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Sold-Out Event Inaugurates Two New GOLFWEEK Amateur Tours

Posted: 5/3/2011 10:49:36 PM

CHAMP Flight winner Mark Macejko of Vass, NC poses with the trophy.

Metedeconk National Golf Club Jackson, NJ
Philly Metro & Metro NY Inaugural Event
April 30, 2011

Metedeconk National Golf Club in Jackson, NJ was the venue for the inaugural event of two new GOLFWEEK Amateur Tours on Saturday April 30, 2011. Players from both Metro NY and Philly Metro competed on the Founders Course at the immaculate Robert Trent Jones design for trophies in 5 flights. The course played extremely difficult, with the combination of fast greens and deep secondary rough proving to be a tremendous challenge for the sold-out field of 66 players. The event raised $190.00 for the GOLFWEEK Amateur Tour's charity partner Stand Up 2 Cancer.

Mark Macejko of Vass, NC (who plays on the Triad NC GOLFWEEK Amateur Tour) took home the trophy in the Championship Flight. Mark was the only player in the field to break 80. His steady round of 79 included 11 pars, 6 bogeys, a double-bogey and a birdie on the Par 5 5^th hole. Jim Grosso of the Philly Metro tour placed 2^nd three strokes behind with an 82.

Joe Arnold, Jr., who plays on the Metro NY tour, was the winner in the A Flight. Joe’s round of 80 included a birdie on the Par 5 5^th hole, and another one on the difficult 18^th hole. He played steady golf, missing out on overall low score by just one stroke. Michael Wach of the Metro NY tour finished 2^nd with a round of 84. Victor Lugo of the Metro NY tour placed third one stroke behind with an 85.

The B Flight tournament was a heated competition decided by one stroke. Rick LoPiccolo of the Metro NY tour took home the trophy in the B flight with a round of 88, which included a chip-in birdie on the 1^st hole, his 11^th of the day. Derek Stevenson, also from the Metro NY tour was one shot back with an 89 that included an amazing birdie on the #1 handicap Par 5 third, which plays over water to an extremely difficult green. A further shot back was Tony White of the Philly Metro tour with a round of 90.

The runaway winner in the C Flight was Jim Boyce of the Philly Metro tour, with a round of 89. Robert Kiesel of the Metro NY tour was 11 strokes higher, taking 2^nd place with a round of 100.

The D Flight champion was Doug Johnson, from the Philly Metro tour, with a round of 91 that included a birdie on the Par 5 10^th hole. Jeff West, also from the Philly Metro tour was four strokes back with a round of 95.

The Philly Metro & Metro NY tours are co-hosting another event later this summer at the incredible Galloway National Golf Club in Galloway, NJ. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us on Saturday August 20^th for this event in southern NJ, near Atlantic City.

RESULTS

1	A	Arnold Jr., Joseph	39	41	80
2	A	Wach, Michael	42	42	84
3	A	Lugo, Victor	42	43	85
4	A	Sornson, Carl	42	44	86
5	A	Mulato, Wayne	44	44	88
6	A	Isbrandt, Derek	44	45	89
7	A	Finley, Terry	47	43	90
8	A	Fisher, Jon	43	48	91
9	A	Stype, Val	47	45	92
10	A	Vogt, Michael	46	46	92
11	A	Reece, Beasley	46	46	92
12	A	Hobson, Bob	45	49	94
13	A	Banta, Fred	45	50	95
14	A	Begley, Dennis	44	51	95
15	A	Hartwell, Fred	49	48	97
16	A	Abraham, David	44	53	97
17	A	Hennigar, Robert	53	48	101

1	B	LoPiccolo, Rick	45	43	88
2	B	Stevenson, Derek	44	45	89
3	B	White, Tony	46	44	90
4	B	Wechsler, Scott	45	46	91
5	B	Wyttenbach, Marc	45	48	93
6	B	Saporito, Jim	48	46	94
7	B	Neder, Steven	46	48	94
8	B	DeMinico, Jon	47	48	95
9	B	Cockerham, Kevin	46	49	95
10	B	Giller, Jim	46	50	96
11	B	McDonald, Justin	51	46	97
12	B	Lodi, Larry	50	48	98
13	B	Limberis, Gus	49	49	98
14	B	Buckwalter, Jeff	51	48	99
15	B	McDonald, Steve	50	49	99
16	B	Ahmes, Ryan	47	52	99
17	B	Meissner, David	55	45	100
18	B	Reed, Al	53	47	100
19	B	Gillespie, Randell	50	50	100
21	B	Steinmann, Tom	52	52	104
22	B	Harvey, Owen	51	53	104
23	B	McLea, James	52	56	108

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