Nithz, dubbed my many as the "best player yet to win on the IGT" finally made
good, not only by winning his first IGT tournament, but doing it in style, winning
the second major tournament of the year... and every Realmer's top aspiration, the
Open of the Realm.

Nithz seemed like a shoe-in for the title, leading by an unheard of 10 shots after
the third round, but he made things interesting, shooting a shaky 77 in the final
round... but he managed to hold on and finish the job, despite some nerveous
jitters, winning by an impressive 5 shots over the field, headed up by Westrian
Matthias Rothies, Jr., who never really could mount a serious charge, and
Deyoank's Finschammel Von Toschamerton, who readily stepped into the international
spotlight, tieing Rothies for second place, giving him his biggest pay cheque yet,
and putting him in serious contention for the Rookie of the Year title.

Following in fourth is Subhas Sunilam, of Chakrazipang, who finally reached some
form.  Guillaume Ouesreche, a two-time IGT winner, and Davenportian rookie
sensation John Cates followed at 5-over.

Scores were high, as usual at the Realm Open, with the course set up tight
(fairways in place only 20 yards wide), and 3-inch rough.  As the week progressed,
the greens dried out as well, reading a blistering 12.6 on the stimpmeter.

"It got real tough after the first round", Nithz said, "the greens were drying
out, and for a moment today, after my double-bogey on 12, I thought I was going to
lose it... but then I calmed myself down, seeing I still had a 4-shot lead, and I
made it safely in with another birdie to win by 5!"

"To win the Open of the Realm is too perfect.  I was struggling to finally pull
off my first win as it is, and I could smell it coming closer - to make it the
Open, is just tremendous."

Runner-up Rothies said: "To go into the last round trailing James by ten was
almost insurmountable.  We knew we had to go low, which is real tough on this
course... none of us (the field) really stepped up to challenge.  He (Nithz) could
have been cought today, if we had put more pressure on him, as he was making a few
bogeys and that double on 12... but we never got closer than 4 shots, and he found
his nerves, eventually."

Von Toschamerton was bubbly after his second place finish:"This is fantastic! 
Fantastic!  I am so delighted... I almost feel like I won it... fantastic!"

Nithz takes the major trophy and the whopping $800,000 Christiana Crowns first
prize money - what a performance!

The final scores and earnings, in Christiana Crowns:

  Nithz (OOO)          $800,000   65-69-71-77--272     2-under

  M. Rothies, Jr.(WES) $390,150   74-73-68-72--287     3-over
  V.Toschamerton (DEY) $390,150   66-74-76-71--287

  Sunilam (WMC)        $212,779   67-75-76-70--288     4-over

  Ouesreche (BRO)      $162,526   73-71-72-73--289     5-over
  Cates (DAV)          $162,526   71-71-76-71--289

  Du Klerik (REZ)      $137,203   69-74-76-71--290     6-over

  Birch (BRO)          $112,766   77-72-72-70--291     7-over
  McFeeley (SPA)       $112,766   75-71-74-71--291
  Pennenton (UTA)      $112,766   68-78-73-72--291
  Sinclair (FRW)       $112,766   70-73-80-68--291

  Siggis (BOB)          $86,223   71-73-79-69--292     8-over
  Bilau (NAM)           $86,223   71-77-71-73--292
  Murial (NAM)          $86,223   77-72-72-71--292
  Pickering (ARM)       $86,223   70-71-76-75--292

  Larocquette (DAV)     $65,214   70-75-75-73--293     9-over
  Parsley (DAV)         $65,214   73-76-75-69--293
  Klagstein (WES)       $65,214   73-73-75-72--293
  Burchard (CHR)        $65,214   71-73-73-76--293
  Childress (SCK)       $65,214   73-76-72-72--293
  Lumle (LEX)           $65,214   76-72-76-69--293

  Krall (ARO)           $53,105   74-75-72-73--294    10-over

  Gnorelia (CAB)        $45,537   71-73-79-72--295    11-over
  Orford (FRW)          $45,537   71-73-78-73--295
  Grünwiesen (WES)      $45,537   72-76-75-72--295
  McGurk (SPA)          $45,537   69-73-83-70--295

  Lyons (UNT)           $34,066   68-78-81-69--296    12-over
  Chimes (SCK)          $34,066   75-73-75-73--296
  Kluffen (WES)         $34,066   77-70-78-71--296
  Indurain (DEU)        $34,066   75-74-75-72--296
  Kresnick (SCK)        $34,066   71-74-78-73--296

  Glenfiddich (DRA)     $28,247   72-77-77-71--297    13-over
  Chriponsi (BRO)       $28,247   69-76-75-77--297
  O'Banion (SPA)        $28,247   75-72-78-72--297
  Hassadd (DJR)         $28,247   74-70-83-70--297
  Strevel (MER)         $28,247   74-74-80-69--297

  Gelulola (NIO)        $22,056   77-70-78-73--298    14-over
  Von Trasnau (ALB)     $22,056   69-76-79-74--298
  Shearer (UNT)         $22,056   68-77-76-77--298
  Oostingverde (WES)    $22,056   71-73-79-75--298
  Bajme (KTZ)           $22,056   73-73-81-71--298
  Bin'Weri (FNZ)        $22,056   73-72-76-77--298
  Imvaldt (WES)         $22,056   73-74-76-75--298
  Katschingg (WMC)      $22,056   71-73-79-75--298
  Vassallirro (MER)     $22,056   75-74-75-74--298

  Bneressia (NAM)       $15,891   70-70-82-77--299    15-over
  Kilandra (BOW)        $15,891   75-71-81-72--299
  Pharinser (DRA)       $15,891   73-75-75-76--299
  Disbach (ARO)         $15,891   73-74-79-73--299
  Kilet (BOW)           $15,891   72-74-78-75--299

  Gelfinger (LCP)       $13,578   74-74-78-74--300    16-over
  Coulfax (ARO)         $13,578   74-75-74-77--300

  DuBraal (KTZ)         $12,747   71-75-83-72--301    17-over
  Rannatosu (UTA)       $12,747   74-74-80-73--301
  Nagy (SPA)            $12,747   70-77-80-74--301

  Yurhaus (MER)         $12,153   70-71-84-77--302    18-over

  Tensol (CHR)          $11,760   78-69-77-79--303    19-over
  Tay (WMC)             $11,760   74-75-77-77--303

  D'Amor (ALT)          $11,550   74-72-82-76--304    20-over

  Norling (ALT)         $11,425   72-74-84-75--305    21-over

  Kossuth (SPA)         $11,144   70-77-82-77--306    22-over
  Chelzes (SCK)         $11,144   74-75-75-82--306

  Narresch (IWK)        $10,862   72-73-84-84--313    29-over