299 Satosan Open
The Grounds, Choonsocky (Kikikira), Westermarc

Today on the IGT, the golf world crowned another surprise champion:
Giullaume Ouesreche won his first IGT title with a record performance Sunday in the Satosan Open!  Ouesreche closed with a 3-under-par 67 to finish at 18-under 262.

"It's pretty special," Ouesreche said. "I just tried to keep myself calm out
there. I was talking to my caddie in between shots. We just kind of talked about
other things."  "My father (himself an accomplished golfer in his day, ed.) gave
me a couple words of encouragement," said the son. 

The tee times were moved up two hours and the field was grouped in
threesomes starting on the No. 1 and No. 10 tees to finish ahead of severe
thunderstorms predicted for late afternoon. 

San Pat star Jose Maria de los Angeles McGurk shot a 66 to finish three strokes
back.  Matthias Rothies, Jr., strong-finishing Zartanian Anatoly Ipsi and Westrian
Fuzzy Smithers were four strokes behind. 

Ouesreche shared the second-round lead at the Satosan Open and was alone on top
after three rounds, thanks to an ace on the back nine Saturday. He pulled away
from the pack early Sunday, making five birdies on the front nine. At the turn, he
was six strokes ahead. 

He would get just one more birdie, the par-3 No. 6. His only mistakes came in the
final two holes when he double bogeyed the No. 17 water hole and hit out of two
bunkers on No. 18, making bogey there. 

"I know if you start getting conservative you might start backing up and I just
tried to stay with the same game plan I had," he said. "I didn't look at the
leader board until 16 or 17." 

Lush fairways and little wind made for near perfect conditions at The Grounds, one
of the top-3 facilities in the greater Kikikira area. 

The $450,000 first prize moves Ouesreche well up on the Order of Merit, more than
making up for his missed cut last week.

"Golf is such a humbling game that you always get knocked down and try to give
yourself as many opportunities as you can," Ouesreche said. "I know I was getting
closer and closer all the time. It's just nice to be able to have a little bit of
a cushion in the end." 

Co-favorite Pancho McFeeley closed strong with a 63, making his first healthy pay
check, and apparently gaining form in preparation for the IGT Championship in 2
weeks time.

Next week, the IGT heads to Whitlam for the Hawke Bitter Classic!

* * *
Final-round scores from the $2.5 million Satosan Open, played from July 29-August
1 at The Grounds, Kikikide, Westermarc:

(Par=70) 

 Name                Money      Scores           +/- 
     
Ouesreche (BRO)      $450,000   66-63-66-67--262 18-under 

McGurk (SPA)         $270,000   63-68-68-66--265 15-under  

Ipsi (KTZ)           $130,000   67-67-68-64--266 14-under  
M. Rothies, Jr.(WES) $130,000   64-67-68-67--266           
Smithers (WES)       $130,000   72-64-62-68--266           

Shearer (WMT)         $86,875   64-65-71-67--267 13-under  
Fittler (FRW)         $86,875   68-68-64-67--267           

Von Chicken (WES)     $72,500   64-68-68-68--268 12-under  
Holland (CHR)         $72,500   66-73-67-62--268           
Suey (WMC)            $72,500   63-73-65-67--268           

McFeeley (SPA)        $57,500   68-66-72-63--269 11-under
Lumle (LEX)           $57,500   66-64-71-68--269
Kirch (WDE)           $57,500   65-66-69-69--269

Kepparketl (ALT)      $45,000   69-68-69-64--270 10-under
Soya (WMC)            $45,000   64-68-67-71--270
Orford (FRW)          $45,000   67-70-66-67--270

Collino (ALT)         $37,500   67-69-65-70--271  9-under
Indurain (WDE)        $37,500   65-70-67-69--271
Affengrell (OOO)      $37,500   63-71-71-66--271

Tay (WMC)             $27,083   72-67-65-68--272  8-under
Weslow (IWK)          $27,083   67-68-67-70--272
Sorusne (KTZ)         $27,083   67-69-66-70--272
Jernandez (WDE)       $27,083   68-70-65-69--272
Disbach (ARO)         $27,083   67-68-69-68--272
Herring (FRW)         $27,083   68-68-69-67--272

Sinclair (FRW)        $17,375   71-66-69-67--273  7-under
Leq (LEX)             $17,375   69-69-69-66--273
O'Banion (SPA)        $17,375   68-70-69-66--273
Peacock (WMT)         $17,375   67-70-69-67--273
O'Donnell (WMT)       $17,375   69-66-66-72--273
Quartermaine (RAS)    $17,375   71-68-67-67--273
Chimes (WYA)          $17,375   63-70-68-72--273
Okay (WMC)            $17,375   69-65-70-69--273

Gutierrez (SPA)       $12,357   70-66-70-68--274  6-under
Seruca (KAL)          $12,357   68-67-69-70--274
Chowdown (WMC)        $12,357   67-69-69-69--274
Childress (WYA)       $12,357   71-67-69-67--274
McKey (ROS)           $12,357   64-68-73-69--274
D. Carter (NEO)       $12,357   69-68-68-69--274
Johnson (CHR)         $12,357   68-68-68-70--274

Mestrov (GUW)          $9,250   69-69-67-70--275  5-under
Salvatori (FRW)        $9,250   70-69-69-67--275
Olejnik (GUW)          $9,250   70-69-66-70--275
Biëri (WES)            $9,250   69-67-71-68--275
Koblenthz (IWK)        $9,250   66-69-71-69--275

Krall (ARO)            $6,588   69-69-70-68--276  4-under
Hosking (WMT)          $6,588   68-69-68-71--276
Imvaldt (WES)          $6,588   69-68-68-71--276
Fildbauer (ALT)        $6,588   68-68-72-68--276
Lyons (WMT)            $6,588   70-67-69-70--276
Senaduro (CAB)         $6,588   69-69-67-71--276
Fuyoung (WMC)          $6,588   68-70-69-69--276
Champlain (WMC)        $6,588   64-72-71-69--276

Dascunyan (LOM)        $5,750   69-70-66-72--277  3-under
Kossuth (SPA)          $5,750   70-69-68-70--277
Kitzler (WES)          $5,750   68-70-69-70--277

Schwarthz (WDE)        $5,650   69-70-70-69--278  2-under

Davys (FRW)            $5,550   67-67-75-70--279  1-under
Klagstein (WES)        $5,550   69-69-70-71--279
Birch (BRO)            $5,550   68-67-71-73--279

Dragurdt (KAL)         $5,450   64-72-74-70--280  Even

Drawazal (KAL)         $5,275   69-70-69-73--281  1-over
Siggis (BOB)           $5,275   68-71-69-73--281
Gnorelia (CAB)         $5,275   71-67-73-70--281
Silva (FRW)            $5,275   70-69-70-72--281
Bedinsson (NEO)        $5,275   67-69-71-74--281
Distelbluth (WES)      $5,275   67-71-71-72--281

Sachient (WMC)         $5,100   67-72-71-72--282  2-over

Chriponsi (BRO)        $5,050   68-71-73-71--283  3-over

Van der Treff (WES)    $4,975   66-69-73-77--285  5-over
Coulfax (ARO)          $4,975   68-69-75-73--285

Hauzu (WMC)            $4,900   70-68-73-76--287  7-over

Elfenbein (WES)        $4,850   68-71-77-72--288  8-over

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Failed to make the halfway cut:

Clarkeston (FRW)         73-67--140 Even
Dews (RAS)               71-69--140
Nithz (OOO)              68-72--140
Gortsidler (ALT)         74-66--140
Pescitel (ALT)           71-69--140
D'Amor (ALT)             71-69--140
G. Mitsuchen (WMC)       69-71--140
Grünwiesen (WES)         69-71--140
de Poort (WES)           68-72--140
Burchard (CHR)           69-71--140
Najunder (WMC)           66-74--140
Norling (ALT)            67-73--140
Thomasson (LCP)          68-72--140
Hassadd (DJR)            68-72--140
Saby (WDE)               68-72--140
B. Palmer (CHR)          70-70--140
Schnickley (RAS)         70-70--140

Jensen (CHR)             72-69--141 1-over
McDonough (SPA)          70-71--141
Gelfinger (LCP)          68-73--141
Kluffen (WES)            67-74--141
R. Connell (ARO)         72-69--141
Part (WMC)               72-69--141
Lamar (LCP)              70-71--141
Shumaker (NEO)           67-74--141
Straswell (WES)          68-73--141
Tahoma (CHR)             73-68--141
Schnapps (WES)           69-72--141
Neal (CHR)               68-73--141

Dahlista (CAB)           71-71--142 2-over
Nagy (SPA)               72-70--142
Sotogune (WMC)           73-69--142
Doolittle (WES)          70-72--142
Cookney (FRW)            71-71--142
Zoëk (WES)               67-75--142
Protheroe (FRW)          74-68--142
Mendelsonn (BRO)         71-71--142
J. Connell (ARO)         78-64--142
Tensol (CHR)             71-71--142
Choek (WMC)              68-74--142
Novello (ALT)            67-75--142

L. Mitsuchen (WMC)       73-70--143 3-over
Buettner (GUW)           68-75--143
Coolemaine (ARO)         72-71--143
Wan Hujan (LEX)          72-71--143
Lemmernig (IWK)          70-73--143
Giselund (LOM)           68-75--143
Cunningham (WMT)         75-68--143
Al-Baalatah (DJR)        71-72--143
Tank (WMC)               68-75--143

Oostingverde (WES)       75-69--144 4-over
Pots (ALT)               74-70--144
Harvey (CHR)             74-70--144
Huskarl (ALT)            73-71--144
Huang (WMC)              71-73--144
Rajpatell (WMC)          71-73--144
Kessel (KTZ)             70-74--144

Huyfrino (BRO)           74-71--145 5-over
Joyce (SPA)              71-74--145
Bartrim (FRW)            72-73--145
Tsumpi (WMC)             72-73--145
Vandenbrigg (WES)        68-77--145
Johannessen (WES)        70-75--145
Tailor, III. (WES)       72-73--145

T. Rothies (WES)         74-72--146 6-over
Leuwenzaan (LOM)         75-71--146
Conoboy (ARO)            70-76--146
Horsnell (WMT)           72-74--146
Koslovsky (ARO)          71-75--146

Katschingg (WMC)         74-73--147 7-over
Scipshold (ALT)          76-71--147

Goldsmith (NEO)          70-78--148 8-over
Sunilam (WMC)            74-74--148
Shigetsuki (WMC)         74-74--148
Guinness (WMC)           76-72--148

Medium (WDE)             74-75--149 9-over
Brofned (KTZ)            71-78--149

Iro (GUW)                75-76--151 11-over
Boyd (FRW)               74-77--151
Bajme (KTZ)              75-76--151

duBraal (KTZ)            71-82--153 13-over

Tnook (LEX)              79-82--161 21-over

de Dronk (ALT)           70--WD
   

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