John Marie of Five Ponds Golf Club is a 16 handicap who
would like nothing more than to get that handicap into the single digits.
And for nine holes in the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s
Tee It Forward – Spring Net Championship Thursday at Coatesville Country Club,
Marie put on a clinic on how to save strokes.
In the process, Marie, a 40-year-old Maple Glen resident,
easily topped the men’s division by piling up 43 points in the Stableford
scoring system.
For six straight holes, from No. 3 to No. 8, Marie missed
the green and each time got it up and down for par. Then on the par-4 ninth
hole, Marie bombed a 300-yard drive and flipped a wedge from 60 yards away within
inches of the cup for a birdie that gave him a 1-over 36 on the front nine of
the 5,822-yard, par-71 Coatesville layout.
Marie reverted to form a little on the back nine with a 44
for a gross 80, but a couple of natural pars enabled him to add to his
Stableford point total.
Zolton Varga of The Springhaven Club was the runnerup with
39 points. Tom Minger of Brookside Country Club, Robert Kruse of Downingtown
Country Club and Tom Watterson of Loch Nairn Golf Club shared third place, each
posting 38 points.
Gary McCloy of Flourtown Country Club and Tom Bell of Meadia
Heights Golf Club shared sixth place with 37 points each. Rounding out the top
10 were three players – Murray Felzer of White Manor Country Club, Bill Smith
of Sandy Run Country Club and Jerry Whitman of Commonwealth National Golf Club
– tied for eighth, each collecting 36 points.
Marybeth Baldwin of Philadelphia Country Club also cruised
to victory in the women’s division as her gross 91 enabled her to finish with
38 Stableford points.
The 54-year-old Villanova resident had five natural pars and
birdied the 132-yard, par-3 second hole.
Alison Kellock of Flourtown Country Club was five points
behind Baldwin with 33 points to claim runnerup honors. It is the third year
that GAP has added a women’s division to its Tee It Forward – Spring Net event.
Josie Anthony of White Manor Country Club finished third
with 29 points and Muffy McCabe of Philadelphia Country Club was fourth with 28
points.
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