Lookaway’s Michael Anton, Roc Irey, Thomas Mallouk and Frank Ferino

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Lookaway troops shoot 10 under, snag Senior Four-Man Team

  PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. — When Lookaway Golf Club hosts its club championship this weekend, members Michael Anton, Frank Ferino, Roc Irey and Thomas Mallouk may become enemies as they battle for the crown. They’re allies until then, and on Thursday, they banded together to attack the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s 24th Senior Four-Man Team, sponsored by PerryGolf.

  Anton, Ferino, Irey and Mallouk scorched a sweltering Plymouth Country Club ((par 72, 6,274 yards) to the tune of a 10-under-par 134 and a one-stroke victory. Team scores are determined using the two best balls of four.

   “We had a lot of good reads on the greens today, and we hit a lot of good putts basically,” Mallouk, 63, of Doylestown, Pa., said.

   “We made a lot of good birdie putts, but we also had a lot of clutch pars,” Anton, 64, of New Hope, Pa., added. “I loved the fairways on the shorter holes.”

  The Lookaway crew picked Mallouk’s brain throughout the day. Mallouk was a Plymouth member for nearly 10 years and won its Seniors Championship in 1999.

   “It was really like coming home,” he said. “It’s fun to come to a golf course where you can hit wedges. I’m a short-hitter, so I don’t get to hit them often.”

  Ferino started the squad’s subpar scoring with a birdie on No. 1 (par 4, 374 yards), gashing a gap wedge 104 yards to 18 feet. Irey inked a 3 on the next hole (par 4, 366 yards) by cranking a 58-degree wedge 85 yards to 12 feet. It was Anton’s turn on the par 4, 294-yard No. 4, where he stopped an 84-yard wedge at a foot. The Lookaway crew mastered No. 7 (par 3, 135 yard) with a trio of birdies. Solid 7-irons led to a left-to-right breaking 25-footer from Mallouk and a buzzing 20-footer from Anton. Irey snaked in a 12-footer following a gap wedge tee shot.

  Mallouk stayed hot by adding birdies on the next two holes. He whacked a wedge 60 yards to eight feet above the No. 8 (par 5, 475 yards) flagstick. On the uphill par 4, 387-yard No. 9, Mallouk crushed a rescue from 190 yards onto the right fringe and holed the ensuing double-breaker. Anton added a 3 on the next hole (par 4, 299 yards), knocking a 58-degree wedge 50 yards to five feet. Ferino followed with an 88-yard gap wedge to 20 feet for birdie on No. 11 (par 4, 378 yards). The Lookaway crew moved to 8 under thanks to an Irey birdie on the par 3, 201-yard 14th hole, set up by a 5-iron to 20 feet. Mallouk converted a left-to-right breaking five-footer after a drilling a pitching wedge 100 yards on the 17th hole (par 5, 523 yards), which put his team in a tie with clubhouse leaders Andrew Harmer, Robert Maze, Rich Thon and John Turner of The Springhaven Club.

   “I know where we stood [on the leaderboard],” Irey, 61, of Furlong, Pa., said.

   And with that knowledge at hand, Irey came up clutch on No. 18 (par 5, 481 yards). He sent a 58-degree wedge 88 yards to 20 feet above the flagstick and sunk the birdie putt. Once his golf ball rattled in, Anton and Mallouk raised their arms while Ferino cheered his comrade.

   “It’s always fun to play with these guys,” Ferino, 55, of Furlong, Pa., said. “The golf course was in great shape. I enjoyed it.”

  Playing in the day’s first group starting on No. 10, Harmer, Maze, Thon and Turner posted a 9-under-par 135. Harmer carded a 6-under-par 66 on his own ball, tallying four birdies and an eagle.

   “They made it easy for me,” Harmer, 58, of Media, Pa., added. “They were in every hole. I had no anxiety.”

  On No. 18, Harmer nudged a 60-degree wedge 27 yards to 12 feet and converted the 18-inch breaker for birdie. He nailed a wedge 102 yards to six feet below the flagstick for birdie on No. 2 (par 4, 366 yards). The par 4, 294-yard No. 4 provided a more outrageous and unconventional 3. After striping his drive down the fairway, he stubbed a wedge from 44 yards. Harmer then executed a pitch that found its way into the cup.

   “I just hit it on the green and it rolled the whole way,” he said. “Somehow it stayed online and reached the hole.”

  Harmer returned to the squad’s red figure stage by finishing eagle-birdie. He crushed a 5-hybrid 177 yards to 18 feet on No. 8 (par 5, 475 yards). And consider Harmer’s effort on the par 4, 387-yard No. 9 as wild as his pitch-in five holes earlier. A wayward drive left Harmer along the left tree-line. He then snap hooked a 6-iron from 159 yards onto the green and slammed in a straightaway 45-footer for birdie.

   “Anything can happen with Harmer,” Maze, 59, of Broomall, Pa., said. “You know the commercial where the dog’s throwing the ball back out? That’s playing with Harmer: hits the tree and immaculately comes back into the fairway.”

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Gross Division

Name, club

Score

Michael Anton, Frank Ferino, Roc Irey & Thomas Mallouk, Lookaway

134

Andrew Harmer, Robert Maze, Rich Thon & John Turner, Springhaven

135

John Emmel, Jr., Back Creek; Buck Jones, Philadelphia Publinks; Donald Ashley & Michael Nilon, Philadelphia

136

Richard Custer, Five Ponds; Marty Dorminy, Golden Oaks; Greg Gottshall & Scott Orr, Brookside

137

Donald Dissinger, Fred Jones, J. Kirk Luntey & Robert Wagner, Merion

137

Michael Dougherty, Pete Ervin, George Henninger & Peter McCombs, Huntingdon Valley

138

Thomas Hyland, Robert Lodovici, Joe Olin & Raymond Pawulich, Little Mill

138

Paul Cornely, Michael Harms, Mike Owsik & James Prendergast, Philadelphia Publinks

140

Don Donatoni, White Manor; William Lawler, Fox Hill; Neil McDermott, Llanerch & Michael Rose, Talamore

141

David Brookreson, Huntingdon Valley; John Hubbert, III, Galloway National; Arthur Jacoby, Commonwealth National & Alan Van Horn, Sandy Run

142

Gordon Jamieson, Arthur Kania, Jr., Robert Roehr & Paul Suckow, Merion

143

Roy Bell, Joe Culley, R.B. DIorio, Jr. & James Reger, Springhaven

143

Dan Slick, Old York at Chesterfield; Alan Bernabei, Herbert Gordon & Alan Roatche, Doylestown

144

Michael Domenick, Phoenixville; Archie Struthers, Greate Bay; William Christine, III, & Drew Panebianco, Five Ponds

145

John DiMarzio, Joseph Martella, Tom Mastroni & Tom Mee, Sandy Run

145

Curt Fromal, Springhaven; Norman Jester, Doylestown; Joseph Maxwell, Hartefield National & Stan Zabytko, Loch Nairn

146

Don Hohnstine, John Marshalek, Thomas Mohr & W. Scott Yard, Whitford

146

Naz Gagliardi, Bensalem Township; Dave Jacobson, Medford Village; Jon Mabry Moorestown & Peter Mimmo, North Hills

146

James Gillespie, David Lovitz, David Macesic & James Wiley, Lu Lu

148

Jim Macallister, George May, James Muller & Richard Lownes, Manufacturers

148

Bob Angelucci, Torresdale-Frankford; Jim Anthony, IV, Bensalem Township; Jim Gavaghan, Jericho & Gregory Sheva, North Hills

149

Gary Gordon, Philadelphia Cricket; Bob Abramski, Harold Cooperstein & Hal Morris, Talamore

149

Paul Koelling, Thomas Ritter, Bill Rooney & John Ward, Greate Bay

149

Leonard Travagline, Makefield Highlands; Dennis Hancock, John Mellors & Louis Siesser, Jericho

151

Charles Caparo, C. Michael Conway, Michael Giambrone & Dave Harbaugh, Plymouth

153

Donald Fagnan, Talamore; Bob Harris, Blue Bell; Robert Felter & Terry Radcliffe, Lancaster

153

Marty DeLuca, Penn Oaks; Rick Bunn, William McCabe, Jr. & Jon Stein, McCall

153

Neil Donovan, Richard Genoni, Stephen Negrotti & John Snyder, Waynesborough

153

Joseph Altieri, Bill Doherty, Richard Krauss & Gary Moran, Manufacturers

155

Bill Blackburn, Michael Moses, Sr., Len Orlando & Edward Randel, Concord

155

Joe Balkovec, Jerry Beil, James McCabe & Chris Meyer, Manufacturers

156

Jack Bailey, James Barron, Robert Dzielak & John Groves, Hartefeld National

156

Casey Duffy, Spring Ford; Kevin Mailey, Whitford; Richard Franklin & Scott Ryan, Stonewall

156

Stephen Coates, Greate Bay; David Sheffield, Old York at Chesterfield; John Meehan & Quinn Spitzer, Huntingdon Valley

157

Wayne Diluigi, Steven Harris, Tom Paul & Fred Spratt, Running Deer

157

George Manos, Tommy Michaux, Charles Rossetti & J. Thomas Rush, Riverton

159

William Friel, Squires; Jack Endicott, Ned Moore & Rick Rutter, Manufacturers

161

Charles Devine, Waynesborough; John Harding, Aronimink; Mons King, Merion & Joseph Seufer, Stonewall

161

Richard Wetherhold, LedgeRock; Albert Carrigan, Edward Godshall & David Stanislawczyk, Heidelberg

162

Ed Rogers, Stone Harbor; Ed Brzezowski, Thomas O'Dea & Terry McKinney, Concord

162

John Lukens, Thomas McGlinchy, W. Dale Newpher & Rich Tofani, Jr., Sandy Run

163

Jeff Klenk, Kevin McAllister, Ray Moskowicz & William Tripp, French Creek

164

Richard Alessi, Sr., Scott Fleming, William Knecht, Jr. & William Woolard, Jr., Llanerch

164

Herb Luff, Doylestown; John Walko, Five Ponds; Conrad Gack & Carl Nelson, Makefield Highlands

165

Jeff Neely, John Smith, Robert Szczypkowski & Mark Weinberg, Lookaway

173

Rick Coroniti, RiverCrest; Carmen Caruso, Robert Jenkins & Everett Young, Spring Ford

173

 

Net Division

Name, club

Michael Anton, Frank Ferino, Roc Irey & Thomas Mallouk, Lookaway

125

Michael Dougherty, Pete Ervin, George Henninger & Peter McCombs, Huntingdon Valley

125

Andrew Harmer, Robert Maze, Rich Thon & John Turner, Springhaven

127

Donald Dissinger, Fred Jones, J. Kirk Luntey & Robert Wagner, Merion

128

Roy Bell, Joe Culley, R.B. DIorio, Jr. & James Reger, Springhaven

128

Donald Fagnan, Talamore; Bob Harris, Blue Bell; Robert Felter & Terry Radcliffe, Lancaster

128

John Emmel, Jr., Back Creek; Buck Jones, Philadelphia Publinks; Donald Ashley & Michael Nilon, Philadelphia

129

Stephen Coates, Greate Bay; David Sheffield, Old York at Chesterfield; John Meehan & Quinn Spitzer, Huntingdon Valley

129

Richard Custer, Five Ponds; Marty Dorminy, Golden Oaks; Greg Gottshall & Scott Orr, Brookside

130

Neil Donovan, Richard Genoni, Stephen Negrotti & John Snyder, Waynesborough

130

Charles Devine, Waynesborough; John Harding, Aronimink; Mons King, Merion & Joseph Seufer, Stonewall

130

Thomas Hyland, Robert Lodovici, Joe Olin & Raymond Pawulich, Little Mill

131

Joe Balkovec, Jerry Beil, James McCabe & Chris Meyer, Manufacturers

131

Don Hohnstine, John Marshalek, Thomas Mohr & W. Scott Yard, Whitford

132

James Gillespie, David Lovitz, David Macesic & James Wiley, Lu Lu

132

Gary Gordon, Philadelphia Cricket; Bob Abramski, Harold Cooperstein & Hal Morris, Talamore

132

Paul Cornely, Michael Harms, Mike Owsik & James Prendergast, Philadelphia Publinks

133

Gordon Jamieson, Arthur Kania, Jr., Robert Roehr & Paul Suckow, Merion

133

John DiMarzio, Joseph Martella, Tom Mastroni & Tom Mee, Sandy Run

133

Curt Fromal, Springhaven; Norman Jester, Doylestown; Joseph Maxwell, Hartefield National & Stan Zabytko, Loch Nairn

134

Naz Gagliardi, Bensalem Township; Dave Jacobson, Medford Village; Jon Mabry Moorestown & Peter Mimmo, North Hills

134

Leonard Travagline, Makefield Highlands; Dennis Hancock, John Mellors & Louis Siesser, Jericho

134

George Manos, Tommy Michaux, Charles Rossetti & J. Thomas Rush, Riverton

134

Don Donatoni, White Manor; William Lawler, Fox Hill; Neil McDermott, Llanerch & Michael Rose, Talamore

135

David Brookreson, Huntingdon Valley; John Hubbert, III, Galloway National; Arthur Jacoby, Commonwealth National & Alan Van Horn, Sandy Run

135

Dan Slick, Old York at Chesterfield; Alan Bernabei, Herbert Gordon & Alan Roatche, Doylestown

135

Michael Domenick, Phoenixville; Archie Struthers, Greate Bay; William Christine, III, & Drew Panebianco, Five Ponds

135

Charles Caparo, C. Michael Conway, Michael Giambrone & Dave Harbaugh, Plymouth

135

Casey Duffy, Spring Ford; Kevin Mailey, Whitford; Richard Franklin & Scott Ryan, Stonewall

135

William Friel, Squires; Jack Endicott, Ned Moore & Rick Rutter, Manufacturers

135

Richard Wetherhold, LedgeRock; Albert Carrigan, Edward Godshall & David Stanislawczyk, Heidelberg

135

Ed Rogers, Stone Harbor; Ed Brzezowski, Thomas O'Dea & Terry McKinney, Concord

135

Marty DeLuca, Penn Oaks; Rick Bunn, William McCabe, Jr. & Jon Stein, McCall

136

Wayne Diluigi, Steven Harris, Tom Paul & Fred Spratt, Running Deer

136

Herb Luff, Doylestown; John Walko, Five Ponds; Conrad Gack & Carl Nelson, Makefield Highlands

136

Bob Angelucci, Torresdale-Frankford; Jim Anthony, IV, Bensalem Township; Jim Gavaghan, Jericho & Gregory Sheva, North Hills

137

Joseph Altieri, Bill Doherty, Richard Krauss & Gary Moran, Manufacturers

137

Bill Blackburn, Michael Moses, Sr., Len Orlando & Edward Randel, Concord

137

Paul Koelling, Thomas Ritter, Bill Rooney & John Ward, Greate Bay

138

Jack Bailey, James Barron, Robert Dzielak & John Groves, Hartefeld National

139

Jim Macallister, George May, James Muller & Richard Lownes, Manufacturers

140

John Lukens, Thomas McGlinchy, W. Dale Newpher & Rich Tofani, Jr., Sandy Run

140

Jeff Klenk, Kevin McAllister, Ray Moskowicz & William Tripp, French Creek

141

Richard Alessi, Sr., Scott Fleming, William Knecht, Jr. & William Woolard, Jr., Llanerch

141

Rick Coroniti, RiverCrest; Carmen Caruso, Robert Jenkins & Everett Young, Spring Ford

141

Jeff Neely, John Smith, Robert Szczypkowski & Mark Weinberg, Lookaway

142

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