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| Kevin Kornuszko hits a 3-wood on No. 15 (par 4, 421 yards). |
Spring Mill’s Kornuszko cards 68, caps #PatCup Qualifier at Bluestone
BLUE BELL, Pa. — If the Matt Davis Golf Academy needs a testimonial, then Kevin Kornuszko is the guy to call. The Spring Mill Country Club member shaved two strokes off his handicap index since a consultation there last month.
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Signs of his improvement sprouted throughout Bluestone Country Club (par 71, 6,530 yards) Friday. Kornuszko carded a 3-under-par 68 to earn medalist honors in a Joseph H. Patterson Cup Qualifier on the delightful design. He earned one of 30 qualifying positions and ties available for the Championship proper.
The cut line stopped at 77 by day’s end. The 115th Joseph H. Patterson Cup will take place Aug. 9-10 at Wilmington Country Club (South).
“I took a lesson [with Matt Davis] to fix some iron play. Since then, I’ve really been hitting it a lot better with the iron game,” Kornuszko, 39, of Warrington, Pa., said. “I wasn’t putting enough weight on my front set-up. It’s been effective. From that day on, I’ve been much better.”
Proof is in Kornuszko’s red pudding at Bluestone. Although he set foot on the property for the first time, Kornuszko executed each shot like a knowledgeable veteran. He deposited a pair of 12-footers for birdie on a pair of par 5s to start. A sand wedge from 80 yards on No. 1 (529 yards), and a gap wedge from 110 yards on No. 5 (531 yards) served as the setups. His only outward bogey occurred on No. 2 (par 4, 413 yards).
Then came a back-nine breakout.
Kornuszko, who registered 13 greens in regulation on the day, saw four consecutive birdie opportunities inside 20 feet, but walked away with pars. On the par 4, 380-yard 14th hole, he capitalized on tedious chance from the collar. Kornuszko drained a 20-foot, left-to-right slider following a 6-iron from 180 yards. He ran a 3-wood through the fairway on the next hole, a dogleg left par 4 measuring 421 yards. A troubling lie forced a punch shot; a lob wedge to the front of the green and a two-putt meant a bogey. Kornuszko, a soft-spoken and swift striker, recovered from the rare error by sticking an 8-iron to two feet on No. 16 (par 3, 158 yards) for birdie. Consider the closing par 4, 407-yard 18th hole a clear demonstration of Kornuszko’s improvement. He split the fairway with a powerful drive, knocked a pitching wedge 125 yards to 12 feet and strutted toward the jar as his 12-footer for birdie clattered.
“I hit it better than I have in years,” Kornuszko, a sales manager, said. “I’ve been playing a lot of golf the last few weeks and I’ve been hitting it really well. I didn’t make a lot of birdie putts today, but still enough to get to 3 under.”
More flexibility in his work and family schedule allowed Kornuszko to spend more time focusing on his game this summer. He’s auditioned for the Patterson Cup and Middle-Amateur Championship over the past few years. A missed cut here, a middle of the pack finish there.
Perhaps Wilmington will tell a different tale, given his progression of late.
“I’ll try to keep playing as well as I can, make the cut and put up the best number I can,” Kornuszko said.
The second oldest Championship in the Golf Association of Philadelphia, the Joseph H. Patterson Cup memorializes a man who fostered the game in its infancy. Joseph Henry Patterson, a Philadelphia Cricket Club member, competed in the first out-of-town match played by a team of Philadelphians. Friends of Patterson donated the Cup, designed by J.E. Caldwell & Co., to the Association in 1900.
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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 153 Full Member Clubs and 57,000 individual members are spread across parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. 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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Qualifiers
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Name,
club
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Score
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Kevin
Kornuszko, Spring Mill Country Club
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68
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Matt
Bierer, RiverCrest Golf
Club & Preserve
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71
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Adam
Mistretta, Silver Creek Country Club
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71
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Paul
Mauer, Stonewall
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72
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Alexander
Butler, Bluestone Country Club
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73
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Matthew
Davis, Aronimink Golf Club
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73
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Dan
Joseph, Mercer Oaks Golf Course
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73
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Steve
Oh, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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74
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Danny
Dougherty, DuPont Country Club
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74
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Mark
Agnew, Hartefeld National
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74
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Corey
Betham, Philadelphia Publinks
GA
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75
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Ed
Brown, Wild Quail Golf & Country Club
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75
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Mike
Sydnes, Talamore Country
Club
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75
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Dylan
Chessher, Wild Quail Golf & Country Club
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75
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Alex
Cook, Waynesborough Country Club
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75
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Thomas
Dzwonczyk, Country Club of Scranton
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75
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Frank
Petrash, IV, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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76
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Brendan
Bacskai, Applebrook Golf
Club
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76
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David
West, Whitford Country Club
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76
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Blake
Hinckley, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
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76
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Andrew
Kotler, Cherry Valley Country Club
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76
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Daniel
Altieri, Makefield Highlands Golf Club
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76
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Jonathan
Radick, Spring Mill Country Club
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77
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David
Kim, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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77
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Mark
Wachter, DuPont Country Club
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77
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Ronald
Jamarowicz, White Clay Creek Country Club
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77
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John
Mikiewicz, Fox Hill Country Club
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77
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Chuck
Briggs, Bala Golf Club
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77
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Michael
Cook, Applebrook Golf Club
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77
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Buddy
Hansen, IV, Blue Bell Country Club
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77
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Kevin
Karabin, Glen Oak Country Club
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77
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Failed
to qualify
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Tom
Spano, Llanerch Country Club
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78
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Connor
Boham, Spring Ford Country Club
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78
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Greg
Berdini, Little Mill Country Club
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78
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Brent
Schoeller, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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78
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Jon Nolan Perry, Waynesborough Country Club
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78
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Anthony
Barr, Blue Bell Country Club
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78
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Kyle
Martin, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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78
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Ross
Pilliod, Bala Golf Club
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78
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George
Petrellis, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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79
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David
Hirschhorn, Old York CC at Chesterfield
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79
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Robert
Olseski, III, Sandy Run Country Club
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79
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Brett
Murphy, Stone Harbor Golf Club
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79
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John
Murphy, II, Stone Harbor Golf Club
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79
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Joey
Hoban, Radley Run Country Club
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79
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Joseph
Chambers, Jr., Chester Valley Golf Club
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79
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Max
Harrington, Moselem Springs Golf Club
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79
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Stephen
Scott, Woodcrest Country Club
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80
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Mark
Coassolo, Brookside CC of Allentown
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80
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Joe
Rochelle, Indian Valley Country Club
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80
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Philip
Potter, Radley Run Country Club
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80
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J.T.
Spina, Spring Ford Country Club
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80
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Blake
Vogdes, Stone Harbor Golf Club
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80
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Jack
Glacken, Bala Golf Club
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80
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Brad
Cornforth, Loch Nairn Golf Club
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80
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Joseph
Markmann, Talamore
Country Club
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81
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Michael
Axelrod, Bluestone Country Club
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81
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Alec
Cwienkala, Saucon Valley
Country Club
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81
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Jason
Wilt, Philadelphia Publinks GA
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81
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Bryan
Keeling, Spring Mill Country Club
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81
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Daniel
Wu, Blue Bell Country Club
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81
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Nick
Ostash, The Bucks Club
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81
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Joe
Minahan, Brookside CC of Allentown
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81
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Dan
Arison, Applebrook Golf
Club
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81
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Dan
Clark, Old York Road Country Club
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81
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Brendan
Mahoney, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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81
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Charles
Meadows, Whitford Country Club
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81
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Luke
McKeogh, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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81
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Matthew
Osorio, Merchantville Country Club
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81
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Eric
Palumbo, Rolling Green Golf Club
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82
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Kyle
Henofer, Indian Valley Country Club
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82
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Jack
Hirsh, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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82
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Duane
Pinnock, RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve
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82
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David
Guertler, Tavistock
Country Club
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82
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Doug
Fedoryshyn, Applebrook
Golf Club
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82
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Brian
Keane, Mercer Oaks Golf Course
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83
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Alec
Stern, Green Valley Country Club
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83
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Chris
Jackson, Little Mill Country Club
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83
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Damian
Anzaldo, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
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83
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Scott
Kalan, Squires Golf Club
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84
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Marc
Mandel, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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84
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Jack
Quirk, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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84
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Greg
Blackburn, Honeybrook Golf Club
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84
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Kevin
Cahill, Merion Golf Club
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84
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William
McGuinness, Tavistock Country Club
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84
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Shawn
Lavin, Rolling Green Golf Club
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84
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Joe
Visalli, Hartefeld
National
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84
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Steven
Altieri, Makefield Highlands Golf Club
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84
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Anthony
Hoffman, Middletown Country Club
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84
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Alex
Golland, Spring Ford Country Club
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85
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Bradley
Roberts, Little Mill Country Club
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85
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Kevin
O'Brien, Cedarbrook Country Club
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85
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Greg
Welsh, Talamore Country Club
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85
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Scott
Lumbatis, Makefield
Highlands Golf Club
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86
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Andrew
Gallagher, Laurel Creek Country Club
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86
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Frankie
McVeigh, Llanerch Country Club
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87
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Dylan
Willey, Burlington Country Club
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87
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Jake
McCloskey, Radley Run Country Club
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87
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Jim
Rosenbaum, Old York Road Country Club
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89
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Christopher
Walling, Gulph Mills Golf Club
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90
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Matt
Dreyfuss, Hartefeld
National
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91
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Eric
Buckland, Meadia Heights Golf Club
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91
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Matthew
Manfred, Commonwealth National Golf Club
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92
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James
Peruggia, Blue Bell Country Club
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93
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Jerry
Newell, Jr., Fieldstone Golf Club
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93
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Andrew
Ring, Bluestone Country Club
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97
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John
VanDame, Jr., Talamore
Country Club
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97
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Dylan
Stein, Mercer Oaks Golf Course
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NS
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C.J.
Bell, McCall Golf & Country Club
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WD
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Brian
Aslanian, Galloway National Golf Club
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WD
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Robert
Dietrich, Loch Nairn Golf Club
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WD
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Dave
DiValentino, Five Ponds Golf Club
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WD
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Kevin
Turner, Radnor Valley Country Club
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WD
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Noah
Schwartz, Woodcrest Country Club
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WD
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Tom
Grady, Radley Run Country Club
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WD
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Sam
Beauregard, GAP Junior eClub
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WD
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Steven
Walczak, Wilmington Country Club
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WD
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Dan
Brown, Llanerch Country Club
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WD
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Cory
Reighard, Llanerch Country Club
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WD
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Chuck
Kraatz, Talamore Country
Club
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WD
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Justin
Schorr, Talamore Country Club
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WD
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Ryan
McDonald, Philadelphia Cricket Club
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WD
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Joe
Rossi, Squires Golf Club
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WD
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Ari
Flaisher, McCall Golf & Country Club
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WD
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Jonathan
Green, Green Valley Country Club
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WD
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Brendan
McNamara, The ACE Club
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WD
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NS
— no show; WD — withdrawal
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