Country Club of Scranton’s David Mecca birdied the par 4, 406-yard 18th hole to win the 18th Spring Stroke Play at Elmhurst Country Club (par 72, 6,687 yards) Wednesday.
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Mecca, the 2023 Middle-Amateur Champion, edged clubmate Joseph Grad by a stroke. He previously won the Stroke Play Championship at Elmhurst a year ago.
Bill Ianieri of Jack Frost National Golf Club claimed the Senior Division (par 72, 6,233 yards) with a score of even-par 72. Like Mecca, Ianieri prevailed a year ago in the Stroke Play Championship at Elmhurst.
In the Super-Senior Division (par 72, 5,460 yards), Wyoming Valley Country Club’s Joseph Weiscarger secured his third straight title. He carded a 5-under-par 67 to edge Country Club of Scranton’s Michael Vassil by two strokes.
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 140,000 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.
