Thompson survives six-hole playoff to take Warner Cup (Gross)
LITITZ, Pa.– It took nearly 12 hours and 24 holes for rookie senior Ray Thompson of Overbrook GC to defeat Charles "Buck" Jones in a six-hole, sudden-death playoff to take the Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross) on Wednesday at Bent Creek CC (par 71, 6,461 yards).
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Ray Thompson
on the sixth playoff hole. |
Thompson, who faced Jones in junior golf competitions nearly four decades ago, played alongside Jones all day as part of the same group that teed off nearly 12 hours earlier. The two each carded 1-under-par 70s, the only sub-par rounds of the day in the 157-player field, before facing each other in the sudden-death playoff.
"We go way back to the days when we played junior golf together 35-40 years ago, so I knew he could play," said Thompson of Jones just after their matching rounds of 70. "Sometimes you feed off each other. I was just trying to keep close to him and maybe he was trying to keep close to me for a while."
Thompson, a former professional in the 1970s, and Jones swapped pars on first five playoff holes and flirted with birdies in at least four of those instances. They began the playoff on holes Nos. 10, 11, 17 and 18 before heading back to Nos. 10 and 11.
On the sixth playoff hole (No. 11) the outcome was still very much in doubt. Thompson’s drive headed straight into the fairway bunker while Jones hit his tee shot left into the thick rough marked as a hazard along the embankment of a lake. At that point all Jones could do was advance the ball to just beyond 100 yards from the green.
"Playoffs turn more into like match play where you try not to make a mistake," said Thompson, who’s tee shot on the sixth playoff hole sat in the fairway bunker roughly 80 yards from the green.
With Jones hitting his third shot into the hole, Thompson tried to play it safe from the fairway bunker and left it just short of the green in the rough.
"It looked like he was maybe going to make a five at the absolute best and I figured I would try and play it safe and I didn’t hit it quite far enough," Thompson said. "I didn’t just want to give it away."
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Charles "Buck" Jones
misses his bogey putt
on the sixth playoff hole. |
Meanwhile, Jones hit his approach into the right greenside bunker and was able to give himself a reasonable chance at bogey when he stuck his sand shot to within four feet.
Thompson’s third shot rolled past the hole and came to rest against the collar of the green some 15 feet from the hole. His par putt then settled just two feet to the right of the hole.
Jones, who missed a six-foot birdie putt earlier on the third playoff hole for the win, still had a chance at bogey but saw his putt burn the left edge of the hole for a double bogey.
With the sun setting on the horizon, Thompson tapped in for bogey to win the playoff over Jones.
"When you miss putts like that you have to figure you’re living on borrowed time," said Jones of his missed opportunity to win the event on the third playoff hole. "I just sort of fell apart on that last playoff hole."
"We each had our chances and couldn’t get a putt to go down and unfortunately he missed one on the last hole," said Thompson, the brother of Andy Thompson, the 2006 Chapman Cup champion. "It’s always nice to win because you never know when you are going to get back here.
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Results
Gross
Overall
1. *Raymond Thompson, Overbrook GC 70
2. Charles W. Jones, Philadelphia Publinks GA 70
3. Alan R. Over, Bent Creek CC 71
3. Daniel B. Burton, Bent Creek CC 71
Ages 55-59
1. Wally Swiger, Huntingdon Valley CC 72
2. Martin Klagholz, Rolling Green GC 73
2. William P. Lawler, Fox Hill CC 73
Ages 60 and over
1. Charles McClaskey, Wyncote GC 73
2. Carl B. Everett, Merion GC 74
2. George Carr, Running Deer GC 74
2. Michael J. Sofranko, Wyncote GC 74
2. Stephan H. Whitenack, Philadelphia Cricket Club 74
Super-Senior Division
1. Richard A. Smith, Philadelphia CC 72
2. Larry Loughner, Bent Creek CC 76
3. Curt Fromal, The Springhaven Club 78
3. Jay Kocher, Wilmington CC 78
3. Robert C. Proto, Little Mill CC 78
3. Thomas F. Conboy, Sandy Run CC 78
*Won in a playoff
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Results |
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55-59 Years |
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Name |
Club |
Total |
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Charles W Jones |
Philadelphia Publinks GA |
70 |
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Raymond Thompson |
Overbrook Golf Club |
70 |
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Alan R. Over |
Bent Creek Country Club |
71 |
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Daniel B. Burton |
Bent Creek Country Club |
71 |
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Wally Swiger |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
72 |
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Martin Klagholz |
Rolling Green Golf Club |
73 |
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William P. Lawler |
Fox Hill Country Club |
73 |
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Gary D. Daniels |
Saucon Valley Country Club |
74 |
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James E. Sullivan, Sr. |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
74 |
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Michael Dougherty |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
74 |
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Andy Thompson |
Overbrook Golf Club |
75 |
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Donald G. Mackelcan |
Wilmington Country Club |
75 |
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Francis J. McFadden |
Overbrook Golf Club |
75 |
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Thomas DiCinti |
Little Mill Country Club |
75 |
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David K. Brookreson |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
76 |
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Ed Chylinski |
Chester Valley Golf Club |
76 |
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Jack C. Holland |
Whitford Country Club |
76 |
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Norman D. Cote |
Coatesville Country Club |
76 |
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Paul E. Suckow |
Merion Golf Club |
76 |
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Thomas A. Bartolacci, Jr. |
Saucon Valley Country Club |
76 |
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Bernie Zbrzeznj |
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club |
77 |
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Chuck Wilkins |
Little Mill Country Club |
77 |
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Joel McFadden |
Philadelphia Publinks GA |
77 |
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Michael J. Nilon |
Philadelphia Country Club |
77 |
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Thomas H. Mallouk |
Lookaway Golf Club |
77 |
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Robin S. McCool |
Saucon Valley Country Club |
77 |
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Chris Gallagher |
West Chester Golf & Country Club |
78 |
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David A. Kearney |
Lehigh Country Club |
78 |
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Don Donatoni |
White Manor Country Club |
78 |
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Kevin M. Scanlon |
Stonewall |
78 |
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Neil McDermott |
Llanerch Country Club |
78 |
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Robert S. Majczan |
Lookaway Golf Club |
78 |
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John W. Turner |
The Springhaven Club |
79 |
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Lee Cook |
Laurel Creek Country Club |
79 |
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David M. Taylor |
Radley Run Country Club |
80 |
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Keith Li |
Heidelberg Country Club |
80 |
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Willard N. Woolbert |
Philadelphia Cricket Club |
80 |
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Bob Harris |
Blue Bell Country Club |
81 |
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John N. Gershey, Jr. |
Country Club of Scranton |
81 |
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Michael J. Egan |
Lookaway Golf Club |
81 |
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Michael P. Howanski |
DuPont Country Club |
81 |
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Terrence J. Sawyer |
Yardley Country Club |
81 |
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Alan J. Bernabei |
Doylestown Country Club |
82 |
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Bill Milner |
Wedgwood Country Club |
82 |
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James E. Prendergast |
Spring Ford Country Club |
82 |
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Richard J Bunn, Sr. |
McCall Golf & Country Club |
82 |
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Robert R. Dewitt |
Links Golf Club |
82 |
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Robert Wlotko |
Llanerch Country Club |
82 |
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Thomas P. Mohr |
Coatesville Country Club |
82 |
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William Gordon |
Wilmington Country Club |
82 |
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Donald Ashley |
Philadelphia Country Club |
83 |
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Eugene J. Maginnis, Jr. |
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club |
83 |
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John Gonsior |
Five Ponds Golf Club |
83 |
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Robert P. Billings |
Rolling Green Golf Club |
83 |
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Ed Kocher Jr. |
Bent Creek Country Club |
84 |
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Frank M. Treml |
Sandy Run Country Club |
84 |
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Michael H. Hayes |
Ballamor Golf Club |
84 |
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Ron E. Ryll |
Jericho National Golf Club |
84 |
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Edward E. Bondi |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
87 |
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Joseph R. Grubb, III |
Honeybrook Golf Club |
87 |
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Robert R. Gray |
Bent Creek Country Club |
87 |
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Henry P. McCullough |
Rolling Green Golf Club |
88 |
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John M. Patton |
Medford Lakes Country Club |
88 |
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Gus Barber |
Kennett Square Golf & Country Club |
89 |
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Ted Beringer |
Philadelphia Country Club |
89 |
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Thomas Mairone |
McCall Golf & Country Club |
89 |
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James Goldstein |
Commonwealth National Golf Club |
90 |
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Jeb Baker |
DuPont Country Club |
92 |
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Daniel J. Kinney |
Bent Creek Country Club |
94 |
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Douglas A. Dick |
Chester Valley Golf Club |
WD |
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James D. Coleman |
Rolling Green Golf Club |
WD |
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John M. Scott |
West Chester Golf & Country Club |
DQ |
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60 and Over |
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Charles McClaskey |
Wyncote Golf Club |
73 |
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Carl B. Everett |
Merion Golf Club |
74 |
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George Carr |
Running Deer Golf Club |
74 |
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Michael J. Sofranko |
Wyncote Golf Club |
74 |
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Stephan H. Whitenack |
Philadelphia Cricket Club |
74 |
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Charles S. McDowell |
Wilmington Country Club |
75 |
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J. Peter Pierce |
Philadelphia Country Club |
75 |
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Scott Yard |
Whitford Country Club |
75 |
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George H. May |
Manufacturers Golf & Country Club |
76 |
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John W. Rowe |
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club |
76 |
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O. Gordon Brewer, Jr. |
Pine Valley Golf Club |
76 |
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Art Brosius |
DuPont Country Club |
77 |
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Mark E. Shuman |
Philadelphia Country Club |
77 |
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Richard White |
Jericho National Golf Club |
77 |
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Bill Weinfeld |
JC Melrose Country Club |
78 |
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James R. Haynie |
Lu Lu Country Club |
78 |
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John G. Siegrist |
Manufacturers Golf & Country Club |
78 |
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Ken Gaskill |
Philadelphia Publinks GA |
78 |
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Michael C. Rowland |
Lehigh Country Club |
78 |
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Tom Gauntlett |
Glen Oak Country Club |
78 |
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Carlyle M. Robinson |
Fox Hill Country Club |
79 |
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Charles J. Whipple |
Huntingdon Valley Country Club |
79 |
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Gary M. Gordon |
Talamore at Oak Terrace Country Club |
79 |
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John S. Owens |
Tavistock Country Club |
80 |
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Stephen E. Daley |
Lu Lu Country Club |
80 |
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Terry Fair |
RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve |
80 |
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Edward Gregorczyk |
Glenmaura National Golf Club |
81 |
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Herbert Gordon |
Doylestown Country Club |
81 |
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Norman Jester |
Downingtown Golf Club |
81 |
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Thomas J. O'Rourke |
Chester Valley Golf Club |
81 |
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Craig D. Weidenhammer |
Heidelberg Country Club |
82 |
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David A. Jordan |
Woodbury Country Club |
83 |
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Frank S. Polizzi |
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club |
83 |
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Gibby Young |
Hartefeld National |
83 |
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Joseph Maxwell |
Hartefeld National |
83 |
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Ron Mittendorf |
Blue Bell Country Club |
83 |
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Edward H. Pappas |
Rolling Green Golf Club |
84 |
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Jay J. McLaughlin |
Stone Harbor Golf Club |
84 |
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Jon Mabry |
Moorestown Field Club |
84 |
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Bob J. Killian |
Links Golf Club |
85 |
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Dennis M. Perna |
Spring Ford Country Club |
85 |
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Fred Olt |
Little Mill Country Club |
85 |
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Gregory I. Gaul |
Merion Golf Club |
85 |
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John C. Snyder |
Waynesborough Country Club |
85 |
|
Don B. Neill |
Talamore at Oak Terrace Country Club |
86 |
|
John O'Sullivan |
Chester Valley Golf Club |
87 |
|
A. Kent Weymouth, Jr. |
Lu Lu Country Club |
89 |
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Charles S. Rogalla |
Country Club of Scranton |
92 |
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Joseph F. Virdone |
Philadelphia Country Club |
92 |
|
Christopher S. Frazier |
Sunnybrook Golf Club |
96 |
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Jarrett B. Kling |
Merion Golf Club |
WD |
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Michael Rose |
Philmont Country Club |
DQ |
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Super Senior Division |
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Richard A. Smith |
Philadelphia Country Club |
72 |
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Larry Loughner |
Bent Creek Country Club |
76 |
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Curt Fromal |
The Springhaven Club |
78 |
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Jay Kocher |
Wilmington Country Club |
78 |
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Robert C. Proto |
Little Mill Country Club |
78 |
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Thomas F. Conboy |
Sandy Run Country Club |
78 |
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Harvey T. McCumber |
Wilmington Country Club |
79 |
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Louis J. Pace |
Medford Village Country Club |
79 |
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G. Clay von Seldeneck |
Sunnybrook Golf Club |
80 |
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James Hilty |
Talamore at Oak Terrace Country Club |
81 |
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Peter G. Stanley |
Sunnybrook Golf Club |
81 |
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Robert M. Davy |
Medford Village Country Club |
81 |
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Jim J. Callaghan |
Rolling Green Golf Club |
82 |
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Thomas H. Morgan |
Riverton Country Club |
82 |
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James R. Sherratt |
Old York Road Country Club |
83 |
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Hal Ruff |
Moorestown Field Club |
84 |
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Curtis Young |
Merion Golf Club |
85 |
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Robert L. Ranson |
Woodstone Golf Club |
85 |
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Warren W. Deakins |
Philadelphia Country Club |
86 |
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Ben Sack |
Overbrook Golf Club |
87 |
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Richard N. Edie |
Stonewall |
87 |
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Ted Rubin |
Rolling Green Golf Club |
87 |
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Charles M. Carter |
Sunnybrook Golf Club |
88 |
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Donald C. Hoegel |
Little Mill Country Club |
88 |
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Ralph Giannattasio |
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club |
88 |
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Richard Genoni |
Waynesborough Country Club |
88 |
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William Cummins |
Jericho National Golf Club |
90 |
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R. Lamar Kilgore |
Stonewall |
92 |
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William H. Bayles, Jr. |
Phoenixville Country Club |
92 |
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Dan Ward |
DuPont Country Club |
93 |
|
Kyran Connelly |
Makefield Highlands Golf Club |
97 |
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Jim Curvan |
Phoenixville Country Club |
99 |
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Ernest F. Eichenberg, III |
Waynesborough Country Club |
WD |
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WD-withdrawal; DQ-disqualification |
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