It was a pretty good day for the guys from GolfTEC in King
of Prussia as the Lehigh Valley Open wrapped up Tuesday at Northampton Country
Club.
Joe Kogelman fashioned a second straight 5-under 67 for a
10-under 134 total to edge Billy Stewart, an assistant pro at The ACE Club and John
DiMarco of Laurel Creek Country Club by a shot and claim his first title in a
two-day Philadelphia Section PGA event.
“I had been playing pretty well leading up to this event,”
Kogelman told the Philadelphia PGA website. “I have been practicing a lot and I was confident in
my game. I thought if I could get to double digits (under par), I might have a
chance to win.”
Kogelman’s colleague at GolfTEC in King of Prussia, Cardinal
O’Hara product Anthony Napoletano, wasn’t bad either as he posted a pair of 69s
to finish in a tie for fifth at 6-under 138.
Stewart, a product of the Llanerch Country Club junior
program, shared the opening-round lead with Deerwood Country Club pro Greg
Farrow after both fired 7-under 65s Monday. Stewart added a 70 to get his share
of second with DiMarco while Farrow posted a 71 to finish alone in fourth at
8-under 136.
Joining Napoletano in the tie for fifth were Josh Rackley
(69-69), the Gulph Mills Golf Club assistant pro who has been playing at a high
level all season, and Jakob Gerney (67-71) of Trump National Golf Club
Philadelphia.
Merion Golf Club head of instruction Mark Sheftic (72-71), M
Golf Range instructor Stu Ingraham (71-72) and Radnor Valley Country Club head
pro George Forster (69-74) were among a group of six players tied for 27th
at 1-under 143.
Concord Country Club head pro Mike Moses (72-72) was in a
tie for 33rd at even-par 144 and Overbrook Golf Club head pro Eric
Kennedy (72-73) was in a tie for 36th at 1-over 145.
Check out Tom McNichol’s
Golf Notebook in Saturday’s print edition of the Daily Times featuring a
second-place finish for Radnor senior Brynn Walker at the AJGA Philadelphia
Junior at Huntingdon Valley Country Club, a report on the Golf Association of
Philadelphia Junior-Junior Boys Championship and the emergence of a talented
group of Class of 2019 and Class of 2020 boys with Delco ties, and a report on
the Pennsylvania Amateur championship from the Country Club of Scranton.
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