Pepa, Hubbs Capture 30th MGA Senior Net Four-Ball
Second place net finishers, Richard Koshar and Ralph Lombardi.
CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. (May 9, 2023) -- Michael Pepa of Smithtown Landing Men's Club and Raymond Hubbs of Kings Park Golf Association earned top honors Tuesday at Hollow Brook Golf Club, posting a net 7-under 64 to win the 30th MGA Senior Net Four-Ball by two shots.
Pepa and Hubbs bested a trio of tandems that tallied net rounds of 5-under 66. Past winners Ralph Lombardi and Richard Koshar of Neshanic Valley earned second place by way of the team age tiebreaker, while Ralph Scocozza of Somers National and David Vermilyea of the Links at Union Vale took third.
The Long Island duo played consistently, carding four net birdies on the opening nine before adding three more on the way in for their 7-under 64. They had no net bogeys on the card for the day. Their best stretch came between Nos. 9-14, as natural birdies - one for each player - on Nos. 9 and 14 bookended the span that also included net birdies - again, one for each player - on Nos. 10 and 13 for a 4-under span over the six holes.
Lombardi and Koshar used a pair of birdie-net-eagles on their opening nine - on the par-4 fourth and seventh holes - to launch them into the tie for second.
Scott Ireland and Rodney Stilwell of Silver Lake Men's Club on Long Island and Hollow Brook's own James Feraca and Scott Matthews of Hudson Hills posted matching gross scores of 3-under 68. Ireland and Stilwell took the tiebreak - once again coming by way of the higher total team age. Ireland and Stilwell recorded nines of 32-36 for the 3-under total.