Former Yellow Jacket Sees All Red In Virginia

Gordonsville, VA – Roberto Castro’s collegiate career at Georgia Tech was marked by consistency, low rounds, and one win. The former Walker Cup star, who turned professional a few weeks ago at the Bermuda Run Classic, must have wondered if victories in the pro ranks would be as hard to come by. Apparently not.

Castro began the final round of the Tarheel Tour’s inaugural Spring Creek Classic one shot behind overnight leader William McGirt of Boiling Springs, SC. While McGirt began to falter after a hot start, Castro was unable to take advantage and found himself one over through eight holes. An eagle at the par-5 ninth brought him back into the picture and a closing-nine 32 was enough to seal a three-shot victory over Andy Bare of Jacksonville, FL. “Going into today’s round, I just wanted to learn as much as I could,” said Castro, who plans on playing the Tarheel Tour this year while attempting to Monday qualify for Nationwide and PGA TOUR events.

“The truth is, I will learn a lot more from a couple of the shots I hit out there than I will from the win. I learned so much two weeks ago at Bermuda Run and it really paid off today.”

In a similar fashion to Castro, Bare was not able to take advantage of the front nine at Spring Creek with a one-over-par 37. Birdies on four of his last seven holes allowed the 2006 U.S. Open participant to move back up the leaderboard and collect $8,000 for his efforts.

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Tarheel Tour veteran Jason Martin of Lenoir, NC fired a final-round 66 to finish in solo third, his best finish of the 2007 season. Never one to practice, Martin has been taking a page out of PGA TOUR player Carlos Franco’s book lately by not warming up before his round.

McGirt, the tour’s leading money winner in 2007, found himself at two-under-par through four holes before ballooning to a final-round 76 and a T5 finish. McGirt’s check for $2,875 was enough to put him over the $40,000 mark for the year and maintain his lead over Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey on the official money list.

The tour would like to thank Director of Golf Jack Snyder, Head Golf Professional Kevin Haney and their staff for tremendous help this week. A special thanks goes to Golf Course Superintendent Brian Vincel and his crew for presenting an immaculate golf course for the players. This was truly the most well-conditioned golf course in Tarheel Tour history. Finally, this tournament would not have been possible without the support of Spring Creek’s owner/developer Chuck Kincannon.

The Tarheel Tour will return in two weeks for the second annual Southern Open at Cabarrus Country Club in Concord, NC. Players are encouraged to sign up soon as a full field of 156 players is expected.