July 30, 2009
Manor CC
Was quite please to see so many current players as well as former players trying out for the Washington Metropolitan Golf Association Amateur. This is the biggest amateur event for the year in the DC area.
Matt Brown continued his strong showing this summer by making it into the match play field after qualifying rounds. Jonathan Biava (07) just missed while Dan Hathway (07) and Tom Shapiro (05) did qualify.
Matt won his first round match over Colin St. Maxens in 19 holes and then defeated Josh Apple in the second round with a one-up victory. Matt dispatched Chris Miller 4&3 in the quarterfinals to gain the semis. St. Maxens won the Gorin earlier while Miller plays for UMD.
Matt's semifinal match was against the eventual champion Brendan Kelly (Villanova) but Matt would not go down without a fight. He had a chance to take a 1 up lead on the 16th hole but a four-footer just missed. Then he made a good up-an-down on 17 to halve the hole. Both players had about 20-foot birdie putts on 18 but neither could convert. Then on the 19th hole Matt left his first putt woefully short and missed a ten-footer that gave the match to Kelly.
Matt showed a lot of grit against some very good older competition.
Danny lost 1 down in the second round while Tommy lost in the first round.
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