MORAVIAN COLLEGE GOLFER BRIAN BERGSTOL TO PLAY IN 81ST U.S. AMATEUR PUBLIC LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP

BETHLEHEM, PA --- Moravian College golfer Brian Bergstol (Mt. Bethel, PA/Bangor HS) has qualified to play in the 81st United States Amateur Public Links Championship, to be played July 10th through 15th at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Washington.

Bergstol, who will be a senior when he returns to Moravian in September, earned a spot in the championship with a win at a sectional qualifying tournament at The Architects Club in Lopatcong Township, New Jersey. Bergstol fired rounds of 69 and 68 to finish five under par at 137, leading the 70-player field by five strokes.

Bergstol won the 2006 Commonwealth Conference Individual Championship with a 54-hole score of 212, and he helped Moravian capture it’s first-ever Commonwealth Conference title and fourth conference championship in school history. Bergstol, who set a school record in 2005-06 with an average round of 74.6 strokes, also won the Lehigh Valley Inter-Club Championship individual title this spring. Bergstol, who has been on the Ping/Golf Coaches Association of America All-Region Team the last three seasons, has a career average of 76.32 strokes over 53 ½ rounds, which is the best average by over a stroke in the Moravian record books.

The U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship will feature a 156-player field that will play two qualifying rounds to determine the top 64 players for match play, which will determine the winner. More information about the tournament can be found at the following website - http://www.usapl2006.org/.