VILLANOVA, Pa. — The Golf Association of Philadelphia formally honored its 2018 tournament winners during the organization’s 14th Player’s Dinner at Overbrook Golf Club.
The event included cocktails, dinner, an awards presentation and Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The 2018 Players of the Year — Lu Lu Country Club’s Michael R. Brown, Jr. (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 Ryan Tall (Junior) — received their respective awards.
Helen Sigel Wilson, winner of more than 350 tournaments during a 45-year golf career, became the 16th inductee in the Association’s Hall of Fame. A full-length piece will be featured in the winter edition of the Golf Association of Philadelphia Magazine.
Players of the Year
William Hyndman, III — Michael R. Brown, Jr., Lu Lu
Senior — Chip Lutz, LedgeRock
Super Senior — Don Donatoni, White Manor
Junior — Ryan Tall, Spring Ford
BMW GAP Team Matches — Philadelphia Cricket
BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship — Jeremy Wall, Manasquan River
Brewer Cup presented by Callaway Golf
Senior — Raymond Thompson, Overbrook
Super Senior — Don Donatoni, White Manor
Frank H. Chapman Cup (Gross)
Senior — Oscar Mestre, Overbrook
Super Senior — *Roc Irey, Lookaway
Frank H. Chapman Cup (Net)
Men — *Michael Yahrling, Makefield Highlands
Women — Karen Hilliard, Spring Ford
Christman Cup — Ben Pochet, Spring Ford
Deeg Sezna
Boys
Junior
Gross — Alex Mulrooney & Mark Wachter, DuPont
Net — John VanDame, Jr. & Joshua Ryan, Talamore/Junior Players Club
Junior-Junior
Gross — Nathan Guertler & Adam Warner, Tavistock
Net — Greg Smith & Kasim Narinesingh-Smith, Radley Run
Junior Girls
Noreen Mohler & Grace Simenson, Northampton/RiverCrest
Junior-Junior Girls
Taylor Hollander & Mary Dunigan, Kennett Square Mixed
Gross — Peter & Casey Oppenheimer, Whitemarsh Valley
Net — Josh & Grace Sanborn, Northampton
Tee It Forward — Fall Net Championship
Men — Tom Watterson, Loch Nairn
Women — Eva Mckendrick, Philadelphia
Father & Son (Middle) — Gary & Cody Smith, Pine Valley/Philadelphia Publinks
Father & Son (Older)
Championship — *James & Maximillian Muller, Manufacturers’
Super Senior — Harvey & Daniel Chernosky, Towanda
Father & Son (Younger)
Junior — Will Keane & William Keane, Jr., Philadelphia; Randy & Colman Mitchell, Wilmington
Junior-Junior — Nicholas & Ben Saggers, Applecross/Unaffiliated; Bill & Win Thomas, Reading/GAP Youth on Course
Four-Ball Stroke Play Championship
Gross — *Dan Ayars & Andy Kerestesy, Running Deer
Net — Bob Dumont & Jerry Haftmann, Llanerch/Rolling Green
Four-Man Team
Gross — Carlos Fullerton, Max Harrington, & Adam Sutovich, Brookside Allentown & Richard Riva, Bent Creek
Net — *Bob Arthur, Tavistock; Thomas Hyland, Little Mill; Bryan Marvin, Old York Road & James Muller, Manufacturers’
Francis X. Hussey Memorial
Junior Boys — Dan Murphy & Matthew Hanzel, Valleybrook/Running Deer
Junior-Junior Boys — *Nicholas Gross & Henry Stone, Applecross/Bidermann
Junior Girls — Riley Quartermain & Kathleen Mark, Llanerch/Rolling Green
Harry Hammond Award — Anthony Barr, Blue Bell
Jock MacKenzie Memorial
Junior Boys — Anthony Barr, Blue Bell
Junior-Junior Boys — Nathan Guertler, Tavistock
Junior Girls — Lauren Jones, Merion
Junior-Junior Girls — Clarissa Leung, White Manor
Junior Boys’ Championship — Ryan Tall, Spring Ford
Junior-Junior Boys’ Championship — Ben Saggers, Applecross
Junior Team Championship — Blue Bell
Middle-Amateur Championship presented by Callaway Golf — Michael Hyland, Little Mill
Open Championship — *Billy Stewart, ACE Club
Joseph H. Patterson Cup — Michael R. Brown, Jr., Lu Lu
Philadelphia Team Championship — Philadelphia Cricket
Senior Amateur Championship
Senior — Christopher Clauson, Lu Lu
Super Senior — *Don Donatoni, White Manor
Senior Club Team Challenge — (2017) Merion
Senior Silver Cross — Joe Russo, Running Deer
Senior 27-Hole Challenge
Gross
Senior — *Byron Whitman & Joe Butto, Berkshire
Super Senior — *Don Donatoni & Steve Tagert, White Manor/Spring Ford
Net
Senior — Bob Beck & Bert Kosup, Lehigh/Lu Lu
Super Senior — Bob Majczan & James Prendergast, Lookaway/Spring Ford
Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play
Gross
Senior — Oscar Mestre & Raymond Thompson, Overbrook
Super Senior — James Prendergast & Steve Tagert, Spring Ford
Net
Senior — *Randy Mitchell & Steve Walczak, Wilmington
Super Senior — *Thomas Mallouk & Tom DiCinti, Lookaway/Mercer Oaks
Senior Four-Man Team
Gross — *Brian Rothaus, Five Ponds; Jim Yenser, Raven’s Claw; Christopher Fieger & Buck Jones, Philadelphia Publinks
Net — Jay Campbell & Timothy McCabe, Bon Air; Joseph Cassidy & Jon Stein, McCall
Silver Cross — Ryan Rucinski, Fieldstone
Tee It Forward — Spring Net Championship
Men — Jason Marie, Five Ponds
Women — Marybeth Baldwin, Philadelphia
Super-Senior Silver Cross — Robin McCool, Saucon Valley
Tournament of Champions
Amateur — *David Kimbley, Philadelphia Publinks
Senior — Tom Hyland, Moselem Springs
Super Senior — Don Donatoni, White Manor
Francis B. Warner Cup (Gross)
Senior — *Glenn Smeraglio, Lu Lu
Super Senior — Bernie Zbrzeznj, Whitemarsh Valley
Francis B. Warner Cup (Net)
Men — *John O’Rourke, McCall
Women — Stephanie Castaldi, Hershey
Winter Series Players of the Year
Amateur Gross — Joe Zulli, Trump National — Philadelphia
Amateur Net — Greg Smith, Radley Run
Senior Gross — J. Kirk Luntey, Merion
Senior Net — Peter Mimmo, Philmont
Women’s Gross — Muffy McCabe, Philadelphia
Women’s Net — Josie Anthony, White Manor
* — determined in playoff
Golf Association of Philadelphia
Founded in 1897, the Golf Association of Philadelphia (GAP) 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 260 Full Member Clubs and 75,000 individual members are spread across Eastern Pennsylvania and parts of New Jersey and Delaware. As Philadelphia’s Most Trusted Source of Golf Information, the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s mission is to promote, preserve and protect the game of golf.
