Hillcrest Country Club in Indianapolis welcomed 70 Indiana senior amateurs Wednesday, June 18th, for the first round of the 7th annual Indiana Golf Association Senior Amateur Team Championship. Tom Perry and Gus Spicuzza of Indianapolis lead the Four Ball formatted event after the first round with an 8-under-par 63.

“We really teamed up well to make nine birdies,” said Perry. Spicuzza added, “We each made bogeys, but when we did the other made par or birdie.” Both players drove the ball straight and kept it in the fairway to set up approach shots that could be placed close to the hole. A lot of the short birdie putts were made to finish with a 31-32=63.

Perry and Spicuzza hold a two shot lead over the second place teams of George Wamsley of Monterey and Steve Paquin of Greencastle and Skip Runnels of Richmond with long-time teammate Randy Nichols of Brookville. They have partnered together in IGA team events since 1988 and are seeking their first Senior Team win. Runnels and Nichols have won the IGA Mid-Am Team Championship twice and the IGA Four Ball Championship four times, but seek to add a success at the Senior Team to the list.

Ted Kaperak of Terre Haute and Russ Campbell of Rockville who shot 5-under-par 66 head into the final round in third place.