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STAFFORD, N.Y. – The upcoming 4th annual New York State Women’s Amateur & Senior Amateur Four-Ball Championships head to Stafford Country Club on June 13, 2022. 

Related: Pairings / Scoring / Championship Home / Program / 2021 Recap / Past Results

The championship will take place on Monday with the 20 sides (40 golfers) playing 18 holes of four-ball stroke play. There will be a net and gross winner in each division. Tee times are scheduled off hole #1 from 10:00 – 11:30am.

CHAMPIONSHIP QUICK FACTS

Date: June 13, 2022

Host Site: Stafford Country Club

Format: 18 holes of four-ball stroke play (gross and net)

2021 CHAMPIONS

Emily Gresham of NYSGA eClub - S. Tier and Julia Zigrossi of Ridgemont CC (Open Division) and;

Karen Feldman of Olde Kinderhook GC and Patricia Mayne of Western Turnpike GC (Senior Division) at Lakeshore Yacht & Country Club

(neither team is competing in this year's championship)

PAR & YARDAGE

Open Division Tees

 IN:  2,910 yards / OUT:  2,722 yards
TOTAL:  5,632 yards, par 36-36-72 (73/131)

Senior Division Tees

IN:  2,604 yards / OUT:  2,553 yards
TOTAL:  5,157 yards, par 36-36-72 (70.2/125) 

Schedule of Events

10:00am - 11:30am.....................Tee Times 

IN THE FIELD 

Past Four-Ball Champion Teams

Pennie Carlo and Lauren Cup (2019), Carina Watkins and Teresa Cleland (2018, 2019 – Senior) 

Other New York State champions in the field

Teresa Cleland (3x Women’s Mid-Am – Rome CC, Seneca Falls CC & CC of Ithaca respectively from 2011-2013, 2x Women’s Senior – Thendara CC in 2009, Brookwoods CC in 2010)

Kitty Colliflower (Women’s Super Senior - Bristol Harbour GC, 2019)

Lauren Cupp (Women’s Mid-Am – Schuyler Meadows Club, 2017)

Kim Kaul (3x Women’s Senior - 2008 at Holiday Valley CC, 2015 at Thendara GC, 2021 at Pinehaven, Senior Mixed Team – 2022 at Transit Valley)

Janice LaVigne (Women’s Senior – The Whiteface Club, 2007)

Carina Watkins (Women’s Senior – Clifton Springs CC, 2011)

Previous NYSGA Championships at Stafford Country Club

1966 NYS Girls’ Junior Amateur – Won by Doll Story of Clayville

1975 NYS Boys’ Junior Amateur – Won by James Gridley, Jr. of Syracuse

1975 NYS Boys’ Sub-Junior Amateur – Won by John Wanish of Cortland

1981 NYS Boys’ Junior Amateur – Won by Kyle Gay of Clarence

1981 NYS Boys’ Sub-Junior Amateur – Won by G.C. Kling of Rochester

1988 NYS Men’s Senior Amateur – Won by Gerald Perkins of LeRoy

1993 NYS Women’s Amateur – Won by Moira Dunn of Utica

1998 NYS Men’s Senior Amateur – Won by James Infantino of Rochester

2009 NYS Men’s Senior Amateur – Won by Matthew Haefele of Bergen

2016 NYS Men’s Mid-Amateur - Won by Jim Scorse of Churchville

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. zigr

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.