Philadelphia Open Low Amateur history

Year	Champion	Club	Score	Site
2025	^Drue Nicholas	Galloway National GC	65-67=132	Bidermann GC
2024	^Jon Rusk	LuLu CC	66-70=136	Applebrook GC
2023	Campbell Wolf	USGA/GAP GC	69-67=136	Lookaway GC
2022	^John Brennan	Philadelphia Cricket Club	72-67=139	Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon)
2021	Ron Robinson	LuLu CC	69-67=136	CC of York
2020	Jeff Osberg, Andrew Mason	Pine Valley GC, Huntingdon Valley CC	68-70=138	Doylestown CC
2019	^Jeff Osberg	Pine Valley GC	67-68=135	Huntingdon Valley CC
2018	Jeff Osberg	Huntingdon Valley CC	67-68=135	St. Davids GC
	Playoff (Four-hole aggregate): Stewart (14); ^Jeff Osberg, Huntingdon Valley CC (16) & Brett Melton, Radley Run CC (18)
2017	^Matthew Mattare	Saucon Valley CC	63-75=138	Philadelphia CC
2016	*^Jeff Osberg	Huntingdon Valley CC	71-71=142	The Ridge at Back Brook
	Playoff (Four-hole aggregate): Osberg (17) & ^Chris Crawford, Spring Mill CC (18)
2015	^Brandon Matthews	Blue Bell CC	66-71=137	Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon)
2014	^Matt Teesdale	Commonwealth National GC	68-68=136	Applebrook GC
2013	*^Brandon Matthews	Glenmaura National GC	70-70=140	Waynesborough CC
	Playoff (Four-hole aggregate): Matthews (15) & Billy Stewart, Golf Galaxy (17)
2012	^Andrew Mason	Huntingdon Valley CC	70-74=144	Pine Valley GC
2011	^Andrew Mason	Huntingdon Valley CC	65-70=135	Huntingdon Valley CC
2010	*^Michael R. Brown	Lookaway GC	70-72=142	Philmont CC (North)
	Playoff (Four-hole aggregate): Brown (16) & Greg Farrow, Deerwood CC (16); Brown won on first sudden-death hole with a par compared to a bogey
2009	Conrad Von Borsig	Concord CC	69-69=138	Bent Creek CC
2008	#Michael McDermott	Merion GC	69	Lookaway GC
2007	^Mark Miller	Yardley CC	71-69=140	Merion GC (East)
2006	Kyle Davis	Fieldstone GC	68-73=141	Llanerch CC
2005	Clint Deibert	Doylestown CC	71-73=144	Aronimink GC
2004	^Chris Lange	Overbrook GC	70-71=141	Philadelphia CC
2003	Michael McDermott	Llanerch CC	73-74=147	Huntingdon Valley CC
2002	Chris Lange	Overbrook GC	72-73=145	Pine Valley GC
2001	Mike Moffat	Philadelphia Publinks GA	73-65=138	Cedarbrook CC
2000	Michael Gregor, Michael McDermottt	Huntingdon Valley CC, Llanerch CC	71-76=147	Torresdale-Frankford CC
1999	Jim Sullivan, Jr.	Huntingdon Valley CC	71-72=143	Waynesborough CC
1998	Michael Gregor	Huntingdon Valley CC	73-73=146	Aronimink GC
1997	#^Michael J. Brown	Old York Road CC	68	Bent Creek CC
1996	P. Chet Walsh	Philadelphia CC	71-76-147	Stonewall
1995	P. Chet Walsh	Philadelphia CC	74-66=140	Laurel Creek CC
1994	P. Chet Walsh	Philadelphia CC	139	Kennett Square G&CC
1993	#Jim Spagnolo	LuLu CC	68	Huntingdon Valley CC
1992	#Chris Lange, R. Jay Sigel	Overbrook GC, Aronimink GC	68	Philmont CC (North)
1991	R. Jay Sigel	Aronimink GC	70-72=142	Cedarbrook CC
1990	Bill Kennedy	Cedarbrook CC	70-73=143	Merion GC (East)
1989	William McGuinness	Tavistock CC	69-72=141	Spring Ford CC
1988	George E. Marucci, Jr.	Pine Valley GC	76-70=146	Waynesborough CC
1987	^R. Jay Sigel	Aronimink GC	68-70=138	Gulph Mills GC
1986	^R. Jay Sigel	Aronimink GC	67-69=136	Torresdale-Frankford CC
1985	Todd Anderson	Wilmington CC	73-73=146	Sunnybrook GC
1984	James D. Kania	Overbrook GC	72-71=143	Indian Valley CC
1983	Chris Anderson	Wilmington CC	72-73-145	Rolling Green GC
1982	John Corzilius	Cavaliers CC	78-73=151	Wilmington CC (South)
1981	R. Jay Sigel	Aronimink CC	71-73=144	Whitford CC
1980	^R. Jay Sigel	Aronimink GC	68-72=140	Aronimink GC
1979	James Robertson	Llanerch CC	73-73=146	Philadelphia CC
1978	^R. Jay Sigel	Aronimink GC	74-71=145	Merion GC (East)
1977	^R. Jay Sigel	Aronimink GC	69-71=140	Saucon Valley CC (Old/Grace)
1976	Paul Erhardt, III	Chester Valley GC	74-71=145	Philmont CC (North)
1975	^R. Jay Sigel	Aronimink GC	66-71=137	Bidermann GC
1974	Andrew Shapiro	Berkleigh CC	72-77=149	Torresdale-Frankford CC
1973	William Hyndman, III	Huntingdon Valley CC	71-73=144	Atlantic City CC
1972	Gary Hardin	Manufacturers G&CC	74-74=148	Heidelberg CC
1971	Paul Erhardt, III, R. Jay Sigel	Sakima CC, Aronimink GC	72-70=142 70-72=142	Aronimink GC
1970	Arthur Blank	Philmont CC	71-72=143	Philmont CC (North/South)
1969	^William Hyndman, III	Huntingdon Valley CC	66-70=136	Merion GC (East/West)
1968	^William Hyndman, III	Huntingdon Valley CC	75-67=142	Waynesborough CC/Whitford CC
1967	George Griffin, III	Green Valley CC	70-71=141	Atlantic City CC/Linwood CC
1966	John Guenther, Jr.	Moselem Springs GC	69-72=141	Sandy Run CC/Cedarbrook CC
1965	William Care, Jr.	Atlantic City CC	74-72=146	Tavistock CC/Woodcrest CC
1964	John Guenther, Jr.	Berkshire CC	68-75=143	Philmont CC (North/South)
1963	Harvey Smith	Oak Terrace CC	144	St. Davids GC/Aronimink GC
1962	William Hyndman, III	Huntingdon Valley CC	70-72=142	Philadelphia Cricket Club/North Hills CC
1961	Robert Batdorff, II	Berkshire CC	71-70=141	Merion GC (East/West)
1960	William H. Care, Jr.	Atlantic City CC	70-73=143	Green Valley CC/Philadelphia Cricket Club
1959	Howard Everitt, William Hyndman, III	Atlantic City CC, Huntingdon Valley CC	68-75=143 69-74=143	Aronimink GC/Overbrook GC
1958	Jack Penrose	Atlantic City CC	72-75=147	Merion GC (East)
1957	William Hyndman, III	Huntingdon Valley CC	72-68=140	The Springhaven Club
1956	William Hyndman, III	Huntingdon Valley CC	74-72=146	Overbrook GC
1955	William Hyndman, III	Huntington Valley CC	70-72=142	Atlantic City CC
1954	John Dyniewski	Whitemarsh Valley CC	74-71=145	Torresdale-Frankford CC
1953	Wesley Steinman	White Manor CC	79-74=153	Green Valley GC
1952	Howard Everitt	Atlantic City CC	144	North Hills CC
1951	James B. McHale, Jr.	Saucon Valley CC	72-72=144	Llanerch CC
1950	George H. Rowbotham	Aronimink GC	74-70=144	Cedarbrook CC
1949	James B. McHale, Jr.	Overbrook GC	69-72=141	Philmont CC (North)
1948	^James B. McHale, Jr.	Whitemarsh Valley CC	70-70=140	Atlantic City CC
1947	Gene Kunes	Englewood GC	69-67-136	Huntingdon Valley CC
1946	Matt Kowal	Philmont CC	141	Philmont CC (North)
1945	No Contest
1944	Joe Zarhardt	Jeffersonville GC	138	Manufacturers' G&CC
1943	No Contest
1942	George H. Rowbotham	Llanerch CC	69-77=146	Llanerch CC
1941	J. Wood Platt	Whitemarsh Valley	154	Pine Valley GC
1940	George H. Rowbotham	Llanerch CC	150	Whitemarsh Valley CC
*Format changed to Medal Play (36 holes)*

1939	Ivan Bash	Philmont CC	315	Philadelphia Cricket Club
1938	David Douglas	Tully-Secane CC	77-72-72-70=291	Torresdale-Frankford CC
1937	Clarence W. Hackney, Jr.	Atlantic City CC	79-75-75-79=308	Concord CC
1936	J. Wood Platt	Whitemarsh Valley CC	296	Manufacturers' G&CC
1935	Edward J. Phillips	Aronimink GC	310	Aronimink GC
1934	N/A	N/A	N/A	Philmont CC (North)
1933	Arthur Lynch	Winged Foot GC	72-80-78-77=307	Philadelphia Cricket Club
1932	Rodney Coltart	Roxborough CC	78-77-80-81=316	Paxon Hollow GC
1931	%Clarence W. Hackney, Jr.	Atlantic City CC	147	Manufacturers' G&CC
	%Shortened to 54 holes due to inclement weather
1930	Clarence W. Hackney, Jr.	Atlantic City CC	295	Cedarbrook CC
1929	Ed B. Dudley	Concord CC	295	Merion CC (East)
1928	Tommy D. Armour	Congressional CC	292	North Hills CC
1927	John Farrell	Quaker Ridge GC	296	Rolling Green GC
1926	D. Clark Corkran	Huntingdon Valley CC	295	Philmont CC (North)
1925	J. Wood Platt	Whitemarsh Valley CC	300	Cedarbrook CC
1924	@Maurice Risley	Atlantic City CC	147	Atlantic City CC
	@Shortened to 36 holes due to inclement weather
1923	Maxwell R. Marston	Merion Cricket Club	76-78-82-80=316	Pine Valley GC
1922	John J. Beadle	Llanerch CC	311	Merion CC (East)
1921	J. Wood Platt	Whitemarsh Valley CC	307	Whitemarsh Valley CC
1920	Frank T. MacNamara	Cherry Valley Club	294	Atlantic City CC
1919	Emmett French	CC of York	306	Whitemarsh Valley CC
1918	Pat Doyle/Arthur Reid	Deal G&CC/Stoneybrook GC	150	Huntingdon Valley CC
	Declared co-champions after initial two rounds rained out
1917	James Barnes	Whitemarsh Valley CC	306	Merion CC
1916	%James Fraser	Seaview GC	226	Philmont CC (South)
	%Shortened to 54 holes due to inclement weather
1915	Tom McNamara	Boston, Mass.	296	Philadelphia CC
1914	Tom McNamara	Boston, Mass.	302	Whitemarsh Valley CC
1913	Johnny J. McDermott	Atlantic City CC	305	Merion CC
*Format changed to Medal Play (72 holes)*

1912	*Gilbert Nichols	Wilmington CC	149	Huntingdon Valley CC
	Playoff: Nichols (71) & Johnny J. McDermott, Atlantic City CC
1911	Johnny J. McDermott	Atlantic City CC	150	Whitemarsh Valley CC
1910	Johnny J. McDermott	Merchantville Field Club	146	Philadelphia Cricket Club
1909	Gilbert Nichols	Wilmington CC	146	Philadelphia CC
*Format changed to Medal Play (36 holes)*

1908	Jack Campbell, Overbrook GC, d. James Campbell, Whitemarsh Valley CC		1-up	The Springhaven Club
1907	James Campbell, Mt. Airy CC, d. William Robinson, Atlantic City CC		2-up	Philadelphia Cricket Club
1906	Donald Ball, Philadelphia Cricket Club, d. Jack Campbell, Overbrook GC		2-up	Mt. Airy CC
1905	James Campbell, Mt. Airy CC, d. Donald Ball, Philadelphia Cricket Club		2-up	Huntingdon Valley CC
1904	Jack Campbell, Huntingdon Valley CC, d. Tom Clark, Wilmington CC		6&5	Bala CC
*Format changed to Match Play*

1903	Jack Campbell	Huntingdon Valley CC	321	Philadelphia Cricket Club
*Format is Medal Play (72 holes)*

#Event shortened to 18 holes
^Amateur who won Open Championship
*Won in playoff

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