paul  Lookout Point 43 47 90 11
   Bedard, Jesse  Royal Niagara DID NOT START
   Butler, Brad  St. Catharines DID NOT START
   Cottringer, Mark  GAO - Public Player DID NOT START
   Foster, Josh  Whisky Run DID NOT START
   Jackson, Jeff  GAO - Public Player DID NOT START
   Kealey, Steven  LochNess Links DID NOT START
   Mariage, Marcel  Lookout Point DID NOT START
   Nepon, Harris  St. Catharines DID NOT START
   Rodwell, John  Beechwood DID NOT START

Vouchers, Skins and Prizes

 VOUCHERS    
1  Bernie Bodogh   $180.00
T2  Stephen Billyard   $115.00
T2  Joe Bisson   $115.00
T4  Kyle Griffis   $65.00
T4  Andy Ragats   $65.00
T4  Joe Spiler Buckner's Source for Sports Gift Certificate
T7  Joe Buote Trappers Sports Bar Gift Certificate 
T7  Matthew Hopper Gary Bos Gift Certificate
T7  Dave Toulouse Buckner's Source for Sports Gift Certificate
 SKINS    
1  Joe Bisson #3 - Birdie 2 $180.00
2  Travis Glass #12 - Birdie 2 $180.00
3  Evan Angi #13 - Birdie 3 $180.00
 CLOSEST TO THE HOLE    
1  Roger Perry #7 - 4' 7" 13 Mountain Street
2  Tony Ravenda #16 - 7' 8" Briggsy's Sportswear
 50/50 DRAW    
1  Dave Abrams   $59.00