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When William Miller, Venetia,
fired 62 at Fox Chapel last summer in the West Penn Amateur
on his way to the title, he set a Fox Chapel course record
and WPGA standard for the competitive lowest round ever by
an amateur in this area. Less than a year later Mike
VanSickle, Gibsonia, shot 60 on June 19 in the second round
in the Tri-State Amateur at Chestnut Ridge Resort's Tom's
Run Course to lower that record by two strokes.
Van Sickle, who plays at
Treesdale in Gibsonia, had a terrific collegiate year at
Marquette University with three victories and selections as
All Big East first team and Honorable Mention All-American.
He missed the playoff number for the US Open Sectional in
Columbus by one stroke. He is the co-recipient of the
2006-07 Frank Fuhrer, III, Award, for the WPGA's outstanding
collegiate player, sharing it with Penn State's Robert
Rohanna, Waynesburg.
VanSickle had a chance for 59. After hitting a big drive to the reachable par five 18th, he
missed the green to the left, and missed a five foot putt
for the birdie and 59.
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