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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.


Liberty Mutual Insurance to sponsor Association’s Patterson Cup

  The Golf Association of Philadelphia welcomes Liberty Mutual Insurance as its newest corporate partner. Liberty Mutual will be the 2012 presenting sponsor of the Association’s stroke play championship, the Joseph H. Patterson Cup.

  Since 1912, Liberty Mutual has been committed to providing broad, useful and competitively-priced insurance products and services to meet its customers' ever-changing needs. Liberty Mutual’s delivery on this commitment is the reason it is now the third-largest property and casualty insurer in the U.S. based on 2010 net written premium.

  The Golf Association of Philadelphia is the oldest regional or state Golf Association in the United States. Its Member Clubs and 50,000-plus Members are spread across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The Golf Association of Philadelphia was founded in 1897 by members of Aronimink Golf Club, Merion Cricket Club, Philadelphia Country Club and Philadelphia Cricket Club. The purpose of the Association is simple: to preserve, protect and promote the game of golf. Every GAP activity is designed to do just that.

  The Joseph H. Patterson Cup presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance is the second oldest Championship in the Golf Association of Philadelphia, having been contested for 109 years. The Patterson Cup started in 1900 and has been held in every year other than the World War II era (1943-45). Many of the Association’s great Champions, J. Wood Platt, William Hyndman, III and R. Jay Sigel, to name a few, have had their name engraved on the trophy. The 2012 Patterson Cup is set for Aug. 9-10 at Philadelphia Country Club, one of the Association’s founding Members. Andrew Mason of Huntingdon Valley Country Club, the William Hyndman, III Player of the Year, is the defending champion.

  In addition to its role with the Patterson Cup, Golf Association of Philadelphia Members can access their My GAP Locker for special Liberty Mutual offers through the GAPerks program.

  For more information on GAP partnerships or media inquiries, please contact Martin D. Emeno, Jr., Director of Operations, at 610-687-2340, ext. 27.

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