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2016 Medalist Junior Travis Vick 2 Schedule of Events Houston, 2016 Round of 16 United States Junior 2006 Champion 2017 2nd Team Junior All-American 2006 Champion 2017 tie 7th South Beach International Amateur 3-5 Sunnehanna Amateur Sponsors 6 Welcome, Amateurs Thomas Walsh 2016-2017 Honorable Mention All-American Virginia Note from Club President Paul J. Calandra High Point, North Carolina 2017 tie 4th Northern Intercollegiate 7 2017 tie 7th Patriot All-American 8 Nathan Smith Joins Amateur Committee 2018 tie 3rd Cleveland Palmetto Invitational 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Champion 10-11 Billy Andrade: Looks Back 12-29 Sunnehanna Amateur History Josh Whalen 2017 tie 6th Sunnehanna Amateur Kent State (graduate) Napanese, Ontario, Canadian National Team 35-36 The 2017 10th Northeast Amateur 2017 3rd Canadian Amateur 38 2017 Hole Breakdown 2017 tie 4th Tailhide Cup 40-41 Winners of a PGA Tournament Trey Winstead 2018 6th The Aggie Invitational LSU Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2018 tie 3rd Old Waverly Collegiate 44-45 64 Years of Champions 2016 2nd Team Rolex Junior All-American 48-49 Members of The U.S. Teams Hayden Wood 2017 Medalist United States Amateur Oklahoma State Edmond, Oklahoma 2017 The Carmel Cup Champion 51 The Masters Champions 2018 tie 4th Ameri Ari Invitational 52 U.S. Open Champions Cameron Young 2017 Champion Wake Forest Scarborough, New York 2017 tie 4th Rod Myers Invitational 53 PGA Champions 2017 5th Shoal Creek Invitational Champion 20072007-2009 & 2008 2017 tie 8th Warrior Princeville Invitational Champion 56 British Open Champions 2018 4th Augusta Invitational 57 U.S. Amateur Champions Andy Zhang 2018 Palmer Cup International Team Florida Bejing, China 2018 NCAA Kisimmee Regional Champion 58 U.S. Junior Champions 2017 tie 3rd Trinity Forest Invitational 2017 Runner-Up Asian Pacific Amateur 59 NCAA Champions 61 U.S. Mid-Amateur & British Amateur Champions 65 Jet 9 66 2017 Sunnehanna Amateur 67 2017 Sunnehanna Amateur Results 69 2018 Hole Sponsors 72-73 Top Returning Players 78-88 2018 Sunnehanna Amateur Field 88 • •• 2018 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Sunday, June 10th Sunnehanna Amateur ..... Amateur Qualifier at Bedford Springs ...... 2018 10:30 am Name/Address Qualifications College Amateur Registration Sunnehanna Clubhouse Lobby 2017 4th Southeastern Amateur Cincinnati 12:00 - 8:00pm Austin Squires Union, Kentucky 2017 Runner-Up Cardinal Amateur Monday, June 11th 2017 Semi-Finalist North and South Amateur Junior Golf Drive, Chip & Putt 2017 Firestone Invitational Champion 8:00am Dorothy G. Kunkle Amateur Junior Championship 12:00 Noon Sam Stevens 2018 tie 6th ASU Thunderbird Oklahoma State Wichita, Kansas 2016 tie 7th Northeast Amateur Tuesday, June 12th 2016 tie 7th Southwestern Amateur Roger McManus Amateur Sponsor Championship Tee times from 8:00am Scott Stevens 2017 tie 3rd The Jackrabbit South Carolina *SPONSOR NIGHT Chattanooga, Tennessee 2017 tie 4th South Beach International Amateur International Buffet Dinner- Amateur Tent 2017 tie 2nd The All-American Use your sponsorship 2017 Runner-Up Maui Jim Intercollegaite Reservations Required 2016 Runner-Up Ka'anapali Collegiate Classic 5:30 pm – 8:15 pm 2016 Sunnehanna Amateur Jackson Suber 2018 Tie 3rd Jones Cup Ole Miss (fall 2018) Presentation of Players by Co-Chairmen Dylan Meyer, Garrett Rank, Collin Morikawa champion, Will Grimmer, Tampa, Florida 2017 tie 3rd Florida Amateur – Brian Chirillo and John Yerger and KK Limbhasut 2017 Runner-Up Jones Cup Junior Sunnehanna Ballroom – 8:15 pm 2018 tie 2nd Terra Cotta Invitational

Wednesday, June 13th Justin Suh 2017-2018 1st Team All-American USC 1st Round of the Sunnehanna Amateur San Jose, 2018 PAC -12 Player of the Year Begins off the 1st Tee – 8:00 am Tee Times 2018 United States Palmer Cup Team Thursday, June 14th 2017 9th Sunnehanna Amateur 2nd Round of the Sunnehanna Amateur 2016-2017 3rd Team All-American Begins off the 1st Tee – 8:00 am Tee Times 2018 Southern Highlands Collegiate Champion Friday, June 15th Kyle Suppa 2017 3rd Amateur USC 3rd Round of the Sunnehanna Amateur , Hawaii 2016 Hawaii Amateur Champion Begins off the 1st Tee – 8:00 am Tee Times 2017 tie 6th Saint Mary's Invitational Cut to low 50 players and ties Sahith Theegala 2018 United States Palmer Cup Team Pepperdine Long Drive Contest Chino Hills, California 2017 participant United States Open Sponsored by 2016-2017 3rd Team All-American Cleveland/Srixon, Jennmar & Holiday Inn 2017 Sahalee Invitational Champion 5:00 pm 2017 3rd The Gopher Invitational Off the 1st Tee 2017 tie 7th Alister Mackenzie Invitational 2017 tie 5th Ka'anapali Collegiate Classic Amateur Backyard Pig Roast 2018 tie 7th The Prestige at PGA West Family Entertainment on the North Lawn 5:30 – 9:00 pm Travis Trace 2018 NCAA Norman Regional Champion North Florida Jacksonville, Florida 2018 tie 9th Sea Best Invitational Saturday, June 16th 2017 Runner-Up Crooked Stick Invitational Fourth and Final Round of the Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 tie 8th Irish Creek Intercollegiate Begins off the 1st Tee – 8:00 am Presentation of Awards #1 at Conclusion of Play Jack Trent 2018 tie 8th ASU UNLV Shuttle Leaves for Airport Brisbane, Queensland, 2018 tie 7th The Goodwin 2018 3rd Jackrabbit Invitational Sunday, June 17th , champion in 1977 and 1979. 2018 6th National Invitational Tourney Amateur Light Breakfast – 6:00 am Wine Room Shuttle leaves for Airport 2 6:30 am 87 • ..... Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... Name/Address Qualifications College Trent Phillips 2017 1st Team Rolex Junior All-American Georgia (fall 2018) Inman, South Carolina 2017 tie 6th Palmetto Amateur 2018 tie 3rd Sage Valley Junior Invitational

Trevor Phillips 2018 tie 7th Championship Georgia Inman, South Carolina 2018 7th Puerto Rico Classic 2018 7th Mason Rudolph Championsip

Philip Rowe 1999 Great Britian and Ireland Walker Cup Team Stanford (graduate) Las Vegas, Nevada

Alex Schaake 2016 & 2017 Nebraska Amateur Champion Iowa Omaha, Nebraska 2017 Waterloo Open Amateur Championwilll

Luke Schneiderjans 2017 Runner Up Dogwood Invitational Georgia Tech Alpharetta, Georgia 2017 tie 7th Players Amateur Our Presenting Sponsors… 2017 tie 7th FAMC Intecollegiate @ The Grove

Max Sear 2017 tie 6th Canadian Amateur West Virginia Unionville, Ontario, Canada 2017 3rd Ontario Amateur 2018 tie 6th Furman Invitational

Benjamin Shipp 2018 3rd NCAA Raleigh Regional NC State Duluth, Georgia 2017 6th Dogwood Invitational 2017 Conference Challenge Champion 2017 tie 7th UNCG/Grandover Collegiate

Davis Shore 2017 9th Intercollegiate Alabama Knoxville, Tennessee 2017 tie 7th South Beach International Amateur 2018 Runner-Up Mason Rudolph Championship 2015 & 2016 1st Team Rolex Junior All-American

Alex Smalley 2017 particpant United States Open Duke Wake Forest, North Carolina 2017 tie 4th Rod Myers Invitational 2017 3rd of Georgia Collegiate 2017 5th UNCG/Grandover Collegiate 2018 tie 3rd Valspar Collegiate

Nathan Smith 4-time United States Mid-Amateur Champion Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2011 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion

Jacob Solomon 2017 tie 9th Dogwood Invitational Auburn Auburn, Alabama 2017 tie 7th Hootie at Bull Bay 2015 6th Eastern Anateur

Spencer Soosman 2017 tie 7th Trans Miss Championship Texas Westlake Village, California 2017 Quarterfinalist North and South Amateur 2017 Semi-Finalist California Amateur 2018 tie 6th Ameri Ari Inviational 2018 tie 9th Western Intercollegiate 86 • Sunnehanna Amateur ...... 2018 Name/Address Qualifications College Logan McAllister 2017 2nd Team Rolex Junior All-American Oklahoma (fall 2018) Oklahoma City , Oklahoma 2017 tie 2nd AJGA Players Championship 2018 AJGA February Invitational

Joshua McCarthy 2018 tie 5th NCAA Norman Regional Pepperdine Danville, California 2018 tie 3rd West Coast Conference Championship 2018 tie 9th Southwestern Invitational 2017 Quarterfinalist California Amateur

Jose “Pepe” Montano 2017 Cardinal Amateur Champion UNC Cochabamba, Bolivia 2017 4th Mexican Amateur 2017 tie 6th Latin American Amateur 2017 Runner-Up Tar Heel Intercollegiate 2018 tie 6th Western Intercollegiate

Collin Morikawa 2018 United States Palmer Cup Team Cal La Canada, California 2017 United States Walker Cup Team 2016 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion 2017 & 2016 1st Team All-American 2017 Northeast Amateur Champion 2018 Querencia Cabo Collegiate Champion

Cooper Musselman 2017 Champion Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky 2017 tie 7th Players Amateur 2017 tie 7th Wolf Run Intercollegiate 2017 tie 9th Bearcat Invitational 2017 Crooked Stick Invitational Champion

Noah Norton 2017 Round of 16 United States Amateur Georgia Tech Chico, California 2017 Runner-Up California Amateur 2017 Runner-Up AJGA Thunderbird International 2017 tie 8th Maui Jim Intercollegiate 2017 tie 7th FAMC Intercollegiate @ The Grove

Kaito Onishi 2018 PAC-12 Freshman of the Year USC Nagoya, 2017 7th Rice Planters Round of 16 United States Junior 2017 Tie 2nd Saint Mary's Invitational 2018 tie 4th Ameri Ari Invitational

Mason Overstreet 2017 Runner-Up NCAA Championship Arkansas Kingfisher, Oklahoma 2016-2017 Honorable Mention All-American 2017 Runner-Up The Gopher Invitational 2017 tie 6th Bearcat Invitational 2017 Co-Champion Jerry Pate Intercollegiate 2017 tie 7th Sun Bowl Classic 2017 Patriot All-American Champion

Julian Perico 2017 IMG Junior World Champion Arkansas (2018) Lima, Peru 2017 Honorable Mention Rolex Junior All-American 2018 tie 7th Sage Valley Junior Invitaional 85 •

..... Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... Name/Address Qualifications College David Laskin 2018 4th Saguaro Amateur Elk Grove, California 2018 5th ASU Thunderbird Invitational 2018 tie 7th John Burns Intercollegiate

Mark Lawrence 2017 Runner-Up Virginia Amateur Virginia Tech Henrico, Virginia 2017 tie 6th Medal Play United States Amateur 2017 tie 9th Eastern Amateur 2017 Semi-Finalist United States Amateur 2017 tie 5th The Gopher Invitational 2018 tie 6th Augusta Invitational p Alex Lee 2018 Geiberger Invitational Champion Fresnow State Sacramento, California 2018 tie 7th Duck Invitational 2017 Memorial Amateur Champion 2017 tie 9th Mountain West Conference Championship 2017 tie 4th Stockton Pacific Invitational

S.M. Lee 2018 United States Palmer Cup Team Dalton State Dacula, Georgia 30019 2018 NAIA Mens Champion 2017 tie 2nd South Beach International Amateur 2017 tie 2nd Patriot All-American

KK Limbhasut 2017 Alister MacKenzie Invitational Champion Cal Loma Linda, California 2016 tie 3rd Sunnehanna Amateur 2017 tie 8th Jones Cup CROWWN AMERICAN ASSOCIIATESATES 2017 Ka"anapali Collegiate Classic Champion 2018 International Team Palmer Cup

Kaiwen Liu 2017 1st Team Rolex Junior All-American Cal San Diego, California 2017 tie 9th Carpet Capital Classic 2017 tie 4th AJGA Thunderbird International Invitational 2017 4th AJGA February Invitational

Zander Lozano 2017 Texas Amateur Champion UT-San Antonio Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas 2017 9th Jim Rivers Intercollegiate 2017 Runner-Up Bayou City Collegiate 2017 Round of 16 North and South Amateur 2018 tie 3rd Arizona Intercollegiate

Brandon Mancheno 2018 Runner-Up NCAA Championship Auburn Jacksonville, Florida 2017 Runner-Up Medal Play United States Junior 2018 Freshman of the Year 2017 Runner-Up Florida Amateur 2017 tie 3rd Trinity Forest Invitational 2018 9th Ameri Ari Invitational 2018 tie 7th All-American Intercollegiate

84 • ..... elcome, mateurs! Sunnehanna Amateur ..... Sunnehanna Amateur W...... A 2018 ...... 2018 Name/Address Qualifications College On behalf of the Sunnehanna Amateur Committee, we welcome back two previous champions, Nathan Smith and Collin Morikawa, and over 90 of the finest amateur golfers from across the globe. We look forward to an Joshua Hitt 2018 Runner-Up NCAA Kissimmee Regional UNC outstanding four days of golf. Longwood, Florida 2017 Runner-Up Orlando International Amateur This year the tournament will be without one of its long time committee members Don Hall. The Jet had two J D Hughes 2017 Pennsylvania Amateur Champion Penn State passions in life: hockey and golf. He served on the Sunnehanna Amateur committee for over 30 years and the Carlisle, Pennsylvania 2018 6th Rutherford Intercollegiate game of golf as a member of the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Golf Association which he served 2017 Runner-Up bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate as President. In his memory, The Sunnehanna Amateur Foundation will proudly be supporting this year the Johnstown Charles Huntzinger 2016 Dogwood Invitational Champion Penn State Youth Hockey League, which will start a traveling girls hockey team and a tournament named after The Jet, Duluth,Georgia 2017 tie 9th Dogwood Invitational 2017 tie 8th Rod Myers Invitational and the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra. 2017 tie 5th Windon Memorial Without the generous support of our naming sponsors, Duke/Lifepoint and Highmark, as well as our 2017 3rd Bank Of Tennessee numerous other corporate sponsors, we would not have been able to support these important community 2018 tie 6th The Rutherford organizations. Denzel Iermia 2017 tie 4th Northen Intercollegiate Iowa State We would like to thank the members of Sunnehanna Country Club, Colleen VanDruff, Bobby Helsel, Jason Woodstock, New Zealand 2017 4th Pacific Coast Amateur Martin, Mark Leppert and their collective staffs for their incredible efforts during the week. It is appreciated 2017 tie 6th Badger Invitational by the players, their families and the committee. We couldn’t do what we do without you. 2018 tie 2nd NIT Lastly we thank our host families. Without your support the Sunnehanna Amateur wouldn’t be possible. What 2018 4th Hawkeye Invitational you do for these players is remembered long after the golf. Palmer Jackson 2017 Pennsylvania Junior Champion Hope to see you on the course!! Murrysville, PA 15668 2017 Runner-Up Williamson Cup

Nathan Jeansonne 2017 tie 7th Carpet Capital Classic LSU Keithville, Louisiana 2018 tie 6th Sea Best Invitational

Brian Chirillo John Yerger RJ Keur 2017 Carolinas Amateur Champion UAB North Charleston, South Carolina 2017 South Carolina Champion 2017 tie 2nd South Carolina Amateur Sunnehanna Amateur Phillip Knowles 2018 tie 9th NCAA Championship North Florida Jacksonville, Florida 32224 2017 Players Amateur Champion 2017 tie 3rd Carpet Capital Classic COMMITTEE 2017 tie 7th Shoal Creek Intercollegiate 2017 tie 6th Tavistock Intercollegiate 2018 tie 4th Irish Creek Intercollegiate 2018 Furman Intercollegiate Champion Scott Becker Lou Kitsko Marty Radavonic Jr. Ivar Berge Tyler Robinson Sean Knapp 2017 United States Senior Amateur Champion Kim Kunkle Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2017 Sunnehanna Senior Champion Paul Calandra Dan Leaser Richard Schrott Participant in a record 27 straight Sunnehanna Amateurs Jim Cascio Carl Seelman Particpant 42 USGA Championship Kim McKinney 7-time West Penn Amateur Champion Brian Chirillo Dr. Shannon Nicoloff Ryan Shorto Dr William Carney Nathan Smith Chris Korte 2017 Match Play Champion University of Denver Scott Pearson Littleton, Colorado 2018 tie 5th Bandon Dunes Championship David Dill John Polacek Amy Whitlow 2018 tie 7th Summit League Championship James Hargreaves Robert Wise Sam Price Peter Kuest 2018 tie 5th NCAA Norman Regional BYU John Hargreaves Frank Quitoni David Yerger Fresno, California 2017 West Coast Conference Conference Champion 2017 Runner-Up Tucker Invitational Karen Hargreaves John Yerger 2017 Invitational Champion 6 83 • • ...... Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... 2018 Name/Address Qualifications College n behalf of the Sunnehanna Country Club Board of Governors, we would like to welcome everyone to the 65th annual Sunnehanna Tournament for Champions. Over the last sixty five years, the top amateurs from Michael Feagles 2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Year Illinois the U.S. and all over the world contested the event and provided tremendous entertainment to the local galleries and Scottsdale, Arizona 2017 1st Team All-Big 10 Onow through new technology, to an unlimited audience. The tournament has grown to become one of the highest 2018 tie 5th Big Ten Championship ranked amateur events in the nation, and the world. The success of the Tournament is largely due to the tireless effort of our current chairmen, John Yerger and Jake Fendt 2018 tie 3rd Jones Cup Kennesaw State Brian Chirillo and past chairmen who were not only dedicated to the Tournament but to amateur golf as a whole. We Suwanee, Georgia 2017 tie 2nd Pintree Intercollegiate have a unique opportunity as members to host players in our homes, providing the chance to develop special relationships with those players and foster lifelong connections and friendships. We thank those members who have 2017 tie 7th FAMC Intercollegiate@The Grove opened their homes to host contestants. The volunteer committee that organizes housing, transportation, officials, 2017 tie 7th Steelwood Collegiate Invitational rangers, and scorers is another important factor in our success. We recognize the effort and responsibility the committee takes on, especially in 2017 tie 7th Shoal Creek Intercollegiate today’s environment when volunteerism is waning. Finally we acknowledge that we could not put on such a quality event without the tireless work of our Sunnehanna staff, from the chef and kitchen to the servers and wait staff and including our Head Golf Professional, Jason Martin and Steven Fisk 2017 tie 3rd Dogwood Invitational Georgia Southern his staff. The coordination of everyone leads to a truly first class product. Stockbridge, Georgia 2017 4th Georgia Amateur With this time of year bringing the dismissal of winter, the rebirth of spring, and the ever challenging weather of our central 2017 3rd Southeastern Amateur Pennsylvania mountains, Mark Leppert and his grounds team are dedicated to bringing out the best of our A. W. Tillinghast designed golf course. 2017 6th Shoal Creek Intercollegiate The classic design will provide ample challenge to our talented field as it has in the past many years. 2017 Co-Champion Fighting Irish Classic In closing, and on behalf of all of us at Sunnehanna Country Club, we send out a heartfelt thank you for supporting our club and this 2017 Auto Trader Collgaite Classic Champion tournament and for continuing to uphold the traditions that we celebrate and treasure. 2017 tie 3rd Warrior Princeville Invitational Sincerely, 2017 Illinois Amateur Champion Miami (Ohio) Patrick Flavin Paul J. Calandra Highwood, Illinois 2017 Illinois Open Champion Sunnehanna Club President 2017 Wolf Run Intercollegiate Champion 2017 Louisville Cardinal Challenge Champion 2017 Co-Champion Windon Memorial Stephen Franken 2018 United States Palmer Cup Team NC State Raleigh, North Carolina 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year 2018 tie 5th NCAA Raleigh Regional 2017 Wolfpack Intercollegiate Champion 2017 tie 3rd UNCG/Grandover Collegiate 2018 tie 5th Jones Cup 2018 tie 6th Atlantic Coast Conference Championship

Tomas 'Toto" Gana 2017 Latin American Amateur Champion Lynn , 2017 tie 5th Copperhead Championship 2017 tie 8th Miami Intercollegiate 2018 tie 7th Latin America Amateur

Lloyd Jefferson Go 2017 Dogwood Invitational Champion Seton Hall (graduate) Guadalupe, Cebu, Phillipines 2017 Runner-Up Monroe Invitational 2017 tie 3rd Southern Amateur 2017 12th Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 Visayas Match Play Champion and Medalist

Juan Jose Guerra 2017 Champion Nova Southeastern Santo Domingo, 2017 3rd Copperhead Championship Dominican Republic 2017 3rd Miami Intercollegiate 2018 Saint Leo Invitational Champion 2018 tie 8th Terra Cotta Invitational

Cole Hammer 2018 United States Four-Ball Champion Texas (fall 2018) Houston, Texas 2017 3rd Jones Cup 2017 Azalea Amateur Champion 2017 tie 6th Terra Cotta Invitational 82 2015 Participant United States Open 7 • • ..... Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... NATHAN SMITH JOINS SUNNEHANNA AMATEUR COMMITTEE In a move that benefits all concerned, the Sunnehanna Amateur field that included , Zack Blair, Max Homa, John Committee has added one of the most prestigious names in its Peterson, , , . history. “Winning in 2011 was special, especially because of the guys that Nathan Smith has been an elite were playing that year,” he said. level amateur player throughout “That was a loaded field. I’ve his career and he won the won U.S. Mid-Ams (four), state Sunnehanna Amateur in 2011 events, big amateur events, but after contending for the title this is kind of a different level.” several times. He brings Yerger said the committee’s experience and an ongoing goals with Smith’s inclusion relationship with the game at its were straight forward. highest level. “We consider our tournament to “Adding Nathan to the be run for the player and who Human-centric investing means committee is good for him and better to tell us about things it’s good for us,” said from a player’s perspective?” he understanding the behaviors, Sunnehanna Amateur co- asked. “It’s really that simple. chairman John Yerger. “The Nathan lends great credibility to motivations and eccentricities of bottom line is he’s a former what we’re doing.” champion, a six-time USGA Smith recognizes the difference champion, a three-time Walker investors, not just the market. in how the Sunnehanna Cup team member. He wants to Amateur, ranked as one of the support not only us, but golf in top five amateur events in the general.” country, is run. Those facts speak loudly about “We’ve talked a lot about the Smith’s credentials and the high To learn more, go to hartfordfunds.com tournament and those regard in which he’s held. But conversations will continue,” from the Brookville native’s Nathan Smith, 2011 Champion Smith said. “We’re always perspective, it’s a great honor. talking about improving the “The Sunnehanna Amateur has grown into a big part of my life,” field. We’ll be having more conversations moving forward. he said. “I was 15 or 16 the first time I played in it. The fact that Obviously, I can provide a perspective from the players side. While it’s in my backyard, with all the history that’s taken place there and I’m still playing I have my ear to the ground with the players and being fortunate enough to win it, it’s just very special to me. The I’m sure I’ll be helping with recruiting players.” championship means the world to me, more than people think.” The 2018 Sunnehanna Amateur will be held June 12-16 on the Smith’s victory in a four-hole playoff in 2011 came against a loaded classic A. W. Tillinghast layout in suburban Johnstown.

8 Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA • 206810 ..... Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... Name/Address Qualifications College Sebastian Crampton 2017 tie 2nd MacKenzie Invitational Cal Pacific Grove, California 2018 tie 1st Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate 2018 tie 6th Western Intercollegiate 2018 3rd The Goodwin Commitmment Trace Crowe 2018 tie 9th NCAA Norman Regional Auburn Bluffton, South Carolina 2018 Invitational Champion 2017 tie 3rd Carpet Classic 2018 tie 4th All-American Intercollegiate 2017 tie 8th Palmetto Amateur

Quade Cummins 2018 3rd NCAA Norman Regional Oklahoma Weatherford, Oklahoma 2018 3rd ASU Thunderbird 2018 tie 6th Lone Star Invitational 2018 tie 7th Big 12 Conference Champion

Brad Dalke 2018 United States Palmer Cup Team Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 2016-2017 Honorable Mention All-American 2017 Runner-Up Medal Play 2017 tie 7th NIKE Golf Collegiate Invite 2017 tie 5th Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate 2017 tie 7th Sun Bowl Classic 2018 5th Southern Highlands Colegiate

Lee Detmer 2017 tie 6th Canadian Amateur Wake Forest Valuablee in Golf... , D.C 2017 3rd Maryland State Open 2017 Quarterfinals Maryland Amateur 2017 6th The Hummingbird Intercollegiate Vital in Ba anking. 2018 tie 7th The All-American

Cooper Dossey 2018 6th NCAA College Station Regional Baylor Austin, Texas 2017 Royal Oaks Intercollegiate Champion 2017 Runner-Up NCAA Stanford Regional 2017 The All-American Champion

Chandler Eaton 2017 tie 9th Dogwood Invitational Duke Alpharetta, Georgia 2017 tie 3rd NCAA Regional- Baton Rouge 2017 tie 10th Southern Amateur 2017 3rd Rod Myers Invitational

Austin Eckroat Edmond 2017 Medalist United States Junior Oklahoma State Oklahoma 2017 Runner-Up Sage Valley Junior 2017 Quarterfinalist United States Junior 2018 tie 1st Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate

Clay Feagler 2018 West Coast Conference Champion Pepperdine Laguna Nigel, California 2018 The Prestige at PGA West Champion 2018 tie 5th Southwestern Intercollegiate 2018 tie 3rd Southern Highlands Collegiate

80 11stsummit.com • ...... Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... 2018 Name/Address Qualifications College OOKS ACK Garrett Barber 2018 United States Four-Ball Champion LSU (fall 2018) BILLY ANDRADE: L B Stuart, Florida 2018 Jones Cup Champion 2017 Jones Cup Junior Champion By the time he won the Sunnehanna Amateur in 1986, Billy “There’s no doubt the amateurs all knew that there were a 2017 tie 8th Medal Play United States Amateur Andrade had become well acquainted with the historic few elite events you wanted to win and Sunnehanna was at 2017 1st Team Rolex Junior All-American 2018 tie 8th Terra Cotta Invitational layout at Sunnehanna Country Club. the top of that list,” Andrade said. “And once you won, you 2017 tie 8th Junior Players Championship start thinking maybe I have a chance to play on the PGA That was his final appearance in the event and he had nearly Tour. It was definitely instant credibility.” won it a few years prior when he committed final-round, Lachlan Barker 2018 tie 6th Hawkeye Invitational Iowa State triple-bogey on the -3 16th that took away any chance of Like just about every other young golfer who came to Willunga, Australia 2017 tie 6th Marquette Intercollegiate 2017 tie 3rd Windon Memorial him putting on the jacket on at the end of play. Sunnehanna, Andrade speaks glowingly of the time off the 2018 tie 4th Colleton River Collegiate golf course during the tournament. 2018 tie 6th The Hootie Intercollegiate He’ll remember that for a long time, as was evidenced by his reaction to that memory in a recent conversation. “I stayed with Dr. Bob and Lauren Tomhave and they were Akshay Bhatia 2017 1st Team Rolex Junior All-American just awesome, they made me feel very comfortable,” “It was a few years before I won, the year Dillard Pruitt Wake Forest, North Carolina 2018 Sage Valley Junior Invitational Champion Andrade said. “It was a really cool situation. Most of the 2018 tie 2nd Robertson Memorial Junior won,” Andrade said. “I had a chance I thought and ended up 2017 PGA Junior National Champion players were living in the same general area and every night making a 6 on a par 3.” 2017 3rd Jones Cup Junior after the round there were always things going on. BBQs, Andrade can laugh about that now, but he’s also come to parties. We had a lot of fun.” Hayden Buckley 2018 tie 5th NCAA Raleigh Regional Missouri Belden, Mississippi 2018 New Years Invitational Champion learn what a goofy game golf is at times. Part of the appeal of tournaments like Sunnehanna was how 2017 Tiger Intercollegiate Champion 2017 Bank Of Tennessee @ Blackhorn Champion After being close in 1983 when the game went against him, highly they were regarded when it came time to select 2017 Runner-Up Warrior Princeville Invitational he capitalized on a couple good things in 1986. Andrade Walker Cup and World Amateur teams. 2018 tie 3rd Southeastern Conference Championship Arkansas made a pair of eagles on the back nine that catapulted him William Buhl “Sunnehanna had all the great players come through there, Fairhope, Alabama 2017 3rd Orlando International Amateur into the lead that eventually allowed him to hold off Jim it was a very prestigious event,” Andrade said with great Sorenson and nail down a four-shot victory. Nick Carlson 2016 Semi-Finalist United States Amateur Michigan respect. “They did a really good job running it and it was Hamilton, Michigan 2017 tie 6th Inverness Intercollegiate 2017 tie 3rd Royal Oaks Intercollegiate He eagled the par-5 11th and then holed his second shot on definitely one of those you wanted to win.” the par-4 13th. 2017 1st Team AJGA All-American Alabama (2020) One of the other crazy aspects of the game played a part in Canon Claycomb Bowling Green, Kentucky 2018 6th Australia Master of the Masters “That’s two eagles in three holes,” he said. “You have to do Andrade becoming a Sunnehanna Am champion happened 2017 Invitational Champion crazy things to win tournaments and I did that in 1986. I before the competition began. Because he had played in the 2017 Runner-Up AJGA Rolex Tournamnet of Champions also made that crazy triple-bogey in 1983 to lose one.” event four times previously, his knowledge of the course Claudio Correa 2018 American Conference Player of the Year USF and how to play it was significant. Santiago, Chile 2018 tie 5th Old Waverly Championship Andrade put together rounds of 68-72-67-67 for a 274 that 2017 tie 6th Marquette Intercollegiate gave him that coveted title. So instead of playing a practice round there, he was part of 2018 tie 2nd SunTrust Gator Invitational 2018 Runner-Up USF Invitational a foursome that went down over the mountain and played a Andrade believes winning Sunnehanna was a big building round at Laurel Valley Golf Club. The group consisted of 2017 tie 8th Medal Play United States Amateur UNC-Wilmington block on the way to a professional career that saw him win Patrick Cover Jim Hargreaves, Don Hall and Tomhave. Huntersville, North Carolina 2017 tie 4th Bank Of Tennessee four times on the PGA Tour and three times on the PGA 2017 Duck Commander Intercollegiate Champion 2018 Runner-Up Seahawk Intercollegiate Tour Champions circuit. “The funny part of that was all three of us beat him that day,” Hargreaves said with a chuckle. 10 79 • • ..... Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna Amateur ..... 2018 ...... 2018

(updated2018 June Sunnehanna 5, 2018) Amateur Field

Name/Address Qualifications College Andrew Alligood 2017 tie 3rd Southern Amateur North Florida Saint Johns, Florida 2017 tie 8th Crooked Stick Invitational 2018 tie 8th Irish Creek Intercollegiate 2018 Runner-Up Furman Intercollegiate 2018 Runner-Up The Hayt 2018 tie 4th Terra Cotta Invitational

Eric Ansett 2018 Runner-Up Sea Best Invitational Lipscomb Spokane, washington 2017 tie 6th Southern Intercollegiate 2017 5th Ryman Hospitatlity

John Augenstein 2018 tie 9th NCAA Championship Vanderbilt Owensboro, Kentucky 2017 tie 8th NCAA Championship 2017 tie 5th Players Amateur 2016-2017 Honorable Mention All-American 2017 tie 6th The Carmel Cup 2018 tie 5th Jones Cup

Eric Bae 2017 North Carolina Match Play Champion Wake Forest Pinehurst, North Carolina 2017 9th Cardinal Amateur 2017 tie 2nd 2017 9th Shoal Creek Invitational

Zheng Kai Bai 2018 Boilermaker Invitational Champion University of Central Shantou, China 2017 Palmetto Amateur Champion Florida 2017 tie 6th Jackrabbit Invitational

Bennett Baker 2018 tie 6th Gary Koch Invitational Florida State Tallahassee, Florida 2018 USA Individual Tournament Champion 2017 tie 8th Atlantic Coast Conference Championship

Zachary Bauchou 2018 United States Palmer Cup Team Oklahoma State Forest, Virginia 2017 tie 3rd Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 tie 2nd NCAA Columbus Regional 2017 tie 3rd Southern Amateur 2016-2017 Honorable Mention All-American 2017 tie 3rd Southern Amateur 2017 Canadian Amateur Champion 2017 tie 4th Fighting Illini Invite 2017 tie 5th Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Billy Andrade, 1986

Braden Bailey 2017 tie 6th Fighting Illini Invite Baylor Groves, Texas 2017 7th Jerry Pate Intercollegiate Andrade was doing the chuckling a few days later. Count Billy Andrade among those who have won the 2017 tie 3rd Royal Oaks Intercollegiate coveted trophy and gone on to have success at the 2018 Arizona Intercollegiate Champion At age 54, Andrade lives in and has become a professional level. And count him as being a proud member 2018 tie 8th ASU Thunderbird Invitational regular on the Champions Tour, playing nearly 25 events a of that special fraternity who makes it a point to check out year and earning three victories there. what happens here every June. 78 11 • • Sunnehanna Amateur ...... 2018 A proud supporter of the Sunnehanna Amateur 65  Annual Sunnehanna HISTORY Amateur Golf Invitational The Sunnehanna Invitational After the completion of the 18-hole medal play qualifier, the all- important Calcutta auction was held after Thursday’s dinner. Tournament golf extended beyond the membership of Sunnehanna Calcuttas were an integral part of tournaments throughout in August of 1936 as the headlines of the Daily nation. Members bid for the players with the money going into a Tribune screamed “Big Invitation Golf Tourney Planned”. Then pot, winner take all. In many cases, the winning player was On Behalf of Concurrent Technologies Corporation club President Wilson Slick announced the formation of a awarded a “stipend” from his owner, or in some cases, the player and its Affiliates committee to assist in conducting the tournament. Invitations were had bid for himself, thus keeping the money. extended to prominent amateur golfers throughout the 800-282-4392 • www.ctc.com Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The success of the tournament The Pre-War Years had already been assured with interest determined prior to the The early tournaments were dominated by local entrants. Dr. invitations being sent. The response from members and players Joseph McHugh from Johnstown captured the first two was overwhelmingly positive and the Invitational was penciled in tournaments and Earl Hewitt, from nearby Indiana, won in 1938. as an annual event on the club’s golf calendar.

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2200 GRAHAM AVENUE, WINDBER, PA CROWWN AMERICAN ASSOCIIATESATES ..... Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... By 1941, the tournament had become a must-play event in the The next year, Haverstick captured the medalist honors only to state. Its reputation was enhanced when Steve Kovach, the be defeated by Reading sensation Buddy Lutz, the reigning Pennsylvania State Amateur champion and West Penn junior champion in the quarterfinals. In the finals against Open champion from Brackenridge won the tournament. Later Sunnehanna’s own Charles Kunkle, the long-hitting 19-year-old that summer, Kovach, a steelworker in the mills of Homestead, sent a message with his initial shot of the day driving the ball 380 reached the quarterfinals of the United States Amateur. The yards off the first tee. Later, he drove the 308-yard par-four eighth following year, the diminutive mill hand successfully defended hole. In his 10&8 victory, Lutz recorded nine birdies over thirty his Pennsylvania Amateur title. holes and closed out the match in style with three consecutive birdies. The war year’s ended competitive golf throughout the nation as the USGA suspended its own championships from 1942 The 1947 Invitational included another teenage phenom: Arnold through 1945. This was a pattern throughout the nation and the Palmer. The Pennsylvania Scholastic and West Penn Junior Sunnehanna Invitational was no exception. champion failed to reach the championship flight. A surprisingly poor round of 79 wasn’t enough to make the championship flight. Rebounding from the War The Future of Golf: In 1946, the country looked to return to its pre-war routines and competitive golf returned to the nation and Palmer returned in 1948 looking for redemption from the prior Sunnehanna. The Invitational field was markedly different in year’s result a distant memory. He reached the finals defeating terms of quality as 141 players from throughout the East Coast defending champion Buddy Lutz and Bill Vaile of North Fork. In traveled to Johnstown. In response to the growth and the quality the finals, Palmer struggled early falling 3-down after the seven of players, the championship bracket was expanded from 16 to holes. By the close of the morning eighteen, he closed the margin 32 players and the championship match lengthened to 36 holes. to 1-down to J. S. Matlack an unheralded player from Blairmont. Among the early favorites that year was Air Force veteran and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette scribe Bob Drum, was less than golfer Art Wall. The Honesdale, Pennsylvania impressed with Palmers opponent writing afterward, “Matlack golfer fired a scintillating round of 67 to capture medalist honors. doesn’t play the shots most of the top-notch amateurs in the Wall’s stellar play district can. He is didn’t extend into addicted to the match play losing in blooper, grounder, the second round. and head lift until The finals pit Bill he gets to the green. Haverstick, the 1938 Then it is Matlacks Pennsylvania State turn to shine.” Amateur champion, Matlack used his against two-time lethal short game Invitational throughout the champion Dr. Joseph morning round McHugh. Record chipping in three- galleries witnessed a times and saving 10&9 whipping as par several other H a v e r s t i c k times from the most dominated play in unlikely places. The the final. Jack Benson sinking the putt to win the 1951 Sunnehanna Invitational match went to the final hole with Haverstick and Wall Palmer 1-up. On 65TH dominated amateur golf in Pennsylvania for the next four years. the final hole, Palmer safely reached the green in two-shots then Haverstick captured state honors again in 1948 and 1950 Wall in watched as his opponent took two strokes to extricate himself 1947 and 1949. from a greenside bunker. Two putts later, Palmer closed out his opponent, winning the championship 2-up. Art Wall was the first Sunnehanna Invitational competitor to have success on the PGA Tour winning fourteen times. His best year It is safe to say that Arnold Palmer was the single most was 1959. That year he was chosen PGA Player of the Year, significant player to play in the Sunnehanna Invitational. From winning 4-times including the highlight of his career, The Masters 1947 through 1952, he dominated amateur golf in Western title Pennsylvania winning five West Penn Amateur titles in 6 years. He won amateur golf’s biggest prize, the United States Amateur 14 • Sunnehanna Amateur ...... 2018 Experienced local attorneys handling matters including: in 1954 but his greatest success was yet to come. His charisma, with the reporters assembled in the locker room, “Trying to win good looks and a game to match was just what the game and one of these tournaments is tougher than winning on the tour. You ‡ Divorce television needed. He dominated professional golf in the early visit places and meet players you never heard of and they all can 60’s, capturing the United States Open (1960), British Open play. Any kind of let-up and you’re out of the tournament.” (1961, 1962), and The Masters (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964). His ‡ Custody Someone asked Boros why not just turn professional, he quickly personality and background endeared him to the common man ‡ Creditors Rights replied, “That’s just what I’ve been thinking about.” A few and attracted a whole new group of fans to golf. They became ‡ Bankruptcy known as “Arnie’s Army” and followed their hero from start to months later did exactly that and joined the PGA ‡ Wills & Estates finish. Tour. ‡ Criminal Law A Comeback for the Ages and Julius Boros The finals featured 1947 champion Buddy Lutz against Jack Benson, the five-time winner of the West Penn Amateur. Through Palmer didn’t return to defend his title in 1949. Now a member the first thirty holes, Benson held a solid three-up lead over Lutz. 814-535-6756 of the Wake Forest College golf team, he competed in the A birdie on the thirteenth hole extended Benson’s lead to a National Intercollegiate seemingly insurmountable four- 360 Stonycreek Street Championship, the forerunner up lead with five holes to play. to what became the NCAA As fate would have it, a 45- Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15901 Championship, but another minute rain delay gave Lutz a www.johnstownpalaw.com notable player entered and chance to regroup. When play filled the void: Julius Boros. resumed, spectators witnessed a The medalist in the 1948 charge of legendary proportions. United States Amateur, Boros On the fourteenth hole, then a lost in the semifinals to the 294-yard par four, Lutz chipped legendary Charlie Coe. That to three feet to make birdie after same year, he finished tied for a Benson miss from 20 feet. The second with in the next hole, his approach finished , a major two feet from the hole and birdie stop on the PGA Tour, two- was conceded. On the par-three, strokes behind Toney Penna. sixteenth his shot, straight and true, finished a mere Boros made an eagle and five eighteen inches from the cup for birdies and shot a tourney another birdie. Now just one ASPHALT PAVING record 67 to capture medalist down, Lutz squared the match on honors over Jack Benson of Julius Boros tees off. the seventeenth hole with a par. South Hills and Jack Mahaffey On the final hole a shell-shocked of Oakmont who had 69’s. Three over par, 75, was needed to be Benson steadied himself and hit the better drive on the 377-yard CONTRACTOR among the top 32 players in the championship flight, the lowest hole. The tension palpable, Lutz’s approach shot found the green cut ever. finishing twenty- feet from the pin. The pressure quickly shifted to Benson and his subsequent approach shot came up short. After the second round, Boros packed his bags for Hartford, Facing a difficult pitch, his chip shot finished eight feet short of as Danny Moore, an unheralded local player, the cup. Calmly, Lutz completed the improbable by nailing his defeated him in the greatest upset in the history of the event. birdie putt to win the final five holes in a row and capture his Boros had continue his hot play in his morning match needing second title, 1-up. It was possibly the finest moment in the history only thirteen holes to dispatch Greensburg’s Tommy Smith, 6&5. of the Invitational. In his second round match, Moore pushed Boros. After Boros birdied the thirteenth and fifteenth holes to take a one-up lead, The Pittsburgh Post golf writer Phil Gundlefinger called Moore squared the match on the seventeenth hole with a birdie. Lutz’s remarkable comeback, “Perhaps the most sensational On the final hole, Boros dumped his approach shot from 100 finish in Pennsylvania golf history, either professional or yards into a greenside bunker and failed to save par. With a amateur.” It was the finest moment in Buddy Lutz’s career. routine par, Danny Moore won the hole and match. Before packing his bags and heading home, Boros reflected on his loss 15 • IN A LOAN Sunnehanna Amateur ..... TOP RETURNING PLAYERS LINE 2018

Josh Whalen A member of the Canadian National Team and a graduate of Kent State, Josh returns to Sunnehanna after finishing tied for sixth in 2017. The native of Napanee, Ontario, Canada was named ’s 2017 Male Amateur of the Year with a resume that included a third place finish in the 2017 Canadian Amateur and a fourth place finish in the 2016 . Photo: Chuck Mamula

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Lutz who played in five United States Amateurs and three tee shot landed in a fairway bunker. His next shot with his brassie United States Opens later recalled Jack Benson’s reaction after landed neatly on the then par five in two, Lutz complimented him the match. He told me, “I’ll take that lead and won’t on his fine shot. Felus quickly retorted, “Now I’m going to sink Lloyd Jefferson Go beat me.” the putt!” which he did for an eagle three. Lutz struggled to rid A graduate of Seton Hall, Go, who hails from Guadalupe Cebu, Phillipines, himself of his youthful pest. After twelve holes, Lutz stood two- As for Julius Boros, the Invitational marked the end of his returns to Sunnehanna after establishing status on the China PGA Tour this down. Then, incredibly on the thirteenth hole, it started to rain amateur career. Why lose to a guy from Johnstown when you can past winter. Until returning this winter, he will play amateur golf this and it had two-years earlier, Lutz staged another improbable get paid? Boros’s professional career included two United States comeback to defeat Felus 3&1. As a reward for his spirited play, summer in the United States. After finishing twelfth at Sunnehanna, Lloyd, Open titles (1952, 1963) and the PGA title in 1963. As late as the players chipped in and presented Johnny Felus with a pair of who was twice named Big East Player of the Year, won the Dogwood 1973, Boros remained competitive against the best in golf. At 53, golf shoes and a set of woods. Invitational and finished third in the Southern Amateur. Boros lead the United States Open at Oakmont with nine holes to play. A back nine played in battering wind and rain was too In the final, Jack Benson defeated defending champion much to overcome and he finished fourth behind Arnold Palmer, Charles Kunkle on the thirty-ninth hole. Kunkle reached the and champion . finals after defeating Buddy Lutz 2&1 to exact some revenge for his shellacking in 1947. The former Duke basketball standout held Photo: Chuck Mamula a one-up lead going into the thirty-sixth but a missed three and a half foot putt for par gave the hole to Benson. On the third extra The USGA and the Final Years hole, Kunkle missed twelve-footer. After hitting a beautiful While the Invitational was coming off its greatest approach shot, Benson was left with ten-feet for birdie which the Collin Morikawa tournament ever, black clouds were gathering over amateur golf. South Hills standout calmly sank to become the twelfth and final Photo: Chuck Mamula Two weeks later, on July 5th, the United States Golf Association Sunnehanna Invitational champion. The 2016 Sunnehanna Amateur champion has been a dominant fixture in warned that auction pools, or Calcuttas, could damage the After the 1951 Invitational, the Board of Governors amateur golf having won a major summer amateur tournament the past integrity of golf, as professional gamblers might begin to take terminated the Sunnehanna Invitational. The very issues the three years. In 2015, the Cal golfer won the Trans-Mississippi Amateur and, over the sport. The USGA sent out a full-page statement setting USGA expressed concerns about in the summer of 1949 had after losing Sunnehanna in a playoff in 2017, traveled to Rumford, Rhode forth its position. While not citing specific cases or punishments, infected the Invitational. The Calcutta had been compromised by Island and added the Northeast Amateur title to his impressive resume. A it did hint that it might crack down on amateur players who bet the elements considered “undesirable” by the Board. High heavily on their own skills. two-time first Team All-American from LaCanada, California, he was a Wagner, the first chairman of the Invitational’s successor, The member of the victorious United States Walker Cup side played at Los Sunnehanna Amateur, later explained that in its final years, the Angeles Country Club. James Walker, chairman of the USGA Amateur Status and Conduct Committee, stated, “Organized auction pools would Calcutta pool was between $45,000 and $50,000. This was almost certainly run into large figures and lead to serious money and the club was forced to restrict guests because commercializing the game to a high degree, and might well be of these activities. The specter of sanctions from the USGA and the means for professional gamblers to take over and influence the involvement of known members of the gambling community players, just as they have done in other sports.” made continuing the tournament untenable.

The bar had been set and amateur tournaments, like In its brief history, the Sunnehanna Invitational had grown from Zachary Bauchou those played at Sunnehanna, had been served notice. Change was a largely local event into one of the top invitational tournaments on the East Coast. The quality of its fields improved dramatically A member of the recently crowned NCAA championship team at Oklahoma on its way. Little did anyone realize the tournament was already dealing with the very issues addressed by golf’s ruling body. in the post-war years including the likes of Buddy Lutz, Julius State, Zach returns to Johnstown for the third time where he had great Boros, Arnold Palmer and Art Wall. Other participants made results. After finishing eighth in the 2016 Sunnehanna Amateur, the native In 1950, Charles Kunkle captured his first and only notable contributions to the game. Dr. George Wheeling, Charles of Forest, Virginia shot rounds of 71-60-68-69 and finished tied for third in championship, defeating Steward Brown of Yale University, six Kunkle, Jack Benson, Oakmont’s Jack Brand, Fred Brand and 2017. His incredible second round of 10-under par 60 broke the previous and five. An early round match attracted the most attention as Jack Mahaffey, and Allegheny’s Harton and Richard Semple all record score of 61 established by Kevin Foley and Zach Sucher. Later that two-time champion Buddy Lutz was pitted against 16-year-old represented the best of amateur golf and remained devoted to the summer, he finished runner-up in the Southern Amateur and became the Johnny Felus, a caddie from Cresson Country Club. Standing finest principles of the game throughout their lives. The 22nd American to win the Canadian Amateur Championship. five feet tall and weighing 108 pounds, Felus, dressed in foundation they laid lead to the reintroduction of an all-new shoes and blue jeans, played with the confidence of a seasoned format in amateur golf just three years later: The Sunnehanna veteran. Bumped in the first round of the Berkley Hills Junior Amateur.

Photo: Chuck Mamula Tournament held annually at a local municipal course, Felus was • given no chance against Lutz. On the sixth hole, the youngster’s 72 17 • ..... Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... Sunnehanna Amateur Canadian Amateur Champion, Cherry was a noted cabaret singer in the casinos of Las Vegas. After completing a six-week ISTORY engagement at The Sands, Cherry traveled east. As part of his agreement to play in Johnstown, he was hired to perform for the members and contestants. After four days of golf and singing, H Don Cherry captured the inaugural tournament. The Sunnehanna Amateur Begins The next year, Cherry returned to defend his title and, once again, Because of the Sunnehanna Invitational, championship golf had to entertain. His success on the links had been usurped by his hit become an ingrained part the fabric of Sunnehanna Country Club. record “Band of Gold”, which had sold over a million copies. The A few restless members searched for ways to bring championship reputation of the tournament was enhanced by the entry of golf back to the club. Richard “Dick” Chapman, who was one of the few golfers to win In late 1953, then club President, Charles Kunkle, Jr, Howard both the U.S. Amateur (1940) and the British Amateur (1944). He Picking and several members’ proposed a new tournament format also won the Canadian Amateur in 1949. which coalesced around a few basic ideas: After four rounds of play, another Walker Cupper and the 1954 • 72 holes of medal play with the best amateur players National Intercollegiate Champion, , Jr., of Memphis, Tennessee defeated Cherry by a stroke. Later that • An affair which could be attended by all members as a summer, Robbin’s victory took on greater significance when he social event won the United States Amateur. Robbins victories, the improving field and medal-play format was quickly establishing the • A tournament where participant’s wives were Sunnehanna Amateur among the upper echelon of amateur golf encouraged to come tournaments.

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By its third year, the Sunnehanna Amateur began to receive The Board of Governors unanimously supported the idea and the notable national acclaim. Sunnehanna Amateur was born. The tournament became the first 72-hole stroke play competition for amateurs in the United States. The tournament’s invitation process was updated as the Until then, the format adhered to had been match play. The committee attempted to replicate the format used by The Masters success of the rapidly growing professional tour, which was to invite players. Invitations were coveted by the countries best mainly stroke play, with the exception being the annual match golfers as the field was limited to those who had won major play championship of Professional Golf Association amateur tournaments or state-sanctioned championships. (PGA), provided greater public interest and acceptance of medal play tournaments. It particularly appealed to the players because Two major television networks provided coverage of the event it assured four days of play. The National Broadcasting Company’s (NBC) allotted time on its weekend programs for on-the-spot developments and highlights and included a wrap-up of the tournament. The Columbia Broadcasting Company (CBS) also provided national Modest Goals news coverage.

As with its predecessor the Sunnehanna Invitational, every effort The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Pittsburgh was made to include the best amateur golfers in the East. The Press, and The Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph devoted significant committee made attracting one or more members of the United coverage before and during the tournament. Associate States Walker Cup Team to the tournament a priority. This was Editor, Jimmy Mann, traveled from Pinehurst to cover the considered critical to legitimize the tournaments aspirations of tournament for his golf weekly. becoming a national event. The first player to enter with the reputation and the background the committee desired was Don Fred Byrod of the Inquirer wrote with superlatives about the Cherry of Wichita Falls, Texas. tournament and its value to Johnstown. He made special note of the high quality of play in spite of the absence of a Calcutta. A member of the United States Walker Cup Team and the 1953 18 • COMMUNITY FIRST

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Bob Drum, golf writer for the Pittsburgh Press, and later a regular It was a significant chapter in his own career; the Sunnehanna contributor on golf telecasts for CBS, was equally effusive Amateur was the first major amateur tournament for Jack Robert J. Smeal Jr. CPA Tercek Electric praising the medal play format which he felt was superior to Nicklaus. 1 5 match play. Turning prognosticator, Drum added, “If the Sunnehanna people can continue to promote this affair, it will be the best amateur tournament in the world in the The USGA and the Amateur Rules next ten years.” Buettner Incurance Agency In late 1957, Charles Kunkle received a letter 2 Dr. William Carney 6 In three short years, the tournament had gone of inquiry from the USGA regarding the from a largely regional field to one that was operation of the tournament. The prior year a recognized nationally. few members objected to housing players due to a conflict that arose with a player’s wife. In Sunseri Wholesale Among the prominent contestants were Dr. response, a few players were housed at a local Johnstown Chemical Co. Ed Updegraff, the three-time Arizona hotel. The expense was covered by the 3 7 Food & Paper Amateur Champion and two-time Southwest tournament. The USGA ruled that it was a Amateur Champion, who traveled from, violation of the amateur rules and that the $20 Tuscon. From the Deep South LSU entry fee was deemed to be “unrealistic”. They teammates, Eddie Merrins, the Western emphasized that meals, caddie, and lodging Need A Hand Amateur Champion from Meridian, should not be included in the entry fee. The 8 Balfund, Inc. Mississippi was joined by Johnny Pott, an issue was resolved after the players 4 Handyman Service All-American golfer from Eunice, Louisiana. reimbursed the tournament for their hotel bill and an ongoing dialogue with the USGA ensued.

The Recommendation: Jackie Nicklaus While seemingly trivial to many, , then a star player at the University of The most notable player not to participate in Florida, was disinclined to return because of 1956 was Bill Campbell, the playing captain ongoing rumors and the formidable reputation of the United States Walker Cup team. While of the USGA. Golf’s taciturn and inscrutable unable to compete, he was responsible for a ruling body had a well earned reputation for notable addition to the field which had a its unyielding enforcement of the rules significant influence on the tournament. pertaining to amateur golf. The rumors were Campbell recommended, in glowing terms to taken seriously by all involved. The committee the committee, an outstanding young talent reached out to potential contestants to clarify from Columbus, Ohio by the name of Jackie and explain the situation and the remedies the Nicklaus. The fifteen-year-old quickly tournament had put in place to pacify the attracted everyone’s attention as he made six USGA. After eliminating the Calcutta, the goal birdies and an eagle during his practice of a clean tournament was imperative to the round. His length off the tee, remarkable club, the contestants and the future of the A Design skills, unusual maturity, as well as his Sunnehanna Amateur. introduction of plumb-bobbing created a significant amount of interest. Throughout Tommy Aaron and his amateur the week he attracted large galleries and the contemporaries were placated. He returned in Historic Classic Challenging notice of the assembled writers with his 1958 and the future Masters champion from exceptional play. He shot 72-72-72-70 to Gainesville, Georgia won the Sunnehanna Located on the campus of Open to the public finish fifth overall, ten strokes behind winner Amateur! Gene Dahlbender Low greens fees everyday This was not the last time the tournament Saint Francis University The performance of the previously 1956, Jackie Nicklaus, age 16, on the heard from the P.J Boatwright and the USGA. For information and tee times of the week unheralded youngster marked a significant first tee. The Sunnehanna Amateur was In 1962, the entire University of Houston team his first major amateur tournament. chapter in the tournament’s history as he later participated. It was a first in the tournament’s call (814) 471-9650 eclipsed the records of golf’s greatest players. brief history. At that time, the Cougars had 20 69 • • Sunnehanna Amateur ..... is proud to be a part of the ...... 2018 /.ma AAnnual Sunnehannaa Amateur Invitational won the National Intercollegiate title five of previous six years. by a rejection letter from the tournament in 1964, he hung the Members of an eight player contingent, all of whom won a variety offending note on the wall next to his bedroom desk. In 1965, OHNSTOW , PA ï ITTTSBURG 3$ ï &ONNEAU OOH ï0IDDDLETOW , CT of championships, included , the second-ranked Greenwood arrived in Johnstown having earned his invitation by amateur in golf, and . There presence winning the 1964 . Unfortunately, his clothes and had an impact on the tournament as Zarley lead after the first clubs did not. While his fellow competitors played practice rounds round and Blancas finished tied for second, five strokes behind and worked on there games, Greenwood lounged at the pool. the eventual champion Dr. Ed Updegraff. When play began, his clubs and clothes had still not arrived! Forced to coble together a set of clubs, he found what he needed Later that summer, the Sunnehanna Amateur received another from a variety of sources. The second day, he was reunited with letter of inquiry from the USGA regarding the team’s his clubs on the seventh tee but elected to use the putter he had participation. Boatwright wanted to know who had paid their borrowed from course superintendent Joe Harlow. Greenwood entry fees, lodging, and travel expenses. They even questioned promptly birdied six of the next eleven holes to shoot a course the actual invitations! Again, Charles Kunkle handled the issue record 63! Two rounds later, Bobby Greenwood had won the with his usual aplomb providing detailed explanations and facts. Sunnehanna Amateur defeating Oklahoma States Dick Canon by The correspondence covered their invitations and went on to five-strokes and set a new tournament record. explain in minutia that Homero Blancas drove from Texas in his father’s car with two other teammates, then drove to Kentucky to Bad luck followed Greenwood the next two years. In 1966, he pick up a fourth. The USGA was sufficiently satisfied, and the opened with a round of 81 after being penalized four strokes for Over 65 Years of issue died. having too many clubs in his bag and in 1967 he remained in ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE Tennessee as he struggled to recover from a broken wrist. Now healthy and his game again sharp, the former All-American A Growing Reputation at North Texas birdied three of the final five holes, including a wwww.hflenz.com dramatic birdie on 18, to defeat 1966 champion Jack Lewis and In spite of the aggravating issues beyond the course, the 1962 champion Dr. Ed Updegraff by a single stroke. Sunnehanna Amateur’s status continued to grow in the 60’s. Gene Dahlbender and both won second titles, Dahlbender in 1960, Hyndman in 1967. Other champions included Dick Siderowf, Dr. Ed Updegraff, Roger McManus and A New Era: New Leadership and the College Golfer Canadian . In 1968, Wake Forest arrived with its entire starting five which All had impressive amateur careers. Siderowf, who won in 1961, included 1966 champion, Jack Lewis, , the later won two British Amateur titles in 1973 and 1976, as well as tournament runner-up in 1967, and Leonard Thompson. the Canadian and Northeast Amateur. A year later, Thompson defeated Wadkins and Florida State Updegraff, the 1962 Sunnehanna Amateur champion, was among standout . Presenting the champions trophy was the most respected and well-liked players in the tournament’s William V. Price. After being co-chairman the previous two years, history. A participant in 17 US Amateurs, his amateur record Price became the tournament’s chairman. His tenure lasted almost included victories in the Southwestern, Pacific Coast and Western 30 years. Under his watchful eye, the tournament grew in quality Amateurs. and prestige as he maintained the highest standards to receive an invitation to Sunnehanna. Cowan’s victory would not be his final major amateur title. The 1961 Canadian Amateur champion, he went on to win two US He, and his wife Carlyn, worked tirelessly as the tournament’s Amateur titles. In 1966, he upset the heavily favored Deanne ambassadors. “You’d be somewhere else playing, and the next Beman and in 1971 he defeated Wake Forest standout Eddie thing you know, Mr. Price was there and saying hello”, said Ben Pearce. Crenshaw. “He spread a lot of goodwill for the Sunnehanna Amateur that way, and it was passed along by the players by word of mouth.” His efforts were recognized throughout golf. In July of 1996, a story in Golf Journal, the publication of the USGA, Bobby Greenwood recognized his commitment as well as other tournament chairman’s efforts on behalf of amateur golf. Tennessean Bobby Greenwood provided the tournament with one of its most compelling stories. Greenwood made getting an Almost simultaneously, collegiate players began to dominate the invitation to the Sunnehanna Amateur a personal mission. Driven 21 • THE ..... Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna Amateur ..... 2018 ...... SUNNEHANNA2017 AMATEUR 2018 ESULTS 1 Braden Thornberry 68-69-65-65 267 T24 Carl YC Yuan 71-68-67-71 277 2 Collin MorikawaR 67-67-66-67 267 T28 Luke Graboyes 68-72-70-68 278 T3 Lee Hodges 68-67-67-66 268 T28 Jacob Solomon 65-72-73-68 278 T3 Nick Voke 65-70-65-68 268 T28 Cooper Musselman 69-69-71-69 278 T3 Zachary Bauchou 71-60-68-69 268 T28 Kieran Vincent 67-70-68-73 278 T6 Ben Griffin 69-69-68-63 269 T32 Cooper Dossey 68-72-72-67 279 T6 Derek Bard 68-67-68-66 269 T32 Nick Carlson 70-70-71-68 279 T6 Josh Whalen 67-68-67-67 269 T32 Nathan Smith 71-70-69-69 279 9 Justin Suh 71-68-66-65 270 T32 Matthew Perrine 68-68-72-71 279 T10 John Pak 72-70-65-65 272 T32 Raul Pereda 68-70-68-73 279 T10 Shintaro Ban 66-65-67-74 272 37 William Rainey 69-69-72-70 280

1973 Sunnehanna Amateur 12 Lloyd Go 69-66-70-68 273 T38 Hayden Wood 68-70-72-71 281 From, left to right: , , (Champion), Robert Rose and William Price. T13 Noah Goodwin 68-70-68-68 274 T38 Patrick Martin 70-73-66-72 281 Sunnehanna Amateur winning 15 of the next 18 titles. Only Bob the British Amateur and, several weeks later, lead the US Open Zender’s playoff victory in 1971 and ’s championships at Merion by two strokes after 54-holes. He eventually finished T13 John Augenstein 67-71-68-68 274 T40 Hugo Bernard 72-70-70-70 282 in 1976 and 1978 interrupted their control. fifth. T13 Theo Humphrey 69-67-70-68 274 T40 Danny Walker 74-67-71-70 282 The arrival of teams from the University of Houston, Wake Forest Gentle Ben Crenshaw and later the , Brigham Young, Ohio State T13 Nick Heinen 70-69-66-69 274 T40 Scott Stevens 68-71-71-72 282 and Oklahoma State marked the beginning of a new era. Fields, Possibly the most prominent champion of the 1970’s was Ben which previously had been kept small to help foster relationships Crenshaw, golf’s next “Golden Boy.” In 1972 the Texan won the T13 Cheng Jin 72-66-67-69 274 T40 Lee Detmer 67-72-69-74 282 between participants and members, gave way to a larger numbers Eastern Amateur, the Porter Cup and Trans-Miss’ Championships of contestants. The vast majority came from colleges. and had tied fellow University of Texas teammate, for T13 KK Limbhasut 68-68-69-69 274 T44 Sam Stevens 70-70-72-71 283 the NCAA championship. His only blemish: a loss in the finals Arizona State All-American ’s victory in 1970 of the United States Amateur. T13 Dawson Armstrong 69-65-70-70 274 T44 Eric Ansett 72-69-70-72 283 continued the trend of collegiate champions. He defeated Bob Clark, the reigning NCAA champion, and Lanny Wadkins, who A year later, he arrived at Sunnehanna with a rock star persona as 20 Ian Holt 70-69-70-66 275 T44 David Kocher 68-77-65-73 283 made a final day charge. It was the third time the Wake Forest members flocked to meet him. His nickname, “Gentle Ben”, All-American and Walker Cupper finished runner-up in the belied a temper which spectators witnessed first hand when he T21 Chandler Blanchet 70-70-70-66 276 T44 Sam Burns 69-69-72-73 283 tournament. wrapped a club around a tree on the first hole. Throughout the week Crenshaw made recovery shots that defied description. The T21 69-68-71-68 276 T44 Luis Garza 69-69-70-75 283 , a two-time first team All-American from Oklahoma most remarkable were a scrambling par from the woods on the State, defeated University of North Carolina golfer, Marty West, eighth hole and an improbable birdie on the eleventh hole. After T21 Thomas Walsh 70-71-66-69 276 49 Michael Perras 68-73-71-72 284 and University of Florida All-American, Gary Koch, to capture missing the fairway by some 90 yards, his ball was found in a the title in 1972. A noteworthy participant that year was Butler, neighbor’s backyard and required the moving of a picnic table to T24 Chris Petefish 75-71-66-65 277 50 Charles Huntzinger 70-70-71-74 285 Pennsylvania native, . In 1971, Simons was named be able to play his second shot. NCAA Player of the Year at Wake Forest, reached the finals of T24 Hayden Buckley 74-67-69-67 277 51 Gordon Neale 72-69-70-75 286 T24 Andre Garcia 70-69-68-70 277 52 Ben Schlottman 68-74-70-75 287 22 67 • • ..... Sunnehanna Amateur THE Sunnehanna Amateur ..... 2018 ...... 2018 The 64th Sunnehanna Amateur required more than seventy-two holes to produce. The final After four rounds, Crenshaw had defeated Oklahoma State All- major amateur titles came at Sunnehanna and the confidence days play and the outcome matched the weeks 2017 American Danny Edwards by three strokes. Over the next three gained in Johnstown helped provide the foundation for his future weather; unpredictable and ever-changing. SUNNEHANNA months he added victories in the Northeast, Southern, and success. Western Amateurs. At summer’s end, the Texan turned As regulation play came to a close, the prior year's Sunnehanna Amateur champion, Collin professional, won the PGA tour by twelve John Cook Morikawa, and reigning NCAA champion Braden Thornberry,AMATEUR sat Braden Thornberry was first to play and hit a beautiful flop-shot to strokes then won the Texas Open in his first professional start. atop the leaderboard at 13-under-par. twenty-feet. Ben Crenshaw’s two-year exploits rank among the greatest in the In the late 70’s the Sunnehanna Amateur added its fourth two- annals of amateur golf. time champion, John Cook. In 1976, the high school senior and Nick Voke, and Zachary Bauchou, whose record setting round of "The rain helped me a little bit, making the rough a little wetter and protégé of arrived in Johnstown for the first time. 60 catapulted him the second round lead, played in the final group the green a little softer, and I happened to hit the perfect pitch." Jay Sigel: The Break Through behind Morikiawa and Thornberry. Both had a chance to join the Morikawa’s pitch skidded and hydroplaned leaving himself 18-feet The previous summer, he won the Junior World Championship playoff -- Voke needing a par on the 373-yard par 4 and Bauchou for his par. Jay Sigel returned to Johnstown for the tenth time in 1976. In his and both the California Junior and Amateur. Those victories needing a birdie. marked him as a player to watch. First to putt, Thornberry rolled his 20- first appearance in 1961, Sigel and fellow Philadelphian Bill With 54-hole leader Shintaro Ban footer right into the heart of the cup. Hyndman shared the first round lead. In spite of early signs as a After an outstanding freshman year at Ohio State, Cook captured struggling from the get-go, it was up to Morikawa was unable to match. , and junior of the skills to compete and win on the national level the Bauchou or Voke at 13- under to see if his first Sunnehanna title in 1977, defeating Wake Forest standout in the pouring rain on Saturday then seven-time Pennsylvania Amateur champion had yet to win they could join the pair. After a after a afternoon, play at the Sunnehanna Gary Hallberg, who became the first four-time first team All- a major amateur title. That changed when the Berwyn native birdie on No. 17, Voke, a native of Wattle Amateur had finally concluded. American, and perennial contender, Marty West in the pouring Down, New Zealand, looked to be the Photo: Chuck Mamula birdied the first three holes on the back nine to open a "It was just me against Braden in a rain. In 1978 he failed to defend his title. It was one his few one who could make something happen commanding lead and defeat Brigham Young teammates John three-hole playoff. Once I saw his tee disappointments that summer as he won the Northeast and the on the 18th, possibly winning it all with Fought, who a year later won the US Amateur, and Mike Brannan, shot on the last one I knew if I got in a United States Amateur titles. a birdie. His approach safely on the final good position, I would be fine but once the former US Junior champion. green, the stage was set. The clubhouse again chipping. I wasn't able to get up In 1979, John Cook returned a final time after announcing his leader could only sit and watch. Sigel won additional titles in 1978 and again in 1988 making him and down, so that kinda hurt." intentions to turn professional at the conclusion of that year’s "I was a little nervous," offered the tournament’s first three-time champion. Morikawa had to give up his title, but United States Amateur. The week prior to Sunnehanna, he Thornberry about his feeling as he not without a heck of a fight. watched New Zealander Voke putting on His amateur career at Sunnehanna spanned four decades before defended his Northeast Amateur title winning by an improbable the final green. "Your hopes could be "You're coming in every week trying to t u r n i n g nine strokes. In the process, he shot a record total of 269 gone right there. He is a great player...I win the tournament." explained professional in shattering the obviously wasn't hoping against him, but Thornberry when asked about his final 1994. His record is previous record of I wanted another chance in the playoff." putt, "You hit somewhere around 270 275 established in shots a week and for that one to be the awesome by any Voke missed his birdie chance on the 1973 by none other last one was a good feeling." standard. Besides 18th for the win as well as the subsequent winning three than Ben Crenshaw. five-foot par putt coming back to end his It was by no accident that Thornberry His final appearance found himself in a playoff this S u n n e h a n n a chances of winning the prestigious at Sunnehanna Sunnehanna title. afternoon. He played very consistently Amateur title’s, he throughout the championship, warming began with a front Morikawa, who was attempting to was a member of Braden Thornberry - 2017 up with rounds of 68 and 69 on nine of 31 and a become the first back-to-back winner since seven Walker Cup Wednesday, then lighting up the weekend first-round score of Rickie Fowler in 2007-2008, and teams, he won with consecutive rounds of 65. Thornberry, fresh off a tie for 4th in the prior week’s FedEx St back-to-back US 65. After three more Judes Classic, were promptly escorted to the first tee where the "(I was) just trying to stay patient, knowing that everyone is going Amateur titles in rounds, he had won three-hole aggregate playoff. to be frustrated with the pins," said Thornberry. "I played with Collin 1982 and 1983, his second all day and we are good friends, so I kinda just went out there and Thornberry had the tee.The Ole Miss standout, who had won the three US Mid- S u n n e h a n n a let the better man win. It wasn't that nerve-wracking" NCAA individual title a short two and half weeks before, used his Amateurs, the Amateur title by His lack of nerves might have something to do with his excellent southern humor to lighten the moment. British Amateur, four strokes over finish on the PGA Tour last weekend, though Thornberry did joke "I'll go over y'all if you want," he said to a group of misbehaving . The that the talent level at Sunnehanna this weekend might be higher three Porter Cups, fans in the fairway on the first hole. only blemish during than at last week's St. Jude. three Northeast The fairway cleared and the pair preceded, neither player giving the Amateur titles and John Cook’s The quality of the field and the participants in the playoff was other an inch. A couple of pars later and the two had reached the outstanding summer undeniable. Overcoming his prior week’s disappointment, Collin 11 Pennsylvania par-3 7th tee, which is the third hole of the playoff. came in the finals of Morikawa would add a third major amateur tournament title to his Amateurs. He was the United States Both missed the demanding seventh green with their tee shots. resume the following week at the Northeast Amateur title. With his the finest male

Morikawa ball finished short and left leaving a much easier shot victory and Thornberrys success at Sunnehanna the two top ranked amateur golfer Amateur losing to • 1979 Sunnehanna Amateur than Thornberry's, who short sided himself missing the green right amateurs in the world rankings had met in a playoff. Another first since Bobby Mark O’Meara . in the heavy rough right of the green. Fred Couples, John Cook, 66 in the long history of the Sunnehanna Amateur. Jones. His first 23 • ...... Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... 2018 and fast, Doyle traversed the Sunnehanna links with near perfection displaying bump-and-run shots that A. W. Tillinghast Four years later, the next great amateur star arrived. While his envisioned when he designed the course. His total of 266, 14 credentials as a junior golfer may not have matched those of John JET 9 under par, established a new tournament record. It is the single Don Hall sometimes appeared to be a bigger-than-life character The event ended in 2012 when became a little bit too much for Cook, Scott Verplank’s amateur career was certainly greatest performance in the tournament’s history. Among those in the Johnstown and Sunnehanna Country Club communities. Hall to handle. It will return for the first time Sept. 28 in a extraordinary. In 1983, Verplank, upon the conclusion of his he left in the distance in was , who finished third He starred for the Johnstown Jets in the 1950s and 1960s and was different format. freshman year at Oklahoma State, competed in his first and later that summer won the United States Amateur, and 16- later involved in management of that storied franchise. Sunnehanna Amateur after being named a second team All- year old , the reigning United States Junior “It will be a best-ball of two played at Sunnehanna and it will be American. Later that summer, The native won the Porter Champion, who finished fifth. They finished 14 and 17 strokes a great way for us to honor Don,” Hargreaves said. “It will also Cup. behind, respectively behind the native of LeGrange, Georgia ! generate money for the Foundation.”

In 1984, he arrived in Johnstown as a pre-tournament favorite The only thing to end ’s control of the Sunnehanna The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization, whose primary having won the Big Eight Championship and been named first Amateur title was Allen Doyle. His decision to turn professional purpose is the promotion of the Amateur Tournament. It also team All-American. After 36 holes the Texan stood at seven under in 1995 ended a remarkable six years. He gratefully facilitates the Amateur’s sponsorship of youth educational par, two strokes ahead of University of Houston star Steve acknowledged the tournament’s influence on his career. Before activities in the Greater Johnstown area. Elkington. At the end of 72 holes, Verplank held off a final day his success in Johnstown, he had dominated events in his adopted charge of Dave Tolley, who’s final round 66 fell one stroke short home state of the This year’s contribution supports the Johnston Symphony of catching the eventual champion. That summer, Scott Verplank Georgia winning Orchestra and its annual concert at the Lower Cambria Iron added the Texas, Western and the United States Amateur titles to Allen Doyle dominated the six Georgia Works, as well as the Johnstown Youth Symphony. his resume and established himself as the nation’s top amateur Sunnehanna Amateur winning four Amateurs. The golfer. titles in six years. S u n n e h a n n a A special contribution this year will be made to the Johnstown Amateur gave Junior Hockey League in memory of Hall. The following year Verplank returned and became the first him the champion to successfully defend his title winning by seven confidence to strokes. Several weeks later, he added to his formidable reputation know he could winning the 1985 , the first amateur in 29 years to defeat the best in capture a PGA tour event. He finished the summer by helping the the game. He United States defeat Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup continued his at Pine Valley. success as a In the spring of 1986, Scott Verplank’s amateur career came to a professional fitting end. After almost winning a second PGA event, finishing winning three runner-up in the Tournament of Champions, he lead the times on the He was a stellar businessman in Johnstown and a leader at Oklahoma State Cowboys to there fifth team title while capturing NIKE, now Sunnehanna where he served on the Amateur committee for over the NCAA individual title. Web.Com tour, then at 47 he 30 years. The club dedicated the par-3 fifth hole in Hall’s memory Domination: Allen Doyle became the in 2011. oldest rookie The late 80’s marked the rebirth of the mid-amateurs started by ever on the PGA His passing at age 87 last year on Christmas eve left a void in Jay Sigel who won his third and final championship in 1988 Tour rookie both of those areas, a void that will be felt this week during the making him the Sunnehanna Amateur’s first three-time champion. where he played 65th Sunnehanna Amateur. for two years. As The Sunnehanna Amateur Foundation, Inc. has decided to honor The following year, Allen Doyle began a new era. He dominated a member of the Hall’s memory by bringing back to life something very dear to the tournament like none other winning four Sunnehanna Champions Tour, Amateurs over the next six years. Over a six-year span, Doyle he won 11 times and became only the fifth player to win two US Hall. defeated a who’s who in golf. In 1989, among those he defeated Senior Opens joining , , , and “For a long, long time, Don ran the Jet 9 Invitational, an event were , who finished third. The next year he bested Jack Nicklaus. Like many players before him, the Sunnehanna that was made up of rounds at Pine Valley, Laurel Valley and a field that included three-time champion Jay Sigel, who finished Amateur was a catalyst for greater golf success. runner-up, and , who had just won the second of Sunnehanna,” said Jim Hargreaves, a former chairman of the his back-to-back NCAA titles. The loss of Jay Sigel and Allen Doyle to professional golf left an Amateur and a leading figure at the club. “His friends and immeasurable void in the Sunnehanna Amateur. members were included and it lasted 15 years. The permanent Don Hall, Jet #9. His most remarkable performance came in 1992 winning the winner’s trophy, in the form of the Stanley Cup, is on display at tournament by a record 13 strokes. With the course playing firm Sunnehanna.” 24 65 • •

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Their departures ended the long chapter, and most importantly Dillard Pruitt, who won the title in 1983, added a second tradition, of the “career” amateur. The lure of money and the tournament title in 2002. The recently reinstated amateur, who inability to be consistently competitive against younger players had won on the PGA tour, was aided by the back nine collapse of gave aging players options that previously hadn’t existed and and three consecutive bogeys coming in by Tripp Welcome to yo our new sadly changed the landscape of amateur golf. Davis, who Pruitt defeated in a playoff.

While the presence of both was missed, it also opened the door In 2003, Clemson won the NCAA team title. Three integral for other mid-amateurs to take there place. Over the next four members of that team Matt Hendrix, and Jack home for healthcare! years, four different “mid-ams”, , Jeff Thomas, Duke Ferguson were considered to be among the top contenders for the Delcher and Steve Sheehan won the Sunnehanna Amateur. title. Four days later, Hendrix defeated University of Sheehans victory in 1998 was matched throughout that summer All-American and Moon Township, Pennsylvania native, Justin by other mid-ams. Tim Jackson won the North & South Amateur, Smith, by two strokes followed by Greg Jones. Gene Elliott the Porter Cup, and Bert Atkinson the Rice Planters. It hasn’t been duplicated since as college players soon again The next year, Jack Ferguson added his name to the tournament reasserted their dominance. trophy holding off Matt Rosenfeld to become the fourth Clemson Tiger to win the Sunnehanna Amateur. A New Century Starts the Way It Ended In 2006, Australian, became the tournaments third Edward Loar returned to Johnstown in 1999 with a handful of international champion joining Brazilian, Jamie Gonzalez, and college players hoping to end the middle-am domination of Canadian, Gary Cowan. The native of Perth, Australia, who tied amateur golf. A three-time All-American at Oklahoma State, Loar the course with 63 in the second round, needed a birdie on the had won the 1997 Southwestern Amateur and 1998 Southern 72nd-hole to join a playoff with Georgia Tech All-American Amateur titles. His game was ideally suited for Sunnehanna’s golf Nicholas Thompson and fellow countryman Jamie Arnold. After course as the long hitting left-hander hit a sweeping hook which the three-hole aggregate playoff, additional holes were required worked perfectly on the numerous dogleg rights. His deft touch after Sim and Thompson remained tied. The Australian then around the greens was later equally important; during the third promptly birdied the first hole to become the 40th player to win Conemaugh Health Systemm is now providing patient care at the ne ew, round he saved par six straight holes after missing the greens in the Sunnehanna Amateur. state-of-the-art Conemaughgh East Hills Outpatient Center. The facility acility regulation. Loar opened the tournament with 30 on the front nine includes convenient services, es, advanced imaging and technology all and never looked back defeating close friend and Cowboy Sim’s victory was emblematic of the changing nature of teammate Charles Howell by five-strokes. competitive amateur golf. 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His goal at the beginning of Ŕ1VMNPOBSZ 'VODUJPO 55FFTUJOH State had defeated Georgia Tech in a playoff to win the NCAA the summer of 2007: earn a coveted spot on that years US Walker Ŕ8PNFOōT %JBHOPTUJD 4FSWJDFT team Title. It was a fitting end to a fine collegiate and amateur Cup team. The nation’s second ranked junior, Fowler, who had career. signed with Oklahoma State, lead after three rounds following Learn more at conemaugh.orgh.org back-to-back scores of 67. He led future teammate Peter Uihlein The Clemson Tigers by three strokes and by five. It was the youngest leader board in the tournaments history with no player in the final Conemagh East Hills The following year, began a new tradition with his threesome over the age of 18. The final day, the leader played 1450 Scalp Avenue, Johnstown, n, PA victory in 2001 as a Clemson Tiger would win the Sunnehanna solid golf saving par at critical times during the round to hold off Amateur the next four years. 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In 2008, he returned to defend his title, Photo: Chuck Mamula his game in fine form having finished fourth the week before at the NCAA tournament. Unlike the previous year, Fowler gave little hope to the rest of the field after an opening round of 66. Subsequent rounds of 69-68-69 gave him a five stroke victory over Dan Woltman and six strokes ahead of former US Mid-Amateur champion Nathan Smith.

With Rickie Fowlers victories, he joined Verplank, Loar and Doyle as the only champions to successfully defend their Sunnehanna Amateur titles.

In his final amateur stroke play tournament, Rickie Fowler attempted to establish a new standard: to become the - 1988 Wes Bryan - 2009 first player to win three straight titles. An opening round 61 by Penn States Kevin Foley, which tied the course record established the year before by Zach Sucher, left Fowler six strokes behind. It was a margin he would never erase. Ultimately Rickie Fowler

Photo: Chuck Mamula finished third, six strokes behind Foley who lead wire-to-wire and with it ended Rickie Fowler capped possibly the finest three year won span of any player in the tournaments back-to-back titles great history. in 2007 and 2008. Another great Pennsylvania Mid-Am: Nathan Smith Rickie Fowler became the youngest champion in the tournaments history previously held by Greg Lesher. It was also a sign of With the advanced skills and length of college and junior players, things to come as Fowler later that summer added a second the likelihood of a mid-amateur having sustained success at the victory at the Players Amateur. More importantly, he succeeded Sunnehanna Amateur, or any other major medal play tournament, in achieving his personal goal; being named to the US Walker seemed highly unlikely. Nathan Smith’s reputation as one of the Cup team. nation’s finest mid-amateurs was beyond dispute winning the United States Mid-Amateur three-times, in 2003, 2009 and 2010. The success enjoyed that summer continued through the fall 2007 In spite of that success, he hadn’t broken through to win one of and into the spring of 2008 as Rickie Fowler continued to amateur golf’s major medal play tournaments. He had knocked establish new records and new standards. His freshman year at on the door several times at Sunnehanna finishing in the top-five Oklahoma State, the native of Murrieta, California was named four straight years from 2007 through 2010.

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In 2011, the Pittsburgh golfer finally broke through shooting a A Tradition Unlike Any Other final round 66 to tie Lee Bedford and Zac Blair. In the ensuing four-hole aggregate playoff, Smith left little doubt as to the The combined histories of the Sunnehanna Invitational and outcome making birdies on the first two holes to win the title. Sunnehanna Amateur have spanned eight decades of amateur Like fellow Pennsylvanian Jay Sigel, the foundation for his golf. Only one other amateur tournament in the United States can Sunnehanna Amateur championship began as a high school list the likes of , Arnold Palmer, Julius Boros, Art student but their initial experiences were significantly different. Wall, Jack Nicklaus, , Phil Mickelson and Tiger While Sigel lead after his first round, and had a solid inaugural Woods as contestants: the United States Amateur. Its medal play tournament, Smiths result format has been was at the opposite end of emulated by countless the spectrum. Unprepared Nathan Smith, amateur tournaments and overwhelmed, Smith 2011 Champion across the country. finished a distant last. Afterward he quipped In 1956, then with his ever present tournament chairman smile, “I’ve been down A. Hugh Wagner, here a lot of years and I speaking on behalf of might be the first person to the committee, stated: finish last and then finish “We hope to see not first.” His victory assured only hundreds of him a spot, for a second people we know to be time, on that years United interested in golf, but States Walker Cup team. many other people who like competitive More titles would follow. sports of any kind. We In 2012, he became the are sure they will find first player to win four this caliber of golf United States Mid- stimulating and worth Amateur titles which their time.” Those helped earn him a spot, words remain true again, on the 2013 United today. States Walker Cup team.

After some indifferent play since his victory, The foresight of Smith seemed to be poised tournament founder, for another come from Charles Kunkle, Jr., behind victory in 2014 the dedication of standing one-shot behind longtime chairman, 54-hole leader Sam Burns. William V. Price, Burns, who had just numerous committee completed his junior of members and most high school, was a importantly the member of the largest, and generous support of possibly most talented, the members of group of junior players in the tournaments history. In the end, an Sunnehanna Country Club and Johnstown have continued a great even-par final round wasn’t enough for Smith missing a playoff golfing tradition. A commitment to the simple tenants established by a stroke. Will Murphy, from the University of South Carolina when the tournament began has given its members, young and and recent champion of the Azalea Invitational, went on to defeat old, and the Greater Johnstown community, the opportunity to Burns, who was trying to break Rickie Fowlers record as the enjoy and witness the skills of the best golfers from all 50 states youngest champion in the tournaments history, in the three-hole and 24 countries for 62 years. aggregate playoff. 29 • THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA Sunnehanna Amateur ...... 2018

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Prouud to support Deane Beman Nick Flanagan Hillman Robbins Jr. Jay Sigel Sunnehannna Amateur Stanley Bishop Steve Melnyk Foundation William C. Campbell Vinnie Giles Phil Mickelson and the entiree amateur golfg community Richard D Chapman John Harris Robert J. Murphy Peter Uihlein

Gary Cowan Kelly Kraft Jack Nicklaus Scott Verplank

Bryson Dechambeau Arnold Palmer Pittsburgh | 17 Officesfi Nationwide Lanny Wadkins

BIPC.com Doc Redman Tiger Woods

Kelly Craft Craig Stadler - 1974 2010-2011 57 • ..... Sunnehanna Amateur THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA 2018 ......

British Open Champions

David Duval

Tom Lehman

Justin Leonard

Phil Mickelson

Jack Nicklaus

Arnold Palmer

Bill Rogers

Jordan Spieth

Tiger Woods

Jordan Spieth - 2011

Phil Mickelson - 1990

Tom Lehman - 1982

Photo: Chuck Mamula 2018 • 56 ..... Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ......

Chris Kirk 2005-2006 Billy Hurley III -

2005 Photo: Chuck Mamula Photo: Chuck Mamula THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA

United States Public Links Champions

Brad Benjamin Jack Newman Milkie’s Don Essig Jordan Niebrugge Lawn and Garden Services Ralph Howe Clay Ogden Kevin Johnson 814-288-2420 Colt Knost Wishes all participants success in the Billy Mayfair James Sorenson 65th Annual Sunnehanna Amateur William McDonald D.J. Trahan We also wish good luck to local participants Derek Hayes and Aaron Patalune Byron Meth Guy Yamamoto Photo: Chuck Mamula Photo: Chuck Mamula

Jodie Mudd - 2007 - 2005 Keep it out of the long grass. 34 • Sunnehanna Amateur ...... 2018 TH E G O L F COURSE Ground was broken for The Tiny Tim’s the development of Tillinghast rarely used frontal bunkers or hazards in his designs. Sunnehanna’s Country He didn’t believe in forced carries. The game was played on Club’s golf course in the the ground not in the air. This accounts for the open fronts to spring of 1921. The club Sunnehanna’s greens. It permitted flexibility of play for players had hired the highly of all levels. The exception were short par-threes, like regarded architect from Sunnehanna’s tenth hole. Tillinghast affectionately called these New York, A.W. holes “Tiny Tims.” The first one he designed is at nearby Tillinghast. In April he Bedford Springs. He wrote, “As for the frontal, obligatory trap, walked the course staking this type of hole certainly causes me to draw away from my the ground for potential objection to it. Here the range is fixed and most class of player, locations for greens, tees even the most humble, should be able to carry trouble and bunkers. The site was immediately in front of a 125 yard green.” As for the green he deemed to be perfect for a wrote, “The floor should be entirely free of undulations. This new course by the does not mean that such a green must be monotonously plain, members of Johnstown far from it, but the effects of impressive contouring are to be Country Club, who had introduced from the outside edges with vigorous flarings.” Hudson Swatford - 2007 - 2009 been told there property was needed for The Long One-Shotter development by Cambria Steel. Known as Cambria Farms, the When it came to the long par three, like the seventh hole, his land was used to raise grain for the mules that worked in the approach was totally different. “We have now arrived at the companies coal mines. Tillinghast unveiled his plans to the conclusion that a one-shot hole, played from a stirring height, clubs members on June 1, 1921. The Johnstown Tribune which should greet the eye with inspiration of lovely scenic announced the important meeting and noted that he had beauty or panoramic grandeur.” As for the fairly flat green he designed many of the countries finest courses. The paper stated, explained, “The design of any green that is to take a long wood “He is held as one of the country’s greatest authorities on from the tee is considered, it must be open and spread out affair, matters of this nature.” He truly was. A.W. Tillinghast was at gradually losing distinctive character.” Partially incorporated his professional peak in 1921. While he was finishing 36-holes from his plan were two bunkers strategically placed short and at Baltusrol, he was building Fresh Meadow, Newport Country right of the green. Positioned there by the engineer James Club and Winged Foot, all which would hold major McGovern, they were not only strategic but they also slowed championships, as well as Sunnehanna. Through his experience water that could potentially race down the surrounding hills and and knowledge, the native of Philadelphia developed principles across the green. and philosophies that he used with great results. The insight and input of the course engineer is largely The Par-Threes overlooked. They had a significant impact on the placement of Tillinghast stated, “No course is any greater than it’s one-shot many bunkers. Sunnehanna offered many challenges because of holes. These should be standouts, altogether imposing its topography. The placement of bunkers, many later inspiring.” Sunnehanna’s par-threes routinely rank among the eliminated, served a duel purpose both a strategically and toughest holes during the Sunnehanna Amateur. The diversity agronomically. After the dissolution of the course construction of distances, the use of the prevailing wind combined with firm of Tillinghast & Honeyman in 1924, McGovern became a changes in elevation requires players to use different clubs, ball highly regarded engineer for Henry Clay Frick where he was

flights and strategy. One constant principle is repeated on these responsible for opening Bituminous mines throughout Western

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reclaimed a few aspects of its architectural legacy. If the course the If legacy. architectural its of aspects few a reclaimed unfortunate finish, cannot be condoned.” He also understood also He condoned.” be cannot finish, unfortunate

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golf” to Sunnehanna. to golf” judge with accuracy with judge

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holes at Sunnehanna; at holes near the edges of firm of edges the near

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way to confuse the player as well as bring the elements into elements the bring as well as player the confuse to way fairways, limited corridors of play and strategic shot making. shot strategic and play of corridors limited fairways,

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THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA AT PLAYED THEY Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna ...... Sunnehanna Amateur THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA 2018 ...... United States Open Champions

Julius Boros Jack Nicklaus

Charles Evans Jr.

Jim Furyk Arnold Palmer

Lucas Glover Scott Simpson

Hubert Green Webb Simpson

Lee Jantzen Curtis Strange

Dustin Johnson Tiger Woods

Steve Jones

Webb Simpson, 2006 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion. Photo: Chuck Mamula

Curtis Strange - 1974 - 2006 • 52 ...... Sunnehanna Amateur THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... 2018 The Masters Champions THE 2009-2010 Here’s how the players played Tommy Aaron Patrick Reed SUNNEHANNA2017 AMATEUR TOURNAMENT the course in the Tournament. *Ranked from 1 (most difficult) Fred Couples Jordan Spieth OLE to 18 (least difficult). REAKDOWN Ben Crenshaw Craig Stadler H Hole Yards Par Average Rank Eagles Birdies Pars Bogeys Doubles Others Phil Mickelson Howard Twitty 14394B 3.90715 0 6724433 1 0

24304 4.2901 0 1822392102 Jack Nicklaus Art Wall, Jr. 33864 3.88717 2 7722638 2 0 44034 3.90416 1 7423331 6 0 Arnold Palmer Tiger Woods 51973 3.1285 0 3823366 8 0 64354 4.1774 1 3023567102 72413 3.2092 0 3620992 8 0 83604 4.0938 0 7018678 9 2 95745 5.11610 0 5321365131 OUT 3465 35 35.711 4 463 2002 562 67 7 10 171 3 3.049 11 0 45 244 51 4 1 11 519 5 4.354 18 29 189 104 22 1 0 12 427 4 4.156 6 0 45 214 75 9 2 13 416 4 3.954 13 0 72 223 45 4 1 14 227 3 3.206 3 0 35 218 82 6 4 15 595 5 4.942 14 0 74 222 44 5 0 16 182 3 3.070 9 0 37 250 55 3 0 17 450 4 4.009 12 0 57 234 50 2 2 18 373 4 4.128 7 0 50 211 75 8 1 IN 3360 35 34.867 29 604 1920 499 42 11

TOTAL 6825 70 70.577 33 1067 3922 1061 109 18 • Tiger Woods, 1992-1993 Fred Couples - 1979 & 1980 38 51 • ’ĮļĹKËĮǒį forr a GRREAAT TOUR RNAMEENT!

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Jim Ahern Jason Day Emiliano Grillo

Billy Andrade Bryson DeChambeau John Fought Jay Haas

Tommy Armour III Terry Diehl Rickie Fowler Chesson Hadley

Andy Bean Gary Hallberg

Frank Beard Brandt Snedeker - 2003 Phil Hancock

Chip Beck John Harris

Notah Begay Mark Hayes

Deane Beman JJ Henry

Jim Benepe

Homero Blancas

Julius Boros JB Holmes

Michael Bradley Charles Howell III

Mark Brooks Bill Hurley III

Billy Ray Brown

Wesley Bryan 2013 United States Walker Cup Team George Burns Nine members of the winning team were participants in the Sunnehanna Amateur as well as Captain Jim Holtgrieve.

Bob Byman David Ishii

Curt Byrum Don Iverson

Joe Campbell

Patrick Cantlay Allen Doyle Dustin Johnson

Jim Carter David Duval Jim Fuyrk

Ron Cerrudo Danny Edwards Jim Gallagher Tom Jones

Brandel Chamblee David Eger Smylie Kaufman

Bobby Clampett Anthony Kim

Keith Clearwater Derek Ernst Lucas Glover The victorious John Cook Matt Gogel Kevin Kisner 2009 United States Walker Cup Team. Hubert Green Gary Koch All ten played in the Sunnehanna

Fred Couples Amateur with seven

participating in the • 2009 Sunnehanna Amateur. 40 49 • ...... Sunnehanna Amateur THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... 2018 Members of The United States Walker Cup Teams Winners of a PGA Tournament

Tommy Aaron James Gabrielson Edward Loar Scott Simpson Tom Lehman Sean O'Hair Patrick Reed Scott Simpson Robert Gamez Bill Loeffler Web Simpson Justin Leonard Arnold Palmer Webb Simpson Don Allen Brian Gay Davis Love Charles Smith Billy Andrade Doug Ghim Buddy Marucci Nathan Smith Phil Rogers Brandt Snedeker Doug Ballenger Brendan Gielow Randy Sonnier Davis Love III Peter Persons Dang Quigley Jordan Spieth Blayne Barber Vinnie Giles Len Mattiace Jim Sorenson Steve Lowery Notah Begay James Grant Bob May Jordan Speith Craig Stadler Deane Beman Danny Green Billy Mayfair Mike Sposa Mark Lye Lucas Glover Denny McCarthy Craig Stadler Curtis Strange Andy Magee 2014 Mike Brannan Jay Haas Lee McCoy Steve Stricker Alan Bratton Gary Hallberg Mike McCoy Hunter Stewart Hal Sutton George Burns Brian Harman Tom McKnight Curtis Strange Ben Martin Clark Burroughs John Harris Steve Melnyk Hal Sutton Hudson Swafford Joe Campbell Scott Harvey Phil Mickelson Dick Von Tacky Hunter Mahan William Campbell Vance Heafner Allen Miller David Tentis John Mahaffey DJ Trahan Matt Hendrix John Miller Justin Thomas Troy Matteson Nick Cassini Tim Herron Lindy Miller Nicholas Thompson Justin Thomas Bud Cauley Scott Hoch Adam Mitchell Braden Thornberry Len Mattiace Leonard Thompson Ron Cerrudo Morgan Hoffman Dale Morey D J Trahan Billy Mayfair Richard Chapman Jim Holtgrieve Collin Morikawa Cameron Tringale Brendan Todd Don Cherry J.B. Holmes Ed Tutwiler Jim McGovern Bob Tway Ron Commons Max Homa Peter Uihlein Mark Hopkins Jack Nicklaus Ed Updegraff Stan Utley Jerry Courville Jr. Ralph Howe Jordan Niebrugge Scott Verplank Phil Mickleson Scott Verplank Kris Cox Billy Hurley Lanny Wadkins Allen Miller Bruce Cudd William Hyndman Billy Joe Patton Brad Weaver Bobby Wadkins Bryson DeChambeau Joe Inman Mark Pfeil Michael Weaver Duke Delcher Tim Jackson Mike Podolak Marty West Lanny Wadkins Todd Demsey Dustin Johnson Lee Porter Ward Wettlaufer John Morse Johnson Wagner Allen Doyle Kevin Johnson Joe Rassett Todd White James Driscoll Michael Kim Doc Redman Cory Whitsett Jodie Mudd Mark Pfeil John Rollins Art Wall David Duval Chris Kirk Kyle Reifers Jason Widener Bob Murphy Jack Rule Danny Edwards Colt Knost Fred Ridley Lee Williams Mark Wiebe Jack Nicklaus Johnny Pott Xander Schauffele David Eger Tripp Kuehne Hillman Robbins Mark Wilson Chick Evans Gary Koch William Rogers Willie Wood Mike Nicolette Dillard Pruitt Tom Sieckman Brad Faxon Adam Rubinson Bobby Wyatt Willie Wood Lonnie Nielson Ted Purdy Jay Sigel Doug Fischesser Randy Leen Danny Yates Gary Woodland Marty Fleckman Justin Leonard Steve Scott George Zahringer Andy North John Fought Greg Lesher Robbie Shelton Will Zalatoris Joe Ogilvie Tony Sills Tiger Woods

Rickie Fowler Bob Lewis Richard Siderowf

David Ogrin Chez Reavie Jim Simons Kermit Zarley Frank Fuhrer Jack Lewis Jay Sigel • 48 41 • ALWAYS DRIVEN

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Just in time back to the course who haven’t fewer than one in six golfers who for the 2014 played here in yearss,” receive a discount will return to pay season, says Scott Handback,k, rack rate. If you want loyalists, give Triri-CitiesCities Golf Club in BlountvilleBlountville, the club’s GM and your golfers a terrific experience. Tennessee,Tennessee, brought in a fleet of Head Pro. “We’ve also landed Club Car® can help. Watch Scott’s Precedents equipped with our more events and more corporate video story and learn more at premium connectivity package. outinggs because of clubcar.com. Good Luck to the Participants “The system has brought players it.” Stuudies suggest in this year’s Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament Morgan Stanley is proud to support the 65th Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament for Champions

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Don Cherry Hillman Robbins, Jr. Gene Dahlbender Joe Campbell William Hyndman Thomas Aaron Richard Siderowf Dr. Edgar Updegraff Roger McManus Gary Cowan Bobby Greenwood Jack Lewis, Jr. Leonard Thompson Howard Twitty 1954 1955 1956 • 1960 1957 1958 • 1967 1959 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 • 1968 1966 1969 1970

Robert Zender Mark Hayes Ben Crenshaw Dave Strawn Jamie Gonzales Jay Sigel John Cook Bobby Clampett Jodie Mudd Brad Faxon Dillard Pruitt Scott Verplank Billy Andrade Greg Lesher 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 • 1978 • 1988 1977 • 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 • 2002 1984 • 1985 1986 1987

Allen Doyle Paul Claxton Jaxon Brigman John Harris Jeff Thomas Duke Delcher Steve Sheehan Edward Loar Lucas Glover Matt Hendrix Jack Ferguson Michael Sim Webb Simpson Rickie Fowler 1989•1990•1992•1994 1991 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 • 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 • 2008

Kevin Foley Bobby Hudson Nathan Smith Bobby Wyatt Steven Ihm Will Murphy Derek Bard Collin Morikawa Braden Thornberry 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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Just in time back to the course who haven’t fewer than one in six golfers who for the 2014 played here in yearss,” receive a discount will return to pay season, says Scott Handback,k, rack rate. If you want loyalists, give Triri-CitiesCities Golf Club in BlountvilleBlountville, the club’s GM and your golfers a terrific experience. Tennessee,Tennessee, brought in a fleet of Head Pro. “We’ve also landed Club Car® can help. Watch Scott’s Precedents equipped with our more events and more corporate video story and learn more at premium connectivity package. outinggs because of clubcar.com. Good Luck to the Participants “The system has brought players it.” Stuudies suggest in this year’s Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament ...... Sunnehanna Amateur THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... 2018 Members of The United States Walker Cup Teams Winners of a PGA Tournament

Tommy Aaron James Gabrielson Edward Loar Scott Simpson Tom Lehman Sean O'Hair Patrick Reed Scott Simpson Buddy Alexander Robert Gamez Bill Loeffler Web Simpson Justin Leonard Arnold Palmer Mike Reid Webb Simpson Don Allen Brian Gay Davis Love Charles Smith Billy Andrade Doug Ghim Buddy Marucci Nathan Smith Bruce Lietzke Chris Perry Phil Rogers Brandt Snedeker Doug Ballenger Brendan Gielow Doug Martin Randy Sonnier Davis Love III Peter Persons Dang Quigley Jordan Spieth Blayne Barber Vinnie Giles Len Mattiace Jim Sorenson Steve Lowery Notah Begay James Grant Bob May Jordan Speith Craig Stadler Deane Beman Danny Green Billy Mayfair Mike Sposa Mark Lye Xander Schauffele Ted Bishop Lucas Glover Denny McCarthy Craig Stadler Curtis Strange Andy Magee 2014 Mike Brannan Jay Haas Lee McCoy Kyle Stanley Steve Stricker Alan Bratton Gary Hallberg Mike McCoy Hunter Stewart Jeff Maggert Hal Sutton George Burns Brian Harman Tom McKnight Curtis Strange Ben Martin Clark Burroughs John Harris Steve Melnyk Hal Sutton Hudson Swafford Joe Campbell Scott Harvey Phil Mickelson Dick Von Tacky Hunter Mahan William Campbell Vance Heafner Allen Miller David Tentis John Mahaffey DJ Trahan Patrick Cantlay Matt Hendrix John Miller Justin Thomas Troy Matteson Nick Cassini Tim Herron Lindy Miller Nicholas Thompson Justin Thomas Bud Cauley Scott Hoch Adam Mitchell Braden Thornberry Len Mattiace Leonard Thompson Ron Cerrudo Morgan Hoffman Dale Morey D J Trahan Billy Mayfair Richard Chapman Jim Holtgrieve Collin Morikawa Cameron Tringale Brendan Todd Don Cherry J.B. Holmes Jodie Mudd Ed Tutwiler Jim McGovern Bob Tway Ron Commons Max Homa Bob Murphy Peter Uihlein Rocco Mediate Erik Compton Mark Hopkins Jack Nicklaus Ed Updegraff Stan Utley Jerry Courville Jr. Ralph Howe Jordan Niebrugge Scott Verplank Phil Mickleson Scott Verplank Kris Cox Billy Hurley Jeff Overton Lanny Wadkins Allen Miller Bruce Cudd William Hyndman Billy Joe Patton Brad Weaver Gil Morgan Bobby Wadkins Bryson DeChambeau Joe Inman Mark Pfeil Michael Weaver Duke Delcher Tim Jackson Mike Podolak Marty West Mike Morley Lanny Wadkins Todd Demsey Dustin Johnson Lee Porter Ward Wettlaufer John Morse Johnson Wagner Allen Doyle Kevin Johnson Joe Rassett Todd White James Driscoll Michael Kim Doc Redman Cory Whitsett Jodie Mudd Mark Pfeil John Rollins Art Wall David Duval Chris Kirk Kyle Reifers Jason Widener Bob Murphy Dan Pohl Jack Rule Danny Edwards Colt Knost Fred Ridley Lee Williams Mark Wiebe Jack Nicklaus Johnny Pott Xander Schauffele David Eger Tripp Kuehne Hillman Robbins Casey Wittenberg Mark Wilson Chick Evans Gary Koch William Rogers Willie Wood Mike Nicolette Dillard Pruitt Tom Sieckman Brad Faxon Franklin Langham Adam Rubinson Bobby Wyatt Willie Wood Lonnie Nielson Ted Purdy Jay Sigel Doug Fischesser Randy Leen Scottie Scheffler Danny Yates Gary Woodland Marty Fleckman Justin Leonard Steve Scott George Zahringer Andy North Tom Purtzer Joey Sindelar John Fought Greg Lesher Robbie Shelton Will Zalatoris Joe Ogilvie Dana Quigley Tony Sills Tiger Woods

Rickie Fowler Bob Lewis Richard Siderowf

David Ogrin Chez Reavie Jim Simons Kermit Zarley Frank Fuhrer Jack Lewis Jay Sigel • 48 41 • THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA Sunnehanna Amateur ...... Sunnehanna Amateur ..... THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA 2018 2018 ...... Winners of a PGA Tournament Members of The United States Walker Cup Teams Tommy Aaron Ben Crenshaw Marty Fleckman Cody Gribble

Jim Ahern Jason Day Steve Flesch Emiliano Grillo

Billy Andrade Bryson DeChambeau John Fought Jay Haas

Tommy Armour III Terry Diehl Rickie Fowler Chesson Hadley

Andy Bean Gary Hallberg

Frank Beard Brandt Snedeker - 2003 Phil Hancock

Chip Beck John Harris

Notah Begay Mark Hayes

Deane Beman JJ Henry

Jim Benepe Tim Herron

Homero Blancas Scott Hoch

Julius Boros JB Holmes

Michael Bradley Charles Howell III

Mark Brooks Bill Hurley III

Billy Ray Brown Ryuji Imada

Wesley Bryan Joe Inman 2013 United States Walker Cup Team George Burns John Inman Nine members of the winning team were participants in the Sunnehanna Amateur as well as Captain Jim Holtgrieve.

Bob Byman David Ishii

Curt Byrum Don Iverson

Joe Campbell Lee Janzen

Patrick Cantlay Allen Doyle Fred Funk Dustin Johnson

Jim Carter David Duval Jim Fuyrk Steve Jones

Ron Cerrudo Danny Edwards Jim Gallagher Tom Jones

Brandel Chamblee David Eger Robert Gamez Smylie Kaufman

Bobby Clampett Steve Elkington Brian Gay Anthony Kim

Keith Clearwater Derek Ernst Lucas Glover Chris Kirk The victorious John Cook Bob Estes Matt Gogel Kevin Kisner 2009 United States Walker Cup Team. Chris Couch Brad Faxon Hubert Green Gary Koch All ten played in the Sunnehanna

Fred Couples Ed Fiori Ken Green Billy Kratzert Amateur with seven

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Seenior Living Innov vations Grane.comm ...... Sunnehanna Amateur THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... 2018 The Masters Champions Patrick Reed THE 2009-2010 Here’s how the players played Tommy Aaron Patrick Reed SUNNEHANNA2017 AMATEUR TOURNAMENT the course in the Tournament. *Ranked from 1 (most difficult) Fred Couples Jordan Spieth OLE to 18 (least difficult). REAKDOWN Ben Crenshaw Craig Stadler H Hole Yards Par Average Rank Eagles Birdies Pars Bogeys Doubles Others Phil Mickelson Howard Twitty 14394B 3.90715 0 6724433 1 0

24304 4.2901 0 1822392102 Jack Nicklaus Art Wall, Jr. 33864 3.88717 2 7722638 2 0 44034 3.90416 1 7423331 6 0 Arnold Palmer Tiger Woods 51973 3.1285 0 3823366 8 0 64354 4.1774 1 3023567102 72413 3.2092 0 3620992 8 0 83604 4.0938 0 7018678 9 2 95745 5.11610 0 5321365131 OUT 3465 35 35.711 4 463 2002 562 67 7 10 171 3 3.049 11 0 45 244 51 4 1 11 519 5 4.354 18 29 189 104 22 1 0 12 427 4 4.156 6 0 45 214 75 9 2 13 416 4 3.954 13 0 72 223 45 4 1 14 227 3 3.206 3 0 35 218 82 6 4 15 595 5 4.942 14 0 74 222 44 5 0 16 182 3 3.070 9 0 37 250 55 3 0 17 450 4 4.009 12 0 57 234 50 2 2 18 373 4 4.128 7 0 50 211 75 8 1 IN 3360 35 34.867 29 604 1920 499 42 11

TOTAL 6825 70 70.577 33 1067 3922 1061 109 18 • Tiger Woods, 1992-1993 Fred Couples - 1979 & 1980 38 51 • ..... Sunnehanna Amateur THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA 2018 ...... United States Open Champions

Julius Boros Jack Nicklaus

Charles Evans Jr. Andy North

Jim Furyk Arnold Palmer

Lucas Glover Scott Simpson

Hubert Green Webb Simpson

Lee Jantzen Curtis Strange

Dustin Johnson Tiger Woods

Steve Jones

Webb Simpson, 2006 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion. Photo: Chuck Mamula

Curtis Strange - 1974 Dustin Johnson - 2006 • 52

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Jason Day, 2005-2006 Day, Jason Justin Thomas, 2011-2012 Thomas, Justin

• green, the Beyond trees.” the among greens for much So suffer.

distance. directions of the prevailing winds, the turf is very likely to likely very is turf the winds, prevailing the of directions

challenge where patience and strategy can mean more than more mean can strategy and patience where challenge Unless the air is given a chance to circulate, with cuttings to the to cuttings with circulate, to chance a given is air the Unless

in the air. It provides the games best amateurs a unique a amateurs best games the provides It air. the in greens in the woods. Be sure that avenues of air are provided. are air of avenues that sure Be woods. the in greens

is firm and fast, bump and run shots are required not just shots just not required are shots run and bump fast, and firm is the implications for turf, “There is a warning to builders of builders to warning a is “There turf, for implications the

reclaimed a few aspects of its architectural legacy. If the course the If legacy. architectural its of aspects few a reclaimed unfortunate finish, cannot be condoned.” He also understood also He condoned.” be cannot finish, unfortunate

principles, Sunnehanna Country Club’s golf course has course golf Club’s Country Sunnehanna principles, green that it may catch the ball and deflect it to a fortunate or fortunate a to it deflect and ball the catch may it that green

play and improve turf. With the return of some of these basic these of some of return the With turf. improve and play placement of any tree, so close to the finish of a shot to the to shot a of finish the to close so tree, any of placement

at pins. Trees have been removed to return multiple lines of lines multiple return to removed been have Trees pins. at greens for strategic and agronomic reasons. He wrote, “The wrote, He reasons. agronomic and strategic for greens

to have the best angles best the have to opposed to trees near trees to opposed

segments of the fairway the of segments

He was particularly was He

Circa 1936 Circa

played from certain from played

eighth, and tenth holes. tenth and eighth,

Sunnehanna Country Club Country Sunnehanna

encourages shots to be to shots encourages trees for the second, the for trees

players. It also It players. Corridors were cut from cut were Corridors

placements for all for placements course was built. was course

challenging pin challenging mostly elm, when the when elm, mostly

potentially more potentially 68 trees were planted, were trees 68

contours and contours was a minimalist: only minimalist: a was

has returned original returned has came to trees Tillinghast trees to came

original fill pads. This pads. fill original naked green.” When it When green.” naked

Photo: ChuckMamula

were expanded to there to expanded were baffling length to a to length baffling

enacted. The greens The enacted. will bear witness to the to witness bear will

long range plan were plan range long the crest. All players All crest. the

U.S.G.A. and in a prior a in and U.S.G.A. forth against the sky at sky the against forth

previously made by the by made previously a tree or two standing two or tree a

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THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA AT PLAYED THEY Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna ...... Sunnehanna Amateur ...... 2018 TH E G O L F COURSE Ground was broken for The Tiny Tim’s the development of Tillinghast rarely used frontal bunkers or hazards in his designs. Sunnehanna’s Country He didn’t believe in forced carries. The game was played on Club’s golf course in the the ground not in the air. This accounts for the open fronts to spring of 1921. The club Sunnehanna’s greens. It permitted flexibility of play for players had hired the highly of all levels. The exception were short par-threes, like regarded architect from Sunnehanna’s tenth hole. Tillinghast affectionately called these New York, A.W. holes “Tiny Tims.” The first one he designed is at nearby Tillinghast. In April he Bedford Springs. He wrote, “As for the frontal, obligatory trap, walked the course staking this type of hole certainly causes me to draw away from my the ground for potential objection to it. Here the range is fixed and most class of player, locations for greens, tees even the most humble, should be able to carry trouble and bunkers. The site was immediately in front of a 125 yard green.” As for the green he deemed to be perfect for a wrote, “The floor should be entirely free of undulations. This new course by the does not mean that such a green must be monotonously plain, members of Johnstown far from it, but the effects of impressive contouring are to be Country Club, who had introduced from the outside edges with vigorous flarings.” Hudson Swatford - 2007 Chesson Hadley - 2009 been told there property was needed for The Long One-Shotter development by Cambria Steel. Known as Cambria Farms, the When it came to the long par three, like the seventh hole, his land was used to raise grain for the mules that worked in the approach was totally different. “We have now arrived at the companies coal mines. Tillinghast unveiled his plans to the conclusion that a one-shot hole, played from a stirring height, clubs members on June 1, 1921. The Johnstown Tribune which should greet the eye with inspiration of lovely scenic announced the important meeting and noted that he had beauty or panoramic grandeur.” As for the fairly flat green he designed many of the countries finest courses. The paper stated, explained, “The design of any green that is to take a long wood “He is held as one of the country’s greatest authorities on from the tee is considered, it must be open and spread out affair, matters of this nature.” He truly was. A.W. Tillinghast was at gradually losing distinctive character.” Partially incorporated his professional peak in 1921. While he was finishing 36-holes from his plan were two bunkers strategically placed short and at Baltusrol, he was building Fresh Meadow, Newport Country right of the green. Positioned there by the engineer James Club and Winged Foot, all which would hold major McGovern, they were not only strategic but they also slowed championships, as well as Sunnehanna. Through his experience water that could potentially race down the surrounding hills and and knowledge, the native of Philadelphia developed principles across the green. and philosophies that he used with great results. The insight and input of the course engineer is largely The Par-Threes overlooked. They had a significant impact on the placement of Tillinghast stated, “No course is any greater than it’s one-shot many bunkers. Sunnehanna offered many challenges because of holes. These should be standouts, altogether imposing its topography. The placement of bunkers, many later inspiring.” Sunnehanna’s par-threes routinely rank among the eliminated, served a duel purpose both a strategically and toughest holes during the Sunnehanna Amateur. The diversity agronomically. After the dissolution of the course construction of distances, the use of the prevailing wind combined with firm of Tillinghast & Honeyman in 1924, McGovern became a changes in elevation requires players to use different clubs, ball highly regarded engineer for Henry Clay Frick where he was

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In 2011, the Pittsburgh golfer finally broke through shooting a A Tradition Unlike Any Other final round 66 to tie Lee Bedford and Zac Blair. In the ensuing four-hole aggregate playoff, Smith left little doubt as to the The combined histories of the Sunnehanna Invitational and outcome making birdies on the first two holes to win the title. Sunnehanna Amateur have spanned eight decades of amateur Like fellow Pennsylvanian Jay Sigel, the foundation for his golf. Only one other amateur tournament in the United States can Sunnehanna Amateur championship began as a high school list the likes of Chick Evans, Arnold Palmer, Julius Boros, Art student but their initial experiences were significantly different. Wall, Jack Nicklaus, Deane Beman, Phil Mickelson and Tiger While Sigel lead after his first round, and had a solid inaugural Woods as contestants: the United States Amateur. Its medal play tournament, Smiths result format has been was at the opposite end of emulated by countless the spectrum. Unprepared Nathan Smith, amateur tournaments and overwhelmed, Smith 2011 Champion across the country. finished a distant last. Afterward he quipped In 1956, then with his ever present tournament chairman smile, “I’ve been down A. Hugh Wagner, here a lot of years and I speaking on behalf of might be the first person to the committee, stated: finish last and then finish “We hope to see not first.” His victory assured only hundreds of him a spot, for a second people we know to be time, on that years United interested in golf, but States Walker Cup team. many other people who like competitive More titles would follow. sports of any kind. We In 2012, he became the are sure they will find first player to win four this caliber of golf United States Mid- stimulating and worth Amateur titles which their time.” Those helped earn him a spot, words remain true again, on the 2013 United today. States Walker Cup team.

After some indifferent play since his victory, The foresight of Smith seemed to be poised tournament founder, for another come from Charles Kunkle, Jr., behind victory in 2014 the dedication of standing one-shot behind longtime chairman, 54-hole leader Sam Burns. William V. Price, Burns, who had just numerous committee completed his junior of members and most high school, was a importantly the member of the largest, and generous support of possibly most talented, the members of group of junior players in the tournaments history. In the end, an Sunnehanna Country Club and Johnstown have continued a great even-par final round wasn’t enough for Smith missing a playoff golfing tradition. A commitment to the simple tenants established by a stroke. Will Murphy, from the University of South Carolina when the tournament began has given its members, young and and recent champion of the Azalea Invitational, went on to defeat old, and the Greater Johnstown community, the opportunity to Burns, who was trying to break Rickie Fowlers record as the enjoy and witness the skills of the best golfers from all 50 states youngest champion in the tournaments history, in the three-hole and 24 countries for 62 years. aggregate playoff. 29 • THEY PLAYED AT SUNNEHANNA Sunnehanna Amateur ...... 2018

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Ben Hogan Award. He won two tournaments, including the Big 12 title, and finished in the top ten in his first ten collegiate events.

In 2008, he returned to defend his title, Photo: Chuck Mamula his game in fine form having finished fourth the week before at the NCAA tournament. Unlike the previous year, Fowler gave little hope to the rest of the field after an opening round of 66. Subsequent rounds of 69-68-69 gave him a five stroke victory over Dan Woltman and six strokes ahead of former US Mid-Amateur champion Nathan Smith.

With Rickie Fowlers victories, he joined Verplank, Loar and Doyle as the only champions to successfully defend their Sunnehanna Amateur titles.

In his final amateur stroke play tournament, Rickie Fowler attempted to establish a new standard: to become the Jim Furyk - 1988 Wes Bryan - 2009 first player to win three straight titles. An opening round 61 by Penn States Kevin Foley, which tied the course record established the year before by Zach Sucher, left Fowler six strokes behind. It was a margin he would never erase. Ultimately Rickie Fowler

Photo: Chuck Mamula finished third, six strokes behind Foley who lead wire-to-wire and with it ended Rickie Fowler capped possibly the finest three year won span of any player in the tournaments back-to-back titles great history. in 2007 and 2008. Another great Pennsylvania Mid-Am: Nathan Smith Rickie Fowler became the youngest champion in the tournaments history previously held by Greg Lesher. It was also a sign of With the advanced skills and length of college and junior players, things to come as Fowler later that summer added a second the likelihood of a mid-amateur having sustained success at the victory at the Players Amateur. More importantly, he succeeded Sunnehanna Amateur, or any other major medal play tournament, in achieving his personal goal; being named to the US Walker seemed highly unlikely. Nathan Smith’s reputation as one of the Cup team. nation’s finest mid-amateurs was beyond dispute winning the United States Mid-Amateur three-times, in 2003, 2009 and 2010. The success enjoyed that summer continued through the fall 2007 In spite of that success, he hadn’t broken through to win one of and into the spring of 2008 as Rickie Fowler continued to amateur golf’s major medal play tournaments. He had knocked establish new records and new standards. His freshman year at on the door several times at Sunnehanna finishing in the top-five Oklahoma State, the native of Murrieta, California was named four straight years from 2007 through 2010.

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Their departures ended the long chapter, and most importantly Dillard Pruitt, who won the title in 1983, added a second tradition, of the “career” amateur. The lure of money and the tournament title in 2002. The recently reinstated amateur, who inability to be consistently competitive against younger players had won on the PGA tour, was aided by the back nine collapse of gave aging players options that previously hadn’t existed and Hunter Mahan and three consecutive bogeys coming in by Tripp Welcome to yo our new sadly changed the landscape of amateur golf. Davis, who Pruitt defeated in a playoff.

While the presence of both was missed, it also opened the door In 2003, Clemson won the NCAA team title. Three integral for other mid-amateurs to take there place. Over the next four members of that team Matt Hendrix, Greg Jones and Jack home for healthcare! years, four different “mid-ams”, John Harris, Jeff Thomas, Duke Ferguson were considered to be among the top contenders for the Delcher and Steve Sheehan won the Sunnehanna Amateur. title. Four days later, Hendrix defeated Sheehans victory in 1998 was matched throughout that summer All-American and Moon Township, Pennsylvania native, Justin by other mid-ams. Tim Jackson won the North & South Amateur, Smith, by two strokes followed by Greg Jones. Gene Elliott the Porter Cup, and Bert Atkinson the Rice Planters. It hasn’t been duplicated since as college players soon again The next year, Jack Ferguson added his name to the tournament reasserted their dominance. trophy holding off Matt Rosenfeld to become the fourth Clemson Tiger to win the Sunnehanna Amateur. A New Century Starts the Way It Ended In 2006, Australian, Michael Sim became the tournaments third Edward Loar returned to Johnstown in 1999 with a handful of international champion joining Brazilian, Jamie Gonzalez, and college players hoping to end the middle-am domination of Canadian, Gary Cowan. The native of Perth, Australia, who tied amateur golf. A three-time All-American at Oklahoma State, Loar the course with 63 in the second round, needed a birdie on the had won the 1997 Southwestern Amateur and 1998 Southern 72nd-hole to join a playoff with Georgia Tech All-American Amateur titles. His game was ideally suited for Sunnehanna’s golf Nicholas Thompson and fellow countryman Jamie Arnold. After course as the long hitting left-hander hit a sweeping hook which the three-hole aggregate playoff, additional holes were required worked perfectly on the numerous dogleg rights. His deft touch after Sim and Thompson remained tied. The Australian then around the greens was later equally important; during the third promptly birdied the first hole to become the 40th player to win Conemaugh Health Systemm is now providing patient care at the ne ew, round he saved par six straight holes after missing the greens in the Sunnehanna Amateur. state-of-the-art Conemaughgh East Hills Outpatient Center. The facility acility regulation. Loar opened the tournament with 30 on the front nine includes convenient services, es, advanced imaging and technology all and never looked back defeating close friend and Cowboy Sim’s victory was emblematic of the changing nature of teammate Charles Howell by five-strokes. competitive amateur golf. 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Proud to support kids with BIG dreams and the people helping them along the way ...... Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... 2018 Scott Verplank and fast, Doyle traversed the Sunnehanna links with near perfection displaying bump-and-run shots that A. W. Tillinghast Four years later, the next great amateur star arrived. While his envisioned when he designed the course. His total of 266, 14 credentials as a junior golfer may not have matched those of John JET 9 under par, established a new tournament record. It is the single Don Hall sometimes appeared to be a bigger-than-life character The event ended in 2012 when became a little bit too much for Cook, Scott Verplank’s amateur career was certainly greatest performance in the tournament’s history. Among those in the Johnstown and Sunnehanna Country Club communities. Hall to handle. It will return for the first time Sept. 28 in a extraordinary. In 1983, Verplank, upon the conclusion of his he left in the distance in was Justin Leonard, who finished third He starred for the Johnstown Jets in the 1950s and 1960s and was different format. freshman year at Oklahoma State, competed in his first and later that summer won the United States Amateur, and 16- later involved in management of that storied franchise. Sunnehanna Amateur after being named a second team All- year old Tiger Woods, the reigning United States Junior “It will be a best-ball of two played at Sunnehanna and it will be American. Later that summer, The Dallas native won the Porter Champion, who finished fifth. They finished 14 and 17 strokes a great way for us to honor Don,” Hargreaves said. “It will also Cup. behind, respectively behind the native of LeGrange, Georgia ! generate money for the Foundation.”

In 1984, he arrived in Johnstown as a pre-tournament favorite The only thing to end Allen Doyle’s control of the Sunnehanna The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization, whose primary having won the Big Eight Championship and been named first Amateur title was Allen Doyle. His decision to turn professional purpose is the promotion of the Amateur Tournament. It also team All-American. After 36 holes the Texan stood at seven under in 1995 ended a remarkable six years. He gratefully facilitates the Amateur’s sponsorship of youth educational par, two strokes ahead of University of Houston star Steve acknowledged the tournament’s influence on his career. Before activities in the Greater Johnstown area. Elkington. At the end of 72 holes, Verplank held off a final day his success in Johnstown, he had dominated events in his adopted charge of Dave Tolley, who’s final round 66 fell one stroke short home state of the This year’s contribution supports the Johnston Symphony of catching the eventual champion. That summer, Scott Verplank Georgia winning Orchestra and its annual concert at the Lower Cambria Iron added the Texas, Western and the United States Amateur titles to Allen Doyle dominated the six Georgia Works, as well as the Johnstown Youth Symphony. his resume and established himself as the nation’s top amateur Sunnehanna Amateur winning four Amateurs. The golfer. titles in six years. S u n n e h a n n a A special contribution this year will be made to the Johnstown Amateur gave Junior Hockey League in memory of Hall. The following year Verplank returned and became the first him the champion to successfully defend his title winning by seven confidence to strokes. Several weeks later, he added to his formidable reputation know he could winning the 1985 Western Open, the first amateur in 29 years to defeat the best in capture a PGA tour event. He finished the summer by helping the the game. He United States defeat Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup continued his at Pine Valley. success as a In the spring of 1986, Scott Verplank’s amateur career came to a professional fitting end. After almost winning a second PGA event, finishing winning three runner-up in the Tournament of Champions, he lead the times on the He was a stellar businessman in Johnstown and a leader at Oklahoma State Cowboys to there fifth team title while capturing NIKE, now Sunnehanna where he served on the Amateur committee for over the NCAA individual title. Web.Com tour, then at 47 he 30 years. The club dedicated the par-3 fifth hole in Hall’s memory Domination: Allen Doyle became the in 2011. oldest rookie The late 80’s marked the rebirth of the mid-amateurs started by ever on the PGA His passing at age 87 last year on Christmas eve left a void in Jay Sigel who won his third and final championship in 1988 Tour rookie both of those areas, a void that will be felt this week during the making him the Sunnehanna Amateur’s first three-time champion. where he played 65th Sunnehanna Amateur. for two years. As The Sunnehanna Amateur Foundation, Inc. has decided to honor The following year, Allen Doyle began a new era. He dominated a member of the Hall’s memory by bringing back to life something very dear to the tournament like none other winning four Sunnehanna Champions Tour, Amateurs over the next six years. Over a six-year span, Doyle he won 11 times and became only the fifth player to win two US Hall. defeated a who’s who in golf. In 1989, among those he defeated Senior Opens joining Miller Barber, Gary Player, Hale Irwin, and “For a long, long time, Don ran the Jet 9 Invitational, an event were Steve Stricker, who finished third. The next year he bested Jack Nicklaus. Like many players before him, the Sunnehanna that was made up of rounds at Pine Valley, Laurel Valley and a field that included three-time champion Jay Sigel, who finished Amateur was a catalyst for greater golf success. runner-up, and Phil Mickelson, who had just won the second of Sunnehanna,” said Jim Hargreaves, a former chairman of the his back-to-back NCAA titles. The loss of Jay Sigel and Allen Doyle to professional golf left an Amateur and a leading figure at the club. “His friends and immeasurable void in the Sunnehanna Amateur. members were included and it lasted 15 years. The permanent Don Hall, Jet #9. His most remarkable performance came in 1992 winning the winner’s trophy, in the form of the Stanley Cup, is on display at tournament by a record 13 strokes. With the course playing firm Sunnehanna.” 24 65 • • ..... Sunnehanna Amateur THE Sunnehanna Amateur ..... 2018 ...... 2018 The 64th Sunnehanna Amateur required more than seventy-two holes to produce. The final After four rounds, Crenshaw had defeated Oklahoma State All- major amateur titles came at Sunnehanna and the confidence days play and the outcome matched the weeks 2017 American Danny Edwards by three strokes. Over the next three gained in Johnstown helped provide the foundation for his future weather; unpredictable and ever-changing. SUNNEHANNA months he added victories in the Northeast, Southern, and success. Western Amateurs. At summer’s end, the Texan turned As regulation play came to a close, the prior year's Sunnehanna Amateur champion, Collin professional, won the PGA tour qualifying school by twelve John Cook Morikawa, and reigning NCAA champion Braden Thornberry,AMATEUR sat Braden Thornberry was first to play and hit a beautiful flop-shot to strokes then won the Texas Open in his first professional start. atop the leaderboard at 13-under-par. twenty-feet. Ben Crenshaw’s two-year exploits rank among the greatest in the In the late 70’s the Sunnehanna Amateur added its fourth two- annals of amateur golf. time champion, John Cook. In 1976, the high school senior and Nick Voke, and Zachary Bauchou, whose record setting round of "The rain helped me a little bit, making the rough a little wetter and protégé of Ken Venturi arrived in Johnstown for the first time. 60 catapulted him the second round lead, played in the final group the green a little softer, and I happened to hit the perfect pitch." Jay Sigel: The Break Through behind Morikiawa and Thornberry. Both had a chance to join the Morikawa’s pitch skidded and hydroplaned leaving himself 18-feet The previous summer, he won the Junior World Championship playoff -- Voke needing a par on the 373-yard par 4 and Bauchou for his par. Jay Sigel returned to Johnstown for the tenth time in 1976. In his and both the California Junior and Amateur. Those victories needing a birdie. marked him as a player to watch. First to putt, Thornberry rolled his 20- first appearance in 1961, Sigel and fellow Philadelphian Bill With 54-hole leader Shintaro Ban footer right into the heart of the cup. Hyndman shared the first round lead. In spite of early signs as a After an outstanding freshman year at Ohio State, Cook captured struggling from the get-go, it was up to Morikawa was unable to match. , and junior of the skills to compete and win on the national level the Bauchou or Voke at 13- under to see if his first Sunnehanna title in 1977, defeating Wake Forest standout in the pouring rain on Saturday then seven-time Pennsylvania Amateur champion had yet to win they could join the pair. After a after a afternoon, play at the Sunnehanna Gary Hallberg, who became the first four-time first team All- a major amateur title. That changed when the Berwyn native birdie on No. 17, Voke, a native of Wattle Amateur had finally concluded. American, and perennial contender, Marty West in the pouring Down, New Zealand, looked to be the Photo: Chuck Mamula birdied the first three holes on the back nine to open a "It was just me against Braden in a rain. In 1978 he failed to defend his title. It was one his few one who could make something happen commanding lead and defeat Brigham Young teammates John three-hole playoff. Once I saw his tee disappointments that summer as he won the Northeast and the on the 18th, possibly winning it all with Fought, who a year later won the US Amateur, and Mike Brannan, shot on the last one I knew if I got in a United States Amateur titles. a birdie. His approach safely on the final good position, I would be fine but once the former US Junior champion. green, the stage was set. The clubhouse again chipping. I wasn't able to get up In 1979, John Cook returned a final time after announcing his leader could only sit and watch. Sigel won additional titles in 1978 and again in 1988 making him and down, so that kinda hurt." intentions to turn professional at the conclusion of that year’s "I was a little nervous," offered the tournament’s first three-time champion. Morikawa had to give up his title, but United States Amateur. The week prior to Sunnehanna, he Thornberry about his feeling as he not without a heck of a fight. watched New Zealander Voke putting on His amateur career at Sunnehanna spanned four decades before defended his Northeast Amateur title winning by an improbable the final green. "Your hopes could be "You're coming in every week trying to t u r n i n g nine strokes. In the process, he shot a record total of 269 gone right there. He is a great player...I win the tournament." explained professional in shattering the obviously wasn't hoping against him, but Thornberry when asked about his final 1994. His record is previous record of I wanted another chance in the playoff." putt, "You hit somewhere around 270 275 established in shots a week and for that one to be the awesome by any Voke missed his birdie chance on the 1973 by none other last one was a good feeling." standard. Besides 18th for the win as well as the subsequent winning three than Ben Crenshaw. five-foot par putt coming back to end his It was by no accident that Thornberry His final appearance found himself in a playoff this S u n n e h a n n a chances of winning the prestigious at Sunnehanna Sunnehanna title. afternoon. He played very consistently Amateur title’s, he throughout the championship, warming began with a front Morikawa, who was attempting to was a member of Braden Thornberry - 2017 up with rounds of 68 and 69 on nine of 31 and a become the first back-to-back winner since seven Walker Cup Wednesday, then lighting up the weekend first-round score of Rickie Fowler in 2007-2008, and teams, he won with consecutive rounds of 65. Thornberry, fresh off a tie for 4th in the prior week’s FedEx St back-to-back US 65. After three more Judes Classic, were promptly escorted to the first tee where the "(I was) just trying to stay patient, knowing that everyone is going Amateur titles in rounds, he had won three-hole aggregate playoff. to be frustrated with the pins," said Thornberry. "I played with Collin 1982 and 1983, his second all day and we are good friends, so I kinda just went out there and Thornberry had the tee.The Ole Miss standout, who had won the three US Mid- S u n n e h a n n a let the better man win. It wasn't that nerve-wracking" NCAA individual title a short two and half weeks before, used his Amateurs, the Amateur title by His lack of nerves might have something to do with his excellent southern humor to lighten the moment. British Amateur, four strokes over finish on the PGA Tour last weekend, though Thornberry did joke "I'll go over y'all if you want," he said to a group of misbehaving Fred Couples. The that the talent level at Sunnehanna this weekend might be higher three Porter Cups, fans in the fairway on the first hole. only blemish during than at last week's St. Jude. three Northeast The fairway cleared and the pair preceded, neither player giving the Amateur titles and John Cook’s The quality of the field and the participants in the playoff was other an inch. A couple of pars later and the two had reached the outstanding summer undeniable. Overcoming his prior week’s disappointment, Collin 11 Pennsylvania par-3 7th tee, which is the third hole of the playoff. came in the finals of Morikawa would add a third major amateur tournament title to his Amateurs. He was the United States Both missed the demanding seventh green with their tee shots. resume the following week at the Northeast Amateur title. With his the finest male

Morikawa ball finished short and left leaving a much easier shot victory and Thornberrys success at Sunnehanna the two top ranked amateur golfer Amateur losing to • 1979 Sunnehanna Amateur than Thornberry's, who short sided himself missing the green right amateurs in the world rankings had met in a playoff. Another first since Bobby Mark O’Meara . in the heavy rough right of the green. Fred Couples, John Cook, Bobby Clampett 66 in the long history of the Sunnehanna Amateur. Jones. His first 23 • THE ..... Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna Amateur ..... 2018 ...... SUNNEHANNA2017 AMATEUR 2018 ESULTS 1 Braden Thornberry 68-69-65-65 267 T24 Carl YC Yuan 71-68-67-71 277 2 Collin MorikawaR 67-67-66-67 267 T28 Luke Graboyes 68-72-70-68 278 T3 Lee Hodges 68-67-67-66 268 T28 Jacob Solomon 65-72-73-68 278 T3 Nick Voke 65-70-65-68 268 T28 Cooper Musselman 69-69-71-69 278 T3 Zachary Bauchou 71-60-68-69 268 T28 Kieran Vincent 67-70-68-73 278 T6 Ben Griffin 69-69-68-63 269 T32 Cooper Dossey 68-72-72-67 279 T6 Derek Bard 68-67-68-66 269 T32 Nick Carlson 70-70-71-68 279 T6 Josh Whalen 67-68-67-67 269 T32 Nathan Smith 71-70-69-69 279 9 Justin Suh 71-68-66-65 270 T32 Matthew Perrine 68-68-72-71 279 T10 John Pak 72-70-65-65 272 T32 Raul Pereda 68-70-68-73 279 T10 Shintaro Ban 66-65-67-74 272 37 William Rainey 69-69-72-70 280

1973 Sunnehanna Amateur 12 Lloyd Go 69-66-70-68 273 T38 Hayden Wood 68-70-72-71 281 From, left to right: Bobby Wadkins, Danny Edwards, Ben Crenshaw (Champion), Robert Rose and William Price. T13 Noah Goodwin 68-70-68-68 274 T38 Patrick Martin 70-73-66-72 281 Sunnehanna Amateur winning 15 of the next 18 titles. Only Bob the British Amateur and, several weeks later, lead the US Open Zender’s playoff victory in 1971 and Jay Sigel’s championships at Merion by two strokes after 54-holes. He eventually finished T13 John Augenstein 67-71-68-68 274 T40 Hugo Bernard 72-70-70-70 282 in 1976 and 1978 interrupted their control. fifth. T13 Theo Humphrey 69-67-70-68 274 T40 Danny Walker 74-67-71-70 282 The arrival of teams from the University of Houston, Wake Forest Gentle Ben Crenshaw and later the University of Florida, Brigham Young, Ohio State T13 Nick Heinen 70-69-66-69 274 T40 Scott Stevens 68-71-71-72 282 and Oklahoma State marked the beginning of a new era. Fields, Possibly the most prominent champion of the 1970’s was Ben which previously had been kept small to help foster relationships Crenshaw, golf’s next “Golden Boy.” In 1972 the Texan won the T13 Cheng Jin 72-66-67-69 274 T40 Lee Detmer 67-72-69-74 282 between participants and members, gave way to a larger numbers Eastern Amateur, the Porter Cup and Trans-Miss’ Championships of contestants. The vast majority came from colleges. and had tied fellow University of Texas teammate, Tom Kite for T13 KK Limbhasut 68-68-69-69 274 T44 Sam Stevens 70-70-72-71 283 the NCAA championship. His only blemish: a loss in the finals Arizona State All-American Howard Twitty’s victory in 1970 of the United States Amateur. T13 Dawson Armstrong 69-65-70-70 274 T44 Eric Ansett 72-69-70-72 283 continued the trend of collegiate champions. He defeated Bob Clark, the reigning NCAA champion, and Lanny Wadkins, who A year later, he arrived at Sunnehanna with a rock star persona as 20 Ian Holt 70-69-70-66 275 T44 David Kocher 68-77-65-73 283 made a final day charge. It was the third time the Wake Forest members flocked to meet him. His nickname, “Gentle Ben”, All-American and Walker Cupper finished runner-up in the belied a temper which spectators witnessed first hand when he T21 Chandler Blanchet 70-70-70-66 276 T44 Sam Burns 69-69-72-73 283 tournament. wrapped a club around a tree on the first hole. Throughout the week Crenshaw made recovery shots that defied description. The T21 Doc Redman 69-68-71-68 276 T44 Luis Garza 69-69-70-75 283 Mark Hayes, a two-time first team All-American from Oklahoma most remarkable were a scrambling par from the woods on the State, defeated University of North Carolina golfer, Marty West, eighth hole and an improbable birdie on the eleventh hole. After T21 Thomas Walsh 70-71-66-69 276 49 Michael Perras 68-73-71-72 284 and University of Florida All-American, Gary Koch, to capture missing the fairway by some 90 yards, his ball was found in a the title in 1972. A noteworthy participant that year was Butler, neighbor’s backyard and required the moving of a picnic table to T24 Chris Petefish 75-71-66-65 277 50 Charles Huntzinger 70-70-71-74 285 Pennsylvania native, Jim Simons. In 1971, Simons was named be able to play his second shot. NCAA Player of the Year at Wake Forest, reached the finals of T24 Hayden Buckley 74-67-69-67 277 51 Gordon Neale 72-69-70-75 286 T24 Andre Garcia 70-69-68-70 277 52 Ben Schlottman 68-74-70-75 287 22 67 • • Sunnehanna Amateur ..... is proud to be a part of the ...... 2018 /.ma AAnnual Sunnehannaa Amateur Invitational won the National Intercollegiate title five of previous six years. by a rejection letter from the tournament in 1964, he hung the Members of an eight player contingent, all of whom won a variety offending note on the wall next to his bedroom desk. In 1965, OHNSTOW , PA ï ITTTSBURG 3$ ï &ONNEAU OOH ï0IDDDLETOW , CT of championships, included Homero Blancas, the second-ranked Greenwood arrived in Johnstown having earned his invitation by amateur in golf, Kermit Zarley and Fred Marti. There presence winning the 1964 Tennessee Open. Unfortunately, his clothes and had an impact on the tournament as Zarley lead after the first clubs did not. While his fellow competitors played practice rounds round and Blancas finished tied for second, five strokes behind and worked on there games, Greenwood lounged at the pool. the eventual champion Dr. Ed Updegraff. When play began, his clubs and clothes had still not arrived! Forced to coble together a set of clubs, he found what he needed Later that summer, the Sunnehanna Amateur received another from a variety of sources. The second day, he was reunited with letter of inquiry from the USGA regarding the team’s his clubs on the seventh tee but elected to use the putter he had participation. Boatwright wanted to know who had paid their borrowed from course superintendent Joe Harlow. Greenwood entry fees, lodging, and travel expenses. They even questioned promptly birdied six of the next eleven holes to shoot a course the actual invitations! Again, Charles Kunkle handled the issue record 63! Two rounds later, Bobby Greenwood had won the with his usual aplomb providing detailed explanations and facts. Sunnehanna Amateur defeating Oklahoma States Dick Canon by The correspondence covered their invitations and went on to five-strokes and set a new tournament record. explain in minutia that Homero Blancas drove from Texas in his father’s car with two other teammates, then drove to Kentucky to Bad luck followed Greenwood the next two years. In 1966, he pick up a fourth. The USGA was sufficiently satisfied, and the opened with a round of 81 after being penalized four strokes for Over 65 Years of issue died. having too many clubs in his bag and in 1967 he remained in ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE Tennessee as he struggled to recover from a broken wrist. Now healthy and his game again sharp, the former All-American A Growing Reputation at North Texas birdied three of the final five holes, including a wwww.hflenz.com dramatic birdie on 18, to defeat 1966 champion Jack Lewis and In spite of the aggravating issues beyond the course, the 1962 champion Dr. Ed Updegraff by a single stroke. Sunnehanna Amateur’s status continued to grow in the 60’s. Gene Dahlbender and Bill Hyndman both won second titles, Dahlbender in 1960, Hyndman in 1967. Other champions included Dick Siderowf, Dr. Ed Updegraff, Roger McManus and A New Era: New Leadership and the College Golfer Canadian Gary Cowan. In 1968, Wake Forest arrived with its entire starting five which All had impressive amateur careers. Siderowf, who won in 1961, included 1966 champion, Jack Lewis, Lanny Wadkins, the later won two British Amateur titles in 1973 and 1976, as well as tournament runner-up in 1967, and Leonard Thompson. the Canadian and Northeast Amateur. A year later, Thompson defeated Wadkins and Florida State Updegraff, the 1962 Sunnehanna Amateur champion, was among standout Hubert Green. Presenting the champions trophy was the most respected and well-liked players in the tournament’s William V. Price. After being co-chairman the previous two years, history. A participant in 17 US Amateurs, his amateur record Price became the tournament’s chairman. His tenure lasted almost included victories in the Southwestern, Pacific Coast and Western 30 years. Under his watchful eye, the tournament grew in quality Amateurs. and prestige as he maintained the highest standards to receive an invitation to Sunnehanna. Cowan’s victory would not be his final major amateur title. The 1961 Canadian Amateur champion, he went on to win two US He, and his wife Carlyn, worked tirelessly as the tournament’s Amateur titles. In 1966, he upset the heavily favored Deanne ambassadors. “You’d be somewhere else playing, and the next Beman and in 1971 he defeated Wake Forest standout Eddie thing you know, Mr. Price was there and saying hello”, said Ben Pearce. Crenshaw. “He spread a lot of goodwill for the Sunnehanna Amateur that way, and it was passed along by the players by word of mouth.” His efforts were recognized throughout golf. In July of 1996, a story in Golf Journal, the publication of the USGA, Bobby Greenwood recognized his commitment as well as other tournament chairman’s efforts on behalf of amateur golf. Tennessean Bobby Greenwood provided the tournament with one of its most compelling stories. Greenwood made getting an Almost simultaneously, collegiate players began to dominate the invitation to the Sunnehanna Amateur a personal mission. Driven 21 • HOLE ...... Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... SPONSORS ...... 2018

Bob Drum, golf writer for the Pittsburgh Press, and later a regular It was a significant chapter in his own career; the Sunnehanna contributor on golf telecasts for CBS, was equally effusive Amateur was the first major amateur tournament for Jack Robert J. Smeal Jr. CPA Tercek Electric praising the medal play format which he felt was superior to Nicklaus. 1 5 match play. Turning prognosticator, Drum added, “If the Sunnehanna people can continue to promote this affair, it will be the best amateur tournament in the world in the The USGA and the Amateur Rules next ten years.” Buettner Incurance Agency In late 1957, Charles Kunkle received a letter 2 Dr. William Carney 6 In three short years, the tournament had gone of inquiry from the USGA regarding the from a largely regional field to one that was operation of the tournament. The prior year a recognized nationally. few members objected to housing players due to a conflict that arose with a player’s wife. In Sunseri Wholesale Among the prominent contestants were Dr. response, a few players were housed at a local Johnstown Chemical Co. Ed Updegraff, the three-time Arizona hotel. The expense was covered by the 3 7 Food & Paper Amateur Champion and two-time Southwest tournament. The USGA ruled that it was a Amateur Champion, who traveled from, violation of the amateur rules and that the $20 Tuscon. From the Deep South LSU entry fee was deemed to be “unrealistic”. They teammates, Eddie Merrins, the Western emphasized that meals, caddie, and lodging Need A Hand Amateur Champion from Meridian, should not be included in the entry fee. The 8 Balfund, Inc. Mississippi was joined by Johnny Pott, an issue was resolved after the players 4 Handyman Service All-American golfer from Eunice, Louisiana. reimbursed the tournament for their hotel bill and an ongoing dialogue with the USGA ensued.

The Recommendation: Jackie Nicklaus While seemingly trivial to many, Tommy Aaron, then a star player at the University of The most notable player not to participate in Florida, was disinclined to return because of 1956 was Bill Campbell, the playing captain ongoing rumors and the formidable reputation of the United States Walker Cup team. While of the USGA. Golf’s taciturn and inscrutable unable to compete, he was responsible for a ruling body had a well earned reputation for notable addition to the field which had a its unyielding enforcement of the rules significant influence on the tournament. pertaining to amateur golf. The rumors were Campbell recommended, in glowing terms to taken seriously by all involved. The committee the committee, an outstanding young talent reached out to potential contestants to clarify from Columbus, Ohio by the name of Jackie and explain the situation and the remedies the Nicklaus. The fifteen-year-old quickly tournament had put in place to pacify the attracted everyone’s attention as he made six USGA. After eliminating the Calcutta, the goal birdies and an eagle during his practice of a clean tournament was imperative to the round. His length off the tee, remarkable club, the contestants and the future of the A Donald Ross Design skills, unusual maturity, as well as his Sunnehanna Amateur. introduction of plumb-bobbing created a significant amount of interest. Throughout Tommy Aaron and his amateur the week he attracted large galleries and the contemporaries were placated. He returned in Historic Classic Challenging notice of the assembled writers with his 1958 and the future Masters champion from exceptional play. He shot 72-72-72-70 to Gainesville, Georgia won the Sunnehanna Located on the campus of Open to the public finish fifth overall, ten strokes behind winner Amateur! Gene Dahlbender Low greens fees everyday This was not the last time the tournament Saint Francis University The performance of the previously 1956, Jackie Nicklaus, age 16, on the heard from the P.J Boatwright and the USGA. For information and tee times of the week unheralded youngster marked a significant first tee. The Sunnehanna Amateur was In 1962, the entire University of Houston team his first major amateur tournament. chapter in the tournament’s history as he later participated. It was a first in the tournament’s call (814) 471-9650 eclipsed the records of golf’s greatest players. brief history. At that time, the Cougars had 20 69 • • COMMUNITY FIRST

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Member FDIC ..... Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... Sunnehanna Amateur Canadian Amateur Champion, Cherry was a noted cabaret singer in the casinos of Las Vegas. After completing a six-week ISTORY engagement at The Sands, Cherry traveled east. As part of his agreement to play in Johnstown, he was hired to perform for the members and contestants. After four days of golf and singing, H Don Cherry captured the inaugural tournament. The Sunnehanna Amateur Begins The next year, Cherry returned to defend his title and, once again, Because of the Sunnehanna Invitational, championship golf had to entertain. His success on the links had been usurped by his hit become an ingrained part the fabric of Sunnehanna Country Club. record “Band of Gold”, which had sold over a million copies. The A few restless members searched for ways to bring championship reputation of the tournament was enhanced by the entry of golf back to the club. Richard “Dick” Chapman, who was one of the few golfers to win In late 1953, then club President, Charles Kunkle, Jr, Howard both the U.S. Amateur (1940) and the British Amateur (1944). He Picking and several members’ proposed a new tournament format also won the Canadian Amateur in 1949. which coalesced around a few basic ideas: After four rounds of play, another Walker Cupper and the 1954 • 72 holes of medal play with the best amateur players National Intercollegiate Champion, Hillman Robbins, Jr., of Memphis, Tennessee defeated Cherry by a stroke. Later that • An affair which could be attended by all members as a summer, Robbin’s victory took on greater significance when he social event won the United States Amateur. Robbins victories, the improving field and medal-play format was quickly establishing the • A tournament where participant’s wives were Sunnehanna Amateur among the upper echelon of amateur golf encouraged to come tournaments.

• The hospitality of the members would be remembered longer than the scores of the participants. A Rapid Ascent and the First of Golf’s Greats

By its third year, the Sunnehanna Amateur began to receive The Board of Governors unanimously supported the idea and the notable national acclaim. Sunnehanna Amateur was born. The tournament became the first 72-hole stroke play competition for amateurs in the United States. The tournament’s invitation process was updated as the Until then, the format adhered to had been match play. The committee attempted to replicate the format used by The Masters success of the rapidly growing professional tour, which was to invite players. Invitations were coveted by the countries best mainly stroke play, with the exception being the annual match golfers as the field was limited to those who had won major play championship of the National Professional Golf Association amateur tournaments or state-sanctioned championships. (PGA), provided greater public interest and acceptance of medal play tournaments. It particularly appealed to the players because Two major television networks provided coverage of the event it assured four days of play. The National Broadcasting Company’s (NBC) allotted time on its weekend programs for on-the-spot developments and highlights and included a wrap-up of the tournament. The Columbia Broadcasting Company (CBS) also provided national Modest Goals news coverage.

As with its predecessor the Sunnehanna Invitational, every effort The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Pittsburgh was made to include the best amateur golfers in the East. The Press, and The Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph devoted significant committee made attracting one or more members of the United coverage before and during the tournament. Golf World Associate States Walker Cup Team to the tournament a priority. This was Editor, Jimmy Mann, traveled from Pinehurst to cover the considered critical to legitimize the tournaments aspirations of tournament for his golf weekly. becoming a national event. The first player to enter with the reputation and the background the committee desired was Don Fred Byrod of the Inquirer wrote with superlatives about the Cherry of Wichita Falls, Texas. tournament and its value to Johnstown. He made special note of the high quality of play in spite of the absence of a Calcutta. A member of the United States Walker Cup Team and the 1953 18 • ..... Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna Amateur ..... TOP RETURNING PLAYERS 2018 ...... 2018

Lutz who played in five United States Amateurs and three tee shot landed in a fairway bunker. His next shot with his brassie United States Opens later recalled Jack Benson’s reaction after landed neatly on the then par five in two, Lutz complimented him the match. He told me, “I’ll take that lead and Ben Hogan won’t on his fine shot. Felus quickly retorted, “Now I’m going to sink Lloyd Jefferson Go beat me.” the putt!” which he did for an eagle three. Lutz struggled to rid A graduate of Seton Hall, Go, who hails from Guadalupe Cebu, Phillipines, himself of his youthful pest. After twelve holes, Lutz stood two- As for Julius Boros, the Invitational marked the end of his returns to Sunnehanna after establishing status on the China PGA Tour this down. Then, incredibly on the thirteenth hole, it started to rain amateur career. Why lose to a guy from Johnstown when you can past winter. Until returning this winter, he will play amateur golf this and it had two-years earlier, Lutz staged another improbable get paid? Boros’s professional career included two United States comeback to defeat Felus 3&1. As a reward for his spirited play, summer in the United States. After finishing twelfth at Sunnehanna, Lloyd, Open titles (1952, 1963) and the PGA title in 1963. As late as the players chipped in and presented Johnny Felus with a pair of who was twice named Big East Player of the Year, won the Dogwood 1973, Boros remained competitive against the best in golf. At 53, golf shoes and a set of woods. Invitational and finished third in the Southern Amateur. Boros lead the United States Open at Oakmont with nine holes to play. A back nine played in battering wind and rain was too In the final, Jack Benson defeated defending champion much to overcome and he finished fourth behind Arnold Palmer, Charles Kunkle on the thirty-ninth hole. Kunkle reached the Jack Nicklaus and champion Johnny Miller. finals after defeating Buddy Lutz 2&1 to exact some revenge for his shellacking in 1947. The former Duke basketball standout held Photo: Chuck Mamula a one-up lead going into the thirty-sixth but a missed three and a half foot putt for par gave the hole to Benson. On the third extra The USGA and the Final Years hole, Kunkle missed twelve-footer. After hitting a beautiful While the Invitational was coming off its greatest approach shot, Benson was left with ten-feet for birdie which the Collin Morikawa tournament ever, black clouds were gathering over amateur golf. South Hills standout calmly sank to become the twelfth and final Photo: Chuck Mamula Two weeks later, on July 5th, the United States Golf Association Sunnehanna Invitational champion. The 2016 Sunnehanna Amateur champion has been a dominant fixture in warned that auction pools, or Calcuttas, could damage the After the 1951 Invitational, the Board of Governors amateur golf having won a major summer amateur tournament the past integrity of golf, as professional gamblers might begin to take terminated the Sunnehanna Invitational. The very issues the three years. In 2015, the Cal golfer won the Trans-Mississippi Amateur and, over the sport. The USGA sent out a full-page statement setting USGA expressed concerns about in the summer of 1949 had after losing Sunnehanna in a playoff in 2017, traveled to Rumford, Rhode forth its position. While not citing specific cases or punishments, infected the Invitational. The Calcutta had been compromised by Island and added the Northeast Amateur title to his impressive resume. A it did hint that it might crack down on amateur players who bet the elements considered “undesirable” by the Board. High heavily on their own skills. two-time first Team All-American from LaCanada, California, he was a Wagner, the first chairman of the Invitational’s successor, The member of the victorious United States Walker Cup side played at Los Sunnehanna Amateur, later explained that in its final years, the Angeles Country Club. James Walker, chairman of the USGA Amateur Status and Conduct Committee, stated, “Organized auction pools would Calcutta pool was between $45,000 and $50,000. This was almost certainly run into large figures and lead to serious money and the club was forced to restrict guests because commercializing the game to a high degree, and might well be of these activities. The specter of sanctions from the USGA and the means for professional gamblers to take over and influence the involvement of known members of the gambling community players, just as they have done in other sports.” made continuing the tournament untenable.

The bar had been set and amateur tournaments, like In its brief history, the Sunnehanna Invitational had grown from Zachary Bauchou those played at Sunnehanna, had been served notice. Change was a largely local event into one of the top invitational tournaments on the East Coast. The quality of its fields improved dramatically A member of the recently crowned NCAA championship team at Oklahoma on its way. Little did anyone realize the tournament was already dealing with the very issues addressed by golf’s ruling body. in the post-war years including the likes of Buddy Lutz, Julius State, Zach returns to Johnstown for the third time where he had great Boros, Arnold Palmer and Art Wall. Other participants made results. After finishing eighth in the 2016 Sunnehanna Amateur, the native In 1950, Charles Kunkle captured his first and only notable contributions to the game. Dr. George Wheeling, Charles of Forest, Virginia shot rounds of 71-60-68-69 and finished tied for third in championship, defeating Steward Brown of Yale University, six Kunkle, Jack Benson, Oakmont’s Jack Brand, Fred Brand and 2017. His incredible second round of 10-under par 60 broke the previous and five. An early round match attracted the most attention as Jack Mahaffey, and Allegheny’s Harton and Richard Semple all record score of 61 established by Kevin Foley and Zach Sucher. Later that two-time champion Buddy Lutz was pitted against 16-year-old represented the best of amateur golf and remained devoted to the summer, he finished runner-up in the Southern Amateur and became the Johnny Felus, a caddie from Cresson Country Club. Standing finest principles of the game throughout their lives. The 22nd American to win the Canadian Amateur Championship. five feet tall and weighing 108 pounds, Felus, dressed in tennis foundation they laid lead to the reintroduction of an all-new shoes and blue jeans, played with the confidence of a seasoned format in amateur golf just three years later: The Sunnehanna veteran. Bumped in the first round of the Berkley Hills Junior Amateur.

Photo: Chuck Mamula Tournament held annually at a local municipal course, Felus was • given no chance against Lutz. On the sixth hole, the youngster’s 72 17 • IN A LOAN Sunnehanna Amateur ..... TOP RETURNING PLAYERS LINE 2018

Josh Whalen A member of the Canadian National Team and a graduate of Kent State, Josh returns to Sunnehanna after finishing tied for sixth in 2017. The native of Napanee, Ontario, Canada was named Golf Canada’s 2017 Male Amateur of the Year with a resume that included a third place finish in the 2017 Canadian Amateur and a fourth place finish in the 2016 Porter Cup. Photo: Chuck Mamula

THIS IS YOUR MOMENT. Justin Suh Just named first team All-American and the PAC-12 Player of the Year, Give Her A Day To Remember Justin won five tournaments at USC during the recently-completed season including the PAC-12 conference title. He had eight top four finishes in ten starts and nine tournaments in the top-nine. A participant in the 2016 Eb_^ bl Z[hnm fhf^gml' :m :f^kbL^ko% p^ pZgm mh a^ei rhn ÛgZg\^ mahl^ United States Open at Oakmont, Suh, who hails from San Jose, California, li^\bZefhf^gml%pa^ma^krhnZk^l^g]bg`ma^db]lh__mh\hee^`^%mZdbg`Z finished ninth in the 2017 Sunnehanna Amateur. hg\^&bg&Z&eb_^mbf^oZ\Zmbhg%hkieZggbg`Z]k^Zfp^]]bg`%p^o^`hmZehZg maZmlkb`am_hkrhn'

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73 To apply, call 1-800-837-BANK or visit AmeriServ.com • MEMBER FDIC Sunnehanna Amateur ...... 2018 Experienced local attorneys handling matters including: in 1954 but his greatest success was yet to come. His charisma, with the reporters assembled in the locker room, “Trying to win good looks and a game to match was just what the game and one of these tournaments is tougher than winning on the tour. You ‡ Divorce television needed. He dominated professional golf in the early visit places and meet players you never heard of and they all can 60’s, capturing the United States Open (1960), British Open play. Any kind of let-up and you’re out of the tournament.” (1961, 1962), and The Masters (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964). His ‡ Custody Someone asked Boros why not just turn professional, he quickly personality and background endeared him to the common man ‡ Creditors Rights replied, “That’s just what I’ve been thinking about.” A few and attracted a whole new group of fans to golf. They became ‡ Bankruptcy known as “Arnie’s Army” and followed their hero from start to months later Julius Boros did exactly that and joined the PGA ‡ Wills & Estates finish. Tour. ‡ Criminal Law A Comeback for the Ages and Julius Boros The finals featured 1947 champion Buddy Lutz against Jack Benson, the five-time winner of the West Penn Amateur. Through Palmer didn’t return to defend his title in 1949. Now a member the first thirty holes, Benson held a solid three-up lead over Lutz. 814-535-6756 of the Wake Forest College golf team, he competed in the A birdie on the thirteenth hole extended Benson’s lead to a National Intercollegiate seemingly insurmountable four- 360 Stonycreek Street Championship, the forerunner up lead with five holes to play. to what became the NCAA As fate would have it, a 45- Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15901 Championship, but another minute rain delay gave Lutz a www.johnstownpalaw.com notable player entered and chance to regroup. When play filled the void: Julius Boros. resumed, spectators witnessed a The medalist in the 1948 charge of legendary proportions. United States Amateur, Boros On the fourteenth hole, then a lost in the semifinals to the 294-yard par four, Lutz chipped legendary Charlie Coe. That to three feet to make birdie after same year, he finished tied for a Benson miss from 20 feet. The second with Sam Snead in the next hole, his approach finished North and South Open, a major two feet from the hole and birdie stop on the PGA Tour, two- was conceded. On the par-three, strokes behind Toney Penna. sixteenth his iron shot, straight and true, finished a mere Boros made an eagle and five eighteen inches from the cup for birdies and shot a tourney another birdie. Now just one ASPHALT PAVING record 67 to capture medalist down, Lutz squared the match on honors over Jack Benson of Julius Boros tees off. the seventeenth hole with a par. South Hills and Jack Mahaffey On the final hole a shell-shocked of Oakmont who had 69’s. Three over par, 75, was needed to be Benson steadied himself and hit the better drive on the 377-yard CONTRACTOR among the top 32 players in the championship flight, the lowest hole. The tension palpable, Lutz’s approach shot found the green cut ever. finishing twenty- feet from the pin. The pressure quickly shifted to Benson and his subsequent approach shot came up short. After the second round, Boros packed his bags for Hartford, Facing a difficult pitch, his chip shot finished eight feet short of Connecticut as Danny Moore, an unheralded local player, the cup. Calmly, Lutz completed the improbable by nailing his defeated him in the greatest upset in the history of the event. birdie putt to win the final five holes in a row and capture his Boros had continue his hot play in his morning match needing second title, 1-up. It was possibly the finest moment in the history only thirteen holes to dispatch Greensburg’s Tommy Smith, 6&5. of the Invitational. In his second round match, Moore pushed Boros. After Boros birdied the thirteenth and fifteenth holes to take a one-up lead, The Pittsburgh Post golf writer Phil Gundlefinger called Moore squared the match on the seventeenth hole with a birdie. Lutz’s remarkable comeback, “Perhaps the most sensational On the final hole, Boros dumped his approach shot from 100 finish in Pennsylvania golf history, either professional or yards into a greenside bunker and failed to save par. With a amateur.” It was the finest moment in Buddy Lutz’s career. routine par, Danny Moore won the hole and match. Before packing his bags and heading home, Boros reflected on his loss 15 • ..... Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... By 1941, the tournament had become a must-play event in the The next year, Haverstick captured the medalist honors only to state. Its reputation was enhanced when Steve Kovach, the be defeated by Reading sensation Buddy Lutz, the Philadelphia reigning Pennsylvania State Amateur champion and West Penn junior champion in the quarterfinals. In the finals against Open champion from Brackenridge won the tournament. Later Sunnehanna’s own Charles Kunkle, the long-hitting 19-year-old that summer, Kovach, a steelworker in the mills of Homestead, sent a message with his initial shot of the day driving the ball 380 reached the quarterfinals of the United States Amateur. The yards off the first tee. Later, he drove the 308-yard par-four eighth following year, the diminutive mill hand successfully defended hole. In his 10&8 victory, Lutz recorded nine birdies over thirty his Pennsylvania Amateur title. holes and closed out the match in style with three consecutive birdies. The war year’s ended competitive golf throughout the nation as the USGA suspended its own championships from 1942 The 1947 Invitational included another teenage phenom: Arnold through 1945. This was a pattern throughout the nation and the Palmer. The Pennsylvania Scholastic and West Penn Junior Sunnehanna Invitational was no exception. champion failed to reach the championship flight. A surprisingly poor round of 79 wasn’t enough to make the championship flight. Rebounding from the War The Future of Golf: Arnold Palmer In 1946, the country looked to return to its pre-war routines and competitive golf returned to the nation and Palmer returned in 1948 looking for redemption from the prior Sunnehanna. The Invitational field was markedly different in year’s result a distant memory. He reached the finals defeating terms of quality as 141 players from throughout the East Coast defending champion Buddy Lutz and Bill Vaile of North Fork. In traveled to Johnstown. In response to the growth and the quality the finals, Palmer struggled early falling 3-down after the seven of players, the championship bracket was expanded from 16 to holes. By the close of the morning eighteen, he closed the margin 32 players and the championship match lengthened to 36 holes. to 1-down to J. S. Matlack an unheralded player from Blairmont. Among the early favorites that year was Air Force veteran and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette scribe Bob Drum, was less than Duke University golfer Art Wall. The Honesdale, Pennsylvania impressed with Palmers opponent writing afterward, “Matlack golfer fired a scintillating round of 67 to capture medalist honors. doesn’t play the shots most of the top-notch amateurs in the Wall’s stellar play district can. He is didn’t extend into addicted to the match play losing in blooper, grounder, the second round. and head lift until The finals pit Bill he gets to the green. Haverstick, the 1938 Then it is Matlacks Pennsylvania State turn to shine.” Amateur champion, Matlack used his against two-time lethal short game Invitational throughout the champion Dr. Joseph morning round McHugh. Record chipping in three- galleries witnessed a times and saving 10&9 whipping as par several other H a v e r s t i c k times from the most dominated play in unlikely places. The the final. Jack Benson sinking the putt to win the 1951 Sunnehanna Invitational match went to the final hole with Haverstick and Wall Palmer 1-up. On 65TH dominated amateur golf in Pennsylvania for the next four years. the final hole, Palmer safely reached the green in two-shots then Haverstick captured state honors again in 1948 and 1950 Wall in watched as his opponent took two strokes to extricate himself 1947 and 1949. from a greenside bunker. Two putts later, Palmer closed out his opponent, winning the championship 2-up. Art Wall was the first Sunnehanna Invitational competitor to have success on the PGA Tour winning fourteen times. His best year It is safe to say that Arnold Palmer was the single most was 1959. That year he was chosen PGA Player of the Year, significant player to play in the Sunnehanna Invitational. From winning 4-times including the highlight of his career, The Masters 1947 through 1952, he dominated amateur golf in Western title Pennsylvania winning five West Penn Amateur titles in 6 years. He won amateur golf’s biggest prize, the United States Amateur 14 • PHone: 814-535-1537 GOOODOD LUUCKCK OONN A SUUCCECCESSSSFFUUL TOOURNAMENURNAMMENENT! FAx: 814-535-2243 emAil: [email protected]

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(updated2018 June Sunnehanna 5, 2018) Amateur Field

Name/Address Qualifications College Andrew Alligood 2017 tie 3rd Southern Amateur north Florida Saint Johns, Florida 2017 tie 8th Crooked Stick invitational 2018 tie 8th irish Creek intercollegiate 2018 Runner-Up Furman intercollegiate 2018 Runner-Up The Hayt 2018 tie 4th Terra Cotta invitational

Eric Ansett 2018 Runner-Up Sea Best invitational lipscomb Spokane, washington 2017 tie 6th Southern intercollegiate 2017 5th Ryman Hospitatlity

John Augenstein 2018 tie 9th nCAA Championship Vanderbilt owensboro, Kentucky 2017 tie 8th nCAA Championship 2017 tie 5th Players Amateur 2016-2017 Honorable mention All-American 2017 tie 6th The Carmel Cup 2018 tie 5th Jones Cup

Eric Bae 2017 north Carolina match Play Champion Wake Forest Pinehurst, north Carolina 2017 9th Cardinal Amateur 2017 tie 2nd north Carolina open 2017 9th Shoal Creek invitational

Zheng Kai Bai 2018 Boilermaker invitational Champion University of Central Shantou, China 2017 Palmetto Amateur Champion Florida 2017 tie 6th Jackrabbit invitational

Bennett Baker 2018 tie 6th Gary Koch invitational Florida State Tallahassee, Florida 2018 USA individual Tournament Champion 2017 tie 8th Atlantic Coast Conference Championship

Zachary Bauchou 2018 United States Palmer Cup Team oklahoma State Forest, Virginia 2017 tie 3rd Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 tie 2nd nCAA Columbus Regional 2017 tie 3rd Southern Amateur 2016-2017 Honorable mention All-American 2017 tie 3rd Southern Amateur 2017 Canadian Amateur Champion 2017 tie 4th Fighting illini invite 2017 tie 5th Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Billy Andrade, 1986

Braden Bailey 2017 tie 6th Fighting illini invite Baylor Groves, Texas 2017 7th Jerry Pate intercollegiate Andrade was doing the chuckling a few days later. Count Billy Andrade among those who have won the 2017 tie 3rd Royal oaks intercollegiate coveted trophy and gone on to have success at the 2018 Arizona intercollegiate Champion At age 54, Andrade lives in Atlanta and has become a professional level. And count him as being a proud member 2018 tie 8th ASU Thunderbird invitational regular on the Champions Tour, playing nearly 25 events a of that special fraternity who makes it a point to check out year and earning three victories there. what happens here every June. 78 11 • • ...... Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... 2018 Name/Address Qualifications College OOKS ACK Garrett Barber 2018 United States Four-Ball Champion lSU (fall 2018) BILLY ANDRADE: L B Stuart, Florida 2018 Jones Cup Champion 2017 Jones Cup Junior Champion By the time he won the Sunnehanna Amateur in 1986, Billy “There’s no doubt the amateurs all knew that there were a 2017 tie 8th medal Play United States Amateur Andrade had become well acquainted with the historic few elite events you wanted to win and Sunnehanna was at 2017 1st Team Rolex Junior All-American 2018 tie 8th Terra Cotta invitational layout at Sunnehanna Country Club. the top of that list,” Andrade said. “And once you won, you 2017 tie 8th Junior Players Championship start thinking maybe I have a chance to play on the PGA That was his final appearance in the event and he had nearly Tour. It was definitely instant credibility.” won it a few years prior when he committed final-round, Lachlan Barker 2018 tie 6th Hawkeye invitational iowa State triple-bogey on the par-3 16th that took away any chance of Like just about every other young golfer who came to Willunga, Australia 2017 tie 6th marquette intercollegiate 2017 tie 3rd Windon memorial him putting on the jacket on at the end of play. Sunnehanna, Andrade speaks glowingly of the time off the 2018 tie 4th Colleton River Collegiate golf course during the tournament. 2018 tie 6th The Hootie intercollegiate He’ll remember that for a long time, as was evidenced by his reaction to that memory in a recent conversation. “I stayed with Dr. Bob and Lauren Tomhave and they were Akshay Bhatia 2017 1st Team Rolex Junior All-American just awesome, they made me feel very comfortable,” “It was a few years before I won, the year Dillard Pruitt Wake Forest, north Carolina 2018 Sage Valley Junior invitational Champion Andrade said. “It was a really cool situation. Most of the 2018 tie 2nd Robertson memorial Junior won,” Andrade said. “I had a chance I thought and ended up 2017 PGA Junior national Champion players were living in the same general area and every night making a 6 on a par 3.” 2017 3rd Jones Cup Junior after the round there were always things going on. BBQs, Andrade can laugh about that now, but he’s also come to parties. We had a lot of fun.” Hayden Buckley 2018 tie 5th nCAA Raleigh Regional missouri Belden, mississippi 2018 new Years invitational Champion learn what a goofy game golf is at times. Part of the appeal of tournaments like Sunnehanna was how 2017 Tiger intercollegiate Champion 2017 Bank of Tennessee @ Blackhorn Champion After being close in 1983 when the game went against him, highly they were regarded when it came time to select 2017 Runner-Up Warrior Princeville invitational he capitalized on a couple good things in 1986. Andrade Walker Cup and World Amateur teams. 2018 tie 3rd Southeastern Conference Championship Arkansas made a pair of eagles on the back nine that catapulted him William Buhl “Sunnehanna had all the great players come through there, Fairhope, Alabama 2017 3rd orlando international Amateur into the lead that eventually allowed him to hold off Jim it was a very prestigious event,” Andrade said with great Sorenson and nail down a four-shot victory. Nick Carlson 2016 Semi-Finalist United States Amateur michigan respect. “They did a really good job running it and it was Hamilton, michigan 2017 tie 6th inverness intercollegiate 2017 tie 3rd Royal oaks intercollegiate He eagled the par-5 11th and then holed his second shot on definitely one of those you wanted to win.” the par-4 13th. 2017 1st Team AJGA All-American Alabama (2020) One of the other crazy aspects of the game played a part in Canon Claycomb Bowling Green, Kentucky 2018 6th Australia master of the masters “That’s two eagles in three holes,” he said. “You have to do Andrade becoming a Sunnehanna Am champion happened 2017 Ping invitational Champion crazy things to win tournaments and I did that in 1986. I before the competition began. Because he had played in the 2017 Runner-Up AJGA Rolex Tournamnet of Champions also made that crazy triple-bogey in 1983 to lose one.” event four times previously, his knowledge of the course Claudio Correa 2018 American Conference Player of the Year USF and how to play it was significant. Santiago, Chile 2018 tie 5th old Waverly Championship Andrade put together rounds of 68-72-67-67 for a 274 that 2017 tie 6th marquette intercollegiate gave him that coveted title. So instead of playing a practice round there, he was part of 2018 tie 2nd SunTrust Gator invitational 2018 Runner-Up USF invitational a foursome that went down over the mountain and played a Andrade believes winning Sunnehanna was a big building round at Laurel Valley Golf Club. The group consisted of 2017 tie 8th medal Play United States Amateur UnC-Wilmington block on the way to a professional career that saw him win Patrick Cover Jim Hargreaves, Don Hall and Tomhave. Huntersville, north Carolina 2017 tie 4th Bank of Tennessee four times on the PGA Tour and three times on the PGA 2017 Duck Commander intercollegiate Champion 2018 Runner-Up Seahawk intercollegiate Tour Champions circuit. “The funny part of that was all three of us beat him that day,” Hargreaves said with a chuckle. 10 79 • • ..... Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... Name/Address Qualifications College Sebastian Crampton 2017 tie 2nd macKenzie invitational Cal Pacific Grove, California 2018 tie 1st Wyoming Desert intercollegiate 2018 tie 6th Western intercollegiate 2018 3rd The Goodwin Commitmment Trace Crowe 2018 tie 9th nCAA norman Regional Auburn Bluffton, South Carolina 2018 Gary Koch invitational Champion 2017 tie 3rd Carpet Classic 2018 tie 4th All-American intercollegiate 2017 tie 8th Palmetto Amateur

Quade Cummins 2018 3rd nCAA norman Regional oklahoma Weatherford, oklahoma 2018 3rd ASU Thunderbird 2018 tie 6th lone Star invitational 2018 tie 7th Big 12 Conference Champion

Brad Dalke 2018 United States Palmer Cup Team oklahoma norman, oklahoma 2016-2017 Honorable mention All-American 2017 Runner-Up medal Play Western Amateur 2017 tie 7th niKe Golf Collegiate invite 2017 tie 5th Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate 2017 tie 7th Sun Bowl Classic 2018 5th Southern Highlands Colegiate

Lee Detmer 2017 tie 6th Canadian Amateur Wake Forest Valuablee in Golf... Washington, D.C 2017 3rd maryland State open 2017 Quarterfinals maryland Amateur 2017 6th The Hummingbird intercollegiate Vital in Ba anking. 2018 tie 7th The All-American

Cooper Dossey 2018 6th nCAA College Station Regional Baylor Austin, Texas 2017 Royal oaks intercollegiate Champion 2017 Runner-Up nCAA Stanford Regional 2017 The All-American Champion

Chandler Eaton 2017 tie 9th Dogwood invitational Duke Alpharetta, Georgia 2017 tie 3rd nCAA Regional- Baton Rouge 2017 tie 10th Southern Amateur 2017 3rd Rod myers invitational

Austin Eckroat Edmond 2017 medalist United States Junior oklahoma State oklahoma 2017 Runner-Up Sage Valley Junior 2017 Quarterfinalist United States Junior 2018 tie 1st Wyoming Desert intercollegiate

Clay Feagler 2018 West Coast Conference Champion Pepperdine laguna nigel, California 2018 The Prestige at PGA West Champion 2018 tie 5th Southwestern intercollegiate 2018 tie 3rd Southern Highlands Collegiate

80 11stsummit.com • ..... Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... NATHAN SMITH JOINS SUNNEHANNA AMATEUR COMMITTEE In a move that benefits all concerned, the Sunnehanna Amateur field that included Justin Thomas, Zack Blair, Max Homa, John Committee has added one of the most prestigious names in its Peterson, Jordan Spieth, Peter Uihlein, Kelly Kraft. history. “Winning in 2011 was special, especially because of the guys that Nathan Smith has been an elite were playing that year,” he said. level amateur player throughout “That was a loaded field. I’ve his career and he won the won U.S. Mid-Ams (four), state Sunnehanna Amateur in 2011 events, big amateur events, but after contending for the title this is kind of a different level.” several times. He brings Yerger said the committee’s experience and an ongoing goals with Smith’s inclusion relationship with the game at its were straight forward. highest level. “We consider our tournament to “Adding Nathan to the be run for the player and who Human-centric investing means committee is good for him and better to tell us about things it’s good for us,” said from a player’s perspective?” he understanding the behaviors, Sunnehanna Amateur co- asked. “It’s really that simple. chairman John Yerger. “The Nathan lends great credibility to motivations and eccentricities of bottom line is he’s a former what we’re doing.” champion, a six-time USGA Smith recognizes the difference champion, a three-time Walker investors, not just the market. in how the Sunnehanna Cup team member. He wants to Amateur, ranked as one of the support not only us, but golf in top five amateur events in the general.” country, is run. Those facts speak loudly about “We’ve talked a lot about the Smith’s credentials and the high To learn more, go to hartfordfunds.com tournament and those regard in which he’s held. But conversations will continue,” from the Brookville native’s Nathan Smith, 2011 Champion Smith said. “We’re always perspective, it’s a great honor. talking about improving the “The Sunnehanna Amateur has grown into a big part of my life,” field. We’ll be having more conversations moving forward. he said. “I was 15 or 16 the first time I played in it. The fact that Obviously, I can provide a perspective from the players side. While it’s in my backyard, with all the history that’s taken place there and I’m still playing I have my ear to the ground with the players and being fortunate enough to win it, it’s just very special to me. The I’m sure I’ll be helping with recruiting players.” championship means the world to me, more than people think.” The 2018 Sunnehanna Amateur will be held June 12-16 on the Smith’s victory in a four-hole playoff in 2011 came against a loaded classic A. W. Tillinghast layout in suburban Johnstown.

8 Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA • 206810 ...... Sunnehanna Amateur Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... 2018 Name/Address Qualifications College n behalf of the Sunnehanna Country Club Board of Governors, we would like to welcome everyone to the 65th annual Sunnehanna Tournament for Champions. Over the last sixty five years, the top amateurs from Michael Feagles 2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Year illinois the U.S. and all over the world contested the event and provided tremendous entertainment to the local galleries and Scottsdale, Arizona 2017 1st Team All-Big 10 Onow through new technology, to an unlimited audience. The tournament has grown to become one of the highest 2018 tie 5th Big Ten Championship ranked amateur events in the nation, and the world. The success of the Tournament is largely due to the tireless effort of our current chairmen, John Yerger and Jake Fendt 2018 tie 3rd Jones Cup Kennesaw State Brian Chirillo and past chairmen who were not only dedicated to the Tournament but to amateur golf as a whole. We Suwanee, Georgia 2017 tie 2nd Pintree intercollegiate have a unique opportunity as members to host players in our homes, providing the chance to develop special relationships with those players and foster lifelong connections and friendships. We thank those members who have 2017 tie 7th FAmC intercollegiate@The Grove opened their homes to host contestants. The volunteer committee that organizes housing, transportation, officials, 2017 tie 7th Steelwood Collegiate invitational rangers, and scorers is another important factor in our success. We recognize the effort and responsibility the committee takes on, especially in 2017 tie 7th Shoal Creek intercollegiate today’s environment when volunteerism is waning. Finally we acknowledge that we could not put on such a quality event without the tireless work of our Sunnehanna staff, from the chef and kitchen to the servers and wait staff and including our Head Golf Professional, Jason Martin and Steven Fisk 2017 tie 3rd Dogwood invitational Georgia Southern his staff. The coordination of everyone leads to a truly first class product. Stockbridge, Georgia 2017 4th Georgia Amateur With this time of year bringing the dismissal of winter, the rebirth of spring, and the ever challenging weather of our central 2017 3rd Southeastern Amateur Pennsylvania mountains, Mark Leppert and his grounds team are dedicated to bringing out the best of our A. W. Tillinghast designed golf course. 2017 6th Shoal Creek intercollegiate The classic design will provide ample challenge to our talented field as it has in the past many years. 2017 Co-Champion Fighting irish Classic In closing, and on behalf of all of us at Sunnehanna Country Club, we send out a heartfelt thank you for supporting our club and this 2017 Auto Trader Collgaite Classic Champion tournament and for continuing to uphold the traditions that we celebrate and treasure. 2017 tie 3rd Warrior Princeville invitational Sincerely, 2017 illinois Amateur Champion miami (ohio) Patrick Flavin Paul J. Calandra Highwood, illinois 2017 illinois open Champion Sunnehanna Club President 2017 Wolf Run intercollegiate Champion 2017 louisville Cardinal Challenge Champion 2017 Co-Champion Windon memorial Stephen Franken 2018 United States Palmer Cup Team nC State Raleigh, north Carolina 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year 2018 tie 5th nCAA Raleigh Regional 2017 Wolfpack intercollegiate Champion 2017 tie 3rd UnCG/Grandover Collegiate 2018 tie 5th Jones Cup 2018 tie 6th Atlantic Coast Conference Championship

Tomas 'Toto" Gana 2017 latin American Amateur Champion lynn Santiago, Chile 2017 tie 5th Copperhead Championship 2017 tie 8th miami intercollegiate 2018 tie 7th latin America Amateur

Lloyd Jefferson Go 2017 Dogwood invitational Champion Seton Hall (graduate) Guadalupe, Cebu, Phillipines 2017 Runner-Up monroe invitational 2017 tie 3rd Southern Amateur 2017 12th Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 Visayas match Play Champion and medalist

Juan Jose Guerra 2017 Dominican Republic Stroke Play Champion nova Southeastern Santo Domingo, 2017 3rd Copperhead Championship Dominican Republic 2017 3rd miami intercollegiate 2018 Saint leo invitational Champion 2018 tie 8th Terra Cotta invitational

Cole Hammer 2018 United States Four-Ball Champion Texas (fall 2018) Houston, Texas 2017 3rd Jones Cup 2017 Azalea Amateur Champion 2017 tie 6th Terra Cotta invitational 82 2015 Participant United States open 7 • • ..... elcome, mateurs! Sunnehanna Amateur ..... Sunnehanna Amateur W...... A 2018 ...... 2018 Name/Address Qualifications College On behalf of the Sunnehanna Amateur Committee, we welcome back two previous champions, Nathan Smith and Collin Morikawa, and over 90 of the finest amateur golfers from across the globe. We look forward to an Joshua Hitt 2018 Runner-Up nCAA Kissimmee Regional UnC outstanding four days of golf. longwood, Florida 2017 Runner-Up orlando international Amateur This year the tournament will be without one of its long time committee members Don Hall. The Jet had two J D Hughes 2017 Pennsylvania Amateur Champion Penn State passions in life: hockey and golf. He served on the Sunnehanna Amateur committee for over 30 years and the Carlisle, Pennsylvania 2018 6th Rutherford intercollegiate game of golf as a member of the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Golf Association which he served 2017 Runner-Up bank of Tennessee intercollegiate as President. In his memory, The Sunnehanna Amateur Foundation will proudly be supporting this year the Johnstown Charles Huntzinger 2016 Dogwood invitational Champion Penn State Youth Hockey League, which will start a traveling girls hockey team and a tournament named after The Jet, Duluth,Georgia 2017 tie 9th Dogwood invitational 2017 tie 8th Rod myers invitational and the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra. 2017 tie 5th Windon memorial Without the generous support of our naming sponsors, Duke/Lifepoint and Highmark, as well as our 2017 3rd Bank of Tennessee numerous other corporate sponsors, we would not have been able to support these important community 2018 tie 6th The Rutherford organizations. Denzel Iermia 2017 tie 4th northen intercollegiate iowa State We would like to thank the members of Sunnehanna Country Club, Colleen VanDruff, Bobby Helsel, Jason Woodstock, new Zealand 2017 4th Pacific Coast Amateur Martin, Mark Leppert and their collective staffs for their incredible efforts during the week. It is appreciated 2017 tie 6th Badger invitational by the players, their families and the committee. We couldn’t do what we do without you. 2018 tie 2nd niT Lastly we thank our host families. Without your support the Sunnehanna Amateur wouldn’t be possible. What 2018 4th Hawkeye invitational you do for these players is remembered long after the golf. Palmer Jackson 2017 Pennsylvania Junior Champion Hope to see you on the course!! murrysville, PA 15668 2017 Runner-Up Williamson Cup

Nathan Jeansonne 2017 tie 7th Carpet Capital Classic lSU Keithville, louisiana 2018 tie 6th Sea Best invitational

Brian Chirillo John Yerger RJ Keur 2017 Carolinas Amateur Champion UAB north Charleston, South Carolina 2017 South Carolina match Play Champion 2017 tie 2nd South Carolina Amateur Sunnehanna Amateur Phillip Knowles 2018 tie 9th nCAA Championship north Florida Jacksonville, Florida 32224 2017 Players Amateur Champion 2017 tie 3rd Carpet Capital Classic COMMITTEE 2017 tie 7th Shoal Creek intercollegiate 2017 tie 6th Tavistock intercollegiate 2018 tie 4th irish Creek intercollegiate 2018 Furman intercollegiate Champion Scott Becker lou Kitsko marty Radavonic Jr. ivar Berge Tyler Robinson Sean Knapp 2017 United States Senior Amateur Champion Kim Kunkle Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2017 Sunnehanna Senior Champion Paul Calandra Dan leaser Richard Schrott Participant in a record 27 straight Sunnehanna Amateurs Jim Cascio Carl Seelman Particpant 42 USGA Championship Kim mcKinney 7-time West Penn Amateur Champion Brian Chirillo Dr. Shannon nicoloff Ryan Shorto Dr William Carney nathan Smith Chris Korte 2017 Colorado match Play Champion University of Denver Scott Pearson littleton, Colorado 2018 tie 5th Bandon Dunes Championship David Dill John Polacek Amy Whitlow 2018 tie 7th Summit league Championship James Hargreaves Robert Wise Sam Price Peter Kuest 2018 tie 5th nCAA norman Regional BYU John Hargreaves Frank Quitoni David Yerger Fresno, California 2017 West Coast Conference Conference Champion 2017 Runner-Up Tucker invitational Karen Hargreaves John Yerger 2017 nick Watney invitational Champion 6 83 • •

..... Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... Name/Address Qualifications College David Laskin 2018 4th Saguaro Amateur Arizona elk Grove, California 2018 5th ASU Thunderbird invitational 2018 tie 7th John Burns intercollegiate

Mark Lawrence 2017 Runner-Up Virginia Amateur Virginia Tech Henrico, Virginia 2017 tie 6th medal Play United States Amateur 2017 tie 9th eastern Amateur 2017 Semi-Finalist United States Amateur 2017 tie 5th The Gopher invitational 2018 tie 6th Augusta invitational p Alex Lee 2018 Geiberger invitational Champion Fresnow State Sacramento, California 2018 tie 7th oregon Duck invitational 2017 memorial Amateur Champion 2017 tie 9th mountain West Conference Championship 2017 tie 4th Stockton Pacific invitational

S.M. Lee 2018 United States Palmer Cup Team Dalton State Dacula, Georgia 30019 2018 nAiA mens Champion 2017 tie 2nd South Beach international Amateur 2017 tie 2nd Patriot All-American

KK Limbhasut 2017 Alister macKenzie invitational Champion Cal loma linda, California 2016 tie 3rd Sunnehanna Amateur 2017 tie 8th Jones Cup CROWWN AMERICAN ASSOCIIATESATES 2017 Ka"anapali Collegiate Classic Champion 2018 international Team Palmer Cup

Kaiwen Liu 2017 1st Team Rolex Junior All-American Cal San Diego, California 2017 tie 9th Carpet Capital Classic 2017 tie 4th AJGA Thunderbird international invitational 2017 4th AJGA February invitational

Zander Lozano 2017 Texas Amateur Champion UT-San Antonio Fair oaks Ranch, Texas 2017 9th Jim Rivers intercollegiate 2017 Runner-Up Bayou City Collegiate 2017 Round of 16 north and South Amateur 2018 tie 3rd Arizona intercollegiate

Brandon Mancheno 2018 Runner-Up nCAA Championship Auburn Jacksonville, Florida 2017 Runner-Up medal Play United States Junior 2018 Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year 2017 Runner-Up Florida Amateur 2017 tie 3rd Trinity Forest invitational 2018 9th Ameri Ari invitational 2018 tie 7th All-American intercollegiate

84 • Sunnehanna Amateur ...... 2018 Name/Address Qualifications College Logan McAllister 2017 2nd Team Rolex Junior All-American oklahoma (fall 2018) oklahoma City , oklahoma 2017 tie 2nd AJGA Players Championship 2018 AJGA February invitational

Joshua McCarthy 2018 tie 5th nCAA norman Regional Pepperdine Danville, California 2018 tie 3rd West Coast Conference Championship 2018 tie 9th Southwestern invitational 2017 Quarterfinalist California Amateur

Jose “Pepe” Montano 2017 Cardinal Amateur Champion UnC Cochabamba, Bolivia 2017 4th mexican Amateur 2017 tie 6th latin American Amateur 2017 Runner-Up Tar Heel intercollegiate 2018 tie 6th Western intercollegiate

Collin Morikawa 2018 United States Palmer Cup Team Cal la Canada, California 2017 United States Walker Cup Team 2016 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion 2017 & 2016 1st Team All-American 2017 northeast Amateur Champion 2018 Querencia Cabo Collegiate Champion

Cooper Musselman 2017 Kentucky open Champion Kentucky louisville, Kentucky 2017 tie 7th Players Amateur 2017 tie 7th Wolf Run intercollegiate 2017 tie 9th Bearcat invitational 2017 Crooked Stick invitational Champion

Noah Norton 2017 Round of 16 United States Amateur Georgia Tech Chico, California 2017 Runner-Up California Amateur 2017 Runner-Up AJGA Thunderbird international 2017 tie 8th maui Jim intercollegiate 2017 tie 7th FAmC intercollegiate @ The Grove

Kaito Onishi 2018 PAC-12 Freshman of the Year USC nagoya, Japan 2017 7th Rice Planters Round of 16 United States Junior 2017 Tie 2nd Saint mary's invitational 2018 tie 4th Ameri Ari invitational

Mason Overstreet 2017 Runner-Up nCAA Championship Arkansas Kingfisher, oklahoma 2016-2017 Honorable mention All-American 2017 Runner-Up The Gopher invitational 2017 tie 6th Bearcat invitational 2017 Co-Champion Jerry Pate intercollegiate 2017 tie 7th Sun Bowl Classic 2017 Patriot All-American Champion

Julian Perico 2017 imG Junior World Champion Arkansas (2018) lima, Peru 2017 Honorable mention Rolex Junior All-American 2018 tie 7th Sage Valley Junior invitaional 85 • ..... Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 ...... Name/Address Qualifications College Trent Phillips 2017 1st Team Rolex Junior All-American Georgia (fall 2018) inman, South Carolina 2017 tie 6th Palmetto Amateur 2018 tie 3rd Sage Valley Junior invitational

Trevor Phillips 2018 tie 7th mason Rudolph Championship Georgia inman, South Carolina 2018 7th Puerto Rico Classic 2018 7th mason Rudolph Championsip

Philip Rowe 1999 Great Britian and ireland Walker Cup Team Stanford (graduate) las Vegas, nevada

Alex Schaake 2016 & 2017 nebraska Amateur Champion iowa omaha, nebraska 2017 Waterloo open Amateur Championwilll

Luke Schneiderjans 2017 Runner Up Dogwood invitational Georgia Tech Alpharetta, Georgia 2017 tie 7th Players Amateur Our Presenting Sponsors… 2017 tie 7th FAmC intecollegiate @ The Grove

Max Sear 2017 tie 6th Canadian Amateur West Virginia Unionville, ontario, Canada 2017 3rd ontario Amateur 2018 tie 6th Furman invitational

Benjamin Shipp 2018 3rd nCAA Raleigh Regional nC State Duluth, Georgia 2017 6th Dogwood invitational 2017 Golfweek Conference Challenge Champion 2017 tie 7th UnCG/Grandover Collegiate

Davis Shore 2017 9th Jerry Pate intercollegiate Alabama Knoxville, Tennessee 2017 tie 7th South Beach international Amateur 2018 Runner-Up mason Rudolph Championship 2015 & 2016 1st Team Rolex Junior All-American

Alex Smalley 2017 particpant United States open Duke Wake Forest, north Carolina 2017 tie 4th Rod myers invitational 2017 3rd Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate 2017 5th UnCG/Grandover Collegiate 2018 tie 3rd Valspar Collegiate

Nathan Smith 4-time United States mid-Amateur Champion Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2011 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion

Jacob Solomon 2017 tie 9th Dogwood invitational Auburn Auburn, Alabama 2017 tie 7th Hootie at Bull Bay 2015 6th eastern Anateur

Spencer Soosman 2017 tie 7th Trans miss Championship Texas Westlake Village, California 2017 Quarterfinalist north and South Amateur 2017 Semi-Finalist California Amateur 2018 tie 6th Ameri Ari inviational 2018 tie 9th Western intercollegiate 86 • 2018 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Sunday, June 10th Sunnehanna Amateur ..... Amateur Qualifier at Bedford Springs ...... 2018 10:30 am Name/Address Qualifications College Amateur Registration Sunnehanna Clubhouse Lobby 2017 4th Southeastern Amateur Cincinnati 12:00 - 8:00pm Austin Squires Union, Kentucky 2017 Runner-Up Cardinal Amateur Monday, June 11th 2017 Semi-Finalist north and South Amateur Junior Golf Drive, Chip & Putt 2017 Firestone invitational Champion 8:00am Dorothy G. Kunkle Amateur Junior Championship 12:00 Noon Sam Stevens 2018 tie 6th ASU Thunderbird oklahoma State Wichita, Kansas 2016 tie 7th northeast Amateur Tuesday, June 12th 2016 tie 7th Southwestern Amateur Roger McManus Amateur Sponsor Championship Tee times from 8:00am Scott Stevens 2017 tie 3rd The Jackrabbit South Carolina *SPONSOR NIGHT Chattanooga, Tennessee 2017 tie 4th South Beach international Amateur International Buffet Dinner- Amateur Tent 2017 tie 2nd The All-American Use your sponsorship 2017 Runner-Up maui Jim intercollegaite Reservations Required 2016 Runner-Up Ka'anapali Collegiate Classic 5:30 pm – 8:15 pm 2016 Sunnehanna Amateur Jackson Suber 2018 Tie 3rd Jones Cup ole miss (fall 2018) Presentation of Players by Co-Chairmen Dylan Meyer, Garrett Rank, Collin Morikawa champion, Will Grimmer, Tampa, Florida 2017 tie 3rd Florida Amateur – Brian Chirillo and John Yerger and KK Limbhasut 2017 Runner-Up Jones Cup Junior Sunnehanna Ballroom – 8:15 pm 2018 tie 2nd Terra Cotta invitational

Wednesday, June 13th Justin Suh 2017-2018 1st Team All-American USC 1st Round of the Sunnehanna Amateur San Jose, California 2018 PAC -12 Player of the Year Begins off the 1st Tee – 8:00 am Tee Times 2018 United States Palmer Cup Team Thursday, June 14th 2017 9th Sunnehanna Amateur 2nd Round of the Sunnehanna Amateur 2016-2017 3rd Team All-American Begins off the 1st Tee – 8:00 am Tee Times 2018 Southern Highlands Collegiate Champion Friday, June 15th Kyle Suppa 2017 3rd Hawaii Amateur USC 3rd Round of the Sunnehanna Amateur Honolulu, Hawaii 2016 Hawaii Amateur Champion Begins off the 1st Tee – 8:00 am Tee Times 2017 tie 6th Saint mary's invitational Cut to low 50 players and ties Sahith Theegala 2018 United States Palmer Cup Team Pepperdine Long Drive Contest Chino Hills, California 2017 participant United States open Sponsored by 2016-2017 3rd Team All-American Cleveland/Srixon, Jennmar & Holiday Inn 2017 Sahalee invitational Champion 5:00 pm 2017 3rd The Gopher invitational Off the 1st Tee 2017 tie 7th Alister mackenzie invitational 2017 tie 5th Ka'anapali Collegiate Classic Amateur Backyard Pig Roast 2018 tie 7th The Prestige at PGA West Family Entertainment on the North Lawn 5:30 – 9:00 pm Travis Trace 2018 nCAA norman Regional Champion north Florida Jacksonville, Florida 2018 tie 9th Sea Best invitational Saturday, June 16th 2017 Runner-Up Crooked Stick invitational Fourth and Final Round of the Sunnehanna Amateur 2018 tie 8th irish Creek intercollegiate Begins off the 1st Tee – 8:00 am Presentation of Awards #1 at Conclusion of Play Jack Trent 2018 tie 8th ASU Thunderbird invitational UnlV Shuttle Leaves for Airport Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2018 tie 7th The Goodwin 2018 3rd Jackrabbit invitational Sunday, June 17th John Cook, champion in 1977 and 1979. 2018 6th national invitational Tourney Amateur Light Breakfast – 6:00 am Wine Room Shuttle leaves for Pittsburgh Airport 2 6:30 am 87 • Sunnehanna Amateur ...... Sunnehanna Amateur ...... 2018 ...... 2018 Name/Address Qualifications College table of contents

2016 medalist United States Junior Travis Vick Webb Simpson 2 Schedule of Events Houston, Texas 2016 Round of 16 United States Junior 2006 Champion 2017 2nd Team Rolex Junior All-American 2006 Champion 2017 tie 7th South Beach international Amateur 3-5 Sunnehanna Amateur Sponsors 6 Welcome, Amateurs Thomas Walsh 2016-2017 Honorable mention All-American Virginia Note from Club President Paul J. Calandra High Point, north Carolina 2017 tie 4th northern intercollegiate 7 2017 tie 7th Patriot All-American 8 Nathan Smith Joins Amateur Committee 2018 tie 3rd Cleveland Golf Palmetto invitational 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Champion 10-11 Billy Andrade: Looks Back 12-29 Sunnehanna Amateur History Josh Whalen 2017 tie 6th Sunnehanna Amateur Kent State (graduate) napanese, ontario, Canada Canadian national Team 35-36 The Golf Course 2017 10th northeast Amateur 2017 3rd Canadian Amateur 38 2017 Hole Breakdown 2017 tie 4th Tailhide Cup 40-41 Winners of a PGA Tournament Trey Winstead 2018 6th The Aggie invitational lSU Baton Rouge, louisiana 2018 tie 3rd old Waverly Collegiate 44-45 64 Years of Champions 2016 2nd Team Rolex Junior All-American 48-49 Members of The U.S. Walker Cup Teams Hayden Wood 2017 medalist United States Amateur oklahoma State edmond, oklahoma 2017 The Carmel Cup Champion 51 The Masters Champions 2018 tie 4th Ameri Ari invitational 52 U.S. Open Champions Cameron Young 2017 new York State open Champion Wake Forest Scarborough, new York 2017 tie 4th Rod myers invitational Rickie Fowler 53 PGA Champions 2017 5th Shoal Creek invitational Champion 20072007-2009 & 2008 2017 tie 8th Warrior Princeville invitational Champion 56 British Open Champions 2018 4th Augusta invitational 57 U.S. Amateur Champions Andy Zhang 2018 Palmer Cup international Team Florida Bejing, China 2018 nCAA Kisimmee Regional Champion 58 U.S. Junior Champions 2017 tie 3rd Trinity Forest invitational 2017 Runner-Up Asian Pacific Amateur 59 NCAA Champions 61 U.S. Mid-Amateur & British Amateur Champions 65 Jet 9 66 2017 Sunnehanna Amateur 67 2017 Sunnehanna Amateur Results 69 2018 Hole Sponsors 72-73 Top Returning Players 78-88 2018 Sunnehanna Amateur Field 88 • •• Power of Powder®

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