2022 NYS Men's Mid-Amateur Championship Program

2022

NEW YORK STATE MEN’S MID-AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Seven Oaks Golf Club - Hamilton, New York September 23-25, 2022

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NYSGA Staff

President - Henry Fust, Onondaga G&CC

Bill Moore Executive Director

1st VP - Jamie Miller, Crag Burn GC 2nd VP - Doug Vergith, Chautauqua GC Secretary - Iris Stanek, Lancaster CC Treasurer - Robert Smith, Highland Park GC

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WELCOME On behalf of the entire New York State Golf Association, welcome to the 38th Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship.

The NYSGA is pleased to join with the leadership and staff of Seven Oaks Golf Club to provide a fair challenge in crowning New York State’s Men’s Mid-Amateur winner.

We are proud to return to Seven Oaks again this year. This time for the Mid-Amateur Championship.

The 38th New York State Mid-Amateur will be the first of it’s kind to take place at Seven Oaks, but the the club has hosted many memorable state championships over the years. Before this season, the Boys’ and Girls’ Junior Amateur Championships took place at Seven Oaks each year since 2016.

We certainly anticipate an exciting and memorable competition over the next several days, and the golf course and setup will surely challenge the players to utilize their full ability and skill.

I’d like to offer our thanks and appreciation to the management, club and pro shop staff, and especially the course grounds crew, whose combined efforts have provided us with this wonderful championship venue.

Finally, I’d like to thank our NYSGA staff and fantastic team of tournament volunteers, who work tirelessly to provide a first-class experience and support the talented players that participate in our competitions.

We hope you enjoy this year’s championship and we appreciate your support of our association and tournaments. If there’s anything that we can do to make your experience more enjoyable, please don’t hesitate to reach out to one of the NYSGA staff.

Sincerely,

Henry W. Fust, President New York State Golf Association

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SEVEN OAKS GOLF CLUB

Seven Oaks Golf Club has a rich history which dates back to 1916 when a group of faculty at neighboring Colgate University and some townspeople met to form a local golf club.

This first nine-hole layout, named Hamilton Golf Club was built in 1917-18 and was located on the upper portion of the hill behind the student dormitories.

In 1927, New York City’s Thomas Winston was hired to redesign the original layout.

With the transition came a renaming of the course to Seven Oaks in honor of the ancestral home of the Colgate family in England.

Less than ten years later, in 1934, a proposal was made to construct an 18-hole course on the newly-acquired Dunn Farm (where holes 1-12 are currently located). Gene Sarazen was brought on to help design the course, along with a young architect named Robert Trent Jones. Sarazen wanted to create his concept of an “Augusta of the North.”

The first nine was completed in 1958 and the second nine in 1965. The original course on the hill was closed and the name transferred to the new, modern-day Seven Oaks Golf Club.

The brook-laden Robert Trent Jones original presents a great challenge for any player that navigates the tricky layout.

Thank you to the staff at Seven Oaks Golf Club for hosting this year’s championships!

Dallas Pylinski, PGA Director of Golf

Jon McConville

Golf Course Superintendent

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THE COURSE

PAR 1 FOUR

424 YARDS

2

PAR THREE

4

PAR FOUR

142 YARDS

3 FOUR PAR

389 YARDS

435 YARDS

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THE COURSE

5

PAR FIVE

519 YARDS

6

PAR FOUR

8

PAR THREE

443 YARDS

7 FIVE PAR

552 YARDS

180 YARDS

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THE COURSE

9

PAR FOUR

441 YARDS

10

PAR FOUR

12

PAR FIVE

371 YARDS

11

PAR THREE

212 YARDS

521 YARDS

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THE COURSE

13 PAR FOUR 358 YARDS

14

PAR THREE

16

PAR FOUR

178 YARDS

15 FOUR PAR

416 YARDS

444 YARDS

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THE COURSE

17

PAR FOUR

357 YARDS

18

PAR FIVE

533 YARDS

COURSE OVERVIEW

72

6,915

PAR

YARDAGE

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PLAYER INFO Entries The Championship is open to male amateur golfers. Players must be a member of the NYSGA, defined as either belonging to an NYSGA member club or an NYSGA eClub (NYS residency required of eClub members). Players must be at least 25 years old as of September 23, 2022 and must have an up-to-date USGA Handicap Index of 10.4 or less issued by their NYSGA member club.

Format 38th NYS Men’s Mid-Amateur - Stroke Play, 54 Holes

Ties In the event of a tie, a sudden-death playoff will be held immediately following play.

Schedule of Events Thursday, September 22 // Practice Rounds Friday, September 23 // Round 1 (18 Holes) Saturday, September 24 // Round 2 (18 Holes) Sunday, September 25 // Round 3 (18 Holes) There is a cut after 18 holes to the low-60 players and ties, and after 36 holes to the low-30 players and ties.

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PAST CHAMPIONS Past Champions of the New York State

Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship Year Host Club

Champion

1984

Glens Falls CC

Charles Murphy, Albany

1985

Drumlins CC (East)

Don Allen, Rochester

1986

Crag Burn GC

Ken Andrychuk, Clifton Springs

1987

CC of Rochester

Don Allen, Rochester

1988

Wolferts Roost CC

Bruce Aubin, Poughkeepsie

1989

Bellevue CC

Tom Flynn, Syracuse

1990

Dutchess G&CC

Steve Nosonowitz, Poughkeepsie

1991

Brookfield CC

John Baldwin, New York City

1992

Bristol Harbour GC

Alan Foster, Manlius

1993

McGregor Links CC

Cliff Earle, Saratoga Springs

1994

Wayne Hills CC

David Benedict, Rochester

1995

Ontario GC

Alan Foster, Manlius

1996

Normanside CC

Mike May, Auburn

1997

Elmira CC

Michael Valicenti, Elmira

1998

Yahnundasis GC

Luke Hobika, Utica

1999

Crag Burn GC

Jim Roy, Syracuse

2000

Bellevue CC

Tim Hume, Williamsville

2001

Leatherstocking GC

Jim Roy, Syracuse

2002

Westwood CC

Jim Roy, Syracuse

2003

Teugega CC

Patrick Pierson, Central Nyack

2004

Shaker Ridge CC

Jim Roy, Syracuse

2005

CC of Rochester

Matt Clarke, Loudonville

2006

Brookfield CC

Aaron Tallman, Lancaster

2007

Dutchess G&CC

John Vaccaro, Albany

2008

Elmira CC

Tim Rose, Endicott

2009

Glens Falls CC

Ken Riter, Buffalo

2010

Crag Burn GC

Tim Hume, Cheektowaga

2011

Dutchess G&CC

Jimmy Welch, Valatie

2012

Midvale CC

Tim Spitz, Pittsford

2013

Onondaga G&CC

Jim Scorse, Churchville

2014

Teugega CC

Jamie Miller, Silver Creek

2015

Wolferts Roost CC

Luke Hobika, Dewitt

2016

Stafford CC

Jim Scorse, Churchville

2017

Yahnundasis GC

Patrick Keegan, Rochester

2018

Wanakah CC

Jamie Miller, Hamburg

2019

Tuscarora GC

Bradford Tilley, Easton, Conn.

2020

Suspended for COVID-19 pandemic

2021

Shaker Ridge CC

Carl Schimenti, Ithaca

2019 Champion Brad Tilley

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2014 & 2018 Champion Jamie Miller

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SCHIMENTI CAPTURES 37TH NYS MID-AMATEUR IN PLAYOFF Carl Schimenti outlasted Chris Blyth in a two-hole playoff.

The 37th NYS Men’s Mid-Amateur came down to a two-hole playoff, where Carl Schimenti of Cornell University Golf Course emerged victorious to take home his first state title at Shaker Ridge Country Club on Sunday.

PLACE

NAME

CLUB

SCORE

1

Carl Schimenti

Cornell University GC

70-70-76--216 (+3)

2

Chris Blyth

Locust Hill CC

71-74-71--216 (+3)

3

Darin Goldstein

Deepdale GC

72-76-69--217 (+4)

4

Billy Hanes

Crag Burn GC

76-72-71--219 (+6)

5

Jimmy Pizzutelli

Park CC

69-74-76--219 (+6)

Schimenti held a three-stroke lead that he built after Saturday’s second round through 15 holes on Sunday. On the tough finishing stretch, he bogeyed 15 and 16, and double bogeyed 17 to drop to three-over heading into the final hole.

“Three putting from 25 feet just off the green was kinda tough,” Schimenti said. “Again a three-putt from the fringe on 16. Then my only bad swing on the back nine was the tee ball on 17. We lost one right and was trying to be aggressive, hit the driver and sometimes that happens when you swing at it hard.”

That gave Chris Blyth of Locust Hill Country Club the opportunity to climb back. After a birdie on hole 14, he parred the rest of the way to stay at three-over, and awaited his fate as Schimenti teed off on his 54th hole of the championship.

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2021 CHAMPIONSHIP “My playing partners and myself, we were checking the leaderboard on the whole back nine,” Blyth said. “I kind of knew where I was, going down 17 and 18.”

Schimenti hit the green’s upper tier on the par-four eighteenth hole in two shots, setting up a difficult downhill putt. He sent it nearly 20 feet past the hole.

“I wasn’t feeling too good and it was long enough of a putt that it wasn’t a short tester,” Schimenti said. “I could give it a full stroke. These greens are really subtle and sometimes you’re trying to read a break where there isn’t some.”

Looking at an uphill putt, Schimenti hit it straight on and sank it to send the championship to a playoff.

“On that putt I was looking for a break, didn’t see any so I basically ended up just playing it straight and hit it hard enough,” Schimenti said. “That was a good read on my part. That gave me a lot more confidence heading into the playoff.”

Teeing off from the first hole, Schimenti and Blyth each two-putted for par. On the second hole, Blyth’s approach shot landed about 40 feet above the hole. Schimenti placed his approach on the Chris Blyth

fringe in front of the green about 12 feet short of the flag.

Blyth three-putted, while Schimenti set himself up for a tap-in par to win the championship.

“I think I was just really smart leaving it short of the hole on the fringe,” Schimenti said. “It feels great. It’s really probably my biggest win ever...I felt like I really played well this week and was deserving of being up there, at least in contention.”

Blyth added, “My playing partners this morning had the same exact putt so I knew that it was fast and that it would run away from me if I hit a bad putt, so I knew I had to baby it down there. I just mishit it and misread it and it just got away from me, so it was kind of unfortunate.”

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Schimenti, who also won the Tompkins County Amateur last summer, has participated in three additional NYS Men’s Mid-Amateur championships. His next highest finish was fifth place in 2018.

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2021 CHAMPIONSHIP “It’s nice to finish it off. The NYSGA events are the big events on my calendar, so that means a lot,” Schimenti said. “Down the stretch, I hit some bad short game shots and kind of bled (the lead) away, but really overall, five-over on a day like today was still not a bad score.”

Blyth’s second place finish came in his first mid-amateur appearance. He finished runner-up at the NYS Men’s Amateur in 2018 and 2019.

“I was pretty happy that I made it to that point without playing at all coming into this week so I was really proud of myself Billy Hanes

for battling and getting into the playoff,” Blyth said. “Being runner-up the first time is good...hopefully one of these days I’ll break through and get the win.”

With a two-under 69 in the final round, Darin Goldstein of Deepdale Golf Club finished in third place, shooting four-over 217 for the weekend.

Billy Hanes of Crag Burn Golf Club and first round co-leader Jimmy Pizzutelli shared fourth place at six-over to round out the top five.

Timothy Coykendall of Brook Lea Country Club (+9), Michael Auerbach of Bellport Golf Club (+9), Daniel Gabel of Mahopac Golf and Beach Club (+10), Bill Moore of Bellevue Country Club (+10), Joe Quijano of Country Club of Troy (+10) and Bobby McCartney of RDGA eClub (+10) finished in the top ten, which earned them an exemption into the 2022 NYS Men’s Amateur at Onondaga Golf & Country Club.

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