Yesterday i posted and entry about Marucci and Zahringer will be playing the final of Senior Amateur Championship.The games was played on Thursday and the winner is Buddy Marucci beating George Zahringer 2-up at Shady Oaks Country Club.

Zahringer was 3-down through 12 holes, but the 55-year-old New Yorker rallied to cut the deficit to one with a par on the par-5 15th.With this great win Marucci has awarded with a gold medal and also an invitation to play in the 2009 and 2010 U.S. Senior Open

“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.”

“Of all my accomplishments in golf, this has to top the list,” Marucci said. “I can’t wait to walk into the USGA Museum and see my name up on the Hall of Champions. It means a lot to finally win one of these after all of my years of trying.”

“I think Buddy’s iron play was better than mine today, as was his putting,” said Zahringer, the 2002 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion. “That may have been the difference.”

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