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  2011 PPGA Senior Open Amateur Championship
  Final Results
Limerick, PA - Mike Owsik posted the only sub-par round of the day to capture his first Philadelphia Senior Open Amateur Championship at Turtle Creek Golf Club.  The victory marks the twelfth career PPGA victory for Owsik who has also won the Philadelphia Better-Ball Championship six times, the Philadelphia Open Amateur Championship four times to go along with a Publinks Championship crown in 1987 and a Publinks Better-Ball Championship in 1999.  Earlier this month, Owsik was the medalist at Commonwealth National GC in the USGA Senior Amateur qualifier.  The Senior championship at Kinloch GC in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia was the fifth USGA event for Owsik.  With the victory, Owsik also clinched PPGA Senior Player of the year honors for the second consecutive year.
     Owsik's round started with a par on the first and a bogey at the par-5 second.  After three consecutive pars, Owsik caught fire and birdied three of his next four holes to reach 3-under par for the round through ten holes.  After four consecutive pars, a bogey at the 146 yard, par-3, 15th dropped Owsik back to 2-under for the day.  Two solid pars at 16 and 17 followed the bogey and Owsik's lead was two heading to the 553 yard par-5 home hole.  A bogey on the last was good enough for Owsik to secure the championship and defeat both Mike Rose and Chris Hunger by a single stroke.
     Playing alongside Owsik, Chris Hunger, the runner-up in this championship in 2010, turned in even par and two-shots behind the leader.  An Owsik birdie on ten and Hunger's birdie at the 316 yard, par-4 12th would get him back to two shots behind.  But Hunger hooked his tee-shot out-of-bounds on the par-5 thirteenth and would find himself four shots back with only five holes to go.  Hunger quickly answered with birdies on 14 and 15 and combined with Owsik's bogey on 15, he was just one shot back.  After a par at sixteen, Hunger bogied the difficult uphill, 405-yard, par-4 seventeenth and would have to settle for a second place finish again this year.
     Dominic DiPrinzio posted a round of 76 to finish 3rd in the 50-59 age group and defending champion Tony Carroll posted a round of 77 which was good enough for T-4 in the 50-59 age group.  Carroll also finished runner-up to Owsik in the Senior "Player of the Year" points race.
     Playing in his first Philadelphia Senior Open Amateur Championship, Mike Rose, Meadowlands CC, carded a round of even-par 72 to capture the 60-69 age group.  Rose played a consistent round with sixteen pars against one birdie and one bogey.  Rose birdied the 390-yard par-4 sixth to get into red numbers and would stay there most of the day until his lone bogey at the 377-yard, par 4, sixteenth. 
     Finishing one stroke behind Owsik in the 60-69 age group was 2005 and 2009 Philadelphia Senior Open Amateur Champion Buck Jones.  Unlike Rose, Jones' round was a little more up and down as he posted five birdies and six bogies for his 1-over par total of 73.  One stroke behind Jones at 74 was three-time Philadelphia Senior Open Amateur Champion, Ken Gaskill.  Defending champion Tom Mallouk finished T-7 in the 60-69 age group.
     James Sherratt, also playing in his first Philadelphia Senior Open Amateur Championship, captured the 70+ age group with an impressive round of 3-over par 75.  Sherratt got to red figures quickly with a birdie at the 142 yard, par-3 third.  After finishing the front-nine with bogies on three of his last four holes, the champion settled down on the back-nine with eight pars and a lone bogey for a four shot victory over Jack Donnelly, Bensalem CC.  Defending 70+ champion Ron Hipple finished T-3 along with Nick DiFabio, Cobbs Creek GC.
     Joseph Riccardi notched top honors in the Net Division of the Championship.  James Sherratt was second and Tony Carroll was third.
PPGA Senior Champion, Mike Owsik
50-59 Age Group
1 Mike Owsik, M Golf 34-37 71 1 Mike Owsik, M Golf
2 Chris Hunger, Wedgwood GC 36-36 72 2 Chris Hunger, Wedgwood GC
3 Dominic DiPrinzio, Bellewood GC 40-36 76 3 Dominic DiPrinzio, Bellewood GC
4 Tony Carroll, Unaffiliated 36-41 77 4 Tony Carroll, Unaffiliated
4 Bob Walsh, Unaffiliated 40-37 77 5 Bob Walsh, Unaffiliated
4 Mike Harms, Cobbs Creek GC 38-39 77 6 Mike Harms, Cobbs Creek GC
4 Jeff Lysek, Five Ponds GC 38-39 77 7 Jeff Lysek, Five Ponds GC
8 Richard Barry, Cobbs Creek GC 39-39 78 8 Richard Barry, Cobbs Creek GC
8 Carlos Silva, Unaffiliated 38-40 78 9 Carlos Silva, Unaffiliated
8 Bob Weisbecker, Meadow Brook GC 38-40 78 10 Bob Weisbecker, Meadow Brook GC
8 Jeff Paige, Bellewood GC 38-40 78 11 Jeff Paige, Bellewood GC
8 Tim Sindorf, Burlington CC 38-40 78 12 Tim Sindorf, Burlington CC
13 Mike Dutill, Horsham Valley GC 37-43 80 13 Mike Dutill, Horsham Valley GC
14 Glen Schreiner, GC @ Patriot's Glen 41-41 82 14 Glen Schreiner, GC @ Patriot's Glen
15 Bill Erskine, Walnut Lane GC 40-43 83 15 Bill Erskine, Walnut Lane GC
15 Bill Cregar, Wedgwood GC 39-44 83 16 Bill Cregar, Wedgwood GC
17 Jack Lyons, Running Deer GC 44-40 84 17 Jack Lyons, Running Deer GC
17 Ted Nunez, Cobbs Creek GC 43-41 84 18 Ted Nunez, Cobbs Creek GC
19 Paul Cornely, Cobbs Creek GC 43-42 85 19 Paul Cornely, Cobbs Creek GC
19 Edward Cybulski, Valley Brook GC 41-44 85 20 Edward Cybulski, Valley Brook GC
21 Matt Nastala, John F. Byrne GC 41-46 87 Matt Nastala, John F. Byrne GC
21 Damian Anzaldo, Kennett Square GC 40-47 87 Damian Anzaldo, Kennett Square GC
21 Jim Durante, Meadow Brook GC 43-44 87 Jim Durante, Meadow Brook GC
21 Bob Kowalski, Linfield National GC 42-45 87 Bob Kowalski, Linfield National GC
25 Kevin Kehoe, Jeffersonville GC 41-47 88 Kevin Kehoe, Jeffersonville GC
26 Jerry Haas, Cobbs Creek GC 47-42 89 Jerry Haas, Cobbs Creek GC
26 Bill Turner, Cobbs Creek GC 42-47 89 Bill Turner, Cobbs Creek GC
28 Jack Carini, Naples Heritage GC 43-48 91 Jack Carini, Naples Heritage GC
29 Jeff Kallberg, Cobbs Creek GC 47-45 92 Jeff Kallberg, Cobbs Creek GC
29 Ansley Jessup, Rancocas GC 50-42 92 Ansley Jessup, Rancocas GC
  Walt Humphries, Linfield National GC   WD
PPGA Senior 60-69 Age Group Champion, Mike Rose
60-69 Age Group
1 Michael Rose, Meadowlands CC 35-37 72 21 Michael Rose, Meadowlands CC
2 Buck Jones, Blue Bell CC 37-36 73 22 Buck Jones, Blue Bell CC
3 Ken Gaskill, Ramblewood GC 37-37 74 23 Ken Gaskill, Ramblewood GC
4 Bob Fritz, Blue Bell CC 35-41 76 24 Bob Fritz, Blue Bell CC
5 Naz Gagliardi, Bensalem CC 39-38 77 25 Naz Gagliardi, Bensalem CC
6 John DiValentino, Sr., Five Ponds GC 42-38 80 26 John DiValentino, Sr., Five Ponds GC
7 Jon Mabry, Moorestown Field Club 39-42 81 27 Jon Mabry, Moorestown Field Club
7 Tom Mallouk, Lookaway GC 42-39 81 28 Tom Mallouk, Lookaway GC
9 Robert Pingitore, Downingtown CC 39-43 82 29 Robert Pingitore, Downingtown CC
9 Frank Treml, Sandy Run CC 40-42 82 30 Frank Treml, Sandy Run CC
11 George White, Five Ponds GC 39-44 83 31 George White, Five Ponds GC
11 Terry Law, Yardley CC 39-44 83 32 Terry Law, Yardley CC
13 WD Horan, Middletown GC 44-40 84 33 WD Horan, Middletown GC
13 John Siegrist, Cobbs Creek GC 42-42 84 34 John Siegrist, Cobbs Creek GC
13 John Paul, Ramblewood GC 41-43 84 35 John Paul, Ramblewood GC
16 Greg Gaul, Merion GC 44-43 87
16 Ken Hayman, Kimberton GC 42-45 87
18 Tom Mairone, PPGA 42-46 88
19 Bob Symmonds, Little Mill CC 49-40 89
20 Joel McFadden, PPGA 47-46 93
21 Michael Gerhardt, Paxon Hollow GC 50-47 97
PPGA Senior 70+ Age Group Champion, Jim Sherratt
70+ Age Group
1 James Sherratt, Buck Hills GC 38-37 75 James Sherratt, Buck Hills GC
2 Jack Donnelly, Bensalem CC 37-42 79 Jack Donnelly, Bensalem CC
3 Nick DiFabio, Cobbs Creek GC 39-46 85 Nick DiFabio, Cobbs Creek GC
3 Ron Hipple, Bensalem CC 41-44 85 Ron Hipple, Bensalem CC
  Robert Chester, Cobbs Creek GC   WD
Net Division
HDCP Net Score
1 Joseph Riccardi, Unaffiliated 37-39 76 11.2 64.8
2 James Sherratt, Buck Hills GC 38-37 75 6.8 68.2
3 Tony Carroll, Unaffiliated 36-41 77 5.9 71.1
4 Naz Gagliardi, Bensalem CC 39-38 77 5.7 71.3
5 Jack Donnelly, Bensalem CC 37-42 79 7.5 71.5
6 Mike Harms, Cobbs Creek GC 38-39 77 4.6 72.4
7 John DiValentino, Sr., Five Ponds GC 42-38 80 6.9 73.1
8 Bruce Schaffer, Valley Brook GC 45-42 87 13.7 73.3
9 Aaron Rosenzweig, Five Ponds GC 42-49 91 17.5 73.5
10 Damian Anzaldo, Kennett Square GC 40-47 87 12.8 74.2
10 Robert Pingitore, Downingtown CC 39-43 82 7.8 74.2
12 Ted Nunez, Cobbs Creek GC 43-41 84 9.5 74.5
13 Nick DiFabio, Cobbs Creek GC 39-46 85 10.4 74.6
13 WD Horan, Middletown GC 44-40 84 9.4 74.6
13 John Siegrist, Cobbs Creek GC 42-42 84 9.4 74.6
16 Ron Hipple, Bensalem CC 41-44 85 9.8 75.2
16 John Paul, Ramblewood GC 41-43 84 8.8 75.2
18 Jerry Haas, Cobbs Creek GC 47-42 89 13.7 75.3
19 Terry Law, Yardley CC 39-44 83 7.1 75.9
20 Kevin Kehoe, Jeffersonville GC 41-47 88 11.7 76.3
21 Donald McDaniels, Unaffiliated 46-41 87 10.1 76.9
22 Jack Lyons, Running Deer GC 44-40 84 7.0 77.0
23 Jim Durante, Meadow Brook GC 43-44 87 8.0 79.0
24 Jim McCairns, Cobbs Creek GC 48-46 94 14.6 79.4
25 Edward Cybulski, Valley Brook GC 41-44 85 5.4 79.6
26 Matt Nastala, John F. Byrne GC 41-46 87 7.3 79.7
27 Bob Symmonds, Little Mill CC 49-40 89 8.8 80.2
28 Rick Ames, PPGA 48-44 92 11.2 80.8
29 Greg Gaul, Merion GC 44-43 87 6.1 80.9
30 Bob Kowalski, Linfield National GC 42-45 87 5.9 81.1
30 Tom Mairone, PPGA 42-46 88 6.9 81.1
32 Jack Carini, Naples Heritage GC 43-48 91 8.5 82.5
32 Ken Hayman, Kimberton GC 42-45 87 4.5 82.5
  Robert Chester, Cobbs Creek GC   WD 12.7