February 25 - 27, 2016 - Palma Ceia Gasparilla Tournament

February 25 - 27, 2016
Hosted by Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club
www.GasparillaInvitational.com
Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club
rivate golf and country clubs were introduced to the Tampa Bay area when,
Prapidly
Palma Ceia was born in 1916 during a time when the game of golf was growing
and Tampa was in the midst of a real estate boom.
start of 1915, the Tampa Bay Land Co., owned by James F. Taylor, began
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Palma Ceia Park, which at that time included the area south of the
Bay to Bay, and from Mac Dill Avenue (then called Lisbon Street) to the
area west where Dale Mabry was built in the 1940’s. Taylor's idea was to offer
100 acres of a subdivision to a group of businessmen to lease for $1 per year for
the golf course, with an option to purchase after 10 years for $150,000, with the
club to pay the land taxes. And so, Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club became a
reality under the leadership of a 10-man group: Dr. J.B. Wallace, M.G. Gibbons, S.
F. Knight, James T. Swann, Dr. J. B. Farrior.
egacy of the original designer Tom Bendelow, lives on today as the street
LBendelow,
that runs alongside Palma Ceia’s No. 2 fairway is called Bendelow Trail. Tom
a Scot, later became the Midwest's most prolific designer of golf
courses during the 1920's.
any consider one of the first official events of the club to be the opening of
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the new clubhouse on Feb. 22, 1917, which featured an inter-club golf match.
Competitors played in plus-fours with long sleeve shirts, ties and straw skimmers,
the golfing attire of the era. The club held a ball the night before as its first
official social event.
it is successful today, before it could really get its feet on solid
AIt waslthough
ground, Palma Ceia experienced financial difficulties with World War I and II.
only through the determined help of some key members that it managed to
survive.
ontinuously through the decades of the 20's, 30's and 40's, Palma Ceia
Cprofessional
was a center for many golf tournaments, with many of the world's greatest
players using Palma Ceia as a hub of operations.
women's golf burst on the scene in the 1940's and Palma Ceia was at
Eonlyarnestly
the forefront with an event called the Tampa Open. At that time there were
about a dozen women golf professionals and only two or three tournaments
where they competed with the top women amateur players. It was during these
early Palma Ceia women's tournaments where the women's golf began to catch on
as a spectator sport.
n 1948 Palma Ceia earned particular recognition when, during a women's
IGolfers
tournament, some players met at the club to form the Ladies Professional
Association.
ll through the years, Palma Ceia has undergone a number of improvements.
Adisappeared
The original 1916 clubhouse, tennis courts, bowling alleys and wooden pro shop
and have been replaced by the current modern pro shop (1952), a
swimming pool and two-story building housing the locker rooms in 1960; the new
clubhouse in 1962; new all-weather tennis courts in 1966 and the clubhouse
remodeling project in 1997 that included new locker rooms, a new pool and other
amenities; and the new clubhouse project in 2008 that included a new modern
pro shop, lockers, and extended fitness facility.
T
he prestigious Gasparilla Invitational Tournament’s roots go
all the way back to The Gasparilla Open which was originally
a match play event for professional golfers. At that time, the golf
tournament was closely tied to the Ye Mystic Krewe's February Pirate
Invasion.
head of 1935, The Gasparilla Open was the top money PGA tournament
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in the United States with an average purse of four thousand dollars. In
1935, the Tournament Committee changed the format and limited the payout
of prize money to PGA professionals only. The committee also banned the
popular pari-mutual betting which was quite common at the time.
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idst 1956, the Gasparilla Invitational resumed as a strictly amateur
event. Over the following years and to this very day, many U.S.
Amateur, Mid-Amateur and Walker Cup players have chosen to add this
tournament to their playing schedules. Top amateurs from around the
country have often come
to Palma Ceia to test their
skills against our local
players and other regional
champions. When the
Tournament became more
connected to a MidAmateur event format,
the rules stipulated
that a participant
had to be at
least 25 years of age
and no longer in
college to compete. An
exemption would
be granted if one
was a current U.S.
Amateur Champion.
Nathaniel Crosby,
son of the legendary
crooner and
golf enthusiast Bing
Crosby, used that
exemption to play in
the 1982 event.
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articipation has
included A series of
U.S. Mid-Amateur
Champions winning the
Gasparilla Invitational
including top amateurs
Tim Jackson, Spider Miller
and Danny Green. It was not
uncommon for USGA Champions
to compete in the Gasparilla
Invitational as a way to prepare them for the fast putting surfaces
and pressure filled environment that they would encounter a few weeks
later in April at The Masters in Augusta, Georgia. The slickly quick putting
surfaces and narrow fairways have fiercely protected par year after year.
In fact, par has been broken only six times by the winners
of the 54 hole tournament. As the host course since the tournament's
inception, it should be mentioned that Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club
has also had some of its own members win the tournament.
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ll the While it is considered to be a serious and elite amateur golf
event, the Tournament has always offered an array of fun parties
and social events. The final round is well attended as hundreds of Club
Members and guests come out to watch the field of elite amateur golfers
compete for the trophy and enjoy the hospitality stations on the course.
The winner of this tournament carries not only the prestige of that
singular victory but has his name linked to the history of this outstanding
event for the rest of his career.
YEAR
2015
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956
PLAYER
Scott Harvey
Doug Letson
Doug LaCrosse
Brian Armstrong
Peter Dachisen
Peter Dachisen
Pat Olive
Michael Morrison
Peter Dachisen
Peter Dachisen
Richard Kerper
Mike Nealy
Peter Dachisen
Tim Jackson
Danny Green
John “Spider” Miller
Bobby Dick
Bobby Dick
Bobby Dick
Wyatt Meyer
John “Spider” Miller
Brad Burris
Dave Boesel
Doug LaCrosse
Peter Williams
Dave Boesel
David Smith
David Smith
Peter Williams
Gary Schroeder
Dave Boesel
Bob Kouwe
Dick Siderowf
Hal Sutton
Jack Shubert
Bob Cornett
Jack Veghte
Gary Schroeder
Buddy Alexander
Jack Veghte
Ed Tutweiler
Jerry Tarnow
Beau Baugh
Bob Rankin
Bob Rankin
David Barnes
Jack Veghte
Bob Murhpy
Jack Veghte
Jack Veghte
Ed Kirkland
Charles Brown
Don Addington
Downing Gray
Paul Tarnow, Jr.
Paul Tarnow, Jr.
Paul Tarnow, Jr.
Maynard Ramsey
CITY, STATE
Greensboro, NC
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL
Holiday, FL
Atlanta, GA
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL
Clearwater, FL
Boca Raton, FL
Tampa, FL
Germantown, TN
Jackson, TN
Bloomington, IN
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL
Tampa, FL
Bloomington, IN
High Point, NC
Orlando, FL
Tampa, FL
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL
Tampa, FL
Westport, CT
Shreveport, LA
Altamonte Springs, FL
Tampa, FL
Clearwater, FL
Orlando, FL
St. Petersburg, FL
Clearwater, FL
Boca Raton, FL
Tampa, FL
Cocoa Beach, FL
Clearwater, FL
Clearwater, FL
Atlanta, GA
Clearwater, FL
Nichols, FL
Clearwater, FL
Clearwater, FL
Orlando, FL
Tampa, FL
Dallas, TX
Pensacola, FL
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL
SCORE
139
207
214
209
209
212
135
213
211
204
211
136
135
207
213
179
67
215
215
211
212
142
212
212
142
217
205
141
209
216
209
210
211
213
213
213
216
207
211
144
216
148
222
217
217
214
219
205
210
212
213
213
210
143
218
219
222
140
#
1
PLAYER
Herbie Aikens
CITY STATE
Kingston MA
HC
+1
2
Steve Albright
Ocala FL
+3
3
Joseph Alfieri II
Lutz FL
4
Scott Anderson
Danville CA
5
Vance Antoniou
N. Barrington IL
6
7
Brian Armstrong
Brandon Aydlett
Tampa FL
Metairie LA
8
Tom Baird
Signal Mountain TN
0
+1.9
0
US Amateur and Pub Links
Participant - MA State Mid-Am
Champion
Multiple winner of the Marion
Masters
Current FL Player of the year Former Nationwide Tour Member
Winner of 16 California State
tournaments in Past 3 years
US Senior AM Participant Competed in 9 USGA Championships
Past Gasparilla Champion
+1.5
+4.4 LA State Mid-Am Champion - US
0
9 Keenan Baldwin
10 Winston Ball
Tampa FL
St. Petersburg FL
0
1.9
11 Robert Bechtol
12 Drew Bleakley
13 Mike Bodney
Tallahassee FL
New Port Richey FL
Jacksonville FL
+3
1
0
14 Glen Boggini
15 Davis Boland
Coventry CT
Louisville KY
+.5
+2
16 Grady Brame
Hammond LA
+1
17 Chad Branton
Cartersville GA
+.6
18 Tommy Brennan
Covington LA
+3
19 Ed Byman
Raleigh NC
20 Bill Charpek
Red Bank NJ
+.2
21 David Clement
Evansville IN
0
0
22 Michael Cook
Orlando FL
23 Terry Cook
W. Des Moines IA
24 Nathaniel Crosby, Jr. Jupiter FL
1
+2
0
25 Mark Cusic
California MD
+2
26 Mike Damron
Zephyrhills FL
1
27 Mike Demo
Tampa FL
4
Mid-Am Participant
TN State Senior Match Play
Champion
Exempt
Exempt Based On 2015 Gasparilla
Invitational
US Mid-Am Participant
US Mid-Am Participant
Chechessee Creek Sr. Invitational &
Jones Cup Champion - Former PGA
Tour Member
CT Pub Links Champion
US Mid-Am Participant - KY State
Mid-Senior Champion
LA State Amateur & Mid-Am
Champion - Competed in 18 USGA
Championships
Exempt Based On Finish in 2015
Gasparilla Invitational
US Mid-Am Runner Up - 7 Time
Winner of LA State Mid-Am
Championship - Competed in 28
USGA Championships
US Sr. Open Participant - Former
PGA Tour Member
US Amateur & Mid-Am Participant NJ State Senior Am Champion
US SR-Am Participant - Defending
Gasparilla Senior Champion
US Mid-Am Participant
US Mid-Am Participant
Competed in Multiple FL State
Championships - Son US Amateur
Champion Nathaniel Crosby
MD State Am Champion - US
Amateur, Mid-Am and Pub Links
Participant
US Mid-Am Participant - Winner
Lonesome Pine Invitational &
Paintsville Open
Qualifier
# PLAYER
28 Joseph Deraney
29 Pete DeTemple
CITY STATE
Lexington KY
Lexington Park MD
HC
+3
+.7
30 Drew Ditty
Ocala FL
+1
31 Cres Dodd
Calhoun GA
+2.1
32 Brent Dorman
Ocala FL
+2.9
33
34
35
36
Kevin Dutkowsky
Greg Eckels
Ned Eddy III
Gene Elliott
Tampa FL
Tampa FL
Overland Park KS
West Des Moines
KY State Match Play Champion
Southern Mid-Am Champion US Amateur & US Senior Open
Participant
FL State Amateur and Mid-Am
Participant
Competed in Multiple GA State MidAm Championships
US Pub Links Participant - Multiple
winner of the Marion Masters &
Henry Camp Invitational
Qualifier
0
Qualifier
0
2.1 US Mid-Am Participant
+3.4 IA State Am Champion 3 Times
IA
- IA State Mid-Am Champion 4
Times - Competed in 26 USGA
Championships
US Junior, Amateur & Mid-Am
Participant - Current MD State MidAm Champion
Qualifier
37 Dan Falls
Gaithersburg MD
+3.5
38 Bill Ferrell
39 Mike Finster
Tampa FL
St. Petersburg FL
3
+2
40 Raymond Floyd, Jr.
Old Greenwich CT
+2
41 Patrick Forbes
42 K.C. Fox
43 Ryder Frerichs
Ontario Canada
Sarasota FL
Seminole FL
44 John Gabler
45 Aaron Gavin
Tampa FL
South Milwaukee
46 Jaime Girardi
47 Troy Glaus
WI
New Port Richey FL +1.4 US Mid-Am Participant
Ocala FL
+1.4 Exempt based on 2015 Gasparilla
48 Darin Goldstein
New York NY
+1.3
49
50
51
52
53
Tampa FL
Greenville SC
Wesley Chapel FL
Tampa FL
Savannah GA
1
+1
+.3
+.8
+2
Blythewood SC
+4
John Goss
Matthew Grandy
Andy Green
Darin Green
Jack Hall
54 Eddie Hargett
0
1
0
US Sr. Open Participant - Previous
Runner Up Gasparilla Invitational
CT State Mid-AM Champion - Son of
Hall of Fame Golfer Raymond Floyd
US Amateur & Mid-Am Participant
FSGA Senior Match Play Champion
Exempt Based On Finish in 2015
Gasparilla Invitational
Exempt
0
+1.9 Winner of WI State Mid-AM
# PLAYER
55 Bev Hargraves
CITY STATE
Helena AR
56 Larry Harris
Lilburn GA
57 Scott Harvey
Kernersville NC
58 Michael Head
59 Alan Henderson
Tampa FL
Jacksonville Beach
60 Jack Hinton
61 Tyler Hogan
62 Keith Holmes
FL
Tampa FL
Atlanta GA
Macon GA
1.7 Qualifier
+.8 Georgia Open Participant
+1.3 US Mid-Am & British Mid-Am
63 Dave Houghton
Brewster MA
+.3
64 Steven Hudson
Birmingham AL
+2
65 Michael Hyland
Medford NJ
+2.6
66
67
68
69
Las Vegas NV
Canton GA
Simpsonville SC
Tampa FL
1.6
+3.4 US Mid-AM Participant
+.6 Qualifier
+1.6 Exempt Based On Finish in 2015
Thomas Hyland
Justin Johnson
Yancey Johnson
Jimmy Jones
HC
+3.2 Member of AR Golf Hall of Fame
0
+3.5
4
1.2
70 Owen Joyner
Bonita Springs FL
0
71 Brian Keenan
Tampa FL
+2
72 James Kemp
73 Richard Kerper
Pensacola FL
Safety Harbor FL
.5
1
74 Brent Kriegshauser Tampa FL
75 Doug LaCrosse
Tampa FL
0
+.3
76 Bradley Lane
Lawrence KS
+4
77
78
79
80
81
Tampa FL
Hampstead NC
Tampa FL
Tampa FL
Minnetonka MN
1
+2
6
2
+2
Windermere FL
0
Championship
Invitational - World Series MVP
US Mid-Am Participant - Long Island
Mid-Am Champion
Qualifier
US Mid-Am Participant
Qualifier
Qualifier
US Senior AM Quarterfinalist Current Canadian Sr Am Champion Current GA State Mid-Am Champion
US Senior Open Participant - 14
Time SCGA Champion
Earl Lanoue
Matthew Latham
Josh Layton
Ryan Lee
James Lehman
82 Bob Levy, Sr.
83 Scott Lynch
Land O Lakes FL
84 Frazer MacKechnie Tampa FL
1
3
- Competed in Multiple USGA
Championships - British Am Runner
up
Competitor in Multiple GA Mid-Am
Championships
US Mid-Amateur Champion - Walker
Cup Member - Masters Participant Defending Gasparilla Champion
Qualifier
US Mid-AM Participant
Participant
US Senior AM & Mid-Am Participant
- Current New England Senior
Am Champion - MA State Mid-Am
Champion
US Senior AM Participant - AL State
Senior and Mid-AM Champion - AL
Player of the Year 3x
US Mid-Am Participant - NJ State
Mid-AM Champion
US Senior AM & Mid-Am Participant
Gasparilla Invitational
Houston Amateur Champion Competed in 3 USGA Championships
Competitor in Multiple USGA & FSGA
Events
US Mid-Am Participant
Past Gasparilla Champion - 8 USGA
Championships
Qualifier
Past Gasparilla Champion Champion FL State Amateur, MidAm & Senior Am
Current Kansas Mid-Amateur Player
of the Year
Qualifier
US Mid-Am Participant
Qualifier
Qualifier
Competed in 11 USGA
Championships - Brother of PGA
golfer Tom
US Senior AM Participant - FL State
Amateur, Mid-Am & Senior Am
Participant
FL Senior Open Participant
Qualifier
#
85
86
87
88
PLAYER
Bob Mathers
Derek Meinhart
Dalton Melnyk
Steve Melnyk
CITY STATE
Niceville FL
Matton IL
Atlanta GA
Jacksonville FL
HC
+2
+3.2
+1.6
0
89
90
91
92
Richard Messina
Davis Miller
Rodean Minto
William Mitchell
Garden City NY
Tampa FL
New Haven CT
Roswell GA
0
+1 Qualifier
+.9 US Mid-AM Competitor
+3.1 Competed in 15 USGA
93 Nicholas Mullhaupt
94 Kyle Nathan
Palm Desert CA
Glenview IL
95 Chuck Nettles
96 Jeff Neugebauer
97 Lee Palms
98
99
100
101
102
Jim Pearson
David Poteet
Brooks Price
Brad Quiri
Don Reycroft
HC
+1.7 US Mid-Am Participant
Qualifier
0
+2 US Amateur & Mid-Am Participant -
121 Jack Twomey
122 John Vaccaro
Tampa FL
Sarasota FL
3
+.1
123 Neil Vanleeuwen
Tarpon Springs FL
124 Michael Walters
Tampa FL
+4 US Amateur Participant
+3.5 US Mid-Am Participant - IL State
125 Tom Wharton
126 John White
Washington DC
Tampa FL
McMurray PA
Tampa FL
Greenville SC
.9
+.4
+3
127 Josh Williamowsky
128 Bo Wulbern
Bethesda MD
Tampa FL
Charlotte NC
Suwanee GA
Dallas TX
Tampa FL
Norfolk MA
+2.9
+2.5
+2.1
0
+.9
US Mid-Am Participant
US Pub Links & Mid-Am Participant
US Amateur Champion - British
Amateur Champion - Walker Cup
Member - Former PGA Tour Member
US Mid-Am Participant
PLAYER
Rick Sulzer
Dustin Taylor
Justin Tereshko
1
1.9
Championships
Mid-Am Champion
US Mid-Am Participant
Qualifier
US Mid-Am Participant - SC Golf
Assoc. Player of the Year
US Senior Amateur Participant
US Mid-Am Participant
Dallas City Champion
FL State Amateur Champion
US Senior Open Participant - US
Senior Am Participant
US Senior Open Participant
103 George Roat
104 Jim Rollefson
Windemere FL
Naples FL
.2
1.4
105
106
107
108
Tampa FL
Alpharetta GA
Newburgh IN
Tampa FL
+3
+2
+1
2.8
109 Stuart Sierra
110 Greg Singleton
111 John Skeadas
Tampa FL
Tampa FL
Savannah GA
1.4
4
1
112 Jerry Slagle
Southlake TX
+1.6
113 Keith Smith
114 William Sprague
Franklin MA
Tampa FL
+2
+1.3 US Mid-Am Participant - FL State
115 Ken Stevenson
116 Doug Stiles
Tallahassee FL
Athens GA
3
+1
117 Rusty Strawn
McDonough GA
.6
Paul Royak
Bob Royak
Robin Rubrecht
Kim Schwencke
#
118
119
120
CITY STATE
Carrollton TX
Tampa FL
Jamestown NC
US Mid-Am Participant
US Senior Open Participant - US
Mid-Am Participant
Runner Up Gasparilla Invitational 3x
US Mid-Am Participant
Evansville Senior City Champion 3x
US Senior Am Participant - Past
Gasparilla Senior Champion 2x
US Mid-Am Participant
Qualifier
US Senior Open Participant - US
Mid-Am Participant
US Mid Am Participant - Henry
Camp Invitational Champion
MA State Senior Am Champion
Am and Mid-Am Participant
US Mid-Am Participant
US Amateur & Senior Am Participant
- British Am Participant
GA State Mid-Am Champion
NC Open Champion
Qualifier
US Senior Open Participant - NY
State Mid-Amateur Champion
US Senior Am Participant - British
Senior Am Participant
US Open Participant - US Senior
Open Participant - US Senior AM
Quarter Finalist 2x - Former PGA
Tour Member
MD State Am Participant
+1.2
Exempt Based On 2015 Gasparilla
2
+1
3
Invitational
US Mid-Am Participant
Exempt Based On 2015 Gasparilla
Invitational
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February 25 - 27, 2016
Gasparilla Tournament Committees
Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club
1601 MacDill Avenue
Tampa, FL 33629
Phone (813) 253-3061
Fax (813) 253-2216
www.GasparillaInvitational.com
Executive Committee
Chuck Davis - Chairman
John Gabler
Dan Howell
Doug Lacrosse
Mark Mathiason
Paul Royak
Mike Walters
Tournament Committee
Bo Wulbern - Chairman
Jason Cohen
Paul Degance
Kevin Dutkowsky
Michael Head
Ryan Lee
Greg Singleton
John White
Greg Wilkerson
Dave Winter