TRENTON, N.J. – Jim and Jimmy Meyers of Tavistock CC won the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s 49th Father & Son (Younger) Championship with a 1-over-par 72 Thursday at Trenton CC (par 71, 6,304 yards).
| of Tavistock CC |
Their win completes the Tavistock CC sweep of the Father & Son Championships after Ron and Doug Cusick won the Father & Son (Older) back on June 1 at Radley Run CC.
The pair took the Junior Division title, for sons aged 14-17, after David and Steven Broll of Aronimink GC were not available to face them in a playoff.
“We pretty much had a strategy where I would hit the tee shots and my dad is good with the irons, so he took those,” said Jimmy, 17, who made the switch from baseball to golf as his primary sport of choice only two years ago.
He added, “I would then try to putt it in for birdie. We tried to stick to that most of the day.”
The strategy worked as the pair from Cherry Hill, N.J., posted birdies on No. 1 (par 4, 296 yards), No. 6 (par 4, 315 yards) and the short No. 15 (par 3, 114 yards), with four bogeys on their way to the win.
Jim, 52, would comment that although the course was not overly long, accuracy was paramount.
“Accuracy is a major part of my game,” Jim said. “I’m not a bomber, but I can keep it in play.”
“We both played pretty good from tee to green, so we didn’t have to do much scrambling,” he said.
A fact that was evident as the father and son duo would only miss three greens in regulation.
In Thursday’s Junior-Junior division, for sons 13 and under, Jack and Michael Gregor of Huntingdon Valley CC, would take the flight in a scorecard tiebreaker over Dan and Mike Isaacman, after carding a 5-over-par 76.
“It’s just a great time to be out here with my son,” exclaimed Michael, 43, of North Wales, Pa.
The Golf Association’s Father & Son competitions date back to 1911.
Results
Junior Division
*1. Jim and Jimmy Meyers, Tavistock CC 72
2. David and Steven Broll, Aronimink GC 72
3. Brian and Zach Rothaus, Philmont CC 73
3. Phillip and Phillip Jr. Villari, Riverton CC 73
Junior Junior
*1. Jack and Michael Gregor, Huntingdon Valley CC 76
2. Dan and Mike Isaacman, Talamore at Oak Terrace CC 76
3. Ryan and Kevin Kelly, Philadelphia Cricket Club 78
| Results | |||
| Junior Division | |||
| Pos | Name | Club | Gross |
| T1 | *Meyers, James / Meyers, Jimmy | Tavistock CC (3) | 72 |
| T1 | Broll, David / Broll, Steven | Aronimink GC | 72 |
| T3 | Villari, Phillip / Villari, Jr., Phillip | Riverton CC | 73 |
| T3 | Rothaus, Zach / Rothaus, Brian | Philmont CC | 73 |
| 5 | Arthur, Robert / Arthur, Bobby | Tavistock CC (5) | 74 |
| T6 | Zeiders, Duncan / Zeiders, Douglas | Old York Road CC (2) | 75 |
| T6 | Blechschmidt, Mike / Blechschmidt, Ed | Whitemarsh Valley CC | 75 |
| 8 | Lewis, Kyle / Lewis, Ned | Applebrook GC | 76 |
| T9 | Flaherty, Sam / Flaherty, Sean | Commonwealth National GC/Phila. Publinks | 77 |
| T9 | Tutelman, Jim / Tutelman, Matt | Green Valley CC | 77 |
| T9 | Fasy, William / Fasy, John | Wilmington CC | 77 |
| T12 | Kerschner, George / Kerschner, Ted | Overbrook GC (2) | 78 |
| T12 | Alessi, Vinny / Alessi, Richard, Jr. | Llanerch CC/McCall G&CC | 78 |
| T12 | Dalessandro, Nicholas / Dalessandro, M.D., David | Glenmaura National GC | 78 |
| T15 | Verde, Tony / Verde, Greg | Spring Ford CC (2) | 79 |
| T15 | Genuardi, James / Genuardi, Kevin | Cedarbrook CC | 79 |
| T15 | Givens, Bill / Givens, Billy | Woodbury CC | 79 |
| T18 | Braunsberg, James / Braunsberg, Jim | Plymouth CC | 80 |
| T18 | Palmer, John / Palmer, Jeffrey | Chester Valley GC | 80 |
| T18 | Bernard, Daniel / Bernard, Charles | Aronimink GC (2) | 80 |
| T18 | Crowley, John / Crowley, Will | St. Davids GC | 80 |
| T18 | Hunter, John / Hunter V, John | Commonwealth National GC (5) | 80 |
| T18 | Hunter, Kyle / Hunter, John | Commonwealth National GC (6) | 80 |
| T24 | Dever, Pierce / Dever, Jr., James | Trenton CC | 81 |
| T24 | Hoffman, William / Hoffman, Kurt | Spring Mill CC/Unattached | 81 |
| T24 | Zimmer, Kenneth / Zimmer, Kevin | Stonewall/Laurel Creek CC | 81 |
| T27 | Falkoff, Brett / Falkoff, Jeffrey | The ACE Club | 82 |
| T27 | Conway, Garrett / Conway, Stephen | Medford Village CC/Burlington CC | 82 |
| T27 | Brown, Jeffrey / Brown, Eric | West Chester G&CC (2) | 82 |
| T27 | Tash, Michael / Tash, Jr., Michael | Tavistock CC (6) | 82 |
| T31 | Culp, Thomas / Culp, Chip | Philadelphia Cricket Club (2) | 83 |
| T31 | Guarino, Beau / Guarino, Jr., Vincent | Burlington CC | 83 |
| T31 | Liebert, Cameron / Liebert, Edward | Edgmont CC | 83 |
| T31 | Tellier, Kevin / Tellier, Marc | Burlington CC (2) | 83 |
| T31 | Dolby, Kent / Dolby, Kyle | Waynesborough CC | 83 |
| T31 | Vergari, Michael / Vergari, John | Tavistock CC (4) | 83 |
| T37 | Dudas, Dwight / Dudas, Matt | Indian Valley CC | 84 |
| T37 | Kotalik, Sean / Kotalik,M.D., Frederick | Chester Valley GC (3) | 84 |
| T37 | Petsis, Anthony / Petsis, Alex | Trenton CC (4) | 84 |
| T40 | Goldstein, Chad / Goldstein, Barry | Commonwealth National GC (2) | 85 |
| T40 | Kane, John / Kane, William T. | Jericho National GC (2) | 85 |
| T40 | O’Shea, William / O’Shea, Daniel | Llannerch CC | 85 |
| T40 | Walsh, Sr., Matthew / Walsh, Greg | Philadelphia CC (3) | 85 |
| T40 | Walsh, Jr., Matthew / Walsh, Sr., Matthew | Philadelphia CC (4) | 85 |
| T45 | Meehan, Mike / Meehan, Richard | Moorestown Field Club | 86 |
| T45 | Tuscano, Frank / Tuscano, Mark | North Hills CC (3) | 86 |
| T45 | Marvin, Bryan / Marvin, Michael | Old York Road CC (3) | 86 |
| 48 | Fulginiti, Brian / Fulginiti, Frank | Trenton CC (5) | 88 |
| T49 | Montgomery, Joe / Montgomery, Patrick | Riverton CC (2) | 89 |
| T49 | Tsarnas, Gerard / Tsarnas, Luke | Trenton CC (2) | 89 |
| T49 | Kania, A.J. / Kania, Jr., Arthur | Overbrook GC (4) | 89 |
| T49 | Potkay, Douglas / Potkay, Michael | Makefield Highlands GC | 89 |
| T53 | Manwaring, Edward / Manwaring, Michael | Philadelphia Cricket Club | 90 |
| T53 | Tighe, J. Tommy / Tighe III, John | Philadelphia CC | 90 |
| T53 | Dowds, Andrew / Dowds, III, Charles | North Hills CC/Applebrook GC | 90 |
| T53 | Miller, Barry / Miller, Andrew | Radnor Valley CC | 90 |
| T57 | Westhafer, Dennis / Westhafer, Ryan | West Chester G&CC | 92 |
| T57 | Carrigan, Jim / Carrigan, Brian | Chester Valley GC (2) | 92 |
| T57 | Moran, Chris / Moran, Michael | Overbrook GC (3) | 92 |
| 60 | Torno, Vincent / Torno, Nicholas | Unattached/McCall G&CC | 94 |
| 61 | Albertus, Bill / Albertus, III, Will | Penn Oaks GC | 96 |
| 62 | Hopkins, Blaise / Hopkins, Sean | Jericho National GC | 97 |
| T63 | Tilton, Michael / Tilton, Stanley | Yardley CC (4) | 98 |
| T63 | Triboletti, Joe / Triboletti, P.J. | Yardley CC (5) | 98 |
| 65 | Kramarski, Lou / Kramarski, Jimmy | Riverton CC (4) | 102 |
| T66 | Hagel, Mark / Hagel, Bill | Philadelphia Publinks GA/McCall G&CC | WD |
| T66 | McCrossen, Jr., Edward / McCrossen, Sr., Edward | Whitemarsh Valley CC (2) | WD |
| Junior – Junior Division | |||
| Pos | Name | Club | Gross |
| T1 | *Gregor, Jack / Gregor, Michael | Huntingdon Valley CC | 76 |
| T1 | Isaacman, Dan / Isaacman, Mike | Talamore at Oak Terrace CC | 76 |
| 3 | Kelly, Kevin / Kelly, Ryan | Philadelphia Cricket Club (3) | 78 |
| T4 | Liu, Grant / Liu, Jonathan | Commonwealth National GC (3) | 79 |
| T4 | Sterbinsky, Gary / Sterbinsky, Kyle | Yardley CC (2) | 79 |
| T4 | Wurtz, Bobby / Wurtz, Jr., Robert | Philadelphia Cricket Club (4) | 79 |
| T7 | Carbone, Jr., Paul / Carbone, Sr., Paul | Old York Road CC | 81 |
| T7 | Dazen, Kenneth / Dazen, Cody | Medford Village CC | 81 |
| T9 | Dorey, Julian / Dorey, David | Tavistock CC | 82 |
| T9 | Cooley, Benjamin / Cooley, Seth | Lu Lu CC | 82 |
| T9 | Roberts, Gary / Roberts, TJ | Yardley CC (3) | 82 |
| T9 | Fulginiti, Brian / Fulginiti, Sr., Brian | Trenton CC (7) | 82 |
| T13 | Dougherty, R. Morgan / Dougherty, Michael | Huntingdon Valley CC (2) | 84 |
| T13 | Brennan, Ted / Brennan, Edward | Philadelphia CC (2) | 84 |
| T15 | Klaus, Brian / Klaus, Jacob | Tavistock CC (2) | 85 |
| T15 | Altieri, Steven / Altieri, Paul | Hopewell Valley GC | 85 |
| T15 | Clark, Jeff / Clark, Hayes | Lookaway GC | 85 |
| T18 | Van Ostenbridge, Mitch / Van Ostenbridge, Dan | Spring Ford CC | 86 |
| T18 | Juhl, Otto / Juhl, O.J. | Cavaliers CC | 86 |
| T20 | Loeber Jr., Jack / Loeber, III, Jack | Wedgwood CC | 87 |
| T20 | Erhardt, Clement / Erhardt, G. Reilly | Trenton CC (3) | 87 |
| T22 | Furman, Edward / Furman, Daniel | Commonwealth National GC | 88 |
| T22 | Hussey, Joseph / Hussey, Nick | Lu Lu CC (3) | 88 |
| T24 | Blickle, James / Blickle, Alex | Berkleigh CC | 89 |
| T24 | Guarino, Jr., Vincent / Guarino, Drew | Burlington CC (3) | 89 |
| T24 | Thornton, Bill / Thornton, W. Evan | Berkshire CC | 89 |
| 27 | Tredinnick, Robert / Tredinnick, Taylor | Commonwealth National GC (4) | 90 |
| 28 | Fazzini, David / Fazzini, John | Stonewall | 91 |
| T29 | Susanin, Peter / Susanin, Scott | Overbrook GC | 93 |
| T29 | Kramarski, Lou / Kramarski, Kevin | Riverton CC (3) | 93 |
| T29 | Parsons, Tom / Parsons, Jr., Robert | Huntingdon Valley CC (6) | 93 |
| T32 | Murray, Bill / Murray, Will | Merchantville CC | 94 |
| T32 | Markward, Del / Markward, Dutch | North Hills CC (2) | 94 |
| 34 | Harkins, William / Harkins, Matt | Sandy Run CC | 95 |
| T35 | Beckett, Mike / Beckett, Tristan | Yardley CC | 96 |
| T35 | Fazio, Mike / Fazio, Matthew | Huntingdon Valley CC (4) | 96 |
| T35 | Rotelli, Chuck / Rotelli, Chris | Huntingdon Valley CC (5) | 96 |
| 38 | Smith, Todd / Smith, Bob | North Hills (8) | 101 |
| 39 | Anderson, Lars / Anderson, Kurtis | Trenton CC (6) | 104 |
| 40 | Leighton, Jr., John / Leighton, John | Huntingdon Valley CC (3) | 107 |
| 41 | Berman, Peter / Berman, Cole | Green Valley CC | 116 |
