NORTH HILLS, Pa. –Tom Borsello of White Clay Creek CC isn’t a stranger to the winner’s circle in his home state.
The Wilmington, Del. resident is a former Delaware State Golf Association Amateur and Open Champion. It’s Golf Association of Philadelphia hardware that’s eluded Borsello throughout his golf career.
“It feels great,” he said. “We have a great field here. These guys are good players. You have to play good golf to beat them. There are a lot of guts up here. I feel like I’ve had some chances and played good, but got beat. Coming down the stretch, I couldn’t finish the job a couple of times. It’s nice to get your first win. They are always the hardest.”
Borsello, a GAP fixture and relative Senior rookie, didn’t have any expectations entering Thursday’s tournament.
“I haven’t played a lot at all this year," said Borsello. "I’m in the irrigation business, so this is a busy time for me. I felt something good on the range and stuck with it throughout the day. I’m tickled to death. It was very windy and hard to get the right club. To me, I hit a lot of good, pin-high shots. I was very fortunate there.”
Whatever it was that circulated through Borsello beforehand, it revealed itself on No. 3 (par 4, 424 yards). He powered his 2-hybrid 208 yards to 18-inches behind the flagstick. Borsello capped his outward march with a red figure on the challenging par 4, 312-yard 9th hole. Following an unfriendly tee shot that left Borsello underneath a tree, he punched an 8-iron 90 yards to 18 feet. Borsello drained the right-to-left breaker.
“It kind of went up the hill and down the hill,” he said. “I got a really good read on it from the other side of the hole. I looked back and said it flattens out maybe 14 or 15 inches before the cup. It went right in the middle. It was tough reading these greens today. You really had to be careful.”
Borsello overcame tee trouble on No. 11 (par 4, 345 yards) to post his third and final birdie of the day. Standing in the left-side rough, with a mound partially obstructing his view of the flagstick, Borsello stuck his 9-iron 124 yards to 10-feet hole-high on the right. He cleaned up the birdie putt.
“The wind was coming at my face,” Borsello said of the approach shot. “I wanted to make sure I hit it right of the pin because I couldn’t see what was to the left. I gripped down on a 9-iron and was fortunate enough to get a good read on the putt. It was one that could’ve gotten away from me. I hit it the perfect speed.”
When Borsello did experience problems, they came in pairs. He registered back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 7 (par 4, 436 yards) and 8 (par 4, 416 yards). On the first, his pitch out of the rough put Borsello 15-feet away from the flagstick, and he failed to save par. A wayward drive on the downhill 8th hole forced Borsello to lay up and wedge onto the green. He then missed a deceiving 15-footer.
“If I hit it two inches harder, it goes in the middle,” Borsello said. “I just didn’t get the speed right.”
The bogey twins made an encore appearance on Nos. 13 (par 4, 435 yards) and 14 (par 4, 360 yards). Borsello knocked a 6-iron to the front of the green and left his birdie effort five feet short. He misjudged the speed of the green to card a bogey. Borsello failed to reach the green with his 9-iron approach on No. 14. He again missed a five-footer for par.
Thursday’s victory officially places Borsello on the Senior Division map. It may set the tone for a successful year, but Borsello is keeping his expectations in check.
“If it comes my way, great, but if not, I’m not going to sweat it,” he said.
Gary D. Daniels of Saucon Valley CC carded a 2-over-par 73 to finish second. Daniels, 61, of Center Valley, Pa., fired three birdies on the day. On No. 2 (par 4, 356 yards), he pulverized his hybrid 225 yards and two-putted from 20 feet. Daniels, the 2009 Senior Player of the Year, watched his pitching wedge shot from 65 yards out on No. 17 (par 5, 520 yards) hit the flagstick. Daniels stuck his 9-iron 127 yards to 15-feet on No. 18 (par 4, 406 yards) and converted the left-to-right breaker.
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. Lu Lu CC has hosted the event five times, most recently in 1997, when St. Davids GC’s Jay Howson, Jr., the 2009 Super-Senior Player of the Year, triumphed with a score of 74.
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Overall
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Name,
club
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Score
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Tom
Borsello, White Clay Creek Country Club
|
72
|
|
Gary
Daniels, Saucon Valley Country Club
|
73
|
|
Brian
Nelson, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
74
|
|
Raymond
Thompson, Overbrook Golf Club
|
74
|
|
Charles
Jones, Blue Bell Country Club
|
74
|
|
Don
Donatoni, White Manor Country Club
|
74
|
|
Mark
Quigley, Lu Lu Country Club
|
75
|
|
Roc
Irey, Lookaway Golf Club
|
75
|
|
Thomas
Bartolacci, Jr., Saucon Valley Country Club
|
75
|
|
Gordon
Jamieson, Merion Golf Club
|
76
|
|
Michael
Domenick, Phoenixville Country Club
|
76
|
|
Theodore
Beringer, Philadelphia Country Club
|
76
|
|
Brian
Rothaus, Five Ponds Golf Club
|
77
|
|
Chip
Lutz, LedgeRock Golf Club
|
77
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|
Joe
Viechnicki, Saucon Valley Country Club
|
77
|
|
Anthony
Kondracki, Fox Hill Country Club
|
78
|
|
Gary
Daniels, Aronimink Golf Club
|
78
|
|
Wayne
Bartolacci, Jericho National Golf Club
|
78
|
|
David
Brookreson, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
78
|
|
Francis
McFadden, Overbrook Golf Club
|
78
|
|
Michael
Dougherty, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
78
|
|
Michael
Quinn, Edgmont Country Club
|
78
|
|
Christopher
Lange, Overbrook Golf Club
|
79
|
|
David
Smith, Doylestown Country Club
|
79
|
|
Marty
Dorminy, Golden Oaks Golf Club
|
79
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|
Rich
Thon, The Springhaven Club
|
79
|
|
Harry
Gianetti, Jericho National Golf Club
|
79
|
|
Richard
Krauss, Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
|
79
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|
Andrew
Harmer, The Springhaven Club
|
80
|
|
Drew
Panebianco, Talamore Country Club
|
80
|
|
Frank
Rutan, IV, Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
80
|
|
Michael
Moser, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
|
80
|
|
Daniel
Burton, Bent Creek Country Club
|
80
|
|
Eugene
Maginnis, Jr., Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
|
80
|
|
Michael
Nilon, Philadelphia Country Club
|
80
|
|
Neil
McDermott, Llanerch Country Club
|
80
|
|
Richard
Speranza, Jericho National Golf Club
|
80
|
|
Steve
Kyriakodis, Lu Lu Country Club
|
80
|
|
William
Lawler, Fox Hill Country Club
|
80
|
|
Bennett
Meyer, Philmont Country Club
|
81
|
|
Donald
Ashley, Philadelphia Country Club
|
81
|
|
Martin
Klagholz, Applebrook Golf Club
|
81
|
|
Robin
McCool, Saucon Valley Country Club
|
81
|
|
Arthur
Kania, Jr., Merion Golf Club
|
82
|
|
John
Gonsior, Limekiln Golf Club
|
82
|
|
Peter
Mimmo, North Hills Country Club
|
82
|
|
Richard
Custer, Brookside Country Club
|
82
|
|
Richard
Timbrell, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
82
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|
Walter
Wolfe, Stone Harbor Golf Club
|
82
|
|
Carl
Everett, Merion Golf Club
|
82
|
|
John
Rowe, Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
|
82
|
|
Mark
Shuman, Whitford Country Club
|
82
|
|
Terrence
Sawyer, Mercer Oaks Golf Course
|
82
|
|
Thomas
Mallouk, Ph.D., Lookaway Golf Club
|
82
|
|
Wally
Swiger, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
82
|
|
Mark
Szilagyi, Brookside Country Club
|
83
|
|
Michael
Bohardt, Jericho National Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Pete
Widdoes, Loch Nairn Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Scott
Carney, Commonwealth National Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Tom
Cohen, Running Deer Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Frank
Shuman, Lehigh Country Club
|
83
|
|
James
Haynie, Lu Lu Country Club
|
83
|
|
Robert
Billings, Rolling Green Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Stephan
Whitenack, Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
83
|
|
James
Prendergast, Brookside Country Club
|
84
|
|
Joe
Olin, Little Mill Country Club
|
84
|
|
Michael
Berger, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
|
84
|
|
Steve
Dionisio, Jericho National Golf Club
|
84
|
|
Steve
Javie, Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
|
84
|
|
William
Kovach, Mercer Oaks Golf Course
|
84
|
|
Alan
Van Horn, Lu Lu Country Club
|
84
|
|
George
May, Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
|
84
|
|
Keith
Li, Heidelberg Country Club
|
84
|
|
Robert
Ockenfuss, Indian Valley Country Club
|
84
|
|
Tom
DiCinti, Links Golf Club
|
84
|
|
Charles
Dowds, III, Applebrook Golf Club
|
85
|
|
Michael
Fox, Hartefeld National
|
85
|
|
Mike
Miklinevich, Greate Bay Country Club
|
85
|
|
Robert
Struthers, Greate Bay Country Club
|
85
|
|
Charles
Whipple, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
85
|
|
Edward
Bondi, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
85
|
|
Craig
Aronchick, Rolling Green Golf Club
|
86
|
|
Lee
King, Heidelberg Country Club
|
86
|
|
Michael
Rose, Meadowlands Country Club
|
86
|
|
Robert
Fritz, Blue Bell Country Club
|
86
|
|
Thomas
Mairone, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
86
|
|
Bob
Majczan, Lookaway Golf Club
|
87
|
|
Brian
Sexton, Seaview Resort & Spa
|
87
|
|
Joseph
Major, Brookside Country Club
|
87
|
|
Michael
Harms, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
87
|
|
Mike
Owsik, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
87
|
|
Tim
Simmons, Limekiln Golf Club
|
87
|
|
Ed
Chylinski, Chester Valley Golf Club
|
87
|
|
Gary
Gordon, Talamore Country Club
|
87
|
|
Gary
McNutt, Loch Nairn Golf Club
|
87
|
|
Jon
Mabry, Moorestown Field Club
|
87
|
|
Matthew
Bellis, Commonwealth National Golf Club
|
87
|
|
Robert
Murphy, Wilmington Country Club
|
87
|
|
Joe
Culley, The Springhaven Club
|
88
|
|
John
Vergari, Tavistock Country Club
|
88
|
|
Pete
Ervin, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
88
|
|
John
Cech, Riverton Country Club
|
88
|
|
Robert
Wagner, Merion Golf Club
|
89
|
|
William
Erskine, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
89
|
|
Lawrence
Paster, Philmont Country Club
|
89
|
|
Laurence
Hirsh, Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
90
|
|
Dave
Jacobson, JC Melrose Country Club
|
90
|
|
Paul
Keating, Aronimink Golf Club
|
91
|
|
Fred
Giblin, Merchantville Country Club
|
93
|
|
Rick
Gaydos, Sakima Country Club
|
94
|
|
Frederick
Banta, Running Deer Golf Club
|
97
|
|
Andrew
Worek, Yardley Country Club
|
98
|
|
Deane
Haase, Edgmont Country Club
|
DQ
|
|
Bill
Vostinak, Lehigh Country Club
|
NC
|
|
Mark
Rauch, Radnor Valley Country Club
|
WD
|
|
Vince
Yost, Cedarbrook Country Club
|
WD
|
|
Henry
McCullough, Rolling Green Golf Club
|
WD
|
|
Peter
Emigh, Lehigh Country Club
|
WD
|
|
Robert
Lodovici, Little Mill Country Club
|
WD
|
| |
|
Ages
55-59
|
|
Name,
club
|
Score
|
|
Tom
Borsello, White Clay Creek Country Club
|
72
|
|
Brian
Nelson, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
74
|
|
Raymond
Thompson, Overbrook Golf Club
|
74
|
|
Mark
Quigley, Lu Lu Country Club
|
75
|
|
Roc
Irey, Lookaway Golf Club
|
75
|
|
Gordon
Jamieson, Merion Golf Club
|
76
|
|
Michael
Domenick, Phoenixville Country Club
|
76
|
|
Brian
Rothaus, Five Ponds Golf Club
|
77
|
|
Chip
Lutz, LedgeRock Golf Club
|
77
|
|
Joe
Viechnicki, Saucon Valley Country Club
|
77
|
|
Anthony
Kondracki, Fox Hill Country Club
|
78
|
|
Gary
Daniels, Aronimink Golf Club
|
78
|
|
Wayne
Bartolacci, Jericho National Golf Club
|
78
|
|
Christopher
Lange, Overbrook Golf Club
|
79
|
|
David
Smith, Doylestown Country Club
|
79
|
|
Marty
Dorminy, Golden Oaks Golf Club
|
79
|
|
Rich
Thon, The Springhaven Club
|
79
|
|
Andrew
Harmer, The Springhaven Club
|
80
|
|
Drew
Panebianco, Talamore Country Club
|
80
|
|
Frank
Rutan, IV, Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
80
|
|
Michael
Moser, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
|
80
|
|
Bennett
Meyer, Philmont Country Club
|
81
|
|
Arthur
Kania, Jr., Merion Golf Club
|
82
|
|
John
Gonsior, Limekiln Golf Club
|
82
|
|
Peter
Mimmo, North Hills Country Club
|
82
|
|
Richard
Custer, Brookside Country Club
|
82
|
|
Richard
Timbrell, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
82
|
|
Walter
Wolfe, Stone Harbor Golf Club
|
82
|
|
Mark
Szilagyi, Brookside Country Club
|
83
|
|
Michael
Bohardt, Jericho National Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Pete
Widdoes, Loch Nairn Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Scott
Carney, Commonwealth National Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Tom
Cohen, Running Deer Golf Club
|
83
|
|
James
Prendergast, Brookside Country Club
|
84
|
|
Joe
Olin, Little Mill Country Club
|
84
|
|
Michael
Berger, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
|
84
|
|
Steve
Dionisio, Jericho National Golf Club
|
84
|
|
Steve
Javie, Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
|
84
|
|
William
Kovach, Mercer Oaks Golf Course
|
84
|
|
Charles
Dowds, III, Applebrook Golf Club
|
85
|
|
Michael
Fox, Hartefeld National
|
85
|
|
Mike
Miklinevich, Greate Bay Country Club
|
85
|
|
Robert
Struthers, Greate Bay Country Club
|
85
|
|
Craig
Aronchick, Rolling Green Golf Club
|
86
|
|
Lee
King, Heidelberg Country Club
|
86
|
|
Bob
Majczan, Lookaway Golf Club
|
87
|
|
Brian
Sexton, Seaview Resort & Spa
|
87
|
|
Joseph
Major, Brookside Country Club
|
87
|
|
Michael
Harms, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
87
|
|
Mike
Owsik, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
87
|
|
Tim
Simmons, Limekiln Golf Club
|
87
|
|
Joe
Culley, The Springhaven Club
|
88
|
|
John
Vergari, Tavistock Country Club
|
88
|
|
Pete
Ervin, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
88
|
|
Robert
Wagner, Merion Golf Club
|
89
|
|
William
Erskine, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
89
|
|
Laurence
Hirsh, Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
90
|
|
Paul
Keating, Aronimink Golf Club
|
91
|
|
Fred
Giblin, Merchantville Country Club
|
93
|
|
Rick
Gaydos, Sakima Country Club
|
94
|
|
Bill
Vostinak, Lehigh Country Club
|
NC
|
|
Deane
Haase, Edgmont Country Club
|
DQ
|
|
Mark
Rauch, Radnor Valley Country Club
|
WD
|
|
Vince
Yost, Cedarbrook Country Club
|
WD
|
| |
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Ages
60 and over
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Name,
club
|
Score
|
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Gary
Daniels, Saucon Valley Country Club
|
73
|
|
Charles
Jones, Blue Bell Country Club
|
74
|
|
Don
Donatoni, White Manor Country Club
|
74
|
|
Thomas
Bartolacci, Jr., Saucon Valley Country Club
|
75
|
|
Theodore
Beringer, Philadelphia Country Club
|
76
|
|
David
Brookreson, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
78
|
|
Francis
McFadden, Overbrook Golf Club
|
78
|
|
Michael
Dougherty, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
78
|
|
Michael
Quinn, Edgmont Country Club
|
78
|
|
Harry
Gianetti, Jericho National Golf Club
|
79
|
|
Richard
Krauss, Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
|
79
|
|
Daniel
Burton, Bent Creek Country Club
|
80
|
|
Eugene
Maginnis, Jr., Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
|
80
|
|
Michael
Nilon, Philadelphia Country Club
|
80
|
|
Neil
McDermott, Llanerch Country Club
|
80
|
|
Richard
Speranza, Jericho National Golf Club
|
80
|
|
Steve
Kyriakodis, Lu Lu Country Club
|
80
|
|
William
Lawler, Fox Hill Country Club
|
80
|
|
Donald
Ashley, Philadelphia Country Club
|
81
|
|
Martin
Klagholz, Applebrook Golf Club
|
81
|
|
Robin
McCool, Saucon Valley Country Club
|
81
|
|
Carl
Everett, Merion Golf Club
|
82
|
|
John
Rowe, Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
|
82
|
|
Mark
Shuman, Whitford Country Club
|
82
|
|
Terrence
Sawyer, Mercer Oaks Golf Course
|
82
|
|
Thomas
Mallouk, Ph.D., Lookaway Golf Club
|
82
|
|
Wally
Swiger, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
82
|
|
Frank
Shuman, Lehigh Country Club
|
83
|
|
James
Haynie, Lu Lu Country Club
|
83
|
|
Robert
Billings, Rolling Green Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Stephan
Whitenack, Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
83
|
|
Alan
Van Horn, Lu Lu Country Club
|
84
|
|
George
May, Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
|
84
|
|
Keith
Li, Heidelberg Country Club
|
84
|
|
Robert
Ockenfuss, Indian Valley Country Club
|
84
|
|
Tom
DiCinti, Links Golf Club
|
84
|
|
Charles
Whipple, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
85
|
|
Edward
Bondi, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
85
|
|
Michael
Rose, Meadowlands Country Club
|
86
|
|
Robert
Fritz, Blue Bell Country Club
|
86
|
|
Thomas
Mairone, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
86
|
|
Ed
Chylinski, Chester Valley Golf Club
|
87
|
|
Gary
Gordon, Talamore Country Club
|
87
|
|
Gary
McNutt, Loch Nairn Golf Club
|
87
|
|
Jon
Mabry, Moorestown Field Club
|
87
|
|
Matthew
Bellis, Commonwealth National Golf Club
|
87
|
|
Robert
Murphy, Wilmington Country Club
|
87
|
|
John
Cech, Riverton Country Club
|
88
|
|
Lawrence
Paster, Philmont Country Club
|
89
|
|
Dave
Jacobson, JC Melrose Country Club
|
90
|
|
Frederick
Banta, Running Deer Golf Club
|
97
|
|
Andrew
Worek, Yardley Country Club
|
98
|
|
Henry
McCullough, Rolling Green Golf Club
|
WD
|
|
Peter
Emigh, Lehigh Country Club
|
WD
|
|
Robert
Lodovici, Little Mill Country Club
|
WD
|
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|
DQ-disqualification;
NC-no card; WD-withdrawal
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