Chalanick Survives Playoff to win 2015 RDGA Senior Championship at Webster
RDGA Board member and tournament official Mike Source, left, congratulates
Bob Chalanick, right, after winning his second RDGA Senior Championship title
on Thursday, August 27 at Webster Golf Club.
The 2015 RDGA Senior Championship was hosted by Webster Golf Club's East Course on Wednesday and Thursday, August 26 and 27.
At the conclusion of the 36-hole stroke play competition, two golfers were tied atop the leaderboard for the overall District Senior Championship title - which included players from both Senior (ages 55 to 59) and Super Senior (ages 60 to 64) age flights, which played from the Blue Tees throughout the Championship.
Bob Chalanick, from Ravenwood Golf Club and Paul Parrone, from Midvale Country Club, both finished regulation play at 5-over-par 149 for the Championship, forcing a sudden death playoff. In the playoff, Chalanick outlasted Parrone with a par on the first extra hole to claim his second RDGA Senior Championship title.
Parrone made up the most distance in Thursday's second round - following his first round of 78, he carded six birdies in his 1-under-par round of 71 for the low round of the Championship. Chalanick posted scores of 76-73 for his 149 total.
Chalanick, 59, becomes the ninth mulitiple winner of the District Senior Championship in the last 40 years, having previously won the title in 2012. Chalanick also won the RDGA District Championship John H. Ryan Memorial in 1994.
Irondequoit Country Club's John August finished the 2015 Senior Championship at 8-over-par 152 to finish in third place overall. As the top three overall finishers, Chalanick, Parrone and August each earned exemptions into the 2016 RDGA District Championship John H. Ryan Memorial next summer at Ridgemont Country Club.
At the conclusion of play, winners in each of the four age flights were also recognized:
- In the Senior (ages 55 to 59) age flight, Chalanick was the winner with scores of 76-73--149, followed by first round leader Chris Sorci, who finished in second place with scores of 74-79--153. For Senior flight scoring click HERE.
- In the Super Senior (ages 60 to 64) age flight, Parrone was the winner, with scores of 78-71--149. August was runner up in the Super Seniors with scores of 75-77--152. For Super Senior flight scoring click HERE.
- In the Masters (ages 65 to 69) age flight, which played from the white tees, Mark Walsh from the Golf Club at Blue Heron Hills was the winner, with scores of 76-72--148. For Masters flight scoring click HERE.
- And in the Legends (ages 70-plus) age flight, Jim Cook of Stafford Country Club was the winner, with scores of 77-76--153. For Legends flight scoring click HERE.
The RDGA wishes to thank Webster Golf Club, its staff and members for hosting this District Championship event.
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