Group 1 Golf Champions !

By Greg Mattura / Record Sports

Midland Park won the Group 1 crown in its debut in the finals. The Panthers shot 348 to finish one shot ahead of Bergen County rival Pascack Hills, last year’s Group 2 titlist.

Junior Joe Furlong led Midland Park with a 79, four strokes behind the individual champ, Verona’s Jack Strippoli. The Panthers, with nary a senior in the foursome, also got an 81 from junior Mikey Folignani.

“They’re just such a mature group,” said Midland Park coach Dick Bennett. “They’ve played together now for two years, and they play an awful lot of golf outside together, and so I was pretty optimistic coming down here.”