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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- The 10th NYS Amateur and Senior Amateur Mixed Team Championships will take place at Leatherstocking Golf Course on Monday, June 5.

This year's field is set at 52 sides (104 players), divided into two divisions, with 20 sides competing in the Amateur and 32 sides in the Senior Amateur (men 55+, women 50+). The Championships will run concurrently over 18 holes of modified chapman stroke play. There will be both gross and net winners in each division. The entire field will tee off with a shotgun start set for 10:00 am.

Related: Live Scoring / Pairings / Championship Info / 2023 Program / 2022 Recap / Past Results 

CHAMPIONSHIP QUICK FACTS

Date: June 5, 2023

Host Site: Leatherstocking Golf Course at the Otesaga Hotel, Cooperstown, N.Y.

2022 Champions:
Amateur - Gaelin Carrig and Michael Carrig of Springville CC
Senior - Kim Kaul of East Aurora CC and Andrew Melnyk of Tuscarora GC

2022 Net Champions:
Amateur - Julie Murphy and Michael Murphy of Brookfield CC
Senior - Marylee Pollard and Mike Farina of Ballston Spa CC 

Format: 18 holes of modified chapman stroke play (gross and net). Two players play as partners, each partner plays from the teeing ground and plays the partner's ball for the second shot. After the second shot, partners select the ball with which they wish to score and play that ball alternately to complete the hole. This format is modified on par-3s, so that the decision as to which ball to play alternately must be made after the tee shot.

PAR & YARDAGE FOR DIVISIONS

Men: White Tees | 6,040y | 70.1/137
Women: Red Tees | 5,122y | 70.5/128
Men (Sr): Silver Tees: | 5,439y | 67.0/127
Women (Sr): Red Tees | 5,122y | 70.5/128

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Monday, June 5th
7:45-9:35am........ Registration
7:45-9:15am........ Driving range open
9:35am................ Announcements
10:00am.............. Shotgun Start
2:45-4:00pm........ Complimentary Lunch
4:00pm................ Awards Ceremony

THE FIELD

Past NYS Mixed Team Champions

Stuart Harris (2015), Julie Murphy (2017), Michael Murphy (2017), Traci Petrillo (2015)

Past NYS Senior Mixed Team Champions 

Stuart Harris (2019), Gary Kahler (2013, 2014), Susan Kahler (2013, 2014), Kim Kaul (2022), Daniel Meehan (2016), Pam Meehan (2016), Andrew Melnyk (2022), Traci Petrillo (2019), Jim Schaefer (2017), Patty Schaefer (2017), Kevin Webb (2018 & 2021), Lisa Webb (2018 & 2021)

Past Mixed Team Champion Teams

Amateur

2017 - Julie Murphy and Michael Murphy (Brookfield CC)
2015 - Traci Petrillo (Penfield CC) and Stuart Harris (Oak Hill CC)*
* competing in the senior division

Senior

2022 - Kim Kaul (East Aurora CC) and Andrew Melnyk (Tuscarora GC)
2019 - Traci Petrillo (Penfield CC) and Stuart Harris (Oak Hill CC)
2018, 2021 - Lisa Webb and Kevin Webb (Clifton Springs CC)
2017 - Patty Schaefer and Jim Schaefer (Yahnundasis GC)
2016 - Pam Meehan and Daniel Meehan (Yahnundasis GC)
2013, 2014 - Susan Kahler (Ballston Spa CC) and Gary Kahler (Teugega CC)

Other New York State champions in the field

Mark Battle (2013, 2021 NYS Men’s Senior Amateur Four-Ball)

Tammy Blyth (2018 NYS Women's Senior Amateur)

Pennie Carlo (2019 NYS Women’s Amateur Four-Ball)

Kitty Colliflower (2019 NYS Women's Super Senior Amateur)

Amanda Gaffney (2018 NYS Women’s Amateur Four-Ball)

John Gaffney (1999 NYS Men’s Amateur)

Luke Hobika (1998, 2015 NYS Men’s Mid-Amateur)

Susan Kahler (2013, 2022 NYS Women’s Senior Amateur)

Kim Kaul (2008, 2015 & 2021 NYS Women’s Senior Amateur, 2022 NYS Women’s Senior Four-Ball)

Nancy Kroll (2014 NYS Women’s Senior Amateur)

Patricia Mayne (2021 NYS Women’s Senior Amateur Four-Ball)

Carina Watkins (2011 NYS Women’s Senior Amateur, 2018 & 2019 NYS Women’s Senior Amateur Four-Ball)

Kevin Webb (2017 NYS Men’s Senior Four-Ball)

Previous NYSGA Championships at Leatherstocking Golf Course

1958 NYS Women’s Amateur; Margaret Nevil, Cooperstown

1962 NYS Women’s Amateur; Margaret Nevil, Cooperstown

1964 NYS Men’s Amateur; Don Allen, Rochester

1972 NYS Men’s Senior Amateur; Burt Kling, Rochester

2001 NYS Men’s Mid-Amateur; Jim Roy, Syracuse

2013-2022 NYS Men’s Amateur & Senior Amateur Four-Ball (nine consecutive years); see past champions list for tournament winners.

LEATHERSTOCKING GOLF COURSE

One of the East's most scenic and challenging resort golf courses, Leatherstocking Golf Course 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.