PORT ST. LUCIE,
San Filippo, 55, a conditional player on the Champions Tour, fired a bogey-free 5-under par 67, breaking out of the pack to finish at 136, low among age groups 49-under through 60-64 on the Ryder Course at The PGA Golf Club.
On the adjacent Wanamaker Course, Logue, 67, shot a 72, for 142, the lowest score for age groups 65-69 through 90-over. Ciampi, 71, totaled 152, the best among eight players who have been members of The PGA of America for at least 50 years.
The PGA Quarter Century Championship, for PGA Professionals with a minimum of 25 years of membership, drew 194 entries. It is the second of six tournaments that comprise the 55th annual PGA Winter Championships. The PGA Senior-Junior Team Championship follows at The PGA Golf Club, Jan. 22-25.
San Filippo, one of seven players to shoot 69 in the first round, got off to a good start in the final round with birdies on the second and fourth holes. "That was important, because the first four holes played into the wind," San Filippo said. "To be 2-under early was a good start, and I played solid all day," adding birdies at Nos. 6, 11 and 15.
Logue, former PGA head professional at Brookside Country Club, was low for the older divisions for the second year in a row. He shot 67-69--136 on the Ryder Course last year as well. "The wind made a huge difference today," he said after a round of just one birdie, a five-footer at the fifth hole, and one bogey, three-putting No. 8.
Ciampi had just achieved his 50-year PGA membership in April. He had spent 50 years at Glen Head Country Club on
These were the fourth Winter Championship victories for San Filippo and Logue, and the second for Ciampi. San Filippo won the PGA Stroke Play Championship in 1992, and the PGA Senior Stroke Play Championship in 2004 and 2006. This was the first year he was eligible for the PGA Quarter Century Championship. Logue was the junior member of the winning PGA Senior-Junior Team Championship in 1971, captured the PGA Senior Stroke Play Championship in 2005 and the PGA Quarter Century Championship last year. Ciampi was the senior member on the winning PGA Senior-Junior Team Championship in 1987.
San Filippo and Logue received $1,500 apiece for their overall victories. The balance of the $52,000 purse was distributed among the 10 age groups. Ciampi was fourth in the 70-74 division, earning $850.
The overall and age group winners:
TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA Quarter Century Championship
The PGA Golf Club - Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Ryder Course (par-72, 6,626 yards)
Overall -- Mike San Filippo, Hobe Sound, Fla., 69-67--136, $1,500
49-under -- Larry Emery, Carterville, Ill., 73-70--143, $500
50-54 -- Gary Robison, Canton, Ohio, 72-68--140, and Bob Boyd, Wilmington, N.C., 69-71--140, $1,050
55-59 -- Mike San Filippo, Hobe Sound, Fla., 69-67--136, $1,850
60-64 -- Bryan Abbott, Stuart, Fla., 71-70--141, $1,500
Wanamaker Course (par-72, 6,037 yards)
Overall -- Jim Logue, Canton, Ohio, 70-72--142, $1,500
65-69 -- Jim Logue, Canton, Ohio, 70-72--142, $1,500
70-74 -- Dick Hendrickson, West Chester, Pa., 71-77--148, $1,500
75-79 -- Bill Erfurth, Northbrook, Ill., 71-80--151, $1,000
80-84 -- Ray Montgomery, Fort Pierce, Fla., 75-79--154, $750
Half-Century -- Nunzio Ciampi, Palm City, Fla., 73-79--152
Wanamaker Course (par-72, 4,941 yards)
85-89 -- Manuel de la Torre, Milwaukee, Wis., 85-88--173, $250
90-up -- Duffy Martin, Guthrie, Okla., 99-96--195, $250
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