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STAFFORD, N.Y. – The 11th NYS Amateur and Senior Amateur Mixed Team Championships will head to Stafford Country Club on Monday, July 22. 

52 sides (104 players) will be split into two separate fields, with 30 mixed teams competing in the Senior Amateur field (men 55+ and women 50+) and 22 competing in the Amateur bracket. 

There will be winners for the low gross and net scores in each field. A shotgun start is scheduled for noon on Monday. 

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

CHAMPIONSHIP QUICK FACTS

Date: July 22, 2024

Host Site: Stafford Country Club, Stafford, N.Y.

2023 Champions:

Amateur - Jamie Brown of Elm Tree GC and Jeffrey Brown of NYSGA eClub 

Senior - Meredith Hobika and Luke Hobika of Yahnundasis GC

Format: 18 holes of modified chapman stroke play (gross and net). Characterized by each partner hitting a tee shot and then playing their partner’s ball for the second shot. Once the second shot has been played, the partners select the ball they wish to use for scoring and play that ball alternately to complete the hole. On par-3s, the decision of which ball to play alternately must be made after the tee shot. 

PAR & YARDAGE FOR DIVISIONS

Men: 6,328y par 72 | 70.5/133

Women: 5,632 par 72 | 73.0/131

Men (Sr): 5,865 par 72 | 68.7/119

Women (Sr): 5,190 par 72 | 70.2/125

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Monday, July 22nd

9:45-11:35am………Registration

9:45-11:35am………Driving range open

11:45am…………….Announcements

12:00pm…………… Shotgun start

6:00pm………………Player dinner 

 

THE FIELD

Past Mixed Team Champion Teams

Amateur

2023 - Jamie Brown (Elm Tree GC) and Jeffrey Brown (NYSGA eClub)

Senior 

2023 - Meredith Hobika (Yahnundasis GC) and Luke Hobika (Drumlins GC) 

2022 - Kim Kaul (East Aurora CC) and Andrew Melnyk (Tuscarora GC)

2018, 2021 - Lisa Webb and Kevin Webb (Clifton Springs CC)

2019 -Traci Petrillo (Penfield CC) and Stuart Harris (Oak Hill CC)

2017 - Patty Schaefer and Jim Schaefer (Yahnundasis GC)

2016 - Pam Meehan and Daniel Meehan (Yahnundasis GC)

Past NYS Mixed Team Champions

Jamie Brown (2023), Jeffrey Brown (2023), Andy Conway (2016), Stuart Harris (2015), Traci Petrillo (2015) 

Past NYS Senior Mixed Team Champions

Luke Hobika (2023), Meredith Hobika (2023), Kim Kaul (2022), Andrew Melnyk (2022), Kevin Webb (2021, 2018), Lisa Webb (2021, 2018), Stuart Harris (2019), Traci Petrillo (2019), Jim Schaefer (2017), Patty Schaefer (2017), Daniel Meehan (2016), Pam Meehan (2016).

Other New York State Champions in the Field

Andy Bernatovicz (2023 NYS Men’s Senior Amateur Four-Ball) 

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)

Teresa Cleland (2011, 2012 & 2013 NYS Women’s Mid-Amateur, 2009 & 2010 NYS Women’s Senior Amateur)

Kitty Colliflower (2019 Women’s Super Senior Amateur) 

John Gaffney (1999 NYS Men’s Amateur) 

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

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

Kim Kaul (2008, 2015 & 2021 NYS Women’s Senior Amateur, 2022 & 2024 NYS Women’s Senior Four-Ball)

Janice Lavigne (2007 NYS Women’s Senior Amateur, 2022 & 2024 NYS Women’s Senior Amateur Four-Ball)

Victoria Leach (2022 NYS Women’s 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 Stafford Country Club

1966 NYS Girls’ Junior Amateur; Doll Story, Clayville (Junior)

1975 NYS Boys’ Junior and Sub-Junior Amateur; James Gridley Jr., Syracuse (Junior) & John Wanish, Cortland (Sub-Junior) 

1981 NYS Boys’ Junior Amatuer and Sub-Junior Amateur; Kyle Gay, Clarence (Junior) & G.C. Kling, Rochester (Sub-Junior)

1988 NYS Men’s Senior Amateur; Gerald Perkins, LeRoy

1993 NYS Women’s Amateur; Moira Dunn, Utica

1999 NYS Men’s Senior and Super Senior Amateur; James Infantino, Rochester & Hank Mafla, Mamoranock

2009 NYS Men’s Senior and Super Senior Amateur; Matthew Haefele, Bergen (Senior) & Alan Foster, Manlius (Super Senior)

2016 NYS Men’s Mid-Amateur; Jim Scorse, Churchville

2022 NYS Women’s Amateur and Senior Amateur Four Ball; Victoria Leach, Clarence Center and Julia Zigrossi, Spencerport (Amateur) & Kim Kaul, Colden and Janice Lavigne, Penfield (Senior Amateur)

Stafford Country Club 

In the early 1920’s, a small but prominent and influential group of businessmen from Batavia and LeRoy, took the first major step towards fulfilling their vision of a first-class country club for Genesee County. After careful consideration, they acquired several acres of rolling farmland bordering Black Creek in the small hamlet of Stafford. In short order, they brought the esteemed golf course designer, Walter J. Travis, to inspect the site and commissioned him to design a “second to none” course. 

In October 1921, during his first visit to Stafford, Walter Hagen declared the course “second to none, and worthy of the interest of its members for years to come”. Subsequent visits by professionals such as Gene Sarazen, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, and Julie Inkster brought similar acclaim. Over the years, there have been few alterations to the original Travis course. 

Over eighty years later, Hagen’s pronouncement holds true. The founding members’ vision has been realized and carefully nurtured throughout the years. With the quiet beauty of its rural farmland setting, Stafford Country Club offers a rich and varied source of recreational and social pleasures for its members and their guests.