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PA Amateur Championship Results

Schlachter Wins 85th Pennsylvania Amateur Championship
Tourament Scores
Bent Creek Country Club anxiously anticipated the opportunity to display what golf is like in Litiz, Pennsylvania. Bent Creek made this years Amateur one to remember with membership sponsored lunches, dinners and refreshments. The course, a 6719 yard par 71, was tightly groomed with plush fairways and speedy greens, not to mention some difficult pin positions. High afternoon winds elevated first round scores, with only four of the 132 players able to shoot par or better. After one round of play three players were tied for the early lead at one under-par 70; David Hewett, Lake View; K.J. Stutz, Media Heights; and Jim Sullivan Jr., Huntingdon Valley. Defending champion Sean Knapp, St. Jude’s, finished with a two over-par 73. Blue skies greeted players for the second round of play. Bent Creek, however, refused to yield any low scores, with only one player able to break par, Robin McCool,70. After 36 holes, Jim Sullivan Jr. and K.J. Stutz remained on top of the leaderboard at level par 142. With two rounds complete the field was cut to the low 40 players and ties. It was determined that the 41 players at a score of 152 or better would return for final two rounds the next day. At the midday lunch break on day three, this years Amateur looked like a four man race. Robin McCool, Saucon Valley, shot a two-under par 69 to take a one shot lead at 216. Paul Schlacter, Nevillewood, also shot 69 positioning himself at 217 along with 36 hole leader Jim Sullivan Jr. Sean Knapp, defending champion, was planning his final round attack only two shots back at 218. With a final round one under-par 70, Paul Schlacter posted a clubhouse leading 287. Standing on the 18th tee, only a few groups behind, Sean Knapp needed to make birdie to force a sudden death playoff. Even though tension was high, Sean was able to guide in a birdie four and force extra holes. On the first hole of sudden death, hole #10, Knapp’s approach shot missed the green allowing Schlacter to take the advantage by placing his ball 20 feet from the pin. Knapp was unable to get up and down after an aggressive chip shot. After cuddling his first putt close to the hole, Schlacter was able to make the longest three foot putt of his life for the title. A 49 year-old school teacher with dreams of playing on the senior tour, Schlacter nearly collapsed with joy when his ball toppled into the cup.
Scores
Name	Club	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	RD 4	Total
Paul Schlachter	Club at Nevillewood	74	74	69	70	287*
Sean R. Knapp	St. Jude GC	73	73	72	69	287
Robin McCool	Saucon Valley CC	77	70	69	72	288
Nathan Smith	Pinecrest CC	73	76	72	72	293
Jim Sullivan, Jr.	Huntingdon Valley CC	70	72	75	78	295
Greg Marshalek	Whitford CC	78	73	68	77	296
K.J. Stutz, II	Meadia Heights GC	70	72	77	78	297
William Lawler	Fox Hill CC	75	73	74	75	297
Todd Grassi	Lawrence Park GC.	75	75	77	72	299
Albert Hromulak	Sunnehanna CC	77	71	76	76	300
Jeffrey T. Hovanec	Alcoma GC	76	74	75	75	300
John King Sweeney	Conestoga CC	75	76	73	76	300
Robert Poore	Penn Oaks GC	75	71	76	79	301
Stephen Probst	Old York Road CC	75	76	77	73	301
James Bohn	Shade Mt GC	71	74	78	79	302
David Richards	Bent Creek CC	72	77	76	77	302
Craig Cochran	Merion GC	77	73	75	77	302
Guy Wuollet	Merion GC	76	74	73	79	302
David Brown	St. Clair CC	79	72	74	78	303
David Hewett	Lake View CC	70	80	78	76	304
Michael Korenoski	Butler CC	77	75	75	77	304
Chick Wagner	Oakmont CC	72	76	77	80	305
Vincent P Zachetti	Hannastown GC	77	74	75	79	305
John G Jones	Oakmont CC	77	74	80	74	305
Warren Choate	Williamsport CC	76	75	78	76	305
Paul Rogowicz	Yardley CC	78	72	81	76	307
Neil Gordon	Philmont CC	75	73	81	79	308
Brian Corbett	Wyoming Valley CC	74	73	80	82	309
Michael Ladden	Waynesborough CC	75	74	81	79	309
James J Bryan	Latrobe CC	72	80	79	78	309
Arnie Cutrell	Greensburg CC	74	74	90	72	310
James Gardas	Honesdale GC	78	71	79	82	310
Mark DiGiacomo	Lebanon CC	77	74	82	78	311
Gregory Ferguson	Sinking Valley CC	76	72	84	80	312
Andy Latowski	St. Jude GC	73	78	78	83	312
Brian Groff	Bent Creek CC	74	77	78	83	312
Scott Simonsen	Lake Shore CC	72	80	81	80	313
Jim Blinn	Irem Temple CC	75	76	78	85	314
Don H. Erickson, III	Du Bois CC	75	77	84	83	319
Andy Hay	Shannopin CC	74	77	87	83	321
Michael Gregor	Huntingdon Valley CC	73	73	DQ	/	/
* won in playoff

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