Deluca Wins Porter Cup in Sudden Death
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22nd Porter Cup August 6 - 9, 1980 Niagara Gazette Sunday, August 10, 1980 DeLuca wins Porter Cup in sudden death 1 Tony DeLuca*, Vienna, VA 70-72-65-69-276 -4 Tony DeLuca just wanted to 2 Jim Roy, Syracuse, NY 65-71-70-70-276 -4 3 Jay Sigel, Berwyn, PA 67-71-70-69-277 -3 hit the green on the first sud- t4 Frank Fuhrer III, Pittsburgh, PA 68-68-69-73-278 -2 den death playoff hole in the t4 Bob Tway, Marietta, GA 69-70-68-71-278 -2 nd t6 Jeff Sluman, Rochester, NY 70-68-69-72-279 -1 climax of the 22 Annual t6 Rafael Alarcon, Guadalajara, Mexico 74-70-66-69-279 -1 Porter Cup. He did better t6 Mark O’Meara, Laguna Niguel, CA 69-68-74-68-279 -1 than that, cracking a 7-iron 9 Masahiro Kuramoto, Yokohama, Japan 71-73-67-70-281 +1 t10 Joey Sindelar, Horseheads, NY 68-66-77-73-284 +4 approach to within 3 feet of t10 Robert Wrenn, Richmond, VA 69-69-74-72-284 +4 the pin to set up a birdie putt t10 Richard Borg, Worthington, OH 69-71-72-72-284 +4 t10 Bob Lewis, Jr., Warren, OH 72-71-72-69-284 +4 which beat Jim Roy of t14 Ken Mattiace, Jericho, NY 68-67-76-75-286 +6 Syracuse. t14 Bill Harvey, Greensboro, NC 70-70-73-73-286 +6 t16 Fred Silver, Lewiston, NY 73-72-71-72-288 +8 t16 Joel Hirsch, Chicago, IL 71-73-71-73-288 +8 DeLuca, a 6-foot, 4-inch t16 Jeff Walser, Edmond, OK 72-75-68-73-288 +8 Virginian, seemed to be only a t16 Lew Dickey, Toledo, OH 73-71-72-72-288 +8 t20 Garry Pinns, Lombard, IL 70-72-69-78-289 +9 part of the supporting cast as t20 Dick Von Tacky, Titusville, PA 70-73-69-77-289 +9 Roy and veteran Jay Sigel t20 John Salamone, Pittsford, NY 71-71-71-76-289 +9 t20 Steve Liebler, Irmo, SC 73-70-73-73-289 +9 were tied for the lead late in 24 Gary Cowan, Kitchener, ONT 69-73-73-75-290 +10 the tournament’s final round. t25 Jim Bertoncino, Denver, CO 72-70-73-76-291 +11 However, late bogies by the t25 Dan Wood, Decatur, GA 74-72-77-68-291 +11 Tony DeLuca prevailed in the 27 Charles Bolling, Rosemont, PA 70-73-73-76-292 +12 first Porter Cup playoff since latter, coupled with a DeLuca 28 Dick Horne, Mt. Pleasant, SC 70-76-73-74-293 +13 birdie at the par-3, eighteenth t29 Rick Smallridge, Columbus, GA 70-77-72-75-294 +14 Bill Harvey outlasted Charlie t29 Ignacio DeLeon, Les Lomas, Mexico 72-77-74-71-294 +14 Smith in the 1963 tournament set up the first Porter Cup t31 Bill Hadden, Hamden, CT 71-74-77-73-295 +15 playoff in 17 years. t31 Paul Hindsley, Winnetka, IL 74-72-76-73-295 +15 t33 Eijiro Horikoshi, Tokyo, Japan 70-78-74-74-296 +16 t33 Matt King, Nashville, TN 69-80-71-76-296 +16 Roy, a 21-year old junior at the University of South t33 Scott Benjamin, Great Neck, NY 70-76-73-77-296 +16 Florida, had a chance for victory on the last hole of t33 John Ervasti, London, ONT 74-74-74-74-296 +16 t33 Nathaniel Crosby, Hillsborough, CA 74-74-74-74-296 +16 regulation but his t38 Tommy Moore, New Orleans, LA 70-75-75-77-297 +17 12-foot birdie putt t38 Brad Faxon, Barrington, RI 71-73-75-78-297 +17 t38 Ted Brodzik, Lancaster, NY 74-74-74-75-297 +17 slide off to t38 Wilhelm Winsmes, South Africa 72-76-75-74-297 +17 the right. t38 Ned Weaver, Orrville, OH 72-78-73-74-297 +17 t38 Thomas Patri, Middle Island, NY 72-78-74-73-297 +17 t38 Peter Green, Franklin, MI 74-75-76-72-297 +17 “This was my t45 David Snyder, Winter Haven, FL 71-76-73-78-298 +18 week,” said the t45 Bob Mattiace, Jericho, NY 68-76-81-73-298 +18 t45 Gregg Jones, Colorado Springs, CO 75-77-72-74-298 +18 new Champion, a 48 Gary Battistoni, East Aurora, NY 73-78-73-75-299 +19 junior at the t49 Steve Maddalena, Jackson, MI 73-75-75-77-300 +20 t49 Tom Knox, Greensboro, NC 76-73-74-77-300 +20 University of t49 Brian Fogt, Vandalia, OH 79-73-71-77-300 +20 Florida. “I’m sure t52 Kelly Clair, Lansing, MI 69-79-77-76-301 +21 t52 Fred Wadsworth, Columbus, GA 74-81-75-71-301 +21 there are better t54 Mike Hulbert, Ithaca, NY 77-75-74-76-302 +22 players here than t54 Boots Widener, Greensboro, NC 76-72-75-79-302 +22 me, but this was t54 Tim Kuhlman, Lansing, MI 72-77-74-79-302 +22 t57 Jim Robertson, Ardmore, PA 71-79-73-80-303 +23 my week.” t57 Todd Roberts, Plymouth Meeting, PA 75-76-76-76-303 +23 t57 Louis Moore, Cincinnati, OH 84-77-72-70-303 +23 t57 Drew Butler, Hilton Head, SC 75-74-81-73-303 +23 t61 Mike Stanton, Morro Bay, CA 74-76-71-83-304 +24 DeLuca holds t61 Paul Oglesby, Orange Park, FL 71-75-76-82-304 +24 position as he t61 Wayne Player, Transvaal, South Africa 77-77-72-78-304 +24 watches his t61 Richard Cromwell, Stuart, GA 75-79-75-75-304 +24 t61 Gary Marlowe, Rockville, MD 73-78-76-78-305 +25 winning putt t61 Cameron Quinn, Providence, RI 75-80-74-76-305 +25 drop into the t61 Enrique Muller, Atizapan, Mexico 72-84-73-76-305 +25 t61 Mike Mitton, Long Beach, CA 74-83-73-77-307 +27 cup on the first t61 John Yancy, Hudson, OH 79-74-74-80-307 +27 playoff hole t61 Eugenio Nava Fuentes, De Mier, Mexico 75-77-76-79-307 +27 71 Les Westlake, St. Catharines, ONT 72-78-80-78-308 +28 t72 Steve Hoyt, San Marino, CA 75-77-77-80-309 +29 t72 Albert Paonessa III, Lewiston, NY 77-74-79-79-309 +29 CHIP SHOT... Bob Tway was named the PGA Tour Player of t72 Mitchell Camp, Orrville, OH 78-74-77-80-309 +29 the Year in 1986 after recording four victories. He authored t72 Jim Stuart, Macon, GA 81-76-81-71-309 +29 76 Carlos Pamplona, San Jeronimo, Mexico 79-78-77-76-310 +30 one of the most memorable shots in golf history at that year’s 77 Jack Skilling, Chevy Chase, MD 76-74-79-83-312 +32 PGA Championship, holing out a greenside bunker shot at the 78 Chris Glynn, Lewiston, NY 83-82-78-80-323 +43 18th hole on the final day to defeat hard-luck Greg Norman. 79 Rich Reilly, Tucson, AZ 81-87-80-81-329 +49 * defeated Jim Roy on 1st playoff hole 22332_WSU_TEXT.indd 116 6/30/08 11:00:04 AM.