Success on the golf course appears to be hereditary for the Burns family.

In the late 1920s, Dr. Hugh Burns of Scranton won the championship at the Country Club of Scranton three times. Later, his son Jack, of Clarks Summit, also won it three times - in 1968, '70 and '76.

Then, his grandson Tim, of Waverly, won the Pennsylvania State Junior Golf Championship at age 15 in 1976, and built on that feat by winning 11 club championships at Scranton.

Add one more generation to that list of successful players. Dan O'Rourke, the great-grandson of Hugh Burns, finished as runner-up in the New Jersey Junior Golf Championship. Like his uncle Tim, his breakthrough also came at the age of 15. He won all three of his matches, 3 and 2, to reach the final before falling in the title match at Basking Ridge Country Club near Scotch Plains, N.J.

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Bill Gross and Bill Gaylord were medalists at the Member-Guest tournament in June, and each recently was presented with a Bulova watch with their name and score engraved on the back. That's especially nice because it will allow Gross to remind his partner it's time to make another birdie.

Source: Scranton Times-Tribune