A dramatic run of sudden death came to an end on the fifth playoff hole, the par-4
16th, where Gortsidler drained a five-foot birdie putt after an impressive
approach from the left rough.

 The biggest drama during the playoff came minutes earlier at the same hole. On
the pair's first trip to No. 16, the second sudden-death hole, Gortsidler knocked
his second shot into the front bunker and playoff opponent and local favorite
Subhas Sunilam gave himself a 12-footer. Gortsidler holed out from the sand for
birdie and put the pressure squarely on Sunilam, who answered by draining his
birdie putt.

Gortsidler knocked a wedge within four feet at the 72nd hole and hit the birdie
putt to force sudden death.  The Altlander's flair for the dramatic earned him the
first official IGT paycheck with the $360,000 first prize.

Sunilam may have been at a slight disadvantage in the playoff. After
 parring the final hole of regulation, he lost caddie Freddie Sung to heat
exhaustion. Taking Sung's place was 15-year-old Kyle Hou, the son of tournament
director Kim Hou.

 After both players parred the 17th in sudden death, Sunilam turned the tables and
applied the pressure by nailing a 15-foot birdie putt at No. 18. Gortsidler had
the answer this time, sinking a 10-footer to extend the playoff.

 Sunilam ripped his drive nearly 300 yards down the fairway at No. 16 -- the fifth
sudden-death hole -- but pulled his approach 25 feet left of the flag. He failed
to convert his birdie try shortly after Gortsidler bounced his second shot five
feet past the cup.

 Both playoff competitors fired 5-under-par 65s today to finish with 72-hole
totals of 19-under 261, three strokes better than third-round leader, Caboteniasan
underdog Ernesto Gnorelia, who could not hold his lead, and Deuco Mario Saby.

 Gnorelia entered the day with a three-shot lead but bogeyed No. 1 and watched
Gortsidler birdie the hole as his advantage quickly dropped to one stroke. He fell
from the top spot when Sunilam birdied the sixth and seventh holes, then fell out
of contention when a horrid drive led to a bogey at the par-4 14th.  He can
console himself with a check for 116,000 Christiana Crowns!  Pre-tournament
favorites Leopard Birch and Shaul Disbach charged hard in the final round, but
came up 4 shots short in fifth, together with Whitlamite Mark Salvatori.

Final scores and earnings Sunday of the CH$2 million IGT Inaugural, presented by
Woollee, played
on the 6,762-yard, par-70 Bayview Golf & Yachting Club course: 

(Note: Gortsidler won on the fifth playoff hole.) 

(Par = 70) 
 

 Gortsidler (ALT) $360,000       66-65-65-65--261     19-under
 Sunilam (WMC) $216,000          66-62-68-65--261

 Saby (WMC) $116,000             68-68-64-64--264     16-under
 Gnorelia (CAB) $116,000         66-63-64-71--264

 Birch (BRO) $73,000             68-66-68-63--265     15-under
 Disbach (ARO) $73,000           71-67-63-64--265
 Salvatori (FRW) $73,000         68-67-64-66--265

 Marino (CHR) $60,000            69-67-64-66--266     14-under
 Tay (WMC) $60,000               66-67-66-67--266

 Kluffen (WES) $52,000           67-67-65-68--267     13-under
 Holland (CHR) $52,000           64-67-65-71--267
  
 DePoort (WES) $40,500           69-68-66-65--268     12-under
 Fildbauer (ALT) $40,500         66-69-67-66--268
 Childress (WYA) $40,500         68-65-67-68--268
 Kirch (WDE) $40,500             65-67-66-70--268

 Burchard (CHR) $30,000          68-66-70-65--269     11-under
 Elfenbein (WES) $30,000         68-70-65-66--269
 Jensen (CHR) $30,000            64-69-69-67--269
 Norling (ALT) $30,000           67-67-67-68--269
 Dews (RAS) $30,000              66-67-66-70--269

 Fuyoung (WMC) $18,267           69-64-71-66--270     10-under
 Cookney (FRW) $18,267           67-69-68-66--270
 Imvaldt (WES) $18,267           66-71-66-67--270
 McDonough (SPA) $18,267         68-66-69-67--270
 Okay (WMC) $18,267              69-67-67-67--270
 Nithz (OOO) $18,267             67-67-67-69--270
 McKey (ROS) $18,267             70-63-66-71--270
 Conoboy (ARO) $18,267           69-66-64-71--270
 Von Chicken (WES) $18,267       64-70-64-72--270

 Chriponsi (BRO) $10,909         69-69-69-64--271      9-under
 Straswell (WES) $10,909         67-71-68-65--271
 Protheroe (FRW) $10,909         69-67-70-65--271
 Oudenryn (GUW) $10,909          68-70-66-67--271
 Tank (WMC) $10,909              66-70-69-66--271
 Shumaker (NEO) $10,909          71-66-67-67--271
 Lumle (LEX) $10,909             71-66-67-67--271
 Doolittle (WES) $10,909         70-66-68-67--271
 Guinness (WES) $10,909          65-73-64-69--271
 Silberthaler (WES) $10,909      66-67-68-70--271
 Siggis (BOB) $10,909            69-65-66-71--271

 Dahlista (CAB) $6,331           67-70-69-66--272      8-under
 Suey (WMC) $6,331               70-68-67-67--272
 McGurk (SPA) $6,331             67-66-71-68--272
 Indurain (WDE) $6,331           69-66-69-68--272
 Senaduro (CAB) $6,331           69-68-67-68--272
 Novello (ALT) $6,331            67-68-68-69--272
 Huang (WMC) $6,331              69-66-68-69--272
 Quartermaine (RAS) $6,331       68-67-68-69--272
 Soya (WMC) $6,331               71-65-67-69--272
 Weslow (IWK) $6,331             67-66-69-70--272
 Johannessen (WES) $6,331        70-64-65-73--272

 Al-Baalatah (DJR) $4,617        66-71-73-63--273      7-under
 Schnickley (RAS) $4,617         68-69-70-66--273
 M. Rothies, Jr. (WES) $4,617    69-68-70-66--273
 Tsumpi (WMC) $4,617             68-68-71-66--273
 J. Connell (ARO) $4,617         70-67-69-67--273
 Tailor, III. $4,617             68-70-68-67--273
 de Dronk (ALT) $4,617           69-67-69-68--273

 Magermilch (WYA) $4,340         68-69-71-66--274      6-under
 Scotch (WES) $4,340             68-69-70-67--274
 T. Rothies (WES) $4,340         68-69-68-69--274
 Piquette (WMC) $4,340           67-69-69-69--274
 Zoëk (WES) $4,340               65-66-72-71--274
 B. Palmer (CHR) $4,340          69-68-66-71--274

 Koblenthz (IWK) $4,140          67-70-72-66--275      5-under
 Johnson (CHR) $4,140            68-67-71-69--275
 Neal (CHR) $4,140               67-70-68-70--275
 Mestrov (GUW) $4,140            67-67-70-71--275

 Chowdown (WMC) $3,980           70-67-72-67--276      4-under
 Klagstein (WES) $3,980          68-69-72-67--276
 Tznook (LEX) $3,980             67-69-73-67--276
 Mendelsonn (BRO) $3,980         67-71-66-72--276

 Lyons (WMT) $3,840              69-69-71-68--277      3-under
 Rajpatell (WMC) $3,840          72-66-71-68--277
 Peacock (WMT) $3,840            69-67-72-69--277

 Scipshold (ALT) $3,760          70-68-69-71--278      2-under
 Giselund (LOM) $3,660           67-71-71-70--279
 Huyfriño (BRO) $3,660           65-73-69-72--279
 Biëri (WES) $3,660              69-69-69-72--279
 Huskarl (ALT) $3,660            69-67-70-73--279

 Bombathz (ALT) $3,560           70-67-69-74--280      Even

 O'Banion (SPA) $3,520           65-73-74-75--287      7-over

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Failed to make the cut after 2 rounds:

 Olejnik (GUW)              71-68--139         1-under
 Marriott (WES)             73-66--139   
 Davys (FRW)                70-69--139   
 McFeeley (SPA)             70-69--139   
 Knöchel (IWK)              71-68--139   
 Joyce (SPA)                70-69--139   
 Leuwenzaan (LOM)           71-68--139   
 Harvey (CHR)               70-69--139   
 Coulfax (ARO)              70-69--139   
 Champlain (WMC)            71-68--139   
 Grünwiesen, Jr. (WES)      70-69--139
    
 Oberth (WES)               73-67--140         Even
 Medium (WDE)               69-71--140   
 Bedinsson (NEO)            71-69--140   
 Gutierrez (SPA)            70-70--140   
 Rewenlys (LEX)             69-71--140   
 Coolemaine (ARO)           70-70--140   
 Starn (LCP)                71-69--140   
 Oostingverde (WES)         71-69--140   
 Koslovsky (ARO)            70-70--140   
 D'Amor (ALT)               72-68--140   
 Najunder (WMC)             69-71--140
    
 Herring (FRW)              72-69--141         1-over
 Ouesreche (BRO)            70-71--141   
 Katschingg (WMC)           68-73--141   
 Pescitel (ALT)             69-72--141   
 Distelbluth (WES)          70-71--141   
 Affengrell (OOO)           70-71--141   
 Pots (ALT)                 74-67--141   
 Sotogune (WMC)             71-70--141   
 Idiome (BRO)               70-71--141   
 Lemmernig (IWK)            72-69--141   
 Dascunyan (LOM)            69-72--141   
 Leq (LEX)                  71-70--141
    
 R. Connell (ARO)           73-69--142         2-over
 Juligartian (WES)          71-71--142   
 Malatest (ALT)             73-69--142   
 Nagy (SPA)                 71-71--142   
 Glemmentz (ARO)            74-68--142   
 G. Mitsuchen (WMC)         72-70--142   
 Gelfinger (LCP)            71-71--142  
  
 Wan Hujan (LEX)            73-70--143         3-over
 L. Mitsuchen (WMC)         73-70--143   
 Hosking (WMT)              73-70--143   
 Part (WMC)                 74-69--143
    
 Smithers (WES)             70-74--144         4-over
 Kossuth (SPA)              70-74--144   
 Hauzu (WMC)                72-72--144   
 Collino (ALT)              70-74--144   
 Tahoma (CHR)               68-76--144   
 Chimes (WYA)               73-71--144   
 Sachient (WMC)             72-72--144  
  
 Brennessel (WES)           73-72--145         5-over
 Daneben (BOB)              69-76--145   
 Normand (ALT)              75-70--145   
 Simpson (LCP)              76-69--145   
 Stark (ALT)                77-68--145  
  
 Kepparketl (ALT)           68-78--146         6-over
 Iro (GUW)                  71-75--146   

 Sinclair (FRW)             74-73--147         7-over
 Kitzler (WES)              75-72--147 
   
 Wright (CHR)               74-74--148         8-over

 Clarkeston (FRW)           72-77--149         9-over
 Hassadd (DJR)              74-75--149  
  
 Silva (FRW)                83-76--159        19-over

 Friend, III. (CHR)         69-WD        
 Orford (FRW)               70-WD        
 Shigetsuki (WMC)           72-WD        
 Krall (ARO)                74-WD        
 Jernandez (WDE)            74-WD        
 Tensol (CHR)               74-WD        
 Thomasson (LCP)            74-WD        
 Schwarthz (WDE)            75-WD

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