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WEST CHESTER, Pa. — To keep their games fresh during an oppressive winter, Marty Dorminy and James Prendergast frequently practiced at Golf364, an indoor facility in Linfield, Pa. That’s where the two met, became friends and subsequently made plans to compete in the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s 55th Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play at Concord Country Club (par 71, 6,419 yards).
The arrangement turned into a memorable one for the new friends and golf compatriots. Dorminy, of Spring Ford Country Club, and Prendergast, a Philadelphia Publinks GA member, prevailed in a scorecard playoff over Lancaster Country Club’s Daniel Burton and Kenneth Phillips and Chester Valley Golf Club’s Ed Chylinski and Ken Silverwood. All three teams finished with scores of 3-under-par 68.
The scorecard tiebreaker, as recommended by the USGA, is total score for the last nine holes. That method still produced a tie, so it came down to the last six holes. The team of Dorminy and Prendergast completed that stretch in 1 under.
“Play well. That was our strategy,” Dorminy, 59, of Collegeville, Pa., said. “I never played the golf course before. Every tee, we were looking out there and trying to figure out where to hit it and how far you could hit it. That seemed to work out pretty good most holes.”
“We get along very well out there. We just play to each other’s strengths,” Prendergast, 62, of Limerick, Pa., added. “The fairways and greens were in great shape today. It was a nice, challenging course.”
Although the friendship is fresh, Dorminy and Prendergast entered Concord with experience as teammates. They finished second in the Philadelphia Publinks GA’s Better-Ball Championship in May. A bogey on the last hole sealed their status then.
The Dorminy and Prendergast team immediately erased that memory Wednesday with a birdie on No. 1 (par 4, 376 yards). Dorminy stopped a sand wedge from 76 yards at a foot. The par 4, 358-yard No. 5 presented a similar scene, with Dorminy using the same club from the yardage to set up a five-footer for 3. Prendergast snatched his partner’s subpar style on the back side by inking red of his own. On the demanding 11th hole (par 3, 180 yards), he powered a 4-hybrid to 12 feet and dropped the uphill putt. Prendergast hit an 8-iron 130 yards to four feet on No. 13 (par 4, 391 yards).
Only one hole brewed a bogey for the Dorminy and Prendergast team. Both players missed the No. 12 (par 4, 393 yards) green with their approaches; Dorminy misjudged the wind and threw a 6-iron onto a false front. Prendergast caught the right greenside bunker with a 4-hybrid.
Untapped birdie chances at Dorminy’s hands coming in prevented an outright victory. Dorminy failed to convert a six-footer on No. 17 (par 4, 318 yards), and on No. 18 (par 5, 506 yards), he watched a 4-wood from 227 yards crash into the green’s bank and roll 20 feet below the flagstick. A careful chip settled four feet.
When asked if more rounds together await the two this year, Dorminy and Prendergast, a pair of golf nuts, turned to each other, paused for a moment and smiled.
“I’m sure we will,” Prendergast said. “It’s weird that we had never played together. We have mutual friends in the game who play a lot of golf.”
“I’m sure each of us will play a lot more rounds,” Dorminy added.
A scorecard tiebreaker also determined the Super-Senior victors Wednesday. The teams of John Ayres and David Jordan, Lawrence Capuzzi, Sr. and Edward Pappas, and Rich Green and James (Jay) Ward all finished at even-par 71. Green and Ward, of Cedarbrook Country Club, emerged as the winners, thanks to a birdie on the last hole.
NOTES
Philadelphia Country Club’s Michael Nilon aced the par 3, 180 yard 11th hole with a 3-hybrid. It wasn’t the tournament’s only hole-in-one, however. Philadelphia Publinks GA’s Thomas Mairone aced the par 3, 160-yard 15th hole with a 6-iron.
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| Gross Division | |
| Senior | |
| Name, club | Score |
| *Marty Dorminy/James Prendergast, Spring Ford CC/Philadelphia Publinks GA | 68 |
| Ken Silverwood/Ed Chylinski, Chester Valley GC | 68 |
| Kenneth Phillips/Daniel Burton, Lancaster CC | 68 |
| Bruce Jackson/Rob Francis, Brookside CC | 69 |
| Stan Zabytko/Norman Jester, Downingtown CC/Loch Nairn GC | 69 |
| Peter Dilullo/Robert Billings, Rolling Green GC/Applebrook GC | 70 |
| Robert Wagner/J. Kirk Luntey, Merion GC | 70 |
| Buck Jones/Michael Nilon, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Philadelphia CC | 70 |
| Joseph Russo/Mark Walker, Laurel Creek CC | 70 |
| Steven Lucas/Roc Irey, Lookaway GC/White Manor CC | 70 |
| Mark Metaxas/Jim Gavaghan, Jericho National GC | 71 |
| Walter Waryga/Harold Schweitzer, Broad Run GC/Concord CC | 72 |
| Ralph Bincarowsky/Frank Kovalcheck, Kennett Square G&CC | 72 |
| Thomas Hyland/Byron Whitman, Little Mill CC/Golden Oaks GC | 72 |
| Steven Walczak/Thomas Humphrey, Wilmington CC | 72 |
| Bob Majczan/Michael Quinn, Lookaway GC/Edgmont CC | 72 |
| Thomas Mairone/Bob Stewart, Philadelphia Publinks GA | 73 |
| Phil Remig/George Henninger, Huntingdon Valley CC | 73 |
| Alexander Maguire, Sr./Pat Romano, Brookside CC | 73 |
| Bob Arthur/Thomas Grimac, Tavistock CC | 73 |
| Michael Domenick/James Muller, Phoenixville CC/Manufacturers G&CC | 73 |
| Paul Koelling/Mike Miklinevich, Greate Bay CC | 74 |
| Robert Lodovici/Raymond Pawulich, Little Mill CC | 74 |
| Dave Knox/Ron Weaver, Bent Creek CC | 74 |
| Bruce Gladish/Wayne Morra, Sandy Run CC | 75 |
| Super Senior Name, club Score *Rich Green/James Ward, Cedarbrook CC 71 Edward Pappas/Lawrence Capuzzi, Sr., Rolling Green GC 71 John Ayres/David Jordan, Trump National – Philadelphia/Sakima CC 71 L.D. Davis/Curt Fromal, The Springhaven Club 72 Charles Whipple/Robert Peterman, Huntingdon Valley CC 72 Barry Emich/Gerald Eckert, Bent Creek CC 73 Nicholas Wanck/James Fleming, Jr., Huntingdon Valley CC 74 Thomas Mallouk/Michael Anton, Lookaway GC 74 Frank Polizzi/Bernard Zbrzeznj, Whitemarsh Valley CC 74 Thomas Mohr/Carl Everett, Merion GC/Whitford CC 74 Ken Gaskill/Jon Mabry, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Moorestown Field Club 74Jeffrey Brown/Bill Augustyn, West Chester G&CC | 77 |
| Thomas Alestock/Robert Walters, DuPont CC | 78 |
| Mark Carrier/Bill Blackburn, Concord CC | 79 |
| Rich Thon/Andrew Harmer, The Springhaven Club | 79 |
| Peter Mimmo/Frank Tuscano, North Hills CC | 80 |
| Joseph LaGrossa/Alexander Kazmarck, Jr.,Galloway National GC | 81 |
| Michael McCorriston/Joseph DeAngelis, Jericho National GC | 82 |
| Mark Fox/Macy Summers, St. Davids GC | 84 |
| John Scott/Rick Sung, West Chester G&CC | 85 |
| Vincent Torno/Steve Joachim, McCall G&CC | 91 |
| Don Donatoni/Michael Rose, White Manor CC/Talamore CC | 74 |
| Robert Schiller/Herbert Gordon, Doylestown CC/Old York Road CC | 75 |
| Thomas O’Rourke/Gregory Gaul, Merion GC/Chester Valley GC | 75 |
| James Wiley/John Patton, Little Mill CC/Old York Road CC | 77 |
| Bob Abramski/John Cech, Talamore CC/Riverton CC | 77 |
| Rick Rutter/Charles Quinn, Manufacturers G&CC | 79 |
| James Barron/Jack Bailey, Hartefeld National | 79 |
| C. Michael Conway/Charles Caparo, Plymouth CC | 82 |
| Frank Shuman/Peter Emigh, Lehigh CC | 82 |
| Jack Endicott/W. Frank Skilton, Manufacturers G&CC | WD |
| Net Division | |
| Senior | |
| Name, club | Score |
| Walter Waryga/Harold Schweitzer, Broad Run GC/Concord CC | 63 |
| Bruce Jackson/Rob Francis, Brookside CC | 64 |
| Stan Zabytko/Norman Jester, Downingtown CC/Loch Nairn GC | 65 |
| Ken Silverwood/Ed Chylinski, Chester Valley GC | 65 |
| Peter Dilullo/Robert Billings, Rolling Green GC/Applebrook GC | 66 |
| Thomas Mairone/Bob Stewart, Philadelphia Publinks GA | 66 |
| Robert Wagner/J. Kirk Luntey, Merion GC | 66 |
| Kenneth Phillips/Daniel Burton, Lancaster CC | 67 |
| Marty Dorminy/James Prendergast, Spring Ford CC/Philadelphia Publinks GA | 67 |
| Buck Jones/Michael Nilon, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Philadelphia CC | 67 |
| Michael McCorriston/Joseph DeAngelis, Jericho National GC | 68 |
| Phil Remig/George Henninger, Huntingdon Valley CC | 68 |
| Alexander Maguire, Sr./Pat Romano, Brookside CC | 68 |
| Mark Metaxas/Jim Gavaghan, Jericho National GC | 68 |
| Joseph Russo/Mark Walker, Laurel Creek CC | 68 |
| Paul Koelling/Mike Miklinevich, Greate Bay CC | 68 |
| Joseph LaGrossa/Alexander Kazmarck, Jr., Galloway National GC | 68 |
| Jeffrey Brown/Bill Augustyn, West Chester G&CC | 69 |
| Ralph Bincarowsky/Frank Kovalcheck, Kennett Square G&CC | 69 |
| Mark Fox/Macy Summers, St. Davids GC | 70 |
| Mark Carrier/Bill Blackburn, Concord CC | 70 |
| Steven Lucas/Roc Irey, Lookaway GC/White Manor CC | 70 |
| Bruce Gladish/Wayne Morra, Sandy Run CC | 70 |
| Bob Arthur/Thomas Grimac, Tavistock CC | 70 |
| Thomas Hyland/Byron Whitman, Little Mill CC/Golden Oaks GC | 71 |
| Steven Walczak/Thomas Humphrey, Wilmington CC | 71 |
| Michael Domenick/James Muller, Phoenixville CC/Manufacturers G&CC | 71 |
| Robert Lodovici/Raymond Pawulich, Little Mill CC | 71 |
| Peter Mimmo/Frank Tuscano, North Hills CC | 72 |
| Bob Majczan/Michael Quinn, Lookaway GC/Edgmont CC | 73 |
| Dave Knox/Ron Weaver, Bent Creek CC | 73 |
| Thomas Alestock/Robert Walters, DuPont CC | 74 |
| Rich Thon/Andrew Harmer, The Springhaven Club | 75 |
| John Scott/Rick Sung, West Chester G&CC | 75 |
| Vincent Torno/Steve Joachim, McCall G&CC | 78 |
| Super Senior | |
| Name, club | Score |
| Edward Pappas/Lawrence Capuzzi, Sr., Rolling Green GC | 63 |
| John Ayres/David Jordan, Trump National – Philadelphia/Sakima CC | 64 |
| L.D. Davis/Curt Fromal, The Springhaven Club | 65 |
| Rick Rutter/Charles Quinn, Manufacturers G&CC | 66 |
| Rich Green/James Ward, Cedarbrook CC | 66 |
| Charles Whipple/Robert Peterman, Huntingdon Valley CC | 66 |
| James Wiley/John Patton, Little Mill CC/Old York Road CC | 67 |
| Nicholas Wanck/James Fleming, Jr., Huntingdon Valley CC | 67 |
| Barry Emich/Gerald Eckert, Bent Creek CC | 68 |
| Thomas Mallouk/Michael Anton, Lookaway GC | 69 |
| Robert Schiller/Herbert Gordon, Doylestown CC/Old York Road CC | 69 |
| Bob Abramski/John Cech, Talamore CC/Riverton CC | 69 |
| Frank Polizzi/Bernard Zbrzeznj, Whitemarsh Valley CC | 70 |
| Thomas O’Rourke/Gregory Gaul, Merion GC/Chester Valley GC | 70 |
| Thomas Mohr/Carl Everett, Merion GC/Whitford CC | 70 |
| Ken Gaskill/Jon Mabry, Philadelphia Publinks GA/Moorestown Field Club | 70 |
| Don Donatoni/Michael Rose, White Manor CC/Talamore CC | 72 |
| James Barron/Jack Bailey, Hartefeld National | 73 |
| C. Michael Conway/Charles Caparo, Plymouth CC | 73 |
| Frank Shuman/Peter Emigh, Lehigh CC | 77 |
| Jack Endicott/W.Frank Skilton, Manufacturers G&CC | WD |
