February 25 - 27, 2016

www.GasparillaInvitational.comHosted by Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club

Palma Ceia Golf and Country ClubPrivate golf and country clubs were introduced to the Tampa Bay area when,

Palma Ceia was born in 1916 during a time when the game of golf was growing rapidly and Tampa was in the midst of a real estate boom.

At the start of 1915, the Tampa Bay Land Co., owned by James F. Taylor, began to promote Palma Ceia Park, which at that time included the area south of the

club to 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.

Legacy of the original designer Tom Bendelow, lives on today as the street that runs alongside Palma Ceia’s No. 2 fairway is called Bendelow Trail. Tom

Bendelow, a Scot, later became the Midwest's most prolific designer of golf courses during the 1920's.

Many consider one of the first official events of the club to be the opening of 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.

Although it is successful today, before it could really get its feet on solid ground, Palma Ceia experienced financial difficulties with World War I and II.

It was only through the determined help of some key members that it managed to survive.

Continuously through the decades of the 20's, 30's and 40's, Palma Ceia was a center for many golf tournaments, with many of the world's greatest

professional players using Palma Ceia as a hub of operations.

Earnestly women's golf burst on the scene in the 1940's and Palma Ceia was at the forefront with an event called the Tampa Open. At that time there were

only 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.

In 1948 Palma Ceia earned particular recognition when, during a women's tournament, some players met at the club to form the Ladies Professional

Golfers Association.

All through the years, Palma Ceia has undergone a number of improvements. The original 1916 clubhouse, tennis courts, bowling alleys and wooden pro shop

disappeared 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.

The 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.

Ahead of 1935, The Gasparilla Open was the top money PGA tournament 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.

Midst 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 Mid- Amateur 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.

P 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.

All 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 PLAYER CITY, STATE SCORE2015 Scott Harvey Greensboro, NC 1392013 Doug Letson Tampa, FL 207 2012 Doug LaCrosse Tampa, FL 214 2011 Brian Armstrong Tampa, FL 209 2010 Peter Dachisen Tampa, FL 209 2009 Peter Dachisen Tampa, FL 212 2008 Pat Olive Holiday, FL 135 2007 Michael Morrison Atlanta, GA 213 2006 Peter Dachisen Tampa, FL 211 2005 Peter Dachisen Tampa, FL 204 2004 Richard Kerper Clearwater, FL 211 2003 Mike Nealy Boca Raton, FL 136 2002 Peter Dachisen Tampa, FL 135 2001 Tim Jackson Germantown, TN 207 2000 Danny Green Jackson, TN 213 1999 John “Spider” Miller Bloomington, IN 179 1998 Bobby Dick Tallahassee, FL 67 1997 Bobby Dick Tallahassee, FL 215 1996 Bobby Dick Tallahassee, FL 215 1995 Wyatt Meyer Tampa, FL 211 1994 John “Spider” Miller Bloomington, IN 212 1993 Brad Burris High Point, NC 142 1992 Dave Boesel Orlando, FL 212 1991 Doug LaCrosse Tampa, FL 212 1990 Peter Williams Orlando, FL 142 1989 Dave Boesel Orlando, FL 217 1988 David Smith Orlando, FL 205 1987 David Smith Orlando, FL 141 1986 Peter Williams Orlando, FL 209 1985 Gary Schroeder Orlando, FL 216 1984 Dave Boesel Orlando, FL 209 1983 Bob Kouwe Tampa, FL 210 1982 Dick Siderowf Westport, CT 211 1981 Hal Sutton Shreveport, LA 213 1980 Jack Shubert Altamonte Springs, FL 213 1979 Bob Cornett Tampa, FL 213 1978 Jack Veghte Clearwater, FL 216 1977 Gary Schroeder Orlando, FL 207 1976 Buddy Alexander St. Petersburg, FL 211 1975 Jack Veghte Clearwater, FL 144 1974 Ed Tutweiler Boca Raton, FL 216 1973 Jerry Tarnow Tampa, FL 148 1972 Beau Baugh Cocoa Beach, FL 222 1971 Bob Rankin Clearwater, FL 217 1970 Bob Rankin Clearwater, FL 217 1969 David Barnes Atlanta, GA 214 1968 Jack Veghte Clearwater, FL 219 1967 Bob Murhpy Nichols, FL 205 1966 Jack Veghte Clearwater, FL 210 1965 Jack Veghte Clearwater, FL 212 1964 Ed Kirkland Orlando, FL 213 1963 Charles Brown Tampa, FL 213 1962 Don Addington Dallas, TX 210 1960 Downing Gray Pensacola, FL 143 1959 Paul Tarnow, Jr. Tampa, FL 218 1958 Paul Tarnow, Jr. Tampa, FL 219 1957 Paul Tarnow, Jr. Tampa, FL 222 1956 Maynard Ramsey Tampa, FL 140

# PLAYER CITY STATE HC

1 Herbie Aikens Kingston MA +1 US Amateur and Pub Links Participant - MA State Mid-Am Champion

2 Steve Albright Ocala FL +3 Multiple winner of the Marion Masters

3 Joseph Alfieri II Lutz FL 0 Current FL Player of the year - Former Nationwide Tour Member

4 Scott Anderson Danville CA +1.9 Winner of 16 California State tournaments in Past 3 years

5 Vance Antoniou N. Barrington IL 0 US Senior AM Participant - Competed in 9 USGA Championships

6 Brian Armstrong Tampa FL +1.5 Past Gasparilla Champion

7 Brandon Aydlett Metairie LA +4.4 LA State Mid-Am Champion - US Mid-Am Participant

8 Tom Baird Signal Mountain TN 0 TN State Senior Match Play Champion

9 Keenan Baldwin Tampa FL 0 Exempt

10 Winston Ball St. Petersburg FL 1.9 Exempt Based On 2015 Gasparilla Invitational

11 Robert Bechtol Tallahassee FL +3 US Mid-Am Participant

12 Drew Bleakley New Port Richey FL 1 US Mid-Am Participant

13 Mike Bodney Jacksonville FL 0 Chechessee Creek Sr. Invitational & Jones Cup Champion - Former PGA Tour Member

14 Glen Boggini Coventry CT +.5 CT Pub Links Champion

15 Davis Boland Louisville KY +2 US Mid-Am Participant - KY State Mid-Senior Champion

16 Grady Brame Hammond LA +1 LA State Amateur & Mid-Am Champion - Competed in 18 USGA Championships

17 Chad Branton Cartersville GA +.6 Exempt Based On Finish in 2015 Gasparilla Invitational

18 Tommy Brennan Covington LA +3 US Mid-Am Runner Up - 7 Time Winner of LA State Mid-Am Championship - Competed in 28 USGA Championships

19 Ed Byman Raleigh NC 0 US Sr. Open Participant - Former PGA Tour Member

20 Bill Charpek Red Bank NJ +.2 US Amateur & Mid-Am Participant - NJ State Senior Am Champion

21 David Clement Evansville IN 0 US SR-Am Participant - Defending Gasparilla Senior Champion

22 Michael Cook Orlando FL 1 US Mid-Am Participant

23 Terry Cook W. Des Moines IA +2 US Mid-Am Participant

24 Nathaniel Crosby, Jr. Jupiter FL 0 Competed in Multiple FL State Championships - Son US Amateur Champion Nathaniel Crosby

25 Mark Cusic California MD +2 MD State Am Champion - US Amateur, Mid-Am and Pub Links Participant

26 Mike Damron Zephyrhills FL 1 US Mid-Am Participant - Winner Lonesome Pine Invitational & Paintsville Open

27 Mike Demo Tampa FL 4 Qualifier

# PLAYER CITY STATE HC

28 Joseph Deraney Lexington KY +3 KY State Match Play Champion

29 Pete DeTemple Lexington Park MD +.7 Southern Mid-Am Champion - US Amateur & US Senior Open Participant

30 Drew Ditty Ocala FL +1 FL State Amateur and Mid-Am Participant

31 Cres Dodd Calhoun GA +2.1 Competed in Multiple GA State Mid-Am Championships

32 Brent Dorman Ocala FL +2.9 US Pub Links Participant - Multiple winner of the Marion Masters & Henry Camp Invitational

33 Kevin Dutkowsky Tampa FL 0 Qualifier

34 Greg Eckels Tampa FL 0 Qualifier

35 Ned Eddy III Overland Park KS 2.1 US Mid-Am Participant

36 Gene Elliott West Des Moines

IA

+3.4 IA State Am Champion 3 Times - IA State Mid-Am Champion 4 Times - Competed in 26 USGA Championships

37 Dan Falls Gaithersburg MD +3.5 US Junior, Amateur & Mid-Am Participant - Current MD State Mid-Am Champion

38 Bill Ferrell Tampa FL 3 Qualifier

39 Mike Finster St. Petersburg FL +2 US Sr. Open Participant - Previous Runner Up Gasparilla Invitational

40 Raymond Floyd, Jr. Old Greenwich CT +2 CT State Mid-AM Champion - Son of Hall of Fame Golfer Raymond Floyd

41 Patrick Forbes Ontario Canada 0 US Amateur & Mid-Am Participant

42 K.C. Fox Sarasota FL 1 FSGA Senior Match Play Champion

43 Ryder Frerichs Seminole FL 0 Exempt Based On Finish in 2015 Gasparilla Invitational

44 John Gabler Tampa FL 0 Exempt

45 Aaron Gavin South Milwaukee

WI

+1.9 Winner of WI State Mid-AM Championship

46 Jaime Girardi New Port Richey FL +1.4 US Mid-Am Participant

47 Troy Glaus Ocala FL +1.4 Exempt based on 2015 Gasparilla Invitational - World Series MVP

48 Darin Goldstein New York NY +1.3 US Mid-Am Participant - Long Island Mid-Am Champion

49 John Goss Tampa FL 1 Qualifier

50 Matthew Grandy Greenville SC +1 US Mid-Am Participant

51 Andy Green Wesley Chapel FL +.3 Qualifier

52 Darin Green Tampa FL +.8 Qualifier

53 Jack Hall Savannah GA +2 US Senior AM Quarterfinalist - Current Canadian Sr Am Champion - Current GA State Mid-Am Champion

54 Eddie Hargett Blythewood SC +4 US Senior Open Participant - 14 Time SCGA Champion

# PLAYER CITY STATE HC

55 Bev Hargraves Helena AR +3.2 Member of AR Golf Hall of Fame - Competed in Multiple USGA Championships - British Am Runner up

56 Larry Harris Lilburn GA 0 Competitor in Multiple GA Mid-Am Championships

57 Scott Harvey Kernersville NC +3.5 US Mid-Amateur Champion - Walker Cup Member - Masters Participant - Defending Gasparilla Champion

58 Michael Head Tampa FL 4 Qualifier

59 Alan Henderson Jacksonville Beach

FL

1.2 US Mid-AM Participant

60 Jack Hinton Tampa FL 1.7 Qualifier

61 Tyler Hogan Atlanta GA +.8 Georgia Open Participant

62 Keith Holmes Macon GA +1.3 US Mid-Am & British Mid-Am Participant

63 Dave Houghton Brewster MA +.3 US Senior AM & Mid-Am Participant - Current New England Senior Am Champion - MA State Mid-Am Champion

64 Steven Hudson Birmingham AL +2 US Senior AM Participant - AL State Senior and Mid-AM Champion - AL Player of the Year 3x

65 Michael Hyland Medford NJ +2.6 US Mid-Am Participant - NJ State Mid-AM Champion

66 Thomas Hyland Las Vegas NV 1.6 US Senior AM & Mid-Am Participant

67 Justin Johnson Canton GA +3.4 US Mid-AM Participant

68 Yancey Johnson Simpsonville SC +.6 Qualifier

69 Jimmy Jones Tampa FL +1.6 Exempt Based On Finish in 2015 Gasparilla Invitational

70 Owen Joyner Bonita Springs FL 0 Houston Amateur Champion - Competed in 3 USGA Championships

71 Brian Keenan Tampa FL +2 Competitor in Multiple USGA & FSGA Events

72 James Kemp Pensacola FL .5 US Mid-Am Participant

73 Richard Kerper Safety Harbor FL 1 Past Gasparilla Champion - 8 USGA Championships

74 Brent Kriegshauser Tampa FL 0 Qualifier

75 Doug LaCrosse Tampa FL +.3 Past Gasparilla Champion - Champion FL State Amateur, Mid-Am & Senior Am

76 Bradley Lane Lawrence KS +4 Current Kansas Mid-Amateur Player of the Year

77 Earl Lanoue Tampa FL 1 Qualifier

78 Matthew Latham Hampstead NC +2 US Mid-Am Participant

79 Josh Layton Tampa FL 6 Qualifier

80 Ryan Lee Tampa FL 2 Qualifier

81 James Lehman Minnetonka MN +2 Competed in 11 USGA Championships - Brother of PGA golfer Tom

82 Bob Levy, Sr. Windermere FL 0 US Senior AM Participant - FL State Amateur, Mid-Am & Senior Am Participant

83 Scott Lynch Land O Lakes FL 1 FL Senior Open Participant

84 Frazer MacKechnie Tampa FL 3 Qualifier

# PLAYER CITY STATE HC

85 Bob Mathers Niceville FL +2 US Mid-Am Participant

86 Derek Meinhart Matton IL +3.2 US Mid-Am Participant

87 Dalton Melnyk Atlanta GA +1.6 US Pub Links & Mid-Am Participant

88 Steve Melnyk Jacksonville FL 0 US Amateur Champion - British Amateur Champion - Walker Cup Member - Former PGA Tour Member

89 Richard Messina Garden City NY 0 US Mid-Am Participant

90 Davis Miller Tampa FL +1 Qualifier

91 Rodean Minto New Haven CT +.9 US Mid-AM Competitor

92 William Mitchell Roswell GA +3.1 Competed in 15 USGA Championships

93 Nicholas Mullhaupt Palm Desert CA +4 US Amateur Participant

94 Kyle Nathan Glenview IL +3.5 US Mid-Am Participant - IL State Mid-Am Champion

95 Chuck Nettles McMurray PA .9 US Mid-Am Participant

96 Jeff Neugebauer Tampa FL +.4 Qualifier

97 Lee Palms Greenville SC +3 US Mid-Am Participant - SC Golf Assoc. Player of the Year

98 Jim Pearson Charlotte NC +2.9 US Senior Amateur Participant

99 David Poteet Suwanee GA +2.5 US Mid-Am Participant

100 Brooks Price Dallas TX +2.1 Dallas City Champion

101 Brad Quiri Tampa FL 0 FL State Amateur Champion

102 Don Reycroft Norfolk MA +.9 US Senior Open Participant - US Senior Am Participant

103 George Roat Windemere FL .2 US Senior Open Participant

104 Jim Rollefson Naples FL 1.4 US Senior Open Participant - US Mid-Am Participant

105 Paul Royak Tampa FL +3 Runner Up Gasparilla Invitational 3x

106 Bob Royak Alpharetta GA +2 US Mid-Am Participant

107 Robin Rubrecht Newburgh IN +1 Evansville Senior City Champion 3x

108 Kim Schwencke Tampa FL 2.8 US Senior Am Participant - Past Gasparilla Senior Champion 2x

109 Stuart Sierra Tampa FL 1.4 US Mid-Am Participant

110 Greg Singleton Tampa FL 4 Qualifier

111 John Skeadas Savannah GA 1 US Senior Open Participant - US Mid-Am Participant

112 Jerry Slagle Southlake TX +1.6 US Mid Am Participant - Henry Camp Invitational Champion

113 Keith Smith Franklin MA +2 MA State Senior Am Champion

114 William Sprague Tampa FL +1.3 US Mid-Am Participant - FL State Am and Mid-Am Participant

115 Ken Stevenson Tallahassee FL 3 US Mid-Am Participant

116 Doug Stiles Athens GA +1 US Amateur & Senior Am Participant - British Am Participant

117 Rusty Strawn McDonough GA .6 GA State Mid-Am Champion

# PLAYER CITY STATE HC

118 Rick Sulzer Carrollton TX +1.7 US Mid-Am Participant

119 Dustin Taylor Tampa FL 0 Qualifier

120 Justin Tereshko Jamestown NC +2 US Amateur & Mid-Am Participant - NC Open Champion

121 Jack Twomey Tampa FL 3 Qualifier

122 John Vaccaro Sarasota FL +.1 US Senior Open Participant - NY State Mid-Amateur Champion

123 Neil Vanleeuwen Tarpon Springs FL 1 US Senior Am Participant - British Senior Am Participant

124 Michael Walters Tampa FL 1.9 US Open Participant - US Senior Open Participant - US Senior AM Quarter Finalist 2x - Former PGA Tour Member

125 Tom Wharton Washington DC +1.2 MD State Am Participant

126 John White Tampa FL 2 Exempt Based On 2015 Gasparilla Invitational

127 Josh Williamowsky Bethesda MD +1 US Mid-Am Participant

128 Bo Wulbern Tampa FL 3 Exempt Based On 2015 Gasparilla Invitational

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Co-HostsFred Ridley

Fred Ridley is a native of Lakeland, Florida and a graduate of the University of Florida and Stetson Law School. Fred has enjoyed a distinguished career in amateur golf, having won the 1975 United States Amateur Championship at the Country Club of Virginia. He is the last U.S. Amateur Champion never to have turned professional. Fred competed in 15 USGA championships from 1969 to 1988, including 10 U.S. Amateurs. He has also competed in the U.S. and British Opens and three Masters Tournaments. Fred was a member of the 1977 U.S. Walker Cup team and was named non-playing captain of the 1987 and 1989 U.S. Walker Cup Teams and the 2010 U.S. World Amateur Team. Fred was a member of the USGA Executive Committee from 1994-2005 and was elected 58th president of the USGA in 2004-05. In 2006 he was the recipient of the PGA of America’s Distinguished Service Award. Since 2007, Fred has served as chairman of the Competition Committees for the Masters Tournament. Fred a is partner in the international law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP where he is the national chair of the firm’s real estate practice. Fred lives in Tampa, Florida. He and his wife Betsy have three daughters, Maggie, Libby and Sydney.

Steve MelnykSteve Melnyk graduated from the University of Florida in 1969 with a BSBA in Industrial Management. He was a two-time All-American at Florida and a member of The Gators 1968 National Championship Golf Team. In 1965 he won the Georgia Open as an 18 year old amateur. Steve was the 1969 U.S. Amateur Champion & Western Amateur Champion, the 1971 British Amateur Champion, 1969 and 1971 Walker Cup Team Member. In 1971 Steve joined the PGA Tour; he retired from playing professionally in 1984. He became a broadcaster in 1982, his career included Golf Analyst with CBS Sports from 1982 through 1991, Golf Commentator, Analyst, and Host with ABC Sports from 1992 to 2004; and USGA Championships for The Golf Channel from 2005 to 2009. Steve is inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame, University Florida Sports Hall of Fame, and Florida Sports Hall of Fame.

Gasparilla Tournament CommitteesPalma Ceia Golf & Country Club

1601 MacDill AvenueTampa, FL 33629

Phone (813) 253-3061Fax (813) 253-2216

www.GasparillaInvitational.com

Executive Committee Chuck Davis - ChairmanJohn GablerDan HowellDoug LacrosseMark MathiasonPaul RoyakMike Walters

Tournament CommitteeBo Wulbern - ChairmanJason Cohen Paul DeganceKevin DutkowskyMichael HeadRyan LeeGreg SingletonJohn WhiteGreg WilkersonDave Winter

February 25 - 27, 2016