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13th Carter Cup Baltusrol Club Springfield, N.J. July 29, 2015 CarterCup2015_2012CarterCup 7/28/15 9:42 AM Page 2

FINAL FIELD

*as of July 27, 2015 Kevin Allyn Age: 18 Elmsford, NY 2014 Westchester Junior Champion Matthew Bettino Age: 17 Bronxville, NY Match play at 2015 Met Junior; Qualified for 2015 Met Open Bear Carlson Age: 17 Katonah, NY 7th, 2014 Carter Cup; Match play at 2015 Met Junior; Qualified for 2015 Met Amateur Griffin Carroll Age: 17 Chatham, NJ Qualified - 2014 Met Amateur; Junior Player for Host Club, Baltusrol Jack Casler Age: 17 Garden City, NY 2015 LIGA Junior Champion Christian Cavaliere Age: 17 Katonah, NY T9, 2014 Carter Cup; Qualified, 2015 Ike Justin Chae Age: 17 Summit, NJ Qualified for 2015 Met Amateur Jimmy Criscione Age: 16 Paramus, NJ Match play at 2015 Met Junior Connor Daly Age: 17 Bronxville, NY Qualified for 2015 U.S. Junior Ryan Davis Age: 17 Berkeley Heights, NJ 12th, 2014 Carter Cup; Qualified for the National PGA of America Junior Bobby Diforio Age: 18 White Plains, NY Match play at 2015 Met Junior Nicholas DiMaio Age: 17 Old Brookville, NY Qualified, 2015 Ike Jonny Emmerman Age: 17 Scarsdale, NY Qualified for 2015 Met Amateur John Felitto Age: 17 Mountainside , NJ Qualified for 2015 U.S. Junior Brent Fredericksen Age: 17 Staten Island, NY Qualified for 2015 MGA Public Links Michael Frizalone Age: 18 Farmingdale, NY Match play at 2015 Met Junior; Qualified for 2015 MGA Public Links; 2015 Section 8 High School Champion Nolan Forsman Age: 14 Larchmont, NY Winged Foot Junior Club Champion Chris Gallo Age: 17 Staten Island, NY 2014 Staten Island Junior Champion Matt Gentile Age: 17 Chatham, NJ Junior Player from Host Club, Baltusrol CarterCup2015_2012CarterCup 7/28/15 9:42 AM Page 3

FINAL FIELD

Michael Glatstein Age: 16 White Plains, NY Qualified for 2015 MGA Public Links Josh Goldenberg Age: 18 Scarsdale, NY T9, 2014 Carter Cup Nathan Han Age: 14 Somers, NY Match play at 2015 Met Junior; Qualified for the 2015 National PGA of America Junior Ryle Heraghty Age: 16 Mendham, NJ Match play at 2015 Met Junior Brett Inserra Age: 17 Saddle River, NJ Qualified, 2015 Ike Brent Ito Age: 16 Ardsley, NY 2014 MGA/MetLife Boys Champion; T13, 2014 Carter Cup; Match play at 2015 Met Junior; Qualified for 2015 Met Amateur; Qualified, 2015 Ike Martin Jensen Age: 18 Bronxville, NY Qualified, 2015 Ike Dawson Jones Age: 17 Howell, NJ 2014 Met Junior Champion; T9, 2014 Carter Cup; 2014 Williamson Cup Team Brendon Kim Age: 18 Rivervale, NJ Qualified for 2015 MGA Public Links Gerry Mackedon Age: 17 South Setauket, NY Qualified, 2015 Ike; Qualified for 2015 Met Open James McHugh Age: 17 Rye, NY 2015 Met Junior Champion; T13, 2014 Carter Cup; Qualified for 2015 Ike; 2015 Section 1 High School Champion John Mikus Age: 15 Larchmont, NY Qualified for 2015 MGA Public Links Robert Montagnino Age: 18 Smithtown, NY 2015 Section 11 High School Champion; Qualified for 2015 MGA Public Links Bobby Mulcahy Age: 16 Gladstone, NJ Junior Player for Host Club, Baltusrol Ethan Ng Age: 15 New York, NY Match play at 2015 Met Junior; Qualified for 2015 U.S. Junior James Nicholas Age: 18 Scarsdale, NY T13, 2014 Carter Cup; 2014 Williamson Cup Team; Finalist, 2015 Met Junior; Qualified, 2015 Ike CarterCup2015_2012CarterCup 7/28/15 9:42 AM Page 4

FINAL FIELD Christian Oakley Age: 16 Southampton, NY Match play at 2015 Met Junior Connor O'Brien Age: 17 Norwalk, CT Qualified, 2015 U.S. Junior William Rand Age: 16 New York, NY Qualified, 2015 Ike Nicholas Rencis Age: 18 Long Valley, NJ T13, 2014 Carter Cup Peter Richards Age: 18 Westport, CT Qualified for 2015 MGA Public Links; 2015 Holahan Invitational Champion Ryan Rodriguez Age: 17 Highland Mills, NY 2013 MGA/MetLife Boys Champion; 2014 Williamson Cup Team; 2015 Section 9 High School Champion Peter Schlesier Age: 18 Manhasset, NY Qualified for 2015 MGA Public Links John Shay Age: 18 Chatham, NJ Baltusrol Junior Club Champion Jonathan Solimano Age: 17 Montvale, NJ Match play at 2015 Met Junior Solomon Thompson Age: 15 Scarsdale, NY T13, 2014 Carter Cup Thomas Urciuoli Age: 18 Short Hills, NJ Qualified, 2015 Met Am William Voetsch Age: 18 New Vernon, NJ Local Qualifier for 2015 U.S. Open; New Jersey Tournament of Champions Winner; Top 3 on 2015 NJPGA-NJSIAA All-State Points List Jack Wall Age: 14 Brielle , NJ Match Play at 2015 Met Junior Christopher White Age: 18 Garden City, NY Qualified, 2015 Ike Chris Yeom Age: 18 New Hyde Park, NY Match play at 2015 Met Junior CarterCup2015_2012CarterCup 7/28/15 9:42 AM Page 5

The 12th Carter Cup July 30, 2014 18-year-old Erick Alonso of Haworth, N.J., won the 12th Carter Cup by one stroke with a 36-hole total of 3-under 141 at Baltusrol to win his first MGA title. After an opening round 3-under 69 on the Upper Course, Alonso strug - gled on his first few holes in his second round on the Lower Course, until the par-5 seventh hole. “I chipped in for eagle on 7 and it just got my round going,” he said. The eagle came at just the right time and he followed it with four birdies on the back nine, including a two-putt birdie on the 18th that eventually sealed the victory. “It feels awesome looking at those names and where they are now,” Alonso said of past Carter Cup Champions. “It’s nice to have this on your resumé.”

Final Results Finish Player Hometown To Par Score 1 Erick Alonso Haworth, N.J. -3 141 T2 Matt Lowe Farmingdale, N.Y. -2 142 Jeremy Wall Brielle, N.J. -2 142 4 Thomas La Morte Haworth, N.J. -1 143 5 Christopher Troy Greenwich, Conn. +1 145 6 Chris Yeom New Hyde Park, N.Y. +2 146 7 Bear Carlson Katonah, N.Y. +4 148 8 Kieran Purcell Nutley, N.J. +5 149 T9 Christian Cavaliere Katonah, N.Y. +6 150 Dawson Jones Howell, N.J. +6 150 Josh Goldenberg Scarsdale, N.Y. +6 150 CarterCup2015_2012CarterCup 7/28/15 9:43 AM Page 6

Past Champions

Youngest and oldest Carter Cup champions, Cameron Young and David Pastore, respectively

Year Champion Score Runner-up Score 2003 Brendan Tracy# 109 Marc Issler 109 2004 Patrick Fillian 141 Ryan Gabel 142 2005 Morgan Hoffmann* 145 Dan Abbondandolo 145 2006 Chris DeForest 140 Max Bichsel 146 Morgan Hoffmann 146 2007 Max Buckley 140 Cameron Wilson 143 2008 Curtis Loop* 141 Cameron Wilson 141 2009 Cameron Wilson 137 David Pastore 139 2010 David Pastore 140 Ryan McCormick 143 2011 Cameron Young 144 Ethan Wall 146 2012 Jared Mactas** 71 Theodore Humphrey 72 Paul Pastore 72 Charles Cai 72 Ethan DeForest 72 Harrison Shih 72 Ethan Wall 72 2013 Ryan Rose 143 Jared Mactas 144 2014 Erick Alonso 141 Jeremy Wall 142 Matt Lowe 142 * won in a playoff ** event was shortened to 18 holes due to weather # event was shortened to 27 holes due to weather CarterCup2015_2012CarterCup 7/28/15 9:43 AM Page 7

MGA Carter Cup Records

AGE Oldest Winner CHAMPIONSHIP 18 years, 8 months — David Pastore, Most Top 5 Finishes 2010 3 — Cameron Wilson, Mike Miller, 18 years, 4 months — Patrick Fillian, Sean Kelly 2004 Most Top 10 Finishes Youngest Winner 5 — Sean Kelly 14 years, 3 months — Cameron Young, 3 — Mark Costanza, Charlie Edler, 2011 Sean Kelly, Mike Miller, David Pas - 15 years, 11 months — Morgan tore, Brendan Tracy, Cameron Wilson, Hoffmann, 2006 Ethan Wall

SCORING MISCELLANEOUS Lowest Score, 18 Holes Winner of the Carter Cup & Met Junior 65 (Upper) — Christopher Troy, 2014 Patrick Fillian (both in 2004) 66 (Upper) — Sean Kelly, 2009 David Pastore (Met Junior, 2006 & 66 (Lower) — Cameron Wilson, 2009 2009 — Carter Cup, 2010) 67 (Upper) — Mike Miller, 2009 Cameron Young (Met Junior, 2013 - 67 (Lower) — Curtis Loop, 2008 Carter Cup, 2011) Lowest Final Round (36-Hole Tourna - Winner of the Carter Cup & Boys ment) Championship 66 — Cameron Wilson, 2009 Cameron Wilson (Boys, 2006 — Carter 67 — Curtis Loop, 2008 Cup, 2009) Highest Final Round By Winner *Contested at Winged Foot 74 — Morgan Hoffmann, 2005* Lowest Winning Total 137 — Cameron Wilson, 2009 Highest Winning Total 145 — Morgan Hoffmann, 2005 144 — Cameron Young, 2011 Largest Margin of Victory 6 strokes — Chris DeForest, 2006 3 strokes — Max Buckley, 2007 Largest Comeback By Winner (After 18-Holes)

6 strokes — Curtis Loop, 2008 2006 Champion Chris DeForest holds the record for 5 strokes — Cameron Wilson, 2009 largest margin of victory - 6 strokes CarterCup2015_2012CarterCup 7/28/15 9:43 AM Page 8

The Story Of BALTUSROL GOLF CLUB Baltusrol’s founder, Louis Keller, who created the New York Social Register in 1887, bought 477 acres at the foot of Baltusrol Mountain in 1890, and in May of 1895 hired George Hunter to lay out a short nine- hole course there. A meeting was held in Manhattan on October 25, 1895, at which the Baltusrol Golf Club was organized. In 1897, Baltusrol be - came one of the charter members of the MGA. Baltusrol takes its name from the 200-foot mountain that forms the club’s north - west boundary. The moun - tain is named after a wealthy farmer called Baltus Roll, who once lived near where the clubhouse is now lo - cated. The original Baltusrol clubhouse was a converted The original clubhouse farmhouse, and on the night of March 27, 1909, it burned to the ground. Baltusrol’s majestic new English Manor-style clubhouse, built at a cost of $100,000, was ready the next spring, and continues to provide a comfortable second home for the club’s 850 members. Baltusrol’s original nine-hole course was expanded to 18 holes prior to the 1898 season, then revised in 1905 to form what the club refers to as the “Old Course.” In 1903, the USGA brought the U.S. Open to Baltusrol. The championship was captured by and was the first of seven USGA championships hosted by Baltusrol. The U.S. Amateur came the next year, and was won by 20-year-old H. , then a Harvard sophomore. Among those who failed to survive the first round was a young man from Philadelphia by the name of Albert W. Tillinghast. The final chapter in the story of the Old Course at Baltusrol came with the 1915 U.S. Open, won by amateur Jerry Travers of Upper Mont - clair. CarterCup2015_2012CarterCup 7/28/15 9:43 AM Page 9

By 1917 the Old Course had become antiquated and overcrowded. The following year, the club hired Tillinghast to design two new courses on their newly expanded property. He would finish four years later, in June 1922, a few months after Keller’s death. The Lower Course was the first of the new courses to taste national competition, during the 1926 U.S. Amateur. won the quali - fying medal but was upset by , 2 & 1, in the finals. The U.S. Amateur returned to the Lower Course in 1946, won by , and again in 2000, when took the title. But there is no doubt that Baltusrol gained its worldwide fame during its U.S. Opens throughout the 20th cen - tury. The 1936 U.S. Open was held on the Upper Course and was won by , an ex-caddie from Westchester, who beat the Open scoring record by four strokes. The 1954 U.S. Open was the first to be televised nationally and was won by . The U.S. Open returned in 1967, and 23-year-old amateur Marty Fleckman led after the first and third rounds. The final rounds, though, belonged to and . Nicklaus took charge with four front-nine birdies and went on to win. In 1980, the U.S. Open returned and attention was once again focused on Nicklaus, who came out firing with an opening-round 63. After three rounds, though, Nicklaus found himself on even terms with Isao Aoki and the two battled to the wire, with the Golden Bear’s 22-foot birdie putt on 17 being the crushing blow. In 1993, captured the U.S. Open in a Jack Nicklaus memorable final-round duel with . The PGA Championship came to Baltusrol for the first time in 2005, and was won by after he made a clutch up and down near the green of the par-five 18th hole of the Lower Course. The PGA will re - turn in 2016. Baltusrol also has been the scene of two Met Opens and three Met Am - ateurs. The most recent was in 2006, when Tommy McDonagh took the Met Am title. Following the 2015 Carter Cup, the Met Amateur will be played on the Upper Course from July 30 - August 2. CarterCup2015_2012CarterCup 7/28/15 9:43 AM Page 10

Baltusrol’s Magnificent Golf Courses

QUICK FACTS:

Upper Course Par: 35-36 = 71 Yardage: 6,845 Course Rating: 73.8 Slope: 136

Lower Course Par: 36-36 = 72 Yardage: 7,016 Course Rating: 73.9 Slope: 139 CarterCup2015_2012CarterCup 7/28/15 9:43 AM Page 11

THANK YOU

Peter Kapsamalis Club President

Richard Shea Golf Chairman

Doug Steffen Head Golf Professional Director of Golf

Kevin Vitale General Manager

Mark D. Kuhns Golf Course Superintendent

For their kind hospitality in hosting

TTHHEE 1133 TH CCAARRTTEERR CCUUPP MGA Junior Stroke Play Championship July 29, 2015 CarterCup2015_2012CarterCup 7/28/15 9:43 AM Page 12

Michael P. Carter 1982-2002

Michael P. Carter was an engaging and talented young man who represented all that is good about the game of golf. A jun - ior champion at both Baltusrol and Winged Foot, a standout golfer at The Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J., and a member of the Penn State golf team, Michael had character, integrity, and charm - both on and off the golf course. He understood the importance of giving his all, and also of giving back, spending many hours volunteering with the American Red Cross and assisting with the efforts following the September 11th attacks.

This event is dedicated in his memory.