Philly Metro Retains THE METRO CUP In Sudden-Death Playoff
Posted: 12/18/2014 9:57:59 PM
The victorious Philly Metro Team displays their Metro Cup trophies at Royce Brook.

GOLFWEEK Amateur Tour – The Metro Cup
Metro NY vs. Philly Metro
Saturday September 27, 2014
Royce Brook Golf Club (East)

 

The annual post-season Metro Cup challenge match between the Metro New York Tour and the Philly Metro Tour was held on Saturday September 27th, 2014 at the Royce Brook Golf Club (East) in Hillsborough, NJ. The golf course was designed by Stephen R. Smyers and opened in 1998. The top 20 available players from each tour (4 each from the 5 flights) matched up against each other in 3 different formats:  Better-Ball of Partners (9 holes), Modified Alternate Shot (9 holes), and Head-To-Head Singles (9 holes). It was a perfect autumn day for golf, as players competed in the spirited and hard-fought competition.

Philly Metro opened strong in the Better-Ball matches, leading 6 ½ to 3 ½ after the first 9 holes of play, but Metro NY bounced right back in Modified Alternate Shot, winning 5 ½ of the 10 possible points, making the score 11 to 9 in favor Philly Metro at the end of 18 holes. Of note were several Eagle “3’s” in Alternate Shot, from the Clavin/Foss team (MNY) and the O’Neal/Dupree team (PM).

Afternoon Singles play began with a split of the matches in CHAMP Flight, with two games halved, and one win for each side.  In the A Flight, Philly Metro secured a point in all four matches, with the final game, a see-saw battle between Dupree and Keiser in which the lead changed 3 different times, coming down to the last hole.  With the overall score now 17 to 11 in favor of Philly Metro, it appeared as though the Metro Cup would come to a rather early conclusion.

However, Metro NY staged a major comeback, taking 9 of the 12 available points in the B, C and D Flights. Several of the C and D Flight games were won by convincing margins by the Metro New York players. At the end of the day, Metro New York got to 20 points first, and was on the doorstep of victory, when the final game was won by John Stevens of Philly Metro to secure the tie.

To settle the tie, one player from each side went to a sudden-death playoff. Albie Sanguiliano from the Philly Metro side took the title for his team with a win over Michael Goldfarb of Metro New York on the first playoff hole. It was an exciting scene, as each team followed their player down the fairway and surrounded the green to watch the exciting conclusion.

With the win, Philly Metro retained the Metro Cup. Detailed results of the matches can be found below.

Special mention to undefeated team members Dave Neder (PM) , Kermitt Bowen (MNY) and Michael Tusa (MNY). A fabulous time was had by all on a very enjoyable golf course.

It has been a great season and we are looking forward to tournament golf in 2015 – as always, thanks for playing on the GOLFWEEK Amateur Tour


BETTER

BALL

RESULTS



PM


MNY










Name


Flight


Name














Andrew Neal

Halved

E

Halved

Steve Clavin


 1/2


 1/2

Mark Monkhouse


E


Rygo Foss














Albie Sanguiliano


E


Michael Felton


 1/2


1 1/2

Jules Quinones


E

1 Up

Michael Goldfarb














Kyle Mazza

3 & 2

A


Buzzy Tenney


1 1/2


1 1/2

Joe Volpe


A


Justin Keiser














Justin O'Neal


A

1 Up

Tri Tran


1 1/2


2 1/2

Michael Dupree


A


Rob Senatore














Steve Sanguiliano

2 & 1

B


Tom Steinmann


2 1/2


2 1/2

Mike Sabbagh


B


Frank Dellaira














Jim Boyce

2 & 1

B


Rob Keisel


3 1/2


2 1/2

Ron Fortino


B


Derek Stevenson














Chris Moore

1 Up

C


Steve McDonald


4 1/2


2 1/2

Tom Evancho


C


Ross Riviere














Dave Neder

3 & 2

C


John Durante


5 1/2


2 1/2

Ray Fortino


C


Carl Merz














George Adams

3 & 1

D


Will D Johnson


6 1/2


2 1/2

Sean Matthews


D


Joe Scalero














Bruce Vander Voort


D

4 & 3

Kermitt Bowen


6 1/2


3 1/2

John Stevens


D


Michael Tusa
























ALTERNATE

SHOT

RESULTS















Name


Flight


Name














Andrew Neal

2 & 1

E


Steve Clavin


7 1/2


3 1/2

Mark Monkhouse


E


Rygo Foss














Albie Sanguiliano


E

3 & 2

Michael Felton


7 1/2


4 1/2

Jules Quinones


E


Michael Goldfarb














Kyle Mazza


A

3 & 2

Buzzy Tenney


7 1/2


5 1/2

Joe Volpe


A


Justin Keiser














Justin O'Neal

2 & 1

A


Tri Tran


8 1/2


5 1/2

Michael Dupree


A


Rob Senatore














Steve Sanguiliano

Halved

B

Halved

Tom Steinmann


9


 6

Mike Sabbagh


B


Frank Dellaira














Jim Boyce

Halved

B

Halved

Rob Keisel


 9 1/2


 6 1/2

Ron Fortino


B


Derek Stevenson














Chris Moore


C

3 & 1

Steve McDonald


9 1/2


7 1/2

Tom Evancho


C


Ross Riviere














Dave Neder

1 Up

C


John Durante


10 1/2


7 1/2

Ray Fortino


C


Carl Merz














George Adams

Halved

D

Halved

Will D Johnson


11


 8

Sean Matthews


D


Joe Scalero














Bruce Vander Voort


D

1 Up

Kermitt Bowen


11


9

John Stevens


D


Michael Tusa
























SINGLES


RESULTS

















Flight
















Andrew Neal

Halved

E

Halved

Michael Felton


11 1/2


9 1/2










Mark Monkhouse

Halved

E

Halved

Michael Goldfarb


 12


 10










Albie Sanguiliano

2 & 1

E


Steve Clavin


 13


 10










Jules Quinones


E

2 & 1

Rygo Foss


 13


11










Kyle Mazza

4 & 3

A


Tri Tran


 14


11










Joe Volpe

2 Up

A


Rob Senatore


 15


11










Justin O'Neal

3 & 2

A


Buzzy Tenney


 16


11










Michael Dupree

1 Up

A


Justin Keiser


 17


11










Steve Sanguiliano


B

3 & 2

Rob Keisel


 17


12










Mike Sabbagh


B

2 Up

Derek Stevenson


 17


13










Jim Boyce


B

3 & 2

Tom Steinmann


 17


14










Ron Fortino

3 & 1

B


Frank Dellaira


 18


14










Chris Moore


C

1 Up

John Durante


 18


15










Tom Evancho


C

3 & 2

Carl Merz


 18


16










Dave Neder

4 & 2

C


Steve McDonald


 19


16










Ray Fortino


C

3 & 2

Ross Riviere


 19


17










George Adams


D

3 & 2

Kermitt Bowen


 19


18










Sean Matthews


D

2 & 1

Michael Tusa


 19


19










Bruce Vander Voort


D

4 & 2

Will D Johnson


 19


20










John Stevens

3 & 2

D


Joe Scalero


 20


20





















TOTAL




 20


20




















SUDDEN

DEATH

PLAYOFF















Albie Sanguiliano

*


6

Michael Goldfarb


1


0



















 

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