Interns are a vital part of GAP. With membership and staff expansion, the opportunities are as bountiful as ever. For the 2024 season, GAP employed 12 interns, the largest class in its history.
In concurrence with the USGA’s P.J. Boatwright, Jr. Internship Program, GAP’s internship program provides hands-on, career-based opportunities for college or graduate students looking at a future career in golf administration. It will provide experiences that can help guide their professional path. GAP has 12 employees on staff who were former Boatwright interns including Executive Director Mark Peterson. He served as a Boatwright intern at the Wisconsin State Golf Association.
GAP will have interns in Championships, Communications, Member Services, Marketing and Data Services, Adaptive Golf and Northeast Pennsylvania Operations for the 2025 season.
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.
