Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer
Tommy Barber's first appearance in the U.S. Amateur ended with an early exit Tuesday, when the Burbank teen-ager and grandson of 1961 PGA champion Jerry Barber finished 84-81-165 in medal play to miss the cut for sudden-death match play that starts today.
His second-round total on the Upper Course at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., left Barber 19 shots back of the final qualifying score for match play.
Barber put himself in a deep hole in Monday's first round of medal play, shooting 42-42-84 on the more-difficult Lower Course to tie for 300th in the 313-man field, 17 shots off the lead.
The June graduate of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High, who will play next season for College of the Canyons, earned his berth in the centennial Amateur championship by tying USC freshman John Ray Leary for medalist at 6-under-par 136 in qualifying at Hillcrest Country Club.
Leary survived medal play at Baltusrol with a 76-69-145 total.
--Waldorf-Lehman clinic: Duffy Waldorf of Valencia, college player of the year at UCLA and a three-time PGA Tour winner who tied for 54th at last week's PGA Championship, will team with 1996 PGA Tour player of the year Tom Lehman to put on a Sept. 30 golf clinic and nine-hole exhibition at Robinson Ranch.
Eddie Merrins, Waldorf's coach at UCLA, also will be on hand.
The event is a fund-raiser for Waldorf's church, Bethlehem Lutheran in Canyon Country, providing financial support the annual church Christmas program.
Two hole sponsors will play on each hole of the exhibition with Waldorf and Lehman. Information: (661)252-0622.
--Murray Classic: Bill McCoy, Jason Pomerantz, Vic Karidakes, Mark McClure and celebrity Rick Dees formed the winning team in Monday's second annual Jim Murray Memorial Golf Classic at Lakeside Country Club.
The tournament, named after the late Pulitzer Prize winner and longtime sports columnist, raises college scholarship funds for journalists who are selected on the basis of a national essay contest.
This year's Murray scholarship recipients included Adam Karon (UCLA) and Ryan Pearson (USC). Others were Anitra Budd (Minnesota), Justin Doom (Arizona State), Emily Gresh (Trinity, Murray's alma mater), David Longolucco (St. Bonaventure) and Katie Tiernan (Missouri).
--Konjoyan to Camarillo Springs: Mike Konjoyan, who has been general manager at American Golf-operated Scholl Canyon in Glendale for four years, will switch to the same position at American Golf's Camarillo Springs course on Monday.
Konjoyan made the most of his final month at Scholl, hitting his hole-in-one at the July men's club tournament.
--Moon wins AJGA event: UCLA-bound Roy Moon of Simi Valley shot 70-78-69-217 at par-72 Twelve Bridges Golf Club in Lincoln, Calif., and win the boys' division of the American Junior Golf Association's RS Investment Management Junior Classic.
Moon, who won Marmonte League individual titles as a junior and senior at Royal High, wound up two strokes ahead of runner-up and fellow Marmonte Leaguer Brian O'Flaherty (75-69-75-219), who starts his senior season at Westlake High next month.
Other area performers at Lincoln included Hart High junior-to-be Brian Edick (75-79-72-226); seniors-to-be Jeff Osborn of Flintridge Prep (77-79-76-232), Doug Miller of Westlake (79-76-80-235) and Scott Fulkerson of Simi Valley (85-81-84-240); and sophomore-to-be Kyle Dowden of Rio Mesa (81-81-85-247).
Sarah Jones, who will start her junior year at Hart next month, was 19th in girls' division at Lincoln, shooting 78-88-84-250.
--Kim third at Albuquerque: Anthony Kim, a two-time U.S. Junior Amateur qualifier who will start his sophomore year at Campbell Hall this fall, tied for third in the AJGA Southwestern Junior Classic at Albuquerque, N.M, finishing 4 under par at 71-69-72-212 to wind up four strokes out of the lead.
--Fast start: Former Westlake stars Charlie Wi and Chris Zambri, who helped the Warriors win Marmonte league and CIF/SCGA championships in 1987, shared the first-round lead at 6-under-par 64 in last week's Buy.com Fort Smith Classic in Arkansas.
Zambri, a U.S. Open qualifier last year, wound up 30th in the Smith Classic, while Wi, the 1990 State Amateur champion, tied for 53rd.
--Berganio sharp: David Berganio of Sylmar, a Buy.com Tour winner two weeks ago, shot 69-68-63-71 to finish 9-under-par 271 at the Fort Smith Classic, tying for 13th.
TRACKING THE PROS
Area golfers in the money last weekend
BUY.COM TOUR
--Player: David Berganio
--Area tie: Played for Alemany High
--Residence: Sylmar
--Notable: Won 1991, 1993 U.S. Public Links titles
--Turned pro: 1993
--Last week: Tied for 13th at Fort Smith Classic to earn $7,067
--Player: Charlie Wi
--Area tie: Played for Westlake High
--Residence: Westlake Village
--Notable: 1990 state amateur champion
--Last week: Tied for 53rd at Fort Smith Classic to earn $1,300
PGA TOUR
--Player: Steve Pate
--Area tie: Played for UCLA
--Residence: Agoura Hills
--Notable: Won Tournament of Champions in 1988
--Turned pro: 1983
--Last week: Tied for 49th at PGA Championship to earn $17,000
--Player: Duffy Waldorf
--Area tie: Played for Taft High, UCLA
--Residence: Valencia
--Notable: 1990 Q School medalist in fourth attempt
--Turned pro: 1985
--Last week: Tied for 54th at PGA Championship to earn $12,650
LPGA TOUR
--Player: Emilee Klein
--Area tie: Played for Notre Dame High
--Residence: Orlando, Fla.
--Notable: Won Women's british Open in 1996
--Turned pro: 1994
--Last week: Tied for 80th at Women's British Open to earn $1,192
SENIOR PGA TOUR
--Player: Dave Stockton Sr.
--Area tie: Played for USC
--Residence: Mentone, Calif.
--Notable: Won combined four majors on PGA and senior tours
--Turned pro: 1964
--Last week: Tied for 17th at Novell Utah Showdown to earn $21,134
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Box: Tracking the pros (see text)
