JARED FONTENOT WINS LOUISIANA GOLF ASSOCIATION NET AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Baton Rouge, Louisiana  --  May 18, 2008  --  Jared Fontenot of Washington held on Sunday to win the 2008 Louisiana Golf Association Net Amateur Championship at Santa Maria Golf Club in Baton Rouge. Fontenot held off Sedrick Gregory of Sulphur by one shot and William Duncan of Baton Rouge by three in an exciting finish. Fontenot, who led by two after his first round four-under par 68, shot a two-over 74 on Sunday, birdying the last hole to finish at two-under 142 and secure the victory. Gregory, playing in the next-to-last group shot even par 72 on Sunday to finish at one-under par 143. Duncan had the day’s best round, shooting three-under par 69 to outdistance defending champion Resta Choate of Shreveport and Slidell’s William Johnson by one shot to finish all alone in third place.

Flight winners included: Carl Lemaire of Sulphur in the Carnoustie flight; Julius Courville of Lake

Pine Shadows GC - Net Team Champions

Charles in the Troon flight;  Ronald King in the Prestwick flight; and Al Wyche in the St. Andrews flight.

This year’s event was held at the Robert Trent Jones, Sr., designed Santa Maria GC in Baton Rouge, which played to a par of 72 at 6,600 yards. In spite of the course being inundated with over five inches of rain earlier in the week it proved to be an extremely popular venue. 

The LGA conducts this event to provide a Championship for the higher handicap player with procedures in place to assure that consistency and integrity are benchmarks for the event. The LGA utilizes the USGA Tournament Score Probability Table to adjust any handicap indexes when a player’s score exceeds normal probability.

In the sixth annual Net Club Team Championship, conducted concurrently with the Net Amateur, the team from Pine Shadows Golf Club in Lake Charles took a two-shot win over first round leader Oak Knoll Country Club from Hammond. Pine Shadows teammates Julius Courville, Al Lyles, Carl Lemaire, and Ricky Norwood combined to shoot a 13-over par score of 445 and capture the club’s third Net Club Team title.

Top Three Flight finishers are as follows: