National Senior-Junior: Mike McCoy and John Engler win in playoff
Champions Mike McCoy (L) and John Engler (R)
(Photo Courtesy of Nick Erlichman)
JUPITER, FL (January 11, 2017) -- For the second consecutive year the National Senior-Junior hosted by The Dye Preserve went to a playoff. In the playoff the duo of Mike McCoy and John Engler were able to outlast the team of Arnold Cutrell and Darin Kowalski on the second playoff hole.
McCoy, the 2013 U.S. Mid-Amateur winner, and Engel started the final day one-stroke behind but used a final round 64 in the closing day Scramble to reach the 199 number that put them into the playoff. McCoy and Engel started the week with a Best-Ball 68 and a Pinehurst Format 67.
2016 Crump Cup quarterfinalist Arnold Cutrell and Darin Kowalski reached the playoff with scores of 69-67-63.
Thanks to final round 60 John Pickett and Matt Broome placed third with a 54-hole total of 200. There was a log jam for fourth place as Steve Harwell and Scott Harvey (71-67-63--201), Matt Sughrue and Seth Sargent (69-68-64--201) and 36-hole leaders Tommy Brennan and Patrick Christovich (69-65-67--201) shared the spot.
ABOUT THE
National Senior Junior
Mid Amateur, Senior Amateur. Unique three-format
54 hole invitational features a "junior" (mid
am) and a senior paired together. There is also a
Legends division
that pairs legends and super seniors. Started in 1991
by some
Society of Seniors members, the tournament is
played
on a
wonderful course re-done by Pete Dye. One round
each of Best-Ball, Scramble, and
Pinehurst format.
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