By Colleen Kane
Enquirer staff writer

After two years away from competitive golf, Diana Camacho is trying to get back her old game at this year's Northern Kentucky Women's Amateur. In the process she's regaining something perhaps even more important - happiness on the golf course.

In her first Amateur since winning championships in 2000 and 2001, Camacho shot Tuesday's low score of 73 to finish with a two-day qualifying total of 148 at Eagle Creek. She enters today's championship flight match play as the third seed behind future Northern Kentucky University golfer Alicia Lawrence and seven-time champion Lori Eberle. Lawrence shot a 75 Tuesday for a two-day score of 147. Eberle, the 2002 and 2003 champion, received the defending champion's free pass through the qualifying round and enters as the top seed.

"I'm a little out of it," said Camacho, 25, a former NKU golfer. "Even this summer, I haven't been playing as good as I was a couple years ago. I'm trying to get it back. ... I'm just happy to be able to play the game and to enjoy the game."

Camacho will play sixth seed and three-time champion Laura Schild (153). Also: Eberle plays No. 8 Mary Jo Meek (155); Lawrence faces No. 7 Nicky Weber (154); and No. 4 Michelle Bellish (150) plays No. 5 Ashley Combs (151), who also shot a 73 Tuesday. The winners play in Thursday's championship stroke-play round. Camacho, Lawrence, Bellish and Combs are members of Eagle Creek.

"When you play it every day, every summer, you know the course, the breaks, how to play it from every angle," Combs said.

This is Camacho's first tournament since the 2002 NCAA Division II championships, where NKU finished third. After that, Camacho pursued her goal of working in golf. She interned at the USGA in 2002 and became an assistant golf pro, losing her amateur status. But she soon found that making golf her business and her play was too much.

"I got burnt out on the game real quickly," Camacho said. "I never wanted to play. ... I had only been in the business six months and I already felt that way. I couldn't imagine what it would be like after 20 years of it."

So she quit and now works in insurance. And for the first time in awhile, she looks at golf as more than work.

"Right now I just want to be able to play in amateur tournaments every year for the rest of my life," Camacho said. "I have that in me now that all I want to do is play golf when I have the free time. That was something that I lost a year ago."

Ohio Men's Amateur

Columbus Country Club

6,968-yard, par-72

Robert Gerwin, Cincinnati	32-34-66
Jon Eggleton, Batavia	33-35-68
Kevin Boyle, Mentor	33-35-68
Kyle Reifers, Columbus	34-34-68
Andy Miller, Xenia	34-36-70
Jason Gerken, Logan	34-36-70
Tyler Riley, Findlay	36-34-70
Brad Baker, Warsaw	33-38-71
David French, Columbus	35-36-71
Jeff Scohy, Dayton	35-36-71
Michael Kelley, Westerville	35-36-71
Putter Johnson, Gates Mills	36-35-71
Sean Reed, Canal Winchester	35-36-71
Thomas Yeager, Findlay	34-37-71
Alex Martin, Middletown	35-37-72
Blake Sattler, New Phil.	37-35-72
Brad Dearsman, Clyde	35-37-72
C J Gatto, Columbus	34-38-72
Jeff Mallette, North Canton	35-37-72
Joe Hurtuk, Bedford	35-37-72
John Bishop, Dublin	35-37-72
Matt Cooperrider, Thornville	36-36-72
Scott Ross, Mason	34-38-72
Steve Lohmeyer, Dayton	34-38-72
Takashi Iwamoto, New Albany	33-39-72
Wes Homan Jr, Cincinnati	37-35-72
Alan Fadel, Toledo	37-36-73
Alex Antonio, Bentleyville	36-37-73
Dan Wyant, Williamstown	36-37-73
Josh Subich, Mansfield	36-37-73
Juan Muzquiz, Middletown	37-36-73
Ken Weixel, New Albany	34-39-73
Kurt Peterson, Massillon	35-38-73
Michael Walker, Troy	35-38-73
Mike Richey, Aurora	34-39-73
Randy Reifers, Columbus	35-38-73
Raymond Sovik, Powell	37-36-73
Ryan Keller, Prospect	34-39-73
Brent Albertson, Dublin	35-39-74
Buck Bauman, Fremont	34-40-74
Chris Miller, New Philadelphia	35-39-74
Dan Smith, Fairfield	36-38-74
Daniel McIntyre, Perrysburg	37-37-74
John Gagai, Ironton	35-39-74
John Sherman, Dayton	36-38-74
Matt Ehlinger, Springfield	37-37-74
Michael Beasusejour, Cincinnati	35-39-74
Pete Samborsky, Dayton	36-38-74
Rob Davidge, Oxford	36-38-74
Scott Flesher, Pataskala	36-38-74
Todd Wilson, Grove City	36-38-74
Carl Tuke Jr, Cincinnati	37-38-75
George Moore, Centerville	34-41-75
Jeff Blank, Sylvania	37-38-75
Jim Huggins, Marietta	38-37-75
Ken Kinkopf, Hilliard	38-37-75
Matt Ries, Hilliard	36-39-75
Michael Drobnick, Hilliard	36-39-75
Mitch Mahoney, Hamilton	38-37-75
Nick Kirsch, Steubenville	35-40-75
Noah Lucus, Dublin	36-39-75
Russ Berkoben, Perrysburg	35-40-75
Ryan Culbertson, Wooster	36-39-75
Steve Paramore, Ashland	35-40-75
TJ Brudzinski, Columbus	38-37-75
Tony Bosken, Fairfield	35-40-75
Tony Brown, Ironton	36-39-75
Zach Doran, Dublin	35-40-75
Andrew Montooth, Columbus	38-38-76
Brad Marsh, Cincinnati	37-39-76
Chris Slates, Akron	37-39-76
Chuck Smith, Delaware	38-38-76
David Lennox, Gahanna	38-38-76
Greg Frey, Columbus	36-40-76
Joel Kraner, Dublin	34-42-76
Kevin Kornowa, Sylvania	38-38-76
Nick Curtis, Ostrander	34-42-76
Ryan Siekmann, Dublin	38-38-76
Vaughn Snyder, Massillon	36-40-76
Wes Stafford, Willoughby	34-42-76
Brian Keating, Cincinnati	36-41-77
Brian Kohn, Cincinnati	37-40-77
Cory Bradburn, Gahanna	35-42-77
David Allan, Terrace Park	37-40-77
David Downey, Gahanna	38-39-77
Jay Dalgarn, Pataskala	36-41-77
Jim Krivanek, Mayfield Village	38-39-77
Joe Harper, Columbus	37-40-77
John Hanley, Westerville	37-40-77
Jonah Karzmer, Boardman	40-37-77
Luke Egger, Lancaster	36-41-77
Matt Beckett, Columbus	36-41-77
Matt Hiatt, Sylvania	39-38-77
Mike Trivisonno, Wickliffe	36-41-77
Reed Williams, Columbus	36-41-77
Steve Hannaford, Fairborn	38-39-77
Steve Mitchell, Toledo	37-40-77
Tom Castor, Ashland	39-38-77
Adam Cordes, Napoleon	38-40-78
Ben Smith, Westlake	41-37-78
Brad Wright, Cambridge	39-39-78
Brian Elsea, Columbus	38-40-78
Doug Denny, Columbus	39-39-78
Jeff Sparks, Dublin	38-40-78
Jim Brown, Chagrin Falls	35-43-78
Kip Meyers, Columbus	38-40-78
Kris O'Donnell, Cincinnati	37-41-78
Other
Robert de Rojas, West Chester	38-40-78
Luke Underhill, Cincinnati	39-43-82

Boys' Junior Met

Top finishers

14-17-year-olds

Rob Faulkner	72	71	143
Jake Daly	70	74	144
Tyler Vincent	71	74	145
Joe Mazza	71	74	145
Tim Gusweiler	75	70	145
Andrew Zeller	75	73	148
Joe Landrum	75	73	148
Andrew Mock	77	71	148
Travis Allread	75	73	148
Tom Wimsatt Jr.	74	74	148
Sean Crane	76	73	149
Ty Robinson	75	74	149
Anthony Day	74	75	149
Matt Schneider	74	75	149
Ross Sharp	74	75	149
Adam Richardson	76	73	149
Patrick Beausejour	75	75	150
Jeff Nieman	75	75	150
Kyle Hodges	73	77	150
Adam Flick	79	71	150
Nicklaus Proud	77	74	151
Alex Holroyde	74	77	151
Sean Treglia	72	79	151
Eric McKimm	70	81	151
Joshua Foster	80	72	152
Brian Linneman	78	74	152
Kevin Hickey	73	79	152
Jeffrey Mychalishyn	79	73	152
Michael Brown	74	78	152
Andrew Herre	75	77	152
Joel Beall	77	75	152
Felipe Montenegro	76	76	152
Kevin Heekin	77	75	152
Patrick Larkin	79	74	153
Seth Ganshirt	77	76	153
David Brellenthin	76	77	153
Michael Shepherd	79	75	154
Ryan Heinly	77	77	154
Mark Burch	78	76	154
Austin Derkson	78	76	154
Mike Deters	78	77	155
Jonathan Coleman	80	75	155
Brent Roth	81	75	156
Jimmy Ionna	79	77	156
Michael Lanham	79	77	156
Cameron Stalf	74	82	156
William Ryan	81	75	156
Brendan Fogel	77	79	156
Nick Sutter	78	78	156
Robert Walls	77	79	156
Matt Cooper	82	74	156
Eric MacFarland	77	79	156
Matt Strautman	76	81	157
Zach Wood	82	75	157
Nick Mader	75	82	157
Jason Paff	80	77	157
Dan Deters	79	78	157
Greg Conklin	75	82	157
Elliott Moore	79	79	158
Alex Lingg	80	78	158
Danny Lewis	81	77	158
Mike Burns	80	78	158
Andrew Ovington	74	84	158
Stephen Krehbiel	74	84	158
Michael O'Connor	79	79	158
Louis Linnemann	76	82	158
Chad Summe	77	82	159
Matt Kursmark	80	79	159
Matt Bessler	79	80	159
Alex Stansell	82	77	159
Rob Stewart	83	76	159
Justin Epure	82	77	159

12-13-year-olds

Jordan Erlewine	57	62	119
Sean Keating	68	64	132
Charlie Martin	66	67	133
Matt Buse	68	66	134
Scott Foster	71	64	135
Simran Magowan	64	71	135
Mickey Sutton	68	67	135
Mark Wehner	68	70	138
Alex Roth	70	69	139
Jordan Berlin	74	67	141
Andrew Desmarais	68	74	142
Alex Nikias	71	75	146
Colin Crane	72	75	147
Daniel Shmidt	75	75	150
Carl Schlotman	70	80	150
Bobby Shields	70	80	150

Amateur Public Links

Tuesday

At Rush Creek Golf Club

Maple Grove, Minn.

Yardage: 7,132; Par: 72

Second Round

Danny Green, Jackson, Tenn.	63-68-131
Ryan Moore, Puyallup, Wash.	65-67-132
Chris Stroud, Groves, Texas	64-69-133
Anthony Kim, Norman, Okla.	66-69-135
Luke List, Ringgold, Ga.	65-71-136
Matthew Every, Daytona Beach, Fla.	67-69-136
Terrence Miskell, New Braunfels, Texas	68-68-136
Derek Berg, Dovall, Wash.	67-71-138
Josh Williams, Davis, Calif.	70-69-139
Nathan Smith, Soquel, Calif.	69-70-139
Jason Kokrak, Warren, Ohio	67-73-140
Jay Reynolds, Austin, Texas	70-70-140
Sunghoon Kang, Korea	65-75-140
Jason Harris, Clemmons, N.C.	70-71-141
Zack Reeves, Arlington, Texas	69-72-141
Jeff Gilchrist, Sacramento, Calif.	71-71-142
Will Claxton, Swainsboro, Ga.	69-73-142
Aaron Choi, San Diego	72-71-143
Barry Schenk, Layton, Utah	69-74-143
Brian Atkinson, Palatine, Ill.	70-73-143
Charlie Woo, South Korea	73-70-143
Neal Grusczynski, West Allis, Wis.	70-73-143
Adam Scrimenti, Sarasota, Fla.	71-73-144
Blake Moore, Monrovia, Calif.	72-72-144
Christopher Davidson, Woodstock, Md.	71-73-144
Clay Ogden, West Point, Utah	72-72-144
Dirk Fennie, Greensboro, N.C.	70-74-144
Greg Koch, Orlando, Fla.	70-74-144
Joshua Wooding, Riverside, Calif.	72-72-144
Kevin Coghlan, W. Palm Beach, Fla.	70-74-144
Kyle Ritchie, Bedford, Iowa	71-73-144
Madalitso Muthiya, Zambia	73-71-144
Matthew Hicks, Sissonville, W.Va.	68-76-144
Sam Hulsey, Gainesville, Ga.	72-72-144
Adam Delawyer, Deer River, Minn.	72-73-145
Anthony Bedient, York, Neb.	69-76-145
Brian O'Flaherty, WstlkVill., Calif.	72-73-145
Clayton Ellis, Memphis, Tenn.	71-74-145
Evan Frederick, Destin, Fla.	73-72-145
John Finnin, Crete, Ill.	73-72-145
Josh Ketter, Parker, Colo.	72-73-145
Matthew Williams, Holton, Kan.	74-71-145
Neil Johnson, River Falls, Wis.	73-72-145
Seung-Su Han, Korea	71-74-145
Alex Knoll, Bethlehem, Pa.	72-74-146
Billy Wingerd, Baltimore	72-74-146
Brett Swedberg, Alexandria, Minn.	73-73-146
Daryl Fathauer, Stuart, Fla.	74-72-146
Jay Choe, Yorba Linda, Calif.	70-76-146
Jon Veneziano, Mt. Dora, Fla.	70-76-146
Shane Prante, Olympia, Wash.	68-78-146
William Moore, Pacific Grove, Calif.	72-74-146
Brad Gibson, Denton, Texas	72-75-147
David Bradshaw, HrprsFrry, W.Va.	73-74-147
Dayton Rose, Midwest City, Okla.	69-78-147
Steven Harvey, Salisbury, N.C.	71-76-147

(In playoff for final 8 places in match play)

Andrew Price, Mission Viejo, Calif.	68-80-148
Brendan Steele, Idyllwild, Calif.	71-77-148
Charles Soule, Longmont, Colo.	72-76-148
Henry Liaw, Rowland Heights, Calif.	73-75-148
Jamie Miller, Silver Creek, N.Y.	73-75-148
Jay Poletiek, Portland, Ore.	75-73-148
Jeff Nichols, Mesa, Ariz.	71-77-148
Martin Catalioto, Ramsey, N.J.	74-74-148
Matthew Hilton, Muskego, Wis.	72-76-148
Ryan Conn, Alexandria, Minn.	73-75-148
Tim Kunick, Bismarck, N.D.	72-76-148

Locals (did not qualify)

Chris Straley, Cincinnati	75-78-153
Mike Calkin, St. Charles, Ill.	81-75-156
Gordon Willins, WstChstr, Ohio	84-80-164