Bill McCabe, a Springfield resident who plays out of McCall
Golf & Country Club, was at his best Tuesday in winning the Golf
Association of Philadelphia’s Warner Cup (net) title Tuesday at Radley Run
Country Club outside of West Chester.
McCabe won the fall Warner Cup (net) title in 2006 with a
net 62 at Bucks Country Club and Tuesday at Radley Run, he matched effort to
breeze to an eight-shot victory.
Carrying a 14 handicap, the 68-year-old had two gross
birdies, 11 pars, four bogeys and a double bogey for a 4-over 76 over the
6,115-yard, par-72 Radley Run layout for his net 62.
“My game’s really starting to come around,” McCabe told the
GAP website. “(Monday), I played well at our place and it gave me real confidence to play well today.”
McCabe’s natural birdies came at the 385-yard, par-4 fifth
where he drilled a 5-hybrid to 18 feet and drained the putt and the 149-yard,
par-3 13th where he hit a 6-iron to 10 feet and made that putt,
getting some helpful reads from his playing partners.
It was a long way back to runnerup Scott Dichter of Meadia
Heights Golf Club, who carded a net 70.
Among some of the other top finishers were Vito Caracappa
(72, tied for sixth) of The Golf Course at Glen Mills, Charles Kane (74, tied
for ninth) of Rolling Green Golf Club, Joseph Dayton (76, tied for 15th) of Glen
Mills, Terrence Kyle (76, tied for 15th) of Concord Country Club, Victor Donnay
(76, tied for 15th) of Edgmont Country Club, Joe DiPanni (77, tied for 20th) of
The Springhaven Club, Rich Hartman (78, tied for 25th) of Springhaven, Timothy
Joyce (78, tied for 25th) of Edgmont, John O’Rourke (79, tied for 31st) of
McCall and William Brady (79, tied for 31st) of Springhaven.
Team Semenetz takes Father & Son (Middle)
Gregg Sementz drove three-and-half hours from his New York
home to tee it up with his son Sean in GAP’s Father & Son (Middle)
championship Thursday at Talamore Country Club and the drive was worth it.
Sean Semenetz, one of the many talented players that helped
Philadelphia Cricket Club capture the GAP Team Matches this spring, and his dad
carded a 1-under 70 on the 6,109-yard, par-71 Talamore layout in the
select-drive, alternate-shot event for a one-shot victory over the Huntingdon
Valley Country Club pair of Jack and John Quirk, who teamed up to claim a share
of the Father-Son (Younger) title a year ago.
The Semenetzes had three birdies against two bogeys.
“It was fun,” 28-year-old Sean Semenetz said of playing a
round with his 58-year-old dad. “He taught me the game. I don’t get many lessons,
so it’s all come from him.”
Heading the Delco contingent were the Aronimink Golf Club
teams of Jeff Klagholz and Martin Klagholz and Charles Bernard and Dan Bernard,
the former Malvern Prep and Bucknell standout. They were among seven pairs that
finished tied for fourth at 3-over 74.
Matt Dupre, who has
been a major force in bringing the U.S. Women’s Amateur to Rolling Green next
year, teamed up with son Alex, a former Episcopal Academy standout, to finish
in a tie for 11th with a 75.
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