The Maryland State Golf Association will conduct the 19th Maryland Senior Open Championship from Tuesday October 9 to Wednesday October 10 at Worthington Manor Golf Club in Urbana, MD. The competition will be 36 holes of stroke play with Senior (50 and over) and Super Senior (60 and over) age categories. The course will play to a par of 72 for the Championship.
Worthington Manor is an Ault-Clark signature course and is notably one of the Mid-Atlantic’s premier golf clubs. A frequent U.S. Open Qualifying site with numerous accolades ranging from “Best Courses You Can Play” Golfweek to “Middle Atlantic’s 50 Best Courses” GolfStyles. Worthington Manor has a 19th century clubhouse, picturesque country setting, rolling valleys, scenic wetlands, and superb conditioned bentgrass tees, fairways and greens. Worthington Manor is the only Maryland golf cub that has hosted each of the USGA men’s qualifiers.
Tom Winegardner (Old South CC)
There are a number of past champions and runners-up in this year’s field, Geoffrey Redgrave (Wintergreen Resort) the defending champion along with Dirk Schultz (Beaver Creek), 2016 champion, and Eric Egloff, 2015 champion, will compete for this year’s title. Four time Maryland Senior Open Champion (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004), Larry Ringer, will also be in the field at this years event. Other notable players include 2017 runner-up Jim Estes (Olney Golf Park), and 2016 runners-up Ricky Touma (Burning Tree) and amateur Joe LeFavor (U.S. Naval Academy). This years Maryland Senior Amateur Champion (2018), Tom Winegarndner (Old South CC), is in the field as well to see if he can follow up his impressive performance from Talbot CC in September.
The Maryland Senior Open is open to male amateur members of the Maryland State Golf Association with up-to-date USGA Indexes of 8.4 or less; to male professionals who are Middle Atlantic PGA members or registered apprentices; to male professionals employed by member clubs; and to male professionals who are residents of Maryland. All players must have reached their 50th birthdays by midnight of October 9. Super Seniors must have reached their 60th birthdays by midnight of October 9.
Pairings, starting times and scoring are available here.
| Year | Venue | Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Chevy Chase | Geoffrey Redgrave | Jim Estes |
| 2016 | Hillendale | Dirk Schultz | Ricky Touma & Joe LeFavor (a) |
| 2015 | Andrews AFB | Eric Egloff | Matt Sughrue (a) |
| 2014 | Elkridge | Matt Sughrue (a) | Terry Burke |
| 2013 | Worthington Manor | John Francisco | Rick Schuller |
| 2012 | CC of Maryland | John Howson (a) | John Francisco |
| 2011 | Montgomery | Bob Affelder | Bud Lintelman |
| 2010 | Suburban | John Howson (a) | Jon Corliss |
| 2009 | Holly Hills | John Howson (a) | Butch Butler & Henry Blue (a) |
| 2008 | Beechtree | Jon Corliss | Larry Ringer & David Eaton |
| 2007 | Woodmore | Wayne Defrancesco | Butch Butler |
| 2006 | Green Spring | James Castagna (a) & Greg Killian (a) | Pat Tallent (a) & Robert Morris (a) |
| 2005 | Woodmont | Roger Hatcher | Butch Butler |
| 2004 | Hillendale | Larry Ringer | Bob Bilbo |
| 2003 | Chevy Chase | Burke Hayes (a) | Bob Bilbo, Butch Butler, Gary Anderson, Glen Miller |
| 2002 | Woodholme | Larry Ringer | Robert Wolfla & Glenn Brown |
| 2001 | Old South | Larry Ringer | Glenn Brown |
| 2000 | Wakefield Valley | Larry Ringer | John McNaney |
