2019 BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship Stonewall (Old) Elverson, Pa. June 11-13 & 15 #BMWPhillyAm 2 BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship Host Course Information Stonewall (Old) Par: 70 Course Architect: Tom Doak Opened: 1993 Website: www.stonewalllinks.com Stonewall (North) Par: 70 Architect: Tom Doak 375 Bulltown Road Opened: 2003 Elverson, PA 19520 Phone: 610-286-3030 Website: www.stonewalllinks.com Golf Professional: Golf Professional: Ryan Lagergren Christopher Wilkinson General Manager: Paul Mauer Superintendent: Brendan Superintendent: Daniel Dale Byrne General Manager: Cindy Ertner GAP Contact Information GAP 1974 Sproul Road, Suite 400 Broomall, PA 19008 Phone: 610-687-2340 Executive Director: Mark Peterson Director of Competitions: Kirby Martin Director of Operations: Martin D. Emeno, Jr. Tournament Director: Justin Reasy, Chris Roselle Assistant Communications Director: Tony Regina, Dan Scofield BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship 3 Venue History That is its name, its full and official name. It is not Stonewall Golf Club or Stonewall Country Club or Stonewall National Golf and Country Club. Just Stonewall, inspired by the handsome and sturdy Pennsylvania fieldstone wall, about two feet thick and running the length of the farm buildings. Almost as uncompromising as the club’s name is its address: Bulltown. Here, in East Nantmeal Township, a remote rural corner of Chester County about a half-hour’s drive from Paoli, is a 185- acre tract where dairy cattle once grazed and corn once grew. And where golfers now walk—all of them: there are no golf carts. The co-founders of Stonewall are A. John May and C. F. (Bud) Fretz, who were among the four founders of Waynesborough Country Club, back in 1964. Both men are also members of Pine Valley. It was May who conceived of this club, and it is his personal vision of Stonewall that has been realized. “I want an excellent golf course,” he declared at the outset, “where you can play any time you want, where you can play fast, surrounded by lovely views, and where the members are people you want to play with.” Remarkably, that last requirement was not a way to make the club elitist or exclusionary. May, a prominent Philadelphia attorney, made it clear that women would be welcomed to full membership. So would representatives of minority groups. A candidate for membership would have to be a “nice person” of some means (the entrance fee was $35,000) who loved the game and shared May’s vision of what a good golf club should provide. For most members—as is the case at Pine Valley, for instance—Stonewall is a second club, the one where golf alone is the attraction. If Stonewall was the dream of Jack May, it was Rand Middleton who, as project manager, brought it to reality. Middleton, in his late 30s when it all began, had once been a caddie at Waynesborough, where he had frequently carried May’s bag. And when Middleton became a stockbroker, it was May who gave him his first business. In the late 1980s, learning of May’s desire to start a club and build a course, Middleton, a very good (3 handicap), very passionate, and deeply knowledgeable golfer, set out on his own to find suitable land. The search, which took about two years, culminated with Middleton’s discovery of the 185 acres in Chester County. Join the conversation. Use the #BMWPhillyAm hashtag when posting. 4 BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship 2019 Conditions of Play Entries Open to all GAP Member Club golfers with a GAP/USGA handicap index of 7.0 or less. Field 138 players; consists of exempt players entered and those who qualified at events held at Hartefeld National on May 7, Glenmaura National Golf Club on May 9, Brookside Country Club of Allentown on May 18 and Trump National Golf Club — Philadelphia on May 20. Format 36-hole stroke play qualifying on first day. 32 players will advance into match play. A sudden-death playoff will be held to break any ties for qualifying positions. Match play includes two rounds scheduled for second and third days. The 36-hole final will take place on the last day. The defending champion must qualify for a place in match play. The individual stroke-play qualifying rounds count toward the Silver Cross Award standings. This is a William Hyndman, III Player of the Year Points and World Amateur Golf Ranking event. Practice rounds Available on both courses after 2 p.m. on Friday, June 7 and Sunday, June 9. Players may walk. Call 610-286-3030 no more than seven days in advance to schedule a practice round. The practice round fee is $55. Cart fee is $32 and the caddie fee is $55 plus tip. Payment options are cash, credit card or reciprocal charge. Practice rounds are only available to exempt players and those who qualify at one of the BMW Philadelphia Amateur Qualifiers. Rules of Play Local rule sheets will be distributed to each participant on the day of the tournament. Automotive transportation is not permitted in this event. Players must employ a caddie or carry their own bag. Manasquan River’s Jeremy Wall, 2018 Amateur Champion BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship 5 Stay Connected with GAP gaofphilly Like GAofPhilly @gaofphilly gapgolf youtube.com/gapgolf09 GAofPhilly Wall captures 118th #BMWPhillyAm LAFAYETTE HILL, Pa. –Jeremy Wall has spoken. He is the “I started the day saying, ‘Let’s go get it, attack, go win 118th BMW Philadelphia Amateur Champion. holes with birdies,’” said Wall. “In the afternoon, I got Wall outlasted a dogged Andrew Mason of Huntingdon complacent. I was thinking, ‘This is yours, just go out and Valley CC in 37 holes at a sun-soaked Whitemarsh Valley hit the ball and you’ll win.’ Andrew is too good a player CC Saturday to become the first Manasquan River GC to do that. I wasn’t mentally focused.” member to hoist the J. Wood Platt Trophy. On No. 33 (No. 15, par 4, 423 yards), Wall rekindled his Wall, 22, of Brielle, N.J., won with a conceded par on swings of the morning past, with a wonderful 9-iron No. 1 (par 4, 349 yards) after Mason, 29, of from 147 yards to six feet. He knocked his drive down Conshohocken, Pa., missed a four-footer to extend the adjacent third fairway and won the hole with a the playoff. conceded birdie after Mason made bogey. It was the first Amateur Final for both players. Mason held the honors on No. 37 and ripped driver that “It’s awesome,” said Wall of joining the list of past landed in the right fairway bunker. Wall drew 4-iron and Amateur Champions. “I’m not too familiar with the pulled it a smidge into the first cut of the left rough. He Philadelphia Section yet but it has great champions. then lobbed a 50-degree wedge from 138 yards to 20 To be able to come out on top with a field like this, it feet. Mason knocked his sand shot into the greenside means a lot.” bunker. His blasted out to four-feet but pushed his putt The Title Match was as back-and-forth as any in right. Wall, a recent Loyola University Maryland graduate, recent memory. Of the 37 holes played, only 12 were halved. And though the match went extra time, opened the Final with laser focus. He lost those big leads Mason led at no point in the contest. when that focus fleeted. Wall built a 4-up lead after 18 holes. Mason climbed “To win five matches is quite an accomplishment back to All Square after the first six holes of the because all of these players are so good,” said Wall. “A afternoon round before Wall reclaimed a 3-up 36-hole match is a marathon, and you have to grind it advantage with eight holes to play. out. It is so easy to let your mind get in front of you and A determined Mason, a multiple time Golf start thinking about what you are going to say in a Association of Philadelphia Major victor, displayed speech. It is a big win and I am looking forward to taking the guts and guile of a champion. He won three it into the rest of the summer. I am happy that my game straight holes – Nos. 29 thru 31 – to square the is rounding into form.” match when hope looked lost for a second time. 6 BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship 2018 Stroke Play Qualifying Results Qualifiers Name, club R1-R2-Total Ryan Rucinski, Fieldstone Golf Club 71WV-70GV–141 Matthew Finger, DuPont Country Club 75GV-68WV–143 Matthew Mattare, Saucon Valley Country Club 73GV-71WV–144 Gregor Orlando, Philadelphia Cricket Club 71GV-73WV–144 John Barone, Glenmaura National Golf Club 75WV-70GV–145 Danny Harcourt, Mercer Oaks Golf Course 72WV-73GV–145 Marty McGuckin, RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve 71GV-74WV–145 Jeff Osberg, Huntingdon Valley Country Club 72GV-73WV–145 Ryan Tall, Spring Ford Country Club 72WV-73GV–145 Campbell Wolf, Carlisle Country Club 72WV-73GV–145 Peter Barron, III, Greate Bay Country Club 71GV-75WV–146 Michael Davis, Aronimink Golf Club 72GV-74WV–146 Scott Ehrlich, White Manor Country Club 75GV-71WV–146 Ben Feld, Huntingdon Valley Country Club 75GV-71WV–146 David Herbst, West Shore Country Club 72WV-74GV–146 Dylan Stein, Mercer Oaks Golf Course 71GV-75WV–146 James Sullivan, Jr., Lu Lu Country Club 75WV-71GV–146 Troy Vannucci, Little Mill Country Club 71GV-75WV–146 Austin Barbin, GAP Junior eClub 75WV-72GV–147 Marco Nieto, Glenmaura National Golf Club 80WV-67GV–147 Jeremy Wall, Manasquan River Golf Club 72WV-75GV–147 Andrew Mason, Huntingdon Valley Country Club 71GV-77WV–148 Connor McNicholas, Lu Lu Country Club 72WV-76GV–148 Michael Moffat, Lu Lu Country Club 73GV-75WV–148 Michael R.