17 TH NEW ENGLAND SENIOR AMATEUR
Laconia Country Club Laconia, N.H. September 16 - 17
LATE BLOOMER
Jim Romaniello didn’t pick up a golf club until the age of thirty, but he made up for
lost time with a victory at the New England Senior Amateur.
A
FTER SHOOTING 71 in the first
round of the 17th New England
Senior Amateur Championship, Jim
Romaniello of Shorehaven Golf Club was just
one stroke off the lead. He remarked that if he
could shoot another 71 in the final round, he
would be happy.
He didn’t shoot a 1-under par 71 on
Wednesday, but he was certainly happy come
tournament end because his two-round score of
1-over par 145 was good enough to earn him the
Harry B. McCracken, Jr. Senior Amateur Trophy.
He finished one stroke ahead of Bruce
Carter (The International - MA) for what was
Romaniello’s first career NEGA Championship
victory.
“I played extremely well the first seven
holes,” said Romaniello. “And then maybe some
nerves crept in, but my short game saved me. I’m
pretty excited right now, so it’s hard for me to
describe.”
The nerves crept in at the beginning
of the back-nine, as he suffered a double bogey