The BMW GAP Team Matches schedule is official.
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The 123rd playing of GAP’s cornerstone event will take place on April 13, 27 and May 4. The Playoff & Challenges is set for May 10.
The metrics match the 2024 returns: 404 teams from 175 GAP Member Clubs. Newcomers include Glenhardie Country Club in Wayne, Pa.; Royal Oaks Golf Club in Lebanon, Pa. and White Birch Golf Course in Barnesville, Pa. Reading Country Club returns to the BMW GAP Team Matches following a one-year absence.
LuLu Country Club and Philadelphia Cricket Club will field the most teams with six apiece. Tavistock Country Club is next with five.
The BMW GAP Team Matches is the genesis of GAP’s founding.
LuLu Country Club 1 won its second BMW GAP Team Matches title (2021) a year ago. It defeated Huntingdon Valley Country Club, LuLu Country Club 2 and Philadelphia Cricket Club 1 in the Playoff.
The BMW GAP Team Matches is the genesis of GAP’s founding in 1897. It started with the four founding Member Clubs — Belmont Golf Association (Aronimink Golf Club today), Merion Cricket Club, Philadelphia Country Club and Philadelphia Cricket — fielding a first and second team with six players per side. Merion Cricket’s top squad earned the traditional winner’s wooden plaque.
First known as the Interclub Team Matches, the event changed to the Suburban League Matches in 1915 before adopting its current moniker in 1997. BMW has served as the event’s presenting sponsor since 2015.
The BMW GAP Team Matches has been contested annually since 1897, save World War II (1943-45), a severe ice storm (1994) and the COVID-19 pandemic (2020).
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 345 Member Clubs and 125,000 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.
