Carter and Shimmin Win Senior Porter Cup Titles
LEWISTON, NY (Sept. 1, 2010) -- On a cold day with no sun and a three-club wind, Ron Carter fired a 66 to open the first round of the 2010 Senior Porter Cup. After a second round 71 and a final round 66 Carter eventually cruised to a nine shot victory over Rick Woulfe who came in with scores of 70-70-74--214. Doug Poole finished solo third with scores of 77-70-68--215 and John O'Malley fired a 70-73-73--216 to tie fourth with Chip Lutz who had 70-73-73--216. Last year's winner, Ray Sovik, finished in tenth place with scores of 74-74-72--219.
In the Super Senior division Gary Shimmin (76-74-71--221) birdied two of the last three holes including the 18th to win by one shot over Skip Snow (77-73-72--222). Second round leader Fred Silver (74-74-77-225) tied third with Jim Sechrist ( 73-76-76--225) and Alan Foster (75-79-71--225).
For complete results please follow the link below the list of players who achieved rankings points.
ABOUT THE Senior Porter Cup
The Senior Porter Cup is an invitational
amateur
event conducted at stroke play over 54 holes.
The
Tournament Committee reserves the right to
invite players of national and international
reputation to participate. Contestants are
selected
on the basis of their competitive record and
accomplishments in major amateur and senior
amateur tournaments. Players must be at least
55
years of age prior to beginning of tournament.
The Senior division was added to the annual
Porter Cup Invitational in 1992 and has been
played as as a separate tournament since
2008.
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