Amherst's Patrick Sheedy Leads 42nd U.S. Mid-Am Qualifier at CC of Buffalo
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – Three players advanced into the 42nd U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship out of the NYSGA-conducted sectional qualifier at the Country Club of Buffalo on Thursday.
Patrick Sheedy, Jr. of Amherst and David Lang of Canada tied at 3-under 67 for to share medalist honors.
Phil Arci of Canada also qualified at 1-under par.
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Sheedy, who’s a member at nearby Brookfield Country Club, knocked in all five birdies on his back nine to finish under par and qualify, after all pars on the front side of the course.
Lang’s round included four birdies and an eagle on No. 2 (a 391-yard, par 4). He was 5-under through 14 holes but had consecutive bogeys on 15-16 to tie him with Sheedy. Lang was the 2022 Golf Ontario Men’s Mid-Amateur Champion.
Arci had a similar story, where he was blemish-free with four birdies through 13 holes, before bogeys on No. 14, 16 and 18 down the stretch. He recently finished as the 2023 Canadian Men’s Amateur runner-up.
Another Canadian player, Mike Britton, shot even par to earn the First Alternate position, after an unfortunate double bogey on the seventeenth hole dropped him out of the red numbers.
Second Alternate was decided in a playoff between two players at 1-over.
The classic Donald Ross gem in Western New York setup to 6,852 yards and par of 70.
This year’s U.S. Mid-Amateur will be held at Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Scarborough-on-Hudson, September 9-14, 2023. Fenway Golf Club in Scarsdale will be the stroke play co-host during the national championship.
