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Brian Corbett (black shirt) of Huntsville Golf Club leaves
his birdie try short on No. 8 (par 4, 340 yards). |
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Huntsville’s Corbett takes medalist honors in Mid.-Am. Qu. at Radley
WEST CHESTER, Pa.–Brian Corbett of Huntsville Golf Club, a Senior Player to Watch in the Golf Association of Philadelphia Magazine spring issue, proved his game is good enough for any age. The 55-year-old Corbett carded an even-par 72 at Radley Run Country Club (par 72, 6,578 yards) on an overcast day en route to medalist honors in the third and final Middle-Amateur Championship Qualifier presented by Callaway Golf.
Corbett led a field of 97 players hoping to earn one of 27 qualifying spots and ties for the Championship proper set for May 21-22 at Gulph Mills Golf Club.
The cut line fell at 77 with exactly 27 players.
“It’s always nice to be medalist. It’s always nice to shoot even par. I certainly couldn’t have scripted it any better,” said Corbett. “I felt a little bit of added pressure. A lot of guys were razzing me about the article. But this was a good course for me. I got away with a couple errant shots early in the round but as the round kept going I hit it a lot better.”
Corbett’s scorecard was pretty good all day.
He made 16 pars, one birdie and one bogey.
Corbett, who started on the back nine, lifted a 9-iron from 125 yards on No. 12 (par 5, 572 yards) to 15 feet and drained the birdie putt to move to 1 under early in his round. Two holes later, an errant drive on the dog-leg left 14th (par 4, 401 yards), gave that shot back. Any drama ended there. Corbett finished with 13 straight pars.
“[On No. 12,] I hit it left and had no idea I’m even in play off the tee. [Then] I make birdie. I hit it left [again] on the dog-leg left 14th and had to hit it over the trees to get back in play for [my third] shot at the green,” said Corbett, of Shavertown, Pa. “It could have been a bogey and a double bogey on those holes but instead it was a birdie and bogey.”
Corbett also cited the fact he recorded zero three putts on Radley Run’s treacherous green complexes.
“I haven’t seen this place in at least 10 years,” said Corbett. “The greens were quick and nice and smooth. I made a lot of three- to four-foot saves. If you miss those early on you, may miss those all day. I made them early, and made them all day.”
Corbett returns to the Middle-Amateur Championship for the first time since 2010. His top finish in an Association Major came in 2004 with a pair of Top 15 finishes in the Amateur and Patterson Cup. Those results placed Corbett in a tie for seventh in the Silver Cross standings that year.
Three players, Paul Kupcha of Fieldstone Golf Club; Paul Liebezeit of Aronimink Golf Club and Rand Mendez of Fieldstone Golf Club tied for second at 1-over 73.
The field scoring average was 80.9.
Golf Association of Philadelphia
The Golf Association of Philadelphia will administer a U.S. Open Local Qualifier May 13 at Laurel Creek Country 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 150 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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Qualifiers
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Name,
club
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Score
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Brian
Corbett, Huntsville Golf Club
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72
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Rand
Mendez, Fieldstone Golf Club
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73
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Paul Liebezeit, Aronimink Golf Club
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73
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Paul Kupcha, Fieldstone Golf Club
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73
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Bradley
Roberts, Little Mill Country Club
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74
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Michael
Walker, Loch Nairn Golf Club
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74
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Colin
Smith, Radley Run Country Club
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74
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Troy
Miller, Back Creek Golf Club
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75
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Chris Smedley, Loch Nairn Golf Club
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75
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Byron
Whitman, Berkshire Country Club
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75
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Keith
Matt, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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75
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Ed Chylinski, Chester Valley Golf Club
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76
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James
Gillespie, Wedgwood Country Club
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76
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George
Petrellis, Blue Bell Country Club
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76
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Matthew
Vassil, Honeybrook Golf
Club
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76
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Michael
Moffat, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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76
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Brett Cybulski, Merchantville Country Club
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76
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Jon-Michael
Socaris, Broad Run Golfers Club
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77
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Kevin
McDermott, Llanerch Country Club
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77
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Brian
Fisher, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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77
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John
Robinson, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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77
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Cory
Reighard, Llanerch Country Club
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77
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Dan Arison, Applebrook Golf Club
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77
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Matthew
Walsh, Overbrook Golf Club
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77
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Keith Olinick, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
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77
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Michael
Beran, RiverCrest Golf
Club & Preserve
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77
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Rodney
James, Golden Oaks Golf Club
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77
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Failed
to qualify
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John
Burke, Running Deer Golf Club
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78
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Drew
O'Neill, Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
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78
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Bo
Maguire, Brookside Country Club
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78
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Daniel
Feeney, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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79
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Michael
Quinn, Edgmont Country Club
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79
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Mark Kosko, Sea Oaks Golf Club
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79
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John
Grove, Chester Valley Golf Club
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79
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Philip
Damico, Five Ponds Golf Club
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79
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Brad
George, Aronimink Golf Club
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79
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William
Naylor, Applebrook Golf Club
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79
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Drew Panebianco, Five Ponds Golf Club
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79
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Kevin Economos, Loch Nairn Golf Club
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80
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John Gosselin, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
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80
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Joseph
Dulka, Bellewood Country
Club
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80
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Andrew
Neal, Five Ponds Golf Club
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80
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Gary
Quinn, Jr., White Manor Country Club
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80
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Sam Pancoast, Radley Run Country
Club
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81
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Nicholas
Hermansader, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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81
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Jim Engler, Sea Oaks Golf Club
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81
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Bill Holsten, III, Aronimink Golf
Club
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81
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Andrew
Sterge, Applebrook Golf
Club
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81
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George
Connell, Jr., Gulph Mills Golf Club
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81
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Peter
Moran, Edgmont Country Club
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81
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Patrick
Shanahan, Applebrook Golf Club
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81
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Timothy
Anderson, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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81
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Joseph
Roeder, Little Mill Country Club
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81
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Michael
Hodges, The Springhaven Club
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81
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Jonathan
Shevlin, North Hills Country Club
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81
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Jeffrey
Shanahan, Applebrook Golf Club
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81
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Brian Malley, Penn Oaks Golf Club
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81
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John
Frampton, Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
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82
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Andrew
Dietz, Laurel Creek Country Club
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82
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James
Prendergast, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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82
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Robert
Craven, Philadelphia Country Club
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82
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Mark
Hodgson, Burlington Country Club
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82
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George
Hagstoz, Riverton Country Club
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82
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Michael
Vassil, Country Club of Scranton
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82
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Stephen
Brown, Chester Valley Golf Club
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83
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Mark Wachter, DuPont Country Club
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83
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Robert
Dietrich, Loch Nairn Golf Club
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83
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John
Donnelly, White Manor Country Club
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83
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Steven
Passalacqua, Wedgwood Country Club
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83
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Dino Stathis, Metedeconk National
Golf Club
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83
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Kenneth
Matt, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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84
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Pierce
Herbst, Greate Bay
Country Club
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84
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David Sim, Applecross Country Club
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84
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David Guertler, Laurel Creek Country Club
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84
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Jeff Nocella, Bala Golf Club
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84
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Jeff
Fialko, Aronimink Golf Club
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85
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Michael
Walsh, III, Aronimink Golf Club
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85
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Tom
Coyne, McCall Golf & Country Club
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86
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William
Gamgort, DuPont Country Club
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86
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James
Kaiser, Tavistock Country Club
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86
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Fred
Jones, Merion Golf Club
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86
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Scott Blandford, Applecross Country
Club
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86
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Reid
Carnes, Sea Oaks Golf Club
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86
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Gil
Moniz, Jr., Running Deer Golf Club
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87
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Peter Pendergast, Berkshire Country Club
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87
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Steve
Meyer, Rolling Green Golf Club
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87
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Peter Kyriakodis, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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87
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Gerald
Bowes, Jr., Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
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88
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Tom Piersanti, Saucon Valley
Country Club
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88
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Skip Hoerz, RiverCrest Golf Club
& Preserve
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88
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Scott
Hillman, Merchantville Country Club
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88
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Michael
Zieg, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
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89
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Kevin
Bair, Loch Nairn Golf Club
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89
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William
Kelly, Penn Oaks Golf Club
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90
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Mark Mulvihill, Fieldstone Golf Club
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92
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Alexander
Liebman, Mercer Oaks Golf Course
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94
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Joseph
Grad, Country Club of Scranton
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WD
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Patrick
O'Brien, North Hills Country Club
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WD
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Arthur
Kania, Jr., Merion Golf Club
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WD
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WD-withdrawal
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