Fox Chapel Golf Club will host its first major golf tournament since the Curtis Cup matches in 2002 when the 30th Senior Players Championship will be played there June 28 – July 1, 2012.
The Senior Players Championship is one of five major events on the Champions Tour, and joins the US Senior Open, the Senior British Open, the Senior PGA and the Tradition.
Fred Couples won the Senior Players last year at Westchester Country Club in New York.
The PNC West Penn Open Championship will also be played at Fox Chapel in 2012. The dates are July 9-10.
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Death claims two area golfers
The Association received word of the passing of two prominent area golfers in November. One was a highly respected physician with junior golf among her interests; the other was a top notch junior golfer on his way to a career in medicine.
Cameron Peterson, Grove City, passed away on November 1 at age 23. In high school he was an outstanding golfer and swimmer. He competed in many WPGA junior championships, other area competitions, and a national junior schedule. In 2006 he won the Hudson Junior Invitational in Ohio, a nationally prominent competition, plus many other junior tournaments. After graduating from Grove City HS in 2007, Peterson attended Florida Southern in Lakeland, where Greensburg’s Rocco Mediate first made his mark. Peterson was there for two years on a golf scholarship.He then transferred to the University of Pittsburgh, where he graduated last spring with a degree in molecular biology and chemistry. He was scheduled to attend medical school next Fall.
Ann Buck, MD, McKeesport, died on November 21 at age 81. She was a highly respected radiologist and a fine golfer, winning the women’s club championship at Youghiogheny CC twice. Her obituary describes her as “dynamic and incredibly organized.” She was educated at McKeesport HS, Bucknell University, and medical school at what is now Drexel University near Philadelpia. Her medical practice was the twelfth in the nation certified in mammography. Dr. Buck was also on the staff at Magee Women’s Hospital and a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. Her late husband, Rudy, was also a physician, as are her son and daughter. She was very involved in junior and women’s golf, serving as President of both the Women’s Golf Association of Western Pennsylvania, 1976-77, and Pennsylvania State Women’s Golf Association, 1980-82. Dr. Buck also was a member of the USGA’s Women’s Committee, 1984-89.
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The Association’s Executive Committee approved the application of Park Hills Country Club, Altoona, as a WPGA Member Club. Other clubs in the area that are Association members include Iron Masters, Scotch Valley, and Sinking Valley near Altoona, Huntingdon and Standing Stone near Huntingdon, plus Centre Hills and Penn State University Courses in State College.
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Two of nine players with connections to Western Pennsylvania, Sam Saunders and Brendon Todd, advanced to the finals of PGA Tour Qualifying School, to be played November 30-December 5, at PGA West, Nicklaus & Stadium Courses, near Palm Springs. CA. He played college golf at Clemson
Saunders, Orlando, FL, the grandson of Arnold Palmer, shot 68-67-70-75–280, tied 9th, at Southern Hills Plantation, Brooksville, FL, while Todd, Atlanta, recorded 64-72-70-67–273, tied 4th, at Plantation Reserve GC and Club, Plantation, FL. Todd played golf at Rolling Hills, McMurray, as a junior before his family moved, first to Charlotte, NC, then to Atlanta. He played college golf at Georgia.
The other seven did not advance. Jon Mills, Indiana, finished t-31, three strokes from the cut line, at Southern Hills Plantation. He will likely play a full schedule on the Nationwide Tour next year as he was 85th on their 2011 money list. Four players were at Hombre GC, Panama City, FL, Nathan Sutherland, Oakmont, was t-42, Jason Scrivener, Pittsburgh, t-50; David Lutterus, Pittsburgh,was t-60, and Wexford’s Ray Beaufils withdrew after three rounds.
Rob McClellan, Butler, the 2011 West Penn Open and Tri-State PGA Section champion, played at Redstone GC, Humble, TX, where he shot 76-72-73-82-303, t-61.
Washington, PA, native Steve Wheatcroft, will play on the PGA Tour in 2012 after finishing 20th on the Nationwide Tour money list this season.
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Tags: Brendon Todd, DAvid Lutterus, Jason Scrivener, Jon Mills, Nathan Sutherland, Ray Beaufils, Rob McClellan, Rolling Hills Country Club, Sam Saunders, Steve Wheatcroft
After advancing in a Champions Tour Regional Qualifier, Sean Knapp, Oakmont, competed in the Finals at the TPC Stadium Course, Scottsdale, AZ, last week. The WPGA’s Amateur Player of the Year on numerous occasions, including this year, shot 76-69-74-73–292. to finish 70th. The top twelve players received status on the Champions Tour, and the twelfth player shot 272.
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PNC West Penn Open format change
The area’s oldest open championship, started in 1899, the PNC West Penn Open, will become a 54-hole competition in 2012, expanding from 36 holes. The change will be preceded by qualifying rounds and exemptions. The starting field at the Championship will be 78 players who will play 36 holes the first day, then followed by a cut for the final round. This change will result in the likelihood of a larger purse.
The revision was approved by the Association’s Championship Committee at its Fall meeting. The committee determined having a format similar to the West Penn Amateur would result in a more competitive championship, and that qualifying for most of the players is a better way to identify the starting field. Several Opens have produced overbooked fields with waiting lists. Every contestant who is not exempt will be accepted into a qualifying round. Details will be available on the entry form, to be ready in winter, 2012. Next year’s PNC West Penn Open is scheduled for Fox Chapel Golf Club.
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Washington, PA, native Steve Wheatcroft, finished t-8 in the Nationwide Tour Championship October 27-30, the season’s final event, shooting 68-75-71-71–285 on the Ralston Creek Course at Daniel Island Club, Charleston, South Carolina. His winnings of $225,054 for the season were 20th on the money list. More importantly Wheatcroft will have playing privileges on the PGA Tour next season, his third appearance; the other two years were 2007 and 2010. Wheatcroft’s season included a victory on the Nationwide Tour that featured on round of 60. In his five seasons on either the Nationwide or PGA Tour since 2007, Wheatcroft has won over $1.1 million.
Other players with local roots on the Nationwide Tour include Jon Mills, Indiana, who was 71st on the money list with $83,048, and Brendon Todd with $60,035 and 84th on the money list. Todd played as a youngster at Rolling Hills, McMurray, until his familty moved to Charlotte, NC.
Mills and Todd are scheduled to compete in the upcoming PGA Tour Qualifying Schools Second Stage.
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These players either advanced to or were exempt into the second stage of PGA Tour Qualifying Schools to be played in mid-Nonvember.
Redstone GC, Humble, TX–Rob McClellan, Butler
Southern Hills Plantation GC, Brooksville, FL–Jon Mills, Indiana; Sam Saunders, Orlando, FL, Arnold Palmer’s grandson
Plantation Reserve GC, Plantation, FL–Brendon Todd, Atlanta, who learned to play as a youngster at Rolling Hills
Hombre GC, Panama City, FL–Ray Beaufils, Wexford; David Lutterus, Wexford, Jason Scrivener, Pittsburgh; Nathan Sutherland, Wyomissing
Bear Creek GC, Murietta, CA–Michael Sim, Wexford
The odds of qualifying for the finals are about 4/1 for these players. The following are also in the second stage–Woody Austin, Rich Beem, Notah Begay, Alex Cejka, David Duval, Jason Gore, Todd Hamilton, Nolan Henke, Lee Janzen, Skip Kendall, Jeff Maggert, Len Mattiace, Bob May, Sean Micheel, Frank Lickliter, Jeff Quinney, Duffy Waldorf, and Boo Weekly.
Several have won major championships and/or have played on Ryder Cup teams in the last decade.
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