Lancaster CC’s Felter takes Spring Net Championship

  JAMISON, Pa. – Robert Felter of Lancaster CC carded a 3-under-par 67 (net) to take the Spring Net Championship at Bucks County GC (par 70, 6,087 yards) Tuesday.

  The 68-year-old, who resides in Lancaster, Pa., registered six birdies (net) to outlast the 56-player field.

  “I got up and down from everywhere and had a lot of par-putt saves,” said the four-year GAP volunteer. “It was like I had a one-man scramble out there.”

  Added the 10-handicap, “I have been in the worst slump for the past three months. I guess this will end that.”

  Last year’s Spring Net Champ, Walt Neumann of McCall G&CC, finished in a tie for first in the first flight with Tim Ungrady of Edgmont CC with a net 70.

  Greg Smith of Brandywine CC, a sports management professor at Cheyney University, finished first in the second flight and second place overall with a net 68, the only other sub-par net total of the day.

  Jim Flick took the third flight with an even-par 70 (net).

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  Founded in 1897, the Golf Association of Philadelphia (GAP) is the oldest regional golf association in the United States and serves as the principal ruling body of amateur golf in its region. Its 136 Member Clubs and 56,000 individual members are spread across parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. The purpose of the Association is simple: To promote, protect and preserve the game of golf in the region.