Headline: Sixteen More Competitors Advance to 2017 Massachusetts Super Senior Amateur Championship Following a Qualifier at Brockton Country Club

For Immediate Release: August 3, 2017

Brockton CC hosted the second of three Massachusetts Super Senior Amateur qualifiers on August 3.

Brockton, MA — The second of three Massachusetts Super Senior Amateur Championship qualifiers got off without a hitch on Thursday at Brockton Country Club as 16 competitors advanced to the Championship Proper, taking place September 6-7 at Wyantenuck Country Club.

Click here for full results from the Brockton CC qualifier.

Thursday’s qualifier marked only the second ever time that a qualifier was held for this MGA Championship Proper, which was founded in 2014 and has remained opened to all MGA competitors at least 65 years of age and holding a GHIN handicap index at an MGA member club not exceeding 12.0 or have completed their handicap certification.

The first, held this past Monday at Lexington Golf Club, saw 18 competitors advance to the two-day tournament taking place post Labor Day.

On Thursday, scores for the 16 competitors ranged from 1-over par 73 to 10-over par 82. An additional four competitors, who finished at 11-over par 83, or one stroke above the last qualifying number, were named alternates and will be added to the MGA Alternate List per the MGA Alternate Policy, which can be found on the MGA Championship Page.

The list of the competitors who qualified are as follows:

QUALIFIERS:
Jim Rose (Segregansett CC) 73
Bruce Wedge (D.W. Field GC) 75
Chris Katralis (Westborough CC) 76
Jack Farrell (Cape Cod National) 76
John Flynn (Norfolk GC) 77
Stanley Obrien (Wampatuck CC) 77
Daniel Rice (Black Rock GC) 78
Carter Fasick (Westborough CC) 79
Frank Agostino (Wollaston GC) 79
E. Thomas Porter (Winchester CC) 80
George Fleischner (Stockbridge GC) 80
Frederick Jackson (Cranberry Valley) 81
Ed Rogers (Dennis Pines GC) 81
Richard Licht (Blue Hill CC) 81
Richard Ellis (Thorny Lea GC) 82
Brian Kelly (Norfolk GC) 82

ALTERNATES:
Michael Brandon (Braintree MGC) 83
Keith Caples (Long Meadow GC) 83
Jim Ducey (Marshfield CC) 83
Buzz Speers (Tour Greater Bos) 83

NEXT UP:
The final MGA Super Senior qualifier of the season will be held over the course in the next two weeks. On Thursday, August 3, the second qualifier will be held at Wyckoff Country Club on August 10.

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