Dartmouth, Mass. – The New England PGA hosted Stroke Play Series #2 at Allendale Country Club on a rainy Monday, July 6th. The field was full, with 89 NEPGA Golf Professionals coming out to compete in the event.

FULL RESULTS

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Jack Wehle, Assistant out of The Country Club, shot and impressive, 5-under par to finish at the top of the leaderboard. He kicked the round off strong with a birdie on the par-4 first hole. He carded two more birdies through the opening nine holes, one coming on the par-5 6th hole and one on the par-5 9th, making the turn at 3-under. He put up three more birdies on the back, bringing his total birdie count to six on the day.

Jeff Martin, PGA (Wollaston GC), battled the late afternoon heavy rains to finish at 3-under, just two strokes behind Wehle. Martin birdied holes 2, 6, and 9, to make the turn at 3-under. He added three more birdies on 11, 14, and 15 to move to 6-under through 15. A double bogey on 16 moved him back to 4-under with two holes to play and a bogey on 17 moved him to 3-under for the final tie for second place.

Nico Ciolino out of Brae Burn CC also shot 3-under, 69, tying Martin in the second place spot. He traded a bogey on the first hole with a birdie on 6 to make the turn at even-par. Three birdies on the back, including back-to-back on 10 and 11, lifted him to the final 3-under.

Liam Friedman, PGA (Wollaston GC), Bob Bruso, PGA (Worcester CC), and Frank Dully, PGA (Kernwood CC) tied for 4th place overall, shooting 2-under, 70s. Friedman tallied three birdies on the day while Dully’s scorecard boasted two birdies and an eagle on the par-5 ninth hole. Bruso also finished the round with three birdies on his scorecard.

Play was extremely competitive, with 11 players shooting 1-under in a tie for 7th place overall: Ben Kelly (The Country Club), Brendon Ray, PGA (Point Judith CC), Adam Kolloff, PGA (Pure Drive Golf), Andrew Stolze, PGA (The Club at New Seabury), Matt Alwin, PGA (Sakonnet GC), Robert Tramonti, PGA (Triggs Memorial GC), Shayne Sakson, PGA (The Ridge Club), Jim Schouller, PGA (Abenaqui CC), Aaron Walker, PGA (Worcester CC), Dan Venezio, PGA (Portland CC), and Matt Arvanitis, PGA (SNHU)

Thank you to Director of Golf, Bob Giusti, PGA and the entire Allendale CC staff for hosting us. Huge thank you to our SPS #2 partners: AHEAD, Bushnell Golf, Comparion Insurance, SCNS, Maui Jim, Dunning/Greg Norman/Tourney, La Pulga Spirits, and the PGA Tour.