Team GAP heads to The Ridge at Back Brook
The Ridge at Back Brook welcomes the 36th Senior Challenge Matches on Oct. 22.
| History | Year-by-year | Team Delaware preview |
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 took the title with a six-shot victory in the 2024 edition at Bidermann Golf Course.
Below is a look at the GAP team.
Adam Armagost, Little Mill Country Club
- Second Appearance (2019)
- Won: 20th Frank H. Chapman Memorial
- Sixth: 55th Senior Amateur
- Fourth: Senior Silver Cross
- Fifth: Senior Player of the Year Standings
Don Donatoni, Hershey’s Mill Golf Club
- 13th Appearance (2004-05, 2007-08, 2012-17, 2019, 2023)
- Second: 20th Super-Senior Amateur
- Won: Super-Senior Silver Cross
- Won: 20th Frank H. Chapman Memorial Super Senior
- T5: 17th Francis B. Warner Cup Super Senior
- Third: Super-Senior Player of the Year Standings
G. Patrick Dougherty, Philadelphia Cricket Club
- First appearance
- Won: 91st Francis B. Warner Cup
- Third: Senior Silver Cross
- T3: 20th Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup
- Fourth: Senior Player of the Year Standings
Chris Fieger, Sr., Heidelberg Country Club
- Fourth Appearance (2021, 2023-24)
- T3: 55th Senior Amateur Championship
- Second: 91st Francis B. Warner Cup
- Round of 64: U.S. Senior Amateur
- Third: Senior Player of the Year Standings
Jeff Frazier, Carlisle Country Club
- Third Appearance (2023-24)
- Won: 55th Senior Amateur
- Won: 18th Brewer Cup
- Won: Senior Silver Cross
- T3: 91st Francis B. Warner Cup
- T3: 20th Frank H. Chapman Memorial
- Won: Senior Player of the Year
Neil Gordon, Doylestown Country Club
- Second Appearance (2024)
- Semifinalist: 18th Brewer Cup
- T10: 55th Senior Amateur
- Qualified: U.S. Senior Amateur
- T2: PAGA Senior Open
- Seventh: Senior Player of the Year Standings
Brian Groff, Lancaster Country Club
- First Appearance (2021)
- Finalist: 18th Brewer Cup
- Won: PAGA Senior Amateur
- Eighth: Senior Player of the Year Standings
Oscar Mestre, Overbrook Golf Club
- Sixth Appearance (2015, 2018-19, 2021, 2023)
- Won: 10th Delaware Super-Senior
- Won: 20th Super-Senior Amateur
- T7: 55th Senior Amateur
- T5: Senior Silver Cross
- Qualified: U.S. Senior Amateur
- Sixth: 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 Association’s 345 Member Clubs and 130,000 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.
