Ben Tuthill coaxes in a putt during yesterday’s second round of medal play in the R.I. Golf Association Amateur.

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The Journal / Andrew Dickerman

EAST PROVIDENCE –– David McAndrew and Juliet Vongphoumy came into the R.I. Golf Association Amateur Championship with different goals, which helps explain why their reactions were so different yesterday when qualifying was completed.

McAndrew had the best score in the tournament at Agawam Hunt, earning medalist honors for the second year in a row with a 2-under-par 138. But he was not overly pleased.

Vongphoumy finished 21 strokes behind McAndrew, in a tie for 94th among the 138 players. Yet she was all smiles when it was over.

The 14-year-old put together a solid 78, for a 36-hole total of 159, nine strokes from qualifying for match play. That made no difference. The 5-foot-1 ½-inch 90-pounder won admirers both for the way she played and the way she handled herself as she became the first female to take part in the 103-year history of the event.

“Everything was fantastic,” Vongphoumy said. “I had so much fun playing with Nick (Cioe) and Pat (Monti). They were very supportive and very friendly. It was a great opportunity. I couldn’t turn it down. The whole experience was great.”

Vongphoumy accepted congratulations and then headed to New Jersey, where she will take part in qualifying for the U.S. Women’s Amateur.

McAndrew, meanwhile, is very much focused on Agawam Hunt. He appears to be on the verge of jumping to the top level of amateur golf — not just here, but nationally.

The top player on the Stetson University team this year, McAndrew played well against the best players in the country in the Northeast Amateur last month. Last week, he was in Pinehurst for the North & South, another of the top national events. He finished in a tie for eighth in the two qualifying rounds and then won in each of the first two rounds before being eliminated. He returned home Friday, took a bit of a break for two days, then came out and put together back-to-back 69s to earn medalist honors.

His standards are so high these days that even after finishing first in qualifying for the second year in a row he was less than pleased.

“I had five birds and an eagle today and I only shot 1-under. That’s why I’m not very happy,” he said.

Unlike some who fear a jinx for the medalist, he is happy to be the top seed.

“That’s the first goal, yes, of course, absolutely,” McAndrew said of earning the medal. “I’m playing really good. Today I was good in spurts, bad in spurts. I didn’t really want to do that. That’s the only thing I’m frustrated about.”

He finished with his eagle on the par-5 third, five birds, seven pars, four bogeys and a double bogey.

Three others — Agawam’s Chuck Sullivan, Swansea’s Tom Acciardo and Exeter’s Andy Calcione — came in at 140. Sullivan, a Hendricken grad who prepped this year at Worcester Academy and is headed for St. Anselm’s, had a wild day. He double-bogeyed the first hole but then had eight birds, at 3, 4, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15 and 16.

“On two of them, 10 and 13, I hit it within a foot,” he said. “The others were 10- and 15-footers. My caddie, Brian (Disalvo), read them for me. There were some I read different than he did, but I did what he said and made them.”

The two others in the second-place tie are both frequent contenders. They were not worried about how high they finished, but rather focused only on getting to match play. Calcione said he did not even think about his score while he was on the course, in part because one of his playing partners, Darren Corrente, also was playing well.

“Darren made some putts, I made some putts. We hit some good shots. We were talking as we were going along,” Calcione said. “The next thing I knew, we both had 69.”

Acciardo was similar.

“I played well, very consistent,” he said.

The first-round leader, Jason Hull, settled for a tie for fifth at 141 after carding a 74.

Brad Valois, bidding to become the first player since Bobby Allen (1958-60) to win three times in a row, put himself in excellent position with a 72 for 141 to tie Hull for fifth.

A nine-way playoff was held for the final two spots among those who finished at 150. Former finalist Rob Grossguth was the only player to birdie the first hole to take the 31st spot. Andrew Maziarz parred three holes in a row to outlast everyone else and earn the final spot.

Two rounds of match play will be held today.

103rd R.I. Amateur At Agawam Hunt

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 x-advanced on first playoff hole; y-advanced on third playoff hole

 1, David McAndrew 69-69 — 138; t2, Tom Acciardo 71-69 — 140; Chuck Sullivan 73-67 — 140; Andy Calcione 71-69 — 140; t5, Brad Valois 69-72 — 141; Jason Hull 67-74 — 141; Jeffrey Ray 71-70 — 141; 8, David Sampson 70-72 — 142; t9, Garrett Medeiros 70-73 — 143; Darren Corrente 74-69 — 143; t11, Jamie Lukowicz 71-74 — 145; Ben Tuthill 73-72 — 145; Ken Mernick 73-72 — 145; Matt Broome 76-69 — 145; Paul Quigley 73-72 — 145; Jason Pannone 74-71 — 145; John Auclair 72-73 — 145; t18, Bruce Heterick 72-74 — 146; Jon Costa III 78-68 — 146; t20, Bill Forcier 74-73 — 147; Jim Stallman 74-73 — 147; Jonathan Pannone 77-70 — 147.

 t23, Charlie Blanchard 77-71 — 148; John Ruzzo 76-72 — 148; Sean Desilva 77-71 — 148; Eddie Hjerpe 73-75 — 148; George Pirie 75-73 — 148; t28, Bill Auger 74-75 — 149; Stephen Royer 74-75 — 149; Ben Conway 73-76 — 149; t31, x-Rob Grossguth 76-74 — 150; y-Andrew Maziarz 75-75 — 150; Dan Blessing 75-75 — 150; Dan Sheehan 75-75 — 150; Andrew Fiorenzano 78-72 — 150; John Napolillo 76-74 — 150; Jared Adams 78-72 — 150; Bob Duarte 77-73 — 150; Tom McCormick 79-71 — 150.

Did Not Qualify

 t40, Nicholas Caccia 76-75 — 151; Ronald Varone 74-77 — 151; Jesse DiBiasio 75-76 — 151; Matt Sterling 73-78 — 151; Daniel Cregan 78-73 — 151; t40, Shane Rice 73-78 — 151; George Donnell 78-73 — 151; t47, Jay Barrow 78-74 — 152; Skip Hingley 78-74 — 152; Jim Colucci 77-75 — 152; Dave McNally 73-79 — 152; Chris Nicynski 77-75 — 152; Andy Falcone 78-74 — 152; Tom Goryl 78-74 — 152; t54, Michael Caprio 76-77 — 153; Rick Audette Jr. 77-76 — 153; Kevin Clary 76-77 — 153; David Dercole 77-76 — 153; Robert Marshalewski 75-78 — 153; Jeffrey Farrar 79-74 — 153; Thomas Kellogg 75-78 — 153; David Apuzzo 73-80 — 153; t62, Charlie Hayes 77-77 — 154; Michael Dipietro 78-76 — 154; Jeffrey Furtado 79-75 — 154; Chris O’Neill 79-75 — 154; Ronald Amado 77-77 — 154.

 t67, Lionel Noel 79-76 — 155; Brendan Clair 79-76 — 155; Mark Mazur 78-77 — 155; Joe Ducharme 75-80 — 155; E.J. Wholey 79-76 — 155; t72, Jeff Kern 76-80 — 156; Owen Lynch 72-84 — 156; Peter McBride 79-77 — 156; Pat Monti 79-77 — 156; Jeff Barba 78-78 — 156; Andrew Clark 75-81 — 156; Andy Coughlin 83-73 — 156; David Conley 78-78 — 156; Dan Mollicone 80-76 — 156; t81, Mitchell Pozez 76-81 — 157; Patrick O’Neill 80-77 — 157; Dan Pilkington 79-78 — 157; Erik Manchester 81-76 — 157; Travis Tucker 83-74 — 157; David Patrick 81-76 — 157; James Farrea 76-81 — 157; t88, Bill Campbell 80-78 — 158; Larry Devoe 77-81 — 158; Bob Corio 80-78 — 158; Ed Kennedy 77-81 — 158; Matthew Fattore 79-79 — 158; Norbert Oliveira 78-80 — 158; t94, Ryan Patrick81-78 — 159; Alex Grimes 78-81 — 159; Juliet Vongphoumy 81-78 — 159.

 t97, Ted Spencer 81-79 — 160; Jim Dickinson 80-80 — 160; Rick Bernard 81-79 — 160; Josh Padwa 84-76 — 160; Steve Sampson 81-79 — 160; Mike Soucy 84-76 — 160; t103, Herman Dacones81-80 — 161; Jim King 81-80 — 161; Ryan Woodward 81-80 — 161; Jeffrey Salisbury 74-87 — 161; Rob Touchette 79-82 — 161; David Piccerelli 83-78 — 161; Randy Millen 85-76 — 161; Jeffrey Kafalas 80-81 — 161; t111, Tim Smith 83-79 — 162; Mike Petrarca 81-81 — 162; Neil Buffery 85-77 — 162; Rick Angeli 82-80 — 162; Ryan Hemingway 83-79 — 162; Tim Houlihan 78-84 — 162; t117, Paul Welch 84-79 — 163; Herb Stevens 80-83 — 163; Steve Travis 81-82 — 163; Luke Hyder 85-78 — 163; t121, Alfred Gabarra 85-79 — 164; Nick Cioe 81-83 — 164; Jeff Sanders 78-86 — 164; Peter Rochford 87-77 — 164; t125, Lenny Devoe 86-79 — 165; Chris Holland 88-77 — 165; 127, Chris Dubois 88-78 — 166; 128, Karl Augenstein 86-82 — 168; 129, Joseph Occhi 83-86 — 169; 130, Mark Lapin 83-87 — 170; 131, Marc Federico 88-83 — 171; 132, Rob Felici 83-89 — 172; t133, Kirby Robinson 88-WD — WD.

Today’s Match-Play Pairings

 7:30 a.m. –– McAndrew vs. Maziarz; 7:40 –– Pannone vs. Lukowicz; 7:50 –– Sampson vs. Pirie; 8 a.m. –– Corrente vs. Ruzzo; 8:10 –– Calcione vs. Conway; 8:20 –– Broome vs. Stallman; 8:30 –– Hull vs. Auger; 8:40 –– Quigley vs. Forcier; 8:50 –– Sullivan vs. Grossguth; 9 a.m. –– Tuthill vs. Costa III; 9:10 –– Ray vs. Desilva; 9:20 –– Medeiros vs. Blanchard; 9:30 –– Acciardo vs. Royer; 9:40 –– Mernick vs. Heterick; 9:50 –– Valois vs. Hjerpe; 10 a.m. –– Auclair vs. Pannone.

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