HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — The Golf Association of Philadelphia formally honored its 2017 tournament winners during the organization’s 13th Player’s Dinner at Huntingdon Valley Country Club.
The event included cocktails, dinner, an awards presentation and Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The 2017 Players of the Year — Saucon Valley Country Club’s Matt Mattare (William Hyndman, III), LedgeRock Golf Club’s Chip Lutz (Senior), White Manor Country Club’s Don Donatoni (Super Senior) and Spring Ford Country Club’s Ben Pochet (Junior) — received their respective awards.
John Guenther, Jr., founder of Heidelberg Country Club and Moselem Springs Golf Club and multi-Major champion, became the 15th inductee in the Association’s Hall of Fame. Learn more about Guenther’s storied career in the fall edition of the Golf Association of Philadelphia Magazine.
Players of the Year
William Hyndman, III — Matt Mattare, Saucon Valley
Senior — Chip Lutz, LedgeRock
Super Senior — Don Donatoni, White Manor
Junior — Ben Pochet, Spring Ford
BMW GAP Team Matches – Philadelphia Cricket
BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship – Gregor Orlando, Philadelphia Cricket
Brewer Cup
Senior – Scott Mayne, LedgeRock
Super Senior – Don Donatoni, White Manor
Frank H. Chapman Cup (Gross)
Senior – *Joseph Roeder, Little Mill
Super Senior – *Steve Tagert, Spring Ford
Frank H. Chapman Cup (Net)
Men – Hank Collins, Philadelphia Publinks
Women – Alison Kellock, Flourtown
Christman Cup – Ben Pochet, Spring Ford
Deeg Sezna
Boys
Junior
Gross – Bruce Cowgill & Nicky Marrollo, Whitford
Net – Doug Borgerson & Matt Marino, Huntingdon Valley/Waynesborough
Junior-Junior
Gross – Kevin Kelly & Luke Marvin, Philadelphia Cricket/Old York Road
Net – George Steinmetz & Lucas Steinmetz, Spring Ford
Mixed
Gross – Owen Brown & Kelly Brown, Coatesville
Net – Nicholas Wert & Sherry Wert, Merion
Tee It Forward — Fall Net Championship
Men – Hank Collins, Philadelphia Publinks
Women – Lucia Simon, Saucon Valley
Father & Son (Middle) – *John & Jack Barry, Lancaster
Father & Son (Older)
Championship – Guy & Matthew McKeone, Reading/Moselem Springs
Super Senior – W. Scott & Chris Yard, Whitford
Father & Son (Younger)
Junior – Douglas & Wade Gregor, Huntingdon Valley
Junior-Junior – Jeffrey & Anthony Ciconte, Wilmington; Owen & Keller Mulhern, Whitford
Four-Ball Stroke Play Championship
Gross – Michael R. Brown, Jr. & Mark Wachter, Lu Lu/DuPont
Net –Michael Sanfrancesco & Brett Wallace, Kennett Square
Four-Man Team
Gross – Jason Barkley, Moselem Springs; Mark Coassolo, Brookside of Allentown; Shawn Lavin, Rolling Green & Peter Moran, Whitford
Net – Ted Kukawski, Wildwood; Gary Nolan, Jr., Rolling Green; Doug Pollock, DuPont & Russell Waters, Penn Oaks
Francis X. Hussey Memorial
Junior Boys – Daniel Galbreath & Conor McGrath, Huntingdon Valley
Junior-Junior Boys – Henry Fish & Darren Nolan, Chester Valley/Talamore
Junior Girls – Kathleen Mark & Riley Quartermain, Rolling Green/Llanerch
Junior-Junior Girls –Molly Gregor & Emma McGrath, Huntingdon Valley
Harry Hammond Award – Ron Robinson, Commonwealth National
Jock MacKenzie Memorial
Junior Boys – *Thomas Butler, Indian Valley
Junior-Junior Boys – Darren Nolan, Talamore
Junior Girls – *Meghan Fahey, Merion
Junior-Junior Girls – Molly Gregor, Huntingdon Valley
Junior Boys’ Championship – Dawson Anders, Indian Valley
Junior-Junior Boys’ Championship – Josh Ryan, Lu Lu
Junior Team Championship – Spring Ford
Marston Cup – Larry Benedetto, Concord
Middle-Amateur Championship – Ben Feld, Huntingdon Valley
Open Championship – Matt Mattare, Saucon Valley
Joseph H. Patterson Cup – Peter Bradbeer, Merion
Philadelphia Team Championship – Lu Lu
Senior Amateur Championship
Senior – Glenn Smeraglio, Lu Lu
Super Senior – Robert Billings, Rolling Green
Senior Club Team Challenge – (2016) Little Mill
Senior Silver Cross – Glenn Smeraglio, Lu Lu
Senior 27-Hole Challenge
Gross
Senior – Thomas Alestock & Robert Walters, Running Deer
Super Senior – Carl Everett & Steve Tagert, Merion/Spring Ford
Net
Senior – Gregory Buliga & Paul Dansbury, Yardley
Super Senior – Edward Pappas & Robert Zakian, Rolling Green
Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play
Gross
Senior – Oscar Mestre & Raymond Thompson, Overbrook
Super Senior – Don Donatoni & Carl Everett, White Manor/Merion
Net
Senior – Joseph Hacker & Robert Hackett, Jr., Wilmington
Super Senior – Thomas Mohr 7 Robert Zakian, Whitford/Rolling Green
Senior Four-Man Team
Gross – *David West, Whitford; Thomas Finn, Buddy Reed & Alan Wagenschnur, Loch Nairn
Net – Jamie Wolsky, RiverCrest; Hugh Gallagher, Les Wetty & Terry Woodward-Williams, Bellewood
Silver Cross – Peter Bradbeer, Merion
Tee It Forward — Spring Net Championship
Men – Jan Daniels, Laurel Creek
Women – Ineke Daniels, Laurel Creek
Super-Senior Silver Cross – Buck Jones, Philadelphia Publinks
Tournament of Champions
Amateur – *Kyle Henofer, Indian Valley
Senior – Donald Crossin, Fox Hill
Super Senior – Robin McCool, Saucon Valley
Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross)
Senior – Brian Corbett, Huntsville
Super Senior – Buck Jones, Philadelphia Publinks
Francis B. Warner Cup (Net)
Men – *Mike Connell, Springhaven
Women – *Josie Anthony, White Manor
Winter Series Players of the Year
Amateur Gross – David Waxman, Little Mill
Amateur Net – Greg Smith, Radley Run
Senior Gross – Richard Custer, Bellewood
Senior Net – Bernard Kelly, Little Mill
*-determined in playoff
Golf Association of Philadelphia
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