Chris Kupniewski sweeps the summer “majors” as the Mecryhurst University senior took home top honors at the 2016 Erie Sport Store Amateur Championship. His final round matched his tournament total as Kupniewski posted the only sub-par cumulative score of the tournament, three under par. Playing with a hot putter, Kupniewski birdied both par threes on the back nine enroute to a 3 shot victory over familiar foe Mike Garcia. Garcia tied former Meadville standout and East Tennessee State University freshman to be Zach Ford who shared the lead with Kupniewski as late as the 14th hole. Both Garcia and Ford finished the tournament at even par. Mike Newcomer was one behind and the leader coming into Sunday, Cory Smith, finished the tournament at +2, good for a fourth place finish, tying with Penn State Behrend’s Shawn Sculley.

The final prize pool for the tournament is being determined with merchandise credit available at the Lawrence Park pro shop by Wednesday. All players who played Sunday will receive some amount of merchandise credit.

Final results are available HERE

The cut is 82. All players 83 and higher are eliminated from contention.

Should weather wash out Saturday’s round, the cut line for the top 36 plus ties who will play Sunday is 79.

All effort will be made to play as much golf as possible over the weekend.

Pairings for Saturday are available below. Tee times begin at 11:20am with the field reverse ordered based on Friday’s finish.

PAIRINGS

Saegertown junior outlasted Prep sophomore Patrick Kelly by a score of 3 and 1 to claim the 2016 Erie Sport Store Junior Match Play Championship. Peters started posted three birdies on his round including one on 15 when Kelly seemed to be poised to square the match after falling behind by 3 holes but then claiming 13 and 14 to put pressure on Peters. The two traded pars on 16 and then Peters claimed the title when Kelly’s drive on 17 found the left hazard. Peters went wire to wire if there is such a thing in matchplay as he was the number one seed after Monday’s qualifier.

In girls’ competition, Walnut Creek 8th grader Natalie Brosig needed extra holes not only to gain a birth in match play but also in both of her matches. She defeated Villa sophomore and first seeded Kymmy Henry to in 19 holes to reach the final and then bested Fort Leboeuf’s Syd Worley by the same score to claim the title.

The boys B flight and Boys 10 to 12 flight were far less dramatic as Mercyhurst Prep senior Carl Palotas race away with the B flight defeating Iroquois sophomore Justin Bonniger, 8 and 7. Kyle Westfall claimed the youngest boy’s group by way of an 8 and 6 decision over Ryan Fiscus.