Anchorage Daily News

Gary Murdoch carded a blistering 1-under 71 Saturday at Palmer Golf Course to become the new leader of the Alaska Senior Amateur Golf Tournament.

Murdoch leads Bill Toney by one-stroke through 36 holes entering today's final round at Eagleglen Golf Course.

Murdoch, who bettered his opening round by 10 strokes, has a two-day total of 152, with Toney second at 153 after shooting 76 Saturday.

David Barber, Michael Swensen and second-flighter Stephen Burnett are tied for third at 157. First-day leader Mike Osgood fell nine strokes behind.

Toney leads the Super Senior division by nine strokes over Ken Liedes.

In the women's tournament, Susan Gatewood overcame first-day leader Melody Milliken to move into first place with 18 holes to play.

Gatewood shot an 87 at Settlers Bay Golf Course to give her a two-day total of 170, two ahead of Kim Everett.

Milliken, a second-flighter, slipped to third after shooting 96 Saturday -- 15 strokes higher than her score Friday.

Mal Frost leads the women's Super Senior division with a two-day 181, three ahead of Willie Evans.

In the men's Masters division, Benjamin Sumulong is running away from the competition through two rounds. His 139 total is 19 strokes ahead of his nearest rival.

Alaska Senior Amateur Golf Tournament

Men

Flight 1 at Palmer Golf Course

Gary Murdoch 81-71-152; Bill Toney 77-76-153; David Barber 76-81-157; Michael Swensen 79-78-157; Don Wilson 81-78-159; Dan A. Hensley 82-79-161; David L. Strickland 84-77-161; Mike Osgood 75-86-161; Ken Liedes 83-79-162; Bill D. Iverson 82-82-164; Tom Keane 83-81-164; Blaine Ghan 82-83-165; Chuck Tanner 83-82-165; Daniel R. Fauske 84-81-165; Rene Alvarez 86-79-165; Jim Bradford 87-80-167.

Flight 2 at Palmer Golf Course

Stephen N. Ba rnett 80-77-157; John Sullivan 82-77-159; Bruce Hesselbach 80-83-163; Jerry Norris 83-81-164; Bob Hesselbach 80-86-166; James Weed 82-84-166; James Patka 82-86-168; Jesse Wade 83-86-169; Peter Allan 88-84-172; James W. Moore Sr. 91-84-175; Ronald Teel 89-87-176; Larry Card 97-80-177; Jan Sieberts 88-90-178; Clifford Newell 93-86-179; John B. Gose 89-92-181; Ron Perkins 94-88-182; Kip Mosher 95-90-185.

Flight 3 at Palmer Golf Course

Steve Massey 81-81-162; Ray Reekie 81-87-168; Ed Sanderson 86-84-170; Joe Hendricks 89-85-174; Orvel Moore 91-83-174; John R. Baldwin 90-85-175; Stephen F. McComb 85-90-175; Verne R. Rafferty 87-88-175; Fred Bast 90-89-179; Gary Petros 94-85-179; Roy Anyan 98-83; Mike Barry 96-86-182; Mike Freeman 97-86-183; Bill Bankston 96-90-186; Gary Abernathy 94-93-187.

Flight 4 At Eagleglen Golf Course

Tim Dean 81-82-163; W. Douglas Devore 85-82-167; Gary Schaefer 84-85-169; John Neill 82-88-170; Arthur T. Sample III 82-90-172; Mark Pennington 83-89-173; Jan Affinito 83-90-173; Craig Salsbury 86-88-174; Patrick J. Ozment 83-91-174; Albert Patterson 87-90-177; William S. Gartrell 89-89-178; Kirk Hyman 94-85-179; Jonathan Steele 93-91-184; Richard P. Hill 104-89-193; Kevin Creelman 91-104-195; Ronald A. Offret 98-98-196.

Flight 5 at Eagleglen Golf Course

W. Bill Andrews 82-88-170; Vern Watts 89-172; Rick Mystrom 88-85-173; John Highstone 92-83-175; Daniel A. Conrad 89-87-176; Gene Johnson 84-92-176; Garry Pickard 87-90-177; Gordon Franke 96-84-180; P. Michael Stuckart 90-91-181; Al Pedersen 93-92-185; Chuck Elsberry 89-97-186; Kirk Barker 91-96-187; Sam Lazenby 94-83-187; Jack Crumbley 101-91-192; Terrence H. Chase 104-97-201; John Shank 92-110-202.

Flight 6 at Eagleglen Golf Course

Michael J. Stevens 87-90-177; Alvin Glidden 88-95-183; Ron Buckley 98-85-183; Ron Goodrich 90-94-184; Jon Kolbeck 93-94-187; Craig Savage 93-95-188; Rob Shoaf 93-95-188; Robert B. Pond 93-96-189; Mitch Bryan 100-95-195; Fred Stevens 105-92-197; Mark Foley 101-97-198; James E. Fuhrer 95-104-199; Will Branstiter 100-104-204; Harold Verheyen 107-103-210; Sidney Armistead 106-107-213; Jack Darwin Young 128-108-236.

Women

Flight 1 at Settlers Bay Golf Course

Susan Gatewood 83-87-170; Kim Everett 87-85-172; Mal Frost 89-92-181; Willie D. Evans 91-93-184; Fran Westervelt 94-92-186; Hanni Kozler 94-99-193; Santina Meath 98-102-200.

Flight 2 at Settlers Bay Golf Course

Melody Milliken 81-96-177; Diane Johnson 100-92-192; Kitty Smith 102-92-194; M. Elaine Hollier 98-100; Judy Mueller 100-101-201; Betty Toney 104-102-206; Nadine S. Dely 114-110-224.

Men's Masters

Flight 1 at Settlers Bay Golf Course

Benjamin R. Sumulong 69-70-139; Matt Desalemos 76-82-158; Michael Gardner 74-85-159; David Sanders 80-83-163; Doug J. Rickel 81-84-165; Mark E. Schneiter 79-86-165; Richard Ward 86-85-171; Keith Jones 87-85-172; Stephen Katzenson 81-94-175; Jeffrey Bowles 85-92-177; Stewart Barnes 86-93-179.

Flight 2 at Settlers Bay Golf Course

Richard Mantyla 79-88-167; Jesse Binns 82-89-171; Jay Wisthoff 88-85-173; Paul Dube 91-82-173; Ronald S. Perry 88-85-173; Steve Louk 92-88-180; Nelson Perez 97-98-195; Ernest Daniels 97-99-196; David Cosgrave 95-104-199; David R. Vargas 111-102-213.

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