WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Ron and Doug Cusick of Tavistock CC finished the day with a 4-under-par 68 to win the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s 95th Father & Son (Older) Championship Thursday at Radley Run Country Club (par 72, 6,578 yards).
Before the tournament was suspended due to the threat of lightning, the Cusick’s completed their sub-par round by firing six birdies and only two bogeys. All together the father and son team was a combined 4-under-par on the course’s four par fives with four birdies.
“We took advantage of the par fives and tried to hit as many greens as possible,” said Doug, 24, from Marlton, N.J.
The pair’s strong suits came into play with Ron’s accuracy off the tee and Doug’s strong mid-to-short iron game.
“We played to our strengths,” said Ron, 53. Added Doug, “He hits the driver as straight as anybody around so that makes it easy. It takes a lot of pressure off me.”
The tournament, which dates back to 1911, pairs fathers with sons 18 years or older, in a selected drive, alternate shot format.
The pair’s tournament-low round would not come without some tribulation as the team almost lost its lead on No. 9 (par 4, 364 yards), the duo’s last hole of the day.
“Doug hit it out of bounds and we had to take my shot, which landed in a tough spot behind a pine tree,” Ron said.
Ron’s drive would come to rest 124 yards from the pin on the left side of the fairway in a difficult position that left no clear line of sight to the green.
With their hopes of making par now in Doug’s hands, he took a wedge and bent his shot around the tree setting up their approach to save par.
“When you’re 4-under-par, you’ve got to find a way to make par,” Doug exclaimed. “I just swung the club and it worked. The more I think the worse I play.”
The Cusick team’s one-stroke win brought an end to Neil and Michael McDermott’s chances of repeating as Father & Son (Older) champions.
Neil and Michael, of Llanerch CC and Merion GC, respectively, would finish tied for second with a 3-under-par 69.
“We have a good time together,” said Michael on playing with his father. “Our [playing] styles work well together.”
For the McDermott family, it would have been its fourth Father & Son title in the last five years.
Dave and Kevin O’Brien of Ceadarbrook CC were the other team to finish with a 69.
Bob and Jeffrey Davidson of Philadelphia Publinks GA took low net in the championship competition with a 66.
Former GAP President William Walsh and his son Chet of Philadelphia CC won the Super-Senior competition with a 72, playing from shorter tees at 6,037 yards.
Arthur and Arthur Jr. Kania of Overbrook GC took home the Super-Senior net prize with a 68.
Results
Champion – Gross
1. Ron and Doug Cusick, Tavistock CC 68
2. Neil and Michael McDermott, Llanerch CC/Merion GC 69
2. Dave and Kevin O’Brien, Ceadarbrook CC 69
4. James and James Jr. Sullivan, Huntingdon Valley CC 72
Champion – Net
1. Bob and Jeffrey Davidson, Philadelphia Publinks GA 66
2. Yong and Robert Choe, Rolling Green GC 68
2. Pete and Philip Petroll, Penn Oaks GC 68
4. Joseph and Trevor Seufer, Stonewall 69
Super Senior – Gross
1. William and Chet Walsh, Philadelphia CC 72
2. Gerald and Michael Quinn, Tavistock CC 78
2. Tom and Thomas Jr. Conboy, Sandy Run CC 78
Super Senior – Net
1. Arthur and Arthur Jr. Kania of Overbrook GC 68
2. John and Mark Gola, Sandy Run CC/Blue Bell CC 69
3. Kevin and William DeHaven, Hopewell Valley CC 70
3. Ed and Vince Yost, Cedarbrook CC 70
Championship | ||||
Rank | Name | Club | Gross | Net |
1 | Cusick, Douglas / Cusick, Sr., Ronald | Tavistock (1) | 68 | 68 |
T2 | McDermott, Neil / McDermott, Michael | Llanerch/Merion GC | 69 | 68 |
T2 | O’Brien, Dave / O’Brien, Kevin | Cedarbrook CC (2) | 69 | 67 |
4 | Sullivan, Jr., James / Sullivan, Sr., James | Huntingdon Valley CC | 72 | 70 |
T5 | Davidson, Bob / Davidson, Jeffrey | Phila. Publinks GA | 73 | 66 |
T5 | Detweiler, Marlin / Detweiler, Brandon | Lancaster CC | 73 | 73 |
T5 | Howson, Jr., Jay / Howson, Gregory | St. Davids GC | 73 | 70 |
T5 | Muller, Maximillian / Muller, James | Manufacturers G&CC | 73 | 72 |
9 | McDermott, Neil / McDermott, Kevin | Llanerch CC | 74 | 71 |
T10 | Seufer, Joseph / Seufer, Trevor | Stonewall | 75 | 69 |
T10 | Beck, Donald / Beck, Ryan | Old York Road CC | 75 | 71 |
T10 | Muller, Alexander / Muller, James | Manufacturers G&CC (1) | 75 | 73 |
T10 | Daniels, Gary / Daniels, Jesse | Aronimink GC (1) | 75 | 70 |
T10 | Deakins, Jay / Deakins, Scott | St. Davids GC (2) | 75 | 73 |
T15 | Klagholz, Tim / Klagholz, Martin | Rolling Green GC (1) | 76 | 74 |
T15 | Malone, David / Malone, Jr., David | Sandy Run CC (3) | 76 | 70 |
T15 | Fonner, Eric / Fonner, Bill | Huntingdon Valley CC (1) | 76 | 72 |
T15 | Choe, Yong / Choe, Robert | Rolling Green GC | 76 | 68 |
T19 | Hoegel, Donald / Hoegel, David | Little Mill CC | 77 | 71 |
T19 | MacDonald, David / MacDonald, John | Unattached/Medford Lakes CC | 77 | 77 |
T19 | Stout, Royce / Stout, Chris | Concord CC | 77 | 71 |
T19 | Yard, Chris / Yard, Scott | Whitford CC | 77 | 74 |
T19 | Ferguson, Tommy / Ferguson, Ritson | Merion GC (2) | 77 | 75 |
T19 | Petroll, Pete / Petroll, Philip | Penn Oaks GC | 77 | 68 |
T25 | Levine, David / Levine, Louis | Greenacres CC/Saucon Valley CC | 78 | 74 |
T25 | Newett, Louis / Newett, Chris | Indian Valley CC (1) | 78 | 72 |
T25 | McClaskey, Charles / McClaskey, Bryan | Wyncote GC/Merchantville CC | 78 | 76 |
T28 | Myers, Brian / Myers, Stephen | Old York Road/Unattached (1) | 79 | 79 |
T28 | Crescenzo, Stephen / Crescenzo, Matthew | Wyncote GC/Unattached | 79 | 79 |
T30 | O’Reilly, Sean / O’Reilly, Timothy | Aronimink GC | 80 | 70 |
T30 | Bernstein, David / Bernstein, Jason | White Manor CC (1) | 80 | 73 |
T30 | Wasilewski, Christopher / Wasilewski, Dennis | Waynesborough CC (1) | 80 | 71 |
T30 | Forbes, Sr., Richard / Forbes, Rick | North Hills CC/Commonwealth NGC | 80 | 72 |
T30 | Forcino, Ernest / Forcino, Geoff | Waynesborough CC (2) | 80 | 71 |
T35 | Simonson, Christopher / Simonson, Jon | Tavistock CC (2) | 81 | 75 |
T35 | Crowley, John / Crowley, Dave | St. Davids GC (1) | 81 | 74 |
T35 | Carney, Scott / Carney, David | Commonwealth National GC (1) | 81 | 76 |
T35 | Shevlin, Jonathan / Shevlin, Joseph | North Hills CC (1) | 81 | 77 |
T39 | Young, Gerald / Young, John | Sandy Run CC | 82 | 73 |
T39 | Pfeiffer, Francis / Pfeiffer, David | Riverton CC/Whitemarsh Valley CC | 82 | 74 |
T39 | Bresnahan, Dave / Bresnahan, David | Riverton CC (1) | 82 | 76 |
T39 | Gibson, Scott / Gibson, George | Riverton CC (2) | 82 | 75 |
T43 | Harris, Bob / Harris, Mitch | Blue Bell CC/Ravens Claw GC | 83 | 79 |
T43 | Bean Jr., Richard / Bean, Richard | Tavistock CC | 83 | 73 |
T43 | Milner, Tim / Milner, Byron | Overbrook GC | 83 | 76 |
T43 | Beringer, Christopher / Beringer, Ted | Philadelphia CC/Unattached | 83 | 75 |
T43 | Quigley, Mark / Quigley, Bryan | Lu Lu CC (2) | 83 | 77 |
T43 | Moses, Sr., Michael / Moses, Rob | Concord CC (3) | 83 | 75 |
T43 | Croney, J. Kenneth / Croney, Jr., Kenneth | Sunnybrook GC/Overbrook GC | 83 | 78 |
T43 | Chermol, Jr., D.D.S, Thomas / Chermol, Thomas | Chester Valley GC/Springhaven Club | 83 | 73 |
T43 | Piersanti, Tom / Piersanti, Thomas | Saucon Valley CC/Laurel Creek CC | 83 | 76 |
T43 | Waldron, R. Emmett / Waldron, Rob | North Hills CC/Old York Road CC | 83 | 73 |
T43 | Shott, Edward / Shott, Joseph | North Hills CC (2) | 83 | 73 |
T54 | Goldstein, Jason / Goldstein, Barry | Commonwealth National GC | 84 | 76 |
T54 | Roberts, Ed / Roberts, Mike | Old York Road CC/Unattached | 84 | 84 |
T54 | Mears, Jr., Don / Mears, III, Robert | Concord CC (1) | 84 | 73 |
T54 | Lynch, Jim / Lynch, Mike | Dupont CC/Berkleigh CC | 84 | 76 |
T54 | Hansen, III, E. / Hansen, Jr., E. | Blue Bell CC | 84 | 75 |
T54 | Missett, Christopher / Missett, Paul | Philadelphia CC | 84 | 74 |
T60 | Lagreca, Michael / LaGreca, Anthony | Sandy Run (1) | 85 | 75 |
T60 | McIntyre, Keith / McIntyre, Ralph | GC at Glen Mills/Tavistock CC | 85 | 74 |
T60 | Scott, Jr., Joseph / Scott, Jay | Kennett Square G&CC/Unattached | 85 | 78 |
T63 | Klagholz, Marty / Klagholz, Martin | Rolling Green GC (2) | 86 | 79 |
T63 | Schultz, Daniel / Schultz, Scott | Llanerch CC (1) | 86 | 74 |
T63 | Zalis, Anthony / Zalis, Gary | Little Mill CC (1) | 86 | 78 |
T63 | Costonis, Michael / Costonis, Anthony | Blue Bell CC/Kingswood GC | 86 | 80 |
T67 | Dunphy, Dennis / Dunphy, Michael | Waynesborough CC | 87 | 80 |
T67 | Caruso, Carmen / Caruso, Charles | Ballamor GC/Bella Vista GC | 87 | 75 |
T67 | Van Horn, William / Van Horn, Alan | Lu Lu CC | 87 | 74 |
T67 | Rush, J. Thomas / Rush, James | Riverton CC | 87 | 76 |
T71 | Davidson, Bob / Davidson, Craig | Phila. Publinks GA (1) | 88 | 78 |
T71 | Bielecki, Dave / Bielecki, David | Old York Road CC/Spring Hollow GC | 88 | 76 |
T71 | Mears, Jr., Don / Mears, Brian | Concord CC (2) | 88 | 77 |
T71 | Friel, Kevin / Friel, Richard | Honeybrook GC | 88 | 83 |
T71 | Schafle, Mike / Schafle, Joseph | Sandy Run CC (4) | 88 | 88 |
T71 | O’Brien, Anthony / O’Brien, James | Cedarbrook CC | 88 | 81 |
T71 | Thomas, IV, Oren / Thomas, III, Oren | Tavistock CC (6) | 88 | 80 |
T78 | Mandel, David / Mandel, Jason | White Manor CC | 89 | 75 |
T78 | Held, James / Held, Sr., Robert | Indian Valley CC/Blue Bell CC | 89 | 79 |
T78 | Markward, Charles / Markward, Del | North Hills CC | 89 | 74 |
T81 | Coroniti, Rick / Coroniti, Sam | Spring Ford CC/Downingtown GC | 90 | 78 |
T81 | Miller, Jr., Robert / Miller, Robert | Unattached/Old York Road CC | 90 | 90 |
T81 | Antoni, Ronald / Antoni, Sr., Erwin | Sandy Run CC (8) | 90 | 76 |
T84 | Haas, Robert / Haas, Christopher | Whitemarsh Valley CC | 91 | 81 |
T84 | Pelesh, Neal / Pelesh, Jeffrey | Edgmont CC | 91 | 80 |
T84 | Flynn, Larry / Flynn, Daniel | Sandy Run CC (2) | 91 | 76 |
T84 | Rossmann, Gary / Rossmann, Gary | Indian Valley CC | 91 | 77 |
T84 | Easton, Jr., John / Easton, III, John | Manufacturers G&CC (2) | 91 | 81 |
89 | Webb, Chris / Webb, Fred | Tavistock CC/Unattached | 92 | 92 |
T90 | Sullivan, Patrick / Sullivan, Mike | Phila. Publinks GA (2) | 94 | 84 |
T90 | Willis, Gerald J. / Willis, Gerald | Tavistock CC (4) | 94 | 80 |
92 | Greenough, Allen / Cook, Llewellyn | Merion GC | 96 | 86 |
93 | Impriano, Bradley / Impriano, Jack | Edgmont CC (1) | 100 | 81 |
94 | Moore, Jr., Thomas / Moore, Thomas | Sandy Run CC (6) | 103 | 87 |
95 | Jimenez, Louis / Jimenez, Lou | Unattached/Little Mill CC | 108 | 108 |
T96 | Owen, Richard / Owen, Chris | Hartefeld National | WD | WD |
T96 | Conway, Alex / Conway, James | Tavistock CC (3) | WD | WD |
T96 | Cooley, Seth / Cooley, Ian | Lu Lu CC (1) | WD | WD |
T96 | Kenefic, Michael / Kenefic, Michael | North Hills CC/Sandy Run CC | DQ | DQ |
T96 | Owens, John / Owens, Jr., John | Tavistock CC (7) | WD | WD |
T96 | Davy, Robert / Davy, Sean | Medford Village CC | WD | WD |
T96 | Cameron, Dan / Cameron, Alex | Merchantville CC | WD | WD |
Super-Senior | ||||
Rank | Name | Club | Gross | Net |
1 | Walsh, P. Chet / Walsh, William | Philadelphia CC (1) | 72 | 67 |
2 | Kania, Jr., Arthur / Kania, Arthur | Overbrook GC (1) | 74 | 68 |
T3 | Quinn, Gerald / Quinn, Michael | Tavistock CC (5) | 78 | 70 |
T3 | Conboy, Jr., Tom / Conboy, Thomas | Sandy Run CC (7) | 78 | 72 |
5 | Yost, Ed / Yost, Vince | Cedarbrook CC (1) | 79 | 70 |
6 | Gola, John / Gola, Mark | Sandy Run CC/Blue Bell CC | 80 | 69 |
7 | Deakins, Warren / Deakins, Jay | Philadelphia CC/St. Davids GC | 81 | 76 |
8 | Curvan, Tim / Curvan, Jim | Downingtown GC/Phoenixville CC | 82 | 71 |
9 | McClatchy, John / McClatchy, Tim | Whitford CC (1) | 84 | 74 |
T10 | Becker, Jr., George / Becker, III, George | Doylestown CC | 86 | 79 |
T10 | DeHaven, Kevin / DeHaven, William | Hopewell Valley CC | 86 | 70 |
12 | Holsten, John / Holsten, John | Rolling Green GC/Aronimink GC | 88 | 77 |
13 | Mark, Alex / Mark, Peter | RiverCrest GC & Preserve | 89 | 78 |
14 | Simms, James / Simms, John | Sandy Run CC (5) | 90 | 75 |
15 | Westermann, Jr., Martin / Westermann, Sr., Martin | McCall G&CC | 91 | 75 |
16 | Davidson, Jr., John / Davidson, John | GC at Glen Mills/Phila. Publinks GA | 92 | 79 |
17 | Taylor, William / Taylor, Jr., William | The Springhaven Club | 99 | 75 |
18 | Warren, Ken / Warren, Scott | Merion GC (1) | WD | WD |