It is one of, if not the largest payday offered by a PGA
Section in the country. That would be the $75,000 first prize that goes to the
winner of the Philadelphia Section’s Haverford Trust Classic at Sunnybrook Golf
Club.
Lancaster Country Club pro Rusty Harbold completed a 5-under
par round of 67 Tuesday when thunderstorms halted play. Much to his relief, the
score held up for that whopping top prize when play was finally complete
Wednesday.
The dropoff in prize money after that top spot is
precipitous as Brian Kelly, the veteran pro at Bucknell Golf Club, finished
just a shot back of Harbold with a 4-under 68, but earned only $384. The top
prize a year ago went to Billy Stewart, who grew up playing at Llanerch Country
Club. Stewart was returning to the area after spending nearly a decade playing
the Florida mini-tours following his collegiate career at Saint Joseph’s.
Dave McNabb of Applebrook Golf Club and Terry Hertzog of the
Country Club of York shared third place with 69s. Hertzog was one of the players
who returned to the course Wednesday with an outside shot at catching Harbold,
but he couldn’t quite match Harbold’s 67.
Stu Ingraham, the teaching pro at the M Golf Range, finished
in a tie for fifth at 2-under 70 with John Lynch of Peninsula Golf Club and
Steve Swartz pf Conestoga Country Club.
Among some other finishers in the Haverford Trust were: John
Allen (72, tied for 10th) of TaylorMade Golf; Stewart (73, tied for
18th), who is at The ACE Club; Mark Sheftic (74, tied for 20th),
the head of instruction at Merion Golf Club; Anthony Napoletano (74, tied for
20th), the former Cardinal O’Hara standout who is at GolfTEC in King
of Prussia; Bryan Kienke (74, tied for 20th) of Aronimink Golf Club;
Ed Dougherty (75, tied for 30th), the Linwood native who has won on
the both PGA and Champions tours; and Carson Solien (75, tied for 30th)
of Aronimink Golf Club.
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