Patrick Isztwan, 19, a Huntingdon Valley native and member of Huntingdon Valley Country Club (HVCC), recently defeated medalist Troy Vannucci in this week’s BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship at HVCC. He advances into the Round of 16.

Isztwan defeated Vannucci of Little Mill Country Club, 4&3, in the Round of 32 Tuesday.

“I felt pretty good once I got to the first tee in the match. The way this course is you can make some big numbers. I feel a lot freer here when it’s match play and you don’t have to finish everything out,” said Isztwan, a rising junior at the University of Richmond. “I hit one bad shot you can just move on. In stroke play you can wrack it up here. Once I got the stroke portion done, I was ready and excited.”

The public is welcome to attend the 36-hole Championship Match which begins at 7:30am Saturday in Huntingdon Valley. The second 18 is slated to start at 12:00pm.

About GAP

Celebrating Amateur Golf since 1897, GAP, also known as the Golf Association of Philadelphia, is the oldest regional or state golf association in the United States. It serves as the principal ruling body of amateur golf in its region. The organization’s 340 Member Clubs and 100,000 individual members are spread across Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland. The GAP’s mission is to promote, preserve and protect the game of golf.

For more on Isztwan’s advancement, you can click read GAP’s articles here and here.

For more on the Huntingdon Valley Country Club, located at 2295 Country Club Drive, you can click here for their website or you can visit their Facebook page.

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Photo courtesy of University of Richmond Athletics, Philadelphia Area Golf Association