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Mongo
Schory Defends Title at the
2002 Ford U.X. Open Championship
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 CHEWELAH,
WA, SEPT. 28, 2002 -- Peter "Mongo" Schory
-- an avalanche forecaster from Chewelah, WA. --
successfully defended his Ford U.X. Open "extreme
golf" title against six challengers by winning
back-to-back chips-offs on the final two holes today
(Sept. 28) at 49 Degrees North in Chewelah, WA.
at the 2002 Ford U.X. Open Championship.
It was a scene reminiscent of last year when Schory
upended defending champion Jim Ryan in a final hole
chip-off. This year, his accomplishment was even
more impressive as the 6-handicap player defeated
a field that
included four golf professionals. Two of those pro's
-- Ric Moore of Bakersfield, CA and Jason Pitt of
Chewelah Country Club -- fell to Schory in the sudden
death chip-offs on the final two holes.
The Ford U.X. Open is golf with no boundaries, leaving
the manicured fairways, rigid dress codes, extensive
rules and high costs at the country club. It offers
golfers a whole new challenge up, down, and across
a mountain course. Instead of putting, players must
pitch the ball onto a painted circle 20-30 feet
in diameter. The Championship round featured a unique
survivor-style shootout with the player with the
highest score eliminated on each hole until a champion
is left standing. If two players share the high-score,
a one shot closest-to-the-pin chip-off determines
who is eliminated.
Here's the order of finish for the 2002 Ford
U.X. Open: Champion Peter "Mongo"
Schory (age 53, avalanche forecaster, Chewelah,
WA); Jason Pitt (age 24, Spokane, WA. Asst.
Golf Pro Chewelah, Country Club); Ric Moore
(age 41, Bakersfield, CA. golf pro Bakersfield Country
Club); Bill Davis (age 41, Spanish Teacher,
St. Augustine H.S. in San Diego); Dennis Hurlburt
(age 51, Mammoth Lakes, CA, golf pro/snowboard instructor);
Adam Kokinda (age 32, Las Vegas, NV, Help Reforest
America); and Julie Rivers (age 35, Jackson,
NH, head golf pro, Eagle Mountain Golf Club).
A one-hour highlight show of the 2002 Ford U.X.
Open Championship will be televised on Oct. 21 on
The Golf Channel. The winner receives a crystal
trophy, a set of Top Flite irons, the famed U.X.
Open crushed red velvet championship jacket and
an invitation to the 2003 Ford U.X. Open Championship
tourney to defend the title.
The 2002 Tour included three qualifying events:
Aug. 3 -- Mammoth Mountain (California);
Aug. 10 -- 49º North (Washington); and
Aug. 24 -- Wildcat Mountain Ski Area (New
Hampshire). The top two players at each event, plus
Mr. Schory, advanced to the 2002 Ford U.X. Open
Championship.
The U.X. Open Tour is sponsored by Ford. "U.X.
Open" and "X" and "mountain"
designs are service marks of UXGA Tour Properties,
LLC., Fairfield, CT. Golf Digest is the official
magazine of the 2002 Ford U.X. Open. |
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