Feindt And Gacos Of Copper Hill Win 48th Mixed Pinehurst

The team of Fran Gacos and John Feindt of Copper Hill shot three-under par on their final nine holes for an even-par 72 to win the NJSGA 48th Mixed Pinehurst Championship by three strokes at New Jersey National Golf Club in Basking Ridge on Wednesday.

The event is sponsored by TSP Capital Management in Summit.

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Karen Cash and Doug Rogers of Darlington were runners up at 75, which included an eagle on their final hole when Cash holed out a wedge shot from 80 yards.

They took second on a match of cards over Dina Golas of Rock Spring and Greg Moran of New Jersey National.

Kevin and Susan Walsh of Montclair, former champions Tracy and Scott Pester of Morris County, Jen and Rich Forlenza of North Jersey, and Beth Bohny and Vincent Galano of Beacon Hill all shot 76.

Yvonne and Leslie Stark of new jersey National won the low net (79-14-65) on a match of cards over Audrey Fischer and Stephen Oliver of New Jersey National (85-20-65).

In the Senior Division, Kevin and Susan Walsh of Montclair won low gross at 76; Jay and Renate Green of Alpine won low net at 78-8-70.

For Gacos, it was her third Mixed Pinehurst championship. She won twice with Ken Hardwick of Copper Hill in 2000 and 1992.

Gacos has won NJSGA Women’s Senior Championships in 2013, 2007, ’06 and ‘05 and was runner-up to Sherry Herman in 2008. Last summer she played in her 11th USGA Mid-Amateur.

“We both played well. We both hit good drives,” Gacos said. “We got on the greens a lot and John did a good job of putting.”

“We were a little conservative on our first nine holes, but more aggressive on our back nine,” said Feindt, 57, who works in point-of-purchase displays. “We caught a break with the weather, having an afternoon tee time.”second and third while Gacos dropped an 18-footer on the seventh.

The birdies on the final nine came on the second third and seventh holes. Feindt made putts of eight and six feet on

“I hit a gap wedge uphill as if it were a 90-yard shot. It took one bounce and went in,” Cash said. “Last summer, I had a double eagle when I holed out from 190 yards on the par-5 10thhole.”

Cash, a three-handicap golfer who lives in Allendale, coaches the boys varsity at Northern Highlands Regional, where she played.

“We did a good job of scrambling,” said Rogers, a graduate of Seton Hall Prep who is also a three handicap and lives in West Orange. “After the first three holes, we just decided to calm down and go for pars.”