The GAP/AGA region is ready like Player One.
Lame literary jokes aside, the 2023 schedule is here. The GAP/AGA season begins April 19 with the Modified Stableford at Huntsville Golf Club. It concludes Oct. 9 with the Carlyle Robinson Fall Four-Ball at Wyoming Valley Country Club. Merrill Lynch Wealth Management – Erickson, Hudacek & Leibman Group returns as presenting sponsor of GAP/AGA events.
Registration for the Modified Stableford Tournament, in addition to four other events, opens March 1 at 9 a.m.
The celebrated Coal Scuttle championships highlight the GAP/AGA calendar. Fox Hill Country Club hosts the 31st Women’s Coal Scuttle Championship and 9th Super-Senior Coal Scuttle Championship on Aug. 16. The 41st Senior Coal Scuttle Championship heads to Huntsville Golf Club on Sept. 13. Glen Oak Country Club and Wyoming Valley welcome the 73rd Men’s Coal Scuttle Championship Sept. 23-24.
The Lawler Junior Tour, sponsored by Abington Center for Cosmetic & Family Dentistry and Community Bank, begins in June. The cost is $10 for nine-hole golfers (Division II), $15 for 18-hole golfers (Division I). The Lawler Junior Tour, which began in 1983, is open to boys and girls 10 to 18 years of age.
As in years past, the GAP/AGA schedule includes Major qualifying: Middle-Amateur Championship (May 4 at Irem Country Club), BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship (May 16 at Berwick Golf Club), Open Championship (June 21 at StoneHedge Golf Course) and Joseph H. Patterson Cup (July 25 at Pocono Farms Country Club). U.S. Open Local Qualifying will take place on May 15 at Huntsville Golf Club.
Reminder: if you plan on competing in any GAP/AGA event, then you must first create a Golf Genius account through GAP’s registration form.
| 2023 GAP/AGA Schedule | ||
| Date | Event | Venue |
| April 19 | 14th Modified Stableford Tournament | Huntsville |
| May 1 | 23rd Ben Marshall Spring Four-Ball | Fox Hill |
| May 20-21 | 39th John Moore Memorial Tournament | Valley/Pocono Farms |
| June 6 | 15th Spring Stroke Play | Irem |
| June 26 | 25th Over/Under 50 Tournament | Elmhurst |
| July 12 | 23rd Sam Spencer Four-Ball | Glen Oak |
| July 17 | 20th Stroke Play Championship | Scranton |
| Aug. 16 | 9th Super-Senior Coal Scuttle Championship | Fox Hill |
| Aug. 16 | 31st Women’s Coal Scuttle Championship | Fox Hill |
| Aug. 24 | 17th Founders Four-Ball | Glenmaura National |
| Sept. 13 | 41st Senior Coal Scuttle Championship | Huntsville |
| Sept. 23-24 | 73rd Men’s Coal Scuttle Championship | Glen Oak/Wyoming Valley |
| Oct. 9 | 10th Carlyle Robinson Fall Four-Ball | Wyoming Valley |
| Oct. 11 | Volunteers Day | Buck Hill Falls |
| 2023 Lawler Junior Tour Schedule | ||
| Date | Division | |
| June 19 | II | Honesdale |
| June 20 | I & II | Irem |
| June 23 | I | Berwick |
| June 28 | I | Pocono Farms |
| July 6 | I & II | Frosty Valley |
| July 10 | I | Elmhurst |
| July 17 | I & II | Elkview |
| July 19 | I & II | Valley |
| July 31-Aug. 1 | Junior Tournament of Champions | Fox Hill/Huntsville |
| Aug. 4 | II | Scranton Canoe Club |
| Aug. 7 | II | CC of Scranton (Falls) |
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 organization’s 340 Member Clubs and 100,000 individual members are spread across Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland. The GAP’s mission is to promote, preserve and protect the game of golf.
