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Hyland takes medallist honors in return to Philly Amateur;
defending champion McDermott seeded No. 8

ELVERSON, Pa.–Michael Hyland of Little Mill CC didn’t miss a beat in his return to the Philadelphia golf scene and spectacular Stonewall. Hyland, winner of the 2000 Amateur Championship at the Elverson, Pa., venue, carded a 1-under-par 139 on Stonewall’s two courses (Old, par 70, 6,579 yards/North, par 70, 6,690 yards) to take the 109th Amateur Championship medallist honors. Hyland, who turned professional shortly after winning the 2000 title and returned to the Amateur ranks in 2005, posted Monday’s lone sub-par total.

This was his first Philadelphia Amateur since regaining his Amateur status.

MICHAEL KANIA

Hyland will be seeded No. 1 for the first round of match play which begins tomorrow at 8 a.m. First- and second-round matches will be competed on Tuesday at Stonewall's Old Course. The quarterfinals and semifinals are set for Wednesday. The 36-hole final begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday.

Reigning Amateur Champion Michael McDermott of Merion GC, who finished runner-up to Hyland for the 2000 title, qualified as the eighth seed. Last year’s runner-up, Cole Willcox of Philadelphia CC, is the No. 3 seed.

Doug Marcincin of Northampton CC took the final match play position in a seven-man-for-one-spot playoff at 150 with a birdie on No. 9 (par 3, 183 yards).

“I had great vibes coming in,” said Hyland of his return to Stonewall. “[Groupmate Michael McDermott and I] reminisced all day long about [the 2000 final]. The pairing today really helped me out.”

Hyland opened his return foray at the Old Course with a level-par 70. He even birdied his first hole, No. 1 (par 5, 528 yards), when he chipped his approach to five feet. Another birdie on No. 5 (par 3, 179 yards), a 9-iron to 20 feet, continued his storybook beginning, before bogeys on No. 6 (par 4, 430 yards) and No. 8 (par 4, 425 yards) watched Hyland make the turn in a level 35. A bogey on No. 14 (par 4, 392 yards) from a blocked wedge and a birdie on No. 18 (par 4, 440 yards) with a sand wedge from 120 yards put Hyland in a tied for fifth at even par after 18 holes.

On the North Course, Hyland’s second 18, he again opened with a birdie. Starting on No. 10 (par 4, 355 yards), he lofted a sand wedge from 120 yards to three feet. This was Hyland’s second time seeing the North Course. Yesterday was his first. The North Course was built in 2003.

Hyland drained a 10 footer on No. 12 (par 4, 360 yards) after finding fairway and green before encountering his first hiccup, a bogey, on the treacherous 13th (par 3, 215 yards).

“I’m trying not to make any double bogeys at that point,” said Hyland, who has qualified for the last two U.S. Middle-Amateurs. “I was taking the water out of play.”

Four consecutive pars followed before Hyland found some more red figures when he hit a second shot, 4-iron on No. 18 (par 5, 522 yards) to 25 feet for an eagle try. He tapped in for birdie a shot later.

Starting his final nine, No. 1 (par 4, 415 yards), Hyland’s driver sent two balls into the right fescue. He failed to find the first and carded a triple bogey seven before it was over.

“I’m thinking it could be a train wreck at that point,” said Hyland.

It wasn’t. He reached the up-and-then-downhill No. 3 (par 5, 472 yards) in two and tapped in for birdie. Three shots later on No. 4 (par 45, 429 yards) Hyland added another red figure. He hit a gap wedge from 120 yards to two feet for the tap-in birdie.

Hyland would finish it out with five pars.

“I’m totally excited about tomorrow,” said the 30-year-old Hyland, whose primary residence is Toledo, Ohio. “The key out here is to hit fairways. I think I hit two poor drives today.”

Hyland cited the venue as the reason for his return to the Amateur Championship.

Michael Kania of Overbrook GC and Haverford, Pa., 18, grabbed the No. 2 seed with an even-par 140. Kania carded a 1-under-par 69 at the Old Course in the morning before following that up with a 1-over-par 71 at the North Course.

“I just wanted to play good solid golf and get into match play,” said Kania.

This is only Kania’s second Amateur Championship. He failed to make match play in 2007.

Michael’s older brother James, Jr., also advanced into match play. He qualified as the 11th seed after finishing at 3-over-par 143.

Both will play for the University of Kentucky next year where Michael will be a freshman and James a junior.

NOTES–This is only the second time Stonewall has hosted the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s most prestigious Amateur event. In 2000, Chester Valley GC served as the second qualifying site.

Qualifiers
Name	Club	Rd. 1		Rd. 2		Total
Michael Hyland	Little Mill Country Club	70	Old	69	Nor	139
Michael Kania	Overbrook Golf Club	69	Old	71	Nor	140
Cole Willcox	Philadelphia Country Club	71	Old	70	Nor	141
Thomas Gramigna	Tavistock Country Club	70	Nor	71	Old	141
P. Chet Walsh	Philadelphia Country Club	73	Nor	69	Old	142
Robert Galbreath, Jr.	Huntingdon Valley Country Club	69	Old	73	Nor	142
Justin Martinson	Hartefeld National	71	Old	71	Nor	142
Brian Gillespie	St. Davids Golf Club	72	Nor	70	Old	142
Michael McDermott	Merion Golf Club	72	Old	70	Nor	142
James Kania, Jr.	Overbrook Golf Club	70	Nor	73	Old	143
Anthony Martire	Seaview Marriott Resort & Spa	75	Old	68	Nor	143
William McGuinness	Tavistock Country Club	69	Nor	74	Old	143
Christopher Lange	Overbrook Golf Club	70	Nor	74	Old	144
Matthew Mattare	Saucon Valley Country Club	68	Old	76	Nor	144
Edward McCrossen, Jr.	Whitemarsh Valley Country Club	73	Nor	72	Old	145
Christopher Ault	Yardley Country Club	73	Old	72	Nor	145
Pierce Dever	Jericho National Golf Club	72	Nor	73	Old	145
Robert Robertson	Philadelphia Cricket Club	76	Old	70	Nor	146
Mark Miller	Yardley Country Club	74	Old	72	Nor	146
Matt Dolinsky	Honeybrook Golf Club	72	Nor	75	Old	147
Rodney James	Five Ponds Golf Club	72	Old	75	Nor	147
Thomas Bartolacci, Jr.	Saucon Valley Country Club	74	Old	73	Nor	147
Matthew Teesdale	Commonwealth National Golf Club	72	Nor	75	Old	147
Gary Daniels	Saucon Valley Country Club	78	Nor	70	Old	148
Glenn Smeraglio	Commonwealth National Golf Club	75	Nor	73	Old	148
Scott Storck	Philadelphia Cricket Club	74	Old	74	Nor	148
Conrad Von Borsig	Concord Country Club	78	Old	70	Nor	148
John Brennan	Spring Ford Country Club	76	Old	72	Nor	148
Brian Creghan	Blue Bell Country Club	74	Old	74	Nor	148
Ryan McCarty	Little Mill Country Club	78	Old	71	Nor	149
Jeffrey Griest	Waynesborough Country Club	75	Old	74	Nor	149
#Douglas Zelner	Spring Ford Country Club	74	Nor	75	Old	149
*Doug Marcincin	Northampton Country Club	74	Nor	76	Old	150

Failed to qualify
*Michael Brown	Philadelphia Publinks GA	74	Nor	76	Old	150
*David West	Whitford Country Club	74	Nor	76	Old	150
*Keith Snyder	Sakima Country Club	80	Nor	70	Old	150
*Matthew Burkhart	Meadia Heights Golf Club	71	Nor	79	Old	150
*James Braunsberg	Blue Bell Country Club	78	Old	72	Nor	150
*Daniel Charen	Yardley Country Club	77	Old	73	Nor	150
#Robert Savarese, Jr.	Philadelphia Cricket Club	78	Old	72	Nor	150
Michael Tash	Tavistock Country Club	77	Nor	74	Old	151
Matthew Finger	Running Deer Golf Club	73	Nor	78	Old	151
Matthew Gaffney	Little Mill Country Club	75	Old	76	Nor	151
Stephen Seiden	Concord Country Club	75	Nor	76	Old	151
Chris Esbenshade	Bent Creek Country Club	74	Nor	77	Old	151
Alexander Maguire, Jr.	Brookside Country Club	74	Nor	78	Old	152
Stephen Dressel	St. Davids Golf Club	75	Nor	78	Old	153
Jamie Slonis	Tavistock Country Club	82	Old	71	Nor	153
Johnny Murphy	Wildwood Golf & Country Club	77	Old	76	Nor	153
Robert Bechtold	Wyncote Golf Club	73	Old	80	Nor	153
Mark Kosko	Seaview Marriott Resort & Spa	77	Nor	77	Old	154
Steven Kim	Blue Bell Country Club	82	Nor	72	Old	154
Joseph Roeder	Links Golf Club	75	Old	79	Nor	154
Benjamin Smith	Woodcrest Country Club	77	Nor	77	Old	154
Zach Smith	Doylestown Country Club	79	Old	75	Nor	154
Tom Borsello	Fieldstone Golf Club	79	Old	75	Nor	154
Greg Matthias	Hartefeld National	75	Old	80	Nor	155
James Bea	Spring Mill Country Club	74	Old	81	Nor	155
Ken Sim	Commonwealth National Golf Club	76	Nor	79	Old	155
Rand Mendez	Fieldstone Golf Club	77	Nor	78	Old	155
Tucker Koch	RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve	75	Nor	81	Old	156
Oscar Mestre	Overbrook Golf Club	77	Nor	79	Old	156
Andy Achenbach	RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve	75	Old	81	Nor	156
Warren Smith, III	Cavaliers Country Club	80	Old	76	Nor	156
David Liotta	Whitemarsh Valley Country Club	79	Old	77	Nor	156
Scott Klee	Indian Valley Country Club	73	Nor	83	Old	156
Jim Simmons	Stonewall	81	Nor	75	Old	156
Mike Meisenzahl	Little Mill Country Club	73	Nor	84	Old	157
Santo Lafoca	Huntsville Golf Club	76	Nor	81	Old	157
Matt Raudenbush	Pine Valley Golf Club	80	Nor	77	Old	157
Justin Van Hyning	Olde York Country Club	79	Nor	78	Old	157
Ed Kahn	Little Mill Country Club	84	Old	73	Nor	157
Nicholas Reach	Glenmaura National Golf Club	80	Old	77	Nor	157
Brian Rothaus	Talamore Country Club	81	Nor	76	Old	157
Kevin Melnick, Jr.	Plymouth Country Club	78	Old	79	Nor	157
Ryan Gelrod	Commonwealth National Golf Club	81	Nor	76	Old	157
Roc Irey	Lookaway Golf Club	73	Nor	84	Old	157
Brad Sokol	Green Valley Country Club	79	Nor	79	Old	158
Rich Pruchnik	West Chester Golf & Country Club	79	Old	79	Nor	158
James Kieserman	The Bucks Club	81	Old	77	Nor	158
David Atkinson	Llanerch Country Club	84	Nor	74	Old	158
Thomas Hyland	Little Mill Country Club	81	Old	78	Nor	159
Vinny Alessi	Penn Oaks Golf Club	75	Nor	85	Old	160
Marc Mandel	White Manor Country Club	75	Nor	85	Old	160
Brian Corbett	Huntsville Golf Club	76	Nor	84	Old	160
Douglas Schroer	Aronimink Golf Club	78	Old	82	Nor	160
Richard Marabella	Whitemarsh Valley Country Club	81	Old	79	Nor	160
Patrick Devlin	Five Ponds Golf Club	80	Old	80	Nor	160
Bradley Roberts	Wedgwood Country Club	80	Nor	80	Old	160
Charles Bernard	RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve	79	Nor	81	Old	160
Russell Hartung	Doylestown Country Club	75	Nor	86	Old	161
Robert Wurtz, Jr.	Philadelphia Cricket Club	79	Nor	82	Old	161
David Smith	Doylestown Country Club	77	Old	84	Nor	161
John Robinson	Commonwealth National Golf Club	79	Nor	82	Old	161
Stephen McIntyre	Honeybrook Golf Club	76	Nor	85	Old	161
Matt Dietrich	Whitford Country Club	75	Nor	86	Old	161
Geoffrey Cooper	Laurel Creek Country Club	77	Nor	84	Old	161
Mark Quigley	Lu Lu Country Club	82	Nor	80	Old	162
Stephen Sieracki	Merchantville Country Club	84	Nor	78	Old	162
Thomas DiCinti	Links Golf Club	85	Old	77	Nor	162
Michael Domenick	Phoenixville Country Club	83	Nor	80	Old	163
Vince Boyle	JC Melrose Country Club	89	Old	74	Nor	163
Mark Czerniakowski	Blue Bell Country Club	85	Old	78	Nor	163
Eric Schmehl	Moorestown Field Club	84	Old	80	Nor	164
Bryan Winsko	Philadelphia Cricket Club	81	Old	83	Nor	164
Connor McNicholas	Commonwealth National Golf Club	81	Nor	84	Old	165
Greg Forster	Radnor Valley Country Club	84	Old	81	Nor	165
Kevin Genuardi	Cedarbrook Country Club	87	Old	79	Nor	166
Todd Vonderheid	Huntsville Golf Club	92	Nor	75	Old	167
James Austin	Five Ponds Golf Club	83	Old	84	Nor	167
William Gallagher, III	Honeybrook Golf Club	86	Old	84	Nor	170
Erik Thorn	Links Golf Club	86	Old	85	Nor	171
Andrew Speaker	Jericho National Golf Club	81	Nor	91	Old	172
Steve Minnick	Bala Golf Club	84	Old	89	Nor	173
Robert Dziak	Spring Ford Country Club	87	Old	WD	Nor	WD
Mike Danner	Lu Lu Country Club	87	Old	WD	Nor	WD
Christopher Reedman	Makefield Highlands Golf Club	82	Old	NS	Nor	NS
David Shields	Philadelphia Publinks GA	80	Nor	NC	Old	NC
Sean Leonard	Tavistock Country Club	82	Old	DQ	Nor	DQ

*-determined in playoff
Old-Old Course; Nor-North Course
#-no match play; NC-no card; NS-no show; WD-withdrawal

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A Walk Through Time

Hyland takes medallist honors in return to Philly Amateur;
defending champion McDermott seeded No. 8

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Hyland takes medallist honors in return to Philly Amateur; defending champion McDermott seeded No. 8

Hyland takes medallist honors in return to Philly Amateur;
defending champion McDermott seeded No. 8