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| Hugh Mazzalupi of Philadelphia Cricket Club carded a 3-under-par 69. |
*Scorecards
Pros Pohle, Mazzalupi cap Open Qual. at Indian Valley
TELFORD, Pa. — Hugo Mazzalupi, a professional who calls Philadelphia Cricket Club home, and Joey Pohle, head professional at Indian Valley Country Club, shared medalist honors in a Golf Association of Philadelphia Open Championship Qualifier at Pohle’s home course (par 72, 6,843 yards) Tuesday. Mazzalupi and Pohle were two of 11 players who can now mark July 23 as the day they’ll compete at Pine Valley Golf Club in the Championship proper.
Mazzalupi represents the Philadelphia section for the Future Collegians World Tour, a national organization that gives juniors the opportunity to compete in tournaments at the national level. His golf game is peaking the right time.
“The last month, I’ve been hitting the ball solidly for a change,” Mazzalupi, 43, of King of Prussia, Pa., said. “I’ve been working a little bit on my game. One of the biggest keys is playing regular golf with the members at Philadelphia Cricket. I play with all of the scratch guys and all of the GAP guys, which has really helped my game.”
Mazzalupi fired five birdies against two bogeys. He attacked the No. 3 (par 5, 520 yards) green with a 3-wood from 238 yards. Mazzalupi guided a chip from the back edge to three feet from the flagstick for birdie. He posted back-to-back birdies on Nos. 7 (par 4, 441 yards) and 8 (par 5, 509 yards): a wedge 125 yards to three feet on the first, and a 207-yard 5-iron shot, followed by a solid chip-and-putt combination, on the second. Mazzalupi birdied his third par 5, the 519-yard 12th hole, after hammering his 3-wood 238 yards just off the green and cozying a chip to three feet. His 132-yard wedge shot on No. 13 (par 4, 420 yards) crashed into the crown. Mazzalupi rolled in an uphill 20-footer for birdie No. 5.
Mazzalupi had a pair of miscues coming in. He steered his tee shot left on No. 10 (par 4, 373 yards) and failed to get up-and-down. Mazzalupi thought he had a good line on No. 17 (par 4, 396 yards), but it went through the fairway and settled underneath the trees. He caught the left greenside bunker with his approach and two-putted for bogey.
Nevertheless, Mazzalupi is thrilled to see Pine Valley.
“I’ve played it quite a few times with friends, he said. “It will be nice to play it in a tournament. Hopefully, I can continue to play a little golf between now and then. If I strike it the way I struck it today, and if I get the chipping and putting down, it will be a fun day.”
Pohle is in his first year as Indian Valley’s head professional, but quite familiar with the course and its subtleties. That knowledge contributed to Pohle’s subpar score.
“I think it helped. I knew how firm things were going to be,” Pohle, 32, of Horsham, Pa., said. “It’s feels good [to put up a good score for the membership]. I don’t want anyone else beating me on my home track. I’m competitive.”
Pohle’s scorecard was slightly more adventurous and colorful than Mazzalupi’s: eight birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey.
His “worst drive of the day” traveled out-of-bounds on the par 4, 448-yard No. 2 and ultimately resulted in a bogey. He bounced back with consecutive birdies on Nos. 3 (par 5, 520 yards) and 4 (par 3, 141 yards) thanks to a lucky 9-iron. He used the club for a 144-yard shot on the first, and it left Pohle 25 feet from the hole location. Pohle equipped that 9-iron on the par 3, 141-yard No. 4 and stuck it to two feet.
Just as things were going swimmingly, Pohle flailed a bit on Nos. 5 (par 4, 430 yards) and 6 (par 3, 208 yards). A pair of unplayable lies led to a bogey and double bogey, respectively.
Pohle dove back into the birdie bin on the par 5, 509-yard No. 8. He reached the putting surface in two strokes and two-putted from 20 feet for birdie. The red figures ran rampant as Pohle began his inward trek.
“On the back nine, I said let’s just go at flags,” he said. “And that’s what we did.”
Pohle stuck a sand wedge 102 yards to a foot on No. 10 (par 4, 373 yards) and tapped in for birdie. Pohle powered a 2-hybrid to two feet on the par 3, 211-yard 11th hole. His 4-wood on No. 12 (par 5, 548 yards) landed short of the green, but Pohle pitched up and rolled in a four-footer. He also carded a birdie on the par 5, 548-yard 15th hole, knocking a gap wedge 107 yards to three feet. Pohle rebounded from a bogey on No. 16 (par 3, 158 yards) with a birdie on No. 17 (par 4, 396 yards). He hit a 9-iron 165 yards downwind to 15 feet.
“It was the best shot of the day,” Pohle said of the approach. “I knew I had to hit a good shot.”
Pohle is excited to be a part of the Championship proper.
“It’s fun,” he said. “It’s why you play golf. You have to play well to get to it.”
At the end of the day, the cut line fell to 73. Russell Hartung of Doylestown Country Club birdied the seventh extra hole in a three-for-one sudden-death playoff to advance.
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Qualifiers
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Name,
club
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Score
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Joey Pohle, Indian Valley Country Club
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69
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Hugo Mazzalupi, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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69
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Bill
Walker, The Bucks Club
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70
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(a)
Brandon Matthews, Fox Hill Country Club
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71
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Alexander
Knoll, Bethlehem Golf Club
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71
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Nathan
Fry, Southmoore Golf Club
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71
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(a)
Charles Cai, Old York CC at Chesterfield
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72
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(a)
Zachary Herr, Jericho National Golf Club
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72
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(a)
Brett Diakon, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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72
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(a)
Phil Rothermel, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
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72
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*(a)
Russell Hartung, Doylestown Country Club
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73
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Alternates
(in order)
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*(a)
John Cooper, Jr., Green Valley Country Club
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73
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*(a)
J.D. Dornes, Meadia
Heights Golf Club
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73
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Failed
to qualify
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Michael
Sokalski, Philmont Country Club
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74
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Anthony
Napoletano, GolfTec-King
of Prussia
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74
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Tony Perla, Radnor Valley Country Club
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74
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Ed
Gibson, Makefield Highlands Golf Club
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74
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(a)
Travis Gahman, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
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74
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(a)
Kenneth Mangin, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
|
74
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Michael
Paukovits, St. Davids
Golf Club
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74
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Jeffery
Herb, Edgmont Country Club
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74
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Daniel
Bolstein, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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74
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(a)
Scott MacDonald, White Clay Creek Country Club
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74
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John Spina, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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75
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(a) Jalen Griffin, Talamore Country
Club
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75
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Andy Latowski, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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75
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(a)
Robert Bechtold, Loch Nairn
Golf Club
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75
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(a)
Vincent Varvolis, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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75
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Robert
Everett, Blue Bell Country Club
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75
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Justin
Riegel, Gulph Mills Golf
Club
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75
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(a)
Brandon Dalinka, The Ridge at Back Brook
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76
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Jeffrey
Haas, French Creek Golf Club
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76
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(a)
Lance Oberparleiter, Little Mill Country Club
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76
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(a)
Sean Quinn, Sunnybrook Golf Club
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76
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(a)
Christopher Wallin, French Creek Golf Club
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76
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(a)
John Venne, Torresdale-Frankford
Country Club
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76
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(a)
Kenneth Matt, Mercer Oaks Golf Course
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76
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(a)
Ethan Heller, Green Valley Country Club
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76
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(a)
Kevin McDermott, Llanerch Country Club
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76
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(a)
Kyle Williams, Glen Oak Country Club
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76
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(a)
Robert Hoeppner, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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76
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(a)
Daniel Feeney, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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76
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(a)
Patrick Ross, Glenmaura National Golf Club
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76
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Michael
Reilly, North Hills Country Club
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76
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(a)
William McGuinness, Tavistock
Country Club
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76
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(a)
Kevin Kelly, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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76
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David Pagett, Whitemarsh Valley
Country Club
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76
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(a)
Matthew Crescenzo, Philmont
Country Club
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77
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(a)
George Petrellis, Blue Bell Country Club
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77
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(a)
Matthew Teesdale, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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77
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Peter Kowalinski, LedgeRock Golf Club
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77
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(a)
Joe Bianco, Penn Oaks Golf Club
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77
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Mark
Anderson, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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77
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Joseph
Kogelman, Indian Valley Country Club
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77
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(a)
John Simone, Philmont Country Club
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77
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Clint Deibert, The Ridge at Back Brook
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77
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(a)
Matt Krass, Radley Run
Country Club
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77
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(a)
Lynn Kilduff, Huntsville Golf Club
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77
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P.J. Solley, Five Ponds Golf Club
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77
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(a)
Ryan Kline, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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77
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Phil Cillo, Little Mill Country Club
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78
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(a)
Jack Russell, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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78
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(a) G.
Patrick Dougherty, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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78
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(a)
Robert Savarese, Jr., Philadelphia Cricket Club
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78
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(a)
Scott Klee, Indian Valley Country Club
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78
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(a)
Matt Cocco, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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78
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(a)
Christopher Reedman, Makefield Highlands Golf Club
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78
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(a)
Jeff Hudson, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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78
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(a)
J.R. Cattoni, Huntsville Golf Club
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79
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(a)
Scott Niggli, Penn Oaks Golf Club
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79
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(a)
Gary Schoeman, Stonewall
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79
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(a)
Eric Holt, Torresdale-Frankford Country Club
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79
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(a)
Andrew Ploszay, Chester Valley Golf Club
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79
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(a)
John Samaha, Old York Road Country Club
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79
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(a)
Steven Minnick, Jr., Bala Golf Club
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79
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(a)
Scott McLaughlin, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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79
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(a)
Alex Gaudian, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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79
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(a)
Tug Maude, Merion Golf Club
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79
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(a)
Ryan Brown, Country Club of Scranton
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79
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Jeff
Stanford, Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
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79
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(a)
Robert Robertson, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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79
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Ryan Siegler (a), Mercer Oaks Golf Course
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79
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Jim
Smith, Jr., Philadelphia Cricket Club
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80
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(a)
Mark Czerniakowski, Blue Bell Country Club
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80
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Chris
Barletta, Bala Golf Club
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80
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(a)
Chris Lilley, Yardley Country Club
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80
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(a)
Austin Mann, Spring Ford Country Club
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80
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Chandler
Withington, Merion Golf Club
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80
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Frank Bianco, The Frankie B. School of Golf
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80
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(a)
Brian Palm, Talamore Country Club
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80
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(a)
David Blair, Skippack Golf Club at Evansburg State
Park
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80
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|
(a)
Mac Selverian, Aronimink
Golf Club
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80
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(a)
Jack Anderson, Makefield Highlands Golf Club
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80
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(a)
Adam Mastone, Trump National Golf Club -
Philadelphia
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80
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James Arentz, Wilmington Country Club
|
81
|
|
(a)
Paul Carbone, Jr., Old York Road Country Club
|
81
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Anthony
Malizia, Bidermann Golf
Club
|
81
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(a)
James Della Guardia, Spring Ford Country Club
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81
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(a)
Ben Bershad, Hopewell Valley Golf Club
|
81
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Chris
Young, GolfTec-Mainline
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81
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Jared Cottell, CC at Woodloch Springs
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81
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(a)
Dwight Dudas, Indian Valley Country Club
|
82
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(a)
Duane Pinnock, RiverCrest
Golf Club & Preserve
|
82
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(a)
Johan van Schalkwyk, Burlington Country Club
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82
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Ryan Lagergren, Stonewall
|
82
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(a)
Jeffrey Huntzinger, Five Ponds Golf Club
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82
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(a)
Luke Liddell, Torresdale-Frankford Country Club
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83
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Sean
Driscoll, Wedgwood Country Club
|
83
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(a)
Edward Woehlcke, Cedarbrook
Country Club
|
83
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(a)
Bob Britton, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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83
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(a)
Dave DiValentino, Five Ponds Golf Club
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83
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(a)
Nicholas Lamberti, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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83
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(a)
Gene Bellardo, Yardley Country Club
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83
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Bill
Smith, Eagle Rock Golf & Resort
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83
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(a)
Dan Clark, Five Ponds Golf Club
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83
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(a)
Brian Dempster, Mercer Oaks Golf Course
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83
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(a)
Paul Bickford, Little Mill Country Club
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84
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(a)
Sam Digaetano, Hopewell Valley Golf Club
|
84
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(a)
Aaron Nye, Plymouth Country Club
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84
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John DiValentino, Jr., Five Ponds Golf Club
|
84
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(a)
Edward McCrossen, Jr., Whitemarsh
Valley Country Club
|
84
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(a)
Timothy Chow, Indian Valley Country Club
|
85
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(a)
James Greenhalgh, Manufacturers Golf & Country
Club
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85
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(a)
Philip Formica, Makefield Highlands Golf Club
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85
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(a)
Jim Simmons, Stonewall
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85
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(a)
Michael Cole, Torresdale-Frankford Country Club
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86
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(a)
Ron Fitser, Huntsville Golf Club
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86
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(a)
Zachary Dilcher, Inniscrone
Golf Club
|
86
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(a)
Eric Slawter, St. Davids
Golf Club
|
86
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(a)
Alex Acciani, Talamore
Country Club
|
86
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(a)
Gary McCabe, Jr., RiverCrest Golf Club &
Preserve
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86
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(a)
Danny Costello, Spring Mill Country Club
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87
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(a)
Jeffrey Angelucci, Torresdale-Frankford
Country Club
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87
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(a)
Matthew Hilbush, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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87
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(a)
Derek Isbrandt, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
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87
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(a)
Timothy Whartenby, Northampton Valley Country Club
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88
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(a)
John Bartos, Saucon
Valley Country Club
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88
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(a)
Brian Mondschein, Golden Oaks Golf Club
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89
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(a)
Kevin Collons, Philadelphia Country Club
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90
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(a)
Nick Pocceschi, Makefield
Highlands Golf Club
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90
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(a)
Mac Walsh, Aronimink Golf Club
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90
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(a)
Will Flood, Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
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92
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(a)
Nick Sciurba, PineCrest
Country Club
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92
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(a)
Joe Vigorita, Coatesville Country Club
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96
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(a)
Paul Bizzaro, Deerwood Country Club
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DQ
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Steve Barcoski, Indian Valley Country Club
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WD
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(a)
Drew Styles, Yardley Country Club
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NC
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(a)
Joseph Jasinski, Northampton Country Club
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DQ
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(a)
Francis Hamm, Country Club of Scranton
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WD
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(a)
Jack Knowles, Country Club of Scranton
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WD
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Robert
Kave, Dick's Sporting Goods
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WD
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Gary Deetscreek, Five Ponds Golf Club
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NC
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DQ-disqualification;
NC-no card; WD-withdrawal
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*-determined
in playoff
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(a)-denotes
amateur
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