Chip Brooke will face Chris Fabozzi in the Florida-Mid-Amateur final
Black Diamond Ranch
(Black Diamond Ranch Photo)
LECANTO, FL (October 9, 2016) -- No. 9 Chip Brooke
and No. 11 Chris Fabozzi are the only two players
remaining at the Florida Mid-Amateur. The two will
begin
their championship match at Black Diamond Ranch at
9:00 a.m. Columbus Day morning.
Brooke punched his championship match ticket
following a 2&1 win over top-seed and co-medalist
TJ
Shuart in the quarterfinals and then a 1 up triumph
over
No. 12 Matthew Giovannelli in the semifinals. Against
Shuart, Brooke was 3 down at the turn but was able
to
rally and win holes 10-12 to square the match and
then
Nos. 14 and 17 to win the tilt.
In the semifinals Brooke had to hold on for dear
life. After nine holes Brooke held a comfortable 4 up
lead, only to watch as Giovannelli rallied to tie the
match on the 15th following four straight wins.
Unfazed,
Brooke responded with a win on the 17th hole to
retake
the lead and then sealed the deal with a closing hole
halve.
Fabozzi began his day with a 3&1 win over
three-
seed Glenn Przybylski in the quarterfinals. With the
match all-square through 14-holes, Fabozzi took
control
late with wins on Nos. 15, 16 and 17.
In the semifinals against No. 15 Joe Alfieri,
Fabozzi
was able to win a seesaw battle on the 20th hole.
Alfieri
sent the match to extra holes with a win on No. 18
but
it was Fabozzi who was able to move on thanks to a
win
on the second extra hole.
MATCH PLAY DAY ONE RECAP
Co-medalist and top-
seed TJ Shuart are among those still alive after the
first
day of match play at the Florida Mid-Amateur. Shuart
was able to advance to the quarterfinals at Black
Diamond Ranch thanks to a pair of 1 up wins over
No.
32 Paul Tesori and No. 17-seed Paul Royak. The 2016
Coleman Invitational champion will now face nine-
seed
Chip Brooke in the quarters.
Michael Connors, who shared medalist honors
with
Shuart, won his Round of 32 match before falling in
the
Round of 16 to No. 15 Joe Alfieri 4&3. The winner of
this
years Florida Amateur Public Links, Alfieri will now
square off against No. 7 Wayne Raath.
The other two Florida Mid-Amateur Quarterfinal
matches feature:
No. 13 Steve Dana vs. No. 12 Matthew
Giovannelli
No. 3 Glenn Przybylski vs. No. 11 Chris Fabozzi
View results for Florida Mid-Amateur
ABOUT THE Florida Mid-Amateur
36 holes of stroke play determine a 32-player match
play bracket. Must be age 25 or older and be a
member
of the FSGA.
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