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| James Prendergast and Marty Dorminy won in a scorecard playoff. |
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Dorminy, Prendergast take 55th Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play
WEST CHESTER, Pa. — To keep their games fresh during an oppressive winter, Marty Dorminy and James Prendergast frequently practiced at Golf364, an indoor facility in Linfield, Pa. That’s where the two met, became friends and subsequently made plans to compete in the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s 55th Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play at Concord Country Club (par 71, 6,419 yards).
The arrangement turned into a memorable one for the new friends and golf compatriots. Dorminy, of Spring Ford Country Club, and Prendergast, a Philadelphia Publinks GA member, prevailed in a scorecard playoff over Lancaster Country Club’s Daniel Burton and Kenneth Phillips and Chester Valley Golf Club’s Ed Chylinski and Ken Silverwood. All three teams finished with scores of 3-under-par 68.
The scorecard tiebreaker, as recommended by the USGA, is total score for the last nine holes. That method still produced a tie, so it came down to the last six holes. The team of Dorminy and Prendergast completed that stretch in 1 under.
“Play well. That was our strategy,” Dorminy, 59, of Collegeville, Pa., said. “I never played the golf course before. Every tee, we were looking out there and trying to figure out where to hit it and how far you could hit it. That seemed to work out pretty good most holes.”
“We get along very well out there. We just play to each other’s strengths,” Prendergast, 62, of Limerick, Pa., added. “The fairways and greens were in great shape today. It was a nice, challenging course.”
Although the friendship is fresh, Dorminy and Prendergast entered Concord with experience as teammates. They finished second in the Philadelphia Publinks GA’s Better-Ball Championship in May. A bogey on the last hole sealed their status then.
The Dorminy and Prendergast team immediately erased that memory Wednesday with a birdie on No. 1 (par 4, 376 yards). Dorminy stopped a sand wedge from 76 yards at a foot. The par 4, 358-yard No. 5 presented a similar scene, with Dorminy using the same club from the yardage to set up a five-footer for 3. Prendergast snatched his partner’s subpar style on the back side by inking red of his own. On the demanding 11th hole (par 3, 180 yards), he powered a 4-hybrid to 12 feet and dropped the uphill putt. Prendergast hit an 8-iron 130 yards to four feet on No. 13 (par 4, 391 yards).
Only one hole brewed a bogey for the Dorminy and Prendergast team. Both players missed the No. 12 (par 4, 393 yards) green with their approaches; Dorminy misjudged the wind and threw a 6-iron onto a false front. Prendergast caught the right greenside bunker with a 4-hybrid.
Untapped birdie chances at Dorminy’s hands coming in prevented an outright victory. Dorminy failed to convert a six-footer on No. 17 (par 4, 318 yards), and on No. 18 (par 5, 506 yards), he watched a 4-wood from 227 yards crash into the green’s bank and roll 20 feet below the flagstick. A careful chip settled four feet.
When asked if more rounds together await the two this year, Dorminy and Prendergast, a pair of golf nuts, turned to each other, paused for a moment and smiled.
“I’m sure we will,” Prendergast said. “It’s weird that we had never played together. We have mutual friends in the game who play a lot of golf.”
“I’m sure each of us will play a lot more rounds,” Dorminy added.
A scorecard tiebreaker also determined the Super-Senior victors Wednesday. The teams of John Ayres and David Jordan, Lawrence Capuzzi, Sr. and Edward Pappas, and Rich Green and James (Jay) Ward all finished at even-par 71. Green and Ward, of Cedarbrook Country Club, emerged as the winners, thanks to a birdie on the last hole.
NOTES
Philadelphia Country Club’s Michael Nilon aced the par 3, 180 yard 11th hole with a 3-hybrid. It wasn't the tournament’s only hole-in-one, however. Philadelphia Publinks GA’s Thomas Mairone aced the par 3, 160-yard 15th hole with a 6-iron.
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Gross
Division
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Senior
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Name,
club
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Score
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*Marty
Dorminy/James Prendergast, Spring Ford
CC/Philadelphia Publinks GA
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68
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Ken
Silverwood/Ed Chylinski,
Chester Valley GC
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68
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Kenneth
Phillips/Daniel Burton, Lancaster CC
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68
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Bruce
Jackson/Rob Francis, Brookside CC
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69
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Stan
Zabytko/Norman Jester, Downingtown CC/Loch Nairn GC
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69
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Peter
Dilullo/Robert Billings, Rolling Green GC/Applebrook GC
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70
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Robert
Wagner/J. Kirk Luntey, Merion GC
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70
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Buck
Jones/Michael Nilon, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Philadelphia CC
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70
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Joseph
Russo/Mark Walker, Laurel Creek CC
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70
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Steven
Lucas/Roc Irey, Lookaway
GC/White Manor CC
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70
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Mark
Metaxas/Jim Gavaghan, Jericho National GC
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71
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Walter
Waryga/Harold Schweitzer, Broad Run GC/Concord CC
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72
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Ralph
Bincarowsky/Frank Kovalcheck,
Kennett Square G&CC
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72
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Thomas
Hyland/Byron Whitman, Little Mill CC/Golden Oaks GC
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72
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Steven
Walczak/Thomas Humphrey, Wilmington CC
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72
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Bob
Majczan/Michael Quinn, Lookaway
GC/Edgmont CC
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72
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Thomas
Mairone/Bob Stewart, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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73
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Phil
Remig/George Henninger,
Huntingdon Valley CC
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73
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Alexander
Maguire, Sr./Pat Romano, Brookside CC
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73
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Bob
Arthur/Thomas Grimac, Tavistock
CC
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73
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Michael
Domenick/James Muller, Phoenixville
CC/Manufacturers G&CC
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73
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Paul
Koelling/Mike Miklinevich,
Greate Bay CC
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74
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Robert
Lodovici/Raymond Pawulich,
Little Mill CC
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74
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Dave
Knox/Ron Weaver, Bent Creek CC
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74
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Bruce
Gladish/Wayne Morra,
Sandy Run CC
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75
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Jeffrey
Brown/Bill Augustyn, West Chester G&CC
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77
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Thomas
Alestock/Robert Walters, DuPont CC
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78
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Mark
Carrier/Bill Blackburn, Concord CC
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79
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Rich
Thon/Andrew Harmer, The Springhaven Club
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79
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Peter
Mimmo/Frank Tuscano,
North Hills CC
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80
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Joseph
LaGrossa/Alexander Kazmarck,
Jr.,Galloway National GC
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81
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Michael
McCorriston/Joseph DeAngelis,
Jericho National GC
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82
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Mark
Fox/Macy Summers, St. Davids GC
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84
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John
Scott/Rick Sung, West Chester G&CC
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85
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Vincent
Torno/Steve Joachim, McCall G&CC
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91
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Super
Senior
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Name,
club
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Score
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*Rich
Green/James Ward, Cedarbrook CC
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71
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Edward
Pappas/Lawrence Capuzzi, Sr., Rolling Green GC
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71
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John
Ayres/David Jordan, Trump National - Philadelphia/Sakima
CC
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71
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L.D.
Davis/Curt Fromal, The Springhaven
Club
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72
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Charles
Whipple/Robert Peterman, Huntingdon Valley CC
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72
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Barry
Emich/Gerald Eckert, Bent Creek CC
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73
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Nicholas
Wanck/James Fleming, Jr., Huntingdon Valley CC
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74
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Thomas
Mallouk/Michael Anton, Lookaway
GC
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74
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Frank
Polizzi/Bernard Zbrzeznj,
Whitemarsh Valley CC
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74
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Thomas
Mohr/Carl Everett, Merion GC/Whitford CC
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74
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Ken
Gaskill/Jon Mabry, Philadelphia Publinks
GA/Moorestown Field Club
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74
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Don
Donatoni/Michael Rose, White Manor CC/Talamore CC
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74
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Robert
Schiller/Herbert Gordon, Doylestown CC/Old York Road CC
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75
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Thomas
O'Rourke/Gregory Gaul, Merion GC/Chester Valley GC
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75
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James
Wiley/John Patton, Little Mill CC/Old York Road CC
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77
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Bob
Abramski/John Cech, Talamore CC/Riverton CC
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77
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Rick
Rutter/Charles Quinn, Manufacturers G&CC
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79
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James
Barron/Jack Bailey, Hartefeld National
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79
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C.
Michael Conway/Charles Caparo, Plymouth CC
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82
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Frank
Shuman/Peter Emigh, Lehigh CC
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82
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Jack
Endicott/W. Frank Skilton, Manufacturers G&CC
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WD
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Net
Division
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Senior
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Name,
club
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Score
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Walter
Waryga/Harold Schweitzer, Broad Run GC/Concord CC
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63
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Bruce
Jackson/Rob Francis, Brookside CC
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64
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Stan
Zabytko/Norman Jester, Downingtown CC/Loch Nairn GC
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65
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Ken
Silverwood/Ed Chylinski,
Chester Valley GC
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65
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Peter
Dilullo/Robert Billings, Rolling Green GC/Applebrook GC
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66
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Thomas
Mairone/Bob Stewart, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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66
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Robert
Wagner/J. Kirk Luntey, Merion GC
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66
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Kenneth
Phillips/Daniel Burton, Lancaster CC
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67
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Marty
Dorminy/James Prendergast, Spring Ford
CC/Philadelphia Publinks GA
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67
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Buck
Jones/Michael Nilon, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Philadelphia CC
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67
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Michael
McCorriston/Joseph DeAngelis,
Jericho National GC
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68
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Phil
Remig/George Henninger,
Huntingdon Valley CC
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68
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Alexander
Maguire, Sr./Pat Romano, Brookside CC
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68
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Mark
Metaxas/Jim Gavaghan, Jericho National GC
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68
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Joseph
Russo/Mark Walker, Laurel Creek CC
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68
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Paul
Koelling/Mike Miklinevich,
Greate Bay CC
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68
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Joseph
LaGrossa/Alexander Kazmarck,
Jr., Galloway National GC
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68
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Jeffrey
Brown/Bill Augustyn, West Chester G&CC
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69
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Ralph
Bincarowsky/Frank Kovalcheck,
Kennett Square G&CC
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69
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Mark
Fox/Macy Summers, St. Davids GC
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70
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Mark
Carrier/Bill Blackburn, Concord CC
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70
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Steven
Lucas/Roc Irey, Lookaway
GC/White Manor CC
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70
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Bruce
Gladish/Wayne Morra,
Sandy Run CC
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70
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Bob
Arthur/Thomas Grimac, Tavistock
CC
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70
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Thomas
Hyland/Byron Whitman, Little Mill CC/Golden Oaks GC
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71
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Steven
Walczak/Thomas Humphrey, Wilmington CC
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71
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Michael
Domenick/James Muller, Phoenixville
CC/Manufacturers G&CC
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71
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Robert
Lodovici/Raymond Pawulich,
Little Mill CC
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71
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Peter
Mimmo/Frank Tuscano,
North Hills CC
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72
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Bob
Majczan/Michael Quinn, Lookaway
GC/Edgmont CC
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73
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Dave
Knox/Ron Weaver, Bent Creek CC
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73
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Thomas
Alestock/Robert Walters, DuPont CC
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74
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Rich
Thon/Andrew Harmer, The Springhaven Club
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75
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John
Scott/Rick Sung, West Chester G&CC
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75
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Vincent
Torno/Steve Joachim, McCall G&CC
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78
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Super
Senior
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Name,
club
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Score
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Edward
Pappas/Lawrence Capuzzi, Sr., Rolling Green GC
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63
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John
Ayres/David Jordan, Trump National - Philadelphia/Sakima
CC
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64
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L.D.
Davis/Curt Fromal, The Springhaven
Club
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65
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Rick
Rutter/Charles Quinn, Manufacturers G&CC
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66
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Rich
Green/James Ward, Cedarbrook CC
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66
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Charles
Whipple/Robert Peterman, Huntingdon Valley CC
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66
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James
Wiley/John Patton, Little Mill CC/Old York Road CC
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67
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Nicholas
Wanck/James Fleming, Jr., Huntingdon Valley CC
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67
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Barry
Emich/Gerald Eckert, Bent Creek CC
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68
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Thomas
Mallouk/Michael Anton, Lookaway
GC
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69
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Robert
Schiller/Herbert Gordon, Doylestown CC/Old York Road CC
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69
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Bob
Abramski/John Cech, Talamore CC/Riverton CC
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69
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Frank
Polizzi/Bernard Zbrzeznj,
Whitemarsh Valley CC
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70
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Thomas
O'Rourke/Gregory Gaul, Merion GC/Chester Valley GC
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70
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Thomas
Mohr/Carl Everett, Merion GC/Whitford CC
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70
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Ken
Gaskill/Jon Mabry, Philadelphia Publinks
GA/Moorestown Field Club
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70
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Don
Donatoni/Michael Rose, White Manor CC/Talamore CC
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72
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James
Barron/Jack Bailey, Hartefeld National
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73
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C.
Michael Conway/Charles Caparo, Plymouth CC
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73
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Frank
Shuman/Peter Emigh, Lehigh CC
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77
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Jack
Endicott/W.Frank Skilton,
Manufacturers G&CC
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WD
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 *-won in scorecard playoff; WD-withdrawal
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