PHILIPSBURG — Highlighting the holiday weekend was the W. Carl Lupton Memorial match play tournament at the Philipsburg Elks Lodge, which began with play May 26 and ended May 28. Both men’s and women’s championship flights had repeat champions, as the duo of Adam Timchak and Scott Nelson took home the men’s title, while Georgiann Way and Nancy Moskel were victorious on the women’s side.
Timchak and Nelson became back-to-back champions by clawing to defeat their biggest competition in the championship flight, 10-time Lupton Memorial victors Jim Dixon and Patrick Brown, with the duo up six strokes with four holes to play. Arch and Dan Myers captured third place.
The women’s flight was taken over by the team of Way and Moskel, who’s championship repeat effort was good enough to keep the second-place team, Daria Danko and Gabriele Healey, at bay by getting ahead by six strokes with five holes to play.
CENTRE HILLS HOSTS PRESIDENTS’ CUP
The 2018 Presidents’ Cup took place over the weekend at Centre Hills, with play starting May 26 and concluding May 27 for the stroke-play event. Scott Hanna took the Blue Tees group title, while Steve Grim finished the White Tees champion.
Hanna’s victory in the Blue Tees group was a highly contested one, as he outlasted Paul Tomczuk by two strokes, winning 157-159. Third-place Shane Spencer also was not far behind, finishing with a score of 162. Grim was victorious in the White Tees group with a score of 168.
Beyond the tournament, John Showers dazzled the course May 28 with his second career hole-in-one. Using an eight iron on Hole 4 of the Clark Nine, Showers nailed the hole-in-one from the tee of the 148-yard par-3 hole.
The club’s annual Memorial Tournament, a top tournament for members, begins Saturday, June 2.
NITTANY ANNOUNCES TOURNAMENT WINNERS
The club is coming off its’ Memorial Weekend Tournament, consisting of four-person teams playing under “shamble,” or modified scramble, rules. The foursome of Chuck Colyer, Jim Bierly, John Miller and Jeff Ort came out on top in the men’s field.
Taking the weekend title, the group was victorious over the second-place team of Matte McCartney, David Pfaff, Marlan Bowersox and Jim Berkey. The ladies’ field was won by Sally Fletcher, Terri Pfaff, Jean Garber and Vonna Berkey.
Friday, June 1, begins qualifying for the club’s July Fourth Tournament, with the last chance to qualify being Sunday, June 24.
