Stu Ingraham, who plays out of the M Golf Range in Newtown Square, struggled a little on the weekend in his debut performance at the Senior PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., but still ended up being one of the top finishers among the 42 club pros who qualfied for the Champions Tour major.
Ingraham was the low club pro after two rounds following a 2-under-par 70 Friday that gave him a 36-hole total of 1-under 143. It was a round he felt could have been even better. Only 12 of the club pros made the 36-hole cut.
"It was the kind of round where if I had made anything within 10 feet, I would have been 5- to 6-under," said the 51-year-old Ingraham, a six-time Philadelphia Section PGA Player of the Year, of his second round.. "I got on the wrong side of the holes and was too conservative in my putting. I am happy I was able to post a good round and feel like I can keep it going."
Ingraham had weekend rounds of 77 and 79 and finished at 11-over 299. He pocketed $3,917.
Low club-pro honors went to Sonny Skinner of Sylvester, Ga., the reigning Senior Professional Player of the Year who was also making his Senior PGA debut. Skinner trailed Ingraham by two shots at the halfway point, but had rounds of 76 and 73 on the weekend to finish at 6-over 294.
Gene Fieger, of the golfing Fiegers of Wallingford, is the director of golf at The Hideout in Naples, Fla. and was also making his Senior PGA debut. After making the cut at 3-over 147, Fieger had a pair of 78s on the weekend and finished at 15-over 303. Fieger earned $3,700.
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