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Golf & Country Club hosted the GOLFWEEK Amateur Tour (Philly Metro &
Metro New York) on August 28th, 2017. The
golf course, a
Toomey-Flynn design from 1925, winds through creeks and rolling meadows near
Ft. Washington, PA. This great classic
course challenged the field of 96 tour members on a partly sunny and breezy
summer afternoon. Par for the day was 72
(35-37), with the upper 18th green in play as a Par 5 hole.
In the Championship
Flight, new Philly Metro member Stephen Scott (78, 38-40) broke through
for his first victory on tour by four-strokes over Metro New York members Joe
Arnold, Jr. (82, 40-42) and Mike Aversano (82, 39-43). The CHAMP Flight played BLACK Tees from “the
tips” at 6,834 yards.
The
A Flight went to a playoff
between Philly Metro member George Steinmetz (77, 38-39) and Metro New York
member Scott Vanisko (77, 37-40). Steinmetz
claimed the victory with a “birdie” 3 on the Par 4 1st hole. Metro New York member Jose Rios (79, 38-41)
was two-strokes back in 3rd place, and Philly Metro member Josh
Numbers (80, 41-39) was another stroke back and took 4th. The A
Flight played BLUE Tees from 6,567 yards.
In the B Flight, Metro New York member
Alan Navarro (83, 41-42) claimed the title by one-stroke over Metro New York
Director Tom Steinmann (84, 41-43). Five players were tied at 86: Philly Metro
members Wallace Wade (42-44), Greg Ricker (42-44), Frank Giordano (40-46), Richard
Paskman (36-50) and Metro New York member Ryan Dominici (38-48). On a
match-of-cards, Wade took 3rd place and Ricker took 4th. The
B Flight played GOLD Tees from 6,300 yards.
The
C Flight title was claimed by Leroy
Mines (89, 41-48) when Lynn Bigelow (89, 44-45) failed to appear for the
playoff. Bigelow took 2nd place. Three players were tied at 90:
Philly Metro members Brian Ganley (46-44) and Joe Schulle (44-46) and Metro New
York member Justin Aives (45-45). On a match-of-cards, Ganley took 3rd
place and Aives took 4th. The C Flight played WHITE Tees from 6,136
yards
In the D Flight, Philly Metro member Adam Hansen (92, 47-45) claimed his second
victory of the season on tour by three-strokes over Metro New York member Carl
Merz (95, 45-50) . Philly Metro member B.J. Medlar (97, 48-49) was another
two-strokes back in 3rd place and Metro New York member Mike Milinic
(98, 52-46) won a match-of-cards over Philly Metro member Brandon Nickel (98, 45-53)
for 4th. The D Flight also played WHITE Tees from 6,136 yards
Our
next tournament is being held at Wildwood Golf & Country Club) on Saturday
September 9th 2017 with tee
times starting at 12:00 PM. We are
looking forward to our “down the shore” golf experience!
SUPER SKINS & CTP 08-29-17
Hole #3 – Robert Corrado (Birdie “3”)
Hole #5 – Leroy Mines (Birdie “3”)
Hole #7 – Anthony Mortillaro (EAGLE “3”)
Hole #16 – Jose Rios (Birdie “3”)
Skins paid $210.00 each
CTP #4 – Stephen Scott 3’ 4”
CTP #6 – Kenny Hurley 20”
CTP #8 – Brian Ganley 7’ 1”
CTP #11 – Brendan Kost 9’ 4”
CTP #13 – Peter Conti 3’ 0”
CTP paid $84.00 each