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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Pillar's second straight 67 at Applebrook gives him victory in Philadelphia Senior PGA Professional Championship


   I was following a group of district champions in the Class AAA East Regional Championship at Golden Oaks Golf Club last fall and figured that the District Two champion from Wallenpaupack, Alex Pillar, was probably related to a guy whose named popped up a lot in the Philadelphia Section PGA results, John Pillar, the director of golf at The Country Club at Woodloch Springs in Hawley.
   And wouldn’t you know I would eventually strike up a conversation with John Pillar, who that day was pretty indistinguishable from the rest of the parents out there, dying a thousand deaths while trying to support their kid as he or she tried to take that final step to reach the PIAA Championship.
   As you would expect, we talked a lot about golf. And he admitted he was starting to like this “senior thing.”
   Pillar had qualified for the Senior PGA Professional Championship with a solid showing at the Philadelphia Senior PGA Professional Championship at White Manor Country Club.
   Well, Pillar is headed back to the national senior Club Pro, but this time he’ll be there as the Philadelphia Senior PGA Professional Championship winner.
   Pillar had the low round of the day Tuesday, a second straight 4-under-par 67 at Applebrook Golf Club, an early Gil Hanse design in East Goshen, for an 8-under 134 total that gave him a three-shot victory in the Philadelphia Senior PGA Professional Championship.
   Pillar will lead a seven-man contingent from the Philadelphia Section PGA to the 31st Senior PGA Professional Championship, presented by Cadillac and supported by The Golf Channel and John Deere, which tees off Oct. 3 at the Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas.
   The top 35 finishers at Omni Barton Creek will earn a trip to next spring’s 81st KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Mich., a PGA Tour Champions major.
Pillar carded a sparkling four-birdie, no-bogey 4-under 67 in Monday’s opening round, but found himself three shots behind Bob Lennon of Wilmington Country Club.
   All Lennon did in the opening round was birdie seven of the first 10 holes on his way to sizzling 7-under 64. He ended up with nine birdies and two bogeys on his card.
   Lennon had an early eagle at the second hole Tuesday, but Pillar just kept coming. Pillar had six birdies and two bogeys in posting another 67 while Lennon backed up, finishing up with a 2-over 73 that left him alone in second place at 5-under 137.
   Pillar, who claimed the Philadelphia PGA Professional Championship in 2009, joined a short list of players who have won the Philadelphia Section’s regular and senior titles.
   “I feel grateful to join the list of Philadelphia PGA Senior champions,” Pillar told the Philadelphia Section PGA website. “We have such a strong contingent of senior players in our Section and to be considered in the same sentence as those legends is truly an honor.”
   Pillar finished two shots out of the top 35 in last fall’s Senior PGA Professional Championship at the PGA Golf Club’s Wanamaker Course, but he’ll get another shot to reach the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship when he travels to Omni Barton Creek in October.
   By the way, John Pillar’s son Alex finished in a tie for eighth at Golden Oaks, which enabled him to close out his scholastic career with a trip to the PIAA Class AAA Championship the following week at the Heritage Hills Golf Resort near York.
   Brian Kelly of Bucknell Golf Club and Terry Hertzog of the Country Club of York finished in a tie for third, each posting a 3-under 139 total at Applebrook. Kelly began the day in a tie for second place after firing an opening-round 66, but cooled off Tuesday with a 73. Hertzog added an even-par 71 to his opening-round 68.
   Kelly represented the Philadelphia Section PGA in last spring’s KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, which was held at the classic East Course at Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, N.Y. Kelly failed to make the cut at Oak Hill.
   Radnor Valley Country Club’s ageless head pro George Forster earned yet another trip to the Senior PGA Professional Championship as he finished alone in fifth place, adding a solid 3-under 68 to his opening-round 72 for a 2-under 140 total. Not sure exactly how many times Forster has made it to the senior Club Pro, but it’s more than 10, probably more than a dozen.
   The final two tickets to Omni Barton Creek went to Dave Quinn of Laurel Creek Country Club and Eddie Perrino of Eagle Run Resort, who finished in a tie for sixth at 1-under 141. Quinn added an even-par 71 to his opening-round 70. Perrino had matched Pillar’s opening-round 67, but fell back with a 3-over 74.
   Stu Ingraham, the head of instruction at the M Golf Range & Learning Center in Newtown Square, and Concord Country Club head pro Mike Moses are the respective first and second alternates after they shared eighth place, each landing on even-par 142.
   Ingraham, who has played in 31 PGA of America championships in his remarkable playing career, opened with a 1-under 70 before adding a 1-over 72 Tuesday. Moses opened with a 72 Monday before adding a 1-under 70 in Tuesday’s second round.
   Defending champion Dave McNabb, playing on his home course, was one of five players who finished in a tie for 10th place at 2-over 144. McNabb, the reigning Philadelphia Section’s Robert “Skee” Riegel Senior Player of the Year, also represented the Section at Oak Hill and, like Kelly, failed to make the cut. McNabb finished in a tie for 11th in the Senior PGA Professional Championship at the PGA Golf Club last fall.
   McNabb matched par in the opening round with a 71 before adding a 2-over 73 Tuesday. Another member of the Applebrook pro shop, Rick Fleisher, was also in the group tied for 10th after carding a pair of 72s.
   Rounding out the quintet at 2-over 144 were Mark Anderson (73-71) of Philadelphia Cricket Club, John Cooper (66-78) of Green Valley Country Club and Jim Bromley (73-71) of Raven’s Claw Golf Club.





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