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| Jeff Osberg of Huntingdon Valley Country Club equaled the medalist scoring record in relation to par at Tuesday's 115th BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship. (Above) He drains a birdie putt on No. 5 (par 5, 550 yards) at Llanerch Country Club. |
HVCC's Osberg medals at 115th BMW Philadelphia Amateur
HAVERTOWN, Pa.–Jeff Osberg opened his title defense with a record-tying score in the BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship Qualifier on Tuesday. Osberg carded a pair of 68s, first at Llanerch Country Club (par 71, 6,574 yards) and then Rolling Green Golf Club (par 71, 6,922 yards), to finish 6 under, equaling the lowest Amateur qualifying score in relation to par.
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By virtue of his medalist performance, Osberg, of Huntingdon Valley Country Club, is seeded No. 1 for the 115th BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship. Match play begins tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. at Llanerch. Osberg faces clubmate Ben Cooley, who survived a playoff, in the opening round. Spectators are welcome.
The cut line fell at 150. The playoff was 13 players for nine qualifying spots.
Cole Berman, 19, of Philadelphia Cricket Club, who was the only other player to finish in red figures at 3 under, is seeded second. He’ll face Evan Galbreath of Philmont Country Club.
Osberg, 30, of Bryn Mawr, Pa., is the first medalist from Huntingdon Valley since David Brookreson earned the distinction in 1995.
He began his day at Llanerch in the morning on No. 10 and carded nine straight pars before finally finding his putting touch after the turn. He bogeyed No. 1 (par 4, 400 yards) after finding the right greenside bunker to fall to 1 over before birdying his next four holes. On No. 2 (par 4, 410 yards), he knocked a sand wedge from 98 yards to the back edge and drained a 15 footer; on No. 3 (par 4, 437 yards) knocked a 9-iron to eight feet; almost holed a 9-iron on No. 4 (par 3, 178 yards) when his tee shot stopped four inches shy of the hole and on the par 5, 5th (550 yards) made a nice sand save from the back bunker with a 10 footer for par. He bogeyed No. 8 (par 3, 204 yards) after missing the green with his drive but reached No. 9 (par 5, 487 yards) in two shots, actually just over in the rough, and chipped up to a foot.
After the morning wave at both clubs, Osberg and Rodney James of Golden Oaks Golf Club shared the top spot on the leaderboard.
“I was really looking to go and play two solid rounds of golf and get a spot for tomorrow and kind of take it the way I did last year which is get into match play and see how far I can take it,” said Osberg. “It’s exciting. I have never been medalist before [in this event]. Obviously it’s quite an honor. There are a lot of great names [who have been medalist].”
At Rolling Green in the afternoon, Osberg made eight pars and a birdie on his front nine. He sandwiched a birdie on No. 12 (par 4, 360 yards) between two early bogeys early on the back side before finishing with red numbers on three of his final four holes. He birdied No. 15 (par 4, 380 yards) when he hit an 8-iron from 147 yards to 15 feet and made two short up-and-down birdie putts on the closing par 5s (No. 17, 500 yards and No. 18, 526 yards) after just about reaching both in two shots.
The last player to successfully defend the Amateur title was Chris Lange of Overbrook Golf Club in 1993-94.
“That’s the history I’ll be looking for, to join Chris Lange as a repeat champion,” said Osberg. “It’s off to a good start. It’s an honor to be medalist but I’m one of 32 players tomorrow. Hopefully, the week is far from over for me.”
Michael McDermott was the last defending champion to earn medalist honors the following year. He won the Amateur in 2013 and was medalist last year at White Manor.
Osberg equaled the qualifying scoring record of Christian Bartolacci of Jericho National Golf Club and Clint Deibert of Doylestown Country Club. In 2002, Bartolacci posted a 135 at Riverton Country Club (par 71) and Torresdale-Frankford Country Club (par 70). In 2006, Deibert posted a 6 under at Huntingdon Valley Country Club (par 70) and, again, Torresdale-Frankford (par 70).
NOTES–Past Amateur Champions Brian Gillespie (2001) of St. Davids Golf Club and Conrad Von Borsig (2009) of Philadelphia Cricket Club advanced from the playoff into the match play field. Past champions Michael Hyland (2000, 2011) of Little Mill Country Club and Michael McDermott (2008, 2013) of Merion Golf Club also made it to Day 2 … a total of 133 players started the day … this is the fourth time Llanerch Country Club will serve as the main site for the BMW Philadelphia Amateur. The last time the Alexander Findlay design hosted the Association’s oldest event was 1998, when Andy Thompson of Overbrook Golf Club earned the J. Wood Platt Trophy. Prior, the Amateur visited Llanerch twice in the 1930s, in 1931 (Robert H. Albertus, CC of Lansdowne) and in 1934 (William H. Goeckler, Whitemarsh Valley Country Club).
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The BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship is the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s premier event. Participants must first advance through a one day, 36-hole stroke play qualifier to gain one of 32 available match play positions. Those who qualify for match play must advance through four matches in two days to reach the Amateur Final, which is typically held on the Saturday of Father’s Day weekend. The winner receives the J. Wood Platt Trophy; its namesake holds a record-seven Amateur Championship titles.
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Qualifiers
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Name,
club
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R1-R2-Total
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Jeff
Osberg, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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68L-68R–136
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Cole
Berman, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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70R-69L–139
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Benjamin
Smith, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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73L-69R–142
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Christopher
Crawford, Spring Mill Country Club
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70R-72L–142
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Christopher
Fuga, Overbrook Golf Club
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73R-69L–142
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Chris
Lange, Jr., Overbrook Golf Club
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73L-70R–143
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Michael
Davis, Aronimink Golf Club
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71R-73L–144
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Aaron
Fricke, Honeybrook Golf Club
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75L-69R–144
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Rodney
James, Golden Oaks Golf Club
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68R-77L–145
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Brian
McDermott, Llanerch Country Club
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70R-75L–145
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Patrick
Ross, Huntsville Golf Club
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73R-72L–145
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Ryan
Siegler, Makefield
Highlands Golf Club
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71R-74L–145
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#John
Brennan, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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76L-70R–146
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Daniel
Furman, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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76R-70L–146
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Jalen Griffin, Talamore Country Club
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74L-72R–146
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David
West, Whitford Country Club
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72L-75R–147
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Michael
McDermott, Merion Golf Club
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76L-71R–147
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Kyle
Martin, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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71R-76L–147
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Ryan
Gelrod, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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78L-70R–148
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Robert
Savarese, Jr., Philadelphia Cricket Club
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72R-76L–148
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R.J.
Wren, Applecross Country Club
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73L-75R–148
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P.J.
Acierno, Sandy Run Country Club
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69R-79L–148
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Michael
Hyland, Little Mill Country Club
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75R-74L–149
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Justin
Hare, Five Ponds Golf Club
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74L-75R–149
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*Zachary
Herr, Jericho National Golf Club
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74L-76R–150
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*Brian
Gillespie, St. Davids Golf Club
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77L-73R–150
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*Benjamin
Cooley, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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72R-78L–150
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*Evan
Galbreath, Philmont
Country Club
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75R-75L–150
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*Chris
Storck, LedgeRock Golf
Club
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78R-72L–150
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*Scott
McNeil, Bala Golf Club
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76L-74R–150
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*Brian
Dempster, Mercer Oaks Golf Course
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77R-73L–150
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*John
Samaha, Old York Road Country Club
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73L-77R–150
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*Conrad
Von Borsig, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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78L-72R–150
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Failed
to qualify
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*Joe
Kerrigan, Jr., Llanerch Country Club
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76L-74R–150
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*David
Liotta, Whitemarsh Valley
Country Club
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71R-79L–150
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*Joshua
Isler, Chester Valley Golf Club
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75R-75L–150
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*James
Kania, Jr., Overbrook Golf Club
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75R-75L–150
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Michael
R. Brown, Links Golf Club
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78L-73R–151
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Ben
Feld, Green Valley Country Club
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78L-73R–151
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Carlos
Fullerton, Brookside CC of Allentown
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75R-76L–151
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Carey
Bina, Radnor Valley Country Club
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78L-73R–151
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Vincent
Kwon, Little Mill Country Club
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75L-76R–151
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Kyle
Vance, GAP Junior Players Club
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78L-73R–151
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Geoffrey
Cooper, North Hills Country Club
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75L-77R–152
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Peter
Barron, III, Stone Harbor Golf Club
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75R-77L–152
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Matthew
Gaffney, Little Mill Country Club
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74R-78L–152
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Alex
Blickle, LedgeRock Golf
Club
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75L-77R–152
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Cody
Dazen, Tavistock Country
Club
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76R-76L–152
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David
Waxman, Little Mill Country Club
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75R-77L–152
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Brendan
Worthy, Merion Golf Club
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74R-78L–152
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Brandon
Murdock, Llanerch Country Club
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71R-81L–152
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Glenn
Smeraglio, Mercer Oaks Golf Course
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77L-76R–153
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Jack
Wallace, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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78L-75R–153
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Scott
McLaughlin, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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80L-73R–153
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Steve
Oh, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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73L-80R–153
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Mariano
Medico, Fox Hill Country Club
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74L-79R–153
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Dan
Arison, Applebrook Golf
Club
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77L-76R–153
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Blaine
Lafferty, Burlington Country Club
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80L-73R–153
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Serge
Hogg, RiverWinds Golf & Tennis Club
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78R-75L–153
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Matthew
Teesdale, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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73L-81R–154
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Bill
Jeremiah, Bidermann Golf Club
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75R-79L–154
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Joseph
Fabrizio, Jr., Aronimink
Golf Club
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80R-74L–154
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Matt
Cocco, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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74R-80L–154
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Grant
Skyllas, LedgeRock Golf
Club
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75L-79R–154
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Russell
Hill, Old York CC at Chesterfield
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76R-78L–154
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Doug
Fedoryshyn, Concord Country Club
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81L-73R–154
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Robert
Good, Merion Golf Club
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75R-79L–154
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Trey
Croney, Overbrook Golf Club
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75L-79R–154
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Thomas
Lindberg, St. Davids Golf Club
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84L-70R–154
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Ashley
Brasfield, Rolling Green Golf Club
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75R-79L–154
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Oscar
Mestre, Overbrook Golf Club
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80L-75R–155
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Bo
Maguire, Brookside Country Club
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78R-77L–155
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David
Shields, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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81L-74R–155
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Robert
Bechtold, Fieldstone Golf Club
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75L-80R–155
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Raymond
Thompson, Overbrook Golf Club
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78R-77L–155
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Daniel
Altieri, Hopewell Valley Golf Club
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81L-74R–155
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Evan
Thornton, LedgeRock Golf Club
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78R-77L–155
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James
Gillespie, Wedgwood Country Club
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76R-79L–155
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Daniel
Feeney, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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75L-80R–155
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Matthew
Crescenzo, Philmont Country
Club
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78R-77L–155
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Tyler
Sokolis, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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78L-77R–155
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Ryan
Bree, Fieldstone Golf Club
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74R-81L–155
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P.
Chet Walsh, Philadelphia Country Club
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76R-80L–156
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Stephen
Dressel, St. Davids Golf
Club
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76R-80L–156
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Jimmy
Wolfe, Bellewood Country Club
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79L-77R–156
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Sam
Soeth, White Manor Country Club
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74R-82L–156
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Dan
Rudershausen, Kennett Square Golf & Country
Club
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77L-79R–156
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Sean
McCauley, Jr., Galloway National Golf Club
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76L-80R–156
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Peter
Moran, Edgmont Country Club
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78L-79R–157
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Alexander
Hicks, Wildwood Golf & Country Club
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73R-84L–157
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#Michael
Rogers, Llanerch Country Club
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76R-81L–157
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Dan
Bernard, Aronimink Golf Club
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79R-78L–157
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Brett
Cybulski, Merchantville Country Club
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76L-81R–157
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Sean
Semenetz, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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78R-79L–157
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Anthony
Sebastianelli, Glen Oak Country Club
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80L-77R–157
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Mark
Coassolo, Brookside CC of Allentown
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79L-79R–158
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Michael
Carr, Plymouth Country Club
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79L-79R–158
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Liam
McAnally, Applecross
Country Club
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81R-77L–158
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Jonathan
Radick, Northampton Valley Country Club
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78R-80L–158
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Joe
Visalli, White Clay Creek Country Club
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77R-81L–158
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Michael
Johnson, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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77R-82L–159
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Alex
Kane, Radley Run Country Club
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82L-77R–159
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Andrew
Jaskel, Union League Golf Club at Torresdale
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78L-81R–159
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Brian
Malley, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
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79R-80L–159
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Michael
Quinn, Edgmont Country Club
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82L-78R–160
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Rand
Mendez, Fieldstone Golf Club
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85L-75R–160
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Michael
Cook, Applebrook Golf Club
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79L-81R–160
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Jason
Loehrs, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
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86L-74R–160
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Mark
Hill, Rolling Green Golf Club
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80R-80L–160
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Chris
Esbenshade, Bent Creek Country Club
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81L-80R–161
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Thomas
Hyland, Little Mill Country Club
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79L-82R–161
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Eamon Marone, Northampton Country Club
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82R-79L–161
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Connor
Sharp, Union League Golf Club at Torresdale
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81L-81R–162
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Cole
McCook, Applecross Country Club
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85L-78R–163
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Kevin
McDermott, Llanerch Country Club
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83R-81L–164
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Michael
Zieg, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
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79R-85L–164
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Blake
Hinckley, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
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81L-83R–164
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Thomas
Lewis, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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87L-77R–164
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Fraser
Graham, Rolling Green Golf Club
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82R-83L–165
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Dawson
Anders, Indian Valley Country Club
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78R-88L–166
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Jon-Michael
Socaris, Broad Run Golfers Club
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83L-84R–167
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Marc
Mandel, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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85L-83R–168
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Nick
Calabrese, Edgmont Country Club
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86L-82R–168
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Joseph
Hughes, Little Mill Country Club
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88R-80L–168
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Michael
Dafnis, Plymouth Country Club
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83R-86L–169
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Chris
McCann, Skippack Golf Club at Evansburg State Park
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81R-88L–169
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Gary
McCabe, Jr., RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve
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89L-81R–170
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Brian
Winters, Spring Ford Country Club
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86R-87L–173
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Sean
Coyle, Llanerch Country Club
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78R-DQL–DQ
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Ryan
Worthy, Merion Golf Club
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74R-WDL–WD
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Bobby
Kershner, Spring Ford Country Club
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78R-WDL–WD
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Jim
Engler, Sea Oaks Golf Club
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83L-WDR–WD
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*-determined
in playoff
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#Silver
Cross score only
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L-Llanerch Country Club;R-Rolling Green Golf Club
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DQ-disqualification;
WD-withdrawal
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