2019 NEW YORK STATE MEN’S SENIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cavalry Club - Manlius, New York
September 24-26, 2019
CONDUCTED BY THE
O U R P A R T N E R S
NYSGA Officers
President
Warren Winslow, Western Turnpike GC
1st Vice President
Joseph Enright, Lancaster CC
Treasurer
Henry Fust, Onondaga G&CC
General Counsel
David Hayes, Skaneateles CC
Secretary
Iris Stanek, Lancaster CC
NYSGA Executive Committee
Brian Clark, Burden Lake CC
John Cooney, Burden Lake CC
Ryan Gabel, Southern Dutchess CC
Richard Galvin, Ontario CC
Jamie Miller, Wanakah CC
Joseph Strykowski, Elmira CC
Doug Vergith, Chautauqua GC
Rich Weber, Brookfield CC
Tom Andrews
Michael Aquino
Fred Arliss
Larry Arliss
Christine Badger
Ray Badger
John Barry
John Bartholomew
Lee Bearsch
David Beattie
Al Belair
Marci Bevilacqua
Doreen Biviano
John Blain
Vincent Bonvino
Timothy Brady
Robert Branham
Skip Brennan
Daniel Bronchetti
Gene Bullis
John Bullis
John Burns
Ron Case
Sue Chambers
Michael Chianelli
Brian Clark
Matt Clarke
James Coleman
Andrew Conway
James Cook
John Cooney
Glenn Coons
Thomas Cotter
George Cretekos
Jerry Danielski
John Davis
Garrett Davitt
Ellen Densen
NYSGA Staff
Bill Moore Executive Director
Andrew Hickey Assistant Executive Director
Dan Thompson Director of Marketing and Partnerships
Deb Spilman Office Manager
Mark Ackley Manager of Course Rating
Jim Ironside, PGA Tournament Director
Sara Stanley Communications Intern
Jack Travers
USGA P.J. Boatwright, Jr. Intern
Adam Blackwell
USGA P.J. Boatwright, Jr. Intern
Mike Timmerman
USGA P.J. Boatwright, Jr. Intern
NYSGA Sectional Affairs Committee
Dick Desorbo
Gerry Dewolf
Todd Dischinger
Michael Donnelly
Dick Dorgan
Dorothy Downing
Michael Drennen
Georgia Dusckas
Tom Eckert
Joe Enright
John Ernst
Ed Evans
Vie Evans
Michael Fitzgerald
Mark Fitzgerald
Georgette Folley
Bob Forward
Tim Frank
Henry Fust
Ryan Gabel
John Gaffney
Tom Gallagher
Richard Galvin
Bill Geider
John Grajko
Walter Grajko
Brad Griffin
Greg Harden
David Hayes
Joe Hazard
Sherry Heath
Jeff Holmes
Braden Houston
Marge Hubbell
Bob Hubbell
John Hudacs
Al Huggard
Don Hurley
Eric Ingalls
Ed Kaczor
John Kaeselau
Bill Kaminski
Robert Kawa
Tim Kayes
Stephen Keeler
Mary Ann Keeler
David Kokes
Edward Koslick
John Kulesa
Peter Lalla
Janis Luce
Ron Mack
Shari Mantini
Sue Marsh
Robert Martin
Ronald Mason
Pat Mayne
Jim McConnell
James McKillip
Jim Meyers
Gene Meyle
Ginny Meyle
Jamie Miller
Bill Moore, Sr.
Bill Moreland
Gregory Moreland
Albert Mowery
James Murrett
Richard North
Thomas Owen
Shelly Pargh
John Passaonno
Kinny Post
Joe Pucello
John Quijano
Nick Raasch
Bob Raimo
John Reagan
Tom Reidy
Joseph Riccio
Gary Rider
Robert Rosen
Sean Rotella
Chris Schmidt
Tim Schum
Patrick Shatzel
Martin Siefka
Bob Simms
Sue Sims
John Sniezyk
Ron Socash
Don Sommerville
Jerry Stahl
Iris Stanek
Edward Stanek
Al Stockholm
Nancy Stockholm
Peter Stoj
Joe Strykowski
John Sullivan
Joe Szyikowski
Thelma Taylor
John Teegardin
Edward Thaney
John Urtz
David Vaneenenaam
Douglas Vergith
Mona Wasserman
Rich Weber
John Wheeler
Richard Wilson
Warren Winslow
Welcome to the 2019 New York State Men’s Senior & Super Senior Amateur Championships. The New York State Golf Association is proud to partner with Cavalry Club to provide a fair, challenging test in our efforts to identify New York’s top men’s senior amateur golfers.
We are excited to showcase this wonderful design that has hosted past NYS Championships including the 1971 New York State Men’s Amateur Championship, as well as the 1994 Women’s Senior Amateur Championships.
In addition to the NYS Men’s Amateur & Senior Amateur, the NYSGA conducts eight other annual amateur championships which crown a total of 17 state titleholders. These championships are open to men and women, juniors and seniors, of all golfing abilities.
It takes a dedicated group of staff and volunteers to run these championships at the highest level. Our NYSGA team works hard to be the best and it shows. Thank you to our dedicated staff and tournament committee for their dedication and commitment to promoting amateur golf.
I’d also like to thank Cavalry Club and all the other NYSGA member clubs who generously give their courses and facilities to support amateur golf. We simply could not do this without your partnership.
We hope you enjoy this year’s championship!
Sincerely,
Warren Winslow, President New York State Golf Association
Designed by Joe Lee and Dick Wilson, the Cavalry Golf Club opened to instant acclaim on June 26, 1965. In place of the old horse barns, stood a sparkling new club house and nestled in the sweeping curve of Limestone Creek, an 18-hole golf course was carved into the rolling countryside at a place where, at one time, the troopers and their mounts had prepared to go to war. Enlightened leadership, spearheaded by old troopers from Company C, played a key role in the club’s development, as has the active participation of the associate membership since.
Cavalry Club has homed two other New York State events, the 1971 New York State Men’s Amateur Championship and the 1994 NYS Women’s Senior Amateur Championship.
Thank you to the membership & staff at Cavalry Club for hosting this year’s championship!
Board
of
Directors Cavarly Club
Jim Fields, CCM
General Manager
Nick Serafino, PGA Head Golf Professional
Ben Carroll Superintendent
Cavalry Club is located in Manlius, NY.
PLAYER
Monday, September 23 (Registration and Practice Rounds)
*Cut after 36 to low 50% and ties in each championship division
Thursday, September 26 (Round 3)
8:00am - 9:30am // All play from tees #1 & #10
2:30pm // Awards ceremony
Format
This championship is a 54-hole stroke play competition with a cut after two rounds to the low 50% of the field and ties in each championship. The Rules of Golf as approved by the USGA and R&A govern play.
Tees
The senior division (ages 55-64) will play from the NYSGA Blue Tees at 6,437 yards at a par of 72. The super senior division (ages 65 and older) will play from the NYSGA Red Tees at 6,018 yards and a par of 72.
Awards
Trophies will be given to the winner and runner-up in each championship as well as the top gross finisher in the following age groups: 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75+.
Score Posting
The NYSGA will post all tournament rounds (T) for contestants that have a USGA GHIN Handicap Index. The course rating and slope for the tees played by both divisions will be listed on the practice round and competition round scorecards.
1 PAR FOUR 379 YARDS 360 YARDS
3 PAR THREE 175 YARDS 160 YARDS
2 PAR FOUR 363 YARDS 335 YARDS
4 PAR FIVE 466 YARDS 451 YARDS
5 PAR FOUR
342 YARDS
318 YARDS
7 PAR FOUR
347 YARDS
347 YARDS
6 PAR FIVE 518 YARDS 480 YARDS
8 PAR THREE 160 YARDS 146 YARDS
9 PAR FOUR 415 YARDS 408 YARDS
11 PAR FOUR 401 YARDS 378 YARDS
10 PAR FOUR 361 YARDS 348 YARDS
12 PAR FOUR 403 YARDS
362 YARDS
13
PAR THREE 157 YARDS 157 YARDS
15 PAR FOUR 345 YARDS 337 YARDS
14 PAR FIVE 522 YARDS 450 YARDS
16 PAR THREE 164 YARDS 149 YARDS
17 PAR FIVE
534 YARDS 447 YARDS
Each hole includes yardages for both the senior & super senior divisions.
18 PAR FOUR 385 YARDS 385 YARDS
Bob Hughes & Wade Sarkis after playoff at the 2018 NYS Men’s Senior Amateur Championship.
HUGHES WINS IN PLAYOFF, HAMBURGER GOES WIRE-TO-WIRE
Bob Hughes parred the second hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the 2018 NYS Men’s Senior Amateur Championship at Mohawk Golf Club in Schenectady.
His opponent, Wade Sarkis of Canandaigua CC, fired a 3-under 68 in the final round to force the extra holes, after both finishing at 2-over 215.
Coming in third, was Jim Mueller of Orchard Creek GC at 216. Michael Dunsmore of McCann GC came in fourth at 217, and the leader through 36 holes, Bob Cooper of Schenectady Muni, ended up in fifth at 218.
The champion out of Ives Hill CC, made his lone double-bogey of the tourney on the 54th hole and was five strokes worse than the opening two rounds.
“My two buddies said I had to two-putt (on eighteen green). I thought that shouldn’t be a problem, I was only at 15 feet. Then I just made a poor stroke.”
The playoff began on the 18th hole and both players made par. They moved to the opening par-4 and placed their second shots onto the green. Hughes elected to chip, while Sarkis preferred to putt his ball. Sarkis lipped out a four-footer and the championship was Hughes to win. He quickly lined up, and knocked down his putt to secure his first NYS title.
“I’m very proud of how I kept it in play today and was able to maintain my focus. I wanted to keep that momentum and I did, so I was pleased with that. Getting into the playoff was certainly a bonus,” he said about the final round.
Bob Hughes & Jim Hamburger took home the 2018 NYS Men’s Senior titles.
Hughes, now 58, had been searching for a NYS title for decades, but never in the Senior Amateur, until last season when he decided to register for the older championship for men 55 and older.
“I didn’t play very well in the state amateur so I was looking for something to end the summer on a high note. I didn’t plan on winning, I just wanted to go out there and show I could play a little better,” he mentioned.
In the Men’s Super Senior, for players 65 and older, Jim Hamburger went wire-towire to win his first state title by two strokes and finished at 7-over 220.
The runner-up Anthony Tomaselli of Yahnundasis GC, ended up two strokes back at 222, although the two were tied headed into the eighteenth hole.
Past Senior Amateur champions Don Van Gorder of Newman Municipal GC and Frank Plata of Hiland Park CC, finished tied at 226. Larry Arliss of Wayne Hills CC and Mark Bonner of CC of Buffalo finished at 227.
Hamburger from McCann Golf Course, felt he had great control of the ball all week long and that was clear through his rounds of 72-74-74 on the tough Capital Area layout to finish at 7-over 220.
Down the stretch, Hamburger started to click. “There were a lot of ebbs and flows, and most of them were not good. I was just trying to survive the best I could and make it competitive,” he expressed.
The two leaders were tied heading up the eighteenth fairway, and Hamburger finished with a birdie while Tomaselli made bogey.
“I reacted well today, just didn’t finish it off,” said Tomaselli about the battle.
Hamburger, competed in his first U.S. Senior Amateur last summer in Oregon and had found something special in his game. “I appreciate it so much because it’s unexpected. All of a sudden, things click.”
“The birdie at the end made it special. I didn’t gag my way in, I did something to earn it. I played fairly well when I needed to and hung in there.”
SCENES FROM THE
2 0 1 8 M E N ‘ S S E N I O R
ALL PHOTOS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR PAGE
Past Champions of the New York State Men’s Senior & Super Senior Amateur Championship
Year Host Club Champion
1940 Onondaga G&CC LeRoy C. Crim, Binghamton
1941 CC of Troy Sherrill Sherman, Utica
1942 Niagara Falls CC Duane L. Tower, Niagara Falls
1943 Lake Placid Club F. R. Ryan, Roslyn, L.G.
1944 Lake Placid Club Duane L. Tower, Niagara Falls
1945 Oak Hill CC (East) Duane L. Tower, Niagara Falls
1946 Yahnundasis GC Duane L. Tower, Niagara Falls
1947 Westchester CC Jack A. Ahern, Hamburg
1948 Brookfield CC William B. Stark, Syracuse
1949 Lakeshore Yacht & CC Noble Miller, Canandaigua
1950 Binghamton CC Ted Stacy, Binghamton
1951 Knollwood CC Al Manginnes, Elmsford
1952 Oak Hill CC (East) Ed Randall, Rochester
1953 Oak Hill CC (West) Mid O’Hare, Syracuse
1954-1969: Run under other auspices.
1970 Lake Placid Club Jack Hendry, Syracuse
1971 Concord Course Jack Hendry, Syracuse
1972 Leatherstocking GC Burt Kling, Rochester
1973 River Oaks GC Ed Walsh, Fulton
1974 Grossinger's CC Ray Billows, Poughkeepsie
Year Host Club Champion
2001 Niagara Falls CC John Baldwin, New York
2002 Powelton Club Alan Foster, Manlius
2003 Normanside CC Richard Couch, Oneonta
2004 Lakeshore Yacht & CC Michael Daniels, Albany
2005 Vestal Hills CC Larry Gresham, Conklin
2006 Lafayette CC Donald Van Gorder, Ithaca
2007 Powelton Club Ron Bayer, Newburgh
2008 Normanside CC Charles Connolly, Queensbury
2009 Stafford CC Matthew Haefele, Bergen
2010 Wayne Hills CC Charles Connolly, Queensbury
2011 Vestal Hills CC David Benedict, Honeoye Falls
2012 Wolferts Roost CC Steve Nosonowicz, Pleasant Valley
1978 McGregor Links CC Anthony Maragno, Gloversville
1979 Dutchess G&CC William Bogle, Poughkeepsie
1980 Briar Hill CC William Bogle, Poughkeepsie
1981 Oneonta CC Don Martin, Buffalo
1982 Corning CC Robert Hoff, Rochester
1983 Onondaga G&CC William Bogle, Poughkeepsie
1984 Deerfield CC Robert Hoff, Rochester
1985 Moon Brook CC Jack Klink, Syracuse
1986 Edison Club Jack Hoff, Rochester
1987 Cortland CC Robert Hoff, Rochester
1988 Stafford CC Gerald Perkins, LeRoy
1989 Elmira CC Gerald Perkins, LeRoy
1990 Teugega CC Robert Gunnell, Jamestown
1991 Ontario GC Gerald Perkins, LeRoy
1992 Wellsville CC Gerald Perkins, LeRoy
1993 Bellevue CC Robert Gunnell, Jamestown
1994 Blue Heron Hills GC Don Allen, Rochester
1995 Colonie G&CC John Pretak, Poughkeepsie
1996 Westwood CC Don Allen, Rochester
1997 Cedar Lake Club Don Allen, Rochester
1998 Midvale CC James Infantino, Rochester
1999 Stafford CC James Infantino, Rochester
2000 McConnellsville GC Charles Connolly, Queensbury
Year Host Club Champion
1996 Westwood CC Bob Lindahl, Cortland
1997 Cedar Lake Club Robert Hoff, Rochester
1998 Midvale CC Hank Malfa, Mamaroneck
1999 Stafford CC Hank Malfa, Mamaroneck
2000 McConnellsville GC Hank Malfa, Mamaroneck
2001 Niagara Falls CC Coville Windsor, Seneca Falls
2002 Powelton Club Robert Botsford, Poughkeepsie
2003 Normanside CC Ralph Maru, Mechanicville
2004 Lakeshore CC Alfred Audi, Fayetteville
2005 Vestal Hills CC Perry Noun, Oswego
2006 Lafayette CC John Dennett, Lake George
2007 Powelton Club Mickey Gallagher, Groton
2008 Normanside CC Mickey Gallagher, Groton
2009 Stafford CC Alan Foster, Manlius
2010 Wayne Hills CC Charles Connolly, Queensbury
2011 Vestal Hills CC Charles Connolly, Queensbury
2012 Wolferts Roost CC Charles Connolly, Queensbury
2013 Normanside CC Earl Winchester, Glenmont
2014 Cedar Lake Club Randy Young, Jamesville
2015 Onondaga G&CC John Hathway, Brantingham
2016 Brookfield CC Jim Smith, East Aurora
2017 Crag Burn GC Jim Smith, East Aurora
2018 Mohawk GC Jim Hamburger, Poughkeepsie
Michael Daniels
Charles Connolly
Earl Winchester
Jim Smith
INTRODUCING THE CLASS OF 2019!
JOEY
SINDELAR HORESEHEADS, NY
HIGHLIGHTS
• NYS Men’s Amateur Champion (1980)
• NYS Boys’ Sub-Junior Champion (1971)
• NYS Open Champion (1983)
• NYS High School Champion (1976)
• 7x winner on the PGA Tour
WALTER TRAVIS
NEW YORK, NY
HIGHLIGHTS
• 3x U.S. Amateur Champion (1900, 1901, 1903)
• 4x MGA Champion
• Designed over 50 courses (7 in New York)
• Elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame (1979)
• Founded and published The American Golfer
JOHN BALDWIN
LONG ISLAND, NY
HIGHLIGHTS
• NYS Men’s Amateur Champion (1967)
• NYS Men’s Mid-Amateur Champion (1991)
• NYS Men’s Senior Amateur Champion (2001)
• 2x MGA Amateur Champion (1967, 1973)
• British Sr. Amateur Open Champion (2002)
MARY ANNE WIDMAN LEVINS ELMIRA, NY
HIGHLIGHTS
• 2x NYS Women’s Amateur Champion (1982, 1983)
• U.S. Curtis Cup team member (1984)
• 3x All-American at Duke
• 5x U.S. Women’s Open participant
• Earned LPGA card in 1985
PAST INDUCTEES
2012 | Don Allen, Ray Billows, Frederick Box, Betty Deeley, Grantland Rice, William Tryon
2015 | John Konsek, Thomas Reidy, Donald Ross, Lancy Smith, Sam Urzetta
2017 | Virginia Guilfoil Allen, Alan Foster
2018 | Walter Hagen, Dottie Pepper, Gene Sarazen, Willie Turnesa
New York State has many local and regional golf associations that provide a variety of competitions and services to their members each season.
We’d like to recognize our partner regional associations for the great work they do each year to consistently provide alternative tournament options for amateur golfers across the state.
AMATEUR GOLF ASSOCIATIONS
PGA SECTIONS
Not Shown: Triple Cities Golf Association, Capital District Golf Club Association
