2024 Club Champions!

Zach Barbin and Arlene Zamora are this year’s champs!

Congratulations to our 55th Annual Men’s & Ladies’ Club Champions!

Men’s Championship Flight

Our Men’s Championship flight featured our deepest and most talented field in club history consisting of top ranked Philadelphia PGA professional Zach Barbin, Philadelphia and Maryland Amateur champion Austin Barbin, Delaware Amateur champion Evan Barbin, Maryland Junior Amateur and high school state champion Noah Wallace, top 50 Philly section pro Andrew Barbin Jr, and accomplished amateur/professional golfers Brandon Wilson, Nick Manos, Lucas Kilgore, and Paul Russo.

The average GHIN index of the flight was +4.2! Zach Barbin outlasted the State Open caliber field from our hardest test of golf with a 65–70=135 (9-under par) finish to claim his third career club championship title. Zach’s steady, unrelenting attack was nearly matched by a late back 9 charge by our rising superstar Noah Wallace who turned in a 69–68=137 (7-under par) total to nearly become the first non-Barbin Club Champion since Alex Healy’s win in 2013. Zach’s first round 65 is the lowest tournament score posted from our new 7200 yard silver tees.

Ladies Championship Flight

On the Ladies Championship side, we had a close contest after the first round with 12-time champ Arlene Zamora holding onto a small lead over Keven Lawson, Shelly Pinkerton, and Olivia Barbin, but Arlene proved why she is the GOAT with a dominant second round 74 to claim her record 13th club championship title. Arlene has had another epic year of hardware collecting as she won the Delaware Women’s Amateur in June.

Ladies B Flight / Men’s A, B, C & D Flights

Dona Wakeman would go on to win her first ever flighted club title with a super close bout with the rising Lai Li in the Ladies B Flight!

On the Men’s A Flight, we had another extremely talented field of eleven 2-6 handicappers playing from our 6800 yard black tees. Justin Eldreth would follow up his fantastic first round of 74 with a steady 78 to claim a 12 shot victory over Wyatt Cudmore (80-84) and 14 over Dave Psenicska (84-82) and Caiden Jordan (78-88). This is Justin’s first career title and a testament to how far his game has come along this year! Justin’s 152 from the black tees would have historically won several overall club championships in club history.

On the Men’s B Flight, we had 14 golfers between 8-13 handicaps duke it out in an epic battle. Reigning senior club champion, net champion, player of the year and member of the year Randy Burton took home his first flighted title with a 81-82 performance and a three shot victory over Penn State Harrisburg rising sophomore Johnny Waldridge’s 85-81. Bryan Shaffer would round out the podium with his 86-82 finish.

On the Men’s C Flight, we had a major shakeup from the first round. When the dust settled, Ken Capolongo would follow up his first round of 90 with a gutsy second round performance of 86 to claim his first career championship title and three shots clear of several time flight champ Pete Petersen who also posted a second round 86. Matt Gabriel’s 90-90 would take third. Steve Jordan was our first round leader with a score of 87.

On the men’s D Flight, Doug Phillips Sr would defend his title with a brilliant opening round of 86 – his lowest score of the year. Despite a rocky second round, it proved to be too much for Drew Wakeman and Gordy Kerr to overcome as Phillips would earn his second title by a 6 shot margin.

Congrats to all winners and thanks to the 52 competitors on making this our best field in club history!