July 17, 2002

PITTSBURGH, PA — Erin Walker is in the same place as he was a year ago, but miles ahead in his golf game and suddenly in 2nd place within the On Tour Championship Leaderboard.

eWalk fired a 34-over par 105 on Sunday to take 2nd place by six-points over Don Creighton (38) after five rounds in the summer tournament.  Although he's in the same position, eWalk said there's no comparison to his play from a year ago, when he missed fairways and greens.

"Hopefully, this year, it'll work out better," said eWalk, who hit just one fairway on Sunday, the 8th, which he shot par after driving the tee shot into the short cut.  "Last year I wasn't playing very well at all," eWalk said. "With experience, I was able to hold on last year under adverse swing thoughts, I guess you would say.

"This year, I feel like I'm hitting the ball just as poorly and not very straight. Last year was also a mystery every time I got on the tee.  At least this year I feel like through these first five rounds I'm getting a little lucky.  Maybe I can transpose this luck into a few more double bogeys."