PREVIEW: 2024 NYS Men's Four-Ball Championships
VERONA, N.Y. – The 13th annual New York State Men’s Amateur, 12th Senior Amateur, & 2nd Super Senior Amateur Four-Ball Championships are returning to the Kaluhyat and Shenendoah golf courses at Turning Stone Resort and Casino from May 19-20, 2024.
Related: Championship Home / Pairings / Scoring / 2023 Recap
Play commences with 100 sides (63 in Amateur, 25 in Senior and 12 Super Senior), playing 36 holes of Four-Ball stroke play across Sunday and Monday. Round 1 begins Sunday with a shotgun start scheduled for 1:00 pm. The final 18 holes are slated to begin Monday morning with an 8:30 am shotgun start. All sides will play an 18-hole round on each golf course.
CHAMPIONSHIP QUICK FACTS
Dates: May 19-20, 2024
Host Site: Turning Stone Resort Casino's Kaluhyat & Shenendoah Golf Courses
2023 Champions:
Billy Hanes and David Hanes of Crag Burn GC (Amateur) and;
Kenneth Riter of NYSGA eClub – WNY and Andy Bernatovicz of River Oaks GC (Senior) and;
Tom Yellin and Dan Levinson of MGA eClub – NYC (Super 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.
Exemptions: The winners of the 2024 NYS Men's Amateur Four-Ball Championship will be exempt from qualifying for the 2024 NYS Men's Amateur Championship (Wanakah Country Club) and the 2024 NYS Men's Mid-Amateur Championship (Schuyler Meadows Club).
PAR AND YARDAGE
Open Division:
Shenendoah GC - Black Tees / 7,002 yards, Par 72 Kaluhyat GC - Blue Tees / 6,724 yards, Par 72Senior Division:
Shenendoah GC - White Tees / 6,128 yards, Par 72 Kaluhyat GC - White Tees / 6,183 yards, Par 72Super Senior Division:
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday, May 18
• Practice RoundsSunday, May 19
• 11:00-12:30pm…Registration • 12:30-12:40pm…Announcements• 1:00pm…............Round 1 (Shotgun Start)Monday, May 20
• 6:30am…...........Driving Range Opens• 8:00-8:10am…...Announcements• 8:30am...............Round 2 (Shotgun Start)• 1:00pm…...........Player Lunch• 1:30pm........…...Award CeremonyIN THE FIELD
Past NYS Men's Four-Ball Champion Teams
Amateur
(2023, 2018) – Billy Hanes, Crag Burn GC / David Hanes, Crag Burn GC
(2021) – Michael Dwyer, Schenectady Municipal Golf / Michael Stopera, Edison Club
Senior
(2023) – Andy Bernatovicz, River Oaks GC / Kenneth Riter, NYSGA eClub Western NY
(2022, 2016) – Matt Clarke, Cazenovia CC / Robert Rosen, CC of Buffalo
(2021) – Mark Battle, Ravenwood GC / Chris Sorci, RDGA eClub
(2019) – Ken Ogden, Oak Hill CC / Wade Sarkis, Canandaigua CC
(2017) – Robert Branham, Canasawacta CC / Kevin Webb, Clifton Springs CC
Super Senior
None
Past NYS Men’s Four-Ball Champions
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), Jim Scorse (2012, 2011).
Past NYS Men’s Senior Four-Ball Champions
Andy Bernatovicz (2023), Kenneth Riter (2023), Robert Rosen (2022, 2016), Matt Clarke (2022, 2016), Chris Sorci (2021), Mark Battle (2021, 2013), Ken Ogden (2019), Robert Branham (2017), Kevin Webb (2017), Paul Hart (2014), Kevin Broderick (2014).
2023 Individual New York State Champions
John Benware (Men's Legends Am - En-Joie GC), Kyle Downey (Men’s Amateur - Wyakgyl CC), Billy Hanes (Men's Mid-Am - Crag Burn GC), Jim Scorse (Men's Senior - Yahnundasis GC)
Other Past New York State Champions
Benjamin Bates (Boys’ Junior Amateur – Shaker Ridge CC, 1997)
Nicholas Braman (Mixed Team – Skaneateles CC, 2018, Teugega CC, 2019)
Robert Branham (Men's Super Senior Am – Springville CC, 2022)
Matt Clarke (Men’s Mid-Am – CC of Rochester, 2005)
Andy Conway (Mixed Team - Skaneateles CC, 2016)
John Gaffney (Men's Am – Wanakah CC, 1999)
Jim Hamburger (Men's Super Senior Am – Mohawk GC, 2018)
Billy Hanes (Boys’ Sub-Junior – Wellsville CC, 2000; Men's Mid-Am – Seven Oaks GC, 2022, Crag Burn GC, 2023)
Stuart Harris (Mixed Team – Skaneateles CC, 2015; Senior Mixed Team – Teugega CC, 2019)
Luke Hobika (Men's Mid-Am – Yahnundasis GC, 1998, Wolferts Roost CC, 2015; Senior Mixed Team - Leatherstocking GC, 2023)
Robert Hughes (Men's Senior Am – Mohawk GC, 2018)
Yaroslav Merkulov (Boys’ Sub-Junior – Drumlins CC (East), 2006; Boys’ Junior Am – Oneonta CC, 2008, Skaneateles CC, 2009; Men’s Am – Ravenwood GC, 2009)
Jamie Miller (Men’s Mid-Am – Teugega CC, 2014, Wanakah CC, 2018; Mixed Team – Brook-Lea CC, 2021)
Kenneth Riter (Men's Mid-Am – Glens Falls CC, 2009)
Jim Rogers (Mixed Team – Edison Club, 2014)
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).
Don Van Gorder (Men's Senior Am – Lafayette CC, 2006)
Kevin Webb (Senior Mixed Team – Skaneateles, 2018, Brook-Lea CC, 2021)
James Welch (Men’s Mid-Am – Dutchess G&CC, 2011)
Jeff Wolniewicz (Men’s Am – Pinehaven CC, 2008)
Randy Young (Men's Super Senior Am – Cedar Lake Club, 2014)
Teams Who Have Qualified for USGA Amateur Four-Ball
Joseph Mitchell / Jimmy Pizzutelli (2024)
Shawn Baker / Jim Scorse (2019)
Other Players Who Have Qualified for a USGA Amateur Four-Ball
Matt Clarke, Jim Gifford, Yaroslav Merkulov, Jamie Miller (multiple), Brad Monroe (multiple)
PAST NYSGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTED BY TURNING STONE RESORT CASINO
2015 NYS Men's Amateur at Kaluhyat GC2017 NYSGA Amateur Series Championship at Kaluhyat GC & Shenendoah GC2023 NYSGA Men’s Four-Ball Championship at Kaluhyat GC & Shenendoah GC
KALUHYAT GOLF COURSE
Measuring in at just over 7,100 yards, this Robert Trent Jones, Jr. course is ranked as a Top Casino Course by Golfweek. Kaluhyat (the Oneida word for 'the other side of the sky') is marked by dramatic changes in elevation, measuring as high as 50 feet in some areas, with plateau settings offering seemingly endless, spectacular views of the surrounding terrain. Six lakes throughout the course add to the picturesque setting. Kaluhyat is a classic shot-maker’s course, where accuracy and strategy are rewarded as much as length. Kaluhyat Golf Course previously hosted the 2015 NYS Men's Amateur Championship, won by Trevor Sluman of Rochester.
SHENENDOAH GOLF COURSE
Shenendoah offers 18 holes of PGA-level golf in a spectacular natural setting. The course was built and is maintained to comply with stringent Audubon International standards for environmental protection and preservation. Designer Rick Smith used the natural landscape to create wooded parkland holes, open pastures that capture the links feel, and beautifully simple low country-style holes. Designed, constructed and maintained to TOUR standards at more than 7,000 yards, the course offers conditions normally reserved for TOUR professionals. In 2006, Turning Stone Resort Casino’s Shenendoah was host of the PGA National Club Professional Championship.
Turning Stone Resort & Casino is an official sponsor of the New York State Golf Association.
