PREVIEW: 2021 NYS Women's Senior Amateur Championships

August 22, 2021

GUILDERLAND, N.Y. – The upcoming 2021 New York State Women’s Senior & Super Senior Amateur Championships are set to challenge many of the best senior women amateur golfers around the state over 36 holes of stroke play from August 24-25 at Pinehaven Country Club in Guilderland, NY.

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The field is set at 120 players divided into two divisions: Senior (ages 50-64) and Super-Senior (ages 65+). The championship begins on Tuesday with 18 holes of stroke play in a shotgun format beginning at 9:30 am. Wednesday, the field will play another 18 holes of stroke play in a shotgun format to decide champion in both divisions (Senior & Super Senior) as well as age division winners, for both gross and net. If a tie for either championship exists after 36 holes, a sudden-death playoff will determine the winner.

 CHAMPIONSHIP QUICK FACTS

Date: August 24-25, 2021

Host Site: Pinehaven Country Club

2019 Champions:

Mary Sicard of Queensbury Country Club (Senior) and;

Kitty Colliflower of Oak Hill Country Club (Super Senior)

Format: 36 holes of stroke play, played over two days of competition in a shotgun format. 

Par and Yardage:

Senior Division - Green Tees

HOLE

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

YARDAGE

325

335

145

344

340

464

328

378

123

PAR

4

4

3

4

4

5

4

4

3

 

HOLE

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

YARDAGE

348

145

325

288

126

415

315

397

320

PAR

4

3

4

4

3

5

4

5

4

  

OUT: 2,782 yards / IN: 2,679 yards

TOTAL: 5,461 yards, par 35-36-71 (71.4/126)

 

Super-Senior Division - Red Tees

HOLE

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

YARDAGE

325

247

145

265

289

395

245

378

123

PAR

4

4

3

4

4

5

4

4

3

 

HOLE

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

YARDAGE

260

145

240

288

126

365

315

397

320

PAR

4

3

4

4

3

5

4

5

4

 

OUT: 2,403 yards / IN: 2,456 yards

TOTAL: 4,859 yards, par 35-36-71 (68.1/117)

  

Schedule of Events (As of August 22):

Monday, August 23

  • 8:30am..........…… Player registration (Canceled)         

  • 9:30-3:00pm.…... Practice rounds tee times (Canceled)

Tuesday, August 24

  • 11:00am................ Driving range opens

  • 12:40pm................ Announcements 

  • 1:00pm….....…... Round 1 (shotgun start)

  • 6:00pm............... Cocktail reception 

  • 7:00pm............... Contestant dinner

Wednesday, August 25

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

  • 8:40am.........….… Announcements 

  • 9:00am….........… Round 2 (shotgun start)

  • 2:00pm................ Awards ceremony

 

The Field  

Past Women’s Senior Champions in the Field

Tammy Blyth, of Monroe Golf Club, made par on the second hole of a playoff to win the 2018 NYS Women’s Senior Amateur Championship at Thendara Golf Club over Kim Kaul and Sue Kahler. The three past champions finished the 36-hole tournament tied at 156. She finished T5 in the 2019 championship. 

Teresa Cleland, of Bellevue Country Club, took home the NYS Women’s Mid-Amateur title in three consecutive years from 2011-13 at Rome CC, Seneca Falls CC, CC of Ithaca, respectively. Cleland also won the Women’s Senior title consecutively in 2009-10 at Thendara GC & Ontario CC. More recently, the Syracuse native has collaborated with Carina Watkins to win back-to-back NYS Women’s Senior Amateur Four-Ball (2018 & 2019), making her a seven-time New York State champion. The Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame Inductee has competed at the national level numerous times including USGA Women’s State championships, U.S. Mid-Ams and US Women’s Senior championships, and recently qualified for the 2021 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur in what will be her tenth appearance.

Susan Kahler, of Ballston Spa Country Club, won the 2013 NYS Women’s Senior Amateur. She also has two NYS Senior Mixed Team titles (2013, 2014) under her belt, where she won with her brother, Gary. Kalher has won 21 club championships at Ballston Spa, and is currently an assistant women’s golf coach at Union College.

Kim Kaul, of East Aurora Country Club, is a two-time NYS Senior Women’s Amateur champion (2008, 2015) and took home runner-up honors in the 2015 and 2018 NYS Women’s Mid-Amateur. A member of the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame, Kaul has been named Buffalo District Golf Association Player of the Year three times and placed second in the 2005 NYS Women’s Amateur.

Nancy Kroll, of Pinehaven Country Club, was crowned NYS Women’s Senior champion in 2014 after a fifteen-year hiatus from golf. She’s won a record seven Northeastern Women’s Golf Association Championship (Capital District) titles, her most recent victory coming in 2018. She recently finished T8 in the 2021 NYS Women’s Four-Ball with her partner, Mary Jo Kelly. 

Mary Sicard, of Queensbury Country Club, won her third NYS Women’s Senior Amateur championship in 2019 at Bristol Harbour. Her other two titles came in back-to-back in 2016 & 2017, in her first two years competing in the field. 

Carina Watkins, of Beaver Meadows Golf Club, was the 2011 champion at Clifton Springs Country Club. Watkins also won the 2018 & 2019 NYS Women’s Senior Four-Ball Championships with partner Teresa Cleland.

 

Past Women’s Super-Senior Champions in field 

Kitty Colliflower, of Oak Hill Country Club, won her first state title in the 2019 Women’s Super Senior Amateur championship. She placed third in the 2018 championship. She won the 2018 Rochester District Golf Association Women’s Open. She qualified for the inaugural U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball championship in 2015 at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort.

 

Other NYSGA Champions in Field

Pennie Carlo, of Crestwood Golf Club, captured her first NYS title in 2019 at the Women’s Four-Ball Championship at Ravenwood Golf Club with partner Lauren Cupp. She qualified for the 2019 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur and qualified out of Tuscarora Golf Club. 

Karen Feldman, of Olde Kinderhook Golf Club, teamed up with Patricia Mayne earlier this summer to capture her first NYS title at the Senior Women’s Four-Ball championship at Lakeshore Yacht and Country Club. 

Mary Jo Kelly, of Wolferts Roost Country Club, won the NYS Women’s Amateur in 1980 at Foxfire GC and was runner up at Kingswood Golf Course in 1999, having had major success on the local level. She’s been women’s club champion over thirty times at Wolferts Roost, and has won six Northeastern Women’s Golf Association (NEWGA) championships. In 2015, Kelly earned a berth into the U.S. Senior Amateur at the Hillwood CC in Nashville, Tenn. She returned to the NYSGA circuit last year, finishing tied for ninth in the Mid-Am at her home club and as runner-up in the Women’s Senior at Corning Country Club.

Patricia Mayne, of Western Turnpike Golf Course, won her first state title earlier this summer at the Senior Women’s Four-Ball championship with teammate Karen Feldman. She finished T5 in the 2019 championship and T6 in 2015. She’s earned other top ten finishes in the past as well, placing T-5 in 2014 and T-6 in 2013. 
 

Others to Watch in Senior Division

Nikki Fowler, of Stone Creek Golf Club, finished T14 in the 2019 championship. She finished in the top 20 at the 2021 NYS Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Teugega Country Club. 

Heidi Harkins, of Ballston Spa Country Club, won the 2021 Northeastern Women’s Golf Association championship. Her most recent appearance in the NYS Women’s Senior Amateur Championship came in 2018, where she finished T16. 

Sandra Jackson, of Whippoorwill Club, finished in fifth in the 2018 championship at Thendara. She qualified for the 2014 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur at Hollywood Golf Club in New Jersey. In the 2019 championship, she finished T12. 

Carolyn Mancini, of Binghamton Country Club, finished fourth in the 2019 championship, and was co-runner-up in the 2018 championship. She finished in a three-way tie after 36 holes at 156 with Tammy Blyth and Kim Kaul.

Mary Scatena, of Pinehaven Country Club, won the 2019 Schenectady Classic in a playoff over Nancy Kroll. She finished eighth in the 2019 championship. 

Penny Schiek, of Hiland Park Country Club, finished tied for runner-up honors in the 2019 championship at Bristol Harbour. She teamed up with Kelly Dempsey to win the net title at the 2019 NYS Women's Four-Ball Championships.

 

Others to Watch in Super Senior Division 

Leslie Arakelian, of Orchard Creek, is a three-time Country Club of Troy Invitational champion. She’s also won the Northeastern Women’s Golf Association championship four times (1999, 2002, 2004, 2005). 

Joy Florczak, of Durand Eastman Golf Club, won the 2002 Women’s Golf Association of Western New York title, and earned runner-up finishes in 2019, 2006 and 2003. 

Jo Ann Shupe, of Beaver Meadows Golf Club, finished tied for third in the 2019 championship. She also won the Super Senior title in the 2020 in the Rome City Women’s Amateur Golf Tournament. 

Marianne Springer, of Edison Club, competed in the 2018 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur. She finished second in the 2011 Women’s International Four-Ball. 

 

 Pinehaven Country Club

Pinehaven Country Club is a private golf club located in Guilderland, New York, located just west of Albany. Opened in 1960, the club is currently celebrating its 61st year of operation. The course’s demanding 6500 yard layout is carved through the pine barrens of the historic pine bush area of Albany County. Over the past several years, the club has undertaken a number of course renovation projects. The master plan, directed by noted course architect Rick Jacobson, made what was already one of the most beautiful and challenging courses in upstate New York even more so.

Pinehaven’s sand base course cushions golfers steps and offers speedy drainage, forcing virtually no course closure due to rainy weather. Pinehaven is usually the first course to open in the Spring and the last to close in the Fall, providing members with many months of fine golf.

Pinehaven’s state of the art electronic irrigation system completely waters tees, greens, fairways and rough making all 18 holes as beautiful as they are challenging.

 

Previous NYSGA Championships at Pinehaven Country Club

1998 NYS Men’s Amateur Championship

2008 NYS Men’s Amateur Championship

2002 NYS Women’s Amateur Championship

1991 NYS Women’s Senior Amateur Championship

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