34th Senior Challenge Matches: Preview

Senior Challenge Matches set for Oct. 19

Team GAP will head north for the 34^th Senior Challenge Matches on Oct. 19 at Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower) in Springfield, N.J.

| History | Year-by-year | Player roster |

The event pits GAP (Golf Association of Philadelphia) against the Delaware State Golf Association, Maryland State Golf Association and New Jersey State Golf Association.

Eight senior golfers (55 years of age or older) representing each organization compete in 18 holes of stroke play. The top six scores count toward the team total.

GAP holds a record 16 titles overall. The MSGA defeated GAP by six strokes a year ago at the Country Club of Maryland.

Below is a look at the GAP and GAP/DSGA teams, respectively.

Don Donatoni, White Manor Country Club
12th appearance (2004-05, 2007-08, 2012-17, 2019)

• Second, Super-Senior Silver Cross Award standings
• Second, 15^th Francis B. Warner Cup Super Senior
• T2, 89^th Francis B. Warner Cup
• T6, 18^th Super-Senior Amateur Championship
• T4, 14^th Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup Super Senior
• T4, 18^th Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup
• Second, Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play alongside Vince Scarpetta, Jr.
• Quarterfinalist, 16^th Brewer Cup
• Second, Pennsylvania Golf Association George Dressler Memorial Super Senior
• First, Super-Senior Player of the Year standings

Jeff Hudson, Olde Homestead Golf Club
First appearance

• Winner, 89^th Francis B. Warner Cup
• Qualified, U.S. Senior Amateur Championship
• Ninth, Senior Player of the Year standings

Chris Fieger, Sr.
Second appearance (2021)

• Round of 32, U.S. Senior Amateur Championship
• Round of 32, 123^rd BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship
• T14, 53^rd Senior Amateur Championship
• T2, Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play alongside Craig Kliewer
• Fifth, Senior Player of the Year standings

Jeff Frazier, Carlisle Country Club
First appearance

• Winner, Senior Silver Cross Award
• Second, 53^rd Senior Amateur Championship
• Qualified, U.S. Senior Amateur Championship
• T4, 18^th Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup
• T4, Pennsylvania Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship
• Second, Senior Player of the Year standings

Oscar Mestre, Overbrook Golf Club
Fifth appearance (2015, 2018-19, 2021)

• T8, 53^rd Senior Amateur Championship
• Round of 32, 123^rd BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship
• Runner-up, 72^nd Delaware Senior Amateur Championship
• T38, R&A Senior Amateur Championship
• 10, Senior Silver Cross Award standings
• Sixth, Senior Player of the Year standings

Rich Pruchnik, Downingtown Country Club
Second appearance (2017)

• T4, 53^rd Senior Amateur Championship
• T4, 89^th Francis B. Warner Cup
• 17, 53^rd Senior Amateur Championship
• T9, 18^th Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup
• 10, Senior Player of the Year standings

Paul Rogowicz, Yardley Country Club
Second appearance (2019)

• T11, 53^rd Senior Amateur Championship
• Winner, Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play alongside Greg Buliga
• Quarterfinalist, 16^th Brewer Cup
• T6, Senior Silver Cross Award standings
• T7, 89^th Francis B. Warner Cup
• Seventh, Senior Player of the Year standings

Chris Storck, LedgeRock Golf Club
Second appearance (2022)

• Third, 53^rd Senior Amateur Championship
• Second, Senior Silver Cross Award standings
• Qualified, U.S. Senior Amateur Championship
• T4, 18^th Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup
• T7, 89^th Francis B. Warner Cup
• Fourth, Senior Player of the Year standings

Team GAP/DSGA

Paul Dillon, Cripple Creek Golf & Country Club

• Third: 72^nd GAP/DSGA Senior Amateur Championship

Tom Finn, DuPont Country Club

• T2: 63^rd Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play

Mike Hall, Maple Dale Country Club

• 5^th: 8^th GAP/DSGA Super-Senior Championship
• T6: 72^nd GAP/DSGA Senior Amateur Championship

Tom Humphrey, Wilmington Country Club

• T2: 63^rd Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play
• T14: 72^nd GAP/DSGA Senior Amateur Championship

Ron Jamarowicz, DuPont Country Club

• Won: 72^nd GAP/DSGA Senior Amateur Championship

Tom Kearns, Hartefeld National

• T17: 72^nd GAP/DSGA Senior Amateur Championship

Alan Wagenschnur Newark Country Club

• 9th: 8^th GAP/DSGA Super-Senior Championship

Steve Walczak, Wilmington Country Club

• Won: 18^th Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup Super Senior
• T4: 89^th Francis B. Warner Cup Senior
• Won: 8^th GAP/DSGA Super-Senior Championship
• T14: 53^rd Senior Amateur Championship
• T6: Senior Silver Cross

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 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.