| *History *Year-by-year history *Player records
Senior Challenge Matches set for Oct. 5 at Wilmington CC (South)The Golf Association of Philadelphia hopes to defend its title in the 23rd Senior Challenge Matches, set for Oct. 5 at Wilmington CC (South). Below are player profiles of the GAP squad. The Senior Challenge Matches feature eight seniors from four associations, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Philadelphia, competing in the stroke play event. The top six scores from each association count in the final total. The GAP team captured last year's event at Bedens Brook with an overall score of 465.
Club: St. Davids GC Appearance: Seventh (1993-94, 2001, 2003-04, 2009) 2011 Accomplishments: Finished third in the Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross) at Lu Lu CC … Semifinalist in the Brewer Cup at Bellewood GC; lost to Ken Gaskill of Rancocas GC, 5&3 … Finished tied atop Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play at Back Creek GC alongside teammate Charles McClaskey; lost in a scorecard playoff … Placed tied for fourth in the Chapman Memorial (Gross) at Little Mill CC … Finished second in the Super-Senior Player of the Year Standings.
Club: Blue Bell CC Appearance: Third (2006-07) 2011 Accomplishments: Finished tied for third in the Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross) … Quarterfinalist in the Brewer Cup; lost to eventual runner-up Craig Scott of Huntingdon Valley CC, 3&2 … Placed tied for fifth in the Senior Amateur Championship at Whitford CC … Finished eighth in the Senior Player of the Year Standings.
Club: Fox Hill CC Appearance: First 2011 Accomplishments: Placed tied for seventh in the Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross) … Finished tied for fifth in the Chapman Memorial (Gross) … Placed tied for seventh in the Senior Amateur Championship … Finished tied for third in the Silver Cross Award Standings.
Club: Philadelphia Publinks GA Appearance: First 2011 Accomplishments: Finished third in the Chapman Memorial (Gross) … Quarterfinalist in the Brewer Cup; lost to Francis McFadden, 4&2 … Qualified for the USGA Senior Amateur Championship.
Club: Overbrook GC Appearance: Fifth (2005-08, 2010) 2011 Accomplishments: Semifinalist in the Brewer Cup … Placed tied for seventh in the Warner Cup (Gross) … Runner-up in the Senior 27-hole Challenge at St. Davids GC, teamed with Terrence Sawyer of Mercer Oaks GC … Finished tied for third in the Senior Amateur Championship … Placed tied for third in the Silver Cross Award Standings … Finished fourth in the Senior Player of the Year Standings.
Club: Edgmont CC Appearance: Second (2008) 2011 Accomplishments: Won the Chapman Memorial (Gross) in a sudden-death playoff … Placed tied for fourth in the Senior Amateur Championship … Finished second in the Silver Cross Award Standings … Placed tied for seventh in the Warner Cup (Gross) .. Finished third in the Senior Player of the Year Standings.
Club: Huntingdon Valley CC Appearance: First 2011 Accomplishments: Placed tied for 11th in the Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross) … Finished tied for third in the Senior Amateur Championship … Placed second in the Father & Son (Older): Junior-Junior Division at Concord CC alongside son Cole … Finished 13th in the Senior Player of the Year Standings.
Club: Overbrook GC Appearance: Third (2007, 2009) 2011 Accomplishments: Placed tied for third in the Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross) … Finished tied for sixth in the Chapman Memorial (Gross) … Qualified as the No. 5 seed in the USGA Senior Amateur Championship; advanced to the Round of 32 … Won the Senior Amateur Championship … Captured the Senior Silver Cross Award … Finished second in the Senior Player of the Year Standings.
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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.
