WEST
CHESTER, Pa. — GAP (the Golf Association of Philadelphia) formally honored its
2019 tournament winners during the organization’s 15th Player’s
Dinner at Radley Run Country Club.
The
event included cocktails, dinner and an awards presentation. The 2019 Players
of the Year — Pine Valley Golf Club’s Jeff Osberg (William Hyndman, III),
Overbrook Golf Club’s Oscar Mestre (Senior), White Manor Country Club’s Don Donatoni
(Super Senior) and Loch Nairn Golf Club’s Austin Barbin (Junior) — received
their respective awards. Elmhurst Country Club’s Billy Pabst, Jr. accepted the
Junior Sportsperson of the Year Award.
In
closing, GAP honored Llanerch Country Club’s Neil McDermott with its
Distinguished Service Award. The Distinguished Service Award honors individuals
who exemplify the spirit of the game at its highest level and who made a substantial
contribution to the game at the local, national or international level.
Individuals may come from any golf-related area or discipline.
The winter edition of GAP Magazine will include profiles of all of the aforementioned individuals.
Players of the Year
William Hyndman, III — Jeff Osberg, Pine Valley
Senior — Oscar Mestre, Overbrook
Super Senior — Don Donatoni, White Manor
Junior — Austin Barbin, Loch Nairn
BMW GAP Team Matches — Huntingdon Valley
BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship — Jeremy Wall, Manasquan River
Brewer Cup presented by Callaway Golf
Senior — Joseph Russo, Laurel Creek
Super Senior — Robin McCool, Saucon Valley
Frank H. Chapman Cup (Gross)
Senior — Byron Whitman, Berkshire
Super Senior — *Don Donatoni, White Manor
Frank H. Chapman Cup (Net)
Men — Mike Penso, Metedeconk National
Women — Tracey MacGown, Saucon Valley
Christman Cup — Austin Barbin, Loch Nairn
Deeg Sezna
Junior Boys — Jeff Kavanagh & John Hansel, Sandy Run
Junior-Junior Boys — Greg Smith & Kasim Narinesingh-Smith, Radley Run
Mixed — Dave & Riley Thomas, Spring Ford
Junior Girls — Noreen Mohler & Callie Jean Burns, Northampton/Bala
Tee It Forward — Fall Net Championship
Men — Greg Smith, Radley Run
Women’s – Alison Kellock, Flourtown
Father & Son (Middle) — *Kevin & Ryan Kelly, Philadelphia Cricket
Father & Son (Older)
Championship — Craig & Alan Kliewer, Lebanon
Super Senior — Robert & Rob Billings, Rolling Green/Philadelphia Publinks
Father & Son (Younger)
Junior — David & Chris LaRosa, Cedarbrook
Junior-Junior — Jeffrey & Joseph Ciconte, Wilmington
Four-Ball Stroke Play Championship
Gross — Michael Fireman & Kyle Ginty, Talamore
Four-Man Team — Carlos Fullerton & Adam Sutovich, Brookside Allentown; Max Harrington, Moselem Springs & Richard Riva, Bent Creek
Francis X. Hussey Memorial
Junior Boys — Austin Barbin & Evan Barbin, Loch Nairn
Junior-Junior Boys’ Championship – Jack Homer, Wilmington
Junior Team Championship — Blue Bell
Middle-Amateur Championship — *Will Davenport, Whitemarsh Valley
Mixed Foursomes Championship — David & Kim Herbst, West Shore
Open Championship — Jeff Osberg, Pine Valley
Joseph H. Patterson Cup — Jeff Osberg, Pine Valley
Philadelphia Team Championship — Philadelphia Cricket Club
Senior Amateur Championship
Senior — Chris Fieger, Sr., Philadelphia Publinks
Super Senior — *Thomas Bartolacci, Jr., Lu Lu
Senior Silver Cross Award — Oscar Mestre, Overbrook
Senior 27-Hole Challenge
Senior — Brian Rothaus & Gary Smith, Philmont/Pine Valley
Super-Senior — Robin McCool & Craig Scott, Saucon Valley/Great Bear
Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play
Senior — *Mark Walker & Joseph Russo, Laurel Creek
Super-Senior — *Carl Everett & Don Donatoni, Merion/White Manor
Senior Four-Man Team — Marlin Detweiler, Lancaster; Chip Lutz, LedgeRock, John Robinson, Lu Lu & Byron Whitman, Berkshire
Silver Cross Award — Jeff Osberg, Pine Valley
Tee It Forward — Spring Net Championship
Men — *Joseph DeAngelis, Jericho National
Women — Alison Kellock, Flourtown
Super-Senior Silver Cross Award — Don Donatoni, White Manor
Tournament of Champions
Amateur — Zachary Juhasz, Northampton
Senior — Barry Wiseman, Talamore
Super Senior — John Turner, Springhaven
Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross)
Senior — Oscar Mestre, Overbrook
Super-Senior — Don Donatoni, White Manor
Francis B. Warner Cup (Net)
Men — *Terry Williams-Woodward, Bellewood
Women — *Kathy Pilla, Fieldstone
Winter Series Players of the Year
Amateur Gross — David Waxman, Little Mill
Amateur Net — Greg Smith, Radley Run
Senior Gross — Michael Quinn, Philadelphia Publinks
Senior Net — William Choy, Flourtown
Women’s Gross — Alison Kellock, Flourtown
Women’s Net — Muffy McCabe, Philadelphia
Women’s Spring Scramble
First Flight — Teresa Hillegass, Waynesborough; Karen Lucard, Lu Lu; Wynn Harris & Linda Kennedy, Commonwealth National
Second Flight — Beth Lunger, Trudy Matley, Pat Noble & Merri Walter, Irem
Third Flight — Alicia Walsh, Saucon Valley; Janet Deandrea, Nancy Luciani & Kathy Nelson, Glen Oak
* — determined in playoff
GAP Celebrating Amateur Golf since 1897, GAP, also known as the Golf Association of Philadelphia, is the oldest regional or state golf association in the United States. It serves as the principal ruling body of amateur golf in its region. The Association’s 274 Full Member Clubs and 75,000 individual members are spread across the Eastern half of Pennsylvania and parts of New Jersey and Delaware. The GAP’s mission is to promote, preserve and protect the game of golf.
