The Golf Association of Philadelphia

Burton, Emich tandem take Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Dan Burton and Barry Emich of Bent Creek CC lead from wire-to-wire to take the 49^th running of the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play at Hershey’s Mill GC (par 71, 6,261 yards) Thursday.

Burton, the GAP’s President, and Emich teamed up to card a 4-under-par 67 to top the 176-player field with a balanced attack that included three birdies by each player.

"We played great, except for No. 9 and 18 where we made bogey," Burton said. "Other than that we were both in it on almost every hole, and that’s what really counts."

The Bent creek pair carded their first birdie of the day when Burton sent the team into red numbers on the par 4 4^th hole (492 yards).

"We finally got a birdie on the board there which was nice," he said.

With each player in contention to score low on virtually every hole, the team headed to the back nine at 2-under par when Emich sent in a birdie of his own on the par 5 12^th hole (496 yards). After knocking a Pitching Wedge to 10 feet left of the hole, Emich sent in the putt to bring the team to 3-under for the day.

"I think that 90-percent of the time we were both there, in it together," Emich said. "That was it for us today."

"That’s really the key in a better-ball event, that you both are in it," Burton said.

Although each player kept it in play and gave each other a reasonable shot a birdie at almost every turn, the duo did not shy away from aggressive play at the tight West Chester track.

As if ignoring the narrow tree-lined fairways, Burton and Emich elected to hit driver most of the time even though a 3-wood, iron or hybrid would have been the safer play.

"I think I hit 3-wood only a couple times off the tee," Burton said. "This is just a nice day of golf, so I just said what the heck, I’ll hit driver and have a good time."

Added his partner Emich, "The big thing here was to keep it in play and we did."

Peter Roberts of Olde York CC and partner Andy Piskun of Metedeconk National GC carded a net 61 to take the net division of the event. The pair managed to card a birdie (gross) on the par 3 7^th hole (163 yards) and finished the day with gross total of 75.

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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 136 Member Clubs and 56,000 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.

Gross results
Name, club	Scores
Barry Emich/Daniel Burton, Bent Creek CC	67
Frank Polizzi/Bernie Zbrzeznj, Whitemarsh Valley CC	68
Peter Dilullo/Robert Billings, Rolling Green GC/Waynesborough CC	68
William Lawler/Carlyle Robinson, Fox Hill CC	68
William Gordon/Pete Widdoes, Wilmington CC/Inniscrone GC	69
Donald Ashley/Mark Shuman, Philadelphia CC/Whitford CC	69
Michael Howanski/John Turner, DuPont CC/The Springhaven Club	69
Chuck Wilkins/Robert Proto, Little Mill CC	70
Carl Everett/Neil McDermott, Merion GC/Llanerch CC	70
Edward O'Keefe/Gary Dornhoefer, Laurel Creek CC/Ballamor GC	70
Richard Smith/Warren Deakins, Philadelphia CC	70
James Haynie/Stephen Daley, Lu Lu CC	70
Edward Pappas, Sr./Martin Klagholz, Rolling Green GC	71
Matthew Bellis/Michael Rose, Commonwealth National GC/Philmont CC	71
Charles Jones/Michael Nilon, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Philadelphia CC	71
Dennis Perna/Frank Kunze, Spring Ford CC	71
Ron MacDonald/Norman Jester, Concord CC/Downingtown GC	71
Terry Sawyer/Douglas Fraser, Yardley CC/Greate Bay CC	72
Gil Fritz/Keith Li, Heidelberg CC	72
Gordon Bennett/Fran Tusak, Northampton CC/Silver Creek CC	72
Thomas Isola/Jack Holland, Whitford CC	72
Thomas Kanyok/Dan Morrin, Makefield Highlands GC/Jericho National GC	72
Robert Patrylo/Vernon Kelly, Jr., Philadelphia Cricket Club	73
Ken Gaskill/Jon Mabry, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Moorestown Field Club	73
John Paul/Mark Battista, Philadelphia Publinks GA	73
Bob Wicker/Ron Mittendorf, Little Mill CC/Blue Bell CC	74
Fred Olt/Bernard Kelly, Little Mill CC	74
Andy Muzyka/Philip Dodd, Hershey's Mill GC	74
Jim Lloyd/Homie Perkins, Running Deer GC/Wedgwood CC	74
Peter Roberts/Andy Piskun, Olde York CC/Metedeconk National GC	75
John O'Sullivan/Louis Pace, Phoenixville CC/Medford Village CC	75
Peter Stanley/Clay vonSeldeneck, Sunnybrook GC	75
John Leighbody/Ted Beringer, Philadelphia CC	75
Vincent Kraft, Jr./Jerry Barr, Lehigh CC	75
Felton Walker/Stephen Pence, Little Mill CC	75
Alexander Mackerell/Daniel Timms, Wildwood G&CC	76
Thomas Mallouk/Gregory Gaul, Merion GC/Lookaway GC	76
William McCabe, Jr./Francis Robinson, McCall G&CC/Hershey's Mill GC	76
Ed Roberts/George May, Manufacturer's G&CC	76
Joe Armbruster/James Sakasits, Woodstone GC	76
Sandy Reagan/Charles Caparo, Plymouth CC	77
Robert Schiller/Donald Beck, Old York Road CC	77
John Snyder/Thomas O'Rourke, Chester Valley GC/Waynesborough CC	77
Robert Murphy/Jay Kocher, Wilmington CC	77
Andrew Ralston/Jim Morehouse, Woodstone GC	77
Richard White/Michael McCorriston, Jericho National GC	77
Michael Sofranko/William Casto, Wyncote GC/Coatesville CC	77
Joseph Virdone/J. Peter Pierce, Philadelphia CC	78
Christopher Frazier/Charles Carter, Sunnybrook CC	78
James Wiley/John Patton, Lu Lu CC/Medford Lakes CC	78
Murray Felzer/David Tordone, White Manor CC/Radley Run CC	78
Francis Koneski/William Greenway, Sandy Run CC	78
Alan Van Horn/Brian Bezark, Lu Lu CC	78
Larry Paster/Gary Gordon, Philmont CC/Talamore CC	78
Arthur Pollak/Bill Kaufmann, Wedgwood CC	79
Charles Zall/Bill Becker, Bala GC	79
Frank Petrecco/Kyran Connelly, Yardley CC/Makefield Highlands GC	79
Joseph Goldenberg/Ed Richman, Blue Bell CC	80
Jeffrey Fogel/John Dratch, Philmont CC	80
Jim Callaghan/Curt Fromal, Rolling Green GC/The Springhaven Club	80
Andy Piskun/Peter Roberts, Metedeconk National GC/Olde York CC	80
David Kearney/Gregory Michael, Lehigh CC	80
Lawrence Capuzzi, Sr./Robert Gress, Sr., Rolling Green GC	80
Gary Ueltzen/Mike Kyle, Bala GC	81
Rick Bunn/Thomas Mairone, McCall G&CC	81
Rob Feinberg/Robert Brooker, Lu Lu CC	81
Joseph McLane/Joe Wolos, JC Melrose CC	82
Bob Abramski/William Lawson, Talamore CC	82
Robert Felter/Terry Radcliffe, Lancaster CC	82
Joseph Timko/A. Fred Rudy, Jr., Lancaster CC	82
John Kyle/Joseph Nescio, Edgmont CC/Coatesville CC	82
Rick Ames/Robert Agran, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Wyncote GC	82
Glenn Davis/Andrew Hamilton, III, Sand Barrens GC/The Springhaven Club	82
Fred Brown/John Sperone, Downingtown GC	82
Donald Barr/John Saling, Kennett Square G&CC/Radley Run CC	83
Clinton Miller/Arthur Millett, Little Mill CC/Pine Hill GC	83
Ted Long/Dave Kepler, Lehigh CC	83
Amedeo Mascitti/Murray Soss, Rolling Green GC	83
Jim Haag/Thomas Eason, Radley Run CC	84
Timothy Lloyd/J. Stacey Redican, Sandy Run CC	84
Lawrence Dolan/Thomas Lee, Sandy Run CC	84
Thomas Mercaldo/John GierschJr., Sandy Run CC	85
David Segal/Charles Rash, Blue Bell CC	86
Robert Zowney/David Koons, Sandy Run CC	86
William Dauphinee/John Choyka, Indian Valley CC	87
Thomas Dyott/Frederick Hirsekorn, Old York Road CC/Tavistock CC	88
Francis Melvin/Mark Sokoloff, Lu Lu CC	88
Arthur Augugliaro/Joe Clancy, Merchantville CC/Little Mill CC	95

Net results
Name, club	Score
Peter Roberts/Andy Piskun, Olde York CC/Metedeconk National GC	61
Barry Emich/Daniel Burton, Bent Creek CC	62
Frank Polizzi/Bernie Zbrzeznj, Whitemarsh Valley CC	63
Thomas Kanyok/Dan Morrin, Makefield Highlands GC/Jericho National GC	63
Michael Howanski/John Turner, DuPont CC/The Springhaven Club	64
William McCabe, Jr./Francis Robinson, McCall G&CC/Hershey's Mill GC	64
Peter Dilullo/Robert Billings, Rolling Green GC/Waynesborough CC	65
Dennis Perna/Frank Kunze, Spring Ford CC	65
Vincent Kraft, Jr./Jerry Barr, Lehigh CC	65
Francis Koneski/William Greenway, Sandy Run CC	65
Donald Ashley/Mark Shuman, Philadelphia CC/Whitford CC	66
Richard Smith/Warren Deakins, Philadelphia CC	66
Edward Pappas, Sr./Martin Klagholz, Rolling Green GC	66
Ron Mac Donald/Norman Jester, Concord CC/Downingtown GC	66
Fred Olt/Bernard Kelly, Little Mill CC	66
Arthur Pollak/Bill Kaufmann, Wedgwood CC	66
Charles Zall/Bill Becker, Bala GC	66
Andy Piskun/Peter Roberts, Metedeconk National GC/Olde York CC	66
William Lawler/Carlyle Robinson, Fox Hill CC	67
William Gordon/Pete Widdoes, Wilmington CC/Inniscrone GC	67
Gordon Bennett/Fran Tusak, Northampton CC/Silver Creek CC	67
Ken Gaskill/Jon Mabry, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Moorestown Field Club	67
Peter Stanley/Clay vonSeldeneck, Sunnybrook GC	67
Alexander Mackerell/Daniel Timms, Wildwood G&CC	67
Andrew Ralston/Jim Morehouse, Woodstone GC	67
Murray Felzer/David Tordone, White Manor CC/Radley Run CC	67
Gary Ueltzen/Mike Kyle, Bala GC	67
Chuck Wilkins/Robert Proto, Little Mill CC	68
Carl Everett/Neil McDermott, Merion GC/Llanerch CC	68
Edward O'Keefe/Gary Dornhoefer, Laurel Creek CC/Ballamor GC	68
James Haynie/Stephen Daley, Lu Lu CC	68
Terry Sawyer/Douglas Fraser, Yardley CC/Greate Bay CC	68
Gil Fritz/Keith Li, Heidelberg CC	68
Thomas Isola/Jack Holland, Whitford CC	68
Robert Patrylo/Vernon Kelly, Jr., Philadelphia Cricket Club	68
Bob Wicker/Ron Mittendorf, Little Mill CC/Blue Bell CC	68
John Leighbody/Ted Beringer, Philadelphia CC	68
Felton Walker/Stephen Pence, Little Mill CC	68
Sandy Reagan/Charles Caparo, Plymouth CC	68
Frank Petrecco/Kyran Connelly, Yardley CC/Makefield Highlands GC	68
Ted Long/Dave Kepler, Lehigh CC	68
Matthew Bellis/Michael Rose, Commonwealth National GC/Philmont CC	69
Charles Jones/Michael Nilon, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Philadelphia CC	69
John Paul/Mark Battista, Philadelphia Publinks GA	69
Andy Muzyka/Philip Dodd, Hershey's Mill GC	69
Jim Lloyd/Homie Perkins, Running Deer GC/Wedgwood CC	69
Joe Armbruster/James Sakasits, Woodstone GC	69
Christopher Frazier/Charles Carter, Sunnybrook CC	69
Joseph Goldenberg/Ed Richman, Blue Bell CC	69
Lawrence Capuzzi, Sr./Robert Gress, Sr., Rolling Green GC	69
John Kyle/Joseph Nescio, Edgmont CC/Coatesville CC	69
John O'Sullivan/Louis Pace, Phoenixville CC/Medford Village CC	70
Thomas Mallouk/Gregory Gaul, Merion GC/Lookaway GC	70
Robert Schiller/Donald Beck, Old York Road CC	70
Joseph McLane/Joe Wolos, JC Melrose CC	70
Rick Ames/Robert Agran, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Wyncote GC	70
Clinton Miller/Arthur Millett, Little Mill CC/Pine Hill GC	70
Jim Haag/Thomas Eason, Radley Run CC	70
Ed Roberts/George May, Manufacturer's G&CC	71
John Snyder/Thomas O'Rourke, Chester Valley GC/Waynesborough CC	71
Richard White/Michael McCorriston, Jericho National GC	71
Michael Sofranko/William Casto, Wyncote GC/Coatesville CC	71
James Wiley/John Patton, Lu Lu CC/Medford Lakes CC	71
Rob Feinberg/Robert Brooker, Lu Lu CC	71
Bob Abramski/William Lawson, Talamore CC	71
Joseph Timko/A. Fred Rudy, Jr., Lancaster CC	71
Donald Barr/John Saling, Kennett Square G&CC/Radley Run CC	71
Robert Murphy/Jay Kocher, Wilmington CC	72
Amedeo Mascitti/Murray Soss, Rolling Green GC	72
Timothy Lloyd/J. Stacey Redican, Sandy Run CC	72
Lawrence Dolan/Thomas Lee, Sandy Run CC	72
David Segal/Charles Rash, Blue Bell CC	72
Joseph Virdone/J. Peter Pierce, Philadelphia CC	73
Glenn Davis/Andrew Hamilton, III, Sand Barrens GC/The Springhaven Club	73
Francis Melvin/Mark Sokoloff, Lu Lu CC	73
Larry Paster/Gary Gordon, Philmont CC/Talamore CC	74
Jeffrey Fogel/John Dratch, Philmont CC	74
Jim Callaghan/Curt Fromal, Rolling Green GC/The Springhaven Club	74
David Kearney/Gregory Michael, Lehigh CC	74
Fred Brown/John Sperone, Downingtown GC	74
Alan Van Horn/Brian Bezark, Lu Lu CC	75
Robert Felter/Terry Radcliffe, Lancaster CC	75
Robert Zowney/David Koons, Sandy Run CC	75
Thomas Dyott/Frederick Hirsekorn, Old York Road CC/Tavistock CC	75
Rick Bunn/Thomas Mairone, McCall G&CC	76
Thomas Mercaldo/John GierschJr., Sandy Run CC	76
Arthur Augugliaro/Joe Clancy, Merchantville CC/Little Mill CC	76
William Dauphinee/John Choyka, Indian Valley CC	81

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Burton, Emich tandem take Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play