Senior Challenge Matches biographies

David Brookreson
Club: Huntingdon Valley Country Club
Age: 58
2006 accomplishments: Earned a third consecutive Senior Silver Cross Award by two strokes … finished second behind Robin McCool of Saucon Valley CC at the Senior Amateur Championship at St. Davids GC with a 4-over-par 144 (73-71) … defeated a field of 156 at the Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross) at Yardley CC with a 2-under-par 70 … tied for fifth place in the Frank H. Chapman Memorial (Gross) at Woodcrest CC with a 3-over-par 74 ... 2004-05 Senior Player of the Year ... 2005 Senior Amateur Champion.

Michael Dougherty
Club: Huntingdon Valley Country Club
Age: 57
2006 accomplishments: Landed in a four-way tie for second place at the Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross) at Yardley CC with an even-par 72 … tied for fifth place at the Chapman Memorial Cup (Gross) with a 3-over-par 74 at Woodcrest CC … tied for seventh in the Senior Silver Cross Award standings.

Charles "Buck" Jones
Club: Philadelphia Publinks GA
Age: 55
2006 accomplishments: Jones teamed up with Michael Nilon of Philadelphia CC to take the 47^th Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play Championship at Cavaliers CC with a 6-under-par 65 … finished in second place, two strokes behind winner Andy Thompson at the Chapman Memorial Cup (Gross), with an even-par 71 at Woodcrest CC … qualified for the U.S. Senior Amateur with a 4-under-par 68 at Cherry Valley CC.

Bill Lawler
Club: Fox Hill Country Club
Age: 59
2006 accomplishments: Secured his first Senior Player of the Year Award by seven points by qualifying for match play of the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship … finished alone in third place with a 146 total (74-72) at the 36^th Senior Amateur Championship at St. Davids GC … landed in a four-way tie for second place at the Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross) at Yardley CC with an even-par 72 … tied for fifth place in the Chapman Memorial Cup (Gross) with a 3-over-par 74 at Woodcrest CC … tied for third in Senior Silver Cross Award standings.

Robin S. McCool
Club: Saucon Valley Country Club
Age: 55
2006 accomplishments: Won the 36^th Senior Amateur Championship by two strokes (68-74) 142, over David Brookreson of Huntingdon Valley CC at St. Davids GC (par 70, 6,395 yards) … tied for third in the Senior Silver Cross Award standings … placed seventh in the Warner Cup (Gross) with a 3-over-par 75 at Yardley CC … won the Senior Division of the Debaufre Players Trophy at Philadelphia CC … carded a record-setting victory in the Saucon Valley Country Club Senior Club Championship.

Francis McFadden
Club: Overbrook Golf Club
Age: 56
2006 accomplishments: Finished in a tie for seventh place at the 36^th Senior Amateur Championship at St. Davids GC with a 148 (73-75) … registered a 2-over-par 73 to finish tied for third place with Thomas Bartolacci, Jr. of Saucon Valley CC at the Chapman Memorial Cup (Gross) at Woodcrest CC … landed in a four-way tie for second place at the Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross) at Yardley CC with an even-par 72.

Andy Thompson
Club: Overbrook Golf Club
Age: 57
2006 accomplishments: Won the Chapman Memorial Cup (Gross) with a 2-under-par 69 at Woodcrest CC, the lone sub-par score of the tournament … finished tied for fourth place with a 147 147 total (74-73) in the Senior Amateur Championship at St. Davids GC … earned medallist honors at the U.S. Senior Open Qualifier after carding an even-par 72 at Doylestown CC … finished in sixth place at the Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross) at Yardley CC with a 2-over-par 74 … placed second in the Senior Silver Cross Award standings.