Smeraglio leads Crump Cup
PINE VALLEY, NJ (Sept. 29) – Glenn Smeraglio of Newtown, PA shot an even par 70 to lead the Open division by one shot over Roger Newsom of Virginia Beach, VA and Arnie Cutrell of Greensburg, PA.
Tomorrow the eighty one player field will complete the 36 hole stroke play qualifying into three flights of sixteen.
Alan Fadel of Toledo, OH holds the lead in the senior division with a score of 70. Former senior division champion Pat Tallent of Vienna, VA and Marty West of Rockville, MD are one shot back.
Thirty seven senior players are competing for three flights of eight. Four players failed to finish their rounds because of darkness following a two hour lightning delay.
ABOUT THE
Crump Cup
The George A. Crump Memorial Tournament --
named
for the
hotelier and course architect most famous for
building
Pine Valley -- is arguably the premier mid-
amateur
event in the United States. The invitational field
is
made of of top players from around the United
States
and the UK. The format for the four days is two
rounds
of stroke play qualifying, followed by four
rounds
of
match play. Players are flighted according to
their
qualifying position, and a separate Senior flight
includes three of those flights. Jay Sigel has won
the
event the most times, with nine victories
between
1975 and 1993.
Normally, the public is invited to attend the Sunday
final matches but that tradition has been suspended.
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