Month: July 2022

Rich Steinmetz Wins 2022 GALV Lehigh Valley Open

July 12, 2022Comments Off on Rich Steinmetz Wins 2022 GALV Lehigh Valley OpenPPGA

Macungie, Pa. (July 12, 2022) — Philadelphia PGA Member Rich Steinmetz of Spring Ford Country Club in Royersford, Pa., won the Golf Association of Lehigh Valley’s 2022 Lehigh Valley Open at Brookside Country Club by three strokes over Alex Knoll of Glen Brook Golf Club in Stroudsburg, Pa., finishing at 3-under-par for the championship (68-71–139).

Steinmetz, the event’s 2009 champion and 2022 Philadelphia Senior PGA Professional Champion, remained steady in the final round, keeping his three-stroke lead throughout most of the round, while on occasion padding it to four and five strokes. Ultimately, Steinmetz made three birdies and three bogies to shoot even-par and secure his second Section victory of the year.

“I recently figured something out with my putting, which helped with my round yesterday,” said Steinmetz. “I had the same game plan as yesterday, even with a three-stroke lead; keep calm and keep it going.”

Jake Haberstumpf of Bethlehem, Pa., shot an even-par 71 in the final round to finish at 1-over-par, earning Low Amateur honors by three strokes over Michael Ashcraft of Freemansburg, Pa. As Low Amateur, Haberstumpf will receive an exemption into the 2023 GALV Lehigh Valley Open.

Haberstumpf finished tied for third place overall with Doylestown C.C.’s Travis Deibert at 1-over-par. Braden Shattuck, Rolling Green G.C.; and Alex Willey, Burlington C.C. tied for fifth place at 2-over-par.

Steinmetz also finished at the top of the Senior Division, with Dave McNabb, Applebrook G.C.; and George Forster, Radnor Valley C.C.; sharing second place at 3-over-par. The Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Bill Sautter took top honors in the Super Senior Division with rounds of 74-75–150, three ahead of PGA Life Member Michael Versuk.
The 2022 GALV Lehigh Valley Open, a Philadelphia PGA Rolex / The Haverford Trust Company Player of the Year tournament, is supported by the Golf Association of Lehigh Valley, Jani-King, and the PGA Tour. The Philadelphia PGA Section and its PGA Professionals thank our host, Brookside Country Club, its members, management, host PGA Professionals, and staff, as well as our partners, as the event would not have been possible without their support.

To view the full 2022 GALV Lehigh Valley Open leaderboard, click here.

The next Philadelphia PGA Rolex / The Haverford Trust Company Player of the Year tournament on the schedule is the Doylestown Open on Friday, July 29 at Doylestown Country Club. The Doylestown Open is also the final Silvercrest Cup qualifier prior to the final in September.

About the Philadelphia PGA Section
The Philadelphia PGA Section, covering eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, is one of 41 geographical managing entities of the PGA of America. This Section manages nearly 900 PGA Members and Associates who are employed at over 590 golf facilities in our region.

Contact: Matt Frey, PGA, Communications Director, mfrey@pgahq.com

PGA Member Rich Steinmetz Leads 2022 GALV Lehigh Valley Open

July 11, 2022Comments Off on PGA Member Rich Steinmetz Leads 2022 GALV Lehigh Valley OpenUncategorized

Macungie, Pa. (July 11, 2022) — Philadelphia PGA Member Rich Steinmetz of Spring Ford Country Club in Royersford, Pa., leads the Golf Association of Lehigh Valley’s 2022 Lehigh Valley Open at Brookside Country Club by three strokes, following his 3-under-par opening round of 68.

It was the first time seeing the Brookside layout for many of the PGA Professionals in the field as this is the first new host site for the GALV Lehigh Valley Open since 2009. The Section did host its Philadelphia PGA Professional Championship at Brookside in 1968, won by Stan Dudas. Between the steady breeze and the difficult greens, most scores remained near par or over.

Steinmetz, however, managed to make four birdies and only one bogey in his opening round, placing him three strokes ahead of Alex Willey, Burlington C.C.; Jeff Fick, Moselem Springs G.C.; and Travis Deibert, Doylestown C.C. Four players are tied for third, four back: Brian Kelly, Bucknell G.C.; Trevor Bensel, Sandy Run C.C.; and amateur Jake Haberstumpf, Bethlehem, Pa.; and Rocco Sgrillo, John F. Byrne G.C.

In the race for Low Amateur honors, Haberstumpf leads the way by two strokes over Zach Fischl, Bethelem, Pa.; and Michael Ashcraft, Freemansbirg, Pa. Scott Kalamar, Bethlehem, Pa.; is in solo fourth place at 5-over-par. Three amateurs are tied for fifth place at 6-over-par.

Brian Kelly leads the Senior Division at 1-over-par, one clear of Applebrook G.C.’s Dave McNabb; Hugo Mazzalupi, Linfield National G.C.; and George Forster, Radnor Valley C.C. John Pillar, C.C. of Woodloch Springs, is in fifth at 3-over-par.

The Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Bill Sautter leads the Super Seniors following his 3-over-par round of 74. PGA Life Member Michael Versuk is six behind Sautter.

The 2022 GALV Lehigh Valley Open’s final round is scheduled to conclude tomorrow, July 12.to Due to the weather forecast for tomorrow’s final round, starting times will be moved to 8:30-10:10 a.m., with a two-tee start.

The 2022 GALV Lehigh Valley Open, a Philadelphia PGA Rolex / The Haverford Trust Company Player of the Year tournament, is supported by the Golf Association of Lehigh Valley, Jani-King, and the PGA Tour. The Philadelphia PGA Section and its PGA Professionals thank our host, Brookside Country Club, its members, management, host PGA Professionals, and staff, as well as our partners, as the event would not have been possible without their support.

To view the full 2022 GALV Lehigh Valley Open leaderboard, click here.

The next Philadelphia PGA Rolex / The Haverford Trust Company Player of the Year tournament on the schedule is the Doylestown Open on Friday, July 29 at Doylestown Country Club. The Doylestown Open is also the final Silvercrest Cup qualifier prior to the final in September.

About the Philadelphia PGA Section
The Philadelphia PGA Section, covering eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, is one of 41 geographical managing entities of the PGA of America. This Section manages nearly 900 PGA Members and Associates who are employed at over 590 golf facilities in our region.

Contact: Matt Frey, PGA, Communications Director, mfrey@pgahq.com

Submit Philadelphia PGA Board Nominations

July 11, 2022Comments Off on Submit Philadelphia PGA Board NominationsPPGA
The Philadelphia PGA Section is seeking nominations for District Directors in Districts 2, 4, and 6. The election is scheduled to take place at our Fall Membership Meeting on October 31, 2022.
  • District 2 Director
    All of Delaware and part of Maryland
  • District 4 Director
    Pa. counties: Bradford, Carbon, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Lackawanna, Lycoming, Luzerne, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne and Wyoming
  • District 6 Director
    Pa. counties: Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and Bucks (South of Route 202) counties
Nominees must be a PGA Member in good standing and be from the District they are nominated to serve. Members may only nominate one candidate for each position. The Nominating Committee will produce a slate of endorsed and at-large candidates to the Section Secretary more than 30 days prior to the election. The Section Secretary will inform the membership of the slate of candidates 30 days prior to the election.
The nomination deadline is Monday, August 31 at 11:59 p.m; nominations from the floor will be accepted during the 2022 Fall Membership Meeting.  To submit nominations, click here.

The membership, Officers, and Board would like to thank District Directors Anthony Malizia, Gerry Davis, and Dean Kandle for their service as two-term District Directors.  They would also like to thank Mike Molino for finishing out the term as District 4 Director. As an added note, Mike remains eligible to be nominated as District 4 Director.

Contact: Matt Frey, PGA, Communications Director, mfrey@pgahq.com

Join Us for a Women’s Golf Happy Hour at Workhorse Brewing Company

July 8, 2022Comments Off on Join Us for a Women’s Golf Happy Hour at Workhorse Brewing CompanyPPGA

The Philadelphia PGA Section’s Women’s Committee is hosting a Women’s Golf Happy Hour at Workhorse Brewing Company in King of Prussia, Pa., on Monday, July 18 at 6:00 p.m., and we hope you will join us!

Our Women’s Committee has been working to engage more with our women PGA Members, Associates, and Students, as well with other women industry professionals, partners, and amateur golfers. We view this happy hour as a wonderful opportunity to catch up with friends, acquaintances, and peers, while also providing the opportunity to meet new women who are also involved with the game of golf.

Drink tickets will be provided, appetizers will be available as well. The event is free to attend, and open to all women professionals and amateurs. Feel free to pass the invitation and registration link along to your colleagues and friends who may benefit from attending.

To register, click here.

GOLFFOREVER FITNESS TIP: Pre Round Golf Warmup Standing Up

July 8, 2022Comments Off on GOLFFOREVER FITNESS TIP: Pre Round Golf Warmup Standing UpUncategorized

Here is a simple pre-round golf warmup you can do standing up. This is a quick 8 minute warmup that you can do anywhere. 

 

Warming up before your round – along with committing to a golf-specific fitness routine – is critical to maximize your performance and to stay healthy on and off the course. This goes beyond simply grinding through a bucket of range balls 10 minutes before your tee time. A good pre-round warmup is 5-10 minutes of moves and stretches that prepare your body for the unique demands of the golf swing. The goals of your warmup should be the following: 

 

Engage the Right Muscles Believe it or not, it’s possible to do almost any movement (including the golf swing) using only some of the muscles designed for that particular movement. That’s why it’s important to practice exercises that boot the neurologic system and wake up the crucial muscles for the golf swing. The muscles in our backside – the gluteal muscles – can especially need “waking up” if you’ve been sitting at work all day. A failure to engage the posterior chain can result in a weak, injury prone swing. 

Increase Mobility and Flexibility in the hips, thoracic spine and shoulders. To avoid injury and maximize your swing range of motion, it’s important to go through golf-specific mobility drills in a careful, controlled manner before doing it in a fast, dynamic manner. For example, a lack of mobility in the upper back (thoracic spine) is one of the main causes of lower back injury in golfers. This is due to over-rotation through the lower spine to compensate for the inability to move the upper back and shoulders during backswing and follow through. 

Rev up your Balance System Being able to stay balanced in your posture while generating high speed rotational force is an important skill to play consistently good  golf. The systems in our body that control balance – the vestibular, visual and proprioceptive systems – work better when challenged regularly, even right before tee time. 

A quick pre-round warmup can achieve all of these benefits which will  dramatically improve your performance on the course while decreasing your chances for pain and injury. 

Jeremy James, DC, CSCS

Founder of GOLFFOREVER

Co-Author, The Younger Next Year Back Book. Golf-performance and pain specialist to PGA pros, Fortune 500 CEOs and thousands of everyday golfers

Parks Price Wins 2022 William Hyndman III Memorial Classic

July 5, 2022Comments Off on Parks Price Wins 2022 William Hyndman III Memorial ClassicPPGA

Huntingdon Valley, Pa. (July 5, 2022) — Philadelphia PGA Member Parks Price of the Country Club of York in York, Pa., won the 2022 William Hyndman Memorial Classic at Huntingdon Valley Country Club by two strokes, dodging not only his competitors, but rain drops.

As has become a bit of a tradition at the Hyndman Memorial Classic, summer storms threatened most of the afternoon, but luckily did not amount to much more than a few rain drops. The wind the front brought in however, tested both the morning and afternoon waves, on an already firm and fast golf course.

Parks had an impressively unique scorecard: he recorded 17 pars and one birdie, on the par-4 ninth hole.

“It was a good day out there,” Price said of his round. “I kept the card clean, which is always fun. I had a lot of five footers; if you can make five-footers, that can be the name of the game. Putting my name on the Hyndman Trophy…you just cannot go wrong with that.”

Price went on to thank his wife Maggie, the Hyndman Family and Huntingdon Valley Country Club for hosting, the Country Club of York membership and staff, including PGA Head Professional Kevin Bales, General Manager / COO Bryan Danehy, and the Philadelphia PGA Section for running the tournament.

Three PGA Members tied for second place, all of whom teed off in the morning wave, at 1-over-par: Rich Steinmetz, Spring Ford C.C.; Mark Sheftic, Lookaway G.C.; and John Cooper, Green Valley C.C. PGA Professionals rounding out the top five at 2-over-par: Dave McNabb, Applebrook G.C.; Michael Young, Brookside C.C.; and Trevor Bensel, Sandy Run C.C.

The event is a Philadelphia PGA Rolex / The Haverford Trust Company Player of the Year tournament and the third Silvercrest Cup qualifier of the year. Beginning this season, the Silvercrest Cup series will include four qualifying events for Philadelphia PGA Professionals, and will culminate in a $30,000 Silvercrest Cup final, hosted at Gulph Mills Golf Club in King of Prussia, Pa. For more information on the season-long race to the Silvercrest Cup, click here. In addition to receiving the winner’s share of the purse, Price also took home an additional $3,000 from the Silvercrest Cup qualifier bonus pool; Steinmetz, Sheftic, and Cooper will share $2,000 for the second place bonus pool.

Steinmez and Cooper tied atop the Senior Division, each topping McNabb by one stroke, and Brian Kelly, Bucknell G.C.; by three. Wilmington C.C.’s Bob Lennon and Deerwood C.C.’s Greg Farrow tied for fifth at 5-over-par.

In the Super Senior Division, Bill Sautter, Philadelphia Cricket Club, took the top honors after his round of 75, 5-over-par. Darryl Lock, Skippack G.C.; finished in second place two behind, while PGA Life Member Michael Versuk finished at 8-over to finish solo fourth. Kevin Shaw earned fifth place.

Trevor Bensel defeated Michael Young with a par on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff for the Philadelphia Assistants’ Organization (PAO) event. Andrew Cornish, Cedarbrook C.C.; Alex Willey, Burlington C.C.; and Alex Knoll, Glen Brook G.C.; tied for third place at 3-over-par.

The 2022 William Hyndman III Memorial Classic is supported by the Hyndman Family, Jack Jolly and Son Inc., Jani-King, KM Golf Sales, and Ohana Farm LLC, Silvercrest Asset Management Group, Sterling Cut Glass, and the PGA Tour. The Philadelphia PGA Section and its PGA Professionals thank our host, Huntingdon Valley Country Club, its members, management, host PGA Professionals, and staff, as well as our partners, as the event would not have been possible without their support.

To view the full 2022 William Hyndman III Memorial Classic leaderboard, click here.

The next Philadelphia PGA Rolex / The Haverford Trust Company Player of the Year tournament on the schedule is the GALV Lehigh Valley Open on Monday, July 11 – Tuesday, July 12 at Brookside Country Club. The next Silvercrest Cup qualifier is the Doylestown Open on Friday, July 29 at Doylestown Country Club.

About William Hyndman III 
William Hyndman III was one of the most accomplished Philadelphia amateur golfers in history. Hyndman’s resume developed early by winning the 1935 Philadelphia Amateur at the age of 19; he ultimately accumulated three Philadelphia Amateur titles, 10 Patterson Cup crowns, and six Silver Crosses. Hyndman also made nine Masters Tournament appearances and made a hole-in-one on Augusta National G.C.’s 12th hole. By the time Hyndman ended his golfing career, he had competed in 50 USGA championships, including playing on five Walker Cup teams and winning two U.S. Senior Amateur titles.

About the Philadelphia PGA Section
The Philadelphia PGA Section, covering eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, is one of 41 geographical managing entities of the PGA of America. This Section manages nearly 900 PGA Members and Associates who are employed at over 590 golf facilities in our region.

Contact: Matt Frey, PGA, Communications Director, mfrey@pgahq.com