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ProfessionalPGA 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
1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 National Clubfitter of the Year, PING, 1997 Nominated, National Merchandiser of the Year, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008
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 YEAR 9: CLASS OF 2012 Matthew E. (Gene) Mattare Jr., 61 (age at time of induction) Employment2005 to Present General Manager/Director of Golf 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
Budget Preparation Golf Staff Golf Instruction Handicap Program Caddie Program Practice Range Club Storage Services Club Repair Golf Cars Club Newsletter 1999 to 2000 Interim General Manager Saucon Valley Country Club Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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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
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
U.S. Amateur: 1995 Newport Country Club, Newport, Rhode Island U.S. Public Links: 1998 Torrey Pines Golf Club, San Diego, California
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
Lehigh Valley Medal Play Championship: 1995 Harkers Hollow Golf Club -- match play club champion: 1986 Oak Hill Golf Club -- club champion: 1985 Other Tournament Victories: Paul Clymer Memorial Better Ball of Partners: 1997 Awards: 1995 Lehigh Valley Player of the Year Long Drive Competitions: 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 College golf accomplishments: 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
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
AMATEUR: Ed Williams AMATEUR Dave Blichar AMATEUR: Craig Scott SENIOR AMATEUR: Tom Stitt CONTRIBUTOR / SENIOR AMATEUR / GOLF COACH: Fran Tusak INDUCTION DINNER: Wednesday, September 14, 2011, Green Pond Country Club GUEST SPEAKER: Karl Gilbert. Golf Association of the Lehigh valley Foundation – Executive Director; 2007 Lehigh Valley Golf Hall of Fame inductee Jack Eckenrode, 67 (age at time of induction) Bethlehem native Liberty High School: 1961 East Stroudsburg University: 1965 Pennsylvania PIAA State Wrestling Champion: 1961 European Senior Tour: 1997-1999 Played in 1995 Lexington South Africa event, 1998 South African Open Major professional championships: 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 United States Golf Association national championship qualifications: U.S. Senior Open: 1998 U.S. Mid-Amateur: 1993
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
Tarz Ford Memorial (with Barry Frey): 1993 Lehigh Valley Medal Play Championship runner-up: 1993 Liberty High School Athletic Hall of Fame -- inducted in 2006 16 career hole-in-one’s Course record Green Pond: 61 -10 1978 YEAR 8: CLASS OF 2011 Dave Blichar, 47 (age at time of induction) Palmerton native Upper Macungie Township resident Palmerton High School: 1981 Lehigh County Community College: 1983 Guardian Insurance – Underwriter United States Golf Association national championship qualifications: U.S. Amateur: 1993 Local Tournament Victories (Individual): * Lehigh Valley Amateur: 1999 * Lehigh Valley Medal Play Championship: 2002 * Lehigh Valley Tournament of Champions: 2008 * Lehigh Valley Mid-Amateur Championship: 2005, 2011 * Lehigh Valley Senior Tournament of Champions: 2013 * The only golfer in Lehigh Valley region golf history to qualify for the United States Amateur, and win the: Lehigh Valley Amateur, Lehigh Valley Medal Play Championship, Lehigh Valley Tournament of Champions, and Lehigh Valley Mid-Amateur. * One of three golfers in Lehigh Valley region golf history to qualify for the United States Amateur, and win the: Lehigh Valley Amateur, Lehigh Valley Medal Play Championship, and Lehigh Valley Tournament of Champions. Other Local Amateur Tournament Victories: Donald Ross Invitational -- Senior Amateur Division: 2014 Paul Clymer Memorial Better Ball of Partners champion: 2004
1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011 * Lehigh Valley Amateur runner-up: 2001, 2002 * Lehigh Valley Amateur: semifinalist for six consecutive years: 1997-2002 * Lehigh Valley Medal Play runner-up: 1991 * Lehigh Valley Tournament of Champions runner-up: 1990, 2011 * Lehigh Valley Senior Tournament of Champions runner-up: 2014
North Carolina native Elizabeth City State University –1969 B.S. Mathematics Allentown resident Liberty High School math teacher Liberty High School golf coach (1988-1999) PGA Senior Tour 1999 State Farm Senior Classic (made the cut, earned $1,300) United States Golf Association national championship qualifying: U.S. Senior Open – second alternate in 2009 U.S. Senior Open – second alternate in 2001
* Lehigh Valley Medal Play Championship: 1994 * Lehigh Valley Tournament of Champions: 1991
* Bethlehem Golf Club Medal Play Championship: 1990, 1993 Other Local Amateur Tournament Victories: * GALV Better Ball of Partners: 1993 Lehigh Valley Inter-Club Championship - Most Valuable Player: 1991, 1994 Other Amateur Tournament Victories: 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
Bethlehem Golf Club Medal Play Championship runner-up: 1994, 1995 Professional Tournament Victories: 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
Marshalls Creek, PA native and resident Blair Academy -1968 Three sport athlete: football, basketball, and baseball (earned all-state honors in all three sports among independent New Jersey high schools and preparatory schools) Cornell University – 1972
U.S. Amateur: 2000 U.S. Mid-Amateur: 1982, 1994, 1998 U.S. Senior Amateur: 2010 Amateur Tournament Victories (Individual): Lehigh Valley Senior Inter-Club Championship: 2013, 2014 Golf Association of Philadelphia Senior Amateur: 2004 Eastern Pennsylvania Amateur Championship: 1992 Great Bear Country Club senior club champion: 2008, 2010 * Lehigh Valley Amateur runner-up: 1986 Golf Association of Philadelphia – Brewer Cup runner-up (GAP senior match play championship): 2008 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 Easton High School: 1961 Duke University: 1965 Southern Methodist School of Law: 1968
U.S. Senior Amateur: 2000 Local Senior Amateur Tournament Victories (Individual): * Lehigh Valley Senior Amateur Stroke Play Championship: 1994 * Lehigh Valley Senior Tournament of Champions: 2007
* Lehigh Valley Super-Senior Tournament of Champions: 2007, 2009 First player to win both the senior and super-senior titles in the Lehigh Valley Senior Tournament of Champions: 2007 Lehigh Valley Regular-Senior Better Ball of Partners champion: 2005 Pennsylvania Tall Cedars – state champion: 1983, 1985 United States Golf Association national championship qualifying: U.S. Senior Amateur – first alternate in 1999 14-time Northampton C.C. club champion: 1968, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2003 5-time champion Northampton C.C. senior club champion: 1999, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2014 Northampton Country Club records: * 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
Hanover Township (Northampton County) resident Liberty High School: 1955 West Chester University: 1959 Lehigh University, M.A. in Education: 1964
Several Freedom HS golfers qualified for the PIAA state tournament: Gary Riddaugh, Sue Ramanot, Bob Weinhofer, Scott Cericola, Holly Vaughan, Cliff Shaw, Tim Oskin City of Bethlehem: youth golf instruction program leader: 1972 – 1985 Northampton Community College: taught adult golf program for over ten years. United States Golf Association national championship qualifications: U.S. Public Links: 1976 Amateur Tournament Victories (Individual): Golf Association of Philadelphia Senior Amateur Championship: 1995 Other Tournament Victories (Individual): * 4-time Bethlehem City champion: 1971, 1975, 1977, 1980 * 4-time Silver Creek CC club champion * 13-time Silver Creek CC senior club champion Other Tournament Victories: 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
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. Ski Patrolman at Jack Frost Mountain – 17 years Ran with his wife Louise a six-county, five-day ski competition. LEHIGH VALLEY GOLF HALL OF FAME YEAR 7: CLASS OF 2010 PRE-1970 AMATEUR: Norm Schadt AMATEUR: John McCurry AMATEUR Sal Picone AMATEUR: Gary Daniels WOMAN’S AMATEUR: Noreen Mohler SENIOR AMATEUR / CONTRIBUTOR: Rich Kovacs INDUCTION DINNER: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, Green Pond Country Club GUEST SPEAKER: Mike Zambelli. Service Electric Cable TV 2 -- Sports Director, voice of the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, 2008 Lehigh Valley Golf Hall of Fame inductee. Norm Schadt 1917-1999 Emmaus native Allentown resident Daytona Beach, Florida resident Mack Trucks Inc. machinist 1959 Pennsylvania Public Links Team State Championship - first place: Manny Palos 144, Norm Schadt 148, Joe Hoch 150, Ted Beckowski 150. 1964 Pennsylvania Public Links Team State Championship - first place Local Amateur Tournament Victories (Individual): * Lehigh Valley Amateur: 1966, 1968 * Allentown City Championship: 1959
* 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
Woburn, Massachusetts native; Hanover Township resident University of New Hampshire: 1975 Restaurant owner since 1986 Played on the LPGA Tour two years: 1984 - 1985 2010 Curtis Cup team captain. United States defeated Great Britain & Ireland 12 ½ to 7 ½. United States Golf Association national championship qualifications (33): Two (2) U.S. Junior Girl’s Championship * 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
* 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
* 2009 -- Sycamore Hills GC, Fort Wayne, Indiana -- tied for 21st place * 2011 – The Landings Club Palmetto Course, Savannah, Georgia – tied for 9th place * 2013 – NCR Country Club, Kettering, Ohio – named to team YEAR 7: CLASS OF 2010 Noreen Mohler, 56 (age at time of induction) Other national amateur golf accomplishments: * 1977 Eastern Women’s Amateur champion * 1977 Western Women’s Amateur runner-up * 2012: 55th Senior Women’s North & South Amateur champion Pennsylvania State Women’s Golf Association amateur golf accomplishments: * 1976 Amateur Championship -- Huntingdon Valley CC -- -- runner-up * 1977 Amateur Championship -- Heidelberg CC -- -- champion
* 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
* 2013 Women’s Match Play Championship -- Philadelphia CC -- semifinalist New England regional amateur golf accomplishments: * Two-time New England Women’s Amateur champion 1980 -- Crown Point CC, Vermont 1981 -- Hartford CC, Connecticut * Three-time Massachusetts State Women’s Amateur champion 1973 -- Pinebrook 1980 -- Duxbury 1981 -- Charles River * Four-time Massachusetts State Women’s Amateur runner-up 1971
1974 1975
1979 * 1977 Eastern Women’s Amateur champion -- Mid Pines CC, North Carolina * 1978 Western Women’s Amateur runner-up -- Fox Chapel Leadership Positions: * 2009: U.S. Women’s Open: Co-Chairperson of the Marshals Committee YEAR 7: CLASS OF 2010 Gary Daniels, 60 (age at time of induction) Allentown native Upper Saucon Township resident
Member of golf team 1972, 1973 Mercersburg Academy -- 1969 Member of 1969 undefeated golf team 4 United States Golf Association national championship qualifications U.S. Senior Open: 2000 U.S. Senior Amateur: 2004, 2009, 2010. Advanced to the 64-player match play field in 2004 and 2009.
Lehigh Valley Medal Play Championship: 1997, 2001 4-time Saucon Valley C.C. club champion: 1989, 1997, 1999, 2000 4-time C.A. Buck Cup champion: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 Other Tournament Victories: 2012 Golf Association of Philadelphia Senior 27-Hole Challenge 2006 Chesapeake Cup (senior champion) 2010 Pennsylvania State Golf Association Senior Better Ball Championship Other Accomplishments: 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
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