2006 CONTESTANT PHOTOS & BIOS

the number by nationality flag represents how many Porter Cups one has played through 2006

compliments of the

Arnold,  Jamie        

caringbah, nsw, AUSTRALIA                              age 23

Australia National Squad

'06 British Am 32's (T2 in stroke) & Aussie Am Semi's

'06 Keperra Bowl T7  &  SAGA Invitational T10

'05 Sunnehanna Am 2nd  &  Southeastern Am 7th

'05 NSW Cup Champion (course record, 2nd in 04)

'05 ACT Am Champ & Lake Macquarie T12

'05 Tasmanian Open – 2nd & Pymble Cup Champ

'05 Australian Amateur 16’s (T5 in stroke)

'05 NSW Cup Champ (course rec)  & '04 VIC Am 3rd

'04 North Coast Am Champ  &  Concord Cup RU

'04 Woolooware Cup Champion (3rd in 05)

'04 Seaside Classic & Liverpool Cup Champ

barbosa,  Michael       

st petersberg, fl                       age 23

Georgia Tech Senior

#71 Golfweek Amateur Ranking (as of 7/23)

'05/06 Collegiate Ranking of #109 (#73 in 04/05)

‘06 US Public Links Qualifier

’05 Monroe Invitational T23  &  All ACC

'05 Sunnehanna Am & Southern Am T22

’05 D1 Nationals T27

’05 Walker Cup practice invitee

’04 Cardinal Amateur Champion (4th in 05)

’04 Porter Cup T19

’04 North & South Amateur 32’s

’99 AJGA First Team All American (00 Hon Men)

berkmeyer,  Skip   

st louis, mo      Norwood Hills CC     age 32

St Ambrose Alum  &  Awards Co Co-Owner

'06 MAGA Open Champion

'05 Crump Cup Quarters & Porter Cup T22

’04 St Louis Athlete of the Year

’04 & ’98 Missouri GA Player of the Year

’04 & ’03 STLDGA Amateur Champion

’04 Hugh Wilson Inv & Forest Park Open Champion

’04 US Am & Mid-Am Match (98, 97 & 95 US Am)

’03, ’02 & ‘00 Missouri St Mid-Am Champion

’02 & ’01 Phil Cotton Invitational Champion

’01 & ’00 Missouri Four Ball Champ (w/ Godwin)

’99 Missouri St Am Champ & NAIA First Team AA

saratoga, CA         Olympic Club            age 18

Stanford University Freshman

#112 Golfweek Amateur Ranking (as of 7/23)

’06 US Am Qual Medalist (04 match, 02 qualifier at 14)

’06 California State Amateur Semi's  (05 Finalist)

'06, 04 & 03 Santa Clara Co Champ (by 11+ shots  twice)

’06 San Francisco City Qrtrs & Medalist (05 & 04 32's)

'06 & ’05 NorCal High School Champion (2nd in 03)

'06 & ’04 Commuters T2  (T6 in 05)

'05 Scratch Players T4  &  Bill Dickey Inv Champ

’05 Junior World T3 (2nd in 04)

’05 NCGA Best Ball T4 (w/ Hay)

’02 World Junior Golf Cup team in Scotland

cabrera-bello,  Miguel 

gran canaria, spain                        age 18

Las Palmas University

'06 Spanish University National 12th

‘05 Spanish Junior ranking 3rd

'05 Spanish U18 T2

'04 AJGA All American Hon Mention

'04 Spanish U21 Runner Up

'04 Spanish U18 Champion

Carroll,  Brian        

crystal lake, il                         age 2x

George Washington University Grad

#71 Golfweek Amateur Ranking (as of 7/23)

'06 US PubLinks 64's & Qual Medalist  (05 Qualifier)

'06 North & South Quarters

'06 Byron Nelson Award Finalist

'06 Collegiate All Region team

'05 CDGA Player of the Year

'05 Illinois State Match Champion

'05 Western Amateur 16's (T2 in stroke)

'05 US Amateur Match Play (04 Qualifier)

'04 Illinois Amateur 5th

Covelli,  Chris          

amherst, ny         Wanakah CC       age 19

Florida Gulf Coast University Sophomore

'06 Porter Cup Qualifier

CURRAN,  Jon             

hopkinton, ma        Farmingham       age 19

Vanderbilt University Sophomore

#56 Golfweek Amateur Ranking (as of 7/17)

‘05/06 Collegiate Ranking of #97

'06 US Amateur Qualifying Medalist

'06 Massachusetts State Am Semi's (2nd in stroke)

‘05 Golfweek Boys Ranking of #4

’05 Porter Cup 4th, Players T9, Rice Planters T11

’04 Robinson Memorial Champion (event record)

’04 AJGA 1st Tm All American (03 2nd tm, 02 HM)

’04 & 03 Canon Cup team

’04 Northeast Am T11 & US Junior Semi’s

’04 Publix Doral Champ & Junior Orange Bowl T4

DARTNALL,  Steve 

Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA   Royal Perth GC  age 22

Australia National Squad

'06 British Amateur 32's

'06 St Andrews Links Trophy 2nd

'06 Saujana Open Am Champion (Malaysia)

'06 Riversdale Cup Champion & NZ Am Quarters

'06 Western Australia Am Champion (05 Quarters)

’06 Australian Amateur 16's

'06 Tasmanian Open Runner Up (05 T14)

'06 Lake Macquarie & 05 Keperra - T14

'05 Mandurah Easter Am T9

'05 Gosnells Open Champion

'05 Western Australia Open Low Am (5th overall)

Davis,  Tripp               

Norman, OK         Belmar GC         age 38

Oklahoma Alum & Golf Course Architect

#71 Golfweek Amateur Ranking (as of 7/23)

'06 Terra Cotta Inv T6  &  '05 USGA St Team T10

’05 Jones Cup T11 and '05 & '04 Inverness Am 2nd

'05 Stocker Cup 2nd  &  ’04 Porter Cup T9 (T5 in 01)

'05 US Mid-Am Qrtrs, ’03 & '02 32’s (03 Medalist)

’03 Trans-Miss Semi’s & Azalea Amateur T7

’02 Sunnehanna Am 2nd (T8 in ’01 & 04)

‘02 Stocker Cup – T3 (T8 in 04)

’01 Anderson Memorial Champion

’00 Oklahoma State Am Champion (’98 Run Up)

’97 Oklahoma Mid-Am Champion

Dodson,  Will        

Tulsa, OK                                                                             age 23

Southern Methodist University Senior

‘05/06 Collegiate Ranking of #93 (#39 in 04/05)

’05 US v Japan team

’05 & ’04 All American Hon Men & ’05 All Region

’05 WAC Champion & Player of the Year

’05 Nissan Open qualifier (PGA Tour)

’04 Oklahoma Stroke Champion

’04 Pacific Northwest Amateur Quarters

’04 Sahalee Players T10

DODT,  Andrew      

gatton, QLD, Aus     Indooroopilly     age 20

Australian National Squad

#39 Golfweek Amateur Ranking (as of 7/23)

'06 Sunnehanna Am 10th

'06 Malaysian Open Am Champion (2nd in 05)

'06 & '05 Australian Amateur Quarters (04 Semi’s)

’05 Monroe T5,  Porter T9,  Northeast T12,  Western Am 16's

’05 NZ Am Finalist (T7 in stroke) & Rice Planters T11

’05 Riversdale Cup & Tasmanian Open Top 5

’05 Lake Macquarie T4 & Queensland Open 10th

’05 Four Nations & Nomura Cup teams

’04 & ’03 Queensland Junior Champion

’03 Australian Junior Order of Merit Winner

ELLIOTT,  Gene           

west des moines, ia       Glen Oaks      age 44

Univ of Iowa Alum & Equipment Co Owner

'06 Coleman Inv 4th (3rd in 02) & Terra Cotta T15

'05 Stocker Cup 5th  (4th in 03)

’04 Crump Cup 16’s  (03 Semi's)

’04 US Mid-Am Match Play

’02 Iowa GA Player of the Year

’02 US Mid-Am Match Play

’00 Iowa State Amateur Champion

’00 Iowa Mid-Amateur Champion

’99 US Amateur Medalist

’98 Porter Cup & Terra Cotta Champion

2-time Iowa State Open Champion

ELlison,  Jake       

st george, UT         Tri City GC         age 23

BYU Senior

‘05/06 Collegiate Ranking of #50

'06 MWC Player of the Year

'06 US v Japan team & D1 All American Hon Men

'04 Utah State Am Quarters & Medalist

'04 D1 All American Hon Mention

'04 All MWC team

'98 Utah State Junior Champion

'98 Utah Junior Open Champion

'98 US Junior Quarters

FLORES,  Erik               

Grass valley, CA      Alta Sierra GC    age 19

UCLA Sophomore

#112 Golfweek Amateur Ranking (as of 7/23)

'05/06 D1 All American & All Freshman teams

'06 US v Japan team & D1 Nationals T27

'06 All Pac 10 1st team & Freshman of the Year

'05 California State Fair Champion  (T2 in 04)

'05 Azalea Am - 2nd & Sacramento Player of Year

’05 GCAA World Junior Champ (course record)

’04 Canon Cup team & US Junior 16’s

’04 Rolex Tournament of Champions 3rd

’04 & ’03 AJGA All American

’03 FCWT First Team All American

Fetter,  Mike                        

GEARY,  Josh        

tauranga, New Zealand                  age 21

'06 Carrus Tauranga Open Champion (pro event)

'06 Asia-Pacific team for Sir Bonallack Trophy

'06 & ’04 North Island Amateur Champion

'06 Riversdale Cup T2 & Aussie Am 16's (05 Qrtrs)

'06 & ’05 Lake Macquarie Top 15

’05 NZ Four Nations team & Rice Planters T3

’05 New Zealand U23 Champion (by 12, T3 in 06)

’05 New Zealand Open Low Amateur

’04 World Am T5  &  Tauranga U23 Champion

’04 Bay of Plenty Open Champion (4th in 03)

’04 Waikato Stroke Champion

Gielow,  Brendan       

muskegon, mi    Xxx GC    age xx

Xxx

#71 Golfweek Amateur Ranking (as of 7/24)

'06 Monroe Invitational 3rd

'06 Eastern Amateur T5

'06 Terra Cotta Invitational T11

'05 US Amateur Qualifier

Goodridge,  Steve   

Attica, NY           Stafford CC          age 21

University or RochesterJunior

#112 Golfweek Amateur Ranking (as of 7/23)

'06 NCAA D3 Player of the Year

'06 NCAA D3 National Champion

'05 NCAA D3 All American & Freshman of Year

Grillon,  Julien   

Evreux, france    RCF La Boulie GC    age 20

French National Training Centre

'06 Lytham Trophy T9

'06 Mexican Amateur - 3rd

'06 Portuguese Amateur 16's

'06 France v South Africa team

'05 French Open Amateur 2nd (T22 in 06)

Grodzinsky, Jake   

cornville, az        Oak Creek GC       age 21

Duke University Senior

#39 Golfweek Amateur Ranking (as of 7/23)

'05/06 Collegiate Rank of #37

'06 Sunnehanna Amateur 7th

'06 All ACC & D1 All Region

'05 North & South Medalist & Quarters

'05 Southwestern Amateur 2nd

'05 Cardinal Amateur T11

Guerrier, Julien 

lauziere, france     Pree La Rochelle     age 21

French National Training Centre

#29 Golfweek Amateur Ranking (as of 7/23)

'06 British Amateur Champion (32's in 05)

'06 French Open Amateur T8 (T18 in 05)

'06 South African Amateur Quarters

'06 Mexican Amateur 7th

'06 & '05 French National team

'06 France v South Africa team

'05 European Amateur T18

'05 Portuguese Am Medalist & 16's (32's in 06)

'04 French World Amateur team

hall,  Ashley                 

melbourne, VIC, Aus   Huntingdale GC   age 22

Australia National Squad

#54 Golfweek Amateur Ranking (as of 7/23)

'06 North & South Semi's  and  Players Am T9

'05 Tasmanian Open Champion

'05 Victorian State Team Member

'05 Tennant Cup Winner

'05 Master of the Amateurs Champion

'04 & '03 Victorian Colts Team Member

'01 Victorian Junior State Team Member

'01 Victorian Amateur Runner-up

'01 Hartley Mitchell Junior Amateur Champion

hall,  Shawn