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Friday, May 27, 2011

Stu mixing it up

    Stu Ingraham, the pro at M Golf Range and Learning Center in Newtown Square, has it under par and will make the cut at the Senior PGA Championship, which is being held at Valhalla Golf Club in wet Louisville, Ky.
   A three-time Philadelphia Section PGA Player of the Year, Ingraham had rounds of 73 and 70 to stand at 1-under 143 through two rounds at the 7,297-yard, par-72 layout. A number of players have to return to the course Saturday morning to complete their second rounds, but  Ingraham will certainly make the cut in his first start in this Champions Tour major.
   Kiyoshi Murota holds a commanding four-shot lead after rounds of 66 and 67. But Ingraham is only six shots out of second place as Nick Price and Hale Irwin are tied for second at 7-under.
   Ingraham tried to qualify for the Champions Tour two winters ago, but came up short. But he has been on the big stage before with six PGA Championship appearances and 17 PGA Professional National Championships (the event often referred to as the National Club Pro).
   The Philadelphia Section's other two representatives at Valhalla will not make the cut.
   Brian Kelly, the head pro at Bucknell G.C.had rounds of 75 and 78 for a 9-over 153 total and Radnor Valley C.C. head pro George Forster, who has been the dominat senior pro in the Philadelphia Section, posted rounds of 78 and 76 for an 11-over 155 total.
   Another name familiar to Delco golf enthusiasts, Gene Fieger, the one-time Nether Providence standout and Overbrook G.C. head pro, had rounds of 73 and 74 and his 3-over 147 total should have him playing on the weekend.

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