Cubel Wins His First Start of the Year
Salem Twp (Salem Hills)
Jeff Cubel birdied the 9th hole (his 12th of the day) to get to 1 under par and then held his nerve with all pars to the house to earn a spot in a playoff for the title with Nancy Hiestand. Hiestand birdied 2 of her final 3 holes to gain her spot in the playoff. Cubel continued his steady play with all pars in the 4 hole aggregate play off to take is first Tour win in his 18th start. Gregg Nothdurft took 3rd at even par and extended his all-time winnings lead in the Animal House Classic. Last week’s winner and World #1 (for 35 weeks) Kevin Gregoire tied for 4th at 1 over par with Joe Robar, Tyler Floyd and John Nievierowski. It was also Gregoire’s 30th Top-4 finish on Tour. The win jumps Jeff up 8 spots in the World Rankings to #42.
In the Zoo Animal Putt Off, Helen Puffenberger bested Cubel, Nothdurft and Tom W Litzler with a par on the tough 2nd hole of the 4-hole aggregate putt off.
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