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Peter
Famiano
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Graduated
from Linton HS in 1962
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Won
the Times Union Hearst golf
championship for juniors in
1960
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Finished
eighth in the Hearst
National Junior Tournament
at Riviera CC in California
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Played
golf at Linton HS for Walt
Przybylo
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1960
Linton golf team finished
undefeated, winning the
Section II title and the New
York State championship
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Captain
of the 1961 Linton golf team
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1961
Linton golf team won the
Sectional title (he finished
second in the individual
competition)
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Won
the New York State Junior
championship in 1961
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Member
of the University of Houston
golf team (1962-1966)
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Played
on the South African PGA
Tour during winter months
(1971-1988)
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Won
the New Jersey PGA Bill
Strausbaugh/Club Relations
and Employment Award four
times
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NJPGA
Senior Player of the Year
(1994, 1995 and 2002)
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NJPGA
Golf Professional of the
Year (1988 and 1995)
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Won
the 1994 and 1995 New Jersey
State Golf Association
Senior Open
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Won
the 1998 NJPGA Section Pro
championship
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2001
NJPGA Merchandiser of the
Year
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Won
the 2002 NJPGA Senior
championship
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Won
the 2002 Metropolitan Senior
Open (holds tournament
record)
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Montclair
State University golf coach
(1979-1999)
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Took
five individuals and one
team to the NCAA Division
III Golf Championship (first
team to ever represent
Montclair State in the NCAA
Championship)
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Coached
four All-Americans
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Montclair
State University Golf
Director (2000-2003)
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NJPGA
President (1994-1996)
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Played
in two United States Senior
Opens and two Senior PGA
Championships
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Voted
by peers and rated by Golf
Digest: second
best teacher in NJ (2000)
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Head
golf professional at
Crestmont CC (1973-2004)
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Shares
Crestmont CC course record,
65, with Cary Middlecoff
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Promoted
to golf director at
Crestmont CC in 2005
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Inducted
into the New jersey PGA Hall
of Fame in 2004
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Northern
NJ Chapter National Multiple
Sclerosis Society
“Supporter of the
Decade” (1986)
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Instrumental
in starting the NJ State
Golf Association “Hook a
Kid on Golf” Caddie
Scholarship program
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Active
in the Metopolitan Golf
Association Foundation’s
“Golfworks” program,
which offers employment to
financially disadvantaged
and minority children
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Nominated
for the Metropolitan Golf
Association’s
Distinguished Service Award
(2007)
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Has
played, coached,
administered and promoted
golf
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Many
pros consider him to be
“the consummate golf
professional”
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