2004 Washington Masters

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McCormick Woods Gobbles Up Pink Balls

Kevin Denton, Steve Denton, Dan Marshall, and Joe Schornak captured the 2004 Washington Masters Golf Tournament with a 5 under 67 at McCormick Woods Golf Course.  The winners opened with birdies on two of the first three holes and never looked back. "It was a team effort", reported Long Drive winner Kevin Denton.

The most beautiful weather in Washington Masters history greeted the 56 players at 7:45am as the shotgun start began. The winners rode Kevin's Longest Drive on their first hole (the narrow par five #2) to an opening birdie. They also birdied both front nine par threes, and got to five under par by their 11th hole. A lone bogey at the 14th was offset by an easy birdie at 18.

Two teams finished one stroke behind at -4. Noel Martin, Randy Hagen, Mike Tovey and Brent Haugen had an up and down round, making seven birdies and three bogeys. After three consecutive back nine birdies (hole 2,3 and 4), they were unable to tie the score and finished with four straight pars. Pat Gleason, Steve Mundell, Mike Fitzsimmons and Phil Wilson also started strong, and reached five under par after 13 holes. However, a bogey at #1 (their 14th hole) ended their chances.

The team of Mike Oberg, Joe Bianchi, Troy Oberg and Lance Bickert won the Pink Ball Challenge with an 85. Only three pink balls were returned this year as the narrow fairways at McCormick Woods took their toll. No other team was within 9 shots of the Pink Ball champions, whose scorecard included 7 pars and a "pink birdie" at the par-3 17th. Although they walked away with the PBC crown, the champions sealed their win by playing the last five holes in even par.

Kevin Denton captured Long Drive honors this year at the 2nd hole. Dorothea Fitzsimmons won Women's Long Drive on #13. Dan Marshall won Closest to the Pin at #4. Michael Tovey was Closest at number 7, the second year in a row that the tournament's youngest member secured a KP. Brent Haugen won the prize at #11.   Lance Bickert hit his tee shot to within 43" at number 17, nailing a birdie with the pink ball for the eventual PBC winners.

	2004 Washington Masters Results
2A         -5        94 Kevin Denton    LD Winner Steve Denton          Dan Marshall    KP Winner #4 Joe Schornak	2B             +2           112 Mark Steiner               Jerry Brown Tracy Whitton Cindy Bolieu	3A            EVEN        117 Eric Blomberg Brian Tovey Peter Baker Clarence Peterson
3B          -3         85 Mike Oberg               Joe Bianchi Troy Oberg Lance Bickert  KP Winner #17 6A         -4      96 Pat Gleason Steve Mundell Mike Fitzsimmons Phil Wilson	4A             -3      103 Dave Schmidt Vern Schmidt Mark Tovey John Solis 6B          +1      103 Rick Berg         Pat O'Brien Stan Hudson Mike Vose	5A           -1      98 Mike Abe         Steve Onustack Steve Abe Tom Birmingham 7A         +1      99 Lance Takehara Dodie Fitzsimmons Chris Hermsen Cory Hermsen
8A        +2      110 Chris Tovey Robert LoFranco Gary Crawford Daniel Smith 10A        -3      106 Todd Anderson Lynn Bottoms Mick Tovey Michael Tovey   KP Winner #7	9A       +3      102 Shawn Tovey    Ryan Stowers Dan Oczkewicz Larry Day 10B        EVEN      9999 Steve Thomason    Matt Sandmeyer John Ledeboer Bill Hoffecker	9B         -4      94 Noel Martin Randy Hagen             Mike Tovey Brent Haugen     KP Winner #11