WPGA College Connection: West Penn players guiding John Carroll Men’s Golf

November 26, 2024
By Josh Rowntree, Director of Communications

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As evident in last week’s Steelers-Browns AFC North collision, the rivalry between the cities of Pittsburgh and Cleveland continues to be strong on the football field.

But, on the golf course, the two regions have found some common ground at the collegiate ranks.

Four Western Pennsylvania native golfers — Daniel Donahue, Austin Malley, Paul Litrenta and Wade Boyle — have made a mark on the John Carroll University men’s golf team this fall, helping the team to three tournament victories and a pair of runner-up showings over its five primary competitions.

John Moorhead Jr. inducted into Western Pennsylvania Golf Hall of Fame

November 12, 2024
Josh Rowntree, Director of Communications

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Inevitably, golf was going to make its way into Western Pennsylvania. But John Moorhead Jr. is the man responsible for — quite literally — getting the ball rolling over 125 years ago.

Moorhead’s impact on the initiation of the game in the region, as well his instrumental role in the birth of the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association, will be honored Thursday night when he is posthumously inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Golf Hall of Fame.

The Pittsburgh native is the lone member of the 2024 Hall of Fame Class.

“We are honored to welcome John Moorhead Jr. into such illustrious company,” says Terry Teasdale, Executive Director of the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association. “Mr. Moorhead’s influence on the game of golf in the region and his initiative shown in the founding of the WPGA has left an impact for the last 125 years and will continue to do so for generations to come.

WPGA Founding Club Series: The Edgeworth Club

November 6, 2024
By Josh Rowntree, Director of Communications

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Four of the five of the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s founding clubs still are, in some way, situated on a playable golf course today.

The outlier is Edgeworth Club, a Sewickley-based private establishment that still operates as home for racket sports, bowling, swimming and aerobics.

Sadly, much of Edgeworth’s lore remains a bit of a mystery. It has been over 110 years since a club was swung on its grounds. But its impact on golf locally is undeniable.

Edgeworth’s history begins right alongside golf’s start in Western Pennsylvania. As the Pittsburgh Golf Club, Allegheny Country Club, Edgewood Country Club and Pittsburgh Field Club were commencing the process of welcoming the game to their grounds, so too was the Edgeworth Club.

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