The only two two-player teams to shoot in the 60’s each earned a low gross prize in the sixth One-Day Stroke-Play tournament at Hillendale Country Club, September 8. The event, sponsored and conducted by the Maryland State Golf Association, drew 38 teams on a sunny and mild fall day.
Ten teams led by Pete Haber, from Turf Valley CC, and Matt Hollerbach, from Crofton CC, with 3-under-par 34-35–69, played the Back tees (6,296 yards) and 23 teams, topped by the U.S. Naval Academy’s Joe Lefavor and Tom Clements with 34-33–67, played from the Forward tees (5,782 yards).
Although Hollerbach, an engineer with the Louis Berger Group in Baltimore, has played in other MSGA tournaments, this marked the first time for Haber, who works for Pritchett Controls in Beltsville, and the first time the two had played as a team. They totaled four birdies (three by Hollerbach) and one bogey. Second gross went to Mason-William Woolford, MSGA eClub, 37-36–73.
Lefavor, who had five birdies, and Clements have often played in these as well as other MSGA events. They were in the first foursome off in the morning and their score stood up for the rest of the day. A match of cards settled second and third gross, as Sparrows Point CC’s Choon So-Larry Storck (36-35) and Hillendale’s Matt Margoilies-Wink Mather (35-36) tied at 71.
Charles Griffin-Matt LaChance, from Lambda Links, returned 81-18-63 for low net from the Back tees, followed by Mike Wankmiller, from MSGA eClub, and Ray Wankmiller, from the Links at Lighthouse Sound, 75-9-66. LaChance highlighted his round with a birdie at the 162-yard seventh for a net 1, while Griffin had 10 net birdies.
The tightest race for low net from the Forward tees saw MSGA eClub entrants Trevor Burkhart-Herman Cornejo Saravia edge RedGate GC members Al Adana-Cesar Rodas, 81-21-60 to 74-13-61. The winners carded net nines of 32-30 and the latter included net eagles at Nos. 10 and 18 by Cornejo Saravia and one by Burkhart at No. 12.
The pairing of Aldana-Rodas was almost as impressive with nines of 32-28 and their last nine included a net eagle at No. 10 and two net birdies by Aldana, a frequent prize-winner in previous One-Day starts, and three net birdies by Rodas.
The only other classification was Mixed (five entries), where Bill Chu, from Annapolis Area #401, and Cherry Chu, from Aberdeen Golf Courses, took low gross with 79, and Jack Leidich and Adley Kloth picked up low net with 76-11-65.
The final One-Day event of the year will be held October 19, at the Suburban Club in Pikesville.
Full Payout Results
Men’s Back
1st Gross – Pete Haber and Matt Hollerbach
1st Net – Charles Griffin and Matt LaChance
2nd Gross – Mason Woolford and William Woolford
2nd Net – Mike Wankmiller and Ray Wankmiller
Men’s Forward
1st Gross – Tom Clements and Joe LeFavor
1st Net – Trevor Burkhart and Hernan Cornejo Saravia
2nd Gross – Larry Storck and Choon So
2nd Net – Al Aldana and Cesar Rodas
3rd Gross – Matt Margolies and Wink Mather
3rd Net – John Hazlett and Greg Jarosinski
Mixed
1st Gross – Bill Chu and Cherry Chu
1st Net – Jack Leidich and Adley Kloth
