New in 2014: GAP Senior Club Team ChallengeThe Golf Association of Philadelphia announces its Senior Club Team Challenge — a three-week competition for players 55 years of age or older with a handicap index of 36.0 or less. The Senior Club Team Challenge, open to GAP Member Clubs, features teams of eight; format is singles match play (gross only). Matches will be scored as a Nassau with one point awarded for each of the nines. Participating clubs will host a pair of foursomes each on Saturdays in September. Those foursomes will be slotted in a four-team bracket, with the winners of each section competing for the Senior Club Team Challenge Playoff on Saturday, Sept. 20. Brackets will be regionalized. Entry forms have been delivered to head golf professionals and chairmen at GAP Member Clubs. They are limited to the first 16 teams that register with payment and are accepted on a first come, first serve basis. Cost is $150 per team. Entries are currently open and will close on Monday, Feb. 3. Clubs may enter one team in the Senior Club Team Challenge. Matches will begin no later than 2 p.m. each Saturday. For more information on the Senior Club Team Challenge, contact Kirby Martin, GAP Director of Competitions, at 610-687-2340 ext. 12 or via e-mail at kmartin@gapgolf.org. Founded in 1897, the Golf Association of Philadelphia (GAP) is the oldest regional golf association in the United States and serves as the principal ruling body of amateur golf in its region. Its 143 Member Clubs and 57,000 individual members are spread across parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. As Philadelphia’s Most Trusted Source of Golf Information, the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s mission is to promote, preserve and protect the game of golf.
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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.
