The Maryland entry, led by Dave Nocar, Jr., from Chartwell Country Club, compiled a score of 446 and won the 23rd Four State Senior Challenge at Baltimore CC, October 12. The competition among teams from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, in addition to Maryland, featured eight-man squads with the low six scores to count.
In play over the par-70 East Course on a rainy afternoon, the winners were followed by the Golf Association of Philadelphia, 449, and the Delaware and New Jersey state associations, tied for third at 453. Bill Charpek, from New Jersey, returned the day’s best score, a 70, a tour that included three birdies, three bogeys. Teammate Tom Wood followed with a 71.
Nocar, in his first year of eligibility after turning 55, and the current Senior champion of the host entry, the Maryland State Golf Association, was followed by teammates Tom Grem, Hunt Valley GC, 73; Lee Femister, University of Maryland GC, 74; Skip Tendall, Congressional CC, 74; Craig Ostrom Hobbit’s Gen GC, 76, and Joe Lefavor, U.S. Naval Academy GC, 77, plus George Murphy, Hillendale CC, and Marc Coburn, Hunt Valley GC.
The event was founded in 1989, with Washington as the fourth team instead of Maryland, but the MSGA was invited to participate in 1995 after Washington dropped out. Since that time, Philadelphia has won 10 times — and has the lowest team score, 433 — and the victory by Maryland enabled it to move into a first-place tie, snapping a two-year winning streak by Philadelphia.
Reported by John Stewart
