Mount Laurel Township, N.J. (April 22, 2024) — PGA of America Golf Professional Sam Ambrose from Chester Valley Golf Club in Malvern Pa., finished with a 4-under-par 67 and 30 Stableford points to win the 2024 Philadelphia PGA Tournament Players Division (TPD) Championship at Laurel Creek Country Club by 3 points over Zach Barbin, Chesapeake Bay Golf Club. The tournament is the Section’s first Rolex / Haverford Trust Company Philadelphia PGA Player of the Year event of the year.

The Modified Stableford format awarded points as follows: Double Bogey or higher, – 1 point; Bogey, 0 points; Par, 1 point; Birdie, 3 points; Eagle, 6 points; and Double Eagle, 9 points.

Ambrose finished with three birdies in a row, totaling eight for his round. This is his first points event victory and when asked about his round he said, “Winning a points event has been a goal of mine since coming into the Section and it means a lot that I was able to achieve that in a competitive field. I would like to thank the members at Chester Valley, the Section staff and my beautiful family for all of their support.”

Third place was a tie between Braden Shattuck, Rolling Green G.C., and Greyson Rossi, the Peninsula G. and C.C. at 26 points. One point behind in fifth place from GOLFTEC-Moorestown was Joe Kogelman.

In the Senior Division, Rich Steinmetz from Spring Ford C.C. claimed first place scoring 22 Stableford points, defeating Chris Krueger from Kings Creek C.C. by one point. In a tie for third place with 20 points was Brian Kelly from Bucknell G.C. and John Pillar from the C.C. of Woodloch Springs. Rounding out the top five in the Senior Division was our new event sponsor, Hugo Mazzalupi with 19 points.

To view the full 2024 TPD Championship leaderboard, click here.

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