PREVIEW: 2022 NYS Men's Four-Ball Championships
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.
