PREVIEW: 2022 NYS Men's Four-Ball Championships

May 20, 2022

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – The upcoming 11th annual New York State Men’s Amateur & 10th Senior Amateur Four-Ball Championships return to the picturesque Leatherstocking Golf Course at the Otesaga Resort Hotel, May 22 – 23, 2022.

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The championship begins on Sunday with the 52 sides (38 in Open Division, 14 in Senior Division) playing 18 holes of four-ball stroke play. Round 1 will begin with a shotgun start at 1:00pm. The second and final round will be another 18 holes of four-ball stroke play on Monday with a shotgun start at 9:30am.

CHAMPIONSHIP QUICK FACTS

Dates: May 22 – 23, 2022

Host Site: Otesaga Resort’s Leatherstocking Golf Course

2021 CHAMPIONS

Michael Dwyer and Michael Stopera of Edison Club (Open Division) and;

Mark Battle of Ravenwood Golf Club and Chris Sorci of NYSGA eClub - Rochester (Senior Division).

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

PAR AND YARDAGE

OPEN DIVISION – GREEN TEES

HOLE

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

YARDS

340

392

200

513

396

362

404

375

186

PAR

4

4

3

5

4

4

4

4

3

 

HOLE

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

YARDS

384

560

137

342

285

462

366

182

515

PAR

4

5

3

4

4

5

4

3

5

 

IN: 3,168 yards / OUT: 3,233 yards

TOTAL: 6,401 yards, par 35-37-72 (71.7/139)

 

SENIOR DIVISION – WHITE TEES

HOLE

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

YARDS

322

372

193

483

386

350

391

340

158

PAR

4

4

3

5

4

4

4

4

3

  

HOLE

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

YARDS

362

532

122

324

254

452

348

146

505

PAR

4

5

3

4

4

5

4

3

5

 

IN: 2,995 yards / OUT: 3,045 yards

TOTAL: 6,040 yards, par 35-37-72 (70.1/137)

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Saturday, May 21 // Practice Rounds

Sunday, May 22 // Round 1, 18 holes, Shotgun start at 1:00am

Monday, May 23 // Round 2, 18 holes, Shotgun start at 9:00am

IN THE FIELD

Past NYS Men’s Four-Ball Champions 

Michael Dwyer (2021), Billy Hanes (2015, 2018), David Hanes (2018), John Kircher (2014), Michael Stopera (2021), Jeff Wolniewicz (2016, 2017).

Past NYS Men’s Senior Four-Ball Champions

Mark Battle (2013, 2021), Robert Branham (2017), Kevin Broderick (2014), Ken Ogden (2019), Bob Rosen (2016), Wade Sarkis (2019), Chris Sorci (2021), Kevin Webb (2017).

Past Four-Ball Champion Teams

Battle/Sorci (2021 – Senior), B. Hanes/D. Hanes (2018), Branham/Webb (2017 – Senior), Dwyer/Stopera (2021), and Ogden/Sarkis (2019 – Senior).

Other New York State Champions

Benjamin Bates (Boys’ Junior Amateur – Shaker Ridge CC, 1997), Matt Clarke (Men’s Mid-Amateur – CC of Rochester, 2005), Christian Chapman (Boys’ Junior Amateur – Seven Oaks GC, 2016), Scott Dean (Men’s Super Senior – The Powelton Club, 2021), 1992), Billy Hanes (Boys’ Sub-Junior – Wellsville CC, 2000), Yaroslav Merkulov (Boys’ Sub-Junior Amateur – Drumlins CC (East), 2006; Boys’ Junior Amateur – Oneota CC, 2008; Boys’ Junior Amateur – Skaneateles CC, 2009; Men’s Amateur – Ravenwood GC, 2009), Dan Russo (Men’s Senior – Cavalry Club, 2019; Men’s Senior – The Powelton Club, 2021), Carl Schimenti (Men’s Mid-Amateur – Shaker Ridge CC, 2021),  Kevin Webb (Senior Mixed Team – Skaneateles, 2018), Jimmy Welch (Men’s Mid-Amateur – Midvale CC, 2012), Jeff Wolniewicz (Men’s Amateur – Pinehaven CC, 2008).

Qualified for U.S. Amateur Four-Ball

Merkulov/Dobesh (2021), Monroe/Vandenberg (2022)

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.