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| Kevin Sarlo and Drew Guarino defeated two teams in a sudden-death playoff. |
Guarino, Sarlo prevail in playoff for Four-Ball title at Laurel Creek
MT. LAUREL, N.J. — Kevin Sarlo converted a right-to-left breaking 15-footer for birdie on the first playoff hole to give him and Drew Guarino the 45th Four-Ball Stroke Play Championship title Thursday at Laurel Creek Country Club (par 71, 6,396 yards). The two defeated Tavistock Country Club’s Tom Gramigna and Jamie Slonis, as well as Five Ponds Golf Club’s Drew Panebianco and Hidden Creek Golf Club’s Charles Scalzott, on No. 1 (par 4, 380 yards) in overtime.
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All three teams finished regulation tied at 7-under-par 64. The event’s format is better-ball of partners.
“My heart was pumping a little bit,” Sarlo, 22, said of the first playoff hole. “It was nice to see Drew knock one in there close before me. The putt had about a foot and a half of break. I was more nervous watching the four other guys go ahead of me and all come within centimeters [of the cup]. It was nice to see [my birdie] go in.”
Prior to the triumphant birdie, Sarlo, a Burlington Country Club member, briefly searched for his drive, thinking it settled somewhere in the right rough. He found it deeply plugged in the fairway, some 20 yards from the hole location. Intermittent showers throughout the day caused soft conditions. Guarino nestled a wedge 30 yards to seven feet above the hole location. He didn’t need to see the putt through.
"This was my first round in a month,” Guarino, 20, said. “He kept me going in the beginning and then I found something. We took off from there.”
Gramigna and Slonis, playing in the day’s first group, set the scoring benchmark. An eagle-birdie finish in regulation gave the Guarino and Sarlo team, which started on the back nine, a fighting chance.
On the tempting No. 8 (par 4, 314 yards), Sarlo, sensing a need for heroics, debated driver. The inner-dialogue didn’t last long after Guarino found the fairway. Sarlo, a killer instinct intact, powered a drive onto the green.
“We knew the lead was 7 under, so I figured why waste an opportunity. I swung pretty good at it, took it right over the trees,” Sarlo said. He converted a left-to-right breaking 17-footer for eagle.
The Burlington, N.J. residents stepped to the par 5, 529-yard No. 9 with eagle and outright victory prospects. Things appeared promising once Guarino hammered a 4-iron 200 yards to 35 feet. However, he ran the eagle try five feet by and made the comebacker. Prior to the thrilling conclusion, the Guarino and Sarlo team revved the red engine with three straight birdies. On No. 3 (par 3, 133 yards), Sarlo stopped a pitching wedge at eight feet. Guarino drained an uphill 15-footer on the next hole (par 4, 359 yards) following a 56-degree wedge from 95 yards. A clutch 20-footer for birdie courtesy of Sarlo on the par 5, 486-yard No. 5 “made up for a poor chip” from 20 yards in front of the green.
“We both drove the ball great today. That was the X-factor,” Guarino, a sophomore at Rowan College at Burlington County, said. “We really fed off each other and picked each other up when one of us was out of a hole.”
“Drew was always in the hole,” Sarlo, a senior at Rutgers University-Camden, added. “Honestly, I think his strength was coming up big when I hit bad shots. I hit a 3-wood way out-of-bounds on No. 12 and he ended up driving it right down the middle. He’s always clutch in the big moment.”
The Guarino and Sarlo team competed in the morning. Post-round, Guarino delivered pizzas per his employment. He raced to Laurel Creek once Sarlo made the playoff phone call.
“It’s nice to have a place close by that you know well,” Guarino, an Old York at Chesterfield member, said.
Guarino and Sarlo met while representing Burlington Township High School’s golf team. The two frequently traversed Laurel Creek to compete. In fact, the property stuck out like a sore thumb in 2012. Burlington Township’s team stood undefeated that season before falling to Moorestown High School at Laurel Creek.
That loss, however, was ultimately irrelevant; Burlington Township captured the state title that year.
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Gross
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Name,
club
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Score
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*Kevin
Sarlo/Drew Guarino,
Burlington CC/Old York CC at Chesterfield
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64
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Drew
Panebianco/Charles Scalzott,
Five Ponds GC/Hidden Creek GC
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64
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Jamie
Slonis/Thomas Gramigna, Tavistock CC
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64
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Matthew
Gaffney/Chris Meares, Running Deer GC
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65
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Bradley
Roberts/Joseph Roeder, Little Mill CC
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65
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David
Hirschhorn/Adam Warner, Old York CC at Chesterfield/Tavistock CC
|
65
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Russell
Loue/Johan van Schalkwyk, Mercer Oaks GC
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65
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Zachary
Falone/Matt Mancini, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Glenmaura
National GC
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65
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Gerard
Rosato/Patrick McCusker,
Jr., Plymouth CC/North Hills CC
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65
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Andrew
Strock/Michael Minter, Makefield
Highlands GC
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66
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Joseph
Russo/Mario Canal, Laurel Creek CC
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66
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Alexander
Maguire, Jr./Bo Maguire, Brookside CC
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66
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Dewey
Bookholdt/Tom DiCinti,
Old York CC at Chesterfield
|
66
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Matt
Raudenbush/Ryan Cass, Tavistock CC/Merchantville
CC
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67
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Bryan
Gomez/Michael Tash, Tavistock CC
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67
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James
Gillespie/Bill Cregar, Little Mill CC
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67
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Chris
Anderson/Todd Anderson, Wimington CC
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67
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Jason
Barkley/Donny Wessner, Moselem
Spring GC/Reading CC
|
67
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|
Dan
Farragut/Kevin O'Brien, Philadelphia Cricket Club/Cedarbrook
CC
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67
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Neil
Gordon/John Simone, Five Ponds GC/Philmont CC
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68
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David
Skarbek/Daniel Rexon,
Laurel Creek CC/Tavistock CC
|
68
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Adam
Bracy/Casey Klingert, Rancocas GC/Linwood CC
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68
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Jack
Wallace/David Guertler, Philadelphia Cricket
Club/Laurel Creek CC
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69
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Pat
Curiale/Andrew Dietz, Medford Village CC/Laurel
Creek CC
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69
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Stephen
O'Sullivan/Michael Fagan, Philadelphia Cricket Club/Whitemarsh Valley
CC
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69
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Ellis
Chandler/Matthew Kreuter, Honeybrook GC/Plymouth
CC
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69
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Drew
Garis/Patrick Murray, North Hills CC
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70
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Geoffrey
Cooper/Stephen Cooper, North Hills CC/Laurel Creek CC
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70
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Gregory
Buliga/Paul Rogowicz,
Yardley CC
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70
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Kenneth
Matt/Keith Matt, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Mercer
Oaks GC
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70
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Chris
Morelli/George Petrellis, Five Ponds
GC/Commonwealth National GC
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70
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Carl
Scaramuzza/Daniel Caparo,
Cedarbrook CC
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71
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David
D'Agostino/Ryan Ade, Aronimink GC
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71
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Steven
Walczak/Thomas Humphrey, Wilmington CC
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71
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Joe
Granahan/Jim Muehlbronner,
Concord CC/Sandy Run CC
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71
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Rich
Pruchnik/Joe Avellino, Coatesville CC
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71
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Bob
Husbands/Charles Clark, West Chester G&CC
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72
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Kevin
Koch/Bob Dick, Spring Ford CC/Commonwealth National GC
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72
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Sean
Torpey/John Nottage,
Commonwealth National GC
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72
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John
Willadsen/Lodie Van Tonder, Sakima CC
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72
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William
Givens/Chris Bevelheimer, Merchantville CC/Running
Deer GC
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72
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Kevin
Kornuszko/Steve Dungan, Lu Lu
CC/Northampton Valley CC
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72
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Beau
Guarino/Michael O'Keefe, Old York CC at
Chesterfield/Laurel Creek CC
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72
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James
Bell, III/Steve Jones, Makefield Highlands GC/Applebrook GC
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73
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Justin
Kidd/Ryan Bickle, White Manor CC
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73
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Brian
Klaus/Ronald Cusick, Sr., Tavistock CC
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74
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John
Grove/Michael Grimes, Chester Valley GC
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74
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Phil
Remig/Robert Parsons, Jr., Huntingdon Valley CC
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74
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William
Rolli/Kenny Engel, Jr., Raven's Claw
GC/Philadelphia Publinks GA
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74
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Pat
Galante/Bruce Himelman, Greenbriar Oceanaire G&CC
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74
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Gene
Martin, Jr./Sean McMonagle, Laurel Creek CC
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74
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Michael
Shoup/Pete Salatino,
Sandy Run CC/Limekiln GC
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75
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Brendan
McNamara/Robert Porrini, The ACE Club
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75
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Brad
Jankowski/John Conway, Little Mill CC
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75
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John
Monday/Mark Smedley, Chester Valley GC
|
76
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Matthew
Boyer/Andrew Bonekemper, Spring Ford CC
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76
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Dino
Stathis/David Dorey, Metedeconk National
GC/Tavistock CC
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76
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Dan
Griffith/Dan Walters, Talamore CC/The Bucks Club
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76
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Hal
Morris/Joe Morris, Talamore CC/Whitford CC
|
77
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Brad
Cornforth/Jian Zhang, Lock Nairn GC/Inniscrone GC
|
77
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Peter
Pagano, Jr./Vincent Cedrone, Penn Oaks GC
|
78
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Gary
Gross/William Hagel, McCall G&CC
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78
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Frank
Giordano/Tony Sirianni, Five Ponds GC/Lookaway GC
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78
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Bob
Dumont/Jerry Haftmann, Llanerch CC/Rolling
Green GC
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79
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Thomas
Gramlich/Bill Watts, Medford Lakes CC
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79
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Tom
Satterley/Jeff Garrett, The Bucks Club
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81
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Fred
Olt/Bernard Kelly, Little Mill CC
|
81
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Gregory
Hurchalla/Charles Hurchalla, Stonewall
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81
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|
Gerry
McCloy/Richard Duryea, Flourtown CC
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81
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Charles
Lare/John D'Angelo, Indian Valley CC
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82
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Dave
Bresnahan/Greg Shetler,
Riverton CC
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82
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David
Martin/Michael Schoedler, Five Ponds
GC/Commonwealth National GC
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82
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David
Chellel/Glenn Haun, Lookaway GC
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84
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Daniel
Kilpatrick/Aidan Caspar, Medford Village CC/Running Deer GC
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84
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John
Cech/Robert Thornton, Jr., Riverton CC
|
85
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Paul
Muller/Matthew Berlin, Lu Lu CC
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88
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Gregg
Shivers/Ed Ciel, Medford Lakes CC
|
88
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Barry
Fabius/Mark Pfeffer,
Phoenixville CC/Hidden Creek GC
|
90
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Vinny
Salatino/Wes Remmey,
Sandy Run CC
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91
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Jeffrey
Hughes/Andy Vitella, Manufacturers G&CC
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NC
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Net
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Name,
club
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Score
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Drew
Panebianco/Charles Scalzott,
Five Ponds GC/Hidden Creek GC
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60
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Gerard
Rosato/Patrick McCusker,
Jr., Plymouth CC/North Hills CC
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61
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Russell
Loue/Johan van Schalkwyk, Mercer Oaks GC
|
62
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Rich
Pruchnik/Joe Avellino, Coatesville CC
|
62
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Zachary
Falone/Matt Mancini, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Glenmaura
National GC
|
63
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Andrew
Strock/Michael Minter, Makefield
Highlands GC
|
63
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Dewey
Bookholdt/Tom DiCinti,
Old York CC at Chesterfield
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63
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Dan
Farragut/Kevin O'Brien, Philadelphia Cricket Club/Cedarbrook
CC
|
63
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Peter
Pagano, Jr./Vincent Cedrone, Penn Oaks GC
|
63
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Kevin
Sarlo/Drew Guarino, Burlington
CC/Old York CC at Chesterfield
|
64
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Jamie
Slonis/Thomas Gramigna, Tavistock CC
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64
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Bradley
Roberts/Joseph Roeder, Little Mill CC
|
64
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Jason
Barkley/Donny Wessner, Moselem
Spring GC/Reading CC
|
64
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David
Skarbek/Daniel Rexon,
Laurel Creek CC/Tavistock CC
|
64
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Brendan
McNamara/Robert Porrini, The ACE Club
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64
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Dan
Griffith/Dan Walters, Talamore CC/The Bucks Club
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64
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Hal
Morris/Joe Morris, Talamore CC/Whitford CC
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64
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Joseph
Russo/Mario Canal, Laurel Creek CC
|
65
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Alexander
Maguire, Jr./Bo Maguire, Brookside CC
|
65
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Matt
Raudenbush/Ryan Cass, Tavistock CC/Merchantville
CC
|
65
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Bryan
Gomez/Michael Tash, Tavistock CC
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65
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Chris
Anderson/Todd Anderson, Wimington CC
|
65
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Adam
Bracy/Casey Klingert, Rancocas GC/Linwood CC
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65
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Stephen
O'Sullivan/Michael Fagan, Philadelphia Cricket Club/Whitemarsh Valley
CC
|
65
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Joe
Granahan/Jim Muehlbronner,
Concord CC/Sandy Run CC
|
65
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William
Givens/Chris Bevelheimer, Merchantville CC/Running
Deer GC
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65
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Justin
Kidd/Ryan Bickle, White Manor CC
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65
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Brian
Klaus/Ronald Cusick, Sr., Tavistock CC
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65
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Matthew
Boyer/Andrew Bonekemper, Spring Ford CC
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65
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Thomas
Gramlich/Bill Watts, Medford Lakes CC
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65
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Matthew
Gaffney/Chris Meares, Running Deer GC
|
66
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David
Hirschhorn/Adam Warner, Old York CC at Chesterfield/Tavistock CC
|
66
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James
Gillespie/Bill Cregar, Little Mill CC
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66
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Neil
Gordon/John Simone, Five Ponds GC/Philmont CC
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66
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Pat
Curiale/Andrew Dietz, Medford Village CC/Laurel
Creek CC
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66
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Geoffrey
Cooper/Stephen Cooper, North Hills CC/Laurel Creek CC
|
66
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Chris
Morelli/George Petrellis, Five Ponds
GC/Commonwealth National GC
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66
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Carl
Scaramuzza/Daniel Caparo,
Cedarbrook CC
|
66
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Kevin
Kornuszko/Steve Dungan, Lu Lu
CC/Northampton Valley CC
|
66
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Bob
Dumont/Jerry Haftmann, Llanerch CC/Rolling
Green GC
|
66
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Drew
Garis/Patrick Murray, North Hills CC
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67
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Gregory
Buliga/Paul Rogowicz,
Yardley CC
|
67
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Kevin
Koch/Bob Dick, Spring Ford CC/Commonwealth National GC
|
67
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John
Grove/Michael Grimes, Chester Valley GC
|
67
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Michael
Shoup/Pete Salatino, Sandy
Run CC/Limekiln GC
|
67
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Dino
Stathis/David Dorey, Metedeconk National
GC/Tavistock CC
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67
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Gary
Gross/William Hagel, McCall G&CC
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67
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David
D'Agostino/Ryan Ade, Aronimink GC
|
68
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Bob
Husbands/Charles Clark, West Chester G&CC
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68
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John
Willadsen/Lodie Van Tonder, Sakima CC
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68
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Pat
Galante/Bruce Himelman, Greenbriar Oceanaire G&CC
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68
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Brad
Cornforth/Jian Zhang, Lock Nairn GC/Inniscrone GC
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68
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Jack
Wallace/David Guertler, Philadelphia Cricket
Club/Laurel Creek CC
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69
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Ellis
Chandler/Matthew Kreuter, Honeybrook GC/Plymouth
CC
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69
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Kenneth
Matt/Keith Matt, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Mercer
Oaks GC
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69
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Phil
Remig/Robert Parsons, Jr., Huntingdon Valley CC
|
69
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William
Rolli/Kenny Engel, Jr., Raven's Claw
GC/Philadelphia Publinks GA
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69
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John
Monday/Mark Smedley, Chester Valley GC
|
69
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Frank
Giordano/Tony Sirianni, Five Ponds GC/Lookaway GC
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69
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Steven
Walczak/Thomas Humphrey, Wilmington CC
|
70
|
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Sean
Torpey/John Nottage,
Commonwealth National GC
|
70
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James
Bell, III/Steve Jones, Makefield Highlands GC/Applebrook GC
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70
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Gene
Martin, Jr../Sean McMonagle, Laurel Creek
CC
|
70
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Brad
Jankowski/John Conway, Little Mill CC
|
70
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Gregory
Hurchalla/Charles Hurchalla, Stonewall
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70
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Gerry
McCloy/Richard Duryea, Flourtown CC
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70
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David
Chellel/Glenn Haun, Lookaway GC
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70
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Beau
Guarino/Michael O'Keefe, Old York CC at
Chesterfield/Laurel Creek CC
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71
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Tom
Satterley/Jeff Garrett, The Bucks Club
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71
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Charles
Lare/John D'Angelo, Indian Valley CC
|
71
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Michael
Schoedler/David Martin, Commonwealth National
GC/Five Ponds GC
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71
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Fred
Olt/Bernard Kelly, Little Mill CC
|
72
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Paul
Muller/Matthew Berlin, Lu Lu CC
|
72
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Dave
Bresnahan/Greg Shetler,
Riverton CC
|
73
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Daniel
Kilpatrick/Aidan Caspar, Medford Village CC/Running Deer GC
|
73
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Gregg
Shivers/Ed Ciel, Medford Lakes CC
|
74
|
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Vinny
Salatino/Wes Remmey,
Sandy Run CC
|
74
|
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John
Cech/Robert Thornton, Jr., Riverton CC
|
76
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Barry
Fabius/Mark Pfeffer,
Phoenixville CC/Hidden Creek GC
|
77
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Jeffrey
Hughes/Andy Vitella, Manufacturers G&CC
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NC
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*-determined
in playoff
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