Youth served at Chenango County Amateur
PLYMOUTH – Youth was served in the return of the Chenango County Amateur Golf Championship, Saturday afternoon at Canasawacta Country Club.
Norwich High School students, Eric Walling and Casey Marson, captured the men’s and women’s scratch titles respectively.
Walling, a senior-to-be, outlasted Edd Jenkins in a two-hole playoff, while Marson was a comfortable seven-shot winner. Brad Hall took the 18-hole men’s seniors title; Don Chirlin won the men’s super senior division; Ryan Hagen earned the top spot in the high school division, and Marcus Dickerson of Greene fired a 36 to win the nine-hole middle school age group.
Walling, while short on years, is long on high-level competitive tournament experience. He has played as the number one or two man the last two seasons on the Norwich golf team, and this past spring, played his way on to the Section IV New York State Tournament team where he helped Section IV to a top-five team finish.
“Playing those tournaments has given me a lot of confidence, but I haven’t quite been in pressure situations like this,” Walling said.
Walling found himself one stroke in arrears to leader Edd Jenkins as he headed to his final hole of the day, the short par-four 18th. Walling drove the ball just short and right of the green, chipped to within two feet, and tapped in for birdie to finish his round at 2-over-par 73.
Jenkins was nearly two holes behind Walling’s group, but was aware of Walling’s birdie. On the long par-three 17th, Jenkins pushed his drive short and right of the green. He chipped to within eight feet, but missed the par putt – a two-shot swing as it turned out – to fall behind Walling by one.
Jenkins drove it down the middle on 18, “right where I wanted it,” he said. Jenkins hit his sand wedge approach to seven feet below the hole, and drained the bird to tie up Walling.
“I wasn’t aware he needed to make that putt, but I knew he had a good chance to make it,” Walling said of Jenkins’ putt, who was watching Jenkins play along with his parents and approximately 20 other onlookers. “I was pretty confident going into the playoff because I had just birdied 18.”
Jenkins found himself in trouble off the tee on the opening playoff hole – the 330-yard first hole – while Walling’s drive and approach left him putting for birdie from the fringe about 30 feet from the hole. Jenkins hit his third shot, a pitch from 30 yards, to the back fringe, and he got up-and-down for the bogey. Walling, though, left a bit too much meat on the bone after his first putt, and missed a six-footer that would have clinched the victory.
Number 18 served as the second playoff hole, and Walling pulled off a first by driving the green for the first time in his life. Jenkins, again, was about 45 yards from the green in nearly the identical spot when he needed to make birdie about 30 minutes earlier.
Jenkins’ approach was on line rolling past the hole to about 10 feet for his birdie. Walling, putting for a eagle from 25 feet, knocked his putt to within gimme range, and tapped in for his second birdie on the hole in as many tries. Jenkins, faced with a tricky right-to-left putt, just left his birdie try on the low side of the hole to end the playoff.
“I’ve been playing steady most of the year and haven’t had too many bad rounds,” Walling said. “My confidence was up from the spring, and I just wanted to give myself a chance for the second round. I wasn’t making putts in the first round, but I managed to post a decent number, and give myself a chance.”
Marson, who will enter her junior year at Norwich this September, has plenty of junior tournament experience – and a couple of titles in the Central New York Junior PGA. Still, Marson had yet to break 80. Going out in 40 on the front nine, she opened up a four-shot lead on second-place Krista Porter. Six straight pars on the 12th through 17th holes expanded Marson’s advantage. She needed no worse than bogey on the final hole to eclipse 80, and she accomplished that with ease. Marson drove the ball down the middle, and was just a lipped-out putt away for par to shoot a 78. “I had just shot 38 in league (earlier in the week),” Marson said, saying she had been playing well. “After the front nine, I knew that I just needed to break 40 on the back nine. I wasn’t thinking about winning, I just wanted to break 80.”
Hall narrowly edged Jenkins in the senior division by one shot. The two entered the final hole tied, and Hall birdied the final hole to earn the victory as Jenkins settled for par. “Brad played nearly flawless,” said Hall’s playing partner, Dave Martin.
Chirlin outdueled Tom Franck in the super seniors using a pair of 42s on the front and back nine to win by two. Ryan Hagen topped Norwich golf team teammate, Corey Johnson, winning in a playoff, and Greene’s Dickerson birdied the 10th, 13th, and 16th holes to highlight his one-over-par 36 on the back nine.
Scoring
(par-71 at C.C.C.)
Men’s Scratch
(top 6)
*Eric Walling 77-73-150
Edd Jenkins 74-76
Mark Demellier 77-76-153
D. Martin 82-75-157
T. Carson 80-77-157
B. Hall 73-85-158
*won playoff on second hole
Women’s Scratch (18 holes)
Casey Marson 40-39-79
K. Porter 44-42-86
P. Cwynar 50-37-87
Men’s Senior (18 holes)
Brad Hall 38-35-73
E. Jenkins 38-36-74
M. DeMellier 37-40-77
Men’s Super Senior
Don Chirlin 42-42-84
T. Franck 42-44-86
High School boys
*Ryan Hagen 44-40-84
C. Johnson 40-44-84
Junior High boys (9 holes)
Marcus Dickerson 36
B. Maynard 40
R. Johnson 44
Norwich High School students, Eric Walling and Casey Marson, captured the men’s and women’s scratch titles respectively.
Walling, a senior-to-be, outlasted Edd Jenkins in a two-hole playoff, while Marson was a comfortable seven-shot winner. Brad Hall took the 18-hole men’s seniors title; Don Chirlin won the men’s super senior division; Ryan Hagen earned the top spot in the high school division, and Marcus Dickerson of Greene fired a 36 to win the nine-hole middle school age group.
Walling, while short on years, is long on high-level competitive tournament experience. He has played as the number one or two man the last two seasons on the Norwich golf team, and this past spring, played his way on to the Section IV New York State Tournament team where he helped Section IV to a top-five team finish.
“Playing those tournaments has given me a lot of confidence, but I haven’t quite been in pressure situations like this,” Walling said.
Walling found himself one stroke in arrears to leader Edd Jenkins as he headed to his final hole of the day, the short par-four 18th. Walling drove the ball just short and right of the green, chipped to within two feet, and tapped in for birdie to finish his round at 2-over-par 73.
Jenkins was nearly two holes behind Walling’s group, but was aware of Walling’s birdie. On the long par-three 17th, Jenkins pushed his drive short and right of the green. He chipped to within eight feet, but missed the par putt – a two-shot swing as it turned out – to fall behind Walling by one.
Jenkins drove it down the middle on 18, “right where I wanted it,” he said. Jenkins hit his sand wedge approach to seven feet below the hole, and drained the bird to tie up Walling.
“I wasn’t aware he needed to make that putt, but I knew he had a good chance to make it,” Walling said of Jenkins’ putt, who was watching Jenkins play along with his parents and approximately 20 other onlookers. “I was pretty confident going into the playoff because I had just birdied 18.”
Jenkins found himself in trouble off the tee on the opening playoff hole – the 330-yard first hole – while Walling’s drive and approach left him putting for birdie from the fringe about 30 feet from the hole. Jenkins hit his third shot, a pitch from 30 yards, to the back fringe, and he got up-and-down for the bogey. Walling, though, left a bit too much meat on the bone after his first putt, and missed a six-footer that would have clinched the victory.
Number 18 served as the second playoff hole, and Walling pulled off a first by driving the green for the first time in his life. Jenkins, again, was about 45 yards from the green in nearly the identical spot when he needed to make birdie about 30 minutes earlier.
Jenkins’ approach was on line rolling past the hole to about 10 feet for his birdie. Walling, putting for a eagle from 25 feet, knocked his putt to within gimme range, and tapped in for his second birdie on the hole in as many tries. Jenkins, faced with a tricky right-to-left putt, just left his birdie try on the low side of the hole to end the playoff.
“I’ve been playing steady most of the year and haven’t had too many bad rounds,” Walling said. “My confidence was up from the spring, and I just wanted to give myself a chance for the second round. I wasn’t making putts in the first round, but I managed to post a decent number, and give myself a chance.”
Marson, who will enter her junior year at Norwich this September, has plenty of junior tournament experience – and a couple of titles in the Central New York Junior PGA. Still, Marson had yet to break 80. Going out in 40 on the front nine, she opened up a four-shot lead on second-place Krista Porter. Six straight pars on the 12th through 17th holes expanded Marson’s advantage. She needed no worse than bogey on the final hole to eclipse 80, and she accomplished that with ease. Marson drove the ball down the middle, and was just a lipped-out putt away for par to shoot a 78. “I had just shot 38 in league (earlier in the week),” Marson said, saying she had been playing well. “After the front nine, I knew that I just needed to break 40 on the back nine. I wasn’t thinking about winning, I just wanted to break 80.”
Hall narrowly edged Jenkins in the senior division by one shot. The two entered the final hole tied, and Hall birdied the final hole to earn the victory as Jenkins settled for par. “Brad played nearly flawless,” said Hall’s playing partner, Dave Martin.
Chirlin outdueled Tom Franck in the super seniors using a pair of 42s on the front and back nine to win by two. Ryan Hagen topped Norwich golf team teammate, Corey Johnson, winning in a playoff, and Greene’s Dickerson birdied the 10th, 13th, and 16th holes to highlight his one-over-par 36 on the back nine.
Scoring
(par-71 at C.C.C.)
Men’s Scratch
(top 6)
*Eric Walling 77-73-150
Edd Jenkins 74-76
Mark Demellier 77-76-153
D. Martin 82-75-157
T. Carson 80-77-157
B. Hall 73-85-158
*won playoff on second hole
Women’s Scratch (18 holes)
Casey Marson 40-39-79
K. Porter 44-42-86
P. Cwynar 50-37-87
Men’s Senior (18 holes)
Brad Hall 38-35-73
E. Jenkins 38-36-74
M. DeMellier 37-40-77
Men’s Super Senior
Don Chirlin 42-42-84
T. Franck 42-44-86
High School boys
*Ryan Hagen 44-40-84
C. Johnson 40-44-84
Junior High boys (9 holes)
Marcus Dickerson 36
B. Maynard 40
R. Johnson 44
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