Philmont CC’s Chipin, Galbreath take 21st Hussey
SPRINGFIELD, Pa.–Eric Chipin and Robert Galbreath, Jr. of Philmont CC fell in a playoff for the Francis X. Hussey Memorial Tournament title a year ago. On Monday, the duo earned a bit of redemption by registering birdies on the final two holes to finish at 5-under-par 66 and take home the 21st Hussey Championship by a stroke.
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James Kania, Jr., (left) and brother
Michael Kania finished in
a tie for third. |
Chip Culp of Philadelphia Cricket Club and Robert Robertson of Sunnybrook GC posted a 4-under-par 67 to place second. Brothers James Kania, Jr. and Michael Kania of Overbrook GC and Bobby Arthur of Tavistock CC and partner James Ridgway of Wildwood G&CC finished tied for third just two strokes behind. A total of 96 teams competed.
“I don’t consider this redemption, last year the other team played better than us and deserved to win,” said Galbreath, 15, of Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
Added Chipin, 16, of Pennington, N.J., “We were just trying to play well and win it for ourselves. We weren’t trying to make up for last year, although this certainly feels better.”
Chipin and Galbreath didn’t appear winners after the front nine, however. The two turned the front side in 1-under par. However, on the back nine, the two started to heat up.
Chipin drained a 15-footer for birdie on No. 11 (par 4, 403 yards) before Galbreath knocked a wedge to six feet on No. 12 (par 4, 333 yards) and then dropped a 20-foot uphill birdie chance on No. 13 (par 4, 395 yards).
A miraculous par save on the treacherous 14th (par 3, 192 yards), Chipin got up and down from the adjacent driving range, kept the momentum going before both missed short par putts on the 15th (par 5, 354 yards) to temporarily stop their surge.
On No. 17 (par 5, 460 yards), Chipin and Galbreath both had birdie tries and conversions inside five feet and then on No. 18 (par 5, 492 yards) Chipin nailed a four-footer for four with Galbreath staring down a lengthy eagle try. He, too, would card a birdie.
“I said to Eric [at the turn] let’s play lights out and give ourselves a chance to get into a playoff,” said Galbreath. Last year, the two posted a 31 on the back nine to finish with a 63 and earn a spot in the playoff.
Said Chipin, “I didn’t have an exact number in mind to shoot coming in here, I just wanted to hit good shots.”
The two finished the back nine in 31.
Chipin will be a junior at The Lawrenceville School and Galbreath is a sophomore at Lower Moreland High School.
Junior-Junior Division (13-and-under)
Ted Brennan of Philadelphia CC and Julian Dorey of Tavistock CC carded a 1-over-par 36 (par 35, 2,774 yards) to capture the Junior-Junior Division of the Francis X. Hussey Memorial Tournament by a stroke.
The Junior-Junior Division competes over nine holes. This year the back nine was used for the event. The nine-hole sides are alternated every year.
Brennan and Dorey carded a birdie and two bogeys on their round.
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The Hussey is named in honor of the former Rolling Green GC junior member.
Francis suffered with congenital heart disease and passed away in December of 1983 while undergoing major heart surgery. He was 13 years old when he died. Francis was a student in the Haverford Township School system, an avid sports fan and an active junior member at Rolling Green. His courage in the face of his illness was a great inspiration to all who knew him.
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Junior Division (Ages 14-17) |
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Name |
Club |
Out |
In |
Total |
|
Chipin, Eric / Galbreath, Jr., Robert |
Philmont CC |
35 |
31 |
66 |
|
Culp, Chip / Robertson, Robert |
Philadelphia Cricket Club/Sunnybrook GC |
34 |
33 |
67 |
|
Kania, Jr., James / Kania, Michael |
Overbrook GC |
36 |
32 |
68 |
|
Arthur, Bobby / Ridgway, James |
Tavistock CC/Wildwood G&CC |
34 |
34 |
68 |
|
Smith, Matt / Ellinger, Chris |
Honeybrook GC/Whitford CC |
36 |
33 |
69 |
|
Koch, Tucker / Bernard, Daniel |
RiverCrest GC & Preserve |
36 |
33 |
69 |
|
DeLuca, Christopher / Gunsel, Christopher |
Lookaway GC/Spring Mill CC |
37 |
33 |
70 |
|
Pesci, Matthew / DeLuca, Nicholas |
Yardley CC/Lookaway GC |
35 |
35 |
70 |
|
Melinck, Kevin / Braunsberg, James |
Plymouth CC |
35 |
35 |
70 |
|
Givens, Billy / Ott, Dan |
Woodbury CC |
35 |
35 |
70 |
|
Flaherty, Sean / Gahman, Travis |
Philadelphia Publinks GA |
35 |
36 |
71 |
|
Samaha, Bryan / Morris, Scott |
Old York Road CC/Doylestown CC |
37 |
34 |
71 |
|
Villari, Jr., Phillip / Guarino, Beau |
Riverton CC/Burlington CC |
36 |
36 |
72 |
|
Ignatuk, Kevin / Ignatuk, Michael |
Penn Oaks GC |
34 |
38 |
72 |
|
Zeiders, Duncan / Dudas, Matt |
Olde York Road CC/Indian Valley CC |
36 |
36 |
72 |
|
Kidron, Steve / Simanca, Cris |
Commonwealth National GC/Unattached |
36 |
36 |
72 |
|
Falkoff, Brett / Tutelman, Matt |
The ACE Club/Green Valley Country Club |
37 |
37 |
74 |
|
Kovalcheck, Paul / Taylor, Warren |
Makefield Highlands GC/Yardley CC |
39 |
35 |
74 |
|
Bea, James / Truskin, Brett |
Spring Mill CC |
39 |
35 |
74 |
|
Welsh, Patrick / Brown, Chris |
Huntingdon Valley CC/Bucks County CC |
38 |
37 |
75 |
|
Genuario, Nick / Pancoast, Sam |
Radley Run CC |
38 |
37 |
75 |
|
Zimmer, Kevin / Shin, Tommy |
Laurel Creek CC |
39 |
36 |
75 |
|
Fischer, David / List, Austin |
Merion GC |
37 |
38 |
75 |
|
Thorn, Erik / Meyers, Jimmy |
Medford Village CC/Tavistock CC |
37 |
39 |
76 |
|
Fulginiti, Frank / Applegate, Chris |
Trenton CC |
39 |
37 |
76 |
|
Inman, John / Murphy, Jake |
Cherry Valley CC/Mercer Oaks GC |
36 |
40 |
76 |
|
Kane, John / Dever, Pierce |
Jericho National GC/Trenton CC |
38 |
38 |
76 |
|
Liebert, Cameron / Gilmartin, Jon |
Edgmont CC/Concord CC |
39 |
37 |
76 |
|
Broll, Steven / Aller, Bo |
Aronimink GC/Concord CC |
41 |
36 |
77 |
|
Schaft, Eric / Shelton, John |
Sandy Run CC |
40 |
37 |
77 |
|
Byerly, Ian / Kennedy, Andrew |
Coatesville CC/Concord CC |
39 |
38 |
77 |
|
Walsh, Jr., Matthew / Lindberg, Thomas |
Philadelphia CC/St. Davids GC |
39 |
38 |
77 |
|
Carbone, Jr., Paul / Spurlin, Zack |
Old York Road CC |
40 |
37 |
77 |
|
Palmer, John / Carrigan, Brian |
Chester Valley GC |
39 |
39 |
78 |
|
Manwaring, Michael / Kiss, Greg |
Philadelphia Cricket Club |
38 |
40 |
78 |
|
Verde, Greg / Bellisario, Nicholas |
Spring Ford CC/Rolling Green GC |
39 |
39 |
78 |
|
Petsis, Alex / Gunnerman, Joseph |
Trenton CC/Yardley CC |
43 |
35 |
78 |
|
Carroll, Ryan / Regan, Matt |
Chester Valley GC/Honeybrook GC |
40 |
39 |
79 |
|
Eiler, Peter / McGovern, Matt |
Spring Mill CC/Northampton CC |
43 |
36 |
79 |
|
Van Ostenbridge, CJ / Gerolamo, Peter |
Spring Ford CC/Unattached |
43 |
36 |
79 |
|
Genuardi, Kevin / Justice, Brett |
Cedarbrook CC/Indian Valley CC |
39 |
41 |
80 |
|
Knowles, Patrick / Irwin, Nicholas |
Sandy Run CC/Philadelphia Cricket Club |
43 |
38 |
81 |
|
Russell, Jeff / Penza, Alexander |
Llanerch CC |
43 |
40 |
83 |
|
Crowley, Will / Miller, Andrew |
St. Davids GC/Radnor Valley CC |
44 |
41 |
85 |
|
Westhafer, Ryan / Rader, John |
West Chester G&CC/Unattached |
44 |
43 |
87 |
|
O'Shea, Daniel / Gropp, Matthew |
Llanerch CC/McCall G&CC |
45 |
44 |
89 |
|
Brown, Eric / Lekawa, Chris |
West Chester G&CC |
47 |
45 |
92 |
|
Hagel, Mark / Forker, Porter |
McCall G&CC |
WD |
WD |
WD |
|
|
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Junior-Junior Division (Ages 13-and-under) |
|
Name |
Club |
|
|
Total |
|
Dorey, Julian / Brennan, Ted |
Tavistock CC/Philadelphia CC |
|
|
36 |
|
Dilcher, Zachary / Calamaro, Drew |
Hartefeld National/Rolling Green GC |
|
|
37 |
|
Longacre, Taylor / Longacre, Kyle |
The Springhaven Club |
|
|
38 |
|
Davis, Michael / Ortiz, Jonathan |
Merion GC/Philmont CC |
|
|
38 |
|
Loeber, III, Jack / O'Brien, Conner |
Wedgwood CC |
|
|
39 |
|
DeLuca, James / Fulginiti, Brian |
Lookaway GC/Trenton CC |
|
|
40 |
|
Gregor, Jack / Dougherty, Morgan |
Huntingdon Valley CC |
|
|
46 |
|
Cooley, Benjamin / Sautter, Billy |
Lu Lu CC/Unattached |
|
|
46 |
|
Liu, Jonathan / Furman, Daniel |
Commonwealth National GC |
|
|
46 |
|
Dirienzi, Nolan / Schimpff, Paul |
Rolling Green GC |
|
|
46 |
|
London, Drew / Melnick, Zachary |
Plymouth CC (2) |
|
|
48 |
|
Berman, Cole / Crochiere, Henry |
Green Valley CC/Philadelphia CC |
|
|
49 |
|
Taylor, Brandtley / Slauter, Eric |
St. Davids GC |
|
|
51 |
|
Altieri, Steven / Lyons, Parker |
Hopewell Valley GC |
|
|
52 |
|
Hussey, Nick / Staats, Corey |
Lu Lu CC/Cedarbrook CC |
|
|
54 |
|
Fazzini, John / Fazzini, C.J. |
Stonewall/Waynesborough CC |
|
|
57 |
|
Markward, Dutch / Mazaleski, Tim |
North Hills CC |
|
|
58 |
| |
|
WD-withdrawal |
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