Rick Woelfel
Rick Woelfel has covered amateur golf for more than 25 years for print, broadcast, and on-line outlets. He has been on site for numerous local and regional amateur events as well as a significant number of USGA championships. Rick particularly enjoys writing about golf history and cites the importance of preserving and respecting the history of the game. He resides near Philadelphia.
Recent Stories by Rick
Patrick Sheehan continues his hot summer at the Pennsylvania Amateur
Jul 31, 2024The recent Penn State graduate won the R. Jay Sigel Match Play Championship, and is now a Pennsylvania Amateur champion
Angelina Tolentino closes the gap to win the Pennsylvania Women's Amateur
Jul 24, 2024The incoming freshman at Vanderbilt birdied her first four holes to come from behind and win the championship
Katrin Wolfe sees the golf course through a different lens
Jul 22, 2024Wolfe, a field representative for the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, also still plays competitively
Amateur Jon Rusk finally breaks through at Philadelphia Open
Jul 17, 2024The 45-year-old was forced to wait longer for his big win, after weather delayed the four-hole aggregate playoff
Schofill, Talley and Park finish as low amateurs at U.S. Women's Open
Jun 2, 2024Three of the four amateurs that made the cut at Lancaster Country Club finished 12-over and share the low amateur honors
Catherine Park leads the low amateur race at the U.S. Women's Open
Jun 1, 2024Park, the 2024 Pac-12 champion, shot 2-over and currently sits T14, looking to top ten at the major championship
Asterisk Talley and Megan Schofill pace the amateurs at the U.S. Women's Open
May 31, 2024The 15-year-old sensation Talley and Schofill are both T5 at 1-over, while Catherine Park, and Adela Cernousek also made the cut
Amateurs impress on day one of the U.S. Women's Open
May 30, 2024Four amateur golfers are in the top five after round one, including NCAA champion Adela Cernousek of Texas A&M
Meghan Stasi returns to her roots with Philadelphia Women's Match Play victory
Jul 13, 2023The 2024 USA Curtis Cup captain and four-time U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion won her 10th title over Clare Gimpel
Porter Cup: Carson Bacha picks up another major title
Jul 16, 2022The Dogwood champ went from almost winning to almost losing on the 18th green, but hung on for a playoff win over Garrett Engle
It's Isztwan's time at Jay Sigel Match Play Championship
Jul 13, 2022The Harvard senior rallies from a two-hole deficit to record a 20-hole victory at Huntingdon Valley Country Club
Catching up with Paul Simson
Jun 20, 2022Paul Simson has won well over 200 golf titles en route to being one of the top amateur golfers North Carolina has ever produced
Muehr wins his 4th Crump Cup; McCoy gets first senior title
Sep 19, 2021Michael Muehr defeats Stewart Hagestad in a well-fought final at Pine Valley; Mike McCoy wins the senior title, his 5th Crump win
Catching up with Carol Semple Thompson
Sep 19, 2021A seven-time USGA champion, one of golf's great amateurs of all-time looks back on her storied career
Steve Maddalena wins Senior Porter Cup
Sep 10, 2021Michigan Golf Hall of Famer strolls to five-shot victory at Niagara Falls Country Club