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To be eligible, a player must have a Handicap Index not exceeding 8.4, and must be a member of the NYSGA, defined as either (1) belonging to an NYSGA member club or (2) joining the NYSGA as a 2021 NYSGA eClub Member.  

Sectional qualifying, played over 18 holes, will be conducted at 13 sites around New York from Monday, June 28 to Monday, July 19 at the following venues:
 
June 28 – Red Hook GC (Mid-Hudson) – 41/7
June 29 – Moon Brook CC (Jamestown) – 8/1
July 1 – Bethpage (Yellow) (Long Island) – 66/10
July 2 – Lakeshore Yacht & CC (Syracuse) – 31/5
July 3 – Watertown GC (Watertown) – 14/2
July 4 – Links at Hiawatha (Binghamton) – 16/3
July 6 – Colonie G&CC (Albany) – 116/18
July 9 – Yahnundasis GC (Utica/Rome) – 35/6
July 10 – Wayne Hills CC (Finger Lakes) – 15/3
July 10 – Malone GC (N. Country) – 8/1
July 11 – Elmira CC (Elmira) – 16/3
July 12 – Glen Oak GC (Buffalo) – 49/8
July 19 – Mendon GC (Rochester) – 36/6
( ##/## denotes the number of players competing for an allocated number qualifying spots at each site.)
 
No playoffs will be conducted during sectional qualifying. All players tied for the final allocated spot at a given qualifier, will advance into the championship.
 
There will also be a “last chance” qualifier on August 8th, at a course to be announced. The Sunday qualifier will be open to players who have not already attempted to qualify at a previous site. A limited number of spots will be allocated to this qualifier and will be announced later.
 
Schuyler Meadows Club has hosted several New York State championships in the past, including the 2013 Men's Amateur, three Women's Amateurs (1955, 1976, 2017) and the 1938 Boys' Junior Amateur.
 
The list of 49 golfers who are fully exempt into the 2021 NYS Men’s Amateur (as of June 27):