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| Chip Lutz walks in his birdie putt on No. 9 (par 4, 320 yards). |
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LedgeRock’s Lutz captures 80th Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross)
AMBLER, Pa. — An already wild opening to Chip Lutz’s golf season became even more fervent Thursday.
The LedgeRock Golf Club member carded a 1-under-par 70 to capture the 80th Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross) at Talamore Country Club (par 71, 6,626 yards). Lutz also won the event in 2012, when he set a scoring record, in relation to par, with a 6-under-par 65 at Concord Country Club. The Golf Association of Philadelphia’s four-time reigning Senior Player of the Year is off to yet another hot start.
“Last year I maybe didn’t have as many Ws, but I was obviously competitive in a lot of the events I played in,” Lutz, 59, of Reading, Pa., said. “Maybe I can put up a few more Ws this year, but even if I don’t, I’m just thrilled to be able to go along for the experiences.”
Those experiences are rapidly piling up so far in 2014. Lutz finished as runner-up in the Golfweek George L. Coleman Invitational April 26-28 at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Fla. represented the nation’s team during the inaugural Concession Cup, a biennial competition played between teams comprised of leading male Mid-Amateurs, Senior-Amateurs and Super Senior-Amateurs from the United States and Great Britain and Ireland, May 1-3.
“For not having ever played in a Walker Cup, it was probably the closest thing I will ever experience to anything like that,” Lutz said. “It was really nice to represent the United States in an international competition. I was thrilled.”
“The last few days have been pretty tiring, so I got a good night’s sleep last night; it seemed to help.”
It sure did. Well-rested and golf-groomed, Lutz traversed Talamore’s treacherous terrain accordingly to post the day’s lone subpar score.
“It’s a tricky course,” he said. “There are a lot of hazards. There’s a lot of trouble. Good lines off the tee are really important, and that’s hard to do hole after hole. I did find some trouble, and I made my way out of it, but a couple got me.”
Consider Nos. 16 (par 4, 300 yards) and 17 (par 4, 327 yards) the aforementioned culprits. A wayward drive left Lutz with a self-diagnosed stymie in the rough. He lifted a wedge 85 yards onto the green’s back right corner and sent a downhill breaker five feet past the jar. Lutz missed the comebacker to save par. Another poor drive led to a missed green on the 17th hole. Lutz sent a chip six feet past and again failed to convert the ensuing putt.
But Lutz re-entered red with a birdie on the par 5, 491-yard 18th hole, thanks to a spectacular 5-iron from 190 yards out of slight sidehill stance.
“It was a hook lie coming into that green with the water left and everything going that way, so I took one extra club and just held on to it,” he said. “Fortunately, I was on the upslope there.” Lutz eased an eagle chip attempt to three feet.
“It was a little wiggly here and there, particularly at the end,” Lutz said. “I was a little disappointed in finishing that way, but to be able to make birdie on the final hole sort of helped me straighten myself up a little bit.”
Lutz seemed a bit off-balance at the outset following a bogey on No. 1 (par 4, 421 yards), where he missed the green right with an 8-iron. He evened out with an eight-footer for birdie on No. 2 (par 4, 371 yards). A three-putt on the par 5, 550-yard No. 6 resulted in a bogey, but Lutz, ever the resilient shotmaker, relied on towering drives and smooth set-ups for birdies on two of his next three holes. He hit an l-wedge 60 yards to 10 feet on No. 7 (par 4, 353 yards) and 70 yards to six feet on No. 9 (par 4, 320 yards).
Chester Valley Golf Club’s Ed Chylinski, Overbrook Golf Club’s Chris Lange, the division’s defending champion, and Golden Oaks Golf Club’s Byron Whitman shared runner-up honors at 73.
Super Senior
Fox Hill Country Club’s William Lawler told himself he had “no chance” in the Warner Cup (Gross). A 5-over-par 76 in regulation gave the West Wyoming, Pa. resident, as well as four others, a chance at Super-Senior victory.
Lawler made good on that opportunity by carding a par on No. 1 (par 4, 403 yards), the first playoff hole, to prevail. He edged White Manor Country Club’s Don Donatoni, the tournament’s defending champion and reigning Super-Senior Player of the Year, Merion Golf Club’s Carl Everett, St. Davids Golf Club’s Jay Howson, Jr. and Moorestown Field Club’s Jon Mabry.
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Kirby Martin, GAP Director of Competitions, presents
the Super-Senior crystal to William Lawler. |
“It feels great,” Lawler, 66, said. “Anytime you can play a GAP event against some of these terrific players is great. I always enjoy myself. I played with Don a lot last year, and he had a sensational year. You kind of learn a lot from what you see.”
In the sudden-death playoff, all participants missed both the fairway and green. Lawler did so with a 4-hybrid from 168 yards that settled in a swale to the right of the putting surface. He flipped a wedge to five feet and watched his fellow title chasers bow with bogeys. Lawler converted his par putt.
“I was in the perfect situation because everyone had missed theirs, so the worst case for me was unless I gagged it real bad, we were going to go an extra hole,” he said.
In regulation, Lawler, who started on No. 10, turned in 1 under following an eagle on No. 18 (par 5, 476 yards), where he launched a 5-wood 205 yards to 20 feet. He carded bogeys on four of his final five holes to fall into a deadlock atop the leaderboard.
“The first nine I played was a great surprise, and then I started to realize where I was,” Lawler, the 2006 GAP Senior Player of the Year, said. “I was hanging on a little too hard with the grip I think.”
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.
Founded in 1897, the Golf Association of Philadelphia (GAP) is the oldest regional golf association in the United States and serves as the principal ruling body of amateur golf in its region. Its 150 Member Clubs and 57,000 individual members are spread across parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. As Philadelphia’s Most Trusted Source of Golf Information, the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s mission is to promote, preserve and protect the game of golf.
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Overall
|
|
Name,
club
|
Score
|
|
Chip
Lutz, LedgeRock Golf Club
|
70
|
|
Byron
Whitman, Golden Oaks Golf Club
|
73
|
|
Christopher
Lange, Overbrook Golf Club
|
73
|
|
Ed
Chylinski, Chester Valley Golf Club
|
73
|
|
Alan
Wagenschnur, Back Creek Golf Club
|
74
|
|
Frank
Corrado, Jr., Jericho National Golf Club
|
74
|
|
Buck
Jones, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
74
|
|
Raymond
Thompson, Overbrook Golf Club
|
74
|
|
Robert
Lodovici, Little Mill Country Club
|
74
|
|
Jon
Lavin, Rolling Green Golf Club
|
75
|
|
Tom
DiCinti, Old York CC at Chesterfield
|
75
|
|
John
Willadsen, Sakima Country
Club
|
76
|
|
Richard
Atcavage, Whitemarsh
Valley Country Club
|
76
|
|
Raymond
Pawulich, Little Mill Country Club
|
76
|
|
Robin
McCool, Saucon Valley Country Club
|
76
|
|
Thomas
Humphrey, Wilmington Country Club
|
76
|
|
Brian
Rothaus, Five Ponds Golf Club
|
77
|
|
Kenneth
Phillips, Lancaster Country Club
|
77
|
|
Bob
Majczan, Lookaway Golf
Club
|
77
|
|
Gary
Daniels, Applebrook Golf Club
|
77
|
|
Mark
Szilagyi, Brookside Country Club
|
77
|
|
Richard
Custer, Reading Country Club
|
77
|
|
Roc
Irey, Lookaway Golf Club
|
77
|
|
Brian
Corbett, Huntsville Golf Club
|
78
|
|
Brian
Nelson, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
78
|
|
Rich
Thon, The Springhaven Club
|
78
|
|
Michael
Moser, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
|
78
|
|
David
Richards, Bent Creek Country Club
|
79
|
|
Jim
Gavaghan, Jericho National Golf Club
|
79
|
|
John
Ward, Greate Bay Country Club
|
79
|
|
Kevin
Bair, Loch Nairn Golf Club
|
79
|
|
Keith
Li, Heidelberg Country Club
|
79
|
|
Robert
Van Etten, Laurel Creek Country Club
|
79
|
|
Wally
Swiger, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
79
|
|
Joseph
Russo, Laurel Creek Country Club
|
80
|
|
Marlin
Detweiler, Lancaster Country Club
|
80
|
|
Michael
Domenick, Phoenixville Country Club
|
80
|
|
Scott
Carney, Commonwealth National Golf Club
|
80
|
|
Thomas
Alestock, DuPont Country Club
|
80
|
|
Dave
Jacobson, Medford Village Country Club
|
80
|
|
Donald
MacKelcan, Wilmington Country Club
|
80
|
|
James
Muller, Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
|
80
|
|
James
Prendergast, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
80
|
|
John
Gonsior, Limekiln Golf Club
|
80
|
|
Robert
Dietrich, Loch Nairn Golf Club
|
80
|
|
Tom
Borsello, Hartefeld
National
|
80
|
|
Mark
Walker, Laurel Creek Country Club
|
81
|
|
Pierce
Herbst, Greate Bay
Country Club
|
81
|
|
Tom
Conboy, Jr., Sandy Run Country Club
|
81
|
|
Michael
Vassil, Country Club of Scranton
|
82
|
|
Donald
Ashley, Philadelphia Country Club
|
82
|
|
Thomas
Bartolacci, Jr., Saucon
Valley Country Club
|
82
|
|
Thomas
Mallouk, Lookaway Golf
Club
|
82
|
|
Bob
Arthur, Tavistock Country Club
|
83
|
|
Chuck
Kraatz, Talamore Country
Club
|
83
|
|
Gregory
Buliga, Yardley Country Club
|
83
|
|
John
Robinson, Commonwealth National Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Michael
Berger, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
|
83
|
|
Steven
Lucas, White Manor Country Club
|
83
|
|
Steven
Walczak, Wilmington Country Club
|
83
|
|
Bennett
Meyer, Philmont Country Club
|
83
|
|
Gordon
Jamieson, Merion Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Michael
Quinn, Edgmont Country Club
|
83
|
|
Richard
Krauss, Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
|
83
|
|
Richard
Timbrell, The Bucks Club
|
83
|
|
Robert
Billings, Rolling Green Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Bill
Turner, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
84
|
|
J.
Kirk Luntey, Merion Golf Club
|
84
|
|
Scott
Orr, Reading Country Club
|
84
|
|
Drew
Panebianco, Five Ponds Golf Club
|
84
|
|
Andrew
Harmer, The Springhaven Club
|
85
|
|
Frank
Treml, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
|
85
|
|
Gary
Ames, Bala Golf Club
|
85
|
|
Joe
Viechnicki, Saucon Valley
Country Club
|
85
|
|
John
Bartos, Saucon Valley
Country Club
|
85
|
|
David
Smith, Doylestown Country Club
|
86
|
|
James
Blickle, LedgeRock Golf
Club
|
86
|
|
Jim
Willoughby, Bellewood Country Club
|
86
|
|
Thomas
Mairone, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
|
86
|
|
Tom
Cohen, Running Deer Golf Club
|
86
|
|
Brian
Sexton, Stockton Seaview Hotel & Golf Club
|
87
|
|
Philip
Sokol, Lu Lu Country Club
|
87
|
|
Christopher
Clauson, Sandy Run Country Club
|
88
|
|
John
Manfredi, Woodcrest Country Club
|
89
|
|
Laurence
Hirsh, Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
89
|
|
Bob
Walsh, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
90
|
|
Kenneth
Dazen, Medford Village Country Club
|
94
|
|
Alan
Van Horn, Commonwealth National Golf Club
|
94
|
|
Rick
Gaydos, Sakima Country
Club
|
94
|
|
Joe
Culley, The Springhaven
Club
|
95
|
|
George
Foley, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
97
|
|
Arthur
Kania, Jr., Merion Golf Club
|
WD
|
|
Jon
Stein, McCall Golf & Country Club
|
WD
|
|
Marty
Dorminy, Spring Ford Country Club
|
WD
|
|
Thomas
Hyland, Little Mill Country Club
|
WD
|
|
Richard
Umani, Honeybrook Golf
Club
|
WD
|
| |
|
Ages
55-59
|
|
Name,
club
|
Score
|
|
Chip
Lutz, LedgeRock Golf Club
|
70
|
|
Byron
Whitman, Golden Oaks Golf Club
|
73
|
|
Christopher
Lange, Overbrook Golf Club
|
73
|
|
Alan
Wagenschnur, Back Creek Golf Club
|
74
|
|
Frank
Corrado, Jr., Jericho National Golf Club
|
74
|
|
Jon
Lavin, Rolling Green Golf Club
|
75
|
|
John
Willadsen, Sakima Country
Club
|
76
|
|
Richard
Atcavage, Whitemarsh
Valley Country Club
|
76
|
|
Brian
Rothaus, Five Ponds Golf Club
|
77
|
|
Kenneth
Phillips, Lancaster Country Club
|
77
|
|
Brian
Corbett, Huntsville Golf Club
|
78
|
|
Brian
Nelson, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
78
|
|
Rich
Thon, The Springhaven Club
|
78
|
|
David
Richards, Bent Creek Country Club
|
79
|
|
Jim
Gavaghan, Jericho National Golf Club
|
79
|
|
John
Ward, Greate Bay Country Club
|
79
|
|
Kevin
Bair, Loch Nairn Golf Club
|
79
|
|
Joseph
Russo, Laurel Creek Country Club
|
80
|
|
Marlin
Detweiler, Lancaster Country Club
|
80
|
|
Michael
Domenick, Phoenixville Country Club
|
80
|
|
Scott
Carney, Commonwealth National Golf Club
|
80
|
|
Thomas
Alestock, DuPont Country Club
|
80
|
|
Mark
Walker, Laurel Creek Country Club
|
81
|
|
Pierce
Herbst, Greate Bay
Country Club
|
81
|
|
Tom
Conboy, Jr., Sandy Run Country Club
|
81
|
|
Michael
Vassil, Country Club of Scranton
|
82
|
|
Bob
Arthur, Tavistock Country Club
|
83
|
|
Chuck
Kraatz, Talamore Country
Club
|
83
|
|
Gregory
Buliga, Yardley Country Club
|
83
|
|
John
Robinson, Commonwealth National Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Michael
Berger, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
|
83
|
|
Steven
Lucas, White Manor Country Club
|
83
|
|
Steven
Walczak, Wilmington Country Club
|
83
|
|
Bill
Turner, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
84
|
|
J.
Kirk Luntey, Merion Golf Club
|
84
|
|
Scott
Orr, Reading Country Club
|
84
|
|
Andrew
Harmer, The Springhaven Club
|
85
|
|
David
Smith, Doylestown Country Club
|
86
|
|
James
Blickle, LedgeRock Golf
Club
|
86
|
|
Jim
Willoughby, Bellewood Country Club
|
86
|
|
Brian
Sexton, Stockton Seaview Hotel & Golf Club
|
87
|
|
Philip
Sokol, Lu Lu Country Club
|
87
|
|
Christopher
Clauson, Sandy Run Country Club
|
88
|
|
John
Manfredi, Woodcrest Country Club
|
89
|
|
Laurence
Hirsh, Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
89
|
|
Bob
Walsh, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
90
|
|
Kenneth
Dazen, Medford Village Country Club
|
94
|
|
Joe
Culley, The Springhaven
Club
|
95
|
|
George
Foley, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
97
|
|
Arthur
Kania, Jr., Merion Golf Club
|
WD
|
|
Jon
Stein, McCall Golf & Country Club
|
WD
|
|
Marty
Dorminy, Spring Ford Country Club
|
WD
|
|
Thomas
Hyland, Little Mill Country Club
|
WD
|
| |
|
Ages
60 and over
|
|
Name,
club
|
Score
|
|
Ed
Chylinski, Chester Valley Golf Club
|
73
|
|
Buck
Jones, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
74
|
|
Raymond
Thompson, Overbrook Golf Club
|
74
|
|
Robert
Lodovici, Little Mill Country Club
|
74
|
|
Tom
DiCinti, Old York CC at Chesterfield
|
75
|
|
Raymond
Pawulich, Little Mill Country Club
|
76
|
|
Robin
McCool, Saucon Valley Country Club
|
76
|
|
Thomas
Humphrey, Wilmington Country Club
|
76
|
|
Bob
Majczan, Lookaway Golf
Club
|
77
|
|
Gary
Daniels, Applebrook Golf Club
|
77
|
|
Mark
Szilagyi, Brookside Country Club
|
77
|
|
Richard
Custer, Reading Country Club
|
77
|
|
Roc
Irey, Lookaway Golf Club
|
77
|
|
Michael
Moser, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
|
78
|
|
Keith
Li, Heidelberg Country Club
|
79
|
|
Robert
Van Etten, Laurel Creek Country Club
|
79
|
|
Wally
Swiger, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
|
79
|
|
Dave
Jacobson, Medford Village Country Club
|
80
|
|
Donald
MacKelcan, Wilmington Country Club
|
80
|
|
James
Muller, Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
|
80
|
|
James
Prendergast, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
80
|
|
John
Gonsior, Limekiln Golf Club
|
80
|
|
Robert
Dietrich, Loch Nairn Golf Club
|
80
|
|
Tom
Borsello, Hartefeld
National
|
80
|
|
Donald
Ashley, Philadelphia Country Club
|
82
|
|
Thomas
Bartolacci, Jr., Saucon
Valley Country Club
|
82
|
|
Thomas
Mallouk, Lookaway Golf
Club
|
82
|
|
Bennett
Meyer, Philmont Country Club
|
83
|
|
Gordon
Jamieson, Merion Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Michael
Quinn, Edgmont Country Club
|
83
|
|
Richard
Krauss, Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
|
83
|
|
Richard
Timbrell, The Bucks Club
|
83
|
|
Robert
Billings, Rolling Green Golf Club
|
83
|
|
Drew
Panebianco, Five Ponds Golf Club
|
84
|
|
Frank
Treml, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
|
85
|
|
Gary
Ames, Bala Golf Club
|
85
|
|
Joe
Viechnicki, Saucon Valley
Country Club
|
85
|
|
John
Bartos, Saucon Valley
Country Club
|
85
|
|
Thomas
Mairone, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
|
86
|
|
Tom
Cohen, Running Deer Golf Club
|
86
|
|
Alan
Van Horn, Commonwealth National Golf Club
|
94
|
|
Rick
Gaydos, Sakima Country
Club
|
94
|
|
Richard
Umani, Honeybrook Golf
Club
|
WD
|
| |
|
Super
Senior
|
|
Name,
club
|
Score
|
|
*William
Lawler, Fox Hill Country Club
|
76
|
|
Carl
Everett, Merion Golf Club
|
76
|
|
Don
Donatoni, White Manor Country Club
|
76
|
|
Jay
Howson, Jr., St. Davids Golf
Club
|
76
|
|
Jon
Mabry, Moorestown Field Club
|
76
|
|
Charles
McClaskey, Back Creek Golf Club
|
77
|
|
George
May, Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
|
77
|
|
Ralph
Bincarowsky, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
|
77
|
|
Terry
Fair, RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve
|
77
|
|
Terry
Law, Yardley Country Club
|
77
|
|
Bernard
Zbrzeznj, Whitemarsh
Valley Country Club
|
78
|
|
O.
Gordon Brewer, Jr., Pine Valley Golf Club
|
78
|
|
Bruce
Gladish, Sandy Run Country Club
|
79
|
|
Gregory
Gaul, Merion Golf Club
|
79
|
|
Mark
Shuman, Whitford Country Club
|
79
|
|
Michael
Rose, Talamore Country Club
|
79
|
|
Frank
Shuman, Lehigh Country Club
|
80
|
|
Jay
Ward, Cedarbrook Country Club
|
80
|
|
Michael
Anton, Lookaway Golf Club
|
80
|
|
Paul
Koelling, Greate Bay
Country Club
|
80
|
|
Rick
Bunn, McCall Golf & Country Club
|
80
|
|
Robert
Ockenfuss, Indian Valley Country Club
|
80
|
|
John
Rowe, Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
|
81
|
|
Raymond
Fuller, Running Deer Golf Club
|
81
|
|
Edward
Pappas, Sr., Rolling Green Golf Club
|
82
|
|
James
Haynie, Commonwealth National Golf Club
|
82
|
|
Art
Brosius, Golf Course at Glen Mills
|
83
|
|
Frank
Polizzi, Whitemarsh
Valley Country Club
|
83
|
|
Richard
Smith, Philadelphia Country Club
|
83
|
|
Fred
Jones, Merion Golf Club
|
84
|
|
Kevin
Scanlon, Stonewall
|
84
|
|
Theodore
Beringer, Philadelphia Country Club
|
84
|
|
Bob
Harris, Blue Bell Country Club
|
85
|
|
John
Owens, M.D., Tavistock Country Club
|
85
|
|
Steve
Kyriakodis, Commonwealth National Golf Club
|
85
|
|
Terrence
Sawyer, Mercer Oaks Golf Course
|
86
|
|
Charles
McDowell, Wilmington Country Club
|
87
|
|
Thomas
O'Rourke, Chester Valley Golf Club
|
91
|
|
George
Collins, Sand Barrens Golf Club
|
92
|
|
David
Jordan, Sakima Country Club
|
WD
|
|
Michael
Civitello, Chester Valley Golf Club
|
WD
|
|
Michael
Nilon, Philadelphia Country Club
|
WD
|
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*-won
in playoff; WD-withdrawal
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