Headline: Bay State Super Senior Standout Del Kinney, Jr. Comes Through With a Big Win on National Stage
For Immediate Release: October 22, 2009
Norton, MA — The championship golf season here in Massachusetts may be winding down, but some competitors have taken their game south to compete against some of the top talent in the country.
One golfer – Del Kinney, Jr. (Wyantenuck CC) – recently traveled to Chattanooga to participate in the John Owens Division (age 65-74) of the Society of Seniors Championship.
In what has continued to be a sensational fall season of golf, the 68-year-old Kinney posted a three-round total score of 225 to best a field of top super senior competitors at the event which was held at Lookout Mountain Golf Club and The Honors Course.
Kinney began the event by posting a 1-over par 73 and then followed that up with scores of 5-over par 77 and 3-over par 75 to defeat 1999 U.S Senior Amateur Champion Bill Ploeger (Columbus, GA), Gus Kozina (Beach Park, IL) an Jack Vardaman (Washington, DC) by one stroke.
The Society of Seniors boasts a membership of 852 members that includes USGA Senior Amateur Champions from 1983 through 2008, 14 Walker Cup Players, over 51 panel members of the Golf Digest and Golfweek Course rating panels, and several international members.
Earlier this year, Kinney captured his first career Super Senior Division title at the 2009 Massachusetts Senior Amateur Championship at Salem Country Club. Kinney, who carded a two-day total of 10-over par 154, finished six strokes ahead of the next Super Senior division competitor.
Kinney has a deep connection to amateur golf. In addition to serving as a competitor and rules official at MGA and USGA events, Kinney is a former Executive Director of the Connecticut State Golf Association (CSGA). Kinney, who has also served on the USGA Public Links Amateur Championship Committee, captured the 1986 and 1990 CSGA Public Links Championships and was runner-up in the 1988 and 1990 CSGA Mid-Amateur Championships. Prior to his work in golf administration, Kinney was the director of admissions at Western Connecticut State University until his retirement in 1996.
Here are final results from the John Owens Division (age 65-74) of the Society of Seniors Championship held at Lookout Mountain Golf Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee on October 19-22, 2009.
|
Pos Player |
City |
State |
Final Score |
|
1 Del Kinney |
Great Barrington |
MA |
73-77-75---225 |
|
T2 Bill Ploeger |
Columbus |
GA |
71-76-79---226 |
|
Gus Kozina |
Beach Park |
IL |
79-73-74---226 |
|
Jack Vardaman |
Washington |
DC |
78-72-76---226 |
|
5 Rich Anderson |
Bloomington |
MN |
79-73-75---227 |
|
6 Tom Graham |
Southport |
CT |
77-77-74---228 |
|
T7 Bob Fouke |
Broken Arrow |
OK |
75-74-80---229 |
|
Paul Davies |
St. Helena Island |
SC |
77-76-76---229 |
|
Walt Martin |
Oakton |
VA |
79-73-77---229 |
|
T10 Bill Dorece |
Cincinnati |
OH |
75-74-81---230 |
|
Nick Kirkland |
Snellville |
GA |
78-77-75---230 |
|
T12 Daryl McClendon |
Willowbrook |
IL |
75-81-76---232 |
|
Skip Juris |
Dublin |
OH |
81-76-75---232 |
|
T14 Harcourt Kemp |
Louisville |
KY |
76-80-78---234 |
|
Michael Blum |
Seal Beach |
CA |
84-72-78---234 |
|
16 Don Wood |
Louisville |
KY |
79-82-74---235 |
|
T17 Bob Hullender |
San Antonio |
TX |
75-85-76---236 |
|
Skip Snow |
Dayton |
OH |
78-79-79---236 |
|
T19 Al Riegel |
Maple City |
MI |
77-77-83---237 |
|
Bill Stallings |
McLean |
VA |
78-80-79---237 |
|
Charles Busbee |
McDonough |
GA |
78-81-78---237 |
|
Charles McClaskey |
Elkton |
MD |
77-82-78---237 |
|
T23 Jack Sayers |
Springfield |
OH |
80-80-78---238 |
|
Michael Mahoney |
San Diego |
CA |
80-80-78---238 |
|
Yancey Ford |
Ruckersville |
VA |
84-75-79---238 |
|
T26 Bill McDonald |
Troy |
MI |
77-79-83---239 |
|
Joe Estes |
Atlanta |
GA |
77-81-81---239 |
|
28 Pete Friedes |
New York |
NY |
81-78-82---241 |
|
T29 Andy Williams |
New Denham Bucks |
UK |
81-84-77---242 |
|
Curtis Wagner |
Peachtree City |
GA |
75-82-85---242 |
|
Ron Goldburg |
Delray Beach |
FL |
77-79-86---242 |
|
32Mills Rendell |
Winnetka |
IL |
82-76-85---243 |
|
T33 Bill Western |
Aiken |
SC |
85-84-77---246 |
|
Jerry Caplinger |
Shelbyville |
IN |
80-81-85---246 |
|
35 Dave King |
Potomac Falls |
VA |
84-81-82---247 |
|
36 Bob Twaddell |
Houston |
TX |
85-82-83---250 |
|
37 Ched Hikes |
Scottsdale |
AZ |
89-77-85---251 |
|
38 Richard Smith |
Villanova |
PA |
83-84-85---252 |
|
T39 Julian Saul |
Dalton |
GA |
82-88-83---253 |
|
Maury Povich |
New York |
NY |
83-87-83---253 |
|
41 Ned Baber |
Roanoke |
VA |
85-85-84---254 |
|
T42 Gary Cloutier |
Northville |
MI |
97-79-81---257 |
|
Joe Eubank |
Daytona Beach |
FL |
79-82-96---257 |