Thompson comes up short in second round

   Richad Marlowe of Canfield, Ohio was a one-man wrecking crew when it came to the Delco duo that advanced to match play at this week's U.S. Senior Amateur at the Kinloch Golf Club in Manakin-Sabot, Va.
   Carlowe edged George "Buddy" Marucci, the 2008 U.S. Senior Amateur champion and winning Walker Cup captain in 2007 and 2009, on the first extra hole in an opening-round match Monday.
   A day later in the second round, Marlowe needed 18 holes to edge Drexel Hill resident and Overbrook G.C. member Ray Thompson, 2-up.
   Thompson had rolled to a 4 and 3 victory over Rich Tolly of Laguna Hills, Calif. in Monday's opening round.
   If Marucci had been able to pull out a victory over Marlowe in the first round, he would have faced Thompson in a second-round match. It would have been Haverford High (Marucci) vs. Marple Newtown (Thompson) and Merion G.C. vs. Overbrook G.C. Any way you look at it, it would have been a matchup of Delco senior heavyweights who still have a lot of game.
   Chip Lutz, a Golf Association of Philadelphia senior standout from Reading and the reigning British Senior Amateur championship, saw his bid for a British Senior Amateur-U.S. Senior Amateur double finally halted Wednesday with a 1-up loss to Phillip Pleat of Nashua, N.H. in the semifinals.
   Pleat will take on Louis Lee of Heber Springs, Ark., a 5 and 4 winner over William Thomas Doughtie of Amarrillo, Texas, in the other semifinal, for the championship.
   Earlier Wednesday, Lee edge older brother Stanford, the 2007 U.S. Senior Amateur champion, on the 19th hole of a quarterfinal match. According to the USGA website, it was believed to be the first meeting of brothers in a match-play situation in USGA history.