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Chester Valley's Chylinski, Philly Publinks GA's Umani win Sr. Four-Ball
FLEETWOOD, Pa. - A receptive golf course and a talented player pool shaped Ed Chylinski and Richard Umani’s outlook on Tuesday’s Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play.
“The strategy was to go for birdies because we knew that there was a good field and the course seemed to be set up fairly generous,” Chylinski, of Gulph Mills, Pa., said. “We were gunning for birdies.”
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Ed Chylinski, Chester Valley GC
& Richard Umani, Philadelphia Publinks GA |
Chylinski, of Chester Valley GC, and Umani, of Philadelphia Publinks GA, diligently adhered to that strategy and carded a stellar 10-under-par 62 at Golden Oaks GC (par 72, 6,309 yards) to win the tournament. The duo used its mighty arsenal to gun down an array of red-figure targets. Umani, of West Chester, Pa., unleashed his fiery flatstick on the first three holes. He pulverized his pitching wedge 135 yards on No. 1 (par 4, 373 yards) and placed a right-to-left breaking 15-footer into the bottom of the jar. His GAP wedge on No. 2 (par 4, 380 yards) soared 110 yards to 12 feet, and Umani cleaned up the left-to-right birdie putt. On No. 3 (par 4, 347 yards), Umani’s GAP wedge again proved crucial when he drilled it 115 yards to eight feet.
Chylinski, 60, hopped aboard the birdie buggy on No. 4 (par 3, 157 yards). His 8-iron tee shot dropped 20-feet from the flagstick, but he rolled in a challenging right-to-left breaker for birdie. Both he and Umani reached the No. 5 (par 5, 484 yards) green in two strokes. Umani posted another red figure by two-putting from 30-feet. Chylinski stuck his 58-degree wedge 80 yards on No. 7 (par 4, 358 yards) to a foot. The team ended its outward tour at 6 under.
“The strategy was working,” Chylinski said. “We wanted to stay aggressive and go for it.”
“The greens were rolling perfect. The golf course was in great shape,” Umani, 57, added.
After both players missed respective birdie chances on the par 4, 380-yard 10th hole, Umani hammered his 3-wood on No. 11 (par 5, 463 yards) to the right of the green. His delicate downhill chip stopped three feet shy of the cup. Chylinski found the No. 13 (par 3, 150 yards) green with his tee shot, but Umani’s 8-iron veered to the left. The predicament prompted Umani to share a prediction with his partner.
“I walked off the tee and said, ‘it’s time for me to do something spectacular,’” Umani said, the spectacular being a chip-in birdie.
Three routine pars later, both Chylinski and Umani knew they needed to again execute the game-plan. Chylinski nailed his 52-degree wedge 103-yards to four-feet and executed the ensuing birdie effort on No. 17 (par 4, 416 yards). Umani’s 5-wood off the No. 18 (par 5, 473 yards) screeched into the hazard. He played out, smoked his 9-iron 150 yards and drained a downhill 35-footer.
Chylinski and Umani have been good friends and golf buddies for 30 years. They play alongside one another annually, mostly in the winter. They’ve won the North Hills CC Invitational and the Donald Ross Invitational Senior Division at Lu Lu CC. Tuesday’s victory served as another charming chapter in their collective golf memoirs.
“The Golf Association of Philadelphia always does a great job in running these events. To play on a good golf course in a great field, and to win this, is special,” Umani said. “We knew we had to go low.”
“We didn’t leave much out there,” Chylinski added. “We never were threatened with bogey on any holes. We never had to sweat it, really.”
The team of Larry Bergman of Middletown CC and Steven Owens of Raven’s Claw GC and the team of Gregory Gaul of Merion GC and Thomas Mallouk Lookaway GC both logged a 60 to top the Net Division.
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Gross
results
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Name,
club
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Score
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Ed
Chylinski/Richard Umani, Chester Valley GC/Philadelphia Publinks GA
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62
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Charles
Jones/Michael Nilon, Blue Bell CC/Philadelphia CC
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65
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Gregory
Gaul/Thomas Mallouk, Merion GC/Lookaway GC
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65
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David
Brookreson/Chip Lutz, Huntingdon Valley CC/LedgeRock GC
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66
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David
Kearney/Robert Oristaglio, Lehigh CC
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66
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John
Choyka/William Dauphinee, Indian Valley CC
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67
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Matthew
Bellis/Michael Rose, Commonwealth National GC/Philmont CC
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67
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Peter
Mimmo/Frank Tuscano, North Hills CC
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68
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Donald
Ashley/Mark Shuman, Philadelphia CC/Whitford CC
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68
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Thomas
Bartolacci, Jr./Roc Irey, Saucon Valley CC/Lookaway GC
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68
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Robert
Billings/Peter Dilullo, Rolling Green GC/Waynesborough CC
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69
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Jon
Mabry/Joseph Perrone, Moorestown Field Club
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69
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Curt
Fromal/Joseph Maxwell, The Springhaven Club/Hartefeld National
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69
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Michael
Domenick/Bill Smith, Phoenixville CC/Sandy Run CC
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69
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Robert
Lodovici/Emil Krauss, Little Mill CC/Links GC
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69
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W.
Garth Sprecher/A. Fred Rudy, Jr., Lancaster CC
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70
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James
Wiley/John Patton, Lu Lu CC/Little Mill CC
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70
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Fred
Olt/Bernard Kelly, Little Mill CC
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70
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Stan
Zabytko/Norman Jester, Loch Nairn GC/Downingtown CC
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70
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Gregory
Sheva/Joseph Shevlin, North Hills CC
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70
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Jack
Hoffman/Mike Corcoran, Penn Oaks GC/Whitford CC
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70
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John
Ayres/David Jordan, Woodcrest CC/Sakima CC
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70
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Charles
McClaskey/John Emmel, Jr., Back Creek GC/Links GC
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70
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Bud
MacAvoy/Frederick Banta, Running Deer GC
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70
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Deane
Haase/Michael Quinn, Edgmont CC
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70
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Joseph
Milutis/Gordon Bennett, Northampton CC
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71
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Robert
Schiller/Herbert Gordon, Old York Road CC/Doylestown CC
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71
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Joseph
McLane/Dave Jacobson, JC Melrose CC
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71
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Carl
Everett/Neil McDermott, Merion GC/Llanerch CC
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71
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James
Macallister/James Muller, Manufacturers G&CC
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71
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Hal
Stupp/Gary Yeager, White Manor CC/Philadelphia Cricket Club
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71
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Thomas
Schaible/Mike Schuster, Chester Valley GC
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71
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Larry
Bergman/Steven Owens, Middletown CC/Raven's Claw GC
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71
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Thomas
Piper/Robert Garis, North Hills CC
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72
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Fred
Brown/Bob Silsbe, Downingtown CC
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72
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Robert
Dwyer/Peter Emigh, Saucon Valley CC/Lehigh CC
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72
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Frank
Kunze/Thomas Fuhs, Spring Ford CC
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72
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C.
Michael Conway/Charles Caparo, Plymouth CC
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73
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John
Kane/James Callaghan, Rolling Green GC
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73
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James
Haynie/Stephen Daley, Lu Lu CC
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73
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Harvey
McCumber/Jay Kocher, Wilmington CC/Loch Nairn GC
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73
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James
Barron/Jack Bailey, Hartefeld National
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74
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Nicholas
DiBona/John Webb, Whitford CC
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74
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Peter
Pasceri/Stephen Brennan, Old York Road CC
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74
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Bob
Abramski/Ronald Hooven, Talamore CC
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74
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John
Snyder/Thomas O'Rourke, Waynesborough CC/Chester Valley GC
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74
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Thomas
Mercaldo/John Giersch, Jr., Sandy Run CC
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75
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Edward
Witczak/Harry Crouch, Moorestown Field Club
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75
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John
Filmyer/Joseph Dollinger, Lu Lu CC
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75
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Francis
Koneski/William Greenway, Sandy Run CC
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76
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Spike
McKeeta/David Justin, Chester Valley GC
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76
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Jack
Endicott/W. Frank Skilton, Manufacturers G&CC
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77
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John
Carr/John Mellors, Jericho National GC
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77
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Karl
Gochnauer/David Royer, Meadia Heights GC
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77
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Alex
Petroski/Lawrence Capuzzi, Sr., Rolling Green GC
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77
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Rick
Rutter/Ned Moore, Manufacturers G&CC
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78
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Robert
Kegel/Robert Farina, Old York Road CC
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78
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Donald
Galbraith/C. Andrew Hobbie, Stonewall/Lehigh CC
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78
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Gerald
Barr/Vincent Kraft, Jr., Lehigh CC
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79
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Bill
Kaufmann/Arthur Pollak, Wedgwood CC
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79
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Carmen
Caruso/William Penney, Spring Ford CC
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80
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Edwin
Boyd/Jim Shivers, Downingtown CC
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80
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Laurence
Hirsh/James Fraser, Plymouth CC/Hidden Creek GC
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WD
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William
Gordon/Stuart Shears, Wilmington CC
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NS
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Net
results
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Name,
club
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Score
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Gregory
Gaul/Thomas Mallouk, Merion GC/Lookaway GC
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60
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Larry
Bergman/Steven Owens, Middletown CC/Raven's Claw GC
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60
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James
Wiley/John Patton, Lu Lu CC/Little Mill CC
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61
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Peter
Pasceri/Stephen Brennan, Old York Road CC
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61
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Ed
Chylinski/Richard Umani, Chester Valley GC/Philadelphia Publinks GA
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62
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John
Choyka/William Dauphinee, Indian Valley CC
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62
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Jon
Mabry/Joseph Perrone, Moorestown Field Club
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62
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W.
Garth Sprecher/A. Fred Rudy, Jr., Lancaster CC
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62
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John
Ayres/David Jordan, Woodcrest CC/Sakima CC
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62
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Fred
Brown/Bob Silsbe, Downingtown CC
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62
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C.
Michael Conway/Charles Caparo, Plymouth CC
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62
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Charles
Jones/Michael Nilon, Blue Bell CC/Philadelphia CC
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63
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Peter
Mimmo/Frank Tuscano, North Hills CC
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63
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Curt
Fromal/Joseph Maxwell, The Springhaven Club/Hartefeld National
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63
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Michael
Domenick/Bill Smith, Phoenixville CC/Sandy Run CC
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63
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Fred
Olt/Bernard Kelly, Little Mill CC
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63
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Gregory
Sheva/Joseph Shevlin, North Hills CC
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63
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Joseph
McLane/Dave Jacobson, JC Melrose CC
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63
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Francis
Koneski/William Greenway, Sandy Run CC
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63
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David
Kearney/Robert Oristaglio, Lehigh CC
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64
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Jack
Hoffman/Mike Corcoran, Penn Oaks GC/Whitford CC
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64
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Robert
Schiller/Herbert Gordon, Old York Road CC/Doylestown CC
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64
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Thomas
Piper/Robert Garis, North Hills CC
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64
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Harvey
McCumber/Jay Kocher, Wilmington CC/Loch Nairn GC
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64
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Nicholas
DiBona/John Webb, Whitford CC
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64
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Bob
Abramski/Ronald Hooven, Talamore CC
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64
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Edward
Witczak/Harry Crouch, Moorestown Field Club
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64
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David
Brookreson/Chip Lutz, Huntingdon Valley CC/LedgeRock GC
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65
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Matthew
Bellis/Michael Rose, Commonwealth National GC/Philmont CC
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65
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Donald
Ashley/Mark Shuman, Philadelphia CC/Whitford CC
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65
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Robert
Lodovici/Emil Krauss, Little Mill CC/Links GC
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65
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Bud
MacAvoy/Frederick Banta, Running Deer GC
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65
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Joseph
Milutis/Gordon Bennett, Northampton CC
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65
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Thomas
Schaible/Mike Schuster, Chester Valley GC
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65
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James
Barron/Jack Bailey, Hartefeld National
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65
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Jack
Endicott/W. Frank Skilton, Manufacturers G&CC
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65
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Rick
Rutter/Ned Moore, Manufacturers G&CC
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65
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Robert
Kegel/Robert Farina, Old York Road CC
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65
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Carmen
Caruso/William Penney, Spring Ford CC
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65
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Stan
Zabytko/Norman Jester, Loch Nairn GC/Downingtown CC
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66
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Carl
Everett/Neil McDermott, Merion GC/Llanerch CC
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66
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Hal
Stupp/Gary Yeager, White Manor CC/Philadelphia Cricket Club
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66
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Frank
Kunze/Thomas Fuhs, Spring Ford CC
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66
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Thomas
Mercaldo/John Giersch, Jr., Sandy Run CC
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66
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Spike
McKeeta/David Justin, Chester Valley GC
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66
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Alex
Petroski/Lawrence Capuzzi, Sr., Rolling Green GC
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66
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Edwin
Boyd/Jim Shivers, Downingtown CC
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66
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Robert
Billings/Peter Dilullo, Rolling Green GC/Waynesborough CC
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67
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Robert
Dwyer/Peter Emigh, Saucon Valley CC/Lehigh CC
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67
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John
Carr/John Mellors, Jericho National GC
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67
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Thomas
Bartolacci, Jr./Roc Irey, Saucon Valley CC/Lookaway GC
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68
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Charles
McClaskey/John Emmel, Jr., Back Creek GC/Links GC
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68
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Deane
Haase/Michael Quinn, Edgmont CC
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68
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John
Kane/James Callaghan, Rolling Green GC
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68
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John
Filmyer/Joseph Dollinger, Lu Lu CC
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68
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Karl
Gochnauer/David Royer, Meadia Heights GC
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68
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Donald
Galbraith/C. Andrew Hobbie, Stonewall/Lehigh CC
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68
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James
Macallister/James Muller, Manufacturers G&CC
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69
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James
Haynie/Stephen Daley, Lu Lu CC
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69
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John
Snyder/Thomas O'Rourke, Waynesborough CC/Chester Valley GC
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69
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Bill
Kaufmann/Arthur Pollak, Wedgwood CC
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70
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Gerald
Barr/Vincent Kraft, Jr., Lehigh CC
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71
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Laurence
Hirsh/James Fraser, Plymouth CC/Hidden Creek GC
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WD
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William
Gordon/Stuart Shears, Wilmington CC
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NS
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NS-no show; WD-withdrawal
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