“In 1977, brothers Saul and Phil Gerber were both members of the Maine Seniors. The Maine Seniors was the only senior golf association in the state and membership was limited to their member courses of Portland, Augusta, York and Martindale.  The outside waiting list was ten years.  They decided to do something about it so that their seniors friends from Riverside, Purpoodock and other courses in southern Maine would be able to play senior tournaments.  They enlisted the help of Purpoodock members Joe Alberti and Buzzer Feeney and starter to sign up seniors from surrounding courses.

The first year courses were Riverside, Purpoodock, Willowdale, Biddeford-Saco, Cape Arundel, Webhannet, Gorham and York.  The golf courses were almost empty on Tuesday’s and they welcomed the additional play.  A light lunch was included with golf and forty-five years later the association and good times on the links still exist.

Saul passed away in 1993 and his son John assisted his uncle Phil in continuing to organize the tournaments.  With the passing of Phil in 1996, John expanded the membership and added other golf courses in southern Maine and has run the tournaments for the past twenty-eight years.

I think, with my father’s vision, thousands of golfers, both amateur and professional, have enjoyed senior golf through the years.”

John Gerber, 2021