#GAPOpen Qualifying: Riverton

Rivertown’s own Dare dons #GAPOpen Qualifying medal

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Jack Dare dared someone to better his round on home turf at Riverton Country Club (par 71, 6,538 yards).

They didn’t.

Led by a five-under front side, Dare dazzled at Riverton, ending with a 5-under 66 to take medalist honors in a GAP Open Championship Qualifying event.

Ultimately, the cut line stopped at 3-over 74. Overall, 40 players earn invitations to the championship proper. There were 32 amateur players and eight pros who earned their invitations today.

The 118th GAP Open will be played July 19-20 at Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course. The #GAPOpen, the Association’s third oldest championship, is a two-day, 36-hole stroke play event. There is a cut to the low 60 players and ties after Round One.

Dare, 16, of Moorestown, N.J., is no stranger to Riverton’s fairways. The St. Joseph’s Prepper had one of the best front sides in recent memory. Birdies on Nos. 1, 4, 5, 7 and 8, paired with zero bogey blemishes on the first nine, equaled the day’s medal round. He’d ultimately get to 7-under par through 12 holes, but bogeyed holes 15 and 18 coming in.

NOTE: Philadelphia Eagles kicker Jake Elliott, a Super Bowl Champion and amateur out of Bala Golf Club, qualified for the championship with a 2-over 73.

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 300 Member Clubs and 80,000 individual members are spread across the Eastern half of Pennsylvania and parts of Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey. The GAP’s mission is to promote, preserve and protect the game of golf.