Will Holt spent a
couple of years helping us out in the Daily
Times sports department before realizing that working at a newspaper wasn’t
helping his golf game.
Then he spent some
time working in the golf business as an assistant pro at a couple of clubs,
including Rolling Green. That was another job that wasn’t conducive to lowering
your scores.
He is a reinstated
amateur now and last Saturday he fired a 4-over 76 at Downingtown Country Club
to finish In a five-way tie for second in qualifying for the Golf Association
of Philadelphia’s first major championship of the year, the Middle-Amateur
Championship, which will be played May 22-23 at Fieldstone Golf Club.
Holt plays out of
Kennett Square Golf & Country Club and has won two club championships.
Followers of my Golf Notebook that appears in the Daily Times print edition in the summer may recall that Holt won
the club championship two years ago in a match that was interrupted when Holt
realized all the fire engines he heard blaring were headed to his townhouse
near the course to put out a small fire.
When the all clear
was issued, Holt returned to the course and finished off the victory.
The qualifying medal
went to Overbrook Golf Club’s Chris Lange Jr., a Newtown Square resident and
son of legendary GAP competitor Chris Lange. Lange, a commercial real estate
broker at Binswanger, fired a 1-over 73. Lange was coming off a 3-under 67 at
Overbrook.
“I went out
confident,” the 28-year-old Lange told the GAP website. “I didn’t try to press
the issue because the greens were aerated and the wind was blowing, so I just
kind of let it go.”
Lange couldn’t
swing a club for four months after undergoing surgery to repair a torn rotator
cuff.
“It bothered me all
last summer and I got an MRI in September,” Lange said of the offending
shoulder. “My body feels healthy for the first time in a while. With all of the
work I did on my shoulder, I feel more stable. I had four months of physical
therapy, so my swing feels different. My
misses aren’t as bad because I’m a little bit stronger than I was.”
Also earning spots
at the GAP Mid-Am were Robert Good of
Merion Golf Club with a 78, Tom Spano of Llanerch Country Club with a 79 and
Shawn Lavin of Rolling Green Golf Club with a 79. The cut fell at that 7–over
79 figure.
Walsh will captain Team GAP
P. Chet Walsh, the
Philadelphia Country Club member who, in a former life, coached the Archbishop
Carroll boys basketball team, will serve as team captain as the top GAP players
take on the best the New Jersey State Golf Association has to offer in the 52nd Compher Cup at Galloway
National Golf Club Wednesday.
“it makes you feel
good that you’re selected to play on any
of the honorary teams,” the 46-year-old Walsh, a Wayne resident, told the GAP
website. “I think it’s a goal that a lot of people set each season – to play
well enough to be considered for it.”
Among the six
rookies on the GAP’s Compher Cup roster is Stephen Dressel, a 24-year-old Wayne
resident and a former Conestoga standout.
“It’s certainly an
honor to be selected,” Dressel told the GAP website. “I’m definitely looking
forward to the event – playing a very tough golf course from my understanding
in Galloway. It will be nice to play in a team atmosphere.”
Llanerch Country
Club will be represented by Brian McDermott, of the golfing McDermott family out of Haverford High and
Saint Joseph’s, and Jeff Osberg, who not only qualified for the 2012 U.S.
Amateur, but made it to match play and was ousted by the eventual champion,
Steven Fox.
Perla is in the swing
The Philadelphia
Section PGA teed off its 2013 tournament campaign with the Callaway Golf TPD
Championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Militia Hill course Monday.
Radnor Valley
Country Club assistant pro Tony Perla racked up 24 points in the modified
Stableford scoring system to take runnerup honors behind Dave McNabb, the
Applebrook Golf Club pro who took the title with 28 points.
Perla had five
birdies and 11 pars on his way to his 24-point total.
Perla’s boss,
Radnor Valley head pro George Forster, finished third in the senior division
with 18 points.
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