Golf Association of Philadelphia Magazine

2011 CLUB CHAMPIONS

Laurel Creek Country Club Mark Walker Mark Walker Lexi Klein LedgeRock Golf Club Joe Butto Dave Giles June Maier Lehigh Country Club Tom Soares Mike Rowland Ann Bahnick Limekiln Golf Club John Gonsior Robin Roberts N/A Links Golf Club Tom DiCinti Tom DiCinti Joanne Burke Linwood Country Club Tony Lepre Glenn Zuck Laurie Wagenheim Little Mill Country Club Mike Meisenzahl Tom Hyland Sammie Faraghan Llanerch Country Club Jeff Osberg Neil McDermott Carol Wlotko Loch Nairn Golf Club Brian DiStefano Parker Staib N/A Lookaway Golf Club Ronan Culligan Roc Irey Luanne Funari Lu Lu Country Club Paul Kovalcheck Alan Van Horn Christina Koerper Makefield Highlands Golf Club Andy Strock Don Crichton Monika Poelzmann Manufacturers Golf & Country Club Max Muller Jim Macallister Tracy Albertelli McCall Golf & Country Club Cameron Campbell Rick Bunn N/A Meadia Heights Golf Club Corey Gast Craig Kliewer Lisa Dichter Meadowlands Country Club Brian Skrip Dr. Norman Graulich Jill Talus-Grossman Medford Lakes Country Club Ryan Jordan Ken Koszowski Barbara Schwait Medford Village Country Club Pat Curiale Patrick Renshaw Luanne Funari Mercer Oaks Golf Course Glenn Smeraglio Gary Stout Karen Yeh Merchantville Country Club Brian Herman Kevin Mahoney Toni Herting Merion Golf Club Ryan Worthy Gordon Jamieson Catherine Elliott Metedeconk National Golf Club Bill Boyle Basil Maher N/A Middletown Country Club James Austin N/A N/A Moorestown Field Club Doug Dreby Steve Wells Lauren Casale Moselem Springs Golf Club Tom Hyland N/A Susan Butz-Stavin North Hills Country Club Robert Streit, Jr. Robert Garis Meg Sorber Northampton Country Club Nick Sabatine, IV Tom Stitt Kimberly Snyder Northampton Valley Country Club Duane Walker Herb Rolland Karen Marshall Old York CC at Chesterfield Russell Hill John Phillips Carol Brophy Old York Road Country Club Bryan Marvin Ed Enoch Ruth Averback Overbrook Golf Club Chris Lange N/A Emily Endres Penn Oaks Golf Club Phil Over Jim Finlan Pat Loeliger Philadelphia Country Club Kevin Collons Ricahrd A. Smith Jackie Evans Philadelphia Cricket Club Rob Savarese, Jr. Ted Beringer Kerry Rutan Philmont Country Club Matt Crescenzo Bennett Meyer Carolyn Forcina Phoenixville Country Club Chris Fuga John Sikorski Lisa Gaier Pine Valley Golf Club Tristan Lewis Bob Kain N/A PineCrest Country Club N/A Bill Spangler Mari-Ann Wilson Plymouth Country Club Mike Carr Jim Pickens Terry Harbaugh Radley Run Country Club Colin Smith Bruce Herald Nancy Jones Radnor Valley Country Club David Zelouf Gilbert Godin Tracy Nelson Brody Rancocas Golf Club Luis Diaz N/A N/A Raven’s Claw Golf Club Dave Bennett Jeff Thomas Leslie Lewis Reading Country Club Dave Seelig N/A Ruth Gross The Ridge at Back Brook Bert Kosup Bert Kosup Kathy Riepenhoff RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve Bobby Kershner Dennis Perna Lauren Bernard Riverton Country Club Phil Villari, Jr. John Kernan Virgil Maderich Rolling Green Golf Club Ryan O’Donnell Craig Aronchick Karen Bogosian Running Deer Golf Club Joe Russo N/A N/A Sakima Country Club Chris Maxwell John Willadsen N/A Sand Barrens Golf Club Bernie Sickerott Dave Franklin Cathy Bogucki Sandy Run Country Club Robert Bass Alan Van Horn Michele Gavaghan Saucon Valley Country Club Thomas Coakley James Robertson Judy Dwyer Schuylkill Country Club Dylan Shollenberger Dennis Campbell Peggy Cook Country Club of Scranton Michael Vassil Michael Vassil Amy Ross Seaview Resort & Spa Brian Sexton Joe Walls N/A

CLUB MEN’S CHAMPION SENIOR CHAMPION WOMEN’S CHAMPION

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It’s “All in the Family” for Sandy Run’s Women’s Club Championship

When Michele Gavaghan won the Women’s Club Championship at Sandy Run Country Club this summer, it marked her 11th time holding the crown.

For Gavaghan, that meant surpassing the mark of her mother, Carol Gallagher, who won 10 club championships at Sandy Run. Next in line would be her great-aunt, Edith Genesio, who held the title some 15 times.

If there is one thing the women in this family know how to do, it is to win club championships. In the past 58 years, a member of the Genesio lineage has claimed the SRCC trophy 38 times.

Since Tony Genesio and his wife Ann joined as family members in the late- 40s, a Genesio has been part of Sandy Run. And since their daughter, Carol, won the first of the family’s Women’s Club Championships as a 15-year-old in 1953, the name and the title have been synonymous.

“I got into the game be-
cause of my father,” said
Carol Gallagher, who won
her 10 titles between 1953
and 1986 before becoming
an LPGA teaching profes-
sional in 1994, a position she
held for a decade. “Both my
mom and I took up the game
at the same time.”
Ann’s sister-in-law, Edith, who came to Sandy Run when her husband,
Gene, joined the club a year after his brother Tony, won her first club cham-
pionship in 1960, her 15th in 1982. Ann Genesio won the crown in 1955 and
1959 while Gavaghan’s first title came in 1987.

Ann Genesio, Gallagher and Gavaghan each have also held the Women’s Club Championship at Lu Lu Country Club, while Gallagher won the title at Atlantic City Country Club five times, giving her the overall club championships lead. But at Sandy Run, she is now third in her family in a competition that could get intense at times.

“I have been at Sandy Run my entire life,” Gavaghan said. “I’ve always been playing golf, it seems.

“I didn’t realize I was now one up on my mom.”
The Genesio name is not just limited to club championships, as a member
of the family has won the Mater et Filia (Mother-Daughter) six times, the
Powell Cup five times, the Boyle Cup, Dixon Cup and Effie Derr Robey Cup.
Plus, both Ann and Carol played when Sandy Run won the Philadelphia Cup
back in 1980.

Ann Genesio died in 2002. Edith is now 95 and living in Florida.

Carol and Michele still play golf, while Carol, as a doting grandmother, helps Michele’s three children to improve their game. Yes, there is a fourth generation female golfer in the family in 12-year-old Cassidy Gavaghan.