Press Release

2007 Shawnee Open Historic and Enduring PGA Tournament
56 years and counting, founded in 1912

PGA Golf Tournament September 4th and 5th
Tuesday 10:40 am (tee times)
Finals - Wednesday 8:00 am (tee times)

The place is The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort. Fred Waring is on the porch with his Pennsylvanians and the last caddie went out for the day. Jackie Gleason is taking a lesson at The Swing’s the Thing Golf School. Arnold Palmer is talking to a beautiful young girl named Winnie that he just met on the front porch of the Inn. And Dwight Eisenhower is on the ninth hole still trying to make a treacherous downhill putt. If you can remember and of these events, then you remember The Shawnee Open, one of the oldest PGA events in the state if not in the country.
The Shawnee Open began in 1912, and since then six U.S Open Champions have won the tournament: Fred McLeod, John McDermott, Walter Hagen, James Barnes, Johnny Farrell, and Lawson Little. Former PGA President Jack Connelly also won the event in 1979. Pete Oakley won the Shawnee Open a record six times (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992 and 1998) and more recently, Pete won the Senior British Open in 2004. The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort is pleased to announce that this year, the Shawnee Open PGA Tournament will be held on Tuesday, September 4th and Wednesday, September 5th with a $10,000 purse.
The Open will be held at the Shawnee Inn’s signature island course on the Delaware River. Spectators will see professional golfers from the Philadelphia Section of the PGA compete in this classic tournament. Your presence as a spectator will help make this event a huge success, and admission is free.
The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort’s Golf Professional, Joe Manley, confidently says “We are happy to continue this long time tradition with the best playing professionals in the Philadelphia Section PGA competing.” Past and current PGA Tour and Senior Tour participants will be playing in the event. Joe Manley and his staff are eager to see new faces in the crowd and encourage spectators to come see some great shot-making by the Pro’s! See list of players below with their corresponding golf course or country club.

Years the Shawnee Open has been played: 1912-1930, 1936-1938, 1949-1962, 1964, 1979-1989, 1998-2005, and this year 2007.

2007 Shawnee Open Player List:

Senior Purse

George Forster - Radnor Valley CC
Mike Mack - Burlington
Greg Wall - Pocono Manor Resort
Greg Farrow - Deerwood
Bill Sautter - Philadelphia Cricket Club
David Nevatt
John Carson - Limekiln Golf Club
Jim Miller - Shawnee CC
John Tyrell - Running Deer GC
Don DeAngelis - Woods Golf Center
Mark Monahan - Paupack Hills Golf & C C
Brian Boyle - Skytop Golf Course

36 Hole; Stroke Play

John Pillar - CC of Woodloch Springs
Stu Ingraham – Overbrook Golf Club
George Forster – Radnor Valley CC
Orist Wells - Pitman Golf Club
Barry Dear - South Jersey Golf Center
Gregg Meyer - Riverview
Chris Wisler - Wild Quail G&CC
Brian Kelly - Bucknell
Travis Deibert - Commonwealth National GC
Kyle Hutnik - Lehigh Country Club
Vince Ramagli - Burlington
Hugh Reilly - Twining Valley Golf Club
Dave Olexson - Lehigh CC
Bill Walker - Bala Golf Club
Rob Shuey - Ben's Power Golf Learning Ctr
Adam Corson - Toftrees Resort
John Allen - Sunnybrook GC
Terry Hatch - Golf Club at Hidden Valle
Rich Steinmetz – Spring Ford CC
Greg Wall - Pocono Manor Resort
John Appleget - Cape May National
Greg Farrow - Deerwood
Tom Ryan - Green Valley
Bill Sautter - Philadelphia Cricket Club
Mark Sheftic - Sunnybrook
Mike Moses - Concord CC
Dave Seeman - Back Creek @ St. Annes
Eddie Perrino - Lost Creek
Wayne Phillips - Lehigh Country Club
Chris Stager - Brookside CC
Kevin Edwards - River View
Josh Lewis - Philadelphia Cricket Club
Jeff Haas - Lu Lu CC
Andy Watters - Philadelphia Cricket Club
John DiMarco - Laurel Creek Country Club
David Nevatt - Philadelphia PGA
Eric McNamee - Stonewall
John Carson - Limekiln Golf Club
Mike Cammarano - Little Mill
Dave Quinn - Links Golf Club, The
Tom Byrne - Chester Valley GC
John Diamond - Talamore at Oak Terrace
Brian Bergstol (Amateur) - Shawnee Resort
Jim Miller -Shawnee Resort
John Tyrell - Running Deer GC
Dustin McCormick - Water Gap Country Club
Sean Driscoll - RiverWinds Golf Club
Dave Roberts - Cedarbrook CC
Don DeAngelis - Woods Golf Center
Mark Monahan - Paupack Hills Golf & C C
Rick Flesher - Sunnybrook
Brian Boyle - Skytop Golf Course
Tyler Kintz - Skytop Golf Course
Ken McCarthy - Buck Hill Golf Club
John Spina - Philadelphia Cricket Club
Jared Kubenik - CC of Woodloch Springs
Geoff Surrette - Philadelphia Section
Chris Fintus - Little Mill Country Club
Julian Collice - Dick's Sporting Goods
George Frake - Little Mill Country Club
Justin Hilgert - Delaware Water Gap

For more tournament information, contact Joe Manley at (570) 424-4050, ext. 1480. The resort is located on 1 River Road in Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania. Call 800.SHAWNEE or log on to www.shawneeinn.com to find out more.

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