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Friday, May 25, 2018

Little Mill's Hyland captures GAP Middle-Amateur title at Llanerch


   Little Mill Country Club’s Michael Hyland has been a major factor in Golf Association of Philadelphia major championships for a long time.
   It’s been 18 years since the 39-year-old Hyland won the first of his two BMW Philadelphia Amateur championships in an epic 38-hole final against Michael McDermott at Stonewall.
   But somehow GAP’s Middle-Amateur Championship had eluded Hyland. He was sidelined for the better part of the last two years after undergoing back surgery for a disc issue that was first diagnosed when he was a teen-ager, so he had to be wondering if his game would be able to recover to the level that would enable him to compete at GAP’s highest levels.
   All those questions were resolved on two sun-splashed May days on one of Hyland’s favorite courses as he gutted out a three-shot victory Thursday at Llanerch Country Club to fill that missing line on a resume that includes major championships on both sides of the Delaware River.
   Hyland grabbed a share of the opening-round lead with a 1-under-par 70 Wednesday over the tough 6,780-yard, par-71 Llanerch layout. The course never did yield a sub-70 round in two days. A 2-over 73 in Thursday’s final round gave him a 1-over 143 total that was more than good enough to earn him the title.
   “I’m speechless,” the always understated Hyland told the GAP website. “It’s one that I’ve been searching for for a long time. Ever since I won the New Jersey Mid-Am a few years ago, I had the New Jersey Amateur, New Jersey Mid-Am and Philly Am. I’ve been missing this one.
   “To complete that here at Llanerch Country Club is extremely special. It’s a place I fell in love with a long time ago and I’ve always loved it.”
   Hyland was chased home by his rival that long-ago day at Stonewall, Merion Golf Club’s Michael McDermott, winner of four GAP Middle-Amateur titles. McDermott grew up playing at Llanerch. Brothers Kevin and Brian were among the eight Llanerch members who made the cut this week.
   Michael McDermott matched par with an even-par 71 Thursday for a 4-over 146 total.
   DuPont Country Club’s Matthew Finger was Hyland’s closest pursuer for much of the day. He had opened with an even-par 71 Wednesday. But while Hyland was grinding out pars on 14, 15 and 16, Finger went 3-over to fall back.
   Hyland sealed the deal when his tee shot at the 148-yard, par-3 17th kicked off the bank to the left of the green and finished six feet from the hole. He dropped the birdie putt to give him a three-shot lead heading to the last.
   Finger, who lost in a playoff in the GAP Mid-Am two years ago at Waynesborough Country Club, ended up with a 6-over 77 that gave him a share of third place with Llanerch’s Eddie Johnson, who also added a 77 to his opening-round 71, at 6-over 148, two shots behind Michael McDermott.
   Huntingdon Valley Country Club’s Jeff Osberg, who was briefly a member at Llanerch and is certainly familiar with the course, headed a group of four players tied for fifth at 7-over 149 after adding a 74 to his opening-round 75.
   Peter Barron III of Greate Bay Country Club was the only player in the field to better par Thursday, his 1-under 70 enabling him to join Osberg in the group tied for fifth at 149.
   Rounding out that foursome at 149 were Michael R. Brown Jr. of LuLu Country Club, who added a 75 to his opening-round 74, and Bidermann Golf Club’s William Jeremiah, who opened with a 2-over 73, but fell back with a 76.
   Reigning BMW Philadelphia Amateur champion Gregor Orlando of Philadelphia Cricket Club headed a group of three players tied for ninth at 8-over 150. Orlando added a 76 to his opening-round 74.
   He was joined at that figure by another LuLu member, Scott McLaughlin, who had opened with a 72, but dropped back with a 78, and Old York Road Country Club’s John Samaha, who posted a pair of 4-over 75s.
   Johnson, with his tie for third, took low-Llanerch honors in the Philly Mid-Am and it was a pretty solid showing for Team McDermott. Kevin McDermott added a 77 to his solid opening-round 74 to finish in the group tied for 12th at 9-over 151. Brian McDermott, who qualified for match play when the BMW Philadelphia Amateur was held at Llanerch in 2015, finished up with a 75 Thursday after opening with a 78 to finish among the group tied for 22nd at 153.
   The club has a deep stable of good players, evidenced by its appearance in GAP’s BMW Team Matches final four Playoff for the third time in four years this spring.
   Also in that group tied for 12th at 151 with Kevin McDermott was Radley Run Country Club’s Tom Grady, who played in the final group of the day Thursday after sharing the opening-round lead with Hyland with a 1-under 70 in Wednesday’s opening round. Grady cooled off with an 81 Thursday.




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