Brent Studer of Metedeconk National Golf Club has continued his hot streak into the fall.
Studer’s round was blemish free, recording a bogey-free 67 in his first round of the New Jersey PGA Championship at Crestmont Country Club
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Studer’s round was good enough to enter the final round with a three-stroke lead over Tyler Hall of Upper Montclair Country Club, who is playing in his first Section Championship.
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Hall, who is No. 1 in the OMEGA Player of the Year race, collected four birdies on his way to a 2-under 70 finish.
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Studer, 53, a three-time winner of the Section Championship in 1998, 2008 and 2015, won the Senior Match Play Championship and Senior Section Championship this season.
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At 1-under, two-time winner Bill Britton of Trump National Golf Club, Colts Neck sits in a tie for third with 2014 champion Pat Fillian of Echo Lake and Brian Krulfeifer of North Jersey, a semifinalist at the Assistant Match Play Championship last week.
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In a tie for sixth are Echo Lake’s Brian Mackey, Andrew Gordon of Rumson Country Club, and John McCarthy of Morris County Golf Club at even par.
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The top 11 finishers for the New Jersey PGA Championship will qualify for the PGA Professional Championship, which features a field of 312 PGA Professionals from around the country.