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Marucci captures USGA Senior Amateur crown at Shady Oaks

Associated Press

Thursday, September 25, 2008

FORT WORTH, Texas -- U.S. Walker Cup captain Buddy Marucci won the USGA Senior Amateur on Thursday, beating George Zahringer 2-up at Shady Oaks Country Club. The 56-year-old Marucci, from Villanova, Pa., won for the first time in 51 starts in U.S. Golf Association events. "It's great to get a win after all these years," said Marucci, best known for losing to Tiger Woods in the 1995 U.S. Amateur final. "It means a lot." Zahringer was 3-down through 12 holes, but the 55-year-old New Yorker rall ...

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