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The PGA Tours Westchester Classic had its genesis at Apawamis as a one-day pro-amateur for the benefit of United Hospital in Port Chester. It was first held in 1952, as a four-ball match among professionals and amateurs and soon offered the richest purse in the country for a one-day event. The standard pro-am format was adopted in 1954, and lasted through 1962. It became the Thunderbird Classic, and later the Westchester Classic, played at the Westchester Country Club.

In 1978, the Curtis Cup matches were played in the Met Area for the first time at Apawamis. The United States team, led by future LPGA star Beth Daniel, winner of the 1975 and 1977 Womens Amateur, easily defeated their British counterparts, 12-6. Helping organize the contests were two former Curtis Cup captains and Apawamis members, Allison Sis Choate and Jean Ashley Crawford.

No event, however, is more closely woven into the Apawamis fabric than the United States Seniors Golf Associations annual tournament. It was the brainchild of member Horace Hotchkiss, who in 1905 invited a group of friends and acquaintances, all at least 55 years of age, for a one-day, 36-hole stoke play competition. Some 50 players gathered on October 12 for the worlds first-ever seniors tournament.

For years, it was played in the fall, but the date was changed after the surprise hurricane of 1938, which arrived mid-tournament and flooded the course. Today, the Seniors is held on the first Tuesday and Wednesday in June, with some 500 players competing over 36 holes, at Apawamis

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