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| Joseph Roeder (left) congratulates Jim Kelleher following his birdie on No. 18 (par 4, 420 yards). |
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Little Mill duo stands tall in Four-Ball Stroke Play at Galloway
GALLOWAY, N.J. — Jim Kelleher and Joseph Roeder played a lot of basketball together, which isn’t surprising. Both stand a dunk-friendly 6-foot-4. But these days, golf is the sport of choice for Kelleher and Roeder, both of Little Mill Country Club.
On Tuesday, the two towered over the 80-team field in the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s 42nd Four-Ball Stroke Play Championship. They carded a stellar 7-under-par 64 at Galloway National Golf Club (par 71, 6,605 yards) to triumph. Kelleher’s putter caught fire; he made seven birdies on his own ball.
“I recently got a tip from a really good friend of mine, Eddie O’Brien,” Kelleher, 56, of Medford, N.J., said. “I used it today, and it was just one of those days where everything’s going in. The speed was perfect. The greens were quick enough that you really didn’t have to hit it hard.”
“I just enjoyed watching him. It was a treat to watch him play that way,” Roeder, 52, of Marlton, N.J., said.
The putting spectacle began on No. 1 (par 4, 395 yards), where Kelleher hit a wedge 105 yards to 15 feet for a 3. He drilled a 9-iron 120 yards to 25 feet on No. 3 (par 4, 370 yards) and watched his ensuing putt ride the right-to-left break perfectly. The Kelleher and Roeder team capped its outward tour with back-to-back birdies. Kelleher stopped a 6-iron at 10 feet on the par 3, 173-yard No. 8. He and Roeder reached the No. 9 (par 5, 515 yards) green in regulation. Roeder, eight feet inside of his partner’s golf ball, decided to putt first, hoping to show his teammate the line. It paid off as Kelleher executed a 15-footer after a sand wedge set-up from 90 yards.
The lighthearted moment on the next par 5 (No. 11, 508 yards) kept the Kelleher and Roeder team in the moment. After sending his second shot onto the bank of the water hazard, Roeder removed his shoes and socks, took his grimy stance and played his third shot.
“It actually really motivated him (Kelleher) to start playing well,” Roeder, a pilot, said jokingly. Right on cue, Kelleher powered a 3-rescue 215 yards over the green and lofted a downhill chip to 10 feet for a 4.
A pair of par saves from Roeder allowed the team to remain atop the leaderboard. On No. 13 (par 4, 425 yards), Kelleher’s drive caught the right fairway bunker. He exhausted three strokes in the extrication process and then relied on Roeder, who reached the green in regulation and executed a solid two-putt from 40 feet. Roeder converted a sand save on the par 3, 193-yard 14th hole. Kelleher’s thanks came in the form of a birdie on No. 15, where he smashed a 7-iron 145 yards to 20 feet and drained the right-to-left breaker.
“I thought I missed it right and I started walking to the ball as it was rolling. It just curved and went in,” Kelleher, a business manager for Lockheed Martin, said.
Galloway’s 18th hole (par 4, 420 yards), as any formidable closing hole does, decided the tournament’s outcome. Huntingdon Valley Country Club’s Benjamin Smith and Little Mill’s Paul Tighe, playing in the group ahead, stood at 5 under when they arrived. Smith hit a downwind wedge 125 yards to six feet and converted the birdie putt. The Kelleher and Roeder team, thinking it held a three-shot lead at the time, responded with a wild 3 of its own. Kelleher smacked an 8-iron 152 yards to 17 feet and sunk the right-to-left slider.
Kelleher and Roeder last competed in the Four-Ball Stroke Play Championship in 2007. They decided to re-enlist given the venue, which Roeder previously played. It was Kelleher’s first time on the course.
“It was great coaching him around,” Roeder said.
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Gross
|
|
Name,
club
|
Score
|
|
Joseph
Roeder/Jim Kelleher, Little Mill CC
|
64
|
|
Benjamin
Smith/Paul Tighe, Huntingdon Valley CC/Little Mill
CC
|
65
|
|
Thomas
Finn/Robert Bechtold, Back Creek GC/Fieldstone GC
|
66
|
|
Joe
April/Marc Mandel, Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
69
|
|
Timothy
Dolan/John Hubbert, III, Galloway National GC
|
69
|
|
Bradley
Cusick/Robert Arthur, Tavistock CC
|
69
|
|
John
Albertson/Steven Marcozzi, Wildwood G&CC/Stone
Harbor GC
|
69
|
|
Bill
Burke/Lewis Sofield, Sea Oaks GC
|
70
|
|
Joseph
Russo/Thomas Alestock, Laurel Creek CC/Running Deer
GC
|
70
|
|
Dave
Marshall/Andy Beittel, Trenton CC/Bala GC
|
71
|
|
Russell
Loue/Adam Warner, Merchantville CC
|
71
|
|
Alexander
Maguire, Jr./Alexander Maguire, Sr., Brookside CC
|
71
|
|
James
Braunsberg/Gerald Henderson, Blue Bell CC
|
71
|
|
Robert
Dziak/Bobby Kershner, The
Springhaven Club/Spring Ford CC
|
71
|
|
David
West/Chris Yard, Whitford CC
|
71
|
|
Pat
Curiale/Andrew Dietz, Medford Village CC/Laurel
Creek CC
|
71
|
|
Paul
Kovalcheck/Frank Kovalcheck,
Kennett Square G&CC
|
71
|
|
Reid
Carnes/Mark Kosko, Sea Oaks GC
|
72
|
|
Daniel
Mahoney/John Stepanik, Lu Lu
CC
|
72
|
|
Doug
Fedoryshyn/Bill Dwyer, Concord CC
|
72
|
|
Phil
Cillo/Matthew Gaffney, Little Mill CC
|
72
|
|
Kevin
Bair/Michael Walker, Loch Nairn GC
|
72
|
|
John
Marshalek/Mike McLane, Whitford
CC/Stone Harbor GC
|
73
|
|
James
Kaiser/David Guertler, Tavistock
CC/Laurel Creek CC
|
73
|
|
Jason
Kowalski/Robert Kowalski, Yardley CC/Philadelphia Publinks
GA
|
74
|
|
Jim
Gavaghan/Ryan Hayward, Jericho National GC
|
74
|
|
J.
Kirk Luntey/Donald Dissinger, Merion GC
|
74
|
|
Jeffrey
Zalis/Mike Dunn, Little Mill CC
|
74
|
|
Brian
Fisher/Ari Flaisher, Philadelphia Publinks GA/McCall G&CC
|
74
|
|
Neil
Gordon/John Simone, Five Ponds GC/Philmont CC
|
74
|
|
Richard
Umani/Christopher Terebesi, Honeybrook
GC
|
74
|
|
Hugh
Miller/Brian Foxx, Cherry Valley CC
|
75
|
|
Garrett
Basalyga/Dan Farragut, Cedarbrook
CC/Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
75
|
|
Tripp
Durham/George Petrellis, Blue Bell CC
|
75
|
|
Jim
Muehlbronner/Michael Shoup,
Sandy Run CC
|
76
|
|
George
Hodges/James Beam, Merion GC/Manufacturers G&CC
|
76
|
|
Andrew
Willis/Patrick Conroy, Applebrook GC/Llanerch CC
|
77
|
|
Graham
Desmond/Rich Linkchorst, GC at Glen Mills
|
77
|
|
Scott
Kim/David Lee, White Manor CC/Blue Bell CC
|
77
|
|
Marc
Bricker/Andrew LaRosa, Whitford CC
|
77
|
|
Pierce
Herbst/Paul Koelling, Greate Bay CC
|
77
|
|
Daniel
Kilpatrick/Michael Korcuba, Medford Village CC
|
77
|
|
James
Wiley/John Patton, Lu Lu CC/Little Mill CC
|
78
|
|
Matt
Bell/Alex Clark, Hidden Creek GC
|
78
|
|
William
Rolli/Kenny Engel, Jr., Philadelphia Publinks GA/North Hills CC
|
78
|
|
Matthew
Hilbush/Bob Dick, Commonwealth National GC
|
78
|
|
Jeremy
Defilippis/Jeff Ervin, Sea Oaks GC
|
78
|
|
Frank
Petrillo/Carl Danzig, Glen Oak CC
|
78
|
|
Pat
O’Neil/Steven Meyer, Commonwealth National GC
|
78
|
|
Scott
Tunis/Chris Esbenshade, Bent Creek CC
|
79
|
|
Brian
Powell/Mark Hodgson, Burlington CC
|
79
|
|
Jeff
Thomsen/Scott Carpenter, Cherry Valley CC
|
80
|
|
Arthur
Scherr/Frank Setzman,
Penn Oaks GC/Edgmont CC
|
80
|
|
Chad
Collingwood/Kevin Seese, Spring Ford CC/Huntingdon
Valley CC
|
80
|
|
Wayne
Diluigi/Fred Spratt, Running Deer GC
|
80
|
|
David
Maddock/Michael Manci,
Glen Oak CC
|
80
|
|
Richard
Riesenberg/Tom Morrison, Commonwealth National GC
|
80
|
|
Bob
Abramski/John Cech, Talamore CC/Riverton CC
|
81
|
|
John
Burchmore/Russell Baribault,
Edgmont CC/Inniscrone GC
|
81
|
|
Mark
Gerdelmann/Matthew Manfred, Blue Bell CC
|
82
|
|
Evan
Angel/John Prestwood, Edgmont
CC/St. Davids GC
|
82
|
|
Sean
Fox/Phil Dove, Laurel Creek CC
|
82
|
|
Bob
Mancini/Bob Kubica, Sea Oaks GC
|
82
|
|
Gregory
Hurchalla/Charles Hurchalla,
The Springhaven Club/Stonewall
|
83
|
|
Adam
Lubenow/John Cylc, Little
Mill CC
|
83
|
|
Richard
Turner/Mark Horner, Llanerch CC
|
83
|
|
Ron
Mittendorf/Timothy Gaughan,
Blue Bell CC
|
83
|
|
John
Filmyer/Joseph Dollinger,
Lu Lu CC
|
84
|
|
Brady
Marrone/Lin Bunting, Riverton CC/Hartefeld National
|
85
|
|
David
Lovitz/David Macesic, Lu Lu CC
|
85
|
|
Shawn
Burns/Steve Burns, Cedarbrook CC/Bellewood CC
|
86
|
|
Mark
Bond/Gary Johnson, Seaview Resort/DuPont CC
|
87
|
|
Robert
Jenkins/William Penney, Spring Ford CC
|
89
|
|
John
Siegrist/Gary Feinberg, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Hidden Creek GC
|
89
|
|
Eric
Whorral/Harold Alwood,
Jr., Old York Road CC
|
90
|
|
Tom
Paul/Jay McMenamin, Running Deer GC
|
91
|
|
Loren
Pearson/Bob Mattson, Old York Road CC
|
95
|
|
Frank
Mancini, Jr./Robert Sabat, Sea Oaks GC
|
95
|
|
Rick
Coroniti/Carmen Caruso, RiverCrest
GC/Spring Ford CC
|
96
|
|
Grant
Parnagian/Stephen Cooper, Laurel Creek CC
|
98
|
| |
|
Net
|
|
Name,
club
|
Score
|
|
Joseph
Roeder/Jim Kelleher, Little Mill CC
|
61
|
|
Timothy
Dolan/John Hubbert, III, Galloway National GC
|
64
|
|
Bill
Burke/Lewis Sofield, Sea Oaks GC
|
64
|
|
Thomas
Finn/Robert Bechtold, Back Creek GC/Fieldstone GC
|
65
|
|
John
Marshalek/Mike McLane, Whitford
CC/Stone Harbor GC
|
65
|
|
Arthur
Scherr/Frank Setzman,
Penn Oaks GC/Edgmont CC
|
65
|
|
Benjamin
Smith/Paul Tighe, Huntingdon Valley CC/Little Mill
CC
|
66
|
|
Bradley
Cusick/Robert Arthur, Tavistock CC
|
66
|
|
John
Albertson/Steven Marcozzi, Wildwood G&CC/Stone
Harbor GC
|
67
|
|
Jason
Kowalski/Robert Kowalski, Yardley CC/Philadelphia Publinks
GA
|
67
|
|
Bob
Mancini/Bob Kubica, Sea Oaks GC
|
67
|
|
Dave
Marshall/Andy Beittel, Trenton CC/Bala GC
|
68
|
|
Russell
Loue/Adam Warner, Merchantville CC
|
68
|
|
Alexander
Maguire, Jr./Alexander Maguire, Sr., Brookside CC
|
68
|
|
Reid
Carnes/Mark Kosko, Sea Oaks GC
|
68
|
|
Phil
Cillo/Matthew Gaffney, Little Mill CC
|
68
|
|
Scott
Kim/David Lee, White Manor CC/Blue Bell CC
|
68
|
|
James
Wiley/John Patton, Lu Lu CC/Little Mill CC
|
68
|
|
Robert
Dziak/Bobby Kershner, The
Springhaven Club/Spring Ford CC
|
69
|
|
Pat
Curiale/Andrew Dietz, Medford Village CC/Laurel
Creek CC
|
69
|
|
Daniel
Mahoney/John Stepanik, Lu Lu
CC
|
69
|
|
George
Hodges/James Beam, Merion GC/Manufacturers G&CC
|
69
|
|
Andrew
Willis/Patrick Conroy, Applebrook GC/Llanerch CC
|
69
|
|
Richard
Turner/Mark Horner, Llanerch CC
|
69
|
|
Joseph
Russo/Thomas Alestock, Laurel Creek CC/Running Deer
GC
|
70
|
|
James
Braunsberg/Gerald Henderson, Blue Bell CC
|
70
|
|
David
West/Chris Yard, Whitford CC
|
70
|
|
James
Kaiser/David Guertler, Tavistock
CC/Laurel Creek CC
|
70
|
|
Jim
Gavaghan/Ryan Hayward, Jericho National GC
|
70
|
|
J.
Kirk Luntey/Donald Dissinger, Merion GC
|
70
|
|
Brian
Fisher/Ari Flaisher, Philadelphia Publinks GA/McCall G&CC
|
70
|
|
Matt
Bell/Alex Clark, Hidden Creek GC
|
70
|
|
Jeremy
Defilippis/Jeff Ervin, Sea Oaks GC
|
70
|
|
Pat
O’Neil/Steven Meyer, Commonwealth National GC
|
70
|
|
Wayne
Diluigi/Fred Spratt, Running Deer GC
|
70
|
|
Richard
Riesenberg/Tom Morrison, Commonwealth National GC
|
70
|
|
Mark
Gerdelmann/Matthew Manfred, Blue Bell CC
|
70
|
|
Gregory
Hurchalla/Charles Hurchalla,
The Springhaven Club/Stonewall
|
70
|
|
Joe
April/Marc Mandel, Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
71
|
|
Kevin
Bair/Michael Walker, Loch Nairn GC
|
71
|
|
Neil
Gordon/John Simone, Five Ponds GC/Philmont CC
|
71
|
|
Garrett
Basalyga/Dan Farragut, Cedarbrook
CC/Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
71
|
|
Jim
Muehlbronner/Michael Shoup,
Sandy Run CC
|
71
|
|
Marc
Bricker/Andrew LaRosa, Whitford CC
|
71
|
|
Pierce
Herbst/Paul Koelling, Greate Bay CC
|
71
|
|
Matthew
Hilbush/Bob Dick, Commonwealth National GC
|
71
|
|
Evan
Angel/John Prestwood, Edgmont
CC/St. Davids GC
|
71
|
|
Eric
Whorral/Harold Alwood,
Jr., Old York Road CC
|
71
|
|
Paul
Kovalcheck/Frank Kovalcheck,
Kennett Square G&CC
|
72
|
|
Doug
Fedoryshyn/Bill Dwyer, Concord CC
|
72
|
|
Jeffrey
Zalis/Mike Dunn, Little Mill CC
|
72
|
|
Hugh
Miller/Brian Foxx, Cherry Valley CC
|
72
|
|
Tripp
Durham/George Petrellis, Blue Bell CC
|
72
|
|
Sean
Fox/Phil Dove, Laurel Creek CC
|
72
|
|
Mark
Bond/Gary Johnson, Seaview Resort/DuPont CC
|
72
|
|
Richard
Umani/Christopher Terebesi, Honeybrook
GC
|
73
|
|
William
Rolli/Kenny Engel, Jr., Philadelphia Publinks GA/North Hills CC
|
73
|
|
Frank
Petrillo/Carl Danzig, Glen Oak CC
|
73
|
|
Scott
Tunis/Chris Esbenshade, Bent Creek CC
|
73
|
|
Chad
Collingwood/Kevin Seese, Spring Ford CC/Huntingdon
Valley CC
|
73
|
|
Bob
Abramski/John Cech, Talamore CC/Riverton CC
|
73
|
|
John
Burchmore/Russell Baribault,
Edgmont CC/Inniscrone GC
|
73
|
|
Adam
Lubenow/John Cylc, Little
Mill CC
|
73
|
|
Robert
Jenkins/William Penney, Spring Ford CC
|
73
|
|
Graham
Desmond/Rich Linkchorst, GC at Glen Mills
|
74
|
|
Jeff
Thomsen/Scott Carpenter, Cherry Valley CC
|
74
|
|
John
Filmyer/Joseph Dollinger,
Lu Lu CC
|
74
|
|
Brady
Marrone/Lin Bunting, Riverton CC/Hartefeld National
|
74
|
|
Daniel
Kilpatrick/Michael Korcuba, Medford Village CC
|
75
|
|
Brian
Powell/Mark Hodgson, Burlington CC
|
75
|
|
David
Maddock/Michael Manci,
Glen Oak CC
|
76
|
|
Ron
Mittendorf/Timothy Gaughan,
Blue Bell CC
|
76
|
|
John
Siegrist/Gary Feinberg, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Hidden Creek GC
|
76
|
|
Tom
Paul/Jay McMenamin, Running Deer GC
|
76
|
|
Loren
Pearson/Bob Mattson, Old York Road CC
|
77
|
|
Shawn
Burns/Steve Burns, Cedarbrook CC/Bellewood CC
|
78
|
|
Rick
Coroniti/Carmen Caruso, RiverCrest
GC/Spring Ford CC
|
78
|
|
David
Lovitz/David Macesic, Lu Lu CC
|
79
|
|
Frank
Mancini, Jr./Robert Sabat, Sea Oaks GC
|
81
|
|
Grant
Parnagian/Stephen Cooper, Laurel Creek CC
|
84
|
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