*Net results
Ashley survives four-man playoff for Warner Cup
SPRING FORD, Pa.–Donald Ashley of Philadelphia CC registered a par of the first playoff hole to defeat Frank McFadden of Overbrook GC, Mike Nilon of Philadelphia CC and Charles Wilkins of Little Mill CC for the 71st Francis B. Warner Cup on Thursday at Spring Ford CC (par 72, 6,477 yards). The Warner Cup is for seniors 55 years of age and older.
Ashley and McFadden, both Senior rookies, and Nilon and Wilkins carded 3-over-par 75s.
"This is one of the greatest thrills of all-time," said Ashley. "It’s a wonderful feeling. Standing over the last putt, it was straight in and downhill. I knew all I had to do was get it started."
Ashley, 56, of Gladwyne, Pa., found the short left rough with his drive on the extra hole, but knocked an 8-iron from 140 yards to just short of the green. He chipped to four feet for the title.
In the playoff, McFadden’s drive trickled into the water hazard, but was dry. His second shot landed in the left greenside bunker and he failed to get up and down. Nilon pulled his drive well left and his approach shot clipped a tree and fell into the hazard. Wilkins, whose drive was well short of the others, had an opportunity, but watched his lengthy par putt from the front of the green just miss run past the edge of the hole.
"I kind of had an advantage," said Ashley after everyone’s drive. "I knew no one was in good shape. I figured I just had to concentrate on hitting a good [second] shot so I took an extra club and an easy swing."
In regulation, Ashley recorded the tournament’s only under-par nine-hole score, a 1-under-par 35 on the backside. He carded a 4-over-par 40 on the front nine with four bogeys, but a change of philosophy on the cart ride to the 10th tee resulted in significant returns.
"I tried to steer it around the front nine and keep it in play and it got me in trouble," said Ashley, "so I figured to put up a decent number I had to go for the fences or it was going to be a bad round. I hit a real big drive on No. 10 and that got me going."
Ironically, that drive resulted in a bogey courtesy of a three-putt, but Ashley picked up momentum with birdies on No. 12 (par 3, 358 yards) and two more birdies on the par 5s (No. 15, 494 yards and No. 18, 492 yards).
His final red number on a slippery, sliding seven footer.
"I didn’t have a clue where I stood," said Ashley. "I wanted to come in the top 10."
Nilon, 56, of Gladwyne, Pa., carded a 3-over-par 39 on his front nine, but turned rock steady on his inward side recording one birdie and one bogey for an even-par 36 and a final score of 75.
He, too, birdied the final hole to qualify for the playoff when he knocked a sand wedge from 70 yards to two feet for the four. Nilon recorded a stellar 28 putts on his round, including a mere 13 on the back nine.
McFadden struggled with the flat stick, but scraped it around for a 39 and 36. McFadden registered three bogeys, a double bogey and two birdies on his outward nine. He carded another over-par score on No. 10 (par 4, 412 yards), before coming home with seven pars and a short birdie on No. 15 (par 5, 494 yards). He registered an uncharacteristic four three putts on the front nine.
McFadden, 55, has become a staple atop the Golf Association of Philadelphia leaderboards since turning 50. In fact, he has qualified for the Amateur Championship match play field the last four years. Last summer, he fell in the semifinals to Michael Tash of Tavistock CC.
"I guess I’m not afraid of playing poorly anymore," said McFadden of the reason for his steady play.
Wilkins was opposite his three counterparts. He recorded a solid opening-nine 36 before coming home with a 3-over 39. The 56-year-old Medford, N.J., resident recorded four three putts, but pulled a wood out of his bag just twice to keep the ball in a play off the tee.
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Ages 55-59 |
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Name |
Club |
Gross |
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*Donald Ashley |
Philadelphia Country Club |
75 |
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Charles Wilkins |
Little Mill Country Club |
75 |
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Francis McFadden |
Overbrook Golf Club |
75 |
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Michael Nilon |
Philadelphia Country Club |
75 |
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Neil McDermott |
Llanerch Country Club |
76 |
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David Brookreson |
Pine Valley Golf Club |
77 |
|
Don Donatoni |
White Manor Country Club |
77 |
|
Edmund Chylinski |
Chester Valley Golf Club |
77 |
|
Jerry Janeski |
Bent Creek Country Club |
77 |
|
Robert Murphy |
Wilmington Country Club |
77 |
|
Michael Egan |
Lookaway Golf Club |
78 |
|
Naz Gagliardi |
Philadelphia Publinks GA |
78 |
|
Terrence Sawyer |
Yardley Country Club |
78 |
|
Donald Beck |
Old York Road Country Club |
79 |
|
Ted Beringer |
Philadelphia Country Club |
79 |
|
Frank Polizzi |
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club |
80 |
|
Lee Cook |
Laurel Creek Country Club |
80 |
|
Stephen Daley |
Lu Lu Country Club |
80 |
|
Jay McLaughlin |
Stone Harbor Golf Club |
81 |
|
Charles Caparo |
Plymouth Country Club |
82 |
|
Ken Gaskill |
Philadelphia Publinks GA |
82 |
|
Kevin Scanlon |
Stonewall |
82 |
|
Robert Harris |
Blue Bell Country Club |
82 |
|
Steven Owens |
Ashbourne Country Club |
82 |
|
Dennis Perna |
Spring Ford Country Club |
83 |
|
Frank Shuman |
Lookaway Golf Club |
83 |
|
Matthew Bellis |
Commonwealth National Golf Club |
83 |
|
Michael Rowland |
Lehigh Country Club |
83 |
|
Robert Brooker |
Blue Bell Country Club |
83 |
|
Thomas Mallouk |
Lookaway Golf Club |
83 |
|
Edward Bondi |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
84 |
|
Gary Gordon |
Talamore at Oak Terrace Country Club |
84 |
|
George May |
Manufacturers Golf & Country Club |
84 |
|
Norman Cote |
Coatesville Country Club |
84 |
|
Thomas DiCinti |
Little Mill Country Club |
84 |
|
Tom Costello |
Aronimink Golf Club |
84 |
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William Lawler |
Fox Hill Country Club |
84 |
|
Douglas Dick |
Chester Valley Golf Club |
85 |
|
James Goldstein |
Commonwealth National Golf Club |
85 |
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James Haynie |
Lu Lu Country Club |
85 |
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John Snyder |
Waynesborough Country Club |
85 |
|
David Tordone |
Radley Run Country Club |
86 |
|
Frank Treml |
Sandy Run Country Club |
86 |
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Michael Rose |
Talamore at Oak Terrace Country Club |
87 |
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Donald Galbraith |
Stonewall |
88 |
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Jay Scattergood |
Reading Country Club |
88 |
|
William McCabe, Jr. |
McCall Golf & Country Club |
88 |
|
William Weihenmayer |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
88 |
|
Greg Gottshall |
Reading Country Club |
89 |
|
Jack Quinn |
Aronimink Golf Club |
90 |
|
John Di Valentino |
Lu Lu Country Club |
90 |
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John Luviano, Jr. |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
91 |
|
Murray Felzer |
White Manor Country Club |
91 |
|
Gregory Gaul |
Merion Golf Club |
92 |
|
Peter Farina |
Fieldstone Golf Club |
92 |
|
Ron Mittendorf |
Blue Bell Country Club |
92 |
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Stephen Kocinski |
Woodbury Country Club |
93 |
|
Steve Pence |
Little Mill Country Club |
93 |
|
Al Kelly |
Little Mill Country Club |
94 |
|
Gary Pardue |
Wyncote Golf Club |
94 |
|
Jon Mabry |
Moorestown Field Club |
94 |
|
Joseph McCullough |
Philadelphia Publinks GA |
94 |
|
Frederick Hirsekorn |
Tavistock Country Club |
95 |
|
John Cech |
Riverton Country Club |
96 |
|
Larry Paster |
Philmont Country Club |
97 |
|
Ray Rittersbach |
Ashbourne Country Club |
97 |
|
William Schroeder |
Bucks County Country Club |
98 |
|
Mike Kyle |
Bala Golf Club |
102 |
|
Scott Dichter |
Meadia Heights Golf Club |
102 |
|
Thomas Dyott |
Old York Road Country Club |
103 |
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Arthur Jacoby |
Commonwealth National Golf Club |
NC |
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Wally Swiger |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
DQ |
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Ages 60-and-over |
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Name |
Club |
Gross |
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Charles McClaskey |
Wyncote Golf Club |
76 |
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Herbert Gordon |
Doylestown Country Club |
77 |
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O. Gordon Brewer, Jr. |
Pine Valley Golf Club |
77 |
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Michael Sanger |
Merion Golf Club |
79 |
|
George Carr |
Running Deer Golf Club |
80 |
|
Louis Pace |
Medford Village Country Club |
80 |
|
Raymond Fuller |
Running Deer Golf Club |
80 |
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Michael Higgins |
Aronimink Golf Club |
82 |
|
Art Brosius,II |
DuPont Country Club |
83 |
|
David Jordan |
Woodbury Country Club |
83 |
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Fred Olt |
Little Mill Country Club |
83 |
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Joseph Milutis |
Northampton Country Club |
83 |
|
Richard Smith |
Philadelphia Country Club |
83 |
|
Curt Fromal |
The Springhaven Club |
84 |
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Jay Howson, Jr. |
St. Davids Golf Club |
84 |
|
Michael McNichol |
The Springhaven Club |
84 |
|
Peter Stanley |
Sunnybrook Golf Club |
84 |
|
Warren Deakins |
Philadelphia Country Club |
84 |
|
Frank Blanche |
Spring Ford Country Club |
84 |
|
Clay von Seldeneck |
Sunnybrook Golf Club |
85 |
|
Hal Ruff |
Moorestown Field Club |
86 |
|
Jack Endicott |
Manufacturers Golf & Country Club |
86 |
|
Thomas O'Rourke |
Chester Valley Golf Club |
86 |
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William Weinfeld |
Melrose Country Club |
86 |
|
Frank Kunze |
Spring Ford Country Club |
87 |
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John Siegrist |
Manufacturers Golf & Country Club |
87 |
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Rick Greenleaf |
Sunnybrook Golf Club |
87 |
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A. Fred Rudy, Jr. |
Lancaster Country Club |
88 |
|
Bob Wicker |
Little Mill Country Club |
88 |
|
John Holsten |
Aronimink Golf Club |
88 |
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Robert Schiller |
Old York Road Country Club |
88 |
|
Ben Sack |
Edgmont Country Club |
89 |
|
Carmen Caruso |
Ballamor Golf Club |
89 |
|
Christopher Frazier |
Sunnybrook Golf Club |
89 |
|
Don Neill |
Talamore at Oak Terrace Country Club |
89 |
|
James Zoks |
Silver Creek Country Club |
89 |
|
Charles Kercsmar |
Silver Creek Country Club |
90 |
|
Aaron Rosenzweig |
Ashbourne Country Club |
91 |
|
Albert Glander |
Links Golf Club |
92 |
|
Brian Bezark |
Lu Lu Country Club |
92 |
|
Charles Zall |
Bala Golf Club |
92 |
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J. Kenneth Croney |
Sunnybrook Golf Club |
92 |
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Donald Hoegel |
Little Mill Country Club |
93 |
|
Frank Setzman |
Edgmont Country Club |
93 |
|
Paul Watson |
Makefield Highlands Golf Club |
93 |
|
Conrad Gack |
Doylestown Country Club |
94 |
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Edward Godshall |
Reading Country Club |
94 |
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Joseph Virdone |
Philadelphia Country Club |
94 |
|
Robert Davy |
Medford Village Country Club |
94 |
|
Francis Sbandi, Esq. |
Edgmont Country Club |
96 |
|
Jeffrey Stopford |
The Springhaven Club |
96 |
|
Ralph Neild |
Edgmont Country Club |
96 |
|
Dan Ward |
DuPont Country Club |
97 |
|
Geoff Preston |
Cedarbrook Country Club |
98 |
|
Robert Zowney |
Sandy Run Country Club |
98 |
|
Ross Karnbach |
Reading Country Club |
98 |
|
James Leonard |
Chester Valley Golf Club |
99 |
|
Patrick Givey |
Philadelphia Publinks GA |
99 |
|
Richard Hazen |
Doylestown Country Club |
99 |
|
John Long |
Edgmont Country Club |
100 |
|
Robert Felter |
Lancaster Country Club |
100 |
|
Terry Radcliffe |
Lancaster Country Club |
100 |
|
William Clarke, III |
Woodbury Country Club |
101 |
|
Everett Young |
Sandy Run Country Club |
108 |
|
Joseph Marcantognini |
Silver Creek Country Club |
108 |
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Thomas Kaczor |
Yardley Country Club |
NC |
| |
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Super Senior (65 and over) |
|
Name |
Club |
Gross |
|
James O'Brien |
Cedarbrook Country Club |
82 |
|
Richard Genoni |
Waynesborough Country Club |
82 |
|
James Sherratt |
Old York Road Country Club |
83 |
|
Wade Hersperger, Jr. |
Pine Hill Golf Club |
84 |
|
Steve Duce |
Little Mill Country Club |
86 |
|
C. Robert Kiesling |
Philadelphia Publinks GA |
88 |
|
Paul Flanigan |
Aronimink Golf Club |
89 |
|
James Kennedy |
Aronimink Golf Club |
93 |
|
E. Gerald Hurst, Jr. |
Lookaway Golf Club |
98 |
|
Robert Timins |
Indian Valley Country Club |
98 |
|
Bob Manfre |
Philadelphia Publinks GA |
100 |
|
David Steele |
Lancaster Country Club |
100 |
|
Tom Glynn |
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club |
101 |
|
Joe Dowling |
Concord Country Club |
105 |
|
Robert Newell |
Hersheys Mill Golf Club |
105 |
|
Bob Antila |
Indian Valley Country Club |
106 |
|
Bob Wolf |
Fieldstone Golf Club |
115 |
|
Gus Pedicone |
Sandy Run Country Club |
WD |
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*won in playoff |
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WD-withdrawal; DQ-disqualification |
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