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Former Freedom golfers Ryan Orcutt and Ryan Hally team up to win 4th annual Donald Ross Invitational
March 26, 2018
Former Freedom golfers Ryan Orcutt and Ryan Hally team up to win 4th annual Donald Ross Invitational
HELLERTOWN, Pa — A pair of former Freedom High School golfers captured the 4th annual Donald Ross Invitational on Sunday at Silver Creek Country Club.
Ryan Orcutt and Ryan Hally, both 1996 graduates, shot 4-under-par 70-70–140 to win the better ball of partners tournament by one stroke over former Parkland golfers Jason Wilson and Bob Posocco, who shot 69-72–141.
Tied for the lead through the tenth hole Sunday, Orcutt and Hally — playing one group ahead of Wilson and Posocco — birdied the par-4 11th hole to take a two-stroke lead over Wilson and Posocco, who bogeyed the hole.
Wilson and Posocco birdied the par-4 12th hole to pull within one shot of the leaders. Down the stretch, both teams matched five pars, and a birdie on the par-5 15th hole.
In the senior division, the Wedgewood Golf Course duo of John Olszewski and Joe Coulson fired a final-round 6-under-par 32-34–66 to pull away for a three-stroke victory over Bob Beck and Roc Irey.
Olszewski and Coulson combined for a 36-hole score of 8-under-par 70-66–136.
Beck, who will be inducted into the Lehigh Valley Golf Hall of Fame in the fall, and Irey shot 69-70–139.
Dave Blichar and Dominic Carr, who won the senior title in 2014 and 2016, finished third at 71-69–140.
Olszewski, 52 and Coulson, 54, played team golf. Olszewski birdied the second, third, ninth and 14th holes. Coulson birdied the fifth hole, and chipped in from 60 feet for an eagle on the par-5 15th hole.
The victory adds to both players career resumes. Olszewski won the 2015 Lehigh Valley Inter-Club Championship, and is a three-time Northeast PA Stroke Play Championship winner. Coulson won the inter-club title in 2014, and the Lehigh Valley Mid-Amateur in 2013.
4th annual Donald Ross Invitational
Silver Creek Country Club (par 72)
Final 36-hole scores
SENIOR AMATEUR DIVISION:
1. John Olszewski & Joe Coulson 70-66-136 (8-under-par); 2. Bob Beck & Roc Irey 69-70-139; 3. David Blichar & Dominic Carr 71-69-140; 4. Andrew Lykon & Robert Schubach 71-70-141; 5. Rob Zampella & Ike Haluska 75-69-144, Gary Schillo & Ben Spence 71-73-144; 7. Steve Kutzera & Herb Thomas 68-77-145; 8. Dave Siegfried & Ed Beagell 75-74-149; 9. Scott Spence & Rich Fryer 74-78-152; 10. Mike Reilly & Wayne DeFranco 78-77-155; 11. Joseph Kutzera & Fred Wagner 77-79-156; 12. David Strohl & Andy Ralston 85-77-162.
AMATEUR DIVISION: 1. Ryan Orcutt & Ryan Hally 70-70-140 (4-under-par); 2. Jason Wilson & Bob Posocco, 69-72-141; 3. Sean Lyons & Eric Ostrosky, 70-77-147; 4. Matt Crilley & Aaron Polanski 79-76-155, Chad Sportelli & Scott Byrd 74-81-155; 6. Joe Barabas & Bryan Barabas 80-88-168.
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