*Second-round tee times
*Senior Silver Cross Standings
*Super-Senior Silver Cross Standings
Overbrook GC’s Thompson tops Senior leaderboard; looks for sweep
PAOLI, Pa.–Ray Thompson of Overbrook GC moved to within a round of sweeping all three Golf Association of Philadelphia Senior Major tournaments after opening the 37th Senior Amateur Championship on Wednesday at Waynesborough CC (par 71, 6,625 yards) in 1-under-par 70. The 55-year-old, who already holds the organization’s 2007 Warner Cup and Chapman Cup titles, is looking to become the first individual in the Association’s history to possess all three titles simultaneously.
The Warner Cup is the oldest of the Championships, dating back to 1933.
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| ED CHYLINSKI |
"It’s crossed my mind definitely," said Thompson of possibly pulling off the rare feat. "That would be huge. I don’t know if anyone has ever done that before. It would be a nice accomplishment."
Thompson begins the Senior Amateur’s second and final round three strokes clear of his nearest pursuers, Ed Chylinski of Chester Valley GC; Hugh Kenworthy, III of Gulph Mills GC and Frank Treml of Sandy Run CC. A field of 122 players started the day.
The final group of Chylinski, Kenworthy and Thompson will begin their final 18 holes at 1:20 p.m. tomorrow. Second-round tee times begin at 7:30 a.m.
The red-hot Thompson, who also captured the State Senior Amateur Championship as well as his 10th Overbrook GC Club Championship in the past couple of weeks, opened in style on Wednesday.
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Frank Treml of Sandy Run CC
saves par on No. 8. |
The Drexel Hill resident started with three birdies and just missed two others on the ensuing two holes. He hit a sand wedge from 87 yards to eight feet on No. 1 (par 4, 356 yards); knocked a 7-iron from 160 yards to six feet on No. 2 (par 4, 402 yards) and lobbed a pitching wedge to three feet on No. 3 (par 4, 416 yards).
Was it going to be a round to remember?
"It crossed my mind but I was probably getting ahead of myself," said Thompson, when asked if he thought this was going to be a really low round after such a fantastic beginning. "That was probably a mistake. I’m always looking to make a statement but I’m not sure it always works out that way."
A pair of three-putt bogeys on Nos. 6 (par 3, 199 yards) and 11 (par 4, 397 yards) followed but Thompson righted the ship on No. 12 (par 4, 335 yards) with a sand wedge from 47 yards to 15 feet for birdie.
That was just the start of Thompson’s adventurous back nine. A side in which he carded four bogeys, three birdies and only two pars.
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Ray Thompson shakes hands
with fellow competitor Dan
Burton after the round. |
"It is what it is," said Thompson.
He bogeyed No. 13 (par 4, 396 yards) when he failed to get up-and-down from the left greenside rough but followed with another birdie on No. 14 (par 3, 147 yards) with a 9-iron to three feet. Two more bogeys followed as a result of two poor approach shots, but Thompson responded with a birdie on No. 17 (par 3, 176 yards) with a 7-iron to three feet.
"Everyone would like to take it as low as they can," said Thompson, who carded the day’s lone under-par round. "I wasn’t just trying to guide it around, I was looking to go it as low as I could."
Treml, like the others, knows overtaking Thompson will be a daunting task tomorrow.
"I’ll just play my own game," said Treml, 58, of Skippack, Pa. "He deserves everything he’s getting."
Chylinski, 57, is from King of Prussia, Pa., and Kenworthy, 60, is a resident of Newtown Square, Pa.
The Senior Amateur also serves as the final two rounds of the Senior Silver Cross (the aggregate score in the Warner Cup, Chapman Cup and Senior Amateur). Thompson holds an overwhelming 11-shot lead in that competition.
David Brookreson of Huntingdon Valley CC has captured all three prior Senior Silver Cross titles. Brookreson, however, who qualified for the U.S. Senior Amateur at Flint Hills National GC in Andover, Kan., starting on Sept. 1, is not competing in this year’s Senior Amateur due to that competition.
Super-Senior Division
Robert Proto of Little Mill CC carded an even-par 71 (6,038 yards) and holds a two-shot advantage on Jay Howson, Jr., of St. Davids GC and Joseph Scott, Jr., of Kennett Square G&CC. Proto birdied his final hole to secure the top spot as he looks for his first Super-Senior Division title.
The 69-year-old resident of Medford, N.J., is a past Senior Amateur Championship titleholder, though. He took that crown in 2001.
Founded in 1897, the Golf Association of Philadelphia (GAP) is the oldest regional golf association in the United States and serves as the principal ruling body of amateur golf in its region. Its 135 Member Clubs and 60,000 individual members are spread across parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. The purpose of the Association is simple: To promote, protect and preserve the game of golf in the region.
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Senior Division |
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Name |
Club |
Total |
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Raymond Thompson |
Overbrook Golf Club |
70 |
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Ed Chylinski |
Chester Valley Golf Club |
73 |
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Frank Treml |
Sandy Run Country Club |
73 |
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Hugh Kenworthy, III |
Gulph Mills Golf Club |
73 |
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Charles Jones |
Philadelphia Publinks GA |
74 |
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Francis McFadden |
Overbrook Golf Club |
74 |
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Matthew Bellis |
Commonwealth National Golf Club |
74 |
|
Thomas Bartolacci, Jr. |
Saucon Valley Country Club |
74 |
|
Bo Dixon |
Gulph Mills Golf Club |
74 |
|
Terry Fair |
RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve |
74 |
|
Andy Thompson |
Overbrook Golf Club |
75 |
|
Bob Majczan |
Lookaway Golf Club |
75 |
|
Craig Scott |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
75 |
|
Don Donatoni |
White Manor Country Club |
75 |
|
Neil McDermott |
Llanerch Country Club |
75 |
|
Stephen Daley |
Lu Lu Country Club |
75 |
|
James Prendergast |
Spring Ford Country Club |
76 |
|
John Gonsior |
The ACE Club |
76 |
|
Michael Egan |
Lookaway Golf Club |
76 |
|
Robin McCool |
Saucon Valley Country Club |
76 |
|
Thomas DiCinti |
Little Mill Country Club |
76 |
|
William Vostinak |
Lehigh Country Club |
76 |
|
Frank Polizzi |
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club |
76 |
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George Carr |
Running Deer Golf Club |
76 |
|
Thomas O'Rourke |
Chester Valley Golf Club |
76 |
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William Lawler |
Fox Hill Country Club |
76 |
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James Sullivan, Sr. |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
77 |
|
Michael Dougherty |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
77 |
|
Ted Beringer |
Philadelphia Country Club |
77 |
|
Art Brosius |
DuPont Country Club |
77 |
|
Charles McClaskey |
Wyncote Golf Club |
77 |
|
Daniel Burton |
Bent Creek Country Club |
78 |
|
Donald Mackelcan |
Wilmington Country Club |
78 |
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Jack Holland |
Whitford Country Club |
78 |
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Lee Cook |
Laurel Creek Country Club |
78 |
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Robert Billings |
Rolling Green Golf Club |
78 |
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Thomas Mallouk |
Lookaway Golf Club |
78 |
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Michael Rose |
Philmont Country Club |
78 |
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Chuck Wilkins |
Little Mill Country Club |
79 |
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Michael Quinn |
Edgmont Country Club |
79 |
|
Roc Irey |
Cedarbrook Country Club |
79 |
|
Frank Kunze |
Spring Ford Country Club |
79 |
|
Eugene Maginnis, Jr. |
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club |
80 |
|
Carl Everett |
Merion Golf Club |
80 |
|
Carlyle Robinson |
Fox Hill Country Club |
80 |
|
Gibby Young |
Hartefeld National |
80 |
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James Haynie |
Lu Lu Country Club |
80 |
|
David Taylor |
Radley Run Country Club |
81 |
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Donald Ashley |
Philadelphia Country Club |
81 |
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Michael Nilon |
Philadelphia Country Club |
81 |
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Richard Speranza |
Jericho National Golf Club |
81 |
|
Ron Ryll |
Jericho National Golf Club |
81 |
|
Charles Caparo |
Plymouth Country Club |
81 |
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Charles McDowell |
Wilmington Country Club |
81 |
|
John Rowe |
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club |
81 |
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Michael Rowland |
Lehigh Country Club |
81 |
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Michael Sofranko |
Wyncote Golf Club |
81 |
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Andy Goldman |
Philadelphia Cricket Club |
82 |
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Dave Jacobson |
JC Melrose Country Club |
82 |
|
David Kearney |
Lehigh Country Club |
82 |
|
David Swiderski |
Merchantville Country Club |
82 |
|
Wally Swiger |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
82 |
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Jon Mabry |
Moorestown Field Club |
82 |
|
Naz Gagliardi |
Philadelphia Publinks GA |
82 |
|
Andrew Guinan |
Applebrook Golf Club |
83 |
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Joel McFadden |
Philadelphia Publinks GA |
83 |
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Willard Woolbert |
Philadelphia Cricket Club |
83 |
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Dennis Perna |
Spring Ford Country Club |
83 |
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John Snyder |
Waynesborough Country Club |
83 |
|
Martin Klagholz |
Rolling Green Golf Club |
84 |
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Steve Broome |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
84 |
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Charles Johanson |
Philadelphia Cricket Club |
85 |
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James Coleman |
Rolling Green Golf Club |
85 |
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Larry Paster |
Philmont Country Club |
85 |
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John Siegrist |
Manufacturers Golf & Country Club |
85 |
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Stephan Whitenack |
Philadelphia Cricket Club |
85 |
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John Pagana |
Huntsville Golf Club |
86 |
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Jeb Baker |
DuPont Country Club |
87 |
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Leonard Travagline |
Makefield Highlands Golf Club |
87 |
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Robert Murphy |
Wilmington Country Club |
87 |
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Byron Milner |
Overbrook Golf Club |
87 |
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James Barron |
Hartefeld National |
88 |
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Jay McLaughlin |
Stone Harbor Golf Club |
88 |
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Gregory Gaul |
Merion Golf Club |
90 |
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Charles Whipple |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
91 |
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Thomas O'Rourke |
Moorestown Field Club |
92 |
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J. Peter Pierce |
Philadelphia Country Club |
92 |
|
Joseph Virdone |
Philadelphia Country Club |
94 |
|
Ken Gaskill |
Philadelphia Publinks GA |
DQ |
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Thomas Kaczor |
Yardley Country Club |
WD |
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Super-Senior Division |
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Name |
Club |
Total |
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Robert Proto |
Little Mill Country Club |
71 |
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Jay Howson, Jr. |
St. Davids Golf Club |
73 |
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Joseph Scott, Jr. |
Kennett Square Golf & Country Club |
73 |
|
Curt Fromal |
The Springhaven Club |
75 |
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Richard Smith |
Philadelphia Country Club |
77 |
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Bill Wolhar |
Wilmington Country Club |
78 |
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Jim Callaghan |
Rolling Green Golf Club |
78 |
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John O'Sullivan |
Phoenixville Country Club |
79 |
|
Warren Deakins |
Philadelphia Country Club |
79 |
|
Bill Weinfeld |
JC Melrose Country Club |
80 |
|
James Sherratt |
Old York Road Country Club |
80 |
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Jay Kocher |
Wilmington Country Club |
80 |
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Larry Loughner |
Bent Creek Country Club |
80 |
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Charles Carter |
Sunnybrook Golf Club |
81 |
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Herbert Gordon |
Doylestown Country Club |
81 |
|
Ernest Eichenberg, III |
Waynesborough Country Club |
82 |
|
G. Clay von Seldeneck |
Sunnybrook Golf Club |
82 |
|
Harvey McCumber |
Wilmington Country Club |
82 |
|
John Owens |
Tavistock Country Club |
82 |
|
Richard Genoni |
Waynesborough Country Club |
82 |
|
Walter Lenhard, III |
Stonewall |
82 |
|
A. Fred Rudy, Jr. |
Lancaster Country Club |
83 |
|
Ben Sack |
Overbrook Golf Club |
83 |
|
Robert Bower |
Merion Golf Club |
84 |
|
William Cummins |
Jericho National Golf Club |
84 |
|
Richard Kenville |
Burlington Country Club |
85 |
|
Eric Norlin |
Coatesville Country Club |
87 |
|
Edward Noble |
Tavistock Country Club |
89 |
|
R. Lamar Kilgore |
Stonewall |
89 |
|
Donald Hoegel |
Little Mill Country Club |
91 |
|
Barry Kimes |
Coatesville Country Club |
NS |
|
Curtis Young |
Merion Golf Club |
WD |
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WD-withdrawal; NS-no show; DQ-disqualification |
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