NJSGA Visits Union League Torresdale for 62nd Compher Cup Match with GAP
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The New Jersey State Golf Association (NJSGA) is set to rendezvous with the Golf Association of Philadelphia (GAP) on Wednesday, April 24 at Union League Golf Club at Torresdale in the 62nd edition of the Compher Cup Match.
Last season, the GAP defeated the NJSGA, 11-7 at Mountain Ridge Country Club. Overall, GAP leads the all-time series 41–14–5. The last time the NJSGA won on GAP soil was in 2004, at Bent Creek Country Club.
For the competition, each association fields a team of 12 of its top amateur golfers who compete in simultaneous Four-Ball (team) and individual matches. Each match is worth one point; a total of 18 points are at stake. Any match which ends in a tie results in a half-point awarded to each side. The team with the greatest number of points wins, and if the match is tied, the Cup remains with the defending champions.
Michael Brown, 2021 New Jersey Player of the Year will captain the NJSGA squad. He is the defending New Jersey Mid-Amateur Champion and has also collected three other NJSGA victories: the 2022 New Jersey Four-Ball Championship, the 2021 New Jersey Amateur Championship and the 2020 New Jersey Mid-Amateur Championship.
The Compher Cup was held for the first time in 1962 and is named for former NJSGA president, Frederic Compher, who donated the championship cup and conceived the idea of an interdistrict match with GAP to foster camaraderie and friendly competition between the associations. It has been held every year since, except for 2020 due to the pandemic (COVID-19).
A look at the 2024 NJSGA Compher Cup Team:
Gregg Angelillo, Baltusrol Golf Club
James Arbes, Watchung Valley Golf Club
Jason Bataille, Raritan Valley Country Club
Michael Brown, Rock Spring Golf Club
Anthony Campanile, Deal Golf & Country Club
Austin Devereux, Manasquan River Golf Club
John Havay, Trump National – Bedminster
Eric LeFante, Somerset Hills Country Club
Trevor Randolph, Arcola Country Club
Mike Stamberger, Spring Lake Golf Club
Troy Vannucci, Little Mill Country Club
Pat Wilson, Hamilton Farm Golf Club
GAP Compher Cup Team
Josh Anderson, LedgeRock Golf Club
Andy Butler, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
Anthony Cordaro, Saucon Valley Country Club
Zach Dilcher, LedgeRock Golf Club
Zak Drescher, Bent Creek Country Club
David Kim, LuLu Country Club
Kevin Kramarski, Moorestown Field Club
John Lalley, Llanerch Country Club
Scott McNeil, The 1912 Club
David Mecca, Wemberly Hills Golf Club
Stewart Rickenback, Huntingdon Valley Country Club
Richard Riva, LuLu Country Club
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