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COOPERSTOWN, NY – The 15th annual New York State Men’s Amateur and 14th Senior Amateur Four-Ball Championships return to Leatherstocking Golf Course for the first time since 2022, May 17-18.

Fast Facts

2025 Champions

• Owen Corby of Monroe GC and Anthony Maglisco of Pompey Club (Amateur) 

• Wade Sarkis of Canandaigua CC and Jim Scorse of Stafford CC (Senior)

Click here to see a full list of past champions.

Format:

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

What the Winners Receive:

Exemption into the 2026 NYS Men's Amateur Championship at Glens Falls CC

Exemption into the 2026 NYS Men's Mid-Amateur Championship at Country Club of Buffalo (if age-eligible)

Par and Yardage

Open Division:

Green Tees (6,338yds//71.7//139)

Senior Division:

White Tees (6,009yds//70.1//137)

Schedule of Events

Sunday, May 17

• 11:00am - 12:30pm...... Registration

• 12:30pm - 12:40pm...... Announcements

• 1:00pm................... Round 1* (Shotgun Start)

Monday, May 18

• 7:00am................... Driving range opens

• 8:30-8:40am........... Announcements

• 9:00am................... Round 2* (Shotgun Start)

• 2:00pm................... Player Lunch

• 2:30pm....................Award ceremony

IN THE FIELD

Past NYS Men's Four-Ball Champion Teams

Amateur

• Owen Corby, Monroe Golf Club / Anthony Maglisco, Pompey Club (2025)

• Jim Hirsh, NYSGA eClub - CNY / Bill Virkler, Yahnundasis GC (2024)

• Billy Hanes, Crag Burn GC / David Hanes, Crag Burn GC (2023, 2018)

• Michael Dwyer, Schenectady Municipal Golf / Michael Stopera, Edison Club (2021)

• Jeff Wolniewicz, West Seneca (2017, 2016)

• Jamie Miller, Crag Burn Golf Club / Billy Hanes, Crag Burn Golf Club (2015)

• John Kircher *, RDGA eClub (2014)

• Jim Scorse *, Stafford Country Club / J.P. Kircher, Seven Oaks Golf Club (2012, 2011)

Senior

• Wade Sarkis, Canandaigua Country Club / Jim Scorse, Stafford Country Club (2025)

• John Harrington, Tuscarora GC / Chris Smithers, Tuscarora GC (2024)

• Andy Bernatovicz, River Oaks GC / Kenneth Riter, NYSGA eClub Western NY (2023)

• Matt Clarke, Cazenovia Country Club / Bob Rosen, Country Club of Buffalo (2022, 2016)

• Wade Sarkis, Canandaigua Country Club (2019)

• Kevin Broderick, NYSGA eClub - Capital Region (2014)

*(John) Kircher, Scorse won amateur events but are competing in this year’s Senior Division event.

Past NYS Men’s Four-Ball Champions

Owen Corby (2025), Anthony Maglisco (2025), Jim Hirsh (2024), Bill Virkler (2024), Billy Hanes (2023, 2018, 2015), David Hanes (2023, 2018), Michael Dwyer (2021), Michael Stopera (2021), Ryan Gabel (2019), Jeff Wolniewicz (2017, 2016), Jamie Miller (2015), J.P. Kircher (2012, 2011), Jim Scorse (2012, 2011). 

Past NYS Men’s Senior Four-Ball Champions

Wade Sarkis (2025, 2019), Jim Scorse (2025), John Harrington (2024), Chris Smithers (2024), Andy Bernatovicz (2023), Kenneth Riter (2023), Robert Rosen (2022, 2016),  Robert Branham (2017), Kevin Webb (2017), Paul Hart (2014), Kevin Broderick (2014).

2025 Individual New York State Champions in Field

Andy Bernatovicz (Men’s Senior - Brookfield CC)

Other Past New York State Champions 

Andy Bernatovicz (Men’s Senior – Brookfield CC, 2025)

James Blackwell (Boys' Junior Amateur – McGregor Links CC, 2011, Men’s Senior Four-Ball – Turning Stone, 2023)

Kevin Broderick (Men’s Senior Four-Ball – Turning Stone, 2024)

Michael Carrig (Amateur Mixed Team – Transit Valley CC, 2022)

Matt Clarke (Men’s Senior Four-Ball – Leatherstocking GC, 2022 & Leatherstocking GC, 2014)

Michael Dwyer (Men’s Amateur Four-Ball – Leatherstocking GC.  2021)

Charlie Fischer (Boys 14U Junior Amateur – Seven Oaks GC, 2019)

Billy Hanes (Boys’ Sub-Junior – Wellsville CC, 2000; Men's Mid-Am – Seven Oaks GC, 2022, Crag Burn GC, 2023; Men’s Amateur Four-Ball – Turning Stone, 2023 & Leatherstocking GC, 2018)

David Hanes (Men’s Amateur Four-Ball – Turning Stone, 2023 & Leatherstocking GC, 2018)

John Harrington (Men’s Senior Four-ball – Turning Stone, 2024)

Jim Hirsh (Men’s Amateur Four-Ball – Turning Stone 2024)

Luke Hobika (Men's Mid-Am – Yahnundasis GC, 1998, Wolferts Roost CC, 2015; Senior Mixed Team - Leatherstocking GC, 2023)

Yaroslav Merkulov (Men’s Amateur – Ravenwood GC, 2019)

Jamie Miller (Men’s Mid-Amateur – Teugega CC, 2014 & Wanakah CC 2018; Men’s Amateur Four-Ball – Leatherstocking 2015)

Kenneth Riter (Men's Mid-Am – Glens Falls CC, 2009)

Bob Rosen (Men’s Senior Four Ball – Leatherstocking GC, 2022 & Leatherstocking GC 2016)

Wade Sarkis (Men’s Senior Four Ball – Turning Stone, 2025)

Jim Scorse (Men's Am – Ontario GC, 2006; Men's Mid-Am – Onondaga G&CC, 2013; Stafford CC, 2016; Men’s Senior Am – Yahnundasis GC, 2023; Corning CC, 2024)

Christopher Smithers (Men’s Senior Four Ball – Turning Stone, 2024)

Philip Stegemann (Super Senior Amateur – En-Joie GC, 2023)

Michael Stopera (Men’s Amateur Four-Ball – Turning Stone, 2021)

Kevin VandenBerg (Men’s Senior Amateur – Springville CC, 2022)

Bill Virkler (Men’s Amateur Four-Ball – Turning Stone 2024)

Jeff Wolniewicz (Men’s Am – Pinehaven CC, 2008)

Players Who Have Qualified for a USGA Amateur Four-Ball

Shawn Baker, Matt Clarke, Cory Cullen, Shane Dobesh, Yaroslav Merkulov, Jamie Miller, Jim Scorse, Kevin VandenBerg

Past NYSGA Championships Hosted at Leatherstocking Golf Course

1958 & 1962 NYS Women’s Amateur

1964 NYS Men’s Amateur

1972 NYS Men’s Senior Amateur

2001 NYS Men’s Mid-Amateur

2023 NYS Amateur & Senior Amateur Mixed Team

2024 & 2025 NYS Women’s Amateur  & Senior Amateur Four-Ball 

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.