The Mountain State of Golf Volume 1, Issue 1, Fall 2021
Reale Runs Away with 102nd WV Amateur Philip Reale of Hurricane became the 102nd West Virginia Amateur Champion today at The Greenbrier, joining 38 others to have hoisted The Greenbrier Trophy, joining the likes of William C. Campbell, Ed Tutwiler, Pat Carter, 102nd WV Amateur Steve Fox and Champion Philip Reale his brother, Anthony Reale. Reale claimed victory by nine strokes after entering the day with a slim one stroke lead. Reale got off to a slow start but finished his round birdieing six of his last 13 holes, including back-to-back birdies on holes six and seven on his way to a final round 65. Alongside Reale in the final grouping of the day was Morgantown’s Chris Williams and South Charleston’s Joseph Kalaskey. Kalaskey got as close as one stroke from Reale early on the front nine, but Reale proved to be playing at the top of his game. With a late back nine charge, Hutson Chandler of Bridgeport birdied three of his last seven holes
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to secure solo runner-up. Low Junior honors went to Daniels’ Todd Duncan with a score of 297 and13-time West Virginia Amateur Champion Pat Carter, of Huntington, earned Low Senior honors. “Winning the tournament was unbelievable,” said Philip Reale. “It still hasn’t quite set in. It’s awesome to be able to so this in front of the family; just awesome.” TOP TEN (plus ties) Champion Philip Reale, Hurricane, 270 Runner-Up Hutson Chandler, Bridgeport, 279 3rd Joseph Kalaskey, South Charleston, 280 T-4 Noah Mullins, Milton, 281 T-4 Alex Easthom, Ravenswood, 281 T-4 Chris Wiliams, Morgantown, 281 7th Isaiah Zaccheo, Beckley, 283 T-8 Jonathan Clark, Hurricane, 286 T-8 Cam Roam, Huntington, 286 T-8 Howie Peterson, Weirton, 286 T-8 Ryan Crabtree, Falling Waters, 286 T-8 Christian Boyd, Charles Town, 286 This year’s championship included two record events. The first was a record-tying 64 on The Meadows by John Francisco of Shepherdstown. The second was the final and record-setting 54th appearance in the West Virginia Amateur for the 1988 & 1994 Amateur Champion, Steve Fox. The final round of the 102nd WV Amateur Championship, presented by Astorg Motor 102nd WV Amateur Continued on page 3