#BMWPhillyAm Qualifying: Inniscrone

Even par sets pace in #BMWPhillyAm Qual. at Inniscrone

The road to the BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship was traveled by many Saturday at Inniscrone Golf Club (par 70, 6511 yards), and even par was the number to beat.

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The season’s lone #BMWPhillyAm Qualifying event scheduled on a weekend teed off 11 a.m. Saturday. The day’s cut line stopped at 5-over 75, meaning 16 players on the dot made the championship proper.

The 122nd BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship will take place June 13-15 and 18 at Philadelphia Country Club and Union League National Golf Club – Liberty Hill (Stroke-Play Qualifying only).

Alex Seelig, a Reading Country Club member and Robert University junior, grabbed a share of medalist honors with that even-par 70 number. Earlier in the week, Seelig took home the Berks County Golf Association Match Play Championship at the Berkshire Country Club. The 21-year-old Reading, Pa. resident’s lone birdie on the day arrived on No. 2 (par 4, 354 yards), which was paired with 16 pars and just one bogey.

Also securing a #BMWPhillyAm invite and share of Qualifying medalist honors was Riverton Country Club’s Jack Wallace. Wallace, no stranger to GAP Major championships, arrived at that even scorecard in a slightly different way than Seelig. His six birdies combined with six bogeys equaled 70. The 38-year-old Cinnaminson, N.J. resident will

The BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship is GAP’s premier individual championship. Participants must first advance through a one day, 36-hole stroke-play qualifier to gain one of 32 available match play positions. Those who qualify for match play must advance through four matches in two days to reach the BMW Philadelphia Amateur Final, which is typically held on the Saturday of Father’s Day weekend. The winner receives the J. Wood Platt Trophy; its namesake holds a record-seven BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship titles.

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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 330 Member Clubs and 90,000 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.