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| Philadelphia Publinks GA’s Scott McNeil and Michael Brown |
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Philadelphia Publinks’ pair takes Four-Ball Stroke Play Championship
NORTH HILLS, Pa. — Philadelphia Publinks Golf Association's Michael Brown and Scott McNeil followed similiar golf trails this season. They competed in many of the same events, typically finishing within five strokes of each other. Brown and McNeil also lead comparable professional lives. They start work at 4 a.m. — Brown manages a soft pretzel factory, McNeil a parking garage in Rittenhouse Square.
So when the Golf Association of Philadelphia brought its Four-Ball Stroke Play Championship to North Hills Country Club Wednesday, Brown, who spent seven years as an assistant professional at the club, knew who to enlist as a partner.
“I’m not bashful. I’ll dig out the talent,” Brown said.
He chose wisely; Brown and McNeil carded a sensational 8-under-par 63 on the par 71, 6,350-yard layout to seize the tournament's 41st edition.
“Anytime you beat a field in Philadelphia, you did some good things,” Brown, 39, of Cheltenham, Pa., said. “Today was no different. I rode my partner most of the day and contributed a few on the second nine, so I watched most of the show.”
“It’s nice to finally get a GAP win,” McNeil, 26, of Philadelphia, Pa., said. “Hopefully, we can build off it for next year. It was a great time at a great venue. I can’t complain.”
Eight birdies left little room for complaining. Starting on the back nine, the Brown and McNeil team posted its first birdie on the par 5, 519-yard 12th hole. McNeil powered a 4-iron 215 yards to the front of the green and two-putted. He and Brown dominated the next par 5 (No. 15, 500 yards) with a pair of 4s. Brown came up short of the putting surface on his second stroke — a 4-iron from 200 yards — and left his chip three feet from the jar. McNeil hooked a 6-iron onto the green and, given Brown’s position, made a run for eagle, but watched his putt slide four feet by the cup.
The duo then used a four-birdie stretch to accelerate ahead of the 65-team field. On No. 17 (par 4, 420 yards), Brown deposited a 15-footer following a 9-iron approach, McNeil a three-footer after a sand wedge set-up. The par 4, 280-yard 18th hole — a dogleg right temptress flaunting a forward tee — prompted both players to equip 3-woods. McNeil powered his onto the practice green — a good 20 yards behind the hole location. He pitched it to 35 feet and converted a spectacular left-to-right bender.
“That was after Mike’s putt just rolled over the edge, so I had a good idea that it was going to turn like crazy right at the hole,” McNeil, who qualified for match play in this year’s U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, said. “It really started moving laterally.”
On No. 1 (par 4, 340 yards), Brown, the 2010 William Hyndman, III Player of the Year, hit a lob wedge 70 yards to eight feet for birdie. He nearly reached the par 5, 504-yard No. 2 on his second stroke with a 4-iron. An effective chip-and-putt led to a 4. Brown hit a lob wedge 82 yards to four feet for birdie on No. 5 (par 4,364 yards). The team’s red figure campaign ended on No. 8 (par 4, 430 yards), where McNeil knocked a sand wedge 114 yards to 10 feet and drained a right-to-left breaker.
Brown and McNeil will briefly go their separate ways. The two will compete in the Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Middle-Amateur Championship at The ACE Club next week. They will reunite as a team in October for the Publinks Challenges.
Medford Village Country Club's Pat Curiale and Laurel Creek Country Club's Andrew Dietz birdied five of their final nine holes to win the Net Division with a 63.
The Four-Ball Stroke Play Championship is open to players from Member Clubs with a maximum, combined handicap index of 18.0 or lower. Partners need not be members of the same club.
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 145 Member Clubs and 57,000 individual members are spread across parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. As Philadelphia’s Most Trusted Source of Golf Information, the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s mission is to promote, preserve and protect the game of golf.
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Gross
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Name, club
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Score
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Michael Brown/Scott
McNeil, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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63
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Pat Curiale/Andrew Dietz, Medford Village CC/Laurel Creek CC
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65
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Chris Anderson/Todd
Anderson, Wilmington CC
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65
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Doug Fedoryshyn/Bill Dwyer, Concord CC
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66
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Anthony Ventura/Peter
Barron, III, Greate Bay CC/Stone Harbor GC
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67
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Jalen Griffin/Dan Farragut, Talamore
CC/Philadelphia Cricket Club
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68
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John
Kennedy/Christopher Terebesi, Honeybrook GC
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69
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J. Kirk Luntey/Mark
Still, Merion GC
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70
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Andrew Strock/Michael Minter, Makefield
Highlands GC
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70
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Neil Gordon/John
Simone, Five Ponds GC/Philmont CC
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70
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Jason Barkley/Donny Wessner, Moselem Springs
GC/Golden Oaks GC
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70
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Joshua Isler/Ed Chylinski, Chester
Valley GC
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70
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Patrick Dougherty/Drew Panebianco,
Philadelphia Cricket Club/Five Ponds GC
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70
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John Aloisio/Michael Korcuba,
Running Deer GC
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70
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Adam Mastone/Mark Walker, Trump National GC - Philadelphia
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70
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Gary Yaglenski/Rob Francis, Brookside CC
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70
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Jonathan Shevlin/David Marcinowski,
North Hills CC
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71
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John Willadsen/Andrew Willadsen, Sakima CC
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71
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John Boyce/Patrick
Murray, North Hills CC
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71
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Sean Fahey/William Breskman, Overbrook GC/Rolling Green GC
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71
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Robert Dziak/Blake Slawecki,
RiverCrest GC & Preserve/Brookside CC
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71
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Bill Burke/Richard Sinopoli, Jr., Sea Oaks GC
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71
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Bob Harris/Anthony
Stephenson, Blue Bell CC
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71
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Perry Landis/Joshua
Krumholz, Moselem Springs GC
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71
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Michael Rose/Tom DiCinti, Talamore CC/Little
Mill CC
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71
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Tim Deery/Alexander Maguire, Jr., Meadia
Heights GC/Brookside CC
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72
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Ryan Kelly/Thomas
Fisher, Philadelphia Cricket Club/North Hills CC
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72
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Michael Carr/Dino
Volpi, III, Plymouth CC
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72
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James Braunsberg/Mark Czerniakowski, Blue Bell CC
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72
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David Chenard/Jim Muehlbronner, Sandy
Run CC
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72
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Drew Garis/Patrick O'Brien, North Hills CC
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72
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David Maddock/Michael Manci, Glen Oak
CC/Huntsville GC
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73
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Carl Danzig/Michael Kerzetski, Glen Oak CC
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73
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Ari Flaisher/Jeff Schmidt, McCall G&CC
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73
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Steve Ebersole/Mark Dennish, The
Ridge at Back Brook
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73
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Ben Feld/Benjamin Cooley, Green Valley CC/Huntingdon Valley
CC
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73
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Ryne Francis/Eric Householder, Brookside CC
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74
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Christopher
Kaspar/Gary Smith, Manufacturers G&CC/Huntingdon Valley CC
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74
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Steven Tuscano/Frank Tuscano, North
Hills CC
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74
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Jim Kaiser/David Guertler, Merchantville CC
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74
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Mario Canal/Mike Miklinevich, Laurel Creek CC/Greate
Bay CC
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75
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Michael Dafnis/Patrick McCusker, Jr.,
Plymouth CC
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75
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Thomas Alestock/Rocky Dare, Running Deer GC
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75
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Thomas Ritter/Paul Koelling, Greate Bay CC
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75
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Robin Roberts/Vince Dginto, Limekiln GC
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76
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Bob Ball/Matthew Shevlin, Philadelphia Cricket/North Hills CC
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76
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Jim Braunsberg/Jeff
Rittenhouse, Blue Bell CC
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76
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Chad Collingwood/Kevin
Seese, Spring Ford CC/Talamore
CC
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77
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James Wiley/John
Patton, Lu Lu CC/Little Mill CC
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77
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Joe Warusz/Richard Speranza, Jericho National GC
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78
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David Kearney/Gerald
Barr, Lehigh CC
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79
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Jules Quinones/Bob Hillen, Blue Bell CC/North Hills CC
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79
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Andy Green/Kevin
Logue, DuPont CC/Huntingdon Valley CC
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80
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Robert Link/Thomas Mallouk, Five Ponds GC/Lookaway
GC
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80
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John Thach/Anthony Cottone, Waynesborough CC
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81
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Jason Kowalski/Robert
Kowalski, Yardley CC/Philadelphia Publinks GA
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81
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Thomas Grimac/Brian Minemier, Tavistock CC/Burlington CC
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82
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William
Johnston/Gilbert Golding, Commonwealth National GC
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82
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Jeff Abbott/Richard
Turner, Fieldstone GC/Edgmont CC
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83
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Mike Connell/Don Skahan, Downingtown CC/GC at Glen Mills
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84
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Rick Ames/Robert Agran, Philadelphia Publinks
GA/Reading CC
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88
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Robert Jenkins/Carmen
Caruso, Spring Ford CC
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92
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John Quirk/Jack Quirk,
Huntingdon Valley CC
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WD
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Net
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Name, club
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Score
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Pat Curiale/Andrew Dietz, Medford Village CC/Laurel Creek CC
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63
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Michael Brown/Scott
McNeil, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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64
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Chris Anderson/Todd
Anderson, Wilmington CC
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64
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Doug Fedoryshyn/Bill Dwyer, Concord CC
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65
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Gary Yaglenski/Rob Francis, Brookside CC
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65
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Jonathan Shevlin/David Marcinowski,
North Hills CC
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66
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Steven Tuscano/Frank Tuscano, North
Hills CC
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66
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Anthony Ventura/Peter
Barron, III, Greate Bay CC/Stone Harbor GC
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67
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John Willadsen/Andrew Willadsen, Sakima CC
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67
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John Boyce/Patrick
Murray, North Hills CC
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67
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Robert Dziak/Blake Slawecki, RiverCrest
GC & Preserve/Brookside CC
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67
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Chad Collingwood/Kevin
Seese, Spring Ford CC/Talamore
CC
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67
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Jalen Griffin/Dan Farragut, Talamore
CC/Philadelphia Cricket Club
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68
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J. Kirk Luntey/Mark
Still, Merion GC
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68
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Neil Gordon/John
Simone, Five Ponds GC/Philmont CC
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68
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Joshua Isler/Ed Chylinski, Chester
Valley GC
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68
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Bill Burke/Richard Sinopoli, Jr., Sea Oaks GC
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68
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Bob Harris/Anthony
Stephenson, Blue Bell CC
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68
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David Chenard/Jim Muehlbronner, Sandy
Run CC
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68
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Thomas Ritter/Paul Koelling, Greate Bay CC
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68
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Drew Garis/Patrick O'Brien, North Hills CC
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69
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Carl Danzig/Michael Kerzetski, Glen Oak CC
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69
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Ari Flaisher/Jeff Schmidt, McCall G&CC
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69
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John
Kennedy/Christopher Terebesi, Honeybrook GC
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70
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Andrew Strock/Michael Minter, Makefield
Highlands GC
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70
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Patrick Dougherty/Drew Panebianco,
Philadelphia Cricket Club/Five Ponds GC
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70
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John Aloisio/Michael Korcuba,
Running Deer GC
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70
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Sean Fahey/William Breskman, Overbrook GC/Rolling Green GC
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70
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Tim Deery/Alexander Maguire, Jr., Meadia
Heights GC/Brookside CC
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70
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Michael Carr/Dino
Volpi, III, Plymouth CC
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70
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Steve Ebersole/Mark Dennish, The
Ridge at Back Brook
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70
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Mario Canal/Mike Miklinevich, Laurel Creek CC/Greate
Bay CC
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70
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Robin Roberts/Vince Dginto, Limekiln GC
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70
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Robert Link/Thomas Mallouk, Five Ponds GC/Lookaway
GC
|
70
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John Thach/Anthony Cottone, Waynesborough CC
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70
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Jason Barkley/Donny Wessner, Moselem Springs
GC/Golden Oaks GC
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71
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Perry Landis/Joshua
Krumholz, Moselem Springs GC
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71
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Michael Rose/Tom DiCinti, Talamore CC/Little
Mill CC
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71
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Ryan Kelly/Thomas
Fisher, Philadelphia Cricket Club/North Hills CC
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71
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David Maddock/Michael Manci, Glen Oak
CC/Huntsville GC
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71
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Jim Kaiser/David Guertler, Merchantville CC
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71
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James Wiley/John
Patton, Lu Lu CC/Little Mill CC
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71
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Jeff Abbott/Richard
Turner, Fieldstone GC/Edgmont CC
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71
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Adam Mastone/Mark Walker, Trump National GC - Philadelphia
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72
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James Braunsberg/Mark Czerniakowski, Blue Bell CC
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72
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Michael Dafnis/Patrick McCusker, Jr.,
Plymouth CC
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72
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Bob Ball/Matthew Shevlin, Philadelphia Cricket/North Hills CC
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72
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Ryne Francis/Eric Householder, Brookside CC
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73
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Thomas Alestock/Rocky Dare, Running Deer GC
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73
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Jim Braunsberg/Jeff
Rittenhouse, Blue Bell CC
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73
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David Kearney/Gerald
Barr, Lehigh CC
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73
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Jules Quinones/Bob Hillen, Blue Bell CC/North Hills CC
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73
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Andy Green/Kevin
Logue, DuPont CC/Huntingdon Valley CC
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73
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William
Johnston/Gilbert Golding, Commonwealth National GC
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73
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Mike Connell/Don Skahan, Downingtown CC/GC at Glen Mills
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73
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Joe Warusz/Richard Speranza, Jericho National GC
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74
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Jason Kowalski/Robert
Kowalski, Yardley CC/Philadelphia Publinks GA
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74
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Ben Feld/Benjamin Cooley, Green Valley CC/Huntingdon Valley
CC
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75
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Christopher
Kaspar/Gary Smith, Manufacturers G&CC/Huntingdon Valley CC
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75
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Robert Jenkins/Carmen
Caruso, Spring Ford CC
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76
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Thomas Grimac/Brian Minemier, Tavistock CC/Burlington CC
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77
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Rick Ames/Robert Agran, Philadelphia Publinks
GA/Reading CC
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77
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John Quirk/Jack Quirk,
Huntingdon Valley CC
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WD
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WD-withdrawal
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