Preview: 8th New York State Men's Amateur & Senior Amateur Four-Ball Championships

May 19, 2018

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- The upcoming 8th annual New York State Men’s Amateur & Senior Amateur Four-Ball Championships returns to the picturesque Leatherstocking Golf Course at the Otesaga Hotel May 20 – 21, 2018.

Related: Championship Home

The championship begins on Sunday with the 52 sides (26 per division) playing 18 holes of four-ball stroke play. The entire field will tee off with a shotgun start set for 1:00pm. The second and final round will be a second 18 holes of four-ball stroke play on Saturday with a shotgun start at 9:00am.

Co-champions for the open division will earn exemptions into the 2018 NYS Men’s Amateur Championship at Irondequoit Country Club in August, and the 2018 NYS Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Wanakah Country Club in September.

IN THE FIELD

Past NYS Men’s Four-Ball Champions 

Jonathan Clark (2013, 2017), Billy Hanes (2015), John Kircher (2014), Jeff Wolniewicz (2016, 2017)

Past NYS Men’s Senior Four-Ball Champions

Robert Branham (2017), Kevin Broderick (2014), Matt Clarke (2016), Mark Dugan (2012 – inaugural at Ravenwood GC), Bob Rosen (2016), Kevin Webb (2017)

Past Four-Ball Champion Teams

Clark/Wolniewicz (2017), Branham/Webb (2017 – Senior), Clarke/Rosen (2016 – Senior)

Other New York State champions in the field 

Don Van Gorder (Men’s Senior – Lafayette CC, 2006) 

Todd Dischinger (Men’s Amateur – Drumlins CC (East), 1992)

John Gaffney (Men’s Amateur – Wanakah CC, 1999)

Randy Young (Men’s Super Senior – Cedar Lake Club, 2014)

Jimmy Welch (Men’s Mid-Amateur – Midvale CC, 2012)

Paul Pratico (Men’s Senior – Brookfield CC, 2016)

 

CHAMPIONSHIP QUICK FACTS

Dates: May 20 – 21, 2018

Host Site: Otesaga Resort’s Leatherstocking Golf Course

2016 Champions: Jonathan Clark & Jeff Wolniewicz (Open Division), Robert Branham & Kevin Webb at Leatherstocking Golf Course 

Format: 36 holes of four-ball stroke play played over two days.

 

PAR AND YARDAGE

Leatherstocking Golf Course Hole by Hole – Open Division

HOLE

     1

     2

     3

     4

     5

     6

    7

     8

      9

PAR

     4

     4

     3

     5

     4

     4

    4

     4

      3

YARDS

   340

   392

   200

   513

   396

   362

   404

   375

    186

               

HOLE

    10

     11

    12

    13

     14

    15

    16

    17

    18

PAR

     4

      5

     3

     4

      4

     5

     4

     3

     5

YARDS

  384

   560

   137

   342

    285

   462

   366

   182

   515

 

35-37-72

6,401 yards – (f) 3,168/ (b) 3,233

 

Leatherstocking Golf Course Hole by Hole – Senior Division

HOLE

     1

     2

     3

     4

     5

     6

     7

     8

     9

PAR

     4

     4

     3

     5

     4

     4

     4

     4

     3

YARDS

   322

   372

   193

   483

   386

   350

   391

   340

   158

 

HOLE

    10

     11

     12

    13

    14

     15

    16

    17

    18

PAR

     4

      5

      3

     4

     4

      5

     4

     3

     5

YARDS

   362

    532

    122

   324

   254

    452

   348

   146

   505

 

35-37-72

6,040 yards – (f) 2,995/ (b) 3,045

Schedule of Events 

Saturday, May 19 - Practice Rounds

     9:00am - 5:00pm................... Practice rounds (contact pro shop for tee time)

Sunday, May 20 - Round 1

     11:00am - 12:35pm................Contestant registration (beneath the NYSGA tent at the pro shop)

     12:35pm - 12:45pm................Announcements

     1:00pm....................................Round 1 - 18 holes, four-ball stroke play (shotgun start)

     6:30pm-7:30pm......................Player reception (cash bar)

     7:00pm....................................Player dinner at the Otesga Resort Hotel

Monday, May 21 - Round 2

     8:40am - 8:45am....................Announcements

     9:00am....................................Round 2 - 18 holes, four-ball stroke play (shotgun start)

     2:00pm....................................Contestant lunch at the Leatherstocking clubhouse

     2:00pm....................................Awards Ceremony

The Otesaga Resort’s Leatherstocking Golf Course

One of the East's most scenic and challenging resort golf courses, Leatherstocking offers a premier golfing experience in one of the country's most picturesque natural settings. Designed in 1909 by Devereux Emmet, the course features a natural contour terrain that sweeps along the western shoreline of Lake Otsego and offers gorgeous views from varying elevations.