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Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2008

Sharpe leads State Am with 70

UK'S FUQUA, MURRAY'S FORD ONE SHOT BACK

Paducah — Choosing to walk the 6,915 yards at the Country Club of Paducah rather than take a cart, Greensburg's Tyler Sharpe said he feels as though he became familiar with the Robert Trent Jones-designed course quickly.

”I know the course a little better now, and it's a tough course,“ Sharpe said after he finished with the day's best score in the AT&T Men's State Amateur Championship opening round Tuesday.

”I putted real well, and there were a couple of putts that should have fallen but didn't.“

The 24-year-old former Lindsey Wilson golfer managed a 2-under 70 to take the lead in the three-day, 54-hole tournament being held in far Western Kentucky for the first time in 14 years .

His round was one of only three under par on the opening day with Paducah native and Murray State golfer Hunter Ford and Danville's Ben Fuqua, a University of Kentucky player, both a shot back at 71.

Four others matched par with 72s: Chase Carpenter of Salyersville, Jared Wolfe of Louisville, Jordan Blann of Bowling Green and Kyle Leach of Louisville .

Defending champion Philip Hendrickson of Danville was tied for 17th at 74.

The field plays an 18-hole round Wednesday with the top 70 and ties advancing to Thursday's final round.

Scores

At par-72 C.C. of Paducah

Tyler Sharpe, Greensburg 70-2

Ben Fuqua, Danville 71-1

Hunter Ford, Paducah 71-1

Chase Carpenter, Salyersville 72 E

Jared Wolfe, Louisville 72 E

Jordan Blann, Bowling Green 72 E

Kyle Leach, Louisville 72 E

Andy Roberts, Owensboro 73 +1

Chris Griffin, Paducah 73 +1

James Brown, Paducah 73 +1

John Kernohan, Bowling Green 73 +1

Lee Chaney, Morehead 73 +1

Luke Daily, Paducah 73 +1

Mark Knecht, Paducah 73 +1

Ric Webster, Paducah 73 +1

Scott Gardner, Corbin 73 +1

74—Andrew Heiser, Buddy Bryant, Cameron Carrico, Grant Price, Jerry Price, Jesse Massie, Jonathan Shaw, Matt Gann, Nick Newcomb, Patrick Newcomb, Philip Hendrickson

75—Rick Cochran, Danny Bishop, Daryl Dixon, Kyle Ramey, Nick Jones, Robert Crockett, Shawn Tipton, Trey Bowling, William Hunt

76—Aaron Anderson, Adam McDonald, Alex Volpenhein, Blanton Farmer, Eric Straub, Josh Earnest, Josh Jones, Josh Ratterman, Ryan Britt, Tyler Adkins, Will Beard, William Lancaster, Jordan Voss, Lexington

77—Adam Hovermale, Brooks Herrick, Charles Bechtold, Chris Morris, Cody Moore, Derek Oldham, Jason Cox, Roy Boisture, Seth Blann, Tom Scheuerman

78—Adam Butler, Brandon Berry, Christian Farley, Daniel Iceman, Greg Turcotte, Jason Vance, Joseph Barr, Kent Bulle, Neal Millay, Shaun McConnell,

79—Alex Misback, Andrew Hodge, Bryan Ratterman, Cale Barr, Charles Schaffer, Dillon Mays, Jason White, Jeffrey Pierce, Logan Loftus, Matt Poat, Matthew Hunsaker, Parker Page, Stephen Jones, Steven Cox, Zach Schrodt

80—Alex Metzger, Brian Fister, David Shearn, David Sykes, Drew Hayes, Hunter York, Justin Perry, Karsten Clements, Matthew Martin, Travis Thompson, Will Bishop

81—Andrew Yeast, Bill Sergent, Charles Jarboe, Joshua Rhodes, Kevin Lawson, Mark McKelvey, Matt Doty, Michael Haverfield, Michael Sims, Rick Loyd, Roger Schoeni

82—Ben Simpson, Brent Clark, Daniel White, David Guess, Dylan Shepard, Jimmy Kirchdorfer, Nick Becht, Scott Bolin, Tyler Barton

83—Brent Gaines, David Lee, Michael Dees, Michael McDade, Peter Meeks, Sammy Thompson

84—Thomas Hobbs, Eli Towery, Ross Sharp

85—Aaron Smallwood, Billy Crane, Goddard Hampton, Sammy Levinson, Scott Johnson

86—Brice Kittinger, Christopher Conkright, Elmo Greer, Jim Zellmer, Joseph Whitaker, Quinn Cole, Richard Carey, Rob Lewis, William Davis

87—David Houk, Sam Thompson, Paducah, Stephen Donovan, Lexington

88—Byron Smith, Corey Stith, Jeremy Bourne

89—Jimmy Welch, John Colgan, Reiss Bright

91—Dan Weeks, Paducah

92—Donnie Porter, Joshua Dyer, Will Renn

93—Patrick Davidson

94—Taylor Combs

wd—Kevin Easton, Greg McDonald, Joey Griffith