Local Juniors in Philadelphia to Represent the RDGA at the 2015 Williamson Cup

The four golfers – Jack O’Donovan from the Country Club of Rochester, Gavin Simon of Locust Hill Country Club, Christian Chapman of Ravenwood Golf Club and Penfield’s Frederic Shi of the RDGA eClub – along with RDGA officials, traveled to Saucon Valley Country Club this week to compete in the 2015 Williamson Cup.

One of the longest-running competitions of its kind, the Williamson Cup is celebrating its 52^nd anniversary this year. Originally conceived as a team competition featuring charter members from Metropolitan New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Buffalo, the Williamson Cup today includes four-player teams from 10 golf associations from across the Northeast U.S. and Canada.

RDGA teams have won the Williamson Cup twice; in 1978, and most recently in 2009, when Gavin Hall, Joe Colosi, Ben Kircher and Yarik Merkulov won the title at Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford. This year, Christian Chapman is the only returning player from the 2014 RDGA Williamson Cup team; O’Donovan and Simon were named to the team after finishing as the champion and runner-up, respectively, in this year’s RDGA Junior Championship last month.  Frederic Shi joins the team due to strong play this year also.

This year’s host venue – the Wayhill Course at Saucon Valley Country Club – first opened in 1966, and today is one of four courses at Saucon Valley. Through the years, many USGA Championships have been hosted by Saucon Valley, including the U.S Amateur (in 1951), the U.S. Junior Amateur (1983), the U.S. Senior Amateur (1987), the U.S. Senior Open (twice, in 1992 and 2000), the U.S. Women’s Open (2009) and most recently, the U.S. Mid-Amateur in 2014.

The forrmat for the williamson cup includes 36 holes of stroke play, with the low three scores from each team counting towards the team total at the end of the second day of competition.

For more information about the 2015 Williamson Cup – including scoring updates – click HERE.