Chylinski heads Senior Amateur Championship
after opening-round of 1-over-par 71

  PHILADELPHIA, Pa.–Edmund Chylinski of Chester Valley GC registered a 1-over-par 71 in the opening round of the Senior Amateur Championship on Tuesday at Torresdale-Frankford CC (par 70, 6,193 yards) to forge a one-shot lead with 18 holes to go. The second and final round of the 35th Senior Amateur Championship begins at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow. The leaders tee off at 1:40 p.m.

  Chylinski bogeyed his final three holes of the front nine to go out in 4-over-par 38, but answered those troubles with a trio of birdies on his inward side to finish with a 3-under-par 33 on the back nine and a total of 71.

  David Brookreson of Huntingdon Valley CC and Michael Dougherty of Huntingdon Valley CC are a shot back after carding 2-over-par 72s and Tom DiCinti of Little Mill CC and Mike Rose of Talamore at Oak Terrace CC, the 2003 Senior Amateur Champion, are two strokes behind. In all, a total of 13 players are within five strokes of the leader.

  "My goal today was to play holes Nos. 4-9 well and then be a little more aggressive after that. I didn’t [play those early holes well], unfortunately, but I actually was hitting the ball well. I just missed a couple of putts and didn’t get up and down on a few holes," said Chylinski. "I started to make some putts on the back nine and that was the difference."

  Chylinski opened his backside with a birdie on No. 10 (par 5, 469 yards) after a nice up-and-down from a tree bank to the right of the green. He followed by draining an uphill 12-footer for four on the treacherous 13th hole (par 5, 546 yards) and then added a birdie on the short 15th hole (par 4, 297 yards) when he knocked a rescue wood/lob wedge to 10 feet.

  It’s been a good run for Chylinski, 55, of Gulph Mills, Pa., recently. He qualified for the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship two weeks ago and also captured both the Club Championship and Senior Club Championship at Chester Valley GC. The U.S. Senior Amateur will be Chylinski’s first USGA event since he qualified for the U.S. Junior Boys’ Championship back in 1966.

  Brooreson, the reigning Senior Player of the Year and Senior Silver Cross Award winner, carded three bogeys and a birdie en route to a 72.

  "I held it together. I had a lot of troubling judging the speed of the greens," said Brookreson, 57, of Huntingdon Valley, Pa. "I didn’t hit the ball that pure."

  Brookreson is coming off a victory in the North-South Senior Amateur at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club course Nos. 2, 5 and 8, recently. He took the championship by six strokes.

  Dougherty carded two bogeys and a birdie on each side to finish a shot back of the leader.

  All three players are searching for their first Senior Amateur Championship title.

  The two rounds of the Senior Amateur Championship complete the Senior Silver Cross Award as well. The Senior Silver Cross is awarded to the player with the lowest aggregate score in the Warner Cup, Chapman Cup and Senior Amateur Championship rounds.

  Currently, Brookreson holds a two-stroke advantage over Frank McFadden of Overbrook GC.

Ages 55 to 59

Name

Club

Gross

Net

Edmund Chylinski

Chester Valley Golf Club

71

71

David Brookreson

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

72

72

Michael Dougherty

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

72

71

Michael Rose

Talamore at Oak Terrace Country Club

73

72

Thomas DiCinti

Little Mill Country Club

73

73

Craig Scott

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

74

73

Donald Ashley

Philadelphia Country Club

74

72

Francis McFadden

Overbrook Golf Club

74

75

Kevin Scanlon

Stonewall

74

71

Stephen Daley

Lu Lu Country Club

74

74

Andy Thompson

Overbrook Golf Club

75

77

Matthew Bellis

Commonwealth National Golf Club

75

73

Don Donatoni

White Manor Country Club

76

76

Neil McDermott

Llanerch Country Club

76

72

William Lawler

Fox Hill Country Club

76

75

Edward Pappas

Rolling Green Golf Club

77

73

James Goldstein

Commonwealth National Golf Club

77

76

James Haynie

Lu Lu Country Club

77

75

Mark Shuman

Philadelphia Country Club

77

75

Michael Egan

Lookaway Golf Club

77

75

Carl Everett

Merion Golf Club

78

76

John DiValentino

Lu Lu Country Club

78

70

Terrence Sawyer

Yardley Country Club

78

77

Wally Swiger

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

78

78

Daniel Burton

Bent Creek Country Club

79

76

Frank Polizzi

Whitemarsh Valley Country Club

79

78

John Spier

Saucon Valley Country Club

79

76

Mark Battista

Philadelphia Publinks GA

79

74

Charles Whipple

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

80

76

Thomas Mairone

McCall Golf & Country Club

80

74

Charles Johanson

Philadelphia Cricket Club

81

73

Charles Wilkins

Little Mill Country Club

81

82

Frank Shuman

Lookaway Golf Club

81

76

Gordon Bennett

Northampton Country Club

81

76

Joseph Fromhartz

Philadelphia Publinks GA

81

76

Michael Rowland

Lehigh Country Club

81

81

Robert Billings

Rolling Green Golf Club

81

79

Ron Ryll

Jericho National Golf Club

81

76

Dennis Perna

Spring Ford Country Club

82

75

George May

Manufacturers Golf & Country Club

82

79

Jack Holland

Whitford Country Club

82

80

James Coleman

Rolling Green Golf Club

82

76

Naz Gagliardi

Philadelphia Publinks GA

82

75

Steve Broome

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

82

74

Ted Beringer

Philadelphia Country Club

82

79

Andy Goldman

Philadelphia Cricket Club

83

76

Daniel Flynn

Sandy Run Country Club

83

71

John Snyder

Waynesborough Country Club

83

78

Peter Farina

Fieldstone Golf Club

83

77

Richard White

Jericho National Golf Club

83

77

Thomas Mallouk

Lookaway Golf Club

83

79

Richard Pogany

Burlington Country Club

84

79

Steven Owens

Ashbourne Country Club

84

74

Frank Treml

Sandy Run Country Club

85

83

John Cech

Riverton Country Club

85

77

Steve Kyriakodis

Lu Lu Country Club

85

79

Thomas Mohr

Coatesville Country Club

85

80

James Wiley

Lu Lu Country Club

86

76

Robert Harris

Blue Bell Country Club

86

82

Ron Mittendorf

Blue Bell Country Club

86

78

Ed Roberts

Old York Road Country Club

87

79

Edward Bondi

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

87

81

Frank Petrecco

Yardley Country Club

87

78

Len Orlando

Concord Country Club

87

79

Steve Pence

Little Mill Country Club

87

83

William Kufta

Jericho National Golf Club

87

76

Charles Caparo

Plymouth Country Club

88

81

Edward Yamasaki

Philmont Country Club

88

79

Felton Walker

Little Mill Country Club

88

80

John Patton

Pine Hill Golf Club

89

82

Robert Murphy

Wilmington Country Club

89

84

William McCabe, Jr.

McCall Golf & Country Club

91

79

Jack Batdorf

Riverton Country Club

92

83

Vincent Burns

Torresdale-Frankford Country Club

92

81

Gregory Gaul

Merion Golf Club

93

89

Jon Mabry

Moorestown Field Club

93

87

Leonard Travagline

Makefield Highlands Golf Club

95

87

Michael McCorriston

Jericho National Golf Club

96

85

Donald Galbraith

Stonewall

WD

WD

Douglas Dick

Chester Valley Golf Club

WD

WD

Lee Cook

Laurel Creek Country Club

WD

WD

Michael Nilon

Philadelphia Country Club

WD

WD

Robert Brooker

Blue Bell Country Club

DQ

DQ

 

Ages 60 and Over

Name

Club

Gross

Net

Curt Fromal

The Springhaven Club

77

72

Robert Housen

Pine Valley Golf Club

77

76

George Carr

Running Deer Golf Club

78

76

Jarrett Kling

Merion Golf Club

79

78

William Weinfeld

Melrose Country Club

79

71

Vernon Kelly, Jr.

Philadelphia Cricket Club

80

76

Charles McDowell

Wilmington Country Club

81

79

Jay Howson, Jr.

St. Davids Golf Club

82

80

Joseph Virdone

Philadelphia Country Club

82

75

Terry Fair

RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve

82

79

Thomas Holian

Spring Ford Country Club

82

75

Charles McClaskey

Wyncote Golf Club

83

84

John MacDonald

Melrose Country Club

83

75

Ken Gaskill

Philadelphia Publinks GA

83

80

Richard Smith

Philadelphia Country Club

83

79

A. Kent Weymouth, Jr.

Lu Lu Country Club

84

78

Byron Milner

Overbrook Golf Club

84

81

O. Gordon Brewer, Jr.

Pine Valley Golf Club

84

83

Richard Turner

Concord Country Club

84

74

David Jordan

Woodbury Country Club

85

80

Don Neill

Talamore at Oak Terrace Country Club

85

78

Fred Olt

Little Mill Country Club

85

80

Alan Cole

Makefield Highlands Golf Club

86

78

Andrew Hamilton, III

The Springhaven Club

86

78

John Holsten

Aronimink Golf Club

86

77

John Owens

Tavistock Country Club

86

81

Thomas Morgan

Riverton Country Club

86

78

Bill Wolhar

Wilmington Country Club

87

82

Clay Von Seldeneck

Sunnybrook Golf Club

87

78

Thomas O'Rourke

Chester Valley Golf Club

87

81

Christopher Frazier

Sunnybrook Golf Club

88

81

Louis Pace

Medford Village Country Club

88

82

Murray Felzer

White Manor Country Club

88

78

Peter Stanley

Sunnybrook Golf Club

88

82

William Cummins

Jericho National Golf Club

88

80

Jay Kocher

Wilmington Country Club

89

84

Richard Kenville

Burlington Country Club

89

81

Robert Davy

Medford Village Country Club

89

79

Basil Gilfillian

Running Deer Golf Club

90

82

Bob Catini

Blue Bell Country Club

90

79

Frank Blanche

Spring Ford Country Club

90

83

Herbert Gordon

Doylestown Country Club

91

86

Kyran Connelly

Makefield Highlands Golf Club

91

74

Jack Collins

Woodbury Country Club

93

82

Bob Wicker

Little Mill Country Club

96

89

Joseph Marcantognini

Silver Creek Country Club

96

85

Donald Hoegel

Little Mill Country Club

97

87

Eric Norlin

Coatesville Country Club

WD

WD

Raymond Fuller

Running Deer Golf Club

WD

WD

William Brennan

Spring Ford Country Club

WD

WD

 

Super Senior (65 and over)

Name

Club

Gross

Net

Jim Callaghan

Rolling Green Golf Club

75

65

James Sherratt

Old York Road Country Club

76

71

Edward Strow Jr. D.D.S

Tavistock Country Club

78

69

Gordon Eichert

Little Mill Country Club

78

67

Harvey McCumber

Wilmington Country Club

79

76

Warren Deakins

Philadelphia Country Club

82

75

Ben Sack

Edgmont Country Club

83

74

Fran Tusak

Silver Creek Country Club

83

79

Thomas Conboy

Sandy Run Country Club

84

78

J. Wendell Outhous

St. Davids Golf Club

89

80

Edward Noble

Tavistock Country Club

91

82

 

WD-withdrawal; DQ-disqualification

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