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2008 Compher Cup Player Bios
Club: Philadelphia Publinks GA Age: 23 Compher Cup Appearance: First 2007 Accomplishments: Was a semifinalist at the 107th Amateur Championship… Qualified for the USGA Amateur Championship… Finished the year tied for 10th place in the Player of the Year standings.
Club: St. Davids Golf Club Age: 32 Compher Cup Appearance: Seventh 2007 Accomplishments: Finished tied for sixth place at the Middle-Amateur Championship… Reached match play at the 107th Amateur Championship… Had a Top-20 finish at the 103rd Open Championship… Qualified for USGA Middle-Amateur Championship… Ended the year in 14th place in the William Hyndman, III Player of the Year standings.
Club: Overbrook Golf Club Age: 53 Compher Cup Appearance: 23rd 2007 Accomplishments: Made it to the round of 16 at the 107th Amateur Championship… Qualified for the USGA Senior Open… Finished tied for fourth place at the Open Championship… Finished in a tie for second place at the 105th Joseph H. Patterson Cup… Ended the year in fifth place for the William Hyndman, III Player of the Year… Was tied for third place in the Silver Cross standings with 284 points.
Club: Merion Golf Club Age: 33 Compher Cup Appearance: Fifth 2007 Accomplishments: 2007 Amateur Player of the Year… 2007 Silver Cross winner… Won the 105th running of the Patterson Cup with a 6-under-par 136 (70-66)… Qualified for Match play at the 107th Amateur Championship… Tied for third place at the 24th Middle-Amateur Championship with a 4-over par 144… Qualified for the 103rd Open Championship… Earned medallist honors with a 2-under-par 68 at Huntingdon Valley CC to advance to his fifth U.S. Middle-Amateur Championship.
Club: Yardley CC Age: 21 Compher Cup Appearance: First 2007 accomplishments: Recorded a victory in the 103rd Open Championship at Merion GC (East Course) with a stirring even-par effort, including a magnificent two-putt par on the 18th hole… Advanced to the semifinals of the Amateur Championship before falling to clubmate and eventual champion Phil Bartholomew, 3&1 … Placed third in the William Hyndman, III Player of the Year standings.
Club: Commonwealth National GC Age: 40 Compher Cup Appearance: Third 2007 accomplishments: Tied for 10th in the Middle-Amateur Championship … Qualified for match play in a six-hole playoff at the Amateur Championship before falling to top-seed Kyle Davis of Fieldstone GC … Tied for 17th in the Patterson Cup … Qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship at The Olympic Club in San Francisco … Finished 15th in the William Hyndman, III Player of the Year standings.
Club: Wyncote Golf Club Age: 23 Compher Cup Appearance: First 2007 Accomplishments: Placed 21st in the Player of the Year standings… Had a Top-20 finish in the 105th Patterson Cup… Qualified for Match Play in the 107th Amateur Championship… Tied for 12th place at the 103rd Open Championship.
Club: Sunnybrook Golf Club Age: 18 Compher Cup Appearance: First 2007 Accomplishments:Named 2007 Junior Player of the Year… Took home the 22nd Francis X. Hussey Memorial Championship by a stroke with fellow high school teammate Chip Culp… Defeated J.R. Fasy of Wilmington CC in a playoff for the 23rd Jock MacKenzie Memorial… Fell short of the Junior Boys’ Championship title after losing to Robert Galbreath, Jr., of Huntingdon Valley CC, 1-up, in the Final… Finished tied for 10th place in Player of the Year standings… Fired a 5-over-par 145 (72, 73) to finish tied for 4th place at the 103rd Open Championship… Tied for 8th place at the 105th Patterson Cup with an even par 142.
Club: Concord Country Club Age: 25 Compher Cup Appearance: First 2007 Accomplishments: Qualified for the USGA Middle-Amateur Championship… Finished in the Top 25 in Player of the Year standings… Qualified for Match Play at the 107th Amateur Championship.
Club:Tavistock Country Club Age: 39 Compher Cup Appearance: Fifth 2007 Accomplishments: Finished tied for 18th place in the Player of the Year standings… Qualified for match play at the 107th Amateur Championship… Ended up in a tie for sixth place at the 24th Middle-Amateur Championship… Qualified for the 103rd Open Championship.
Club: Overbrook Golf Club Age: 55 Compher Cup Appearance: First 2007 Accomplishments: Became the first player to sweep all three GAP Senior Major tournaments in the same year… Defeated Charles "Buck" Jones in a six-hole, sudden-death playoff to take the Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross)... Won the Chapman Memorial Cup (Gross) with a 2-under-par 68 at his home track… Overcame a late double-bogey and a resilient Ed Chylinski of Chester Valley GC to take the 37th Senior Amateur Championship with a two-round score of 141 (70-71)… Those three victories also earned him the 2007 Senior Silver Cross Award as well as Senior Player of the Year honors.
Club: Spring Ford Country Club Age: 46 Compher Cup Appearance: Fifth 2007 Accomplishments: Finished in the Top 25 in Player of the Year standings… Earned the ninth place spot in 2007 Silver Cross standings… Qualified for match play at the 107th Amateur Championship… Qualified for the 103rd Open Championship… Finished in the Top 20 at the 105th Patterson Cup. |
A Walk Through Time
GAP is the oldest state or regional golf association in the country. It started courtesy of a friendly competition – the Team Matches – and has grown into the preeminent golf association in the country. Along the way, golf history has been made.
