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| Thomas Bartolacci, Jr. and Glenn Smeraglio carded an 8-under-par 64. |
Bartolacci, Smeraglio reunite to take Senior Four-Ball at LedgeRock
MOHNTON, Pa. — It took 28 holes for Thomas Bartolacci, Jr. and Glenn Smeraglio to win their first Golf Association of Philadelphia better-ball tournament. They only needed 18 Thursday, leaving little doubt along the way.
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Senior Division scorecards |
Super-Senior Division scorecards |
History |
Bartolacci and Smeraglio carded an 8-under-par 64 to win the 57th Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play at a sweltering LedgeRock Golf Club (par 72, 6,372 yards). They captured the Four-Ball Stroke Play Championship in 2010, defeating John LeBoeuf and Cory Reighard in a sudden-death playoff that lasted 10 holes, into the darkness, at Doylestown Country Club.
“It was less stressful [than 2010],” Bartolacci, 65, of Washington Crossing, Pa., said. “We had a feeling that we had a lead, but you never know. It was a lot of fun. I haven’t played with Glennie in a long time.”
“It was good, solid play by both guys,” Smeraglio, 56, of Newtown, Pa., added. “We were in the hole mostly all day. We had a 30 on the front with four birdies and an eagle. It was good to get out in front. [Playing partners Joseph Russo and Mark Walker, the 2013 titleholders] were keeping pace. They were there pushing us.” Russo and Walker finished second at 66.
Bartolacci, a Saucon Valley Country Club member, accounted for half of the team’s outward birdies. On No. 2 (par 3, 147 yards), he stuffed a 7-iron to a foot. Bartolacci dropped a 10-footer on No. 9 (par 4, 338 yards) following a wedge from 85 yards. The conversion capped an impressive three-hole stretch. Smeraglio’s length bred red on the preceding par 5s. He smashed an 8-iron 172 yards to four feet for an eagle on No. 8 (509 yards). With his golf ball in a divot on No. 7 (560 yards), he knocked a 9-iron 132 yards to 15 feet.
“I was complaining about [the divot] the whole time. The guys were complaining that I was whining,” Smeraglio, who won the Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross) earlier this season, said. “I hit a good shot and made the putt. It was a big to-do.”
Bartolacci moved the team to 7 under with a birdie on the 12th hole (par 4, 253 yards). He grooved a wedge 50 yards to 15 feet. Bartolacci resisted temptation on the gettable 16th hole (par 4, 286 yards), finding the fairway with a 3-wood. His 60-yard pitch stopped inches from the cup.
Both Bartolacci and Smeraglio earned hardware the last time they set foot on LedgeRock. In 2012, Bartolacci captured the Senior Division title in the Brewer Cup. Smeraglio, representing Commonwealth National Golf Club at the time, celebrated a Team Championship victory.
“It’s a nice golf course,” Bartolacci said. “I played pretty well for me today. It was a team effort.”
“We always joke around,” Smeraglio, a Lu Lu Country Club member, added. “We’ve played together for a million years. It’s always fun.”
The Bartolacci and Smeraglio team almost never came to be Thursday. The former originally solicited the Association’s six-time reigning Senior Player of the Year.
“(Chip) Lutz turned me down,” Bartolacci, a two-time Senior Amateur Champion (2008, 2013), said. “Earlier this year, I said, ‘[The Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play] is at your club. I don’t have too many tournaments left.’ He said, ‘I think I’m exempt for the U.S. Senior Open.’ I said, ‘So?’ I called Glennie after that.”
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| Don Donatoni & Carl Everett |
Super-Senior Division
Champions heading in, champions heading out.
White Manor Country Club’s Don Donatoni and Merion Golf Club’s Carl Everett successfully defended their Super-Senior (par 72, 5,833 yards) title. The two carded a 5-under-par 67 to prevail.
“I couldn’t make a putt all day, and Carl played beautifully during that stretch,” Donatoni, 68, of Malvern, Pa., said.
“I had my usual couple of hiccups, but fortunately Don was there,” Everett, 69, of Harleysville, Pa., added. “All year-round it seems like I’ve screwed up rounds with not just one or two double bogey type things, but worse than that.”
Everett didn’t fumble Thursday. He directed the team’s subpar round with a chip-in birdie on the first hole (No. 1, par 4, 346 yards) from greenside right. He reached the par 5, 499-yard No. 8 in two strokes with a 5-iron. Everett ran his eagle attempt six feet by and converted the comebacker.
“I’ve been trying to ween myself away from claw putting,” he said. “I was going to try regular. I stood over the putt and I finally chickened out. I went back to the claw and made it.”
Everett also made a 10-footer for birdie on No. 14 (par 3, 156 yards) following a picturesque 5-iron. Donatoni inked red of his own on No. 16 (par 4, 250 yards), sending a drive into the right greenside bunker and splashing out to a foot. A two-putt birdie from 30 feet on the 18th hole (par 5, 525 yards) brought the team to 5 under.
Donatoni qualified for the U.S. Senior Amateur three years ago at LedgeRock.
“This course sets up well for me,” Donatoni, the three-time reigning Super-Senior Player of the Year, said. “It is up and down, so you really have to take the terrain into account for each shot. With little wind today, the greens were receptive. You could go flag hunting.”
The Donatoni and Everett team won the Senior 27-Hole Challenge in 2008 (Senior Division) and 2014 (Super-Senior).
NOTES
Rolling Green Golf Club’s Robert Billings, a Golf Association of Philadelphia Magazine Player to Watch in 2016, aced the par 3, 136-yard No. 2 with a 7-iron. It was the fourth hole-in-one of his career.
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Gross
|
|
Senior
|
|
Name,
club
|
Score
|
|
Thomas
Bartolacci, Jr./Glenn Smeraglio,
Saucon Valley CC/Lu Lu
CC
|
64
|
|
Joseph
Russo/Mark Walker, Laurel Creek CC
|
66
|
|
Raymond
Thompson/Oscar Mestre, Overbrook GC
|
69
|
|
Ralph
Bincarowsky/Frank Kovalcheck,
Kennett Square G&CC
|
69
|
|
Marlin
Detweiler/Kenneth Phillips, Lancaster CC
|
69
|
|
Robert
Wagner/Gordon Jamieson, Merion GC
|
70
|
|
Thomas
Soares/Bob Beck, Lehigh CC
|
70
|
|
Daniel
Burton/Frank Rutan, IV, Lancaster CC/Philadelphia
Cricket Club
|
70
|
|
Dwight
Dudas/Anthony White, Jr., Indian Valley CC
|
71
|
|
Joe
Butto/Byron Whitman, Moselem
Springs GC/Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
71
|
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Kenneth
Silverwood/Ed Chylinski, Chester Valley GC
|
71
|
|
William
Thornton, Jr./Kelly Patton, Heidelberg CC/LedgeRock GC
|
71
|
|
Joseph
Cala/John Hannon, LedgeRock GC
|
71
|
|
Robert
Wurtz, Jr./Gary Smith, Pine Valley GC/Philadelphia
Cricket Club
|
71
|
|
Mark
Metaxas/Jim Gavaghan, Jericho National GC
|
72
|
|
Michael
Domenick/James Muller, Phoenixville
CC/Manufacturers G&CC
|
72
|
|
Gregory
Buliga/Michael Quinn, Yardley CC/Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
72
|
|
Phil
Remig/Peter McCombs, Huntingdon Valley CC
|
72
|
|
Roc
Irey/Steven Lucas, Lookaway GC/White
Manor CC
|
72
|
|
Bob
Majczan/Tom DiCinti, Old
York CC at Chesterfield/Lookaway GC
|
73
|
|
Marty
Dorminy/Scott Orr, Bellewood
CC
|
73
|
|
Bill
Cregar/Joseph Roeder, Little Mill CC
|
74
|
|
Mike
Schuster/David Justin, Chester Valley GC
|
74
|
|
Larry
Camilli/Joseph Brita, Lehigh CC
|
74
|
|
Harold
Schweitzer, Jr./Zoran Damnjanovic, Broad Run
Golfer's Club
|
74
|
|
William
March/Mark Szilagyi, Spring Ford CC/Brookside CC
|
74
|
|
Arthur
Kania, Jr./J. Kirk Luntey,
Merion GC
|
75
|
|
Tom
Coffey, Sr./William Baer, Jr., Whitemarsh Valley
CC/Chester Valley GC
|
75
|
|
Ron
Stewart/Ronald Pappas, Fieldstone GC
|
75
|
|
Buck
Jones/Michael Nilon, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Philadelphia CC
|
75
|
|
Scott
McIntosh/Richard Young, Makefield Highlands GC
|
75
|
|
John
LeBoeuf/Jim Yenser,
Philadelphia CC/Raven's Claw GC
|
75
|
|
Bob
Arthur/Bryan Marvin, Tavistock CC/Old York
Road CC
|
75
|
|
Roy
Fisher, Jr./Dennis Gingrich, Conestoga CC
|
76
|
|
Roland
Thomas, Jr./John Kivitz, McCall G&CC
|
76
|
|
Anthony
Philomeno, Jr./Charles Caparo,
Plymouth CC
|
77
|
|
Terry
Skahan/Woodie Pickell,
Conestoga CC/Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
77
|
|
Jeffrey
Palmer/Thomas Schaible, Chester Valley GC
|
78
|
|
Robert
Tredinnick/John Nottage,
Commonwealth National GC
|
78
|
|
Dan
Lamb/Tim Ungrady, GC at Glen Mills/The Springhaven Club
|
78
|
|
Richard
Ogorek/Bob Winter, Fieldstone GC
|
79
|
|
George
Marshalek/Thomas Huff, Coatesville CC
|
80
|
|
Brian
Jasperse/Richard White, Jericho National GC
|
82
|
|
John
Monday/Joseph Parella, Jr., Chester Valley GC
|
83
|
|
Jeffrey
Bevington/Alexander Maguire, Sr., Brookside CC
|
83
|
|
Pierce
Herbst/Art Caldwell, Sea Oaks GC
|
83
|
|
Bill
Flavell/Joe Balkovec,
Manufacturers G&CC
|
84
|
|
Tom
Holben/Dick Toriello, Meadia Heights GC
|
84
|
|
John
Spitzer/T. Quinn Spitzer, Jr., Makefield Highlands
GC/Huntingdon Valley CC
|
97
|
| |
|
Super Senior
|
|
Name,
club
|
Score
|
|
Don
Donatoni/Carl Everett, White Manor CC/Merion GC
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67
|
|
Thomas
Mallouk/Michael Anton, Lookaway GC
|
70
|
|
Matthew
Bellis/Michael Rose, Commonwealth National GC/Talamore
CC
|
70
|
|
John
Young/John DiMarzio, Sandy Run CC
|
71
|
|
Donald
MacKelcan/Robert Hackett, Jr., Wilmington CC
|
71
|
|
PeterP. Dilullo/Robert Billings, Rolling Green GC/Applebrook GC
|
72
|
|
David
Kearney/Gerald Barr, Lehigh CC
|
72
|
|
Michael
Howanski/John Turner, The Springhaven Club
|
73
|
|
Joseph
Cassidy/William McCabe, Jr., McCall G&CC
|
74
|
|
Ronald
Yarnell/Gerald Eckert, Bent Creek CC
|
75
|
|
Thomas
Mohr/Mark McDermott, Kennett Square G&CC/Whitford CC
|
75
|
|
David
Brookreson/Arthur Jacoby, Huntingdon Valley
CC/Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
75
|
|
W.Scott Yard/Thomas
Isola, Whitford CC
|
75
|
|
Michael
Doyle/Jay Ward, Cedarbrook CC
|
75
|
|
Hal
Morris/Joe Morris, Talamore CC/Whitford CC
|
76
|
|
John
Cech/Robert Thornton, Jr., Riverton CC
|
77
|
|
Terrence
Sawyer/Douglas Fraser, Greate Bay CC/Lu Lu CC
|
77
|
|
Frank
Shuman/Peter Emigh, Lehigh CC
|
78
|
|
Tom
Mastroni/Joseph Martella,
Sandy Run CC
|
78
|
|
Nicholas
Wanck/James Fleming, Jr., Huntingdon Valley CC
|
78
|
|
Thomas
Morgan/Hal Ruff, Riverton CC/Moorestown Field Club
|
80
|
|
James
Barron/Jack Bailey, Hartefeld National
|
80
|
|
Murray
Soss/Henry McCullough, Rolling Green GC
|
80
|
|
George
Jeitles/Andy Donaldson, French Creek GC
|
80
|
|
Charles
Johnson/Ronald White, Jericho National GC
|
81
|
|
Gregory
Crowe/Ronald Shane, Fieldstone GC
|
82
|
|
Donald
Fagnan/Michael Kyle, Talamore
CC
|
82
|
|
William
Friel/Ned Moore, Manufacturers G&CC
|
83
|
|
Vincent
Torno/William Wilkinson, Sr., McCall G&CC
|
83
|
|
James
Wiley/Dennis Dailey, Sandy Run CC/Old York Road CC
|
84
|
|
Wayne
Yetter/Timothy Kiorpes, Lookaway GC
|
84
|
|
Chic
Rhoads/Chuck Lepisto, Conestoga CC
|
85
|
|
John
Kane/James Callaghan, Rolling Green GC/Stonewall
|
85
|
|
Jack
Endicott/W.Frank Skilton,
Manufacturers G&CC
|
86
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| |
|
Net
|
|
Senior
|
|
Name,
club
|
Score
|
|
Thomas
Bartolacci, Jr./Glenn Smeraglio,
Saucon Valley CC/Lu Lu
CC
|
64
|
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Mike
Schuster/David Justin, Chester Valley GC
|
64
|
|
Ralph
Bincarowsky/Frank Kovalcheck,
Kennett Square G&CC
|
65
|
|
Robert
Wagner/Gordon Jamieson, Merion GC
|
65
|
|
Daniel
Burton/Frank Rutan, IV, Lancaster CC/Philadelphia
Cricket Club
|
65
|
|
Roland
Thomas, Jr./John Kivitz, McCall G&CC
|
65
|
|
Marlin
Detweiler/Kenneth Phillips, Lancaster CC
|
66
|
|
Larry
Camilli/Joseph Brita, Lehigh CC
|
66
|
|
Tom
Coffey, Sr./William Baer, Jr., Whitemarsh Valley
CC/Chester Valley GC
|
66
|
|
Joseph
Russo/Mark Walker, Laurel Creek CC
|
67
|
|
Joseph
Cala/John Hannon, LedgeRock GC
|
67
|
|
Phil
Remig/Peter McCombs, Huntingdon Valley CC
|
67
|
|
Ron
Stewart/Ronald Pappas, Fieldstone GC
|
67
|
|
Kenneth
Silverwood/Ed Chylinski, Chester Valley GC
|
68
|
|
William
Thornton, Jr./Kelly Patton, Heidelberg CC/LedgeRock GC
|
68
|
|
Robert
Wurtz, Jr./Gary Smith, Pine Valley GC/Philadelphia
Cricket Club
|
68
|
|
Mark
Metaxas/Jim Gavaghan, Jericho National GC
|
68
|
|
Dwight
Dudas/Anthony White, Jr., Indian Valley CC
|
69
|
|
Gregory
Buliga/Michael Quinn, Yardley CC/Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
69
|
|
Marty
Dorminy/Scott Orr, Bellewood
CC
|
69
|
|
Harold
Schweitzer, Jr./Zoran Damnjanovic, Broad Run
Golfer's Club
|
69
|
|
William
March/Mark Szilagyi, Spring Ford CC/Brookside CC
|
69
|
|
Anthony
Philomeno, Jr./Charles Caparo,
Plymouth CC
|
69
|
|
Raymond
Thompson/Oscar Mestre, Overbrook GC
|
70
|
|
Thomas
Soares/Bob Beck, Lehigh CC
|
70
|
|
Joe
Butto/Byron Whitman, Moselem
Springs GC/Philadelphia Publinks GA
|
70
|
|
Michael
Domenick/James Muller, Phoenixville
CC/Manufacturers G& CC
|
70
|
|
Roc
Irey/Steven Lucas, Lookaway GC/White
Manor CC
|
70
|
|
Bob
Majczan/Tom DiCinti, Old
York CC at Chesterfield/Lookaway GC
|
70
|
|
Roy
Fisher, Jr./Dennis Gingrich, Conestoga CC
|
70
|
|
Terry
Skahan/Woodie Pickell,
Conestoga CC/Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
70
|
|
Dan
Lamb/Tim Ungrady, GC at Glen Mills/The Springhaven Club
|
70
|
|
George
Marshalek/Thomas Huff, Coatesville CC
|
70
|
|
Scott
McIntosh/Richard Young, Makefield Highlands GC
|
71
|
|
Jeffrey
Palmer/Thomas Schaible, Chester Valley GC
|
71
|
|
Richard
Ogorek/Bob Winter, Fieldstone GC
|
71
|
|
Brian
Jasperse/Richard White, Jericho National GC
|
71
|
|
Bill
Cregar/Joseph Roeder, Little Mill CC
|
72
|
|
Buck
Jones/Michael Nilon, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Philadelphia CC
|
72
|
|
Bob
Arthur/Bryan Marvin, Tavistock CC/Old York
Road CC
|
72
|
|
Bill
Flavell/Joe Balkovec,
Manufacturers G&CC
|
72
|
|
Tom
Holben/Dick Toriello, Meadia Heights GC
|
72
|
|
John
Monday/Joseph Parella, Jr., Chester Valley GC
|
73
|
|
Arthur
Kania, Jr./J. Kirk Luntey,
Merion GC
|
74
|
|
John
LeBoeuf/Jim Yenser, Philadelphia
CC/Raven's Claw GC
|
74
|
|
Robert
Tredinnick/John Nottage,
Commonwealth National GC
|
75
|
|
Jeffrey
Bevington/Alexander Maguire, Sr., Brookside CC
|
75
|
|
Pierce
Herbst/Art Caldwell, Sea Oaks GC
|
77
|
|
John
Spitzer/T. Quinn Spitzer, Jr., Makefield Highlands GC/Huntingdon
Valley CC
|
80
|
| |
|
SuperSenior
|
|
Name,
club
|
Score
|
|
John
Young/John DiMarzio, Sandy Run CC
|
62
|
|
David
Kearney/Gerald Barr, Lehigh CC
|
64
|
|
Joseph
Cassidy/William McCabe, Jr., McCall G&CC
|
64
|
|
Don
Donatoni/Carl Everett, White Manor CC/Merion GC
|
65
|
|
Donald
MacKelcan/Robert Hackett, Jr., Wilmington CC
|
66
|
|
Thomas
Mohr/Mark McDermott, Kennett Square G&CC/Whitford CC
|
66
|
|
Hal
Morris/Joe Morris, Talamore CC/Whitford CC
|
66
|
|
John
Cech/Robert Thornton, Jr., Riverton CC
|
66
|
|
Donald
Fagnan/Michael Kyle, Talamore
CC
|
66
|
|
Thomas
Mallouk/Michael Anton, Lookaway GC
|
67
|
|
Matthew
Bellis/Michael Rose, Commonwealth National GC/Talamore
CC
|
67
|
|
PeterP. Dilullo/Robert Billings, Rolling Green GC/Applebrook GC
|
67
|
|
Michael
Howanski/John Turner, The Springhaven Club
|
67
|
|
George
Jeitles/Andy Donaldson, French Creek GC
|
67
|
|
Tom
Mastroni/Joseph Martella,
Sandy Run CC
|
68
|
|
Murray
Soss/Henry McCullough, Rolling Green GC
|
68
|
|
Charles
Johnson/Ronald White, Jericho National GC
|
69
|
|
James
Wiley/Dennis Dailey, Sandy Run CC/Old York Road CC
|
69
|
|
Ronald
Yarnell/Gerald Eckert, Bent Creek CC
|
70
|
|
W.Scott Yard/Thomas
Isola, Whitford CC
|
70
|
|
Michael
Doyle/Jay Ward, Cedarbrook CC
|
70
|
|
Thomas
Morgan/Hal Ruff, Riverton CC/Moorestown Field Club
|
70
|
|
William
Friel/Ned Moore, Manufacturers G&CC
|
70
|
|
Wayne
Yetter/Timothy Kiorpes, Lookaway GC
|
70
|
|
Chic
Rhoads/Chuck Lepisto, Conestoga CC
|
70
|
|
John
Kane/James Callaghan, Rolling Green GC/Stonewall
|
70
|
|
Jack
Endicott/W.Frank Skilton,
Manufacturers G&CC
|
70
|
|
Nicholas
Wanck/James Fleming, Jr., Huntingdon Valley CC
|
71
|
|
Vincent
Torno/William Wilkinson, Sr., McCall G&CC
|
71
|
|
David
Brookreson/Arthur Jacoby, Huntingdon Valley
CC/Philadelphia Cricket Club
|
72
|
|
Terrence
Sawyer/Douglas Fraser, Greate Bay CC/Lu Lu CC
|
72
|
|
Frank
Shuman/Peter Emigh, Lehigh CC
|
72
|
|
James
Barron/Jack Bailey, Hartefeld National
|
72
|
|
Gregory
Crowe/Ronald Shane, Fieldstone GC
|
72
|
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