Preview: 37th Senior Challenge Matches

Team GAP heads to Chevy Chase Club Oct. 22

GAP travels to Chevy Chase Club in Chevy Chase, Md. for the 37^th Senior Challenge Matches Oct. 22.

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The event pits GAP against the Maryland State Golf Association and New Jersey Golf. Eight senior golfers (55 years of age or older) represent each organization compete in 18 holes of stroke play. The top six scores count toward the team total.

GAP enters as two-time defending champion, with wins at Bidermann Golf Course and The Ridge at Back Brook, respectively. The following individuals will represent Team GAP.

Robert Bechtold, Fieldstone

• First appearance
• 2, Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play
• T4, Pennsylvania Senior Amateur Championship
• T9, Senior Player of the Year standings

James Bell, III, Makefield Highlands

• First appearance
• T3, 21^st Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup
• Winner, Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play alongside Michael Korcuba
• T7, Senior Silver Cross Award standings
• T9, Senior Player of the Year standings

Chris Fieger, Sr., Heidelberg

• Fifth appearance (2021, 2023-25)
• T3, 21^st Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup
• T7, 43^rd Middle-Amateur Championship presented by Parx Casino
• Qualified, U.S. Senior Amateur
• 8, Senior Player of the Year standings

Jeff Frazier, Carlisle

• Fourth appearance (2023-25)
• Winner, 56^th Senior Amateur Championship
• Winner, 19^th Brewer Cup
• Winner, Senior Silver Cross Award
• Winner, 21^st Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup
• Winner, 92^nd Francis B. Warner Cup
• T4, Pennsylvania Senior Amateur Championship
• T3, Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play alongside Mike Farling
• Co-medalist, 19^th Brewer Cup
• T2, Pennsylvania Golf Association George Dressler Memorial
• 1, Senior Player of the Year standings

Neil Gordon, Doylestown

• Third appearance (2024-25)
• Quarterfinalist, 19^th Brewer Cup
• Winner, Pennsylvania Golf Association Senior Match Play Championship
• Qualified, U.S. Senior Open (Local)
• Runner-up, Pennsylvania Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship
• 6, Senior Player of the Year standings

Oscar Mestre, Overbrook

• Seventh appearance (2015, 2018-19, 2021, 2023, 2025)
• 6, 56^th Senior Amateur Championship
• 4, Senior Silver Cross Award standings
• T7, 92^nd Francis B. Warner Cup
• 7, Senior Player of the Year standings

Michael Sanfrancesco, Kennett Square

• First appearance
• Runner-up, 56^th Senior Amateur Championship
• 3, Senior Silver Cross Award standings
• T7, 92^nd Francis B. Warner Cup
• 4, Senior Player of the Year standings

Glenn Smeraglio, LuLu

• Fifth appearance (2016-19)
• T3, 56^th Senior Amateur Championship
• 2, Senior Silver Cross Award standings
• T6, 21^st Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup
• 3, Senior Player of the Year standings

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 organization’s 345 Member Clubs and 140,000 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.