Anderson Memorial Four Ball: Tennessee Team wins
MAMARONECK, NY (July 11, 2010) Parker Smith and Philip Breeding of The Country Club (Tenn.) outdueled the host club’s Peter Meyer on Sunday to win the 74th John G. Anderson Memorial Four Ball Championship at Winged Foot. They knocked off Huntington’s Joseph Saladino and Dave Boccia 1-up in the semifinals, then prevailed 2-up in the final.
John G. Benson and Don Erickson III of Punxsutawney (Pa.) Country Club beat Joe Sommers and Jim Graham of Winged Foot 2 and 1 to win the senior division championship. They beat another Winged Foot duo, Robert Howe and Michael Murr 4 and 2 in the semifinals.
John G. Anderson Memorial Four Ball Championship
Championship division
Semifinals
Parker Smith and Philip Breeding (The Country Club) def. Joseph Saladino and Dave Boccia (Huntington), 1-up
Matthew Meyer and Peter Meyer (Winged Foot) def. Jay Pumphrey and Riley Pumphrey (Cimarron Hills), 1-up
Finals
Smith and Breeding def. M. Meyer and P. Meyer, 2-up
Senior division
Semi Finals
Joe Sommers and Jim Graham (Winged Foot) def. Bob Fairchild and Brian Sparrow (Canterbury), 3 and 1
John G. Benson and Don Erickson III def. Robert Howe and Michael Murr (Winged Foot), 4 and 2
Finals
John G. Benson and Don Erickson III (Punxsutawney) def. Joe Sommers and Jim Graham, 2 and 1
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ABOUT THE Anderson Memorial
Perhaps the most coveted best-ball
invitation in all of amateur golf. Created in 1933 to
honor Winged Foot founding member and two time
U.S.
Amateur runner-up John G. Anderson, the event
consists of a 36 hole qualifier followed by two days
of
match play competition in both Championship and
Senior divisions.
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