Preview: 35th Senior Challenge Matches (Team Delaware) - The Golf Association of Philadelphia

Oct 07, 2024

Preview: 35th Senior Challenge Matches (Team Delaware)

Senior Challenge Matches set for Oct. 8

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Team Delaware hosts the 35th Senior Challenge Matches on Oct. 8 at Bidermann Golf Club in Wilmington, Del. This will be the last year Delaware will participate in the matches.

The event pits the Delaware State Golf Association against GAP, Maryland State Golf Association and New Jersey State Golf Association.

Eight senior golfers (55 years of age or older) representing each organization compete in 18 holes of stroke play. The top six scores count toward the team total.

Delaware holds one title (1994). The NJSGA took the title last year by two shots over GAP at Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower).

Below is a look at the Delaware team:

John Gosselin, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club

  • T6: 73rd Delaware Senior Amateur
  • T17: Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play

Tom Humphrey, Wilmington Country Club

  • Second: Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play
  • Won: 9th Delaware Super Senior
  • T23: 73rd Delaware Senior Amateur

Tom Finn, DuPont Country Club

  • Second: 73rd Delaware Senior Amateur
  • T38: 90th Francis B. Warner Cup

Ron Jamarowicz, DuPont Country Club

  • T9: 73rd Delaware Senior Amateur

Rufino Rosal, DuPont Country Club

  • T6: 73rd Delaware Senior Amateur

Chris Smedley, Hartefeld National

  • Fourth: 9th Delaware Super Senior
  • Qualified: U.S. Senior Amateur

Bryan Taylor, Ocean City Golf Club

  • T3: 73rd Delaware Senior Amateur

Mark Wachter, DuPont Country Club

  • 15th: 73rd Delaware Senior Amateur

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 345 Member Clubs and 110,000 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.

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