Tournament history yesterday when they came from seven strokes down on the final day to win this year's event by one shot.

Making their victory all the more amazing was that they managed to overhaul two teams -- Long Cove Club and Bedrock -- who had appeared out of reach before the day's play.

"It's tremendous...we're just overwhelmed,'' said an exhausted Shaker Farms club professional Bob Mucha yesterday. "It (the win) was totally unexpected.

We certainly didn't think we would be able to make up seven strokes.

"I think we just lucked out today. It was pivotal for us to start at the 10th tee at Castle (Harbour) and get through the tough holes before the conditions got really bad.

"Also, our markers Norman and Lou, who are both in their 70s, were great and really inspired us.'' Mucha teamed with Kenny DeTora, Mark DeTora and W.A. (Toppy) Cowen for a net 60, which tied Westchester Hills for the day's top score at Castle Harbour and an overall low net total of 241.

"We were grinding real hard and pulled together as a team,'' continued Mucha, who came back from six strokes down on the final day of last week's Belmont Invitational yet lost to Dwayne Pearman's final-hole birdie. "I feel that we were tougher than the conditions. This tournament is one of endurance and we were able to endure.'' After experiencing smooth sailing on Thursday, Mother Nature turned up the wind gauge and this wreaked havoc with the previous co-leaders, as they stumbled badly.

Bedrock `blew up' for a 69 at Port Royal, which gave them 243 for four rounds, and had to settle for a third-place tie with Westchester. Long Cove had a similarly rough time at Mid Ocean, their 68 converting to a 242 overall low net and second place.

"We didn't make the putts today and gave them an opportunity to get back into it by our high score,'' said Long Cove's Tim Patton, who had predicted a tough time for his foursome at Mid Ocean. "The wind made it difficult to maintain your balance and play shots.

"It was sort of expected, the wind was tough and it got the best of us.'' An indication of what would prevail came early when Long Cove bogeyed two of the first three holes and Patton admitted to being "a little concerned at that point''.

But looking back on the week Patton expressed pleasure at the team's overall performance. He admitted that entering the day they were squarely focussing on Bedrock and did not really expect that the main challenge would come from elsewhere.

"We're disappointed at not winning but there were 107 teams in the field and we beat 106 of them so we can't be too down on ourselves.

"We played very well. I don't think there's a team in the field that could say they didn't miss a short putt or something they would want back.'' Despite their poor play Bedrock still managed to hold on for the gross prize as some sort of consolation. Their 261 beat Winchester by three strokes.

"All the glory goes with the net prize but at least we have something,'' said Bedrock's Joe Carr. "The conditions were just too tough today...the wind was the winner.'' Third in the gross category were Spring Lake with a 268.

Top local club was Port Royal (249) followed by Castle Harbour (254) and Mid Ocean (257).

Two holes-in-one were recorded during the Goodwill Tournament with professional Al Sutton of the National Varsity Club recording one at Belmont's fifth hole. Local amateur Ray DeSilva performed the feat at Castle Harbour's number 13 for Southampton Princess.

SECOND TIME LUCKY -- Bob Mucha, whose comeback in the Belmont Invitiational fell short last week, helped Shaker Farms overhaul both Long cove and Bedrock to win the net championship after trailing by seven strokes going into the final round.