Silver Cross Award
The Silver Cross is presented to the player with the lowest aggregate score in the qualifying round(s) of the BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship and the Joseph H. Patterson Cup.
| Year | Name | Club | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | %Patrick Isztwan | Huntingdon Valley CC | 269 |
| Format changed to 90 holes of stroke play | |||
| 2023 | Troy Vannucci | Little Mill CC | 274 |
| 2022 | Michael R. Brown, Jr. | LuLu CC | 275 |
| 2021 | Peter Bradbeer | Merion GC | 268 |
| 2020 | *^Jeff Osberg | Pine Valley GC | 137 |
| Playoff (The 1912 Club): Osberg (72) & Zach Barbin (72); Osberg made par 4 on 19th hole; Barbin a bogey |
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| 2019 | #Jeff Osberg | Pine Valley GC | 205 |
| 2018 | Ryan Rucinski | Fieldstone GC | 286 |
| 2017 | Peter Bradbeer | Merion GC | 286 |
| 2016 | Jeff Osberg | Huntingdon Valley CC | 284 |
| 2015 | Jeff Osberg | Huntingdon Valley CC | 275 |
| 2014 | Matthew Teesdale | Commonwealth National GC | 280 |
| 2013 | Brandon Matthews | Glenmaura National GC | 281 |
| 2012 | #Brandon Matthews | Fox Hill CC | 212 |
| 2011 | Mike Meisenzahl | Little Mill CC | 284 |
| 2010 | Jeff Osberg | Llanerch CC | 288 |
| 2009 | James Kania, Jr. | Overbrook GC | 283 |
| 2008 | Glenn Smeraglio | Yardley CC | 279 |
| 2007 | Michael McDermott | Merion GC | 277 |
| 2006 | Stephen Arnold | Yardley CC | 279 |
| 2005 | John Sawin | Merion GC | 283 |
| 2004 | Michael Tash | Tavistock CC | 289 |
| 2003 | Michael McDermott | Llanerch CC | 282 |
| 2002 | Christian Bartolacci | Jericho National GC | 282 |
| 2001 | Glenn Smeraglio | Yardley CC | 288 |
| 2000 | Glenn Smeraglio | Yardley CC | 291 |
| 1999 | Justin Thompson | Overbrook GC | 290 |
| 1998 | Andy Thompson | Overbrook GC | 289 |
| 1997 | Michael A. Tash | Woodbury CC | 297 |
| 1996 | Jim Sullivan, Jr. | Huntingdon Valley CC | 292 |
| 1995 | James Kania, Sr. | Overbrook GC | 290 |
| 1994 | #James Kania, Sr. | Overbrook GC | 214 |
| 1993 | Mike Gregor | Huntingdon Valley CC | 292 |
| 1992 | James Kania, Sr. | Overbrook GC | 290 |
| 1991 | #Robin McCool | Saucon Valley CC | 219 |
| 1990 | *#Robin McCool | Saucon Valley CC | 217 |
| Playoff: McCool (65) & Blaise Giroso (71) | |||
| 1989 | #William McGuinness | Tavistock CC | 220 |
| 1988 | David K. Brookreson | Huntingdon Valley CC | 298 |
| 1987 | Richard Stanford | Yardley CC | 292 |
| 1986 | Blaise Giroso | Brandywine CC | 288 |
| 1985 | Blaise Giroso | Brandywine CC | 294 |
| 1984 | David K. Brookreson | Huntingdon Valley CC | 290 |
| 1983 | #Blaise Giroso | Brandywine CC | 222 |
| 1982 | Noel Caruso | Whitemarsh Valley CC | 287 |
| 1981 | Paul Erhardt, III | Chester Valley GC | 293 |
| 1980 | James Robertson | Llanerch CC | 299 |
| 1979 | Gary Deetscreek | Old York Road CC | 300 |
| 1978 | Paul Erhardt, III | Chester Valley GC | 286 |
| 1977 | Michael Rose | Philmont CC | 295 |
| 1976 | *Duke Delcher | Sandy Run CC | 260 |
| Playoff: Delcher (77) & James Hamilton (78) | |||
| 1975 | R. Jay Sigel | Aronimink GC | 289 |
| 1974 | R. Jay Sigel | Aronimink GC | 292 |
| 1973 | *R. Jay Sigel | Aronimink GC | 296 |
| Playoff: Sigel (73) & Donald DeAngelis (76) | |||
| 1972 | R. Jay Sigel | Aronimink GC | 283 |
| 1971 | Donald M. Norbury | Buena Vista CC | 292 |
| 1970 | R. Jay Sigel | Aronimink GC | 293 |
| 1969 | R. Jay Sigel | Aronimink GC | 298 |
| 1968 | Paul Erhardt, III | Sakima CC | 294 |
| 1967 | *Donald M. Norbury | Wildwood G&CC | 289 |
| Playoff: Norbury (71) & William H. Care, Jr. (71) | |||
| (Won by default per Executive Committee meeting) | |||
| 1966 | James P. King | Cedarbrook CC | 289 |
| 1965 | William H. Care, Jr. | Atlantic City CC | 291 |
| 1964 | William H. Care, Jr. | Atlantic City CC | 296 |
| 1963 | John H. Guenther, Jr. | Berkshire CC | 293 |
| 1962 | John Dyniewski | Whitemarsh Valley CC | 288 |
| 1961 | Howard Everitt | Shawnee CC | 295 |
| 1960 | John H. Guenther, Jr. | Berkshire CC | 288 |
| 1959 | John Dyniewski | Whitemarsh Valley CC | 299 |
| 1958 | William Hyndman, III | Huntingdon Valley CC | 291 |
| 1957 | William Hyndman, III | Huntingdon Valley CC | 282 |
| 1956 | William Hyndman, III | Huntingdon Valley CC | 293 |
| 1955 | John Dyniewski | Whitemarsh Valley CC | 290 |
| 1954 | William Hyndman, III | Huntingdon Valley CC | 290 |
| 1953 | Sam Penecale | Melrose CC | 295 |
| 1952 | William Hyndman, III | Huntingdon Valley CC | 299 |
| 1951 | Sam Penecale | Melrose CC | 291 |
| 1950 | George H. Rowbotham | Aronimink GC | 286 |
| 1949 | W.B. McCullough, Jr. | Huntingdon Valley CC | 297 |
| 1948 | Stanley Nolan | Sandy Run CC | 300 |
| 1947 | George H. Rowbotham | Llanerch CC | 301 |
| 1946 | William Hyndman, III | Huntingdon Valley CC | 293 |
| 1945 | No Contest — World War II | ||
| 1944 | No Contest — World War II | ||
| 1943 | No Contest — World War II | ||
| 1942 | W.B. McCullough, Jr. | Huntingdon Valley CC | 305 |
| 1941 | Howard Everitt | Manufacturers G&CC | 300 |
| 1940 | Howard Everitt | Manufacturers G&CC | 297 |
| 1939 | J. Wood Platt | Whitemarsh Valley CC | 296 |
| 1938 | J. Wood Platt | Whitemarsh Valley CC | 293 |
| 1937 | Willard H. Goeckler | Whitemarsh Valley CC | 292 |
| 1936 | Harold S. Cross, Jr. | Huntingdon Valley CC | 306 |
| 1935 | Charles A. Reckner | Cedarbrook CC | 309 |
| 1934 | W.B. McCullough, Jr. | Huntingdon Valley CC | 299 |
| 1933 | Chris Brinke | Aronimink GC | 306 |
| 1932 | John J. Jennings | Melrose CC | 304 |
| 1931 | J. Wood Platt | Whitemarsh Valley CC | 304 |
| 1930 | Charles A. Reckner | Cedarbrook CC | 305 |
| 1929 | J.G. Boardman | Ashbourne CC | 303 |
| 1928 | J. Wood Platt | Whitemarsh Valley CC | 302 |
| 1927 | Theodore Johnston | Green Valley CC | 306 |
| 1926 | J. Wood Platt | Whitemarsh Valley CC | 297 |
| 1925 | Charles A. Reckner | Cedarbrook CC | 314 |
| 1924 | J. Wood Platt | Whitemarsh Valley CC | 308 |
| 1923 | Maxwell R. Marston | Merion Cricket Club | 297 |
| 1922 | J. Wood Platt | Whitemarsh Valley CC | 306 |
| 1921 | Charles A. Reckner | Cedarbrook CC | 315 |
| 1920 | #George W. Hoffner | Bala GC | 236 |
| 1919 | George W. Hoffner | Bala GC | 309 |
| 1918 | No Contest — World War I | ||
| 1917 | No Contest — World War I | ||
| 1916 | S.E. Sharwood | Merion Cricket Club | 316 |
| 1915 | Walter H. Reynolds | Aronimink GC | 322 |
| 1914 | Simon Carr | Huntingdon Valley CC | 311 |
| 1913 | Cameron B. Buxton | Huntingdon Valley CC | 323 |
| 1912 | Wirt L. Thompson | Huntingdon Valley CC | 320 |
| 1911 | George A. Crump | Philadelphia CC | 324 |
| 1910 | H.R. Worthington | Philadelphia Cricket Club | 323 |
| 1909 | Harold B. McFarland | Huntingdon Valley CC | 314 |
| 1908 | Howard W. Perrin | Philadelphia Cricket Club | 331 |
| 1907 | Harold B. McFarland | Huntingdon Valley CC | 337 |
| 1906 | Howard W. Perrin | Philadelphia Cricket Club | N/A |
| 1905 | Harold B. McFarland | Huntingdon Valley CC | N/A |
| 1904 | Albert W. Tillinghast | Philadelphia Cricket Club | 340 |
| 1903 | Harold B. McFarland | Huntingdon Valley CC | 326 |
| 1902 | Howard W. Perrin | Philadelphia Cricket Club | 341 |
| * — won in playoff | |||
| ^-shortened to 36 holes due to COVID-19 restrictions | |||
| %-shortened to 72 holes | |||
| #-shortened to 54 holes | |||