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Shields wins first PNC West Penn Open Championship
(8/25/10)
A three-hole
stretch on the back nine at St. Clair Country Club
clinched the 2010 PNC West Penn Open Championship
for Kevin Shields. Shields, the Director of
Instruction at Sewickley Heights Golf Club, eagled
the par-5 14th hole, and birdied the par-3 15th and
par-4 16th in route to a 5-under 67.
“I have always
wanted to win this tournament,” Shields said.
Shields was the
first player to enter. His final round score equaled
the low round of the tournament posted earlier by
David Brown.
Shields finished
at 7-under 137 to capture his first Open title by 2
shots over Rob McClellan. McClellan, who recently
made his first appearance in a major at the PGA
Championship at Whistling Straits in Kohler,
Wisconsin, birdied the final hole to post 5-under
139 and claim runner-up honors alone. (more) |
Alumnus wills Scholarship Fund $20K (08/17/10)
Richard Heckel, 1932-2010, caddied at Edgewood,
received a WPGA Scholarship in 1950, attended
Carnegie Mellon University, graduating in 1954. He
passed away this spring. An engineering professor at
Michigan Tech University in the state's Upper
Peninsula for many years, Heckel annually supported
the WPGA Scholarship Fund and regularly communicated
with the Association via notes or phone calls. The
Scholarship Fund will soon receive more than $20,000
from his estate, one of the largest individual
donations in the Fund's history. |
Rachel Rohanna co-medalist in USGA Women's Amateur
(08/11/10)
A roller coaster final nine that included three
sixes and four birdies, one on the final hole,
placed Waynesburg's Rachel Rohanna in a tie for
co-medalist in the USGA Women's Amateur Championship
at Charlotte Country Club. Her 65-73--138 tied her
with Jacylyn Sweeney, Andover, MA, and Erynne Lee,
Silverdale, WA. Sweeney, an Arizona State University
standout playing in her final amateur competition,
took the lead with a birdie on the 35th hole but
bogeyed the last to fall into a tie with Lee and
Rohanna. All three receive gold medals, the first
three-way tie in Women's Amateur history. Rohanna's
65 is the lowest 18-hole score in Women's Amateur
history. Rohanna played three straight holes in five
over par, then made four birdies in her last seven
to work her way back to the top of the field. (more) |
WPGA finishes eighth in Williamson Cup Matches
(08/10/10)
A
wild day of low scores settled on Essex Golf and
Country Club in LaSalle, Ontario, for the 47th
Annual Williamson Cup Matches. The individual
medalist and team records were shattered in the
process.
Led by Denny
McCarthy, the Washington Metropolitan Golf
Association finished 25-under 401 and ran away with
the 36-hole competition. The Syracuse District Golf
Association finished 24 strokes back at 1-under 425.
The Western
Pennsylvania Golf Association finished 27-over 453
and finished in eighth place in the ten team
competition.
The tournament
is college format with the low three scores of four
counting each round. (more) |
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Smith surges to win
fourth-straight Amateur Championship (07/08/10) |
| Paired with
seven-time champion Sean Knapp in the penultimate
grouping, Nathan Smith and Knapp started the back
nine tied in the final round of the WPGA Amateur
Championship at Sewickley Heights Golf Club. Smith
duplicated his front nine 34 with two birdies and no
bogeys in route to a 4-under score of 68 to claim
his fourth straight title by three strokes. Smith's
round was the second lowest of the championship,
bettered only by John Popeck's first round score of
66, to finish at 7-under 209.
With the victory, Smith
joins Arnold Palmer and Bob Reilly with four straight
Amateur victories. All trail Knapp's six consecutive
victories from 1998-2003.
Smith has teamed with
Knapp to win the Fred Brand Foursomes Championships five
times since 2005.
Knapp followed scores
of 70 and 71 with a final round 71 to finish at 4-under 212.
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Regional
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Big August for Rohannas (08/17/10)
The Rohanna cousins, Robert and Rachel, headline August for area
golfers. Robert, 24, won the 94th Pennsylvania Open at
Applebrook GC, Malvern, with 67-63-71--201, a three stroke
margin over Blaine Peffley, Lebanon. It was the first
professional victory for the former Penn State standout.
Meanwhile, Rachel, soon to start her sophomore year at Ohio
State, shot
65-73--138, to share medalist honors at the USGA Women's
Amateur, Charlotte, NC. She won her first match, then lost in
the second round.
The duo share another honor, the Frank Fuhrer, III. Award, given
each year to the area's outstanding collegiate golfer. Robert
was honored in 2005-06 and 2006-07, sharing the award with Mike
VanSickle in 06-07. Rachel was similarly honored for the 2009-10
season, sharing the award with John Popeck, Maryland. |
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