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Jericho National GC's Bartolacci wins Warner Cup (Gross)

  HAVERTOWN, Pa. - Wayne Bartolacci of Jericho National GC etched the family name on another piece of Golf Association of Philadelphia hardware Thursday.

  He carded a 2-over-par 73 at a gusty and strenuous Llanerch CC Thursday to win the Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross). The victory marked Bartolacci’s first-ever victory on the GAP circuit.

O. Gordon Brewer, Jr. of Pine Valley GC
won the Super-Senior Division.
  "It is a little surprising,” Bartolacci, of Langhorne, Pa., said. “I played pretty well on the front. The course was set up real difficult. The pins were tough and the wind was blowing. I just held it in there. If you don’t make good putts out here, you’re not going to score.”

  Bartolacci, who started on the back nine, drained a left-to-right three-footer for birdie on No. 12 (par 3, 164 yards), which was set up by his 5-iron tee shot. He chipped in for a second birdie on No. 15 (par 4, 317 yards) after hitting his approach 9-iron into the rough. Before making the turn, Bartolacci further burrowed his score by striking an approach 58-degree wedge 68 yards and draining a two-footer for birdie.

  A hiccup revealed its unwanted presence on No. 2 (par 4, 430 yards) as Bartolacci, 56, failed to convert a five-footer for par. He also carded a bogey on the par 3, 196 yard 4th hole. He boomed his 5-iron over the green and neglected to get up-and-down.

  â€œI’m saying it’s alright, it’s not easy,” Bartolacci said.

  That reassurance proved vital as Bartolacci carded a birdie on No. 5 (par 5, 540 yards). He crushed his 3-rescue 230 yards to within 15-feet and two-putted. Two solid pars later, Bartolacci stood at 1 under and seemingly put a stamp on a victory. However, an errant 3-rescue on No. 8 (par 3, 203 yards) settled to the right of the green. He chipped onto to the green, but it rolled back and Bartolacci three-putted for double bogey. He then noticed his brother Thomas of Saucon Valley CC, a multiple-time GAP Senior champion and former Senior Player of the Year, who came out to show his support.

  â€œUsually, when he shows up, he’s the cat. He says, ‘Do you want me to leave?” Wayne Bartolacci said. “When he comes around, sometimes things don’t happen. But I said, ‘No, you stay.’ I asked him what was leading, and he said 74, so I knew I could make bogey. But sometimes playing for bogey is worse.”

  If Bartolacci was playing for bogey, he attained it on No. 9 (par 5, 489 yards), his final hole. He laid up with a 5-iron, but it landed in the rough, 80 yards away from the flagstick. He didn’t reach the green with his ensuing chip and went on to two-putt for bogey. But it didn’t prove costly in the end.

  Bartolacci, who has dealt with a few physical problems in recent years, considers Thursday’s victory to be a rewarding one.

  â€œIt’s been a struggle, but it feels good,” Bartolacci said.

  Chip Lutz of LedgeRock GC, playing in his first event in the GAP Senior Division, carded a 3-over-par 74 to finish second.

  â€œIt was a little sketchy starting. I only hit two greens in regulation,” Lutz said. “I struggled keeping the ball on the fairway, and if you miss it here, it was really troublesome. The rough was so thick, and if the ball found the bottom, it was get it out and control it,” he said. “And with the greens being as firm as they were, it was really difficult.”

  Lutz, 55, started his round by making a critical save on No. 1 (par 4, 397 yards). His drive found the left-side rough, and Lutz then nuked his approach pitching wedge over the green.

  â€œThat’s almost death back there, but I hit a wonderful shot and made a 15-footer for par,” he said.

  On the following hole, the par 3, 196-yard 4th, Lutz launched his 6-iron over the green again, but chipped it to within eight feet from the flagstick and converted his par putt. The par 5, 540-yard 5th hole marked one of Lutz’s many obstacles. He blasted his rescue 235 yards into the left-side bunker, but extricated himself successfully and two-putted to make par.

  â€œIt could’ve been mayhem. It was a really difficult day to play,” Lutz, of Wyomissing, Pa., said. “I only made three bogeys on the front nine, but I was really pleased with three bogeys, because it could’ve been an ugly nine. The par saves kept me in the round today.”

  Lutz’s first red figure of the day came on No. 11 (par 4, 412 yards). With a downwind approach, he stuck his 60-degree wedge 92 yards to three feet and drained the ensuing birdie putt. But Lutz went on to card a bogey on No. 12 (par 3, 151 yards) after his 7-iron from 176 yards out settled 20-feet below the flagstick. His uphill birdie attempt stopped two-feet short of the cup, and Lutz failed to convert his next putt for par.

  â€œThe wind gusted, and it knocked me off balance to the point where I missed the putt,” he said.

  A second “disappointing” bogey occurred on No. 16 (par 5, 500 yards) thanks to a three-putt after his approach 52-degree gap wedge hit the green and retracted backwards. But Lutz rallied and converted a downhill 10-footer for birdie on No. 17 (par 3, 148 yards) after a solid 8-iron off the tee. He finished with a par on No. 18 (par 4, 296 yards) after reaching the green with a lob wedge from 50 yards out.

  â€œIt was really an unusual day,” Lutz said. “You needed to stay patient, but that was hard to do. There’s always that extra pressure when you come out in your first event. It was a great way for me to get started. It’s nice to be competitive after a challenging day.”

  Super-Senior Division
  O. Gordon Brewer of Pine Valley GC rebounded from early struggles to card a 4-over-par 75 and top the Super-Senior Division. He bogeyed his first six holes.

  â€œI hit a lot of good shots. It was just difficult to judge in this wind,” Brewer, 73, said.

  Brewer’s score began its downward drift on No. 14 (par 4, 402 yards). His approach 9-iron left Brewer 10-feet from the flagstick, and he cleaned up the birdie putt. On the monstrous par 5, 483-yard 16th hole, Brewer discovered the front of the green in two strokes courtesy of his 3-wood He then chipped up to two-feet and knocked in his birdie putt. On No. 18 (par 4, 286 yards), Brewer launched his drive just short of the green, chipped up and sunk a 14-footer to close his round with a birdie.

  â€œOn the back, I made a lot of 5-footers,” Brewer said.

  After a challenging 2009 campaign, Brewer feels pleased to start this season with a victory.

  â€œIt’s spectacular. At 73 years of age, any time you can play well in a Golf Association (of Philadelphia) event, you consider yourself very fortunate,” Brewer said.

  Francis B. Warner of Philadelphia Cricket Club served as secretary-treasurer for the Golf Association of Philadelphia for 18 years. After his death in 1933, the Association started the Francis B. Warner Cup, an 18-hole, stroke play Senior event, as an ongoing tribute in his memory. Llanerch CC hosted the event in 1959, when John Strain of Sandy Run CC won with a score of 71.

Overall

Name

Club

Score

Wayne Bartolacci

Jericho National Golf Club

73

Chip Lutz

LedgeRock Golf Club

74

Christopher Lange

Overbrook Golf Club

75

Drew Panebianco

Talamore Country Club

75

Raymond Thompson

Overbrook Golf Club

76

Steve Javie

Whitemarsh Valley Country Club

76

Francis McFadden

Overbrook Golf Club

77

Martin Klagholz

Aronimink Golf Club

78

Joe Viechnicki

Saucon Valley Country Club

79

Mike Owsik

Philadelphia Publinks GA

79

Pete Widdoes

Loch Nairn Golf Club

79

Rich Thon

The Springhaven Club

79

Don Donatoni

White Manor Country Club

79

Michael Egan

Lookaway Golf Club

79

Michael Rose

Philmont Country Club

79

Lee King

Heidelberg Country Club

80

Ed Gregorczyk

Glenmaura National Golf Club

80

Gary Daniels

Saucon Valley Country Club

80

Michael Dougherty

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

80

Robert Ockenfuss

Indian Valley Country Club

80

Charles Jones

Blue Bell Country Club

81

Robert Dwyer

Saucon Valley Country Club

81

Robert Lodovici

Little Mill Country Club

81

Tom Borsello

White Clay Creek Country Club

81

Alan Van Horn

Lu Lu Country Club

81

David Brookreson

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

81

Stephen Daley

Lu Lu Country Club

81

Bob Majczan

Lookaway Golf Club

82

Gary Daniels

Aronimink Golf Club

82

Mark Quigley

Lu Lu Country Club

82

Paul Keating

Aronimink Golf Club

82

Andy Thompson

Overbrook Golf Club

82

Richard Custer

Brookside Country Club

83

Richard Umani

Golf Course at Glen Mills

83

Thomas Bartolacci, Jr.

Saucon Valley Country Club

83

John Rowe

Whitemarsh Valley Country Club

83

Neil McDermott

Llanerch Country Club

83

John Turner

The Springhaven Club

84

Michael Moser

Kennett Square Golf & Country Club

84

Robin McCool

Saucon Valley Country Club

84

Frank Polizzi

Whitemarsh Valley Country Club

84

Frank Shuman

Lookaway Golf Club

84

Ken Gaskill

Rancocas Golf Club

84

Michael Nilon

Philadelphia Country Club

84

William Lawler

Fox Hill Country Club

84

Roc Irey

Lookaway Golf Club

85

Charles Whipple

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

85

Frank Petrecco

Yardley Country Club

85

Terrence Sawyer

Commonwealth National Golf Club

85

Charles Dowds, III

Applebrook Golf Club

86

Keith Li

Heidelberg Country Club

86

Michael Domenick

Phoenixville Country Club

86

Rob Cook

DuPont Country Club

86

Carl Everett

Merion Golf Club

86

Daniel Burton

Bent Creek Country Club

86

Ed Chylinski

Chester Valley Golf Club

86

James Barron

Hartefeld National

86

John Snyder

Waynesborough Country Club

86

Joseph Marucci

Saucon Valley Country Club

86

Thomas Mallouk

Lookaway Golf Club

86

Andrew Harmer

The Springhaven Club

87

Bob Abramski

Talamore Country Club

87

Craig Scott

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

87

Gregory Gaul

Merion Golf Club

87

Michael Quinn

Edgmont Country Club

87

Richard Speranza

Jericho National Golf Club

87

Tom DiCinti

Links Golf Club

87

Bennett Meyer

Philmont Country Club

88

Donald MacKelcan

Wilmington Country Club

88

Eugene Maginnis, Jr.

Whitemarsh Valley Country Club

88

Joe Olin

Little Mill Country Club

88

Laurence Hirsh

Plymouth Country Club

88

Dave Jacobson

JC Melrose Country Club

88

Gordon Jamieson

Merion Golf Club

89

Robert Billings

Rolling Green Golf Club

89

Donald Ashley

Philadelphia Country Club

89

John Patton

Little Mill Country Club

89

Wally Swiger

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

89

Craig Aronchick, M.D.

Rolling Green Golf Club

90

J. Daniel Farragut

Philadelphia Cricket Club

90

Carlyle Robinson

Fox Hill Country Club

90

James Haynie

Lu Lu Country Club

90

John Emmel, Jr.

Links Golf Club

90

Stephan Whitenack

Philadelphia Cricket Club

90

Theodore Beringer

Philadelphia Country Club

90

Deane Haase

Edgmont Country Club

91

William Vostinak

Lehigh Country Club

91

Alan Over

Bent Creek Country Club

91

Michael McNichol

The Springhaven Club

91

Edward Bondi

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

92

Gary Gordon

Talamore Country Club

92

Peter Emigh

Lehigh Country Club

92

Michael Berger

Kennett Square Golf & Country Club

93

Robert Dewitt

Links Golf Club

93

Rick Bunn

McCall Golf & Country Club

93

Bill Kovach

Mercer Oaks Golf Course

94

Bud Souder

Spring Ford Country Club

94

Mike Miklinevich

Greate Bay Country Club

94

Charles Caparo

Plymouth Country Club

94

Larry Paster

Philmont Country Club

94

Mark Shuman

Whitford Country Club

94

Gary Yeager

Philadelphia Cricket Club

95

John Gonsior

Limekiln Golf Club

95

Rick Gaydos

Sakima Country Club

95

Jon Mabry

Moorestown Field Club

95

Thomas Mairone

McCall Golf & Country Club

95

Michael Harms

Philadelphia Publinks GA

96

Frank Treml

Philadelphia Publinks GA

96

John Cech

Riverton Country Club

96

Joseph McLane

JC Melrose Country Club

96

James Prendergast

Brookside Country Club

97

Ron Mittendorf

Blue Bell Country Club

97

Frederick Banta

Running Deer Golf Club

103

Jay McLaughlin

Stone Harbor Golf Club

NS

Arthur Kania, Jr.

Merion Golf Club

WD

Matthew Bellis

Commonwealth National Golf Club

WD

 

Flight: 55-59 Years

Name

Club

Score

Wayne Bartolacci

Jericho National Golf Club

73

Chip Lutz

LedgeRock Golf Club

74

Christopher Lange

Overbrook Golf Club

75

Drew Panebianco

Talamore Country Club

75

Raymond Thompson

Overbrook Golf Club

76

Steve Javie

Whitemarsh Valley Country Club

76

Martin Klagholz

Aronimink Golf Club

78

Joe Viechnicki

Saucon Valley Country Club

79

Mike Owsik

Philadelphia Publinks GA

79

Pete Widdoes

Loch Nairn Golf Club

79

Rich Thon

The Springhaven Club

79

Lee King

Heidelberg Country Club

80

Charles Jones

Blue Bell Country Club

81

Robert Dwyer

Saucon Valley Country Club

81

Robert Lodovici

Little Mill Country Club

81

Tom Borsello

White Clay Creek Country Club

81

Bob Majczan

Lookaway Golf Club

82

Gary Daniels

Aronimink Golf Club

82

Mark Quigley

Lu Lu Country Club

82

Paul Keating

Aronimink Golf Club

82

Richard Custer

Brookside Country Club

83

Richard Umani

Golf Course at Glen Mills

83

Thomas Bartolacci, Jr.

Saucon Valley Country Club

83

John Turner

The Springhaven Club

84

Michael Moser

Kennett Square Golf & Country Club

84

Robin McCool

Saucon Valley Country Club

84

Roc Irey

Lookaway Golf Club

85

Charles Dowds, III

Applebrook Golf Club

86

Keith Li

Heidelberg Country Club

86

Michael Domenick

Phoenixville Country Club

86

Rob Cook

DuPont Country Club

86

Andrew Harmer

The Springhaven Club

87

Bennett Meyer

Philmont Country Club

88

Donald MacKelcan

Wilmington Country Club

88

Eugene Maginnis, Jr.

Whitemarsh Valley Country Club

88

Joe Olin

Little Mill Country Club

88

Laurence Hirsh

Plymouth Country Club

88

Gordon Jamieson

Merion Golf Club

89

Robert Billings

Rolling Green Golf Club

89

Craig Aronchick, M.D.

Rolling Green Golf Club

90

J. Daniel Farragut

Philadelphia Cricket Club

90

Deane Haase

Edgmont Country Club

91

William Vostinak

Lehigh Country Club

91

Michael Berger

Kennett Square Golf & Country Club

93

Robert Dewitt

Links Golf Club

93

Bill Kovach

Mercer Oaks Golf Course

94

Bud Souder

Spring Ford Country Club

94

Mike Miklinevich

Greate Bay Country Club

94

Gary Yeager

Philadelphia Cricket Club

95

John Gonsior

Limekiln Golf Club

95

Rick Gaydos

Sakima Country Club

95

Michael Harms

Philadelphia Publinks GA

96

James Prendergast

Brookside Country Club

97

Frederick Banta

Running Deer Golf Club

103

Arthur Kania, Jr.

Merion Golf Club

WD

 

Flight: 60 and over

Name

Club

Score

Francis McFadden

Overbrook Golf Club

77

Don Donatoni

White Manor Country Club

79

Michael Egan

Lookaway Golf Club

79

Michael Rose

Philmont Country Club

79

Ed Gregorczyk

Glenmaura National Golf Club

80

Gary Daniels

Saucon Valley Country Club

80

Michael Dougherty

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

80

Robert Ockenfuss

Indian Valley Country Club

80

Alan Van Horn

Lu Lu Country Club

81

David Brookreson

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

81

Stephen Daley

Lu Lu Country Club

81

Andy Thompson

Overbrook Golf Club

82

John Rowe

Whitemarsh Valley Country Club

83

Neil McDermott

Llanerch Country Club

83

Frank Polizzi

Whitemarsh Valley Country Club

84

Frank Shuman

Lookaway Golf Club

84

Ken Gaskill

Rancocas Golf Club

84

Michael Nilon

Philadelphia Country Club

84

William Lawler

Fox Hill Country Club

84

Charles Whipple

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

85

Frank Petrecco

Yardley Country Club

85

Terrence Sawyer

Commonwealth National Golf Club

85

Carl Everett

Merion Golf Club

86

Daniel Burton

Bent Creek Country Club

86

Ed Chylinski

Chester Valley Golf Club

86

James Barron

Hartefeld National

86

John Snyder

Waynesborough Country Club

86

Joseph Marucci

Saucon Valley Country Club

86

Thomas Mallouk

Lookaway Golf Club

86

Bob Abramski

Talamore Country Club

87

Craig Scott

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

87

Gregory Gaul

Merion Golf Club

87

Michael Quinn

Edgmont Country Club

87

Richard Speranza

Jericho National Golf Club

87

Tom DiCinti

Links Golf Club

87

Dave Jacobson

JC Melrose Country Club

88

Donald Ashley

Philadelphia Country Club

89

John Patton

Little Mill Country Club

89

Wally Swiger

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

89

Carlyle Robinson

Fox Hill Country Club

90

James Haynie

Lu Lu Country Club

90

John Emmel, Jr.

Links Golf Club

90

Stephan Whitenack

Philadelphia Cricket Club

90

Theodore Beringer

Philadelphia Country Club

90

Alan Over

Bent Creek Country Club

91

Michael McNichol

The Springhaven Club

91

Edward Bondi

Huntingdon Valley Country Club

92

Gary Gordon

Talamore Country Club

92

Peter Emigh

Lehigh Country Club

92

Rick Bunn

McCall Golf & Country Club

93

Charles Caparo

Plymouth Country Club

94

Larry Paster

Philmont Country Club

94

Mark Shuman

Whitford Country Club

94

Jon Mabry

Moorestown Field Club

95

Thomas Mairone

McCall Golf & Country Club

95

Frank Treml

Philadelphia Publinks GA

96

John Cech

Riverton Country Club

96

Joseph McLane

JC Melrose Country Club

96

Ron Mittendorf

Blue Bell Country Club

97

Jay McLaughlin

Stone Harbor Golf Club

NS

Matthew Bellis

Commonwealth National Golf Club

WD

 

Super Senior

Name

Club

Score

O. Gordon Brewer, Jr.

Pine Valley Golf Club

75

Jay Howson, Jr.

St. Davids Golf Club

81

John Owens

Tavistock Country Club

81

Bob Wicker

Little Mill Country Club

83

Charles McClaskey

The ACE Club

83

Art Brosius

DuPont Country Club

84

Bill Weinfeld

JC Melrose Country Club

84

Jim Lloyd

Running Deer Golf Club

84

Michael Sofranko

Loch Nairn Golf Club

84

Robert Proto

Little Mill Country Club

84

Louis Pace

Medford Village Country Club

85

Bob Killian

Links Golf Club

86

James Sherratt

Old York Road Country Club

86

Richard Smith

Philadelphia Country Club

86

Thomas O'Rourke

Chester Valley Golf Club

86

David Jordan

Sakima Country Club

87

Jarrett Kling

Merion Golf Club

87

Bill Smith

Sandy Run Country Club

89

Charles Carter

Sunnybrook Golf Club

89

Herbert Gordon

Doylestown Country Club

89

Michael Civitello

Chester Valley Golf Club

89

James Callaghan

Rolling Green Golf Club

90

Kent Weymouth, Jr.

Philadelphia Publinks GA

90

Lawrence Capuzzi, Sr.

Rolling Green Golf Club

91

Terry Fair

RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve

91

Fred Olt

Little Mill Country Club

92

Bill Kaufmann

Wedgwood Country Club

95

Peter Stanley

Sunnybrook Golf Club

96

Walt McGuinness

Running Deer Golf Club

96

Andrew Hamilton, III

The Springhaven Club

97

Donald Hoegel

Little Mill Country Club

97

James Hilty

Talamore Country Club

97

John Ayres

Woodcrest Country Club

99

Richard Taylor, Jr.

Saucon Valley Country Club

100

Joseph Funk

The Bucks Club

113

 

NS-no show; WD-withdrawal

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