So bent on redemption Monday, the resilient Utanian made history when he
beat Somerish Emerill SHONAUGH in an 18-hole playoff at Melanian
International Golf Club. Aretasuna shot 70 to Shonaugh's struggling 72
to become the first non-Realm winner of the Open of the Realm. 

The victory -- worth $900,000 Christiana Crowns -- was a first for
Aretasuna on the IGT. He follows his compatriot Goran RANNATOSU as the
second Utanian to win on the IGT. 

Amea's gaffe on the 72nd hole late Sunday evening had followed
three-putts by Snonaugh and Bowdani's James KILANDRA, whose double bogey
robbed him of a chance to join the two others in the playoff. Shonaugh
missed a 6-footer to save par there while Kilandra's shocking miscue
came from 24 inches. 

Aretasuna, though, had only to two-putt from 15 feet to seal the biggest
victory of his life. When he didn't, the Utanian suddenly found his name
mentioned in the same sentences with the word "choke". 

"You play so well and it all comes down to one shot at the end of the
day, and all of a sudden you can't believe what's happening", Aretasuna
said.

"I think staying overnight might have helped. I think we were all a bit
shaken up over what happened on the last hole. It gave me a chance to
relax and reflect on what happened. I was able to tell myself I was
playing well." 

And he was. Although regarded as something of an underachiever by his
peers until Monday, Aretasuna was steady throughout the week. He opened
with a 66 that needed two days to complete, then added rounds of 70, 69
and the closing 71. 

"Unfortunately what happened was tough," said Aretasuna, who received
encouragement overnight in phone calls from James NITHZ and Rannatosu.
"If it had happened at the 17th it wouldn't have been that bad. But I
told myself that day was over. I was looking forward to today." 

Shonaugh appeared to have the upper hand early, though. He made birdie
on the third hole when he coaxed a 9-iron 4 feet from the pin. But the
scrambling Aretasuna, who had 12 putts on the first 10 holes, countered
with a birdie of his own at the sixth, and Shonaugh's game suddenly
began to desert him. 

There was that bogey from the right rough at the seventh hole and
another at the 10th where Shonaugh found himself almost stymied by a
tree. He hit it fat into more rough and made bogey while Amea sank a
20-footer for birdie. 

"I tried to make something from nothing," the Somerish said. "It was
deflating." 

Aretasuna added insult to injury when both men found the rough at the
next hole and he made birdie to a second straight Shonaugh bogey. The
two holes produced a four-shot swing and gave the Utanian a cushion of
five that he maintained until the last two holes. 

"I was in the rough too much," Shonaugh said simply. "And where I was it
was thick. All that stuff about the rough being kinder, gentler -- well,
I didn't see that because it probably hadn't been mowed in about 10
days. But I hit it there." 

Aretasuna did flinch when he hit a wedge over the green at the 17th hole
and failed to save par.  Shonaugh made his second birdie there --
sinking a 12-footer that narrowed the gap to three. 

The Utanian then made it a tad more exciting than he would have liked
when he missed the green at the 18th hole, putted up about 75 of the 100
or so feet to the cup and then left himself a 6-footer for bogey. But
this time Aretasuna, who needed just 27 putts, was dead-on. 

"That was quite a relief after yesterday," Amea said with a wry smile.
"I was able to keep my wits together." 

Shonaugh said he was probably more disappointed by the bogey at the 18th
hole on Sunday that cost him a chance to win outright than Monday's turn
of events. Shonaugh was looking for his first victory on the IGT as
well. 

"I've been in contention in a couple of these things. But it's just a
golf tournament. It's important when you're out there. But my health and
doing the right thing are the most important things to me." Shonaugh
said.

As for Aretasuna, he hopes this Open championship will be a springboard
to bigger things. 

"It's been a great week for me," he said. "There's been pressure since
day one and I have learned a lot about myself. I haven't always had
enough self-confidence in the past. I am really looking forward to the
big events now." 

The finals scores and earnings, in Christiana Crowns:

x-Aretasuna (UTA), $900,000        72-64-70-70--276  -4
 
Shonaugh (SOM), $530,000           66-70-69-71--276  -4

Kilandra (BOW), $325,310           69-69-67-72--277  -3

Seruca (KAL), $226,777             71-68-67-72--278  -2

Tennant (ARM), $172,912            73-72-72-64--281  +1
Burchard (CHR), $172,912           74-67-69-71--281  +1

Jernandez (DEU), $125,172          74-70-74-64--282  +2
Bilau (NAM), $125,172              70-71-72-69--282  +2
Ipsi (KTZ), $125,172               72-69-71-70--282  +2
DuBraal (KTZ), $125,172            72-69-71-70--282  +2
Von Chicken (WES), $125,172        70-69-68-75--282  +2

Galinheira (ORD), $91,733          74-71-69-69--283  +3
Holland (CHR), $91,733             70-69-74-70--283  +3
Uunderfvil (KTZ), $91,733          77-68-67-71--283  +3
Oostingverde (WES), $91,733        70-68-68-77--283  +3

Nithz (OOO), $75,337               73-73-69-69--284  +4
Protheroe (FRW), $75,337           69-73-70-72--284  +4
Havrillak (ALB), $75,337           70-69-71-74--284  +4

Kresnick (SCK), $63,426            72-71-73-69--285  +5
Tay (WMC), $63,426                 70-75-68-72--285  +5
McFeeley (SPA), $63,426            67-76-68-74--285  +5

Lowe (ARM), $54,813                71-71-73-71--286  +6
Von Toschamerton (DEY), $54,813    72-69-73-72--286  +6

Huskarl (ALT), $42,523             71-73-72-71--287  +7
Zoek (WES), $42,523                70-74-73-70--287  +7
Leuwenzaan (LOM), $42,523          70-75-71-71--287  +7
Parsley (DAV), $42,523             71-74-71-71--287  +7
McGurk (SPA), $42,523              71-73-72-71--287  +7
Disbach (ARO), $43,523             71-74-70-72--287  +7
Coswyn (SOM), $42,523              76-68-69-74--287  +7

Elf (DEU), $30,055                 73-73-74-68--288  +8
Du Klerik (REZ), $30,055           73-73-72-70--288  +8
N'Banj (UTA), $30,055              70-72-75-71--288  +8
Cates (DAV), $30,055               71-74-72-71--288  +8
MacKirdy (CAL), $30,055            72-74-70-72--288  +8
Lubjana (DRA), $30,055             74-71-71-72--288  +8
Chelzes (SCK), $30,055             73-70-71-74--288  +8
Murial (NAM), $30,055              72-72-69-75--288  +8
Pickering (ARM), $30,055           68-68-77-75--288  +8
Kronberg (CAB), $30,055            75-71-68-74--288  +8

Queal (SOM), $23,933               73-70-75-71--289  +9
Ferhentodo (EDE), $23,933          71-74-73-71--289  +9
Kalviack (KAL), $23,933            71-72-70-76--289  +9

Caird (CAL), $18,780               74-72-72-72--290 +10
Matthewman (ARM), $18,780          73-72-73-72--290 +10
Horsnell (UNT), $18,780            69-74-74-73--290 +10
Strevel (MER), $18,780             78-68-71-73--290 +10
MacGillivray (CAL), $18,780        72-71-71-76--290 +10
Larocquette (DAV), $18,780         69-73-72-76--290 +10
Kilet (BOW), $18,780               75-68-69-78--290 +10

Pishenky (DRA), $15,035            74-72-72-73--29l +11

Quay (KAL), $13,164                79-66-74-73--292 +12
Bartrim (FRW), $13,164             71-70-77-74--292 +12
Kirk (CAL), $13,164                73-72-74-73--292 +12
Drenner (NAM), $13,164             70-73-75-74--292 +12
Lavamil (KAL), $13,164             75-71-72-74--292 +12
DeJargen (BOW), $13,164            74-70-73-75--292 +12
Peacock (UNT), $13,164             67-75-74-76--292 +12
Kluffen (WES), $13,164             75-71-70-76--292 +12
Mandrin (BOW), $13,164             77-68-71-76--292 +12
M. Rothies, Jr. (WES), $13,164     69-76-69-78--292 +12

Malin (KAL), $11,443               74-71-75-73--293 +13
Zirandria (NAM), $11,443           71-73-74-75--293 +13
Ikita (ACH), $11,443               72-71-74-76--293 +13
Tahoma (CHR), $11,443              70-70-71-82--293 +13

Malachai (KTZ), $10,368            75-71-77-71--294 +14
Fildbauer (ALT), $10,368           71-74-77-72--294 +14
Merch (REZ), $10,368               73-73-76-72--294 +14
Jarvie (MER), $10,368              71-71-77-75--294 +14
Tensol (CHR), $10,368              73-73-72-76--294 +14
Antanavo (LEN), $10,368            76-69-70-79--294 +14

Deball (STK), $9,508               75-71-75-74--295 +15
Bobone (ORD), $9,508               76-70-74-75--295 +15

Dragurdt (KAL), $8,863             74-72-77-73--296 +16
Silva (FRW), $8,863                74-72-74-76--296 +16
Osicra (RAN), $8,863               73-73-72-78--296 +16
Beobidhenhe (EDE), $8,863          74-69-74-79--296 +16

Youlduahe (NIO), $8,325            71-73-77-76--297 +17

Bruxelles (LOM), $8,105            74-72-78-77--301 +21