NYSGA News

The 86th NYSGA Championship Season has come to a close, and I would just breifly like to thank a few parties.  First, I would like to thank my tournament volunteers and staff for all their hard work this summer.  Many of our volunteers travel to the championships at their own expense and we would never be able to run such fine championships without their help.  Second, I would like to thank the clubs out there who hosted our Championshpis and Qualifiers.  Their sacrifice in such a short golf season is always appreciated.  Finally, I would like to thank all the competitors.  We hope that you will come back and compete again in 2009.

The New York State Golf Association would like to announce the eleven scholarship recipients for the 2008-2009 academic year. We are proud of all of the individuals below and hopeful they will all continue to excel in their studies and the golf industry. The winners are:

• Adam Baj – Buffalo, NY
• Sean Braman – Geneva, NY
• Thomas Cooper – Scotia, NY
• Thomas D’Amato – Clyde, NY
• Luke Gancarz – Chittenango, NY
• Aidan Graven – Owego, NY
• Michael Harrower – Batavia, NY
• Matthew Kontogianis – Manorville, NY
• Richard Martel – Hampton Bays, NY
• Dineen Notman – Syracuse, NY
• Bryan Springer* – New Hartford, NY

* Bryan Springer is the “Bill Arliss Scholarship” winner. This award is funded by the NYSGA and the Arliss family in memory of their son, Billy.

For the year 2008-2009, the annual awards remain at $1,500 each, bringing the total scholarship presentations to $16,500.

The New York State Golf Association would like to express their sincere thanks to all for their generous donations to the Scholarship Fund. These donations to the Scholarship Fund will help the NYSGA continue its strong commitment to New York residents who are matriculated in specific two or four year

College/University programs such as Agronomy, Turf Grass Management, Professional Golf and Country Club Management or related programs. We also support New York State residents who elect to pursue such programs in out-of-state Colleges or Universities.

Additional contributions will help the NYSGA Scholarship Committee as we begin to aggressively solicit additional scholarship funding from clubs, individuals and corporate sources to expand the scope and impact of our scholarship awards.

Scholarship applications for the upcoming year will be available at www.nysga.org. Interested applicants should contact the NYSGA Office with any questions regarding the application process. The deadline for submitting an application for the 2009-2010 academic year will be April 15, 2009.

For further information concerning the NYSGA Scholarship Program please e-mail us or contact Mr. Henry W. Fust, Scholarship Chairperson, 5784 Widewaters Parkway, Dewitt, NY 13214 or Mr. Bill Moore, NYSGA Executive Director, P.O. Box 15333, Syracuse, NY 13215-0333.