Joseph Viechnicki, DDS, an orthodontist from Bethlehem, PA, is competing in this year's U.S. Senior Open Championship, according to an ADA News story.
Dr. Viechnicki, an amateur golfer and ADA member, will play July 28 to 31 at the Inverness Club in Toledo, OH, at the 32nd Senior Open, the U.S. Golf Association's premier event for players older than 50.
Dr. Viechnicki, 58, is one of only 25 amateurs who have qualified. The event is a 156-player field with 78 golfers fully exempt, including 13 past champions such as Fred Couples.
Dr. Viechnicki, who has orthodontic practices in Bethlehem and Kutztown, PA, is a past president of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley Orthodontic Society.
He earned a spot in the open last month at the Country Club at Woodmore, where he sank a 4-ft birdie putt on the first sudden-death playoff hole to win a six-man playoff for the final spot.
