15th Senior Open of Virginia presented by CGVA Sept. 21-22 | Independence GC, Midlothian | VSGA.org | @VSGA1904

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1. Keith Decker (7) .................................. 530

2. Buck Brittain (5) .................................. 485

3. Jon Hurst (7) ........................................ 481

4. Jon Zampedro (8) ................................ 329

5. Scott Reisenweaver (5) ....................... 282

6. Bowen Sargent (3) .............................. 265

T7. Philip Mahone (5) .............................. 245

T7. Rich Buckner (5) ................................ 245

9. Steve Serrao (4) .................................. 213

10. Jeffrey Klatt (5) .................................. 193

11. Bob Bailey (5) .................................... 187

12. Mike Howell (3) ................................. 184

13. Ron Clatterbuck (4) ............................ 163

14. Matt Sughrue (3) ............................... 160

15. Cam Young (5) ................................... 157

16. Tim Vigotsky (4) ................................. 151

17. Roger Newsom (1) ............................. 150

18. Jay Serrao (4) ..................................... 145

19. Michael Keating (4) ........................... 138

20. Robert Nussey (3) .............................. 135

2020 VSGA Senior Men’s Player Rankings Number of events in which points were accumulated in parentheses

Independence Golf Club

Designed by Tom Fazio and opened in 2001, Inde-

pendence underwent a full renovation in 2014, led by

architect Lester George. Independence features both

an 18-hole championship course and a 9-hole short

course. After a seven-year run at Ballyhack Golf Club,

the State Open of Virginia will return to Independ-

ence in 2021. The club hosted the championship from

2007-2013. The Senior Open will also be played at IGC in 2021. The Senior

Open of Virginia is presented by Custom Golf of Virginia.

Fast Facts

Address: 600 Founders Bridge Road, Midlothian, 23113 |

Phone: (804) 601-8600 | Head golf professional: Elliott Wilson, PGA |

Superintendent: Dan Taylor | Par: 72 | Yardage: 6,585 |

Web: independencegolfclub.com| VSGA championships: 20 |

Last VSGA championship: 2019 Senior Open of Virginia.

Championship Format/Schedule

» 36-hole stroke play competition

» Open to players who will be at least 50 years old by Sept. 21, 2020

» Monday, Sept. 21: First round

» Tuesday, Sept. 22: Second round

» Should there be a tie after 36 holes, a sudden-death playoff will be utilized

to determine a champion.

Starting times and scoring

Starting times for Monday’s first round can be found here or at map-

ga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/mapga20/event/mapga2060. Scoring will be up-

dated throughout the day, and a full recap of each round can be found at

the end the day at vsga.org.

July

7-8 38th VSGA Senior Four-Ball Champ.-x

Golden Horseshoe GC (Gold), Williamsburg

16-18 Delta Dental State Open of Virginia

Ballyhack GC, Roanoke

August

3-7 107th VSGA Amateur Championship

River Bend Club, Great Falls

11-15 73rd VSGA Senior Amateur Championship

Westwood CC, Vienna

25-26 2nd VSGA Multi-Format Team Champ.

(regular and senior divisions)

The Dominion Club, Glen Allen

September

Danville GC, Danville

21-22 15th Senior Open of Virginia-x

Independence GC, Midlothian

25-27 44th VSGA Mid-Amateur Championship-z

Bayville GC, Virginia Beach

October

5-7 5th VSGA Mid-Senior Amateur Champ.-w

Salisbury CC, Midlothian

5-7 26th VSGA Super Sr. Amateur Champ.-y

Salisbury CC, Midlothian

17-18 55th VSGA Four-Ball Championship

Poplar Grove GC, Amherst

20-21 8th VSGA Super Sr. Four-Ball Champ.-y

Mount Vernon CC, Alexandria

23-24 75th Captain’s Putter Matches-*

The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Spgs, WV

Key: w-ages 60-64; x-ages 50 and over; y-ages

65 and over; z-ages 25 and over; *-invitation only

Future VSGA Amateur Championship sites

(subject to change)

2021: Country Club of Petersburg

2022: Bayville Golf Club, Virginia Beach

2023: Boonsboro Country Club, Lynchburg

2024: Belle Haven Country Club, Alexandria

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Scorecard: Independence Golf Club

Hole ..... Par ......Yards

1............ 4 ......... 425

2............ 4 ......... 415

3............ 4 ......... 385

4............ 5 ......... 510

5............ 4 ......... 355

6............ 4 ......... 365

7............ 3 ......... 195

8............ 5 ......... 515

9............ 3 ......... 175

OUT ...... 36 ....... 3340

Hole ..... Par ...... Yards

10 ......... 4 .......... 340

11 ......... 3 .......... 160

12 ......... 4 .......... 340

13 ......... 5 .......... 485

14 ......... 3 .......... 180

15 ......... 4 .......... 360

16 ......... 4 .......... 435

17 ......... 5 .......... 560

18 ......... 4 .......... 385

IN ......... 36 ........ 3245

TOTAL .. 72 ........ 6585

Note: Yardages are subject to change at the

discretion of the committee.

» Defending champion: Dave Pulk (Two Rivers CC)

» How he won: Pulk made a clutch bogey on the par-5 17th after declaring his tee

shot unplayable, sinking a long putt that left him in the lead over Keith Myers.

» Low professional: Glenn McCloskey (Loudoun G&CC)

2020 Men’s Championship Winners

(Regular, Senior, Super Senior)

38th VSGA Senior Four-Ball Championship

Keith Decker/Roger Newsom (123, -19)

Delta Dental State Open of Virginia

Winner: Mark Lawrence Jr. (200, -16)

Low professional: John O’Leary, PGA (209, -7)

107th VSGA Amateur Championship

Medalist: Lawrence and Brandon Berry (133, -9)

73rd VSGA Senior Amateur Championship

Winner: Buck Brittain (d. Bowen Sargent, 2&1)

Medalist: Steve Serrao (134, -8)

2nd VSGA Multi-Format Team Championship

Senior: Jon Zampedro/Jeffrey Klatt (125, -19)

35th VSGA Super Senior Stroke Play Champ.

65-69: Jack Allara (146, +6)

70-74: Terry Towler (151, +11)

75-over: Harry Lea (144, +4)

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Winner: TBD

Low Amateur/Professional: TBD

44th VSGA Mid-Amateur Championship

TBD

5th VSGA Mid-Senior Amateur Championship

TBD

26th VSGA Super Senior Amateur Championship

65-69: TBD

70-74: TBD

75-over: TBD

8th VSGA Super Senior Four-Ball Championship

TBD

75th Captain’s Putter Matches

TBD

The following VSGA men’s championships will

not be held in 2020:

» 37th Virginia-West Virginia Team Matches

» 77th VSGA Club Championship

» 35th VSGA Senior Stroke Play Championship

14th Senior Open of Virginia

At Independence Golf Club, Midlothian | Sept. 9-10, 2019

Top 10 finishers and ties (a–denotes amateur)

1. Dave Pulk (a) .................................................................................................... 69-69—138

2. Keith Myers (a) ................................................................................................. 70-69—139

3. Glenn McCloskey ............................................................................................. 70-70—140

T4. Rick Schuller ................................................................................................... 73-69—142

T4. Chip Sullivan ................................................................................................... 72-70—142

T4. Brendan McGrath .......................................................................................... 70-72—142

T7. Scott Huneycutt (a) ........................................................................................ 73-70—143

T7. Jeffrey Flax (a) ................................................................................................ 72-71—143

T7. Keith Decker (a) .............................................................................................. 72-71—143

T7. Robert Slavonia (a) ......................................................................................... 71-72—143

1. Rick Schuller (4) ..................................... 425.02

2. Dirk Schultz (4) ...................................... 356.12

3. Dick Mast (2) ......................................... 346.74

4. David Hutsell (2) .................................... 340.79

5. Brendan McGrath (4) ............................ 333.41

6. Mark Evenson (4) .................................. 308.99

7. Carey Hodsden (4) ................................. 281.66

8. Jim Estes (3) .......................................... 272.45

9. Ricky Touma (4) ..................................... 265.37

10. Steve Cramer (4) ................................. 233.68

11. Jon Corliss (4) ...................................... 227.95

12. Frank Ferguson (4) .............................. 221.71

13. Marty Johnson (2) ............................... 211.98

14. David Newsom (4) ............................... 208.37

15. Sean English (2) ................................... 200.05

16. Rick Serrano (4) ................................... 191.59

17. Tim White (3) ...................................... 191.18

18. Tim Lewis (2) ....................................... 190.52

19. Geoff Redgrave (2) .............................. 187.78

20. Steve WenPetren (4) ........................... 177.57

2020 OMEGA MAPGA Senior Player Rankings

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To date, only one player has ever won the VSGA Senior Amateur and Senior Open

of Virginia in the same year: David Partridge, who accomplished the feat in 2011.

Tazewell’s Buck Brittain will look to join Partridge on that list at Independence.

Brittain is the only player to have ever won back-to-back Senior Open titles, doing

so at Two Rivers Country Club in Williamsburg in 2017 and 2018. Brittain capped a

strong week at Westwood Country Club in August by defeating Bowen Sargent 2

and 1 in the title match of the 73rd VSGA Senior Amateur Championship. Brittain is

also a past winner of the VSGA Mid-Amateur. All of his titles have come since he

turned 50. A member of at The Virginian Golf Club, Brittain also reached the final

of the 2012 VSGA Amateur at Bayville Golf Club.

Buck’s quest

PGA Life Member Dick Mast of Forest secured his first MAPGA Senior Profes-

sional Championship on Sept. 1 at The Piedmont Club in Haymarket, finishing a

stroke clear of David Hutsell thanks to a 70-foot two-putt on the final hole.

Mast, a past PGA Tour Champions player, shot 68-66 for a two-day 134 and

was one of several from that championship who will participate in the 2020

Senior PGA Professional Championship in Florida in October. Mast and Hutsell

were already exempt. Carey Hodsden, Jim Estes, Sean English, Dirk Schultz,

Brendan McGrath and Tim Lewis all qualified through the MAPGA PFC.

Mast sails to victory

In 2010, Keith Decker (pictured) defeated Vinny Giles in a playoff at the Coun-

try Club of Virginia’s James River Course to claim the Senior Open of Virginia

title. Ten years later, Decker and Giles will vie again for a title as both are in the

field for this year’s event at Independence. Giles remains the only player to win

a U.S. Amateur, U.S. Senior Amateur and British Amateur championships. Joining

them is another Virginia legend: Bobby Wadkins, who has 11 professional victo-

ries to his credit, including four on the PGA Tour Champions. Wadkins has a pair

of top-10 finishes in majors, tying for fourth in the 1987 U.S. Open and tying for

seventh at the 1987 PGA Championship. All three are members of the Virginia

Golf Hall of Fame, and another player, David Partridge, will join them there in

2021 when the 2020 Virginia Golf Hall of Fame Class is belatedly inducted.

Hall of Fame trio set to compete

Dave Pulk (2015, 2019)

Vying to become the event’s first three-time winner.

Buck Brittain (2017, 2018)

Added VSGA Senior Amateur title to resume in August.

Ricky Touma, PGA (2016)

Multi-time qualifier for the U.S. Senior Open.

Rick Schuller, PGA (2013)

One of three players in the field to have won both a State Open of

Virginia and Senior Open of Virginia.

Tim Lewis, PGA (2012)

Ranked 18th in the OMEGA MAPGA Senior Player Rankings.

David Partridge (2011)

13-time VSGA champion.

Keith Decker (2010)

Joins Schuller and Jon Corliss as both a State Open and Senior Open

winner. Virginia Golf Hall of Famer.

Jay Hardwick, PGA (2009)

Former Virginia Tech men’s golf coach playing in this event for the

second straight year.

Jon Corliss, PGA (2008)

Also a winner of the State Open of Virginia and Senior Open of

Virginia.

Past champs in the field

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Senior Open of Virginia history For the Harry W. Easterly Trophy

2019 a-Dave Pulk (Williamsburg) 69-69—138

Site: Independence GC | Runner-up: a-Keith Myers (Roanoke) 70-69—139

Low professional: Glenn McCloskey (Purcellville) 70-70—140

2018 a-Buck Brittain (Tazewell) 67-69—136

Site: Two Rivers CC | Runner-up/low professional: a-Roger Newsom (Virginia Beach) 68-69—137 and

Rick Schuller (Chester) 68-69—137

2017 a-Buck Brittain (Tazewell) 69-69—138

Site: Two Rivers CC | Runner-up/low professional: Rick Schuller (Chester) 71-68—139

2016 Ricky Touma (Bethesda, Md.) 70-65—135

Site: CC of Virginia (Westhampton)

Runner-up/low amateur: a-Dave Pulk (Williamsburg) 68-68—136

2015 a-Dave Pulk (Williamsburg) 68-66—134

Site: CC of Virginia (Westhampton) | Runner-up: a-Tom Grady (Marshall) 70-68—138

Low professional: Rick Schuller (Chester) 70-70—140

2014 a-Roger Newsom (Virginia Beach) 68-68—136

Site: CC of Virginia (Westhampton)

Runner-up/low professional: John Francisco (Westminster, Md.) 69-68—137

2013 Rick Schuller (Chester) 70-68—138

Site: CC of Virginia (Westhampton) | Runner-up/low amateur: John Cuomo (Richmond) 72-68—140

2012 Tim Lewis (Hampton) 69-68—137

Site: CC of Virginia (Westhampton) | Runner-up: Robert Affelder (Berlin, Md.) 68-71—139, Bud Lintelman (Purcellville) 67-72—139

and Daniel Thore (Reidsville, N.C.) 70-69—139

Low amateur: a-Tim Kelley (Ashland) 72-68—140

Note: Tournament shortened to 18 holes due to heavy rain

2011 a-David Partridge (Manakin) 65

Site: CC of Virginia (Westhampton) | Runner-up: a-Keith Decker (Martinsville) 66

Low professional: Glenn Brown (Vienna) 69

*-Decker won with a birdie on the first playoff hole

2010 a-Keith Decker (Martinsville) 69-72—141*

Site: CC of Virginia (James River) | Runner-up: a-Vinny Giles (Richmond) 72-69—141

Low professional: Jon Corliss (Virginia Beach) 71-71—142

2009 Jay Hardwick (Blacksburg) 69-69—138

Site: CC of Virginia (Westhampton) | Runner-up: Jon Corliss (Virginia Beach) 70-69—139

Low amateur: a-Tim Kelley (Ashland) 71-71—142

2008 Jon Corliss (Virginia Beach) 73-65—138

Site: CC of Virginia (Westhampton)

Runner-up/low amateur: a-Ward Hamilton (Manakin-Sabot) 70-69 —139

*-Grady won with a par on the fourth playoff hole

2007 a-Tom Grady (Marshall) 69-70—139

Site: CC of Virginia (Westhampton) | Runner-up: a-Glenn Mullian (Richmond) 72-67—139

Low professional: Mark Wolfla (Richmond) 75-70—145

*-Frasier won in a playoff

2006 Scott Frasier (Roanoke) 71-71—142*

Site: CC of Virginia (Westhampton) | Runner-up/low amateur: a-Joe Restein (Cape Charles) 71-71—142 and a-O.D. Gardner

(Newport News) 75-67—142

Records of note

Most victories

2—Dave Pulk, Buck Brittain

Most low amateur finishes

3—Dave Pulk**

2—Buck Brittain**

2—Roger Newsom*, Tom Grady*, Keith Decker*

**-includes two victories

*-Includes a victory

Most low professional finishes

4—Rick Schuller*

3—Jon Corliss*

*-Includes a victory

Consecutive victories

2—Buck Brittain (2017-18)

Low 36-hole score

134—Dave Pulk (2015)

135—Ricky Touma (2016), Tom Grady (2015)

136—Buck Brittain (2018), Roger Newsom (2014), Dave Pulk (2016)

Largest margin of victory

4—Dave Pulk (2015)

2—Rick Schuller (2013), Tim Lewis (2012)

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