Doing some quick catching up on some Philadelphia Section
PGA action this week. There should be two more blog posts under separate
headings on the first day of qualifying at both the women’s and the men’s U.S.
Amateur Four-Ball Championships and on Day 2 of the Division I women’s NCAA
Championship from Eugene, Ore.
A Lehigh Valley Country Club foursome, nearly the same as
the quartet that shared the title a year ago, used their local knowledge to
cruise to the net title in the Philadelphia Section PGA’s Spring Pro-Lady Team
Championship Tuesday.
Playing on the familiar surroundings of a Lehigh Valley
layout designed by William Flynn, professional Steve Frederick and his amateur
partners Mo Bryan, Erica Hyman and Linda Epstein put together a 15-under 55
total to win the title by three shots. The team had 11 birdies and two eagles
in the best-ball-of-foursome format.
Frederick, Hyman and Epstein were on last year’s winning
team with Bryan the new addition this year.
Another Lehigh Valley foursome was among the group of four
teams that finished tied for second at 12-under 58. Professional Sean Williams
led the Lehigh Valley team of Joy Wallace, Barb Barry and Suzi Lentz.
Also in that group tied for second were: The Aronimink Golf
Club group of John Bierkan, the head of instruction, and Lynne Jones, Lisa
Hummer and Liz Finley; The Penn Oaks Golf Club team of professional Tom Koenig
and Donna Dalusio, Tina Landis and Joan Skivo; and the Gulph Mills Golf Club
team of professional Rick LeBeau and Maggie Condon, Scilia Smith and Dina
Gibson.
A Merion Golf Club team of professional Matthew Walberth and
Liz Haines, a 2004 U.S. Women’s Senior Amateur finalist and a two-time
Philadelphia Women’s Amateur champion, Loraine Jones and Christie Tallent
captured the gross division with a 5-under round that featured six birdies
against a lone bogey.
A day earlier the Philadelphia Section pros were out in
force for the Spring Pro-Pro in cold and windy conditions at Hartefeld National Golf Club in the southern
corner of Chester County on the Delaware border.
Playing in the next-to-last group of the day, Mike
Meisonzhal, a pro at Shore Gate Country Club, and David Morano of Hidden Creek
Golf Club teamed up for an 8-under 64 to blow past the rest of the field and
take the title.
Meisonzahl and Morano had 11 birdies in the better-ball
format, including six on the back nine at Hartefeld National.
The Philadelphia Cricket Club pair of Bill Sautter and John
Spina teamed up to take second with a 6-under 66, two shots behind Mesionzahl
and Morano.
Two teams finished in a tie for third at 5-under 67. They
were Jamie Komanchuck of Rivercrest Country Club & Preserve and Pete
Kowalinski of Dunning Golf and Steve Swartz of the Country Club of Harrisburg
and Joe Kogelman of GolfTEC Moorestown.
Tom Carpus, the head pro at Kennett Square Golf &
Country Club and one of the leading experts on the rules of the game anywhere in
the country, saw his 7-iron shot at the 145-yard second hole find the cup for
the second tournament hole-in-one of his career.
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