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Congratulations Charlie Carr, recipient of the 2009 Annual Award.
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The Team Championship had 7 teams participate, including 3 Senior Teams. The low three 18 holes gross scores of the four player teams determined the team score. Cavaliers CC won the Team Championship with scores of 73, 77, 79 for a total of 229. Chester River Y & CC team won the Senior Team Championship with scores of 75, 81, 82 for a total of 238. The other teams that participated were from Ed Oliver GC, Newark CC, Pike Creek CC, and Senior Teams from Pike Creek GC, and Hartefeld National GC.

The Mid-Open Championship was held at Garrisons Lake Golf Club, in Smyrna . 66 Amateurs and 8 Professionals competed for not only the title of Champion, but also for exemptions into the 2010 Amateur and Open Championships. Ron Jamarowicz, Hartefeld National GC, and Ed Brown, Rehoboth Beach CC, made a run for the Title by shooting 73's. They fell 1-shot shy of tying Paul Wolfe, Cavaliers CC, who edged out the field and claimed his first Mid-Open Champion title by shooting 72. The Age Group winners were: 35-44 yr. olds, Ron Jamarowicz (73), Hartefeld National GC; 45-49 yr. olds, Tim Freeh (75), The Rookery; 50-59 yr. olds, Mark Surtees (74), Cavaliers CC; 60+ yr. olds, Bob Buker (78), Cavaliers CC.

The Senior Championship was held September 1st & 2nd, at The Peninsula. Stan Zabytko, from Kings Creek Country Club, won his 1st Delaware Senior Championship with scores of 75-75, for a total of 150. The Super Senior Champion was Charles McClaskey, from The Club at Patriots Glen, a five-time past Senior Champion, with scores of 82-73, for a total of 155. Age group winners were: 55-59 years old, Mark Surtees, Cavaliers CC (155); 60-64 years old, Charles McDowell, Wilmington CC (158); 65-69 years old, Harry Steele, Cripple Creek CC (165); 70 and over, Jerry Case, Fieldstone GC (176).

The Four Ball Championship was held at Whitford CC in Exton , PA , on one of the hottest days of the summer! 33 teams competed for the Title, and within flights. Chase Brockstedt, Kings Creek CC, and Boo White, Wilmington CC, were able to beat some tough competition and claim the Championship with a 67, 5-under par! Joe Arrante, Newark CC, and Bob Bechtold, Odessa National GC, won Flight 2 with a 71. Max King, Delcastle GC, and Brian DiStefano, Loch Nairn GC, claimed Flight 3 with a 74.

The Junior Championship was held at Wild Quail G & CC, in Wyoming . 84 boys competed for the Championship and within age groups of 12 & under, 13 & 14 year olds, 15 year olds, 16 year olds, 17 year olds, and 18 year olds. Christopher Hickman, 15 years old, of Chester River Y & CC, led the field after the first round with a 68. Round two saw several competitors vying for the title, including Mason Mendoza, of Eagle Creek GC, Aaron Weiner, of DuPont CC, and John Perrine, of Frog Hollow GC. Hickman and Mendoza tied with a 36-hole score of 143, forcing a thrilling play-off. Hickman was able to edge out Mendoza and claim the Championship. The age group winners were: 12 & under: Ryan Rucinski, Hartefeld National GC, 74-71, 144; 13 & 14 yr. olds: Paul Yunn, 82-78, 160; 15 yr. olds: Matt DiEleuterio, Cavaliers CC, 81-81, 162; 16 yr. olds: Aaron Weiner, DuPont CC, 71-73, 144; 17 yr. olds: Mason Mendoza, Eagle Creek GC, 72-71, 143; 18 yr. olds: John Perrine, Frog Hollow GC, 72-72, 144

Fieldstone Golf Club, in Greenville , played host to the 44th Delaware Open. The competition was fierce with 28 professionals and 54 amateurs competing in the 1st and 2nd rounds to make the cut into the final round. 17 professionals and 23 amateurs survived the cut with a score of 152 or below. Justin Martinson, Hartefeld National GC, led the field going into round 3 shooting an amazing 1st round course record of 63, 8 under par, and followed it up with a 2nd round 70, 1 under par, totaling 133, 9 under par. Chris Gray, a professional, trailed Martinson by 4 strokes with scores of 69-68, totaling 137. Many players in the final pairings made a run at Martinson, the closest being Eric Onesi, of Fieldstone GC, who played consistently throughout the tournament. Martinson was able to maintain the lead and became the 2009 Delaware Open Champion, with a third round score of 74, for a total of 207, 6 under par for the tournament! Eric Onesi finished second with scores of 73-67-73, 213.

The Amateur Championship will be held June 28th - July 1st at Cripple Creek G & CC, in Dagsboro, Delaware. 73 players will compete in rounds 1 & 2, but only 36 players will make the cut into rounds 3 & 4. The 2009 Amateur Championship will have some tough competition with 7 past champions competing! Chris Blades of Wild Quail G & CC, was the low medalist in the Amateur Qualifier, shooting a 69, and there were several players biting at his heals with score of 70 & 71. Be sure to come watch some of the action at Cripple Creek; if you not able to make it you can follow the leaderboard that will be shown on the DSGA website.

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The 2009 Four Ball with Senior Flights tournament was played on a beautiful day at Chester River Yacht & Country Club with the field playing for net and gross prizes within flights. Several teams were both low gross and net in their flights; however they were only eligible to take one prize and received low gross over low net. Kevin Whyte and Lou Peticca both of Bittersweet GC were over all low gross in the field with a 67, and Jimmy Lee, Garrisons Lake GC, and Et Kimble, Chester River Y & CC, were over all low net in the field with 62. This was the first Four Ball event in the Four Ball Series.

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The Spring Classic was held April 30th & May 1st at Rehoboth Beach CC and Kings Creek CC in Rehoboth Beach. 224 participants played the two rounds in damp, cool and windy conditions. The first round was a Four Ball competition with a Stableford competition for the second round. There was ONE hole-in-one in the first round at Rehoboth Beach CC; George Phipps, of Heritage Shores GC, used a 5 wood on hole 13, a 174 yard par. There were 8 flights in this event and each flight was awarded 1st – 4th place.

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76 DSGA members participated in the 2009 Tee-Off Classic held at Odessa National GC on April 21st. This was the 4th year for this event, which replaced the Spring Warm-up. This year teams played a Shamble format, in which each partner hits his tee shot, the team selects one tee shots and then each player plays their own ball from that point. We also threw in a rules quiz on hole 15! The team selected a card which corresponded to a rules question. If the team answered correctly they could hit their tee shot from the forward tee, if they answered incorrectly they hit their tee shot from the back tee!
The field consisted of 4 flights; both gross and net prizes were awarded in each flight.

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