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Saucon Valley CC's Daniels takes Frank H. Chapman Memorial (Gross)
GLADWYNE, Pa.–Gary Daniels of Saucon Valley CC formally carved his name back into the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s senior circuit Thursday by capturing the Frank H. Chapman Memorial (Gross) at Philadelphia CC (par 71, 6,597 yards).
Hecarded a 1-under-par 70 to best the 148-player field. The Center Valley, Pa., resident returned to competitive golf in 2008 after a three-year hiatus.
“It’s a culmination of a lot of work and a lot of help from other people,” Daniels said. “I’ve been working on my game, and to be among the great players of the GAP and to win this tournament is a real honor. It’s shown me that I’ve been able to persevere through dealing with nerves and bad shots. It’s been a long time since I’ve been playing half-decent.”
Business priorities had kept Daniels, 59, away from the sport.
“When you start to get back into it at the age I am, it’s not that easy,” he said. “Last year was a tough year for me because my confidence wasn’t there. Now I’m starting to see things click a little bit better, and I’m starting to play pretty good. It feels nice.”
Daniels registered five birdies on the day. After chipping in on No. 2 (par 4, 342 yards), he accounted for a slight wind and drove his 4-wood about 207 yards to the back of the green on No. 6 (par 5, 492 yards). Daniels then two-putted for birdie.
Another Daniels’ birdie came on No. 7 (par 3, 193 yards) after his smooth 4-iron landed a foot from the flagstick. From the fairway on No. 17 (par 4, 435 yards), Daniels’ drilled his 6-iron from 163 yards out to about 12 feet and drained the ensuing birdie putt.
Daniels didn’t allow a tough three-putt for bogey on No. 13 (par 4, 365 yards) shellshock his round.
“I bounced back from that, which gave me a lot of confidence,” he said.
Matthew Bellis of Commonwealth National GC and Francis McFadden of Overbrook GC each carded an even-par 71. Bellis, of Ambler, Pa., entered No. 14 (par 4, 435 yards) at 2 under but bogeyed the hole as his 15-footer for par drifted past the cup. He nuked his 5-wood off the tee on the uphill, par 3 15th hole (215 yards), chipped onto the green and missed a 10-footer for par.
“I gagged it coming in here. I hung in, though,” he said. “I got it up-and-down a lot. It was just a good, solid round.”
On his final hole, Bellis, 60, had an opportunity to enter the clubhouse with a subpar score. He punched an 8-iron about 137 yards uphill into the wind on No. 18 (par 4, 371 yards), but his ensuing 18-footer for birdie swung on the edge of the cup. Earlier in the round, Bellis registered birdies on Nos. 1 (par 4, 320 yards), 7 (par 3, 193 yards), 9 (par 4, 404 yards) and 13 (par 4, 365 yards). He stuck a 60-degree wedge over 50 yards and drained a 15-footer on No. 1. His 5-wood put Bellis on the fringe of the No. 7, but Bellis sank the ensuing birdie putt.
On No. 9, he stuck his approach 8-iron to about 15 feet, and on No. 13, Bellis drained a 10-footer for birdie after his 9-iron traveled 130 yards and rested on the green.
“I’m very pleased,” Bellis said. “When it’s warm, it helps. I haven’t really been playing well this year. It’s been a tough year for me physically.”
McFadden, 59, ignited to a quick start by firing a birdie on No. 1 (par 4, 320 yards). Although his drive settled in the bunker, McFadden, of Newtown Square, Pa., chipped up to about 10 feet and converted his birdie try. His 3-wood fell short of the green on No. 3 (par 5, 531 yards), but McFadden chipped up to about eight feet and drained his birdie putt.
“I hit the ball good and I putted pretty good,” he said. “I hit all of my four and 5-footers, which is good for me. It was pretty steady, uneventful round.”
McFadden had two birdie opportunities down the stretch. He struck his 7-iron 165 yards to about eight feet on No. 17 (par 4, 435 yards), but missed the ensuing birdie putt. He drilled a wedge 128 yards onto the green on No. 18 (par 4, 371 yards), but didn’t convert a 6-footer for birdie.
“That was painful,” McFadden said.
McFadden attributed such a strong round to his experience on the track.
“This is maybe my favorite course in the city of Philadelphia. It’s a wonderful day-in, day-out golf course. It’s always in good shape. It’s fun.”
In the Super-Senior Division, Jay Howson, Jr. of St. Davids GC earned flight honors by defeating O. Gordon Brewer, Jr. of Pine Valley GC in a sudden-death playoff. Both players finished deadlocked at 2-over-par 73. On the first playoff hole (No. 10), Howson escaped the bunker and then chipped up to about two feet from the flagstick.
"It's always nice to win," Howson, who the the Super-Senior Division of the Brewer Cup a few weeks ago, said. "It's a great opportunity for competition that is sponsored by the Golf Association of Philadelphia. Just being a part of it is great."
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55-59 years
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Name
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Club
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Scores
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Gary Daniels
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Saucon Valley Country Club
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70
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Francis McFadden
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Overbrook Golf Club
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71
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Donald Ashley
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Philadelphia Country Club
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72
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Rick Custer
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Spring Ford Country Club
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72
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James Muller
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Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
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74
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Joe Olin
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Little Mill Country Club
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74
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Roc Irey
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Lookaway Golf Club
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74
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Wayne Bartolacci
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Jericho National Golf Club
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74
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Gary Daniels
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Applebrook Golf Club
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75
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Mark Quigley
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Lu Lu Country Club
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75
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Martin Klagholz
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Rolling Green Golf Club
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75
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Michael Quinn
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Edgmont Country Club
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75
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Richard Umani
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Philadelphia Publinks GA
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75
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Tom Borsello
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Fieldstone Golf Club
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75
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William Vostinak
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Lehigh Country Club
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75
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Bill Henry
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Olde York Country Club
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76
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Ed Chylinski
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Chester Valley Golf Club
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76
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Michael Moser
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Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
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76
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Raymond Thompson
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Overbrook Golf Club
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76
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Robin McCool
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Saucon Valley Country Club
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76
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Thomas Bartolacci, Jr.
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Saucon Valley Country Club
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76
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Andrew Guinan
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Applebrook Golf Club
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77
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Charles Jones
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Blue Bell Country Club
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77
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James Prendergast
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Brookside Country Club
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77
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John Gonsior
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Five Ponds Golf Club
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77
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Joseph Reaney
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Wyncote Golf Club
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77
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Alan Bernabei
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Doylestown Country Club
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78
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Bob Majczan
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Lookaway Golf Club
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78
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Robert VanEtten, Jr.
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Laurel Creek Country Club
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78
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Anthony Kondracki
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Fox Hill Country Club
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79
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Bob Stewart
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Philadelphia Publinks GA
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79
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Jeb Baker
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DuPont Country Club
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79
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John Kernan
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Merchantville Country Club
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79
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Larry Paster
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Philmont Country Club
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79
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Charles Dowds, III
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Applebrook Golf Club
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80
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Eugene Maginnis, Jr.
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Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
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80
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James Finegan, Jr.
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Philadelphia Country Club
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80
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James Sullivan, Sr.
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Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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80
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Paul Keating
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Aronimink Golf Club
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80
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Drew Panebianco
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Talamore Country Club
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81
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Stan Zabytko
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Loch Nairn Golf Club
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81
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Fred Banta
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Running Deer Golf Club
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82
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Mark Szilagyi
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Brookside Country Club
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82
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Robert Billings
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Rolling Green Golf Club
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82
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Bennett Meyer
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Philmont Country Club
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83
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David Taylor
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Radley Run Country Club
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83
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Robert Dewitt
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Links Golf Club
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83
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Robert Lodovici
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Little Mill Country Club
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83
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Thomas Mairone
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McCall Golf & Country Club
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83
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Mike Miklinevich
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Greate Bay Country Club
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84
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Gregory Sheva
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North Hills Country Club
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85
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Lee King
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Berkshire Country Club
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85
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Joe Culley
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The Springhaven Club
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86
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Tom Cohen
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Running Deer Golf Club
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86
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James Lamar
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Coatesville Country Club
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87
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Alan Van Horn
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Lu Lu Country Club
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WD
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Chuck McGilloway
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Moselem Springs Golf Club
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WD
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James Taormina
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Wyncote Golf Club
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WD
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60 & Over
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Matthew Bellis
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Commonwealth National Golf Club
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71
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Andy Thompson
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Overbrook Golf Club
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72
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David Brookreson
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Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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74
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Richard Speranza
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Jericho National Golf Club
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74
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Don Donatoni
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White Manor Country Club
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75
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Mark Shuman
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Whitford Country Club
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75
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Michael Dougherty
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Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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75
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Thomas DiCinti
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Links Golf Club
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75
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Wally Swiger
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Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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75
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Robert Ockenfuss
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Indian Valley Country Club
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76
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Carl Everett
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Merion Golf Club
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77
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Frank Kunze
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Spring Ford Country Club
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77
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Jack Holland
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Whitford Country Club
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77
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Michael Rose
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Talamore Country Club
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77
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Edward Gregorczyk
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Glenmaura National Golf Club
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78
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Michael Nilon
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Philadelphia Country Club
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79
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Charles Whipple
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Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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80
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Frank Polizzi
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Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
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80
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Neil McDermott
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Llanerch Country Club
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80
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Stephen Daley
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Lu Lu Country Club
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80
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Craig Scott
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Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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81
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Dennis Perna
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Spring Ford Country Club
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81
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Frank Treml
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Sandy Run Country Club
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81
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J. Peter Pierce
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Philadelphia Country Club
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81
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Kevin Scanlon
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Stonewall
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81
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Terrence Sawyer
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Commonwealth National Golf Club
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81
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W. Scott Yard
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Whitford Country Club
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81
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William Lawler
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Fox Hill Country Club
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81
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Andrew Beechko
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Country Club of Scranton
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82
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Bernie Zbrzeznj
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Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
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82
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Gibby Young
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Hartefeld National
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82
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Jon Mabry
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Moorestown Field Club
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82
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Michael Rowland
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Lehigh Country Club
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82
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Theodore Beringer
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Philadelphia Country Club
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82
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Thomas Mallouk
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Lookaway Golf Club
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82
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James Barron
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Hartefeld National
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83
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James Haynie
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Lu Lu Country Club
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83
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Robert Brooker
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Blue Bell Country Club
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83
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Bill Smith
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Sandy Run Country Club
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84
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John Snyder
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Waynesborough Country Club
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84
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Rick Bunn
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McCall Golf & Country Club
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84
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James Coleman
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Rolling Green Golf Club
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85
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Ron Mittendorf
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Blue Bell Country Club
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85
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Steve Kyriakodis
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Lu Lu Country Club
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86
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Mike Corcoran
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Whitford Country Club
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87
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John Cech
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Riverton Country Club
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90
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Ed Camm
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Golf Course at Glen Mills
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93
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Gregory Gaul
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Merion Golf Club
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WD
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Lee Cook
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Laurel Creek Country Club
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WD
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Robert Murphy
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Wilmington Country Club
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WD
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Super Senior
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# Jay Howson, Jr.
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St. Davids Golf Club
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73
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O. Gordon Brewer, Jr.
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Pine Valley Golf Club
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73
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Byron Milner
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Overbrook Golf Club
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77
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David Jordan
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Woodbury Country Club
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77
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Richard Smith
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Philadelphia Country Club
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77
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Charles McClaskey
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Wyncote Golf Club
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78
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Herbert Gordon
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Doylestown Country Club
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78
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Lawrence Harrison
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Hidden Creek Golf Club
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78
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Bill Kaufmann
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Running Deer Golf Club
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79
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Joe Wolos
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JC Melrose Country Club
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79
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Louis Pace
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Medford Village Country Club
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80
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Warren Deakins
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Philadelphia Country Club
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80
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Barry Brackenbury
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Silver Creek Country Club
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81
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Hal Ruff
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Moorestown Field Club
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81
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John Owens
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Tavistock Country Club
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81
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Joseph Maxwell
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Hartefeld National
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81
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Thomas Morgan
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Riverton Country Club
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81
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Bill Weinfeld
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JC Melrose Country Club
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83
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Joseph Virdone
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Philadelphia Country Club
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83
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Lawrence Capuzzi ,Sr.
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Rolling Green Golf Club
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83
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Robert Davy
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Medford Village Country Club
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83
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Kent Weymouth, Jr.
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Philadelphia Publinks GA
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84
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Robert Proto
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Little Mill Country Club
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84
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Curt Fromal
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The Springhaven Club
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85
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James Sherratt
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Old York Road Country Club
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85
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Terry Fair
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RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve
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85
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Robert Felter
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Lancaster Country Club
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86
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James Callaghan
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Rolling Green Golf Club
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87
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Thomas O'Rourke
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Chester Valley Golf Club
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87
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Jay Kocher
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Wilmington Country Club
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88
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Walt McGuinness
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Running Deer Golf Club
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88
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Jim Lloyd
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Running Deer Golf Club
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89
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James Ruddy, Sr.
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Spring Mill Country Club
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90
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Terry Radcliffe
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Lancaster Country Club
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90
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Thomas Mercaldo
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Sandy Run Country Club
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90
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Bob Killian
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Links Golf Club
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92
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James Hilty
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Talamore Country Club
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92
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Bob Wicker
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Little Mill Country Club
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93
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John Ayres
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Woodbury Country Club
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94
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Curtis Young
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Merion Golf Club
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WD
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# - won in playoff; WD - withdrawal
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