On the move

Anna Kittelson (left) and Deborah Smith at 2022 U.S. Adaptive Open in Pinehurst, North Carolina Courtesy Anna Kittelson
Editor's Note: The inaugural GAP Adaptive Championship will be played October 14-15, so we thought we would revisit our GGPWomen story from May of this year featuring the woman in charge of the tournament, Anna Kittelson.
Anna Kittelson, the manager of adaptive golf at the Golf Association of Philadelphia, likes moving fast.
Since joining the association full-time in January, Kittelson is forging forward with its latest initiative that will bring competitive and instructional elements of adaptive golf to GAP’s widespread region in 2024 like a downhill putt on Merion East’s fifth hole.
“It was a lot of research in my internship,” she said. “And now we are in full ‘go’ mode.”
A University of Delaware graduate who earned All-Colonial Athletic Association first-team honors in her senior year and was runner-up in the CAA Championship, Kittelson has been interested in assisting individuals with disabilities since she volun...