8th Mixed Foursomes Championship: Steel Club

Sautter and DiLisio grab title

HELLERTOWN, Pa. – Billy Sautter and Isabella DiLisio are looking to fill space in their Hatfield home.

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With an upcoming wedding in May 2027 at Philadelphia Cricket Club, the place they met and the place they are members at, the pair is working on making their house a home.

Tuesday at Steel Club (par 72, 6,189 yards) the engaged couple added a pair of trophies to their living room. They claimed the 8th Mixed Foursomes Championship with a round of 68.

The event’s format is selective drive alternate shot.

Rose Zantek and Joe Rueter of Sandy Run Country Club captured the Net Division in a scorecard playoff with a score of 68.

“This format works well for us because we both hit the ball pretty far off the tee,” DiLisio, 29, of Hatfield, Pa., said. “If Billy can get a ball in play, it gives me the green light to give it a rip and try to get as close to the green as possible. Billy has a good wedge game, so if I can drive it up near the green, we will make a good number of birdies that way.”

DiLisio and Sautter got off to a hot start with an eagle on No. 14 (par 5, 515 yards), their first hole of the shotgun start. Sautter hit an 8-iron from 185 yards to eight feet and DiLisio drained the putt. A two-putt birdie on No. 15 (par 5, 460 yards) vaulted them to three under. Consecutive bogeys on Nos. 16 (par 3, 180 yards) and 17 (par 4, 377 yards) mellowed the duo’s momentum. They would quickly get back on track with a 2 under par front nine.

“She is a little more accurate than me off the tee,” Sautter said. “She played golf collegiately at a high level and playing with her allows me to swing more free and be relaxed in all facets of the game. When you have her on your team it is a huge asset.”

DiLisio, who played collegiately at the University of Notre Dame, cleaned up a four-footer on No. 10 (par 4, 385 yards) to get the duo to 4 under. A bogey on the next put them one shot behind Jeff and Morgan Frazier with two holes to go. 

DiLisio used her length to the pair’s advantage on No. 12 (par 4, 345 yards). She drove the green to 35-feet and converted the three-footer for birdie. After the Frazier’s bogeyed their final hole, the Philly Cricket couple parred No. 13 (par 3, 160 yards) to seal victory.

“We really try to have fun when we get the chance to play golf together and not take ourselves too seriously,” DiLisio, who is an Assistant Golf Coach for Lehigh University’s Women’s Golf Program, said. “We are just so happy that we are out on the course playing the game we love and having the privilege to compete together. There are always holes and shots you wish you could replay. At the end of the day we are playing golf, on a day off and we get to be with each other. It doesn’t get better than that.”

There is a sense of fun and competitiveness in this partnership. They play about once a week together at Cricket with DiLisio saying that Sautter “always wants a match.” She gives him two shots a side and they compete lovingly but each with an eye on a victory. 

Safe to say this won’t be the last time the soon-to-be newlyweds will look to fill space in their home.

“It is cool to have a victory that is ours,” DiLisio said. “I’ve been fortunate to win some golf tournaments throughout my career and all of that is great. There is something special about getting to play with Billy and getting to win with him. Both trophies will go on the mantle. That’s really cool.”

“I am rejuvenating my love for golf,” Sautter, 32, of Hatfield, Pa., said. “I’ve done a lot to improve my handicap this year and have learned a lot. It means the world to me that we can win together and play golf together.”

NOTE: Brendan Mannix aced No. 2 (par 4, 286 yards) with a Driver.

In an effort to further promote women’s golf, GAP created a Mixed Foursomes Championship in 2019. The event’s format is selective drive/alternate shot. Open to one female and one male golfer teams who are 19 years of age and who have 36.0 handicap index or less. Only one player from each two-person team must be a member of a Member Club with a GAP handicap.

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.