Scortichini wins Met PGA Assistants Championship
Larry Scortichini of Baiting Hollow Club parred the first playoff hole and defeated Paul Dickinson of Montauk Downs to capture the Met PGA Assistants Championship Wednesday at Bethpage Red.
Both players finished 36 holes of regulation at 4 under par, setting up an all-East End sudden-death playoff. Each was among the top 11 who qualified to play in the national assistant pros championship in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in November.
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Larry Scortichini of Baiting Hollow Club parred the first playoff hole and defeated Paul Dickinson of Montauk Downs to capture the Met PGA Assistants Championship Wednesday at Bethpage Red.
Both players finished 36 holes of regulation at 4 under par, setting up an all-East End sudden-death playoff. Each was among the top 11 who qualified to play in the national assistant pros championship in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in November.
Scortichini has done well in numerous regional tournaments in the past 10 years, leading up to the breakthrough victory.
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The Third Annual Danny Russo Memorial Golf Outing, benefiting the Long Island Cares Harry Chapin Food Bank, will be Sept. 20 at Indian Island Country Club, Riverhead. Call 631-732-8831 . . . The Ninth Annual Bracken Bounce Golf Outing in memory of Kevin Bracken, Engine 40 Ladder 35, who died on 9/11, will be Sept. 24 at Long Island National Golf Club in Riverhead. Call 631-886-2160 . . . Skills Unlimited will hold its 11th Annual Golf Tournament, supporting vocational training and mental health programs, on Sept. 27 at Hamlet Willow Creek, Mt. Sinai. Call 631-567-3320.