Lehigh valley golf hall of fame general information

Professional

PGA Membership: Class A-1 Elected to Membership 1980

Board of Directors, Middle Atlantic Section, PGA

President, Virginia Chapter, MAPGA

Chairman, Membership Committee

Chairman, PGA Scholarship Fund, MAPGA

Member, Long Range Planning Committee, MAPGA

Member, Club Relations Committee, MAPGA

Coordinator, PGA Business School, Richmond, VA

Coordinator PGA Business School, Philadelphia, PA

Member, Titleist Advisory Staff, 1999-2010

Member, Titleist Advisory Council, 2010-2014

Member, Peter Millar Advisory Board, 2000 – Present

Member, Special Awards Committee, Philadelphia Section, PGA

Member, Board of Inquiry, Philadelphia Section, PGA
Awards: Merchandiser of the Year, Philadelphia Section PGA,

1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001

National Clubfitter of the Year, PING, 1997

Nominated, National Merchandiser of the Year,

1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008
Playing: Winner, Jay Sigel Invitational, Aronimink Golf Club 1995

Winner, Carpenter Cup, Baltusrol Golf Club, 1992

Winner, Pro-Member, Cavalier Golf & Yacht Club, 1982

Winner, Virginia Chapter Pro-Pro Championship, 1982

Lettered, Varsity Golf, GWU, 1969-73

Captain, Golf Team, GWU, 1972-73

MVP, Golf Team, GWU, 1972-73

All Decade Team, GWU, 70’s

Saucon Valley Country Club

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Oversee the entire Club operation to include: golf operations, tennis and racquet sports, fitness, grounds, facilities maintenance, pool complex and administration.
1991 to 2005 Director of Golf

Saucon Valley Country Club

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Direct the entire golf program; areas under direct supervision include:
Golf Shop Tournament Programs

Budget Preparation Golf Staff

Golf Instruction Handicap Program

Caddie Program Practice Range

Club Storage Services Club Repair

Golf Cars Club Newsletter

Saucon Valley Country Club

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1981 to 1991 Head Golf Professional

Princess Anne Country Club

Virginia Beach, Virginia
1977 to 1981 Assistant Golf Professional

Chevy Chase Club

Chevy Chase, Maryland


YEAR 9: CLASS OF 2012

Jeff Wambold, 48 (age at time of induction)

Phillipsburg, New Jersey native

Lower Macungie Township resident

General Manager: Allentown Municipal Golf Course: 2006 - present

Director of Instruction: Allentown Municipal Golf Course: 2006 - present
Director of Golf: Indian Creek Golf Course, Emmaus, Pennsylvania: 2001-2006

Teaching Professional: Whitehall Family Golf Center, Whitehall, Pennsylvania: 1990-1991

Assistant Golf Professional: Northampton Country Club, Easton, Pennsylvania: 1988-1989

Assistant Golf Professional: Gambler Ridge Golf Club, Cream Ridge, New Jersey: 1987

Head Golf Coach: Allen High School: 2008-present
United States Golf Association national championship qualifications (2):

U.S. Amateur: 1995 Newport Country Club, Newport, Rhode Island

U.S. Public Links: 1998 Torrey Pines Golf Club, San Diego, California
Club Professional Competitions (Pocono Professional Golf Series):

2006: Silver Creek Country Club Pro-Am – runner-up

2003, 2004: PPGS Player of the Year award – runner-up

2003: PPGS Stroke Play Championship – runner-up

2003: PPGS Pocono Cup – captain of winning Lehigh Valley team
Local Amateur Golf Tournament Victories (Individual):

Lehigh Valley Medal Play Championship: 1995

Oak Hill Golf Club -- club champion: 1985

Paul Clymer Memorial Better Ball of Partners: 1997

1995 Lehigh Valley Player of the Year

8-time Chrysler World Long Drive Championship District champion

6-time Remax World Long Drive sectional qualifier

Won numerous local and state long drive competitions in New Jersey and Pennsylvania

1985-1986: Ramapo State College (New Jersey): competed in 1986 NCAA Championship, helped lead team to numerous victories

1983-1985: Somerset County College

Team captain, two seasons

1984 NJCAA Regional Championship – runner-up

1985 NJCAA Regional Championship – third place

1983 and 1984: competed in NJCAA National Championships
High School/Junior Golf Accomplishments:

1982: NJSIAA State Championship: 3rd place

1982: East Penn Conference: lowest stroke average: 73.4

Phillipsburg High School: four-time golf team captain

Won more than 40 junior golf tournaments in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
LEHIGH VALLEY GOLF HALL OF FAME
YEAR 8: CLASS OF 2011
CLUB / TOURING PROFESSIONAL: Jack Eckenrode

AMATEUR: Ed Williams

AMATEUR Dave Blichar

AMATEUR: Craig Scott

SENIOR AMATEUR: Tom Stitt

CONTRIBUTOR / SENIOR AMATEUR / GOLF COACH: Fran Tusak

2007 Lehigh Valley Golf Hall of Fame inductee

Bethlehem native

East Stroudsburg University: 1965

Played in 1995 Lexington South Africa event, 1998 South African Open

Qualified for the 1997 British Senior Open, Portrush, Ireland

Qualified for the 1998 U.S. Senior Open, Riveira CC, Los Angeles

Qualified for the 2000 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National, West Palm Beach

U.S. Senior Open: 1998

U.S. Mid-Amateur: 1993
Operates Berkleigh Country Club: 2008 - present

Owner of Fox Hollow Golf Club: 1987-1998, 2007 – present

Owner of Jack’s Golf Shop (Bethlehem): 1982 – 1987

Head Golf Professional: Shepherd Hills Golf Club

Assistant Golf Professional: the Tarratine Club, Maine

Assistant Golf Professional: Saucon Valley Country Club: 1966 - 1970

Turned professional in 1966
Amateur Golf Career Victories:

Tarz Ford Memorial (with Barry Frey): 1993

Green Pond: 61 -10 1978

Palmerton native

Lehigh County Community College: 1983

U.S. Amateur: 1993

* Lehigh Valley Amateur: 1999

* Lehigh Valley Medal Play Championship: 2002

* Lehigh Valley Tournament of Champions: 2008

Lehigh Valley Amateur, Lehigh Valley Medal Play Championship, Lehigh Valley Tournament of Champions, and Lehigh Valley Mid-Amateur.

Lehigh Valley Amateur, Lehigh Valley Medal Play Championship, and Lehigh Valley Tournament of Champions.

Donald Ross Invitational -- Senior Amateur Division: 2014, 2016

Paul Clymer Memorial Better Ball of Partners champion: 2004
3-time Green Pond Match Play Better Ball of Partners champion (with Dave Strohl)
8-time Blue Ridge C.C. club champion: 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
6-time champion Blue Ridge C.C. medal play champion: 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002
7-time champion Blue Ridge C.C. Invitational champion (better ball of partners, teammate Dave Strohl):

1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011

* Lehigh Valley Amateur: semifinalist for six consecutive years: 1997-2002

* Lehigh Valley Tournament of Champions runner-up: 1990, 2011

* Lehigh Valley Senior Tournament of Champions runner-up: 2014
YEAR 8: CLASS OF 2011
Ed Williams, 64 (age at time of induction)

North Carolina native

Liberty High School golf coach (1988-1999)

1999 State Farm Senior Classic (made the cut, earned $1,300)

U.S. Senior Open – second alternate in 2009

U.S. Senior Open – second alternate in 2001
Local Amateur Tournament Victories (Individual):

* Lehigh Valley Medal Play Championship: 1994

* Lehigh Valley Tournament of Champions: 1991
* Allentown City Match Play Championship: 1988

* Bethlehem Golf Club Medal Play Championship: 1990, 1993

* GALV Better Ball of Partners: 1993

Philadelphia Better Ball of Partners Championship: 1990

Pennsylvania State Elks Tournament : 1972, 1980

Pocono Pro-Am Series medalist – Allentown Municipal, Shepherd Hills

Pocono Pro-Am Series low amateur – Delaware Water Gap
Allentown City Match Play Championship runner-up: 1989

Bethlehem Golf Club Medal Play Championship runner-up: 1994, 1995

World Golf Teacher’s Federation Super-Senior World Championship: 2009, Hilton Head, South Carolina

World Golf Teacher’s Federation Super-Senior World Championship: 2011, Orlando, Florida
Bill Bishop Golf Classic: 2003, Sicklerville, New Jersey
United States Golf Teacher’s Federation Super-Senior World Championship runner-up: 2011, Orlando, Florida
4 Holes-In-One


YEAR 8: CLASS OF 2011
Craig Scott, 61 (age at time of induction)

Marshalls Creek, PA native and resident

Three sport athlete: football, basketball, and baseball (earned all-state honors in all three sports among independent New Jersey high schools and preparatory schools)

U.S. Amateur: 2000

U.S. Mid-Amateur: 1982, 1994, 1998

U.S. Senior Amateur: 2010

Lehigh Valley Senior Inter-Club Championship: 2013, 2014

Golf Association of Philadelphia Senior Amateur: 2004

Eastern Pennsylvania Amateur Championship: 1992

Lehigh Valley Senior Inter-Club Championship runner-up: 2015

Lehigh Valley Senior Tournament of Champions runner-up: 2014

YEAR 8: CLASS OF 2011
Tom Stitt, 67 (age at time of induction)
Easton native

Bethlehem resident

Duke University: 1965

Southern Methodist School of Law: 1968
Attorney : 1971 to present
U.S. Army: 1^st Lieutenant: 1969-1971
United States Golf Association national championship qualifications:

U.S. Senior Amateur: 2000

* Lehigh Valley Senior Amateur Stroke Play Championship: 1994

* Lehigh Valley Senior Tournament of Champions: 2007
* Lehigh Valley Super-Senior Match Play Championship: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014

* Lehigh Valley Super-Senior Tournament of Champions: 2007, 2009

Pennsylvania Tall Cedars – state champion: 1983, 1985

U.S. Senior Amateur – first alternate in 1999

* Record 14-time men’s club champion

* Only club member to win the club championship and senior club championship in the same year: 1999, 2003

* Has won club championships in five different - and in five consecutive - decades

* 35 years between first and most recent club championship victories

* Won six consecutive club championships from 1977 to 1982

* Club championship runner-up 7 times

YEAR 8: CLASS OF 2011
Fran Tusak, 74 (age at time of induction)
Bethlehem native

Hanover Township (Northampton County) resident

West Chester University: 1959

Lehigh University, M.A. in Education: 1964
Bethlehem Area School District teacher (33 years)
Freedom High School golf coach (1974-1992)

Several Freedom HS golfers qualified for the PIAA state tournament: Gary Riddaugh, Sue Ramanot, Bob Weinhofer, Scott Cericola, Holly Vaughan, Cliff Shaw, Tim Oskin

Northampton Community College: taught adult golf program for over ten years.

U.S. Public Links: 1976

Golf Association of Philadelphia Senior Amateur Championship: 1995

* 4-time Bethlehem City champion: 1971, 1975, 1977, 1980

* 4-time Silver Creek CC club champion

* 13-time Silver Creek CC senior club champion

Tarz Ford Memorial (with Robin McCool): 1985

Paul Clymer Memorial (with Robin McCool): 1988

Pete Gorgone Memorial champion: 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002

Golf Association of Philadelphia Senior Better Ball of Partners: 1997
Special Olympics – 32 years -- volunteer and program director

Coached citizens with intellectual disabilities. Taught them proper golf techniques and golf etiquette. Many of these athletes won first place in Pennsylvania Special Olympics competitions, and some of them went on to place first in national Special Olympics competitions.

Ran with his wife Louise a six-county, five-day ski competition.

AMATEUR: John McCurry

AMATEUR Sal Picone

AMATEUR: Gary Daniels

WOMAN’S AMATEUR: Noreen Mohler

SENIOR AMATEUR / CONTRIBUTOR: Rich Kovacs

Emmaus native

Allentown resident

Daytona Beach, Florida resident

1964 Pennsylvania Public Links Team State Championship - first place

* Lehigh Valley Amateur: 1966, 1968

* Allentown City Championship: 1959
* Eastern Seniors Championship: 1970

* Lehigh Valley Tournament of Champions: 1959

* Lehigh Valley Public Golfers Association: 1957, 1959

* Tri-City Championship: 1958

* Twin Lakes Country Club club champion: 1961

* Wedgewood Golf Course club champion: 1966, 1967

* Willowbrook Golf Course club champion: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963
Lehigh Valley Amateur runner-up: 1967

YEAR 7: CLASS OF 2010
Noreen Mohler, 56 (age at time of induction)

Woburn, Massachusetts native; Hanover Township resident

University of New Hampshire: 1975

Restaurant owner since 1986, retired in 2015

* 1968 -- Flint, Michigan

* 1971 -- Augusta, Georgia -- round of 16

Seven (7) U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship

* 1973 -- Montclair, New Jersey -- round of 32

* 1975 -- Brae Burn, Massachusetts -- semifinalist (lost to eventual champion Beth Daniel)

* 1976 -- Del Paso, California -- round of 32

* 1977 -- Cincinnati, Ohio -- round of 64

* 1979 -- Memphis, Tennessee -- round of 32

* 1980 -- Prairie Dunes, Kansas

* 2009 -- St. Louis, Missouri

One (1) Curtis Cup Team

* 1978 U.S. Curtis Cup Team -- Apawammis CC, Rye, New York. 1-1-1 record. The U.S. team defeated Great Britain and Ireland 12-6

Five (5) U.S. Women’s Open

* 1976 -- Rolling Green CC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

* 1977 -- Hazeltine National, Minnesota

* 1978 -- Country Club of Indianapolis, Indiana

* 1979 -- Brooklawn CC, Fairfield, Connecticut

* 1984 -- Salem CC, Massachusetts

YEAR 7: CLASS OF 2010
Noreen Mohler, 56 (age at time of induction)
Seven (7) U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship

* 2007 -- Desert Forest, Carefree, Arizona -- round of 32

* 2008 -- Barton Creek, Ann Arbor, Michigan -- semifinalist

* 2009 -- Golden Hills Golf & Polo, Ocala, Florida -- round of 16

* 2010 – Wichita CC, Wichita, Kansas -- round of 64

* 2011 – Bayville Golf Club, Virginia Beach, Virginia – round of 32

* 2012 – Briggs Ranch Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas – round of 32

* 2014 – Harbour Trees Golf Club, Noblesville, Indiana

Eight (8) U.S. Women’s Senior Amateur Championship

* 2006 -- Sea Island, Georgia -- round of 32

* 2007 -- Sunriver Bend, Oregon -- quarterfinalist

* 2008 -- Tulsa, Oklahoma -- round of 16

* 2009 -- The Homestead Cascades Course, Hot Springs, Virginia – quarterfinalist

* 2010 -- Fiddlesticks CC, Fort Myers, Florida

* 2011 -- The Honors Course, Chattanooga, Tennessee – round of 64

* 2012 -- Hershey CC West Course, Hershey, Pennsylvania – round of 32

* 2014 – Hollywood Golf Club, Deal, New Jersey – round of 16
Three (3) U.S. Women’s State Team Championship

* 2009 -- Sycamore Hills GC, Fort Wayne, Indiana -- tied for 21^st place

* 2011 – The Landings Club Palmetto Course, Savannah, Georgia – tied for 9^th place

* 2013 – NCR Country Club, Kettering, Ohio – named to team

* 1977 Eastern Women’s Amateur champion

* 1976 Amateur Championship -- Huntingdon Valley CC -- -- runner-up

* 1977 Amateur Championship -- Heidelberg CC -- -- champion
* 2006 Senior Women’s Amateur Championship -- Oakmont CC -- runner-up

* 2007 Senior Women’s Amateur Championship -- Manufacturer’s CC -- quarterfinalist

* 2008 Senior Women’s Amateur Championship -- Huntsville CC -- champion

* 2009 Senior Women’s Amateur Championship -- Kahkwa GC, Erie -- runner-up

* 2010 Senior Women’s Amateur Championship – Whitemarsh Valley CC, Lafayette Hill -- runner-up

* 2011 Senior Women’s Amateur Championship – Country Club of York -- quarterfinalist

* 2012 Senior Women’s Amateur Championship – Allegheny Country Club -- quarterfinalist

* 2013 Senior Women’s Amateur Championship – Gulph Mills Golf Club – champion

* 2014 Senior Women’s Amateur Championship – Bent Creek Golf Club – champion

* 2015 Senior Women’s Amateur Championship – Sewickley Country Club – runner-up

* 2013 Women’s Match Play Championship -- Philadelphia CC -- semifinalist

* Two-time New England Women’s Amateur champion

1980 -- Crown Point CC, Vermont

1981 -- Hartford CC, Connecticut

1973 -- Pinebrook

1980 -- Duxbury

1981 -- Charles River

* Four-time Massachusetts State Women’s Amateur runner-up

1971

1975

* 2009: U.S. Women’s Open: Co-Chairperson of the Marshals Committee

Allentown native

Upper Saucon Township resident
Automobile Dealership executive
The University of Denver – 1973

Member of golf team 1972, 1973

Member of 1969 undefeated golf team

U.S. Senior Open: 2000

U.S. Senior Amateur: 2004, 2009, 2010. Advanced to the 64-player match play field in 2004 and 2009.
Local Amateur Tournament Victories (Individual):

Lehigh Valley Medal Play Championship: 1997, 2001

4-time C.A. Buck Cup champion: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004

2012 Golf Association of Philadelphia Senior 27-Hole Challenge

2006 Chesapeake Cup (senior champion)

2010 Pennsylvania State Golf Association Senior Better Ball Championship

2010 U.S. Senior Amateur sectional qualifier -- medalist

2009 Golf Association of Philadelphia Senior Player of the Year

2000 U.S. Senior Open sectional qualifier -- medalist

1999 Dixie Amateur senior division -- quarterfinalist

1995 Golf Association of Philadelphia Mid-Amateur -- third place

Lehigh Valley Senior Player of the Year runner-up: 2009

YEAR 7: CLASS OF 2010