Anchorage Daily News

Bill Toney's golf game has gotten better with age.

The proof is in his progress in the Alaska Senior Amateur tournament over the last four years. Toney has improved from 13th in 2005 to seventh in 2006 to fifth in 2007.

To first this year.

Toney rallied from a one-stroke deficit by carding a 1-over 73 in Sunday's final round at Eagleglen Golf Course to win his first Senior Am title.

Toney finished with a 54-hole total of 226, five shots better than Gary Murdoch and Michael Swensen, who tied for second with a 231. Two-time former champion David Barber was fourth at 232.

Toney also defended his title in the Super Senior class.

In the women's tournament, Susan Gatewood hung on for a two-stroke victory over Kim Everett. Both players shot 89 Sunday at Palmer Golf Course.

Gatewood won despite her scores going from 83 to 87 to 89.

Still, she was one of only two women to break 90 in each of the three tournament days.

Everett, the 2005 Senior Am champion, has finished second in each of the last two years.

Mal Frost was the women's Super Senior winner.

In the men's Masters division, Benjamin Sumulong dusted the field in Tiger Woods-like style, winning by an impressive 24 strokes.

Sumulong carded a three-day total of 211, keyed by his opening-round 69. Matt Desalernos was second at 235.

Alaska Senior Amateur Golf Tournament

Final Results

Men

Flight 1 at Eagleglen Golf Course

Bill Toney 77-76-73-226; Gary Murdoch 81-71-79-231; Michael Swensen 79-78-74-231; David Barber 76-81-75-232; David L. Strickland 84-77-76-237; Ken Liedes 83-79-78-240; Bill D. Iverson 82-82-77-241; Chuck Tanner 83-82-76-241; Don Wilson 81-78-82-241; Mike Osgood 75-86-81-242; Tom Keane 83-81-82-246; Blaine Ghan 82-83-82-247; Dan A. Hensley 82-79-83-248; Daniel R. Fauske 84-81-86-251.

Flight 2 at Eagleglen Golf Course

James Weed 82-84-80-246; Jesse Wade 83-86-79-248; John Sullivan 82-77-89-248; Jerry Norris 83-81-84-248; Stephen N. Barnett 80-77-91-248; Bruce Hesselbach 80-83-87-253; Bob Hesselbach 80-86-87-253; James Patka 82-86-89-257; Peter Allan 88-84-86-258; Clifford Newell 93-86-82-261; Ronald Teel 89-87-85-261; James W. Moore Sr. 91-84-87-262; Jan Sieberts 88-90-84-262; Larry Card 97-80-87-264; John B. Gose 89092-86-267; Ron Perkins 94-88-87-269; Kip Mosher 95-90-85-270.

Flight 3 at Eagleglen Golf Course

Steve Massey 81-81-81-243; Ray Reekie 81-87-85-253; Ed Sanderson 86-84-84-254; Joe Hendricks 89-85-80-254; Orvel Moore 91-83-81-255; Stephen F. McComb 85-90-82-257; John R. Baldwin 90-85-83-258; Roy Anyan 98-83-80-261; Verne R. Rafferty 87-88-87-262; Mike Barry 96-86-82-264; Fred Bast 90-89-86-265; Gary Petros 94-85-86-265; Mike Freeman 97-86-87-270; Bill Bankston 96-90-85-271; Gary Abernathy 94-93-85-272.

Flight 4 at Settlers Bay Golf Course

Tim Dean 81-82-81-244; W. Douglas Devore 85-82-84-251; Gary Schaefer 84-85-84-253; John Neill 82-88-87-257; Jan Affinito 83-90-85-258; Albert Patterson 87-90-83-260; Mark Pennington 83-89-90-262; Arthur T. Sample III 82-90-94-266; Jonathon Steele 93-91-82-266; William S. Gartrell 89-89-89-267; Craig Salsbury 86-88-96-270; Kirk Hyman 94-85-92-271; Patrick J. Ozment 83-91-99-273; Ronald A. Offret 98-98-93-289; Richard P. Hill 104-89-99-292; Kevin Creelman 91-104-102-297.

Flight 5 at Settlers Bay Golf Course

Gordon Franke 96-84-85-265; W. Bill Andrews 82-88-95-265; John Highstone 92-83-91-266; Rick Mystrom 88-85-94-267; Gene Johnson 84-92-92-268; Daniel A. Conrad 89-87-93-269; Vern Watts 89-83-100-272; Garry Pickard 87-90-96-273; Kirk Barker 91-96-91-278; Chuck Elsberry 89-97-93-279; P. Michael Stuckart 90-91-101-282; Sam Lazenby 94-93-97-284; Jack Crumbley 101-91-94-286; Al Pedersen 93-92-102-287; John Shank 92-110-106-308; Terrence H. Chase 104-97-107-308.

Flight 6 at Settlers Bay Golf Course

Jon Kolbeck 93-94-84-271; Michael J. Stevens 87-90-97-274; Ron Buckley 98-85-97-280; Alvin Glidden 88-95-98-281; Ron Goodrich 90-94-97-281; Craig Savage 93-95-101-289; Rob Shoaf 93-95-101-289; Mitch Bryan 100-95-95-290; Fred Stevens 105-92-96-293; Mark Foley 101-97-96-294; Robert B. Pond 93-96-106-295; Will Branstiter 100-104-97-301; Harold Verheyen 107-103-106-316; James E. Fuhrer 95-104-117-316; Sidney Armistead 106-107-109-322; Jack Darwin Young 128-108-110-346.

Women

Flight 1 at Palmer Golf Course

Susan Gatewood 83-87-89-259; Kim Everett 87-85-89-261; Mal Frost 89-92-86-267; Willie D. Evans 91-92-93-276; Fran Westervelt 94-92-91-277; Diane Johnson 100-92-91-283; Hanni Kozler 94-99-93-286; M. Elaine Hollier 98-100-94-292; Santina Meath 98-102-97-297.

Flight 2 at Palmer Golf Course

Melody Milliken 81-96-92-269; Kitty Smith 102-92-99-293; Judy Mueller 100-101-98-299; Betty Toney 104-102-104-310; Nadine S. Dely 114-110-120-344.

Men Masters

Flight 1 at Palmer Golf Course

Benjamin R. Sumulong 69-70-72-211; Matt Desalernos 76-82-77-235; Mark E. Schneiter 79-86-78-243; Michael Gardner 74-85-84-243; Doug J. Rickel 81-84-86-251; Richard Ward 86-85-82-253; Jeffrey Bowles 85-92-83-260; Stephen Katzenson 81-94-86-261; Stewart Barnes 86-93-85-264.

Flight 2 at Palmer Golf Course

Richard Mantyla 79-88-90-257; Jay Wisthoff 88-85-84-257; Ronald S. Perry 88-85-87-260; Paul Dube 91-82-88-261; Jesse Binns 82-89-90-261; Steve Louk 92-88-85-265; Nelson Perez 97-98-93-288; David Cosgrave 95-104-97-296; Ernest Daniels 97-99-111-307; David R. Vargas 111-102-114-327.

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