News Release

For Immediate Release: July 15, 2005

Headline: Skip Guss and Rick Karbowski Advance at U.S. Senior Open Qualifying at Pocasset GC

Pocasset, MA – Two golfers have earned the right to compete at the U.S. Senior Open Championship, which will be held on July 28-31 at NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio, as a result of their performance at today’s qualifying round at Pocasset Golf Club.

Leading the charge with a medalist score of 5-under par 67 was Skip Guss (Southboro, MA). Guss posted a spectacular 3-under par 33 on the front nine and did not tap the brakes down the stretch as he finished off his final nine holes at a 2-under par 34 clip.

Claiming the second and final qualifying spot was Rick Karbowski (Worcester, MA), who registered a 1-under par 69. Karbowski and Guss were the only two players in the field to break even par on the day.

For more information about the U.S. Senior Open Championship, please visit the USGA Championship’s official web site at www.ussenioropen.com.

U.S. Senior Open Qualifying
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Pocasset Golf Club (Pocasset, MA)
Par 72 (36-36)

Qualifiers
1) Skip Guss ( Southboro, MA) 33-34--67
2) Rick Karbowski ( Worcester, MA) 36-33--69

Alternates
1) Joe Clark, Jr. (Holderness, NH) 37-33--70
2) Chuck Frithsen ( North Reading, MA) 38-33--71
3) Frank Szymkowitz ( Warwick, RI) 34-37--71
4) Robert Miller ( Yarmouth Port, MA) 38-33--71

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