Applebrook Golf Club head pro Dave McNabb has seen the
bright lights of the PGA Championship, earning a trip to that major stage
through the PGA Professional National Championship in 2013 and 2014.
Some of that experience probably paid off Tuesday as he
closed out a 5-under 67 at Sunnybrook Golf Club to grab the richest prize
available to a club pro in a one-day tournament anywhere in the country, the
$100,000 that goes to the winner of the Haverford Trust Philadelphia PGA
Classic.
McNabb’s round on a sun-splashed day at the 6,893-yard,
par-72 Sunnybrook layout gave him the victory in the 20th edition of
an event sponsored by the Haverford Trust Company, which also sponsors the
Philadelphia Section PGA throughout its season through the Player of the Year
points race.
McNabb finished two shots ahead of Whitford Country Club
assistant pro Andrew Turner, who carded a 3-under 69. Turner was the qualifying
medalist in a local U.S. Open qualifier at Lebanon Country Club and will tee it
up in a bid to make the field at Oakmont Country Club in a sectional qualifier
Monday.
Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Bill Sautter was alone in third
place with a 2-under 70. The only other sub-par rounds of the day were by Bill Walker
of Riverton Country Club and Jakob Gerney of Trump National Golf Club
Philadelphia, as they finished tied for fourth at 1-under 71.
Five players – John Appelget of Wildwood Golf & Country
Club, Eric Kennedy, the head pro at Overbrook Golf Club, Corey McAlarney of
host Sunnybrook, Michael Little of Lookaway Golf Club and Steve Swartz of the
Country Club of Harrisburg – finished tied for sixth at even-par 72.
Stu Ingraham, the head of instruction at the M Golf Range in
Newtown Square, had a 79 at Sunnybrook, but might have been feeling the
after-effects of a long weekend at the Senior PGA Championship at the Golf Club
at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Mich.
It was a long weekend because Ingraham made the cut on the
number at even-par 142 in the Champions Tour major. Ingraham had weekend rounds
of 75 and 72 to finish in a tie for 68th at 5-over 289.
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