The first prize for the one-day, 18-hole Haverford Classic will be $100,000 for the seventh consecutive year. That makes it the tournament with the largest one-day first prize for a club professional of any event in the 41 sections of the PGA of America.
Local club professional George Forster has been skilled and fortunate enough to compete in the Senior PGA Championship 10 times. And on many of those occasions, he has spread the word about a lucrative golf tournament that sets apart his home PGA section in Philadelphia.
The first prize for the one-day, 18-hole tournament will be $100,000 for the seventh consecutive year. The winner’s check has grown from $10,000 at the inaugural 1997 event and was increased by $2,500 every year to reach $45,000 by 2011. Connell then hiked the prize money to $50,000 in 2012, $75,000 in 2013, and $100,000 in 2015.
Dave McNabb, head professional at Applebrook Golf Club who has played in nine majors on the PGA and Champions Tours, took home $100,000 after winning the 2016 Haverford Classic. He calls Connell’s annual contribution “nothing short of amazing, incredible.”“He does it because he believes in what we do, day in and day out,” McNabb said. “He wants to give somebody a life-changing experience.
“I was able to kind of niche out myself as an instructor with that money. But that feeling of that putt going in … I can’t believe this gift I was given in a one-day tournament. Of course I earned it, but it really is so lucrative. Only club professionals could dream of a sponsor like George Connell to do something like this for us. It’s incredible.”
In the end, Forster drained a 12-foot birdie putt on the seventh playoff hole to defeat Rusty Harbold, an assistant pro at Philadelphia Cricket Club and the 2014 Haverford Classic champion.
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