#GAPMidAm Qualifying at Scotland Run

Past #BMWPhillyAm champ Ehrlich medals at Scotland Run

WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J. – It’s been 19 years since Scott Ehrlich claimed his lone GAP Major. He’s eager to get another under his belt.

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In 2004, he defeated Michael Tash of Tavistock Country Club, 5&4, to win the 104th BMW Philadelphia Amateur at Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Militia Hill layout.

Ehrlich, 43, of Berwyn, Pa. found some of that sharp form to secure medalist honors in 40th Middle-Amateur Championship Qualifying at Scotland Run Golf Club (par 71, 6,581 yards).

The 40th Middle-Amateur Presented by NJM Insurance Group takes place at Old York Road Country Club in Ambler, Pa. May 22-23.

The Waynesborough Country Club member’s round of 4-under-par 67 was the lone round under par. He started red-hot with birdies on five of his first 12 holes.

Ehrlich finished T19 in his last appearance in the #GAPMidAm at Lookaway Golf Club in 2021.

A total of 38 players made the Championship Proper with the cut falling at 76. The Top 30 qualifying spots plus ties advanced to the Championship Proper.

The Middle-Amateur is open to males of GAP Member Clubs 25 years of age or older with a Handicap Index of 5.0 or less. 

A William Hyndman, III Player of the Year points event, the Middle-Amateur started in 1984, three years after the USGA created the U.S. Mid-Amateur as a formal championship for post-college amateurs. GAP followed suit with the USGA in creating a Middle-Amateur, but initially differed in its administration of the tournament in a couple of respects.

The most obvious difference was the age requirement. Prior to 2001, the GAP Middle-Amateur was only available to players 30 years of age or older.

The GAP Executive Committee reviewed and revised that age requirement in 2001 to match the USGA’s guidelines of 25 years of age or older for eligible players. It also, as previously mentioned, changed the format of the event to a two-day stroke play tournament with a cut to the low 70 players and ties after the first round.

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 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.

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