2022 USGA Championships: New York State Roundup

December 28, 2022
JAMESVILLE, N.Y. -- The NYSGA has compiled a list of players from New York State who qualified or were exempt into a USGA Championship in 2022, and how they fared in the national championships.
 
Related: USGA Homepage / USGA Qualifiers in NYS

(See NYSGA player results below for each USGA championship)
 
7th U.S. Women’s Four-Ball, Grand Reserve Golf Club, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
April 20-24, 2022
 
Qualified

Bailey Shoemaker (W. Edmeston) & Kaitlyn Schroeder (Jacksonville, Fla.)
*medalists with 8-under 64 at The Club at Quail Ridge (S. Course) in Boynton Beach, Fla on 9/30/21.
 
Championship Results

Shoemaker/Schroeder – lost in finals 1 down to Thienna Huynh and Sara Im in 18 hole match.
 
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7th U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, Country Club of Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
May 14-17, 2022
 
Qualified

Sam & Will Bernstein (New York City)
*qualified at Brooklawn CC in Connecticut on 9/20/21.
 
Brad Monroe (Syracuse) & Kevin VandenBerg (Pulaski)
*co-medalists with Lessing/Brook at Inwood CC on 10/7/21.
 
Jack Lessing (Cold Spring) & Matthew Brooke (Alabama)
*co-medalists with Monroe/VandenBerg at Inwood CC on 10/7/21.
 
Matthew Virtue (Rye) & Peter Bourdon (Rhode Island)
*first alternates at Newport National GC qualifier in Rhode Island on 9/14/21.
 
Championship Results

Monroe/VandenBerg – lost in Round of 32 to Blake Humbles / Connor Reis of California, 1 down.
 
36-hole stroke play cut fell at 133
Lessing/Broome – MC
Bernstein/Bernstein – MC
Virtue/Bourdon – MC
 
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77th U.S. Women’s Open, Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Southern Pines, North Carolina
June 2-5, 2022
 
Qualified/Exempt

Melanie Green (Medina)
*qualified as an amateur with 6-under 138 at Forest CC in Fort Myers, Fla. On 5/4/21.
 
Bailey Shoemaker (W. Edmeston)
*was medalist as an amateur with 1-under 143 at Willoughby GC in Stuart, Fla. On 5/9/21.
 
Annie Park (Levittown) – LPGA Tour member since 2016. 5th appearance.
 
Championship Results

Shoemaker – T49 (+9)
Park – 67 (+14)
Green – MC (+12)
 
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122nd U.S. Open, The Country Club, Brookline, Mass.
6/15-18, 2022
 
Exempt

Cameron Young (PGA Tour member)
*exempt due to 31st position on OWGR.
 
Advanced Thru Local Qualifying Stage
 
Brentwood Country Club I 5/2/22
Dylan Crowley (Glen Cove)
 
Wee Burn Country Club I 5/2/22
Kent St. Charles (West Harrison)
Thomas McCarthy (a) (Millburn)
Kyle Baehler (a) (Rye)
Matthew Fields (a) (Scarsdale)
Thomas Withee (West Islip)
 
Sara Bay Country Club I 5/2/22
Kevin Roy (Syracuse)
 
Southampton Country Club I 5/9/22
Tyler Gerbavsits (a) (Huntington)
Gerald Mackedon (Centereach)
Colby Anderson (a) (Rockville Centre)
Matthew Lowe (a) (Farmingdale)
 
Hammock Dunes Club (Creek) I 5/12/22
Derek Bard (New Hartford)
 
Wellington National Golf Club I 5/12/22
Trevor Sluman (Rochester)
 
Knickerbocker Country Club I 5/12/22
Justin Burkhamer (a) (New Rochelle)
 
Shaker Ridge Country Club I 5/16/22
Matthew Campbell (Rome)
Scott Berliner (Lake Luzerne)
 
Mendon Golf Club I 5/16/22
Billy Gaffney (Williamsville)
John Clare (Syracuse)
 
Manhattan Woods Golf Club I 5/16/22
Brent Ito (New Rochelle)
Caleb Wilson (Oyster Bay)
James Allen (a) (Scarsdale)
Christian Cavaliere (a) (Katonah)
 
Championship Results
 
Young - MC
 
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42nd U.S. Senior Open, Saucon Valley Country Club, Bethlehem, Pa.
June 23-26, 2022
 
Qualified
 
Jim Roy (Syracuse)
*medalist during qualifying at Indiana CC in Pa. Third appearance in U.S. Senior Open on 5/18/22.
 
Charlie Bolling (Glen Cove)
*qualified at Doylestown CC in Pennsylvania on 5/19/22.
 
Mike Meehan
*was medalist at Sunningdale CC at 3-under 67 on 5/16/22.
 
Craig Thomas (White Plains)
*qualified at Sunningdale CC on 5/16/22.
 
Rob Labritz (Pound Ridge)
*earned a champions tour card in 2022. Qualified in Texas at The Courses at Watters Creek on 5/18/22.
 
Jeff Sluman (Rochester native)
*earned exemption, top 40 on tour money list through close of entries. His 13th appearance in the event.
 
Championship Results

Labritz – T4
Sluman – T33
Thomas – 64
Bolling – MC
Meehan – MC
Roy – MC
 
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73rd U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur at The Club at Olde Stone, Bowling Green, Kentucky
July 18-23, 2022
 
Qualified/Exempt
 
Sophia Li (NYC)
*qualified out of Steel Club in Hellertown, PA in a 3-for-2 playoff on 6/29/22.
 
Bailey Shoemaker (W. Edmeston)
*exempt based on WAGR ranking in the top 100. Third appearance.
 
Kennedy Swedick (Albany)
*medalist at Teugega CC on 6/27/22.
 
Championship Results

Shoemaker – Lost in Round of 32 to Maria Jose Marin of Columbia.
Li – MC
Swedick – MC
 
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74th U.S. Junior Amateur, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Oregon
July 25-30, 2022
 
Qualified

Dean Muratore (Dix Hills)
*qualified at Watchung Valley GC in Watchung, NJ on 6/15/22.
 
Sam O’Hara (Rye)
*medalist at Teugega CC in Rome with 3-under 67 on 6/27/22.
 
Lucas Rizo Patron (Rye)
*medalist at Rockaway Hunting Club in Lawrence on 6/14/22.
 
Velton Perry (Syracuse)
*qualified at Teugega Country Club in Rome with 3-under 64 on 6/14/22.
 
Will Rich (Briarcliff Manor)
*was first alternate after a playoff at the Rockaway Hunting Club qualifier on 6/14/22.
 
Championship Results

All the players missed the two-round stroke play cut.
 
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60th U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, Anchorage Golf Course, Anchorage, Alaska
July 30 – August 4, 2022
 
Qualified
 
Pennie Carlo (Rome)
*First alternate during Tuscarora Golf Club qualifier in Syracuse on 6/15/22.
 
Teresa Cleland (Syracuse)
*Medalist at Tuscarora Golf Club qualifier in Syracuse with 4-over 76 on 6/15/22. 
 
Kim Kaul (Buffalo)
*Qualified thru 3-for-2 playoff at Tuscarora Golf Club in Syracuse on 6/15/22.
 
Championship Results
 
All three players missed the two-round stroke play cut.

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122nd U.S. Women’s Amateur, Chambers Bay, University Place, Washington
August 8-14, 2022
 
Qualified/Exempt
 
Aliea Clark (NYC)
*exempt from 2021 U.S. Women’s Mid-Am runner-up.
 
Melanie Green (Medina)
*medaled at Lake Forest Country Club qualifier in Hudson, Ohio on 7/5/22.
 
Alice Hodge (Larchmont)
*qualified at the Country Club of Salisbury in Salisbury, N.C., where she fired a round of 69 on 7/7/22.
 
Kaitlyn Lee (Scarsdale)
*qualified at Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord, Mass. on 7/11/22.
 
Ina Kim-Schaad (NYC)
*qualified at Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord, Mass. on 7/11/22.
 
Jennifer Rosenberg (Laurel Hollow)
*qualified at Crestmont Country Club in West Orange, N.J. on 6/22/22.
 
Bailey Shoemaker (W. Edmeston)
*exempt from qualifying
 
Championship Results

Shoemaker – Lost in semifinals to eventual champion Saki Baba of Japan, 7 and 6.
Clark – lost in the Round of 64 by Leigh Chen in 19 holes
Green – lost in Round of 64 to Rachel Heck, 5 and 3
Hodge – MC
Lee – MC
Kim-Schaad – MC
 
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122nd U.S. Amateur Championship, Ridgewood Country Club, Ridgewood, N.J.
August 15-21, 2022
 
Qualified

Nick Bove (Syracuse)
*medaled at the Timber Banks Golf Club qualifier on his home course on 7/7/22.
 
Christian Cavaliere (Katonah)
*medalist at Westchester Hills Golf Club qualifier on 7/11/22.
 
Matthew Lowe (Farmingdale)
*co-medaled at Valley Country Club qualifier in Warwick, RI on 7/5/22.
 
Luke Sample (NYC)
*qualified out of Webster Country Club in Rochester on 7/11/22.
 
Championship Results
All four players missed the two-round stroke play cut.
 
4th U.S. Senior Women's Open, NCR Country Club (South), Kettering, Ohio
August 25 - 28, 2022 
 
Qualified/Exempt
 
Kelly Brooke (New York City)
* medalist with 78 at White Bear Yacht Club qualifier in Minnesota on 7/12/22. Has qualified for all four championships.

Jean Bartholowmew (Garden City)
* exempt into championship. Has appeared in all four championships.
 
Results
 
Brooke - MC
Bartholowmew - MC
 
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67th U.S. Senior Amateur, Kittansett Club, Marion, Massachusetts
August 27 – September 1, 2022
 
Qualified/Exempt

Kenneth Bakst (Baiting Hollow) 
*qualified for the championship out of Alpine Country Club in New Jersey on 7/25/22.
 
Michael Dunsmore (Elizabethtown)
*medalist at the Manchester Country Club in Vermont on 7/26/22.
 
Matthew Haefele (Bergen)
*qualified at Shelridge Country Club in Rochester on 8/2/22.
 
Jim Hamburger (Clinton Corners)
*qualified out of Alpine Country Club in New Jersey on 7/25/22.
 
Bob Royak (Alpharetta, GA – from Guilderland)
*won the 2019 senior title, exempt.
 
Kevin VandenBerg (Pulaski)
*Third appearance in championship, exempt.
 
Tom Yellin (NYC)
*qualified for the championship out of Alpine CC in New Jersey on 7/25/22.
 
Championship Results

Royak – Lost to eventual winner Rusty Strawn of Georgia in semifinals, 6 and 5
Bakst – Lost to Royak in Round of 16 in 21 holes
 
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41st U.S. Mid-Amateur, Erin Hills, Erin, Wisconsin
September 10-15, 2022
 
Qualified/Exempt
 
Matthew Lowe (Farmingdale)
*medalist at Mohawk Golf Club qualifier with 6-under 65 on 8/1/22. First appearance in U.S. Mid-Am after regaining amateur status.
 
Kyle Downey (Fairport)
*qualified at Mohawk Golf Club on 8/1/22. Second appearance in U.S. Mid-Am, other was 2018.
 
Sam Weiss (NYC)
*qualified at Whippoorwill Club on 8/1/22.
 
Ryan Gabel (Beacon)
*qualified at Whippoorwill Club on 8/1/22.
 
Thomas McCarthy (Millburn)
*medalist at Essex County Country Club with 4-under 67 on 8/9/22.
 
Andrew Romano (Buffalo)
*qualified at Park Country Club in a playoff on 8/22/22. First appearance in U.S. Mid-Am.
 
Ryan Coughlin (Rye)
*qualified at Connecticut National Golf Club on 8/8/22. First appearance in U.S. Mid-Am.
 
Yaroslav Merkulov (Rochester)
*Qualified at Glen Eagle Golf Club in Syracuse, Utah on 8/10/22. Second consecutive U.S. Mid-Am appearance.
 
Jamie Miller (Silver Lake)
*medalist with 3-under 68 at Park Country Club qualifier on 8/22/22. Had to withdraw from 2022 championship.
 
Bradford Tilley (Rye)
*Exempt from qualifying. Has played in three of the last four U.S. Mid-Ams.
 
Championship Results

McCarthy – Lost in Round of 32 to Chad Wilfong (NC) in 21 holes
Merkulov – Lost in Round of 32 to Ian Davis (Oklahoma) 2 and 1.
Tilley – MC
Lowe – MC
Coughlin – MC
Romano – MC
Gabel – MC
Weiss – MC
Downey - MC
 
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35th U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, Fiddlesticks CC, Fort Myers, Florida
September 17-22, 2022
 
Qualified/Exempt
 
Talia Campbell (NYC)
*exempt from 2019 U.S. Women’s Mid-Am runner-up finish against Ina Kim-Schaad
 
Aliea Clark (NYC)
*exempt from 2021 U.S. Women’s Mid-Am runner-up finish.
 
Ina Kim-Schaad (NYC)
*exempt, won the 2019 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur
 
Christy Schultz (Rochester)
*qualified at Portage Country Club in Akron, Ohio.
 
Championship Results 

Campbell – Lost in Round of 32 to Kate Scarpetta (PA) in 19 holes
Clark – finished as runner-up for second year in row, lost to Krissy Carmen (Oregon) in 18 hole championship match, losing 2 and 1.
Kim-Schaad – Lost to Aliea Clark in Round of 16 by a margin of 5 and 3.
Schultz - MC