The first round of the 1998 Senior Championship was held on the West course of the Country Club of Hershey. Four time champion John Guenther Jr., Heidelberg, led a field of 66 players after one round. Guenther was the only player to break par on the West course. Three players trailed by one shot, along with defending champion Brian Sachs, Bucknell, only two shots back.

Starting the second day of play, Phil Saylor, Sunnehanna, trailed leader John Guenther Jr. by six shots. Saylor made five birdies to shoot a tournament low three under-par 68. With the clubhouse leader, Saylor in at two over-par 146, and first round leader, Guenther, even par through 33 holes, the tournament seemed to be wrapped up. However two bogies on the last three holes brought Guenther into a tie with Saylor. The championship would have to be decided in a sudden death play-off.

Phil Saylor only needed one hole of sudden death to defeat John Guenther Jr. Saylor added this 1998 Senior Amateur Championship title to his 1998 Senior Better-Ball Championship title, making this year one to remember.

* won in Play-off

Senior Amateur Championship
CC of Hershey - July 27-28, 1998
Scores
Name	Club	1st Rd	2nd Rd	Total Score
Phil Saylor	SUNNEHANNA COUNTRY CLUB	78	68	146*
John H Guenther, Jr.	HEIDELBERG COUNTRY CLUB	72	74	146
Brian Sachs	BUCKNELL GOLF CLUB	74	73	147
George Bilowick	BUTLER COUNTRY CLUB	73	75	148
David A. Carrera	LATROBE COUNTRY CLUB	73	78	151
Don Lamb	MONTOUR HEIGHTS COUNTRY CLUB	73	78	151
Dave Owens	DIAMOND RUN GOLF CLUB	78	74	152
Phil Schaltenbrand	NEMACOLIN COUNTRY CLUB	77	75	152
Larry E. Casebeer	COUNTRY CLUB OF HERSHEY	76	77	153
Leon Buchter	GOLDEN OAK C.C.	80	74	154
Thomas F Conboy	SANDY RUN COUNTRY CLUB	80	74	154
John Y Howson, Jr.	ST. DAVIDS GOLF CLUB	76	78	154
Rich Jacob	PITTSBURGH FIELD CLUB	78	76	154
Dexter A. Elsemore	CONESTOGA COUNTRY CLUB	78	77	155
Dennis A McLaughlin	PINECREST COUNTRY CLUB	75	80	155
Jim Anderson	WILLOWBROOK COUNTRY CLUB	80	76	156
Richard A Smith	PHILADELPHIA COUNTRY CLUB	79	77	156
Bill Stasiulatis	WEST SHORE COUNTRY CLUB	78	78	156
Bob Teufel	COUNTRY CLUB OF HERHSEY	77	79	156
Bob Carter	LEBANON COUNTRY CLUB	79	78	157
Ken Fontanesi	GREENSBURG COUNTRY CLUB	79	79	158
James Sylves	STATE COLLEGE ELKS C.C.	74	84	158
Fred J Tyler, Jr.	READING COUNTRY CLUB	80	78	158
Herbert Gordon	DOYLESTOWN COUNTRY CLUB	80	79	159
Frank Richards	WHITE MANOR COUNTRY CLUB	82	77	159
Warren W Deakins	PHILADELPHIA COUNTRY CLUB	78	82	160
Jim Hoffer	WEST SHORE COUNTRY CLUB	80	80	160
William B Whitman	MOSELEM SPRINGS GOLF CLUB	78	82	160
George Mc Leod	HEIDELBERG COUNTRY CLUB	80	81	161
Charles Watterson	ST. CLAIR COUNTRY CLUB	83	78	161
Domenick Annulli	WHITE DEER GOLF CLUB	85	77	162
Bill Douds	ST. CLAIR COUNTRY CLUB	82	80	162
Christopher S Frazier	SUNNYBROOK GOLF CLUB	82	80	162
A. Kent Weymouth, Jr.	LU LU COUNTRY CLUB	82	80	162
Bill Davidson	CARLISLE COUNTRY CLUB	79	84	163
Milton E Hartley	DOYLESTOWN COUNTRY CLUB	80	83	163
Thomas Kaczor	YARDLEY COUNTRY CLUB	87	76	163
R Lamar Kilgore	STONEWALL	82	81	163
A. Fred Rudy, Jr.	LANCASTER COUNTRY CLUB	81	82	163
James R Sherratt	OLD YORK ROAD COUNTRY CLUB	83	80	163
George J Becker, Jr.	DOYLESTOWN COUNTRY CLUB	85	79	164
Ronald DeLucia	GRANDVIEW GOLF CLUB	81	83	164
Larry Loughner	OVERLOOK PUBLIC GOLF CLUB	85	79	164
Bob Spangler	COLONIAL COUNTRY CLUB	80	84	164
Ed Cahill	SCHUYLKILL COUNTRY CLUB	82	85	167
Harry Holm	HANOVER COUNTRY CLUB	87	80	167
Walter J Kuharchik	GLENMAURA NATIONAL CC	82	85	167
Thomas Surotchak	MAHONING VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB	80	87	167
Robert C. Anderson	LAKE VIEW COUNTRY CLUB	89	79	168
Wayne Hardin	MANUFACTURERS GOLF & C.C.	87	81	168
Ray Ondako	SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS GOLF CLUB	84	85	169
Tom Wallace	ELKS COUNTRY CLUB	88	84	172
Don Warner	STATE COLLEGE ELKS C.C.	89	83	172
Roderick F Eaken	BERKSHIRE COUNTRY CLUB	86	88	174
Roger Sembrat	CHARTIERS COUNTRY CLUB	91	83	174
Andy Scheller	ELMHURST COUNTRY CLUB	89	86	175
Robert E Banks	ARONIMINK GOLF CLUB	89	87	176
Phil Nissley	LANCASTER HOST	86	94	180
Peter Gebhard	LEBANON COUNTRY CLUB	0	0	DNS
Pete Lysaker	CENTRE HILLS COUNTRY CLUB	0	0	DNS
Fran Villella	DU BOIS COUNTRY CLUB	0	0	DNS
David Jones	HEIDELBERG COUNTRY CLUB	84	0	WD
Charles W. Telfer	BLUE MOUNTAIN COUNTRY CLUB	84	0	WD

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