2023 Special Olympics New York Fall Games - Golf Results

October 25, 2023

PORTER CORNERS, N.Y. -- The Special Olympics New York hosted their 2023 Fall Games for the third consecutive year in the Glens Falls area of Upstate New York.

The golf competitions were held on Saturday, Oct. 1st at Brookhaven Golf Course in Porters Corners, where special olympic athletes from across the state comepted within fourteen divisions across several different formats. This was the third consecutive year that Brookhaven has hosted the golf competition.

Related: Final Results / Special Olympics NY

The competition offered the following formats: 18 hole individual stroke play, 18 hole alternate shot, 9 hole individual stroke play, 9 hole alternate shot, and a skills competition for both male and females.

Below are the top finishers in each format/division:

18 Holes
Stroke Play, Yellow - Matt Klein (Genesee)
Stroke Play, Blue - Benjamin Purik (Capital Region)
Alternate Shot, Blue - Dylan Edmunds & Joseph Edmunds (Capital Region)
Alternate Shot, Yellow - Nicholas Richard Principato & Christine Johnson (NYC)

9 Holes
Stroke Play, Red - Hyun-Ji Lee (Long Island)
Stroke Play, Green - Elijah T. Williams (Western NY)
Stroke Play, Yellow - Rob G. Rogers Jr. (Capital Region)
Stroke Play, Blue - Aiden Gierlinger (Chautauqua)
Alternate Shot, Red - Daniel Mark & Kenneth Ritzenberg (Capital Region)
Alternate Shot, Green - Dustin & Michael Collins (Hudson Valley)
Alternate Shot, Yellow - Joshua Holsinger & Austin Mitchell (Chautauqua)
Alternate Shot, Orange - Courtney Chadwick & Casey Vattimo (Capital Region)

Skills Challenge
N/A

The NYSGA assisted Special Olympics NY in conducting the event, from developing the notice to player information sheet, to providing rules officials at the event and administrative support through Golf Genius tournament scoring website.


Past Results

2022
2021