Team Delaware is ready to host the 60th Williamson Cup at Rehoboth Beach Country Club. It will be Delaware’s last time competing in the Williamson Cup.
The battle between a mix of 10 state and regional golf associations over 36 holes of stroke play will commence Aug. 12-13. The Williamson Cup will decide which golf association has the best Junior competitors. The three lowest scores from each four-man team will count toward the team total.
The Williamson Cup was established in 1964 by A. Fred Williamson in memory of his father, one of the original founders of Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y. The Rochester District Golf Association took last year’s title with a team score of 445. Team Delaware finished 10th with a score of 467.
Delaware hoisted the Williamson Cup in 2002. Below is a look at the 2024 team.
Grant Burkhart, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
Age: 15
Hometown: Kennett Square, Pa.
School: Rising sophomore at Salesianum School in Wilmington, Del.
2024 accomplishments: A quarterfinalist in the 110th Junior Boys’ Championship at The Ridge at Back Brook … tied for third in 73rd Delaware Junior Boys’ Championship at The Links at St. Anne’s … 10th in the Junior Player of the Year standings with 120 points.
Jack Homer, Wilmington Country Club
Age: 18
Hometown: Wilmington, Del.
School: Rising senior at the Tatnall School
2024 accomplishments: Finished second in the Harry Hammond Award … Tied for fifth in the 40th Jock MacKenzie Memorial at Sandy Run Country Club with 72 … Tied for seventh in the 25th Christman Cup at Huntingdon Valley Country Club with rounds of 73 and 76 … finished runner-up in the DIAA Championships at Maple Dale Country Club … currently ranked seventh in the Junior Player of the Year standings with 163.33 points.
Robbie Lohkamp, DuPont Country Club
Age: 18
Hometown: Wilmington, Del.
School: Recent graduate of Wilmington Friends School
2024 accomplishments: Finished runner-up in the 40th Jock MacKenzie Memorial at Sandy Run Country Club with a round of 70 … finished 39th in the 73rd Delaware Junior Boys’ Championship at The Links at St. Anne’s … currently ranked 13th in the Junior Player of the Year standings with 82.5 points.
Noah Wallace, Chesapeake Bay Golf Club
Age: 18
Hometown: Elkton, Md.
School: Rising freshman at Wilmington University
2024 accomplishments: Finished runner-up in the 110th Junior Boys’ Championship at The Ridge at Back Brook … tied for third in the 73rd Delaware Junior Boys’ Championship at The Links at St. Anne’s … currently ranked 8th in the Junior Player of the Year standings with 162.5 points.
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 110,000 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.
