The Golf Association of Philadelphia

Park, Cohan head U.S. Open Local Qualifier
at Philmont CC (North Course)

Huntingdon Valley, Pa. – Paul Park, a high school senior from Wayne Valley High School in Wayne, N.J., and Adam Cohan of Wayne, Pa., each carded even-par 70s at Philmont Country Club (par 70, 6,665 yards) on Friday, earning co-medallist honors in a local qualifier for the U.S. Open Championship.

Paul Park

Billy Stewart, a professional playing on the Gateway Tour, also advanced to the U.S. Open sectional qualifiers set for June 4 at multiple nationwide sites with a 1-over-par 71. The remaining two qualifiers, Dustin McCormick of East Stroudsburg, Pa., and Brinson Paolini from Virginia Beach, Va., were determined in a 1-hole playoff after McCormick, Paolini and Mark Szewczyk (a.k.a. Sheftic) of Ambler, each carded matching 2-over-par 72s in regulation play.

This local qualifier (field of 82 players, 46 amateurs, 36 pros) is one of 109, 18-hole local qualifiers for the U.S. Open Championship that will be played June 14-17 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa.

Park finished with a pair of birdies under 10 feet on his 17^th and 18^th holes, hole Nos. 8 (par 3 130 yards) and 9 (par 5, 570 yards), to fall to even par and tie Cohan for the field low round.

Park, who will enter Indiana University in the fall, carded four birdies and as many bogeys during his even par round.

Adam Cohan

"I played pretty well and stayed in play on almost every single hole," said Park, an 18-year-old who heads to Canoe Brook CC in Summit, N.J. for the sectional qualifier. "I also made a couple nice putts and finished birdie, birdie."

Cohan, a redshirt junior at Georgia Tech University, carded a remarkable five birdies on hole Nos. 3 (par 3, 160 yards), 4 (par 4, 402 yards), 6 (par 4, 369 yards), 9 (par 5, 570 yards), and 12 (par 4, 491 yards). As he approached No. 18 (par 4, 343 yards), Cohan stood to finish with the only sub par of the afternoon had he been able to two putt from 16 feet. Unfortunately he three putted for bogey and finished with a 70.

"After going 2-under [par] on the front I kind of limped in a little bit on the back,’ said Cohan who also advanced to the sectional round for the first time. "The toughest thing to do in a qualifier is to just keep playing."

Stewart, a graduate of St. Joseph’s University who now plays out of The Breakers Ocean Golf Club in West Palm Beach, also had his share of birdies with four. He barley missed a chance to share medallist honors when his birdie putt burned the left edge of the cup giving him a par.

"I guess I got reminded pretty quickly about playing golf in Philadelphia again," he said. "I’ve been down in Florida playing on the Gateway Tour with flat surfaces and slow greens. I get back here and on every green, if you’re two feet above the hole you still have to play [the ball] outside the hole and dive it in there."

Billy Stewart grimaces
as his birdie putt misses just left.

Notes--William Kennedy, a teaching pro from Umbria Street Golf Center in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia, had a hole-in-one on No. 3 (par 3, 160 yards) with a 6-iron. That is the 9^th of his golf career.

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 135 Member Clubs and 60,000 individual members are spread across parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. The purpose of the Association is simple: To promote, protect and preserve the game of golf in the region.

Results
Qualifiers
Name	City	Front 9	Back 9	Total
Adam Cohan	Wayne, PA	33	37	70
Paul Park	Wayne, NJ	35	35	70
Billy Stewart	West Palm Beach, FL	33	38	71
*Brinson Paolini	Virginia Beach, VA	35	37	72
*Dustin McCormick	East Stroudsburg, PA	35	37	72

Alternates (in order)
*Mark Szewczyk	Ambler, PA	33	39	72
*Brian Rothaus	Huntingdon Valley, PA	37	36	73

Failed to qualify
Andy Fisher	Atco, NJ	35	38	73
Robert Galbreath, Jr.	Huntingdon Valley, PA	38	35	73
David Sanders	Mt Laurel, NJ	36	38	74
James Kania, Jr.	Haverford, PA	38	36	74
Joey Bonargo	Warrington, PA	39	35	74
Steven Owens	Philadelphia, PA	38	36	74
Anthony Bonargo	Warrington, PA	37	38	75
Kevin Bondi	Dresher, PA	39	36	75
Phil Auerbach	New York, NY	35	40	75
William Kennedy	Blue Bell, PA	34	41	75
Anthony Aloi	Plainsboro, NJ	39	37	76
Drew Panebianco	Dresher, PA	40	36	76
Eric McNamee	Exton, PA	37	39	76
Henry D'Alberto	Easton, PA	36	40	76
James Sullivan	Glenside, PA	38	38	76
Jimmy Kieserman	Dresher, PA	37	39	76
John Spina	Schwenksville, PA	39	37	76
Mark Digiacomo	Lebanon, PA	38	38	76
Philip Arouca	Philadelphia, PA	40	36	76
Rick Hughart	Haddonfield, NJ	36	40	76
Ajai Sirohi	Princeton, NJ	38	39	77
Anthony Martire	Absecon, NJ	35	42	77
Bill Mullen	Norristown, PA	40	37	77
Bob Kave	Manasquan, NJ	39	38	77
Brian Belden	Emmaus, PA	36	41	77
Evan Belcher	Kingston, MA	35	42	77
Logan Terry	Plymouth Meeting, PA	38	39	77
Mickey Sokalski	Maple Glen, PA	37	40	77
Chris Sylvia	Atco, NJ	37	41	78
John Dimarco	Cherry Hill, NJ	39	39	78
Matthew Ujfalusi	Media, PA	40	38	78
Michael Soowal	Blue Bell, PA	41	37	78
Paul Barnsley	Blue Bell, PA	40	38	78
Thomas Timby	Doylestown, PA	41	37	78
Andrew Barbin	Elkton, MD	41	38	79
Bill Walker	Riverton, NJ	40	39	79
Craig Cochran	Bryn Mawr, PA	40	39	79
Hugh Reilly	Willow Grove, PA	38	41	79
Joshua Adams	Springfield, NJ	39	40	79
Kenneth Matt	Spring House, PA	37	42	79
Bertus Wessels	Lafayette Hill, PA	39	41	80
Brian Creghan	Radnor, PA	38	42	80
Jeff Daniels	Harrisburg, PA	38	42	80
John Samaha	Ambler, PA	41	39	80
Thomas Gramigna	Haddonfield, NJ	41	39	80
John Diamond	Philadelphia, PA	42	39	81
John Ladow	Pottstown, PA	43	38	81
John Simone	Dresher, PA	38	43	81
Luke Serbun	Abington, PA	37	44	81
Patrick Dougherty	North Wales, PA	39	42	81
Stephen Derminio	Coopersburg, PA	41	40	81
Andy Watters	King of Prussia, PA	36	46	82
Chase Duncan	Raleigh, NC	43	39	82
Jason Cohan	Wayne, PA	41	41	82
Jim Smith, Jr.	Jenkintown, PA	40	42	82
Andrew Guaraldo	Berwyn, PA	38	45	83
Craig Eustace	London, ON	42	41	83
Dong Lee	Philadelphia, PA	41	42	83
Robert Pina	Wayne, PA	42	42	84
Will Reilly	Willow Grove, PA	41	43	84
Grant Griffiths	King of Prussia, PA	43	46	89
Kevin Kaufman, Jr.	Browns Mills, NJ	44	45	89
Dante Troiani	Downingtown, PA	49	41	90
Bumper Burroughs	Dublin, PA	45	48	93
Michael Costonis	Springhouse, PA	46	47	93
Mark Grilli	Philadelphia, PA	48	51	99
Bernard O'Brien, III	Bound Brook, NJ	46	54	100
Chris Allan	Wayne, PA	NC	NC	NC
Jeffrey Herb	West Chester, PA	NC	NC	NC
John Elliott	Pottstown, PA	NC	NC	NC
Lloyd Weston	Barrington, IL	NC	NC	NC
Michael Brosh	Vineland, NJ	NS	NS	NS
William Neiswender	Philadelphia, PA	NC	NC	NC

NC-no card; NS-no show
*-determined in playoff

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at Philmont CC (North Course)