Headline: Lexington Golf Club Opens Its Doors to First-Ever Qualifying Round for the Massachusetts Super Senior Amateur Championship

For Immediate Release: July 31, 2017

Lexington GC hosted the first of three Massachusetts Super Senior Amateur qualifiers on July 31.

Lexington, MA — The first ever qualifier for the Massachusetts Super Senior Amateur Championship, which is entering its fourth year in 2017, was held on Monday at Lexington Golf Club.

Click here for complete results from the Lexington GC qualifier.

Following 18-hole play, 18 competitors now advance to the Championship Proper, being held in the first week of September at Great Barrington’s Wyantenuck Country Club. This is the first of three qualifiers on the Super Senior schedule, as stops at Brockton Country Club and Wyckoff Country Club in the coming weeks.

The second newest MGA Championship Proper, the Super Senior Amateur Championship was introduced in 2014 and is a championship specifically formatted for competitors who have surpassed their 65th birthday. Additionally, all competitors have an active MGA/GHIN Handicap Index at any public, private, semi-private, municipal or non-real estate MGA member course/club not exceeding 12.0 or have completed their handicap certification.

In addition to the 18 qualifiers, 4 players shot one stroke above the last qualifying spot and was added to the alternate list per the MGA Alternate Policy.

The first ever group of players from the Super Senior qualifier are as follows:

QUALIFIERS:
Richard Fleischman (Hopkinton CC) 75
Aram Hintlian (Brae Burn CC) 76
Steven Birnbaum (Pine Brook CC) 77
Tom Fox (Farm Neck GC) 77
Dave Keough (Bass Rocks GC) 77
William Cosgrove (Worcester CC) 79
Mike Armstrong (Bear Hill GC) 79
Ken Diskin (Stow Acres CC) 79
Ron Soderman (Wachusett CC) 80
Brian Barry (Long Meadow GC) 82
Thomas Kelley, Jr. (Marlborough CC) 82
Jim Deveney, Jr. (Essex CC) 82
William House (Amesbury G & CC) 83
John Ranalli (Sharon CC) 83
John Cluney (Haverhill CC) 83
John Ryan (The Ridge Club) 83
Peter Ryan (Plymouth CC) 83
Leo McNamara (Charter Oak CC) 83

ALTERNATES:
Fred Dye (Stow Acres CC) 84
Paul Frankian (Stow Acres CC) 84
Richard Lauzon (Wenham CC) 84
Gary Penna (Sterling National) 84

NEXT UP:
Two more MGA Super Senior qualifiers are being held over the course in the next two weeks. On Thursday, August 3, the second qualifier will be held at Brockton Country Club while the third and final will be held at Wyckoff Country Club on August 10.

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