Tim Dilli and Larry Storck, finishing near the end of the field, produced birdies on the last two holes to break clear of a crowd and capture the annual Senior Four-Ball Championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at Mountain Branch Golf Club, May 31. The winners finished 33-32–65 for the 6,527-yard, par 72 Harford county course.
Dilli, from Baltimore Country Club, birdied the 17th hole from 15 feet and Storck, from Hayfields CC, struck a wedge shot to a foot at the 18th to set up the winning stroke. For the bogey-free round, Dilli had four birdies, Storck, three — none of them longer than 15 feet.
With only three teams left to finish, three other sides poised for a possible playoff suddenly found themselves relegated to a tie for second place. Tim Meinhardt-John Vollmer, Manor CC; Mike Kelly, Old South CC-Skip Tendall. Congressional CC, and Ben Clements-Mike Occi, Hobbit’s Glen GC had each recorded a 66. Meinhardt had three birdies and Vollmer, two, in an out-going 31, then needed a birdie from Meinhardt at the 18th to take an early lead. Kelly and Tendall had three birdies apiece and “didn’t come close to making a bogey,” while Occi had five birdies and Clements, one, for the defending champions and members of Hobbit’s team that won the recent Washington Metropolitan Senior Team Championship. In addition, they recently added a sixth consecutive victory in the Senior Division of the Belle Haven CC Four-Ball.
Meinhardt-Vollmer collected the low net prize with 66-4-62.
In the Super Seniors (65-over), James Kreckel, Waverly Woods GC, and Ron Wilson, Rolling Road GC, birdied the third playoff hole to defeat defending champions Barry Fleur, Maryland National GC, and George Washburn, Holly Hills CC after the two teams had tied with 70’s in regulation play over a 6,124-yard course. Low net ended in a tie between the Budd/Olson & Lynn/Pastore teams with a net score of 65.
Reported by: John Stewart
