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VERONA, N.Y. – The 14th annual New York State Men’s Amateur, 13th Senior Amateur, & 3rd Super Senior Amateur Four-Ball Championships are returning to the Kaluhyat and Shenendoah golf courses at Turning Stone Resort and Casino, May 18-19.

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FAST FACTS

2024 Champions:

• Jim Hirsh of NYSGA eClub - CNY and Bill Virkler of Yahnundasis Golf Club (Amateur) and;

• John Harrington and Chris Smithers of Tuscarora Golf Club (Senior) and;

• Kevin Broderick of Schenectady Muni Golf and Jim Mueller of Orchard Creek GC (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.

What the Winners Receive:

• Exemption into the 2025 NYS Men's Amateur Championship at Yahnundasis Golf Club

• Exemption into the 2025 NYS Men's Mid-Amateur Championship at Country Club of Troy (if age-eligible)

PAR AND YARDAGE

Open Division:

• Shenendoah GC - Black Tees / 7,002 yards, Par 72 

• Kaluhyat GC - Blue Tees / 6,724 yards, Par 72 

Senior Division:

• Shenendoah GC - White Tees / 6,128 yards, Par 72 

• Kaluhyat GC - White Tees / 6,183 yards, Par 72

Super Senior Division:

• Shenendoah GC - Gold Tees / 5,596 yards, Par 72 

• Kaluhyat GC - Gold Tees / 5,690 yards, Par 72

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 

Sunday, May 18

• 11:00-12:30pm…Registration 

• 12:30-12:40pm…Announcements

• 1:00pm…............Round 1 (Shotgun Start)

Monday, May 19

• 6:30am…...........Driving Range Opens

• 8:00-8:10am…...Announcements

• 8:30am...............Round 2 (Shotgun Start)

• 1:00pm…...........Player Lunch

• 1:30pm........…...Award Ceremony

IN THE FIELD

Past NYS Men's Four-Ball Champion Teams

Amateur

• Jim Hirsh, NYSGA eClub - CNY / Bill Virkler, Yahnundasis GC (2024)

• Billy Hanes, Crag Burn GC / David Hanes, Crag Burn GC (2023, 2018)

• Michael Dwyer, Schenectady Municipal Golf / Michael Stopera, Edison Club (2021)

Senior

• John Harrington, Tuscarora GC / Chris Smithers, Tuscarora GC (2024)

• Andy Bernatovicz, River Oaks GC / Kenneth Riter, NYSGA eClub Western NY (2023)

• Robert Branham, Canasawacta CC / Kevin Webb, Clifton Springs CC (2017)

Super Senior

• Kevin Broderick, Schenectady Muni GC / Jim Mueller, Orchard Creek GC (2024)

Past NYS Men’s Four-Ball Champions

Jim Hirsh (2024), Bill Virkler (2024), Billy Hanes (2023, 2018, 2015), David Hanes (2023, 2018), Michael Dwyer (2021), Michael Stopera (2021), Ryan Gabel (2019), Jeff Wolniewicz (2017, 2016), J.P. Kircher (2012, 2011), Jim Scorse (2012, 2011). 

Past NYS Men’s Senior Four-Ball Champions

John Harrington (2024), Chris Smithers (2024), Andy Bernatovicz (2023), Kenneth Riter (2023), Robert Rosen (2022, 2016), Wade Sarkis (2019), Robert Branham (2017), Kevin Webb (2017), Paul Hart (2014), Kevin Broderick (2014). 
 

Past NYS Men’s Super Senior Four-Ball Champions

Kevin Broderick (2024), Jim Mueller (2024)
 

2024 Individual New York State Champions in Field

Jim Mueller (Men’s Super Senior - Crag Burn GC), Jim Scorse (Men's Senior - Corning CC)

Other Past New York State Champions 

Benjamin Bates (Boys’ Junior Amateur – Shaker Ridge CC, 1997)

James Blackwell (Boys' Junior Amateur – McGregor Links CC, 2011)

Nicholas Braman (Mixed Team – Skaneateles CC, 2018, Teugega CC, 2019)

Robert Branham (Men's Super Senior Am – Springville CC, 2022)

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)

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)

Doug Kleeschulte (Men’s Am – 2010)

Kenneth Riter (Men's Mid-Am – Glens Falls CC, 2009)

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; Corning CC, 2024). 

Kevin Webb (Senior Mixed Team – Skaneateles, 2018, Brook-Lea CC, 2021)

Jeff Wolniewicz (Men’s Am – Pinehaven CC, 2008)

Players Who Have Qualified for a USGA Amateur Four-Ball

Jim Gifford, Brad Monroe (multiple)

 

PAST NYSGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTED BY TURNING STONE RESORT CASINO

2015 NYS Men's Amateur at Kaluhyat GC

2017 NYSGA Amateur Series Championship at Kaluhyat GC & Shenendoah GC

2023, 2024 NYS 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.