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| Wynn Harris took home the inaugual Women's Flight title in the Fall Net. |
Talamore’s Cucinotti captures Fall Net title
WESTAMPTON, N.J.- Steve Cucinotti’s competitive golfing drought is officially over. Swinging for the fences on every tee shot, it’s safe to say the back-to-back Pennsylvania Long Drive Champion (1990-91) is ready to get back in the game.
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The Talamore Country Club member fired a 3-over-gross round of 73, which was good enough for a total of 43 stableford points, en route to the overall title in the Tee It Forward – Fall Net Championship Thursday at Burlington Country Club (par 70, 6,436 yards). He finished atop a leaderboard of 54 competitors.
“Whether I shoot an 84 or a 74, it’s not going to phase me,” said Cucinotti, who calls Philadelphia’s Center City neighborhood home. “But just recently, I started saying, ‘Alright, let’s go,’. Now I’m turning it on, and today was just an example of that. I’ll be playing in a lot more competitive tournaments from here on out.”
Competing from the back tees, Cucinotti and his driver showed the field at Burlington just how problematic the big hitter can be when his swing is on.
After early bogeys on Nos. 1 (par 4, 407 yards) and 4 (par 5, 479 yards), consistency arrived. Gross pars became the name of Cucinotti’s game at Burlington.
The finishing hole saw his round’s lone red number surface. The 58-year-old bomber selected 3-iron as his weapon of choice off the 18th (par 4, 308 yards). While Cucinotti pushed his tee shot a little to the right, he still had a good look from 124 yards out. Cucinotti then went with a three-quarters wedge, placing his approach to 15 feet. His birdie attempt dropped.
“For me, I just want to play. I played very loose today, like I usually do,” said Cucinotti. “We had a lot of fun today. Zach [Johnson] (his playing partner) is only 21 years old and was hitting it great out there, too.”
A sudden loss in the family caused Cucinotti’s extended golfing absence. It was then his children who got him back into the game.
“I stopped playing golf for 12 years when my wife passed away, and then I became a cyclist. My son, Sal, recently asked me how to hit draws, fades, you name it,” said Cucinotti, who was previously a scratch golfer playing out of Concord Country Club.
When his 8-year-old daughter wanted a pool to use, a bright light went off in Cucinotti’s mind.
“I said, ‘Let’s just join a country club,’, and once I did that, I had a bunch of the guys asking me to play in this event and that event. That’s how I joined over at Talamore. I've loved it ever since.”
Women's Flight
In the Women’s Flight – the first year the it has been fielded in the Fall Net – Old York Road Country Club's Wynn Harris took the inaugural title with 31 stableford points. She topped a small, yet competitive, field of four players.
Her playing partners, White Manor Country Club's Josie Anthony and Philadelphia Country Club's Muffy McCabe, both finished a mere one point behind Harris.
"We had a great time, as always. I'm crazy about the people I played with today. No matter what, win or lose, we always know we're going to have a good time out there," said Harris, 67, of Blue Bell, Pa. "We play with each other a bunch, especially in [Women's Golf Association of Philadelphia] and GAP tournaments. We always really enjoy them," said Harris.
Harris used two net birdies, on Nos. 4 (par 5, 437 yards) and 17 (par 4, 341 yards), combined with nine net pars to pave her path to the winner's circle.
"The Stableford format is always nice because you don't always have stroke play looming. My putting was the best part of my game today, which is usually the weakest part of my game," said Harris, a member of the WGAP course-rating committee and a course-rating team captain. "We rated Burlington yesterday. I did get a preview of it. To be fair, I texted the rest of my group last night giving them some insight."
The Fall Net Championship, formerly known as the Second Handicap, is open to players 18 years of age and older with handicap index less than 36.0. The event began in 1946. The Golf Association of Philadelphia adopted the Tee It Forward parameters and changed the scoring format to net Stableford in 2012.
The Tee It Forward initiative encourages golfers to play the course at a length that is aligned with their average driving distance.
Golf Association of Philadelphia
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 151 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
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Name,
club
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Points
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Steven
Cucinotti, Talamore
Country Club
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43
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Zachary
Johnson, Commonwealth National Golf Club
|
39
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William
Erskine, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
38
|
|
Francis
Tan, Medford Lakes Country Club
|
37
|
|
W.
Frank Skilton, Manufacturers Golf & Country
Club
|
37
|
|
Ned
Moore, Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
|
35
|
|
Hank
Collins, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
35
|
|
Andres
Forese, Sea Oaks Golf Club
|
33
|
|
David
Wallace, Burlington Country Club
|
33
|
|
James
Miller, Makefield Highlands Golf Club
|
32
|
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Brent
Alwood, Five Ponds Golf Club
|
32
|
|
Michael
Kyle, Talamore Country Club
|
32
|
|
Joe
Kelly, Deerwood Country Club
|
32
|
|
Charles
Caparo, Plymouth Country Club
|
31
|
|
Jim
MacFarlane, Merchantville Country Club
|
31
|
|
Bruce
Iacobucci, Makefield
Highlands Golf Club
|
31
|
|
Timothy
Kiorpes, Lookaway Golf
Club
|
31
|
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Wynn
Harris, Old York Road Country Club
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31
|
|
Robert
Pingitore, French Creek Golf Club
|
30
|
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Don
Neill, Lu Lu Country Club
|
30
|
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John
Siegrist, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
|
30
|
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David
Spirt, Talamore Country Club
|
30
|
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Timothy
Joyce, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
30
|
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Josie
Anthony, White Manor Country Club
|
30
|
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Muffy McCabe,
Philadelphia Country Club
|
30
|
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Al
Tucker, The Bucks Club
|
29
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Carmen
Caruso, Spring Ford Country Club
|
29
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Robert
Marshall, Greate Bay Country Club
|
29
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Luke
Pape, Tavistock Country Club
|
29
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Bill
Smith, Sandy Run Country Club
|
28
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Joseph
Templin, LedgeRock Golf Club
|
28
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Robert
Agran, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
|
28
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Tom
Bell, Meadia Heights Golf Club
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28
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Eric
Whorral, Old York Road Country Club
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28
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John
VanDame, Jr., Philadelphia Publinks
GA
|
27
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Matt
Peters, Five Ponds Golf Club
|
27
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Allan
Shannon, Makefield Highlands Golf Club
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27
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Jack
Endicott, Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
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27
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Jason
Marie, Five Ponds Golf Club
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27
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Bernie
Grossman, Makefield Highlands Golf Club
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27
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Nick
Lecuyer, Limekiln Golf Club
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27
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Rick
Ames, Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
26
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Edward
Osciak, Jr., Loch Nairn Golf
Club
|
26
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Harold
Alwood, Jr., Old York Road Country Club
|
26
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George
Peterman, Talamore Country Club
|
26
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Joseph
McHugh, Jr., Old York Road Country Club
|
26
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Francis
Adams, McCall Golf & Country Club
|
25
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Patrick
Riley, The Bucks Club
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25
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Timothy
Horan, Radley Run Country Club
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25
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John
O'Rourke, McCall Golf & Country Club
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23
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Brian
Mulvenna, White Oaks Country Club
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23
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James
Leonard, Honeybrook Golf Club
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23
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Nancy
Tucker, The Bucks Club
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23
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Douglas
Braunsdorf, Greate Bay
Country Club
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19
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J.F.
Fegley, Hartefeld
National
|
WD
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Frank
Andrusiewicz, Makefield
Highlands Golf Club
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WD
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Neil
Fine, Makefield Highlands Golf Club
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WD
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Steve
Mahle, Talamore Country
Club
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WD
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First
flight (Handicap Indexes 3.8-10.8)
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Name,
club
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Points
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Steven
Cucinotti, Talamore
Country Club
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43
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William
Erskine, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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38
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Andres
Forese, Sea Oaks Golf Club
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33
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David
Wallace, Burlington Country Club
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33
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James
Miller, Makefield Highlands Golf Club
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32
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Charles
Caparo, Plymouth Country Club
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31
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Jim
MacFarlane, Merchantville Country Club
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31
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Robert
Pingitore, French Creek Golf Club
|
30
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Bill
Smith, Sandy Run Country Club
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28
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Joseph
Templin, LedgeRock Golf Club
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28
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Robert
Agran, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
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28
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John
VanDame, Jr., Philadelphia Publinks
GA
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27
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Matt
Peters, Five Ponds Golf Club
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27
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Rick
Ames, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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26
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Francis
Adams, McCall Golf & Country Club
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25
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J.F.
Fegley, Hartefeld
National
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WD
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Second
Flight (Handicap Indexes 11.2-13.6)
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Name,
club
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Points
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Francis
Tan, Medford Lakes Country Club
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37
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Brent
Alwood, Five Ponds Golf Club
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32
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Michael
Kyle, Talamore Country Club
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32
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Bruce
Iacobucci, Makefield
Highlands Golf Club
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31
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Don
Neill, Lu Lu Country Club
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30
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John
Siegrist, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
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30
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Allan
Shannon, Makefield Highlands Golf Club
|
27
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Jack
Endicott, Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
|
27
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Jason
Marie, Five Ponds Golf Club
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27
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Douglas
Braunsdorf, Greate Bay
Country Club
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19
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Frank
Andrusiewicz, Makefield
Highlands Golf Club
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WD
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Third
Flight (Handicap Indexes 13.9-17.5)
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Name,
club
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Points
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Zachary
Johnson, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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39
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W.
Frank Skilton, Manufacturers Golf & Country
Club
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37
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Ned
Moore, Manufacturers Golf & Country Club
|
35
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Timothy
Kiorpes, Lookaway Golf
Club
|
31
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David
Spirt, Talamore Country Club
|
30
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Timothy
Joyce, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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30
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Al
Tucker, The Bucks Club
|
29
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Carmen
Caruso, Spring Ford Country Club
|
29
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Robert
Marshall, Greate Bay Country Club
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29
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Tom
Bell, Meadia Heights Golf Club
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28
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Bernie
Grossman, Makefield Highlands Golf Club
|
27
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Edward
Osciak, Jr., Loch Nairn
Golf Club
|
26
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Harold
Alwood, Jr., Old York Road Country Club
|
26
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Patrick
Riley, The Bucks Club
|
25
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Timothy
Horan, Radley Run Country Club
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25
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John
O'Rourke, McCall Golf & Country Club
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23
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Fourth
Flight (Handicap Indexes 17.6-23.5)
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Name,
club
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Points
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Hank
Collins, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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35
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Joe
Kelly, Deerwood Country Club
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32
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Luke
Pape, Tavistock Country Club
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29
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Eric
Whorral, Old York Road Country Club
|
28
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Nick
Lecuyer, Limekiln Golf Club
|
27
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George
Peterman, Talamore Country Club
|
26
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Joseph
McHugh, Jr., Old York Road Country Club
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26
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Brian
Mulvenna, White Oaks Country Club
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23
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James
Leonard, Honeybrook Golf Club
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23
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Neil
Fine, Makefield Highlands Golf Club
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WD
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Steve
Mahle, Talamore Country
Club
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WD
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Women's
Flight
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Name,
club
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Points
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Wynn
Harris, Old York Road Country Club
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31
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Josie
Anthony, White Manor Country Club
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30
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Muffy McCabe,
Philadelphia Country Club
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30
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Nancy
Tucker, The Bucks Club
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23
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WD-withdrawal
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