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Tournament Highlights

Berkshire Country Club Men's Club Championship
2002: winner by 7 strokes (71-72).

2001: second by 9 strokes (73-77-70).

1992: winner by 1 stroke (83-76-74).

Harry Markel Match Play Championship (Berkshire)
1998: runner-up to Dave Giles.
1999: winner (def. Dave Rupp in finals).
2000: winner (def. Mike Mendel in finals).
2002: winner (def. TJ McGlinn in finals).

Berkshire Junior Club Championship
(3 times).

Hawley Quier Memorial
1999: second place by 1 stroke to Zack Amole (77-73).

Berks County Match Play Championship
1998: runner-up to Joe Cala.

Facts and Figures

Current handicap: 3.
Typical number of rounds per year: 25-30.
Average score: 76.

Best 18-hole rounds:
Berkshire Country Club (par 36-35-71), blue tees: 35-33-68, 38-32-70, 34-36-70, and 36-34-70.
Gleneagles Resort, Monarch's Course (Jack Nicklaus design), par 72, white tees: 34-36-70.

Best 18-hole rounds in medal tournament play:
36-34-70 at Berkshire Club championship, 2001.
37-34-71 and 35-37-72 at Berkshire Club championship, 2002.
38-35-73 at Moselem Springs, Hawley Quier Memorial (par 70), 1994.
37-36-73 at Moselem Springs, Hawley Quier Memorial, 1999.

Best 9-hole scores: 3 rounds of 33 (-3) on the front nine of the Berkshire, and a 32 (-3) on the back nine.

Best consecutive 9 holes:
5 under par. In the Berks Amateur 1999 at Moselem Springs, I birdied 13, 16, and 18 at the end of the first round, and 2 and 3 at the start of the second.

Most consecutive birdies: 3. Holes 7-8-9 (twice), 8-9-10, and 12-13-14, all at the Berkshire.

Eagles on par 4's:
Hole 8, Wigwam Resort, Gold Course, AZ, 435 yds.
Hole 18, Brookside Country Club, PA, 255 yds (3 times).
Hole 10, Golden Oaks Golf Club, PA, 410 yds.
Hole 17, Moselem Springs Golf Club, PA, 410 yds.
Hole 7, Berkshire Country Club, PA, 330 yds.

Holes in one:
Nary a one!

Fewest putts in a round: 9-11-20 (Brookside CC, Pottstown PA, 2002).

Most greens in regulation in a round: 16 (Berkshire, blue tees).

Miscellaneous

I was presented the Michael J. Smith Memorial Golf Award in 1990 at the Hill School for "dedication to the game of golf."

At the Hill, I earned five Major H awards for varsity golf.

I also played on the Harvard golf team for a year and a half; there I received only the "minor H."

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