Richard P. Meehan, Jr., became the 30th president of the Golf Association of Philadelphia at the organization’s Annual Meeting on Oct. 22 at Philmont Country Club.
  Meehan’s election caps a rise through the Association’s ranks, starting as a course rater in 1996, followed by service as junior chairman, finance chairman, awards chairman, treasurer and vice president. He is a lifetime member of the J. Wood Platt Caddie Scholarship Trust and he has been a member of the GAP Executive Committee since 2002.