EMERSON – Collegian Blaine Lafferty leads following today’s morning wave of the final qualifier for the 100th Met Open Championship.
Lafferty, 19, representing the MGA eClub of New Jersey, shot a bogey-free, 5-under 67 at Hackensack GC. He had five birdies on a course playing just over 6,800 yards.
Lafferty is a Marlton resident and former star at Cherokee High who in the spring completed his freshman season at Delaware.
In a field of more than 130, the low 13 and ties will advance to the Metropolitan Golf Association Open, which is Aug. 25-27 at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, N.Y.
A quartet is tied for second with 69: Bergen County pros Kevin Syring of Alpine and Alex Beach of Ridgewood, and college brothers Jeremy and Ethan Wall of Manasquan River.
Another Bergen County resident, collegian Thomas La Morte of Haworth, is sixth with 70.
Tied for seventh with 71 are collegians Ryan Snouffer of Panther Valley and Dawson Jones of MGA eClub New Jersey.
Tied for ninth with 72 are amateur Steve Zychowski of Mendham and the only golfer in the top 10 not representing the Garden State: pro Tyler Jaramillo of St. Andrew’s.
MGA Open qualifier
at Hackensack GC, Emerson
Par: 72; Yardage: 6,804
Morning wave
a-Blaine Lafferty, MGA eClub NJ 67
Kevin Syring, Alpine 69
a-Jeremy Wall, Manasquan River 69
Alex Beach, Ridgewood 69
a-Ethan Wall, Manasquan River 69
a-Thomas La Morte, Haworth 70
a-Ryan Snouffer, Panther Valley 71
a-Dawson Jones, MGA eClub 71
a-Steve Zychowski, Mendham 72
Tyler Jaramillo, St. Andrews 72
a-John Havey, High Bridge Hills 73
Mike Strlekar, Montclair 74
a-Ryan Siegler, MGA eClub NJ 74
a-Gregg Angelillo, Baltusrol 74
Peter Springstead, Hackensack 74
David McGovern, Brooklake 74
Matt Dubrowski, White Beeches 74
a-Ryan Skae, Rockland 74
a-JT Harper, Fiddlers Elbow 74
a-John Lay III, MGA eClub NJ 74
Seth Hirshhorn, Arcola 74
a-Michael D. Lee, North Shore 74
a-George Jamgochian, Winged Foot 75
Kevin Figa, White Beeches 76
Kevin Riley, Manhattan Woods 76
a-Johnny Slater, Rockland 76
Peter Day Chang, Black Oak 76
Kevin Weyeneth, Hollywood 77
Michael Laudien, Rotella 77
a-David Iwan, Rumson 77
a-William Bello, Metedeconk 77
a-Dan O’Rourke, MGA eClub NJ 77
a-Peter Elfers, Hackensack 77
a-Ben Alcorn, Fairmount 77
a-Eamon Marone, MGA eClub NJ 78
Matthew Hardy, Canoe Brook 78
a-Clifford Lindholm, Montclair 78
Andrew Bostrom, Green Brook 78
Len Siter, Mountain Ridge 78
a-Brett Gottsegan, Essex County 78
Jeffrey Anderson, Anchor 78
a-Chris Kopack, Ramsey 78
a-Noel Hodges, Montclair 79
Richard Terga, Mountain Ridge 79
Joseph Levatino, Neshanic Valley 79
a-Sebastian Naibaho, Dunwoodie 79
a-Cyrus Whitney III, Hackensack 80
a-Vince Budny, Metedeconk 80
a-George Cultraro Jr, Arcola 80
a-Sam DiGaetano, MGA eClub NJ 80
a-Michael Rojas, White Beeches 80
Aaron Asedo, Brooklake 80
Ed Osowski, Mountain Ridge 81
a-Curt Woodworth, Sleepy Hollow 81
a-Joseph Castelli, MGA eClub NJ 81
a-John Morgan, Canoe Brook 81
Mark Braziller, Westhampton 81
a-Rich Rau Jr., Neshanic Valley 82
a-Ross Rabin, Edgewood 82
a-Lucas Artigliere, NJ National 82
a-Kyle Hardy, West Hills 83
a-Michael Purcell, Forest Hill 83
a-John Capra, Stanton Ridge 85
Nicholas Lamberti Jr. Spring Brook 85
a-Darren McGowan, Darlington 86
a-Peter Walter, Echo Lake 100
a-Daniel Levin, Century NS
a-Matthew Klein, Quaker Ridge NS
Paul Kaster, Forsgate WD
a-Robert Beers, Ramsey WD
a-Clark Holle, Essex County WD
a-Ric Weinstein, Minisceongo, WD
a-Christopher Day, Siwanoy WD
a-Matt Gentile, Fairmount WD
a-Bill Snouffer, Panther Valley WD
Joe Gathmann, Ardsley WD
a-Chris Marzoli, Fiddlers Elbow WD
Jerry Moore, Stanton Ridge WD
a-Griffin Carroll, Baltusrol WD
a-denotes amateur
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