Tom Perry and Gus Spicuzza of Indianapolis had a two-shot lead at the Indiana Golf Association Senior Amateur Team Championship hosted by Hillcrest Country Club in Indianapolis after the first round with an 8-under-par 63. They shot a 34-33=67 in the final round June 19^th to maintain the lead throughout the day and get their first IGA team win.

“We play together all the time, which really helped today. We know each other’s games, irons and distances well,” said Perry, who made his first birdie at the difficult par-4 third hole. He landed his tee shot in the first cut of rough just left of the fairway and hit the green on his approach. Making the putt took them to nine under for the tournament and three shots ahead of the field.

The team’s next birdie was made by Spicuzza at the par-5 sixth hole. He hit his third shot to within 15 feet and drained the putt. On the only other par 5 on the course, the 10^th hole, Perry made another birdie with a one-putt. His final birdie came at the par-4 15^th. “Hole 15 was a big birdie and gave us some breathing room,” said Spicuzza. Perry’s birdie put them in front of the rest of the field and two shots ahead of Skip Runnels of Richmond and Randy Nichols of Brookville who were 10 under at the time.

“We really didn’t make any big mistakes today. Hole 17 was our only struggling par,” said Spicuzza. Perry drove into the left fairway bunker, and they both found themselves in the rough on their approach shots. Spicuzza was able to chip to three feet and make the put to save par. “He made two good pars on 17 and 18 to finish the round,” said Perry.

They beat 33 other teams in the two-man team, Four Ball formatted event. Runnels and Nichols shot 65-66=131 to place second in their first IGA Senior Team appearance.