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- YEAR 7: CLASS OF 2010 Sal Picone, 52 (age at time of induction)
- YEAR 7: CLASS OF 2010 Rich Kovacs, 61 (age at time of induction)
- LEHIGH VALLEY GOLF HALL OF FAME YEAR 6: CLASS OF 2009 CLUB PROFESSIONAL: Wayne Phillips
- GUEST SPEAKER: Robin McCool
- Wayne Phillips, 52 (age at time of induction)
- YEAR 6: CLASS OF 2009 Bruce Young, 61 (age at time of induction)
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- YEAR 6: CLASS OF 2009 Harold Bilheimer 1921-2002
- YEAR 6: CLASS OF 2009 Darrell Lawson, 67 (age at time of induction)
- YEAR 6: CLASS OF 2009 John Makuvek, 73 (age at time of induction)
- LEHIGH VALLEY GOLF HALL OF FAME YEAR 5: CLASS OF 2008 PRE-1970 CLUB PROFESSIONAL: Ralph Hutchison
- GUEST SPEAKER: Tony Leodora
- YEAR 5: CLASS OF 2008 Dick Adam, 73 (age at time of induction) 1935-2013
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John McCurry, 63 (age at time of induction) Alabama native Allentown resident
1997 Bank of Boston Classic (made the cut, earned $660). Local Amateur Tournament Victories (Individual): * Lehigh Valley Medal Play Championship: 1991 * Allentown City Match Play Championship: 1985, 1989, 1992, 1993 * Lehigh Valley Mid-Amateur Championship: 1996 * Bethlehem Golf Club Medal Play Championship: 1996
* Lehigh Valley Senior Inter-Club Championship: 2004 * Lehigh Valley Senior Amateur Medal Play Championship: 2009
* Iron Lakes Country Club club champion * GALV Better Ball of Partners: 2003 * Paul Clymer Memorial Better Ball of Partners: 1987, 1990, 1995 Allentown City Match Play Championship runner-up: 1980 Lehigh Valley Senior Amateur Medal Play Championship third place: 2013 Lehigh County Player of the Year: 1991 Lehigh Valley Inter-Club Championship (Seniors) - Most Valuable Player: 2003 YEAR 7: CLASS OF 2010 Sal Picone, 52 (age at time of induction) Phillipsburg native Palmer Township resident
New Jersey State Wrestling Championship: 129 lbs. runner-up Lehigh Valley Player of the Year: 2003 Northampton County Player of the Year: 2003, 2009 Local Amateur Tournament Victories (Individual): * Lehigh Valley Amateur: 2003, 2007 * Lehigh Valley Inter-Club Championship: 2004
* Allentown City Match Play Championship: 2007 Other Local Amateur Tournament Victories: * Green Pond Country Club club champion: 1996, 1998, 2003 * Wedgewood Golf Course club champion: 2009 * Tarz Ford Memorial: 2007 * GALV Better Ball of Partners: 1997
U.S. Public Links – second alternate in 2004. Was in a three-person playoff with Kevin Blue of Canada (first alternate), and two-time LPGA TOUR tournament winner Michelle Wie. Lehigh Valley Amateur runner-up: 1992 YEAR 7: CLASS OF 2010 Rich Kovacs, 61 (age at time of induction) Easton native Bethlehem Township resident
Member of 1974 Moravian College Middle Atlantic Conference team champions Captain and Most Valuable Player of the 1975 Moravian College golf term
Co-founder: 1989 Lehigh Valley Tournament of Champions Founder: 1990 Lehigh Valley Player of the Year: 1990 Lehigh Valley Senior Player of the Year: 2005 Northampton County Player of the Year: 1990, 1996 Lehigh Valley Inter-Club Championship - Most Valuable Player: 1992 Lehigh Valley Inter-Club Championship (Seniors) - Most Valuable Player: 2002
* Lehigh Valley Tournament of Champions: 1990 * Allentown City Match Play Championship: 1990 * Bethlehem Golf Club Medal Play Championship: 1991 * Northeast Pennsylvania Stroke Play Championship: 1996
* Lehigh Valley Senior Amateur Stroke Play Championship: 2004 * Lehigh Valley Senior Tournament of Champions: 2003 * Lehigh Valley Senior Inter-Club Championship: 2006 * Eastern Pennsylvania Senior Amateur Championship: 2005
* Northampton Country Club senior club champion: 2013 * Northampton Country Club club champion: 2009 * Green Pond Country Club club champion: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000 * Green Pond Country Club senior club champion: 2006 * Wedgewood Golf Course club champion: 1999, 2000, 2004 * Lehigh Valley Better Ball of Partners: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 * Pete Gorgone Memorial Senior Better Ball of Partners: 1999, 2001 * Lehigh Valley Regular-Senior Better Ball of Partners: 2001, 2002
Lehigh Valley Senior Amateur Stroke Play Championship runner-up: 2005, 2006, 2009 Lehigh Valley Amateur semifinalist: 1976, 1977, 1987, 1999
AMATEUR: Bruce Young AMATEUR: Ray Silnik PRE-1970 AMATEUR: Harold Bilheimer SENIOR AMATEUR: Darrell Lawson GOLF COACH: John Makuvek INDUCTION DINNER: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, Green Pond Country Club GUEST SPEAKER: Robin McCool. The Upper Saucon Township resident has qualified for a Lehigh Valley-region record 14 United States Golf Association national championship tournaments. A member of the Lehigh Valley Golf Hall of Fame inaugural induction class of 2004, McCool was the first amateur golfer ever inducted into the institution. The Arizona State graduate was employed by close friend and PING GOLF founder Karsten Solheim, and is an associate of many touring pros from Arizona State including Phil Mickleson. Wayne Phillips, 52 (age at time of induction) Lancaster, PA native; Bethlehem resident Indiana University of Pennsylvania: 1979 Indiana University of Pennsylvania Golf Team: four-year team member (1975-1979), won six collegiate tournament titles, 1979 NCAA Division II All-American Honorable Mention. Head Golf Professional: Lehigh Country Club: 1986 - present Head Golf Professional: Mahoning Valley Country Club: 1984 -1986 Teaching Professional: Lehigh Country Club: 1982-1984 Assistant Golf Professional: Brookside Country Club: 1979-1982 Philadelphia Section PGA Board member: 1990-1992 Elected PGA Class A member: 1982 Turned professional in 1979
2008 U.S. Senior Open, The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO Philadelphia Section PGA career highlights: Has won 20 Philadelphia Section PGA tournaments 1989: Most Improved Player Award
Played in the two PGA National Club Professional Championship events Won 2009 Philadelphia Section PGA Senior Championship Won 1990 Bermuda Goodwill Championship Has won 30 Pocono Professional Golf Series tournaments
Have shot every score in the 60’s at Lehigh Country Club Seven career hole-in-one’s YEAR 6: CLASS OF 2009 Bruce Young, 61 (age at time of induction) Plainfield, NJ, native; Phillipsburg, NJ resident Rutgers University - 1971 Rutgers University golf team: Team captain, three-time NCAA Championship qualifier (tied for 20th place in 1969 with Tom Kite). Teaching Professional: Infini-Tee Golf Center: 2009 - present Assistant Golf Professional: Harkers Hollow Golf Club: 1999 - present President: Allwood Precision Tool: 1982-2007 Assistant Golf Professional: Crestmont Country Club: 1980-1981 Assistant Golf Professional: Montclair Country Club: 1977-1979 Touring Golf Professional: 1975-1976 Competed on mini-tours: JC Goosie Tour in central Florida; mini-tour in Savannah, Georgia; NGA Tour in Phoenix, Arizona; Peter Jackson Canadian Golf Tour Assistant Golf Professional: Fairmount Country Club: 1973-1974 United States Golf Association national championship qualifications: U.S. Amateur: 1987, 1990, 1993 State Championship victories: New Jersey Mid-Amateur champion: 1992, 1994, 1995 1987 New Jersey Four-Ball champion
1998 Tarz Ford Memorial 1997, 1998 Harkers Hollow Golf Club club championship 1972 Daily News Ike Team Champion Professional Tournament victories: 2007 Cooperstown Senior Open - Sophomore Division 1975 Palm Coast Tournament of Champions
Lehigh Valley Tournament of Champions runner-up: 1996, 1997, 1998 New Jersey Mid-Amateur runner-up: 1989, 1991 New Jersey Four Ball Championship runner-up: 1986, 1988 New Jersey PGA Championship runner-up: 1979 Metropolitan Golf Association Open third place: 1977 New Jersey Open runner-up: 1976, 1977
Allentown native; Upper Macungie Township resident California University of Pennsylvania: 1983
Golf Professional: Silver Creek Country Club: 1984 - 2013 Head Golf Professional at Silver Creek Country Club for nine years Turned professional in 1984, PGA Class A membership in 1987 United States Golf Association national championship qualifications: U.S. Amateur: 1983 U.S. Public Links: 1982, 1983 1982: qualified for match play, advanced to the round of 32 1983: qualified for match play, advanced to the quarterfinals
2000: Dodge Golf Classic 2000: Philadelphia Pro-Junior Championship 1998: Philadelphia Pro-Pro Championship 1986: Philadelphia Assistant Professional Championship
1986, 1990: represented the Philadelphia Section PGA in challenge matches vs. the Mid-Atlantic Section PGA 1986: Finished 20th in the National Assistants Championship
* 1983 Lehigh Valley Amateur Pennsylvania Public Links Championship: three top-5 finishes: 1981, 1982, 1983 College golf accomplishments: California University of Pennsylvania: four-year team member (1979-1983) 1982-1983 senior year team co-captain, most valuable player, and low scoring average 1983 NCAA Division II All-American Third Team 1983 NCAA Division II National Championship Tournament: 15th place All-Pennsylvania Conference First team: 1981, 1983 Won four collegiate tournament titles
1978 PIAA State Championship: 10th place 1978 District 11 Championship: runner-up Colonial League champion: 1977, 1978 Three-time Colonial League First-Team All-Star (Salisbury High School): 1976, 1977, 1978 Two-time Shawnee Junior Open champion: 1977, 1978 YEAR 6: CLASS OF 2009 Harold Bilheimer 1921-2002 Bethlehem native; former Bethlehem and Center Valley resident Moravian College (1942), M.A. in English from Lehigh University Bethlehem Area School District: English teacher, principal at three BASD junior high schools, administrative assistant to the BASD Superintendent of Schools. 1976 Pennsylvania State Senior Amateur Championship - champion Local Tournament Victories (Individual): * Lehigh Valley Amateur: 1957, 1964 * 2-time Saucon Valley Country Club senior club champion: 1975, 1980 * C.A. Buck Cup champion (Saucon Valley Country Club medal play title): 1972 * 3-time Brookside Country Club club champion: 1961, 1962, 1964
Liberty High School (had an undefeated season) Moravian College Moravian Academy Leadership Positions: Philadelphia Golf Association: member of Executive Committee, Rules Committee, J. Wood Platt Scholarship Committee 1987 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship - General Co-Chairman (at Saucon Valley Country Club) 1992 U.S. Senior Open Championship - Group Chairman (at Saucon Valley Country Club) YEAR 6: CLASS OF 2009 Darrell Lawson, 67 (age at time of induction) Indianapolis native and resident, lived in Allentown from 1993 to 2002 Dun & Bradstreet: Human Resources Manager United States Golf Association national championship qualification: U.S. Senior Amateur: 1999 Lehigh Valley Inter-Club Championship (Seniors) - Most Valuable Player: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 (record 4-time Senior Most Valuable Player) Local Amateur Tournament Victories (Individual): * Eastern Pennsylvania Amateur: 1999 Local Senior Amateur Tournament Victories: * Lehigh Valley Senior Amateur Match Play Championship: 1995 * Lehigh Valley Senior Amateur Medal Play Championship: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 (record 4-time champion) * Lehigh Valley Senior Tournament of Champions: 1994 * Eastern Pennsylvania Senior Amateur: 1994 (holds 36-hole scoring record of 8-under-par 135, set in 1994) * Pete Gorgone Memorial: 1995, 2000 Other Local Amateur Tournament Victories: * GALV Better Ball of Partners champion: 1999 * Paul Clymer Memorial Better Ball of Partners * Lehigh Valley Regular-Senior Better Ball of Partners: 1995 Allentown City Match Play Championship runner-up: 1996 YEAR 6: CLASS OF 2009 John Makuvek, 73 (age at time of induction) Bethlehem Township native; resides in Bethlehem East Stroudsburg University Professor of Physical Education at Moravian College Athletic Director at Moravian College (1992 until his retirement in 1996) Moravian College Athletic Hall of Fame Head golf coach at Moravian College for 43 years from 1968 - 2010. Moravian College all-time winningest golf coach: 318-196 record Middle Atlantic Conference champions: 1974, 1994, 1997 Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth League champion: 2006 Undefeated seasons: 1993 (16-0), 1994 (15-0), 1999 (8-0) Individual conference champion: Brian Bergstol: 2006, 2007 Coached Brian Bergstol, who qualified for the 2008 U.S. Open, 2006 U.S. Public Links Coached 1980 Pennsylvania Public Links champion Mike Zambelli Coached Lehigh Valley Golf Hall of Fame inductees Mike Zambelli, Karl Gilbert Coached several Middle-Atlantic Conference All-Conference golfers
* Southmoore Golf Course club champion : 1997 * Pete Gorgone Memorial Senior Better Ball of Partners: 1993
One NCAA Division III Tournament Nine ECAC post-season tournaments One Middle Atlantic Conference title Four Middle Atlantic Conference Southern Division titles
AMATEUR: Mike Zambelli AMATEUR: John Cannon PRE-1970 AMATEUR: Jack Thomas PRE-1970 AMATEUR: Dick Adam CLUB PROFESSIONAL: Gary Hardin INDUCTION DINNER: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, Green Pond Country Club GUEST SPEAKER: Tony Leodora, Associate Publisher of GolfStyles Philadelphia Magazine. Leodora has covered The Masters for over 30 years. Ralph Hutchison 1908-1993 Pawnee, Oklahoma native; resided in Bethlehem and retired in Sarasota, Florida The “Voice of the Masters” at the 18th green from 1947 -1971 Served on The Masters rules and pairings committees Voted a Top Teaching Professional In America award Head Golf Professional: Saucon Valley Country Club: 1936 - 1974 Assistant Golf Professional: Saucon Valley Country Club: 1935 Assistant Golf Professional: Augusta National Golf Club: 1932-1935
Served as an assistant golf professional at Wilmington Country Club under Ed Dudley Quarterfinalist: 1945 PGA Championship 1954 Philadelphia Open champion YEAR 5: CLASS OF 2008 Dick Adam, 73 (age at time of induction) 1935-2013 West Reading, PA native Cumru Township, PA resident Glidden Paints, Reading, PA: 15 years Carpenter Technology: 1981-2000 Kutztown Area High School: 1952 1974 and 1976 Pennsylvania Public Links - champion Philadelphia Public Links champion (1) Local Tournament Victories (Individual): * Bethlehem Municipal Club Championship (now the Bethlehem Golf Club Amateur Stroke Play Championship): 1969, 1972, 1973 * Allentown City Championship (1)
* Hawley Quier Memorial (Tournament of Champions): 1981 * Berks County Senior Amateur: 1989, 1990, 1991 * 7-time Galen Hall Golf Course club champion * Berks County Better Ball of Partners: 1986, 1988 * 4-time Galen Hall Golf Course Member-Member * 2-time Galen Hall Golf Course Member-Guest
1954: Vidalia Indians (Georgia), pitcher, Cleveland Indians farm system, Georgia State League, Class D 1955: Vidalia Indians (Georgia), pitcher, Cleveland Indians farm system, Georgia State League, Class D 1955: Donalsonville Seminoles (Georgia), pitcher, Alabama-Florida League, Class D Kutztown Area High School Athletic Hall of Fame -- inducted in 2008 YEAR 5: CLASS OF 2008 Mike Zambelli, 54 (age at time of induction) Allentown native Dieruff High School: 1972 Three-sport athlete: football, basketball, golf Member of 1974 Moravian College Middle Atlantic Conference team champions Service Electric Cable Television -- Sports Director: 1994 - present Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs -- Play-by-Play announcer: 2008 Host of TV2 Sports Scene show Play-by-Play announcer: Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, Reading Phillies, Allentown Ambassadors, Lehigh Valley Valley Dawgs, Lehigh University sports, Lehigh Valley Amateur qualifying round, local high school sports Lehigh Valley Golf Hall of Fame: Master of Ceremonies Assistant Golf Professional: * Allentown Municipal: 1982-1984 United States Golf Association national championship qualification: U.S. Public Links: 1978 1980 Pennsylvania Public Links -- champion Local Tournament Victories (Individual): * Lehigh Valley Amateur: 1978 Lehigh Valley Amateur runner-up: 1975 Bethlehem Golf Club Medal Play Championship runner-up: 1992 Allentown City Match Play Championship runner-up: 1993 Allentown City Championship runner-up: 1975 Wedgewood Golf Course club champion: 1975 Lehigh Valley Better Ball of Partners champion: 1993 YEAR 5: CLASS OF 2008 John Cannon, 56 (age at time of induction) Allentown native; Alabama resident Kutztown University: 1972; captain of golf team 1971, 1972
Chairman, Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail: 2004-present * President -- Heartland Golf Development, Kansas City, MO: 2002-2004 * Director of Golf -- Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Capital Hill: 1998-2002 * General Manager, Director of Golf -- Prestwick Country Club, Surfside Beach, SC: 1997-1998 * Head Professional -- Port Royal Golf Club, Hilton Head Island, SC: 1995-1997 3 United States Golf Association national championship qualifications: U.S. Public Links: 1982, 1983 U.S. Mid-Amateur: 1983
* Allentown City Match Play Championship: 1981, 1984 * Allentown City Championship: 1972, 1975
Lehigh Valley Better Ball of Partners champion: 1985 Paul Clymer Memorial Better Ball of Partners champion: 1986
Meadville, PA native; Penfield, NY resident Meadville High School: 1942; four-year team member District 10 champion: 1941; PIAA State Tournament qualifier: 1941, 1942 Cornell University: 1949; four-year team member: 1943, 1944, 1948, 1949 NCAA Tournament qualifier: 1949 General Manager: * Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York: 1977-1989 Major events at Oak Hill CC during tenure: 1989 U.S. Open, 1984 U.S. Senior Open, 1980 PGA Championship * Saucon Valley Country Club: 1959-1975 United States Golf Association national championship qualification: U.S. Senior Amateur: 1980 Local Tournament Victories (Individual): * Lehigh Valley Amateur: 1967, 1971, 1972 Other Tournament Victories: 1946 Meadville Country Club club champion 1948 Ithaca, New York city champion
Temple University Golf Team: three-year team member (1972-1974), 1972 Middle Atlantic Conference individual and team champion, qualified for 1972 NCAA Tournament, team captain for three years: 1972-1974, Honorable Mention All-American - 1974. Temple University Athletics Hall of Fame: 2006 Has taught many touring professionals: Tom Carter, Kevin Johnson, Jeff Sisk Has taught many top local golfers: Henry D’Alberto, Brian Belden, Bob Beck, Doug Kingston, Joe Viechnicki, Pat Hardin (son), Tiffany Fisher, Brittany Fisher Head Golf Professional: Northampton Country Club: 1990 - present Assistant Golf Professional: Cedarbrook Country Club: 1986-1989 Assistant Golf Professional: Cornwells Golf Club: 1982-1985 Assistant Golf Professional: Tamarack Country Club, Greenwich, Conn.: 1979 Assistant Golf Professional: Squires Golf Club: 1978 Assistant Golf Professional: Plymouth Country Club: 1977
Elected PGA member: 1982 Turned professional in 1975
Played mini-tours and the European Tour: 1975-1976 Major professional championships: 1988 PGA Championship, Inverness Golf Club 2005 U.S. Senior Open, tied for 46th place, NCR Country Club 2005 Senior PGA Championship, Laurel Valley Golf Club Philadelphia Section PGA career highlights: Has won over 30 Philadelphia Section PGA tournaments 1992: Section Points Champion, Teacher of the Year 1987: Section Champion, Player of the Year, De Baufre Trophy winner (low stroke average). Has played in 10 PGA National Club Championship events
Northampton Country Club: 61 Eagle Lodge Country Club: 62 Cedarbrook Country Club: 63 Manufacturers Country Club: 64 Warrington Country Club: 64 Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course): 64
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