A pair of Philadelphia Cricket Club members carded respective 2-over-par 72s to share medalist honors in Middle-Amateur Championship Qualifying at a cool and windy Heidelberg Country Club (par 70, 6,354 yards) Wednesday.
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Brandon Raihl, who grew up at the host site, and Conrad Von Borsig, the 2009 BMW Philadelphia Amateur champion, led a field of 84 players vying to earn one of 20 qualifying positions and ties available for the Championship proper. The cut line stopped at 80 by day’s end.
The 39th Middle-Amateur Championship will take place May 24-25 at Jericho National Golf Club.
New in 2022, Middle-Amateur Qualifying includes an alternate pool of players, which allows the Championship proper to reach its advertised field size. Alternate positions are determined by the recommended USGA tiebreaking method: Comparing the gross score from the last nine holes, last six holes, last three holes, last hole, and if still tied, positions will be decided by lot.
The Middle-Amateur Championship is open to males 25 years of age or older with a Handicap Index of 7.0 or better. It is a two-day, 36-hole stroke play event.
Jericho National previously hosted the Middle-Amateur, then an 18-hole stroke play event, in 2000. The event switched to a 36-hole format the following year.
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 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.
Qualifiers | |
Name, club | Score |
Brandon Raihl, Philadelphia Cricket Club | 72 |
Conrad Von Borsig, Philadelphia Cricket Club | 72 |
Anthony Saltarelli, Philmont Country Club | 74 |
Rich Owsik, Rolling Green Golf Club | 75 |
Zachary Herr, Makefield Highlands Golf Club | 76 |
David West, Philadelphia Publinks Golf Association | 76 |
Jeremy Arner, Blue Bell Country Club | 77 |
Matthew Toto, Laurel Creek Country Club | 77 |
John Dimler, Northampton Country Club | 78 |
Josh Isler, Stonewall | 78 |
Ben Rowe, Meadia Heights Golf Club | 78 |
Sean Semenetz, Philadelphia Cricket Club | 78 |
David Shields, Philadelphia Publinks Golf Association | 78 |
Josh Anderson, LedgeRock Golf Club | 79 |
Bobby Kershner, Spring Ford Country Club | 79 |
Jeff Palmer, Manufacturers’ Golf & Country Club | 79 |
Sean Torpey, Doylestown Country Club | 79 |
Tim Wetzel, RiverCrest GC & Preserve | 79 |
Nathan Fry, Green Pond Country Club | 80 |
Kenneth Matt, Philadelphia Publinks Golf Association | 80 |
Charles Meadows, Whitford Country Club | 80 |
Jeffrey Victor, Jeffersonville Golf Club | 80 |
Jason Weaver, Saucon Valley Country Club | 80 |
Tom Wenrich, Heidelberg Country Club | 80 |
Failed to qualify | |
Thomas Coleman, Glen Oak Country Club (First alternate) | 81 |
Ryan Rigby, Doylestown Country Club (Second alternate) | 81 |
Mark Wachter, DuPont Country Club (Third alternate) | 81 |
J.J. Berenato, Llanerch Country Club (Fourth alternate) | 81 |
Peter Tashjian, Paxon Hollow Country Club (Fifth alternate) | 81 |
Joe Dulka, Bellewood Country Club (Sixth alternate) | 82 |
Kevin Cahill, Merion Golf Club | 82 |
Epi Delapaz, Gilbertsville Golf Club | 82 |
Dave Landau, Berkshire Country Club | 82 |
Richard Marabella, Jeffersonville Golf Club | 82 |
Brian Sokolowski, Mercer Oaks Golf Course | 82 |
Robert Streit, North Hills Country Club | 82 |
Ryan Barrett, Doylestown Country Club | 83 |
Marc Mandel, Philadelphia Cricket Club | 83 |
Brad Mills, Wedgwood Country Club | 83 |
Gwinyai Murahwa, North Hills Country Club | 83 |
Adam Warner, Tavistock Country Club | 83 |
Ryan Worthy, Merion Golf Club | 83 |
Matt Crilley, Steel Club | 84 |
Cory Meyer, Huntingdon Valley Country Club | 84 |
Lee Nonnemacher, Steel Club | 84 |
Mark Santerian, Wedgwood Country Club | 84 |
Jonathan Cooney, LuLu Country Club | 85 |
Luis Diaz, Wedgwood Country Club | 85 |
Stephen McIntyre, Philadelphia Publinks Golf Association | 85 |
Paul Stewart, Union League Golf Club at Torresdale | 85 |
Byron Whitman, Berkshire Country Club | 85 |
Michael Fusarelli, Blue Bell Country Club | 86 |
Michael Santerian, Wedgwood Country Club | 87 |
Erik Settelen, Bensalem Country Club | 87 |
Don Uhrig, LedgeRock Golf Club | 87 |
Ryan Barnett, Philadelphia Publinks Golf Association | 88 |
Cory Reighard, Brookside Country Club | 88 |
Brad Sokol, Green Valley Country Club | 88 |
Jonathan Kruse, Rolling Green Golf Club | 89 |
Eric Pinchak, Eligo Club | 89 |
Brian Piotrowski, Wedgwood Country Club | 89 |
Mitchell Racosky, Makefield Highlands Golf Club | 89 |
Lars Beck, Bala Golf Club | 90 |
Ryan O’Donnell, Rolling Green Golf Club | 90 |
Mark Santerian, Jr., Wedgwood Country Club | 90 |
Josh Schneider, Play Golf Delaware | 90 |
Mac Walsh, Aronimink Golf Club | 91 |
Marcus Ronca, Fieldstone Golf Club | 92 |
Timothy Burden, Cedarbrook Country Club | 96 |
Steve Sheehan, Lederach Golf Club | 96 |
John VanDame, Jr., Talamore Country Club | 98 |
Geoffrey Cooper, North Hills Country Club | NC |
Jason Miller, Dauphin Highlands Golf Club | NC |
Joe April, Waynesborough Country Club | NS |
Matthew Shevlin, Philadelphia Publinks Golf Association | NS |
Brendan Borst, Philadelphia Cricket Club | WD |
Andrew Freimuth, Cedarbrook Country Club | WD |
Dave McFetridge, French Creek Golf Club | WD |
Grant Skyllas, LedgeRock Golf Club | WD |
Scott Storck, Philadelphia Cricket Club | WD |
NC – no card; NS – no show; WD – withdrawal |