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HORSEHEADS, NY. – The 29th NYS Men’s Super Senior and 3rd Legends Amateur Championships will be played at Soaring Eagles Golf Course at Mark Twain State Park July 28-29, 2025. 

Related: Pairings / Scoring / Photos / 2024 Recap / Past Winners

The field size will be capped at 84 total golfers - 54 in the Super Senior (65+) and 30 in the Legends. Each bracket will compete in 36 holes of individual stroke play for a chance at claiming the respective titles.  

CHAMPIONSHIP QUICK FACTS

Dates: July 28-29, 2025
Host Site: Soaring Eagles Golf Course at Mark Twain State Park, Horseheads, N.Y.

2024 Champions:

Jim Mueller of Orchard Creek Golf Club posted a 80-73 (+9) to claim the Men’s Super Senior title by two strokes at Crag Burn Golf Club. 

Craig McIntyre of Transit Valley Country Club secured the 2nd ever Legends title with rounds of 71-74 (+1) to clear the field by five shots.

Divisions:

29th Men’s Super Senior Amateur Championship (65+)
3rd Men’s Legends Amateur Championship (70+)

*For the third season, the championships will be conducted separately from the Men’s Senior Championship which will be held at the Brookfield CC in September.  

Format: 36 holes of individual stroke play, played over two days. 

Eligibility: Play is open to male amateur golfers who are an active NYSGA Member with a USGA Handicap Index of 12.0 or less, and are 65+ (Super Senior) or 70+ (Legends), as of July 28, 2025. 

Age Groups: 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85+.

PAR & YARDAGE

Super Senior (65+): 6,131y - Par 71 - 70.1/132

Legends (70+):  5,234y - Par 71 - 66.1/120

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Sunday, July 27 // Registration & Practice Rounds

• 9:30am-4:00pm........ Player Registration and driving range open
• 12:00pm-3:00pm.......... Practice round tee times

Monday, July 28 // Round 1

• 6:30am........................ Practice Facilities open
• 7:30am-9:40am.......... Tee time from holes #1 & #10
• 11:30am-2:30pm.............. Player lunches

Tuesday, July 29 // Round 2​​​​​​​

• ​​​​​​​6:30am......................... Practice Facilities open
• 7:30am-9:40am........... Tee time from holes #1 & #10
• 11:30-2:30pm.............. Player lunches
• 3:00pm........................ Awards ceremony

THE FIELD

Past NYS Super Senior Champions in the field

Jim Mueller, 66, of Orchard Creek Golf Club, took home last year's Super Senior at Crag Burn Golf Club after overcoming an eight-stroke deficiency and posting a final round of 73 (+1), being the best round of the day, beating the field by two strokes. Along with that, he also claimed the 2024 Men's Super Senior Four-Ball Championship, alongside Kevin Broderick at Turning Stone. Mueller also finished in third at both the 2021 and 2018 NYS Men's Senior Amateur Championships. 

Philip Stegemann, 69, of Crag Burn Golf Club, claimed the 2023 Super Senior title at En-Joie Golf Club. Stegemann posted a 76-70 tournament to finish at two over par. Last year, he finished T6 and four shots off the lead. Stegemann won the 2022 Super Senior Porter Cup and also finished T8 at the 2022 NYS Men's Senior Amateur at Springville Country Club.  

Randy Young, 77, of Bellevue Country Club, claimed the 2014 Super Senior Championship at Cedar Lake Club. Last year, Young finished T7 at Crag Burn, and the year before, he was runner-up at the 2023 inaugural Legends Championship, going 73-71 to finish at even par. He also finished third at the 2022 Super Senior Championship at Springville Country Club. 

Robert Branham, 70, of Canasawacta Country Club, won the 2022 tournament at Springville Country Club. He fired a final round 70 to force a playoff with Robert DeWitt, whom he defeated on the first hole. Branham won the NYS Super Senior Amateur Four Ball earlier this season - his third alongside teammate Kevin Webb. 

Past NYS Legends Champions in the field

Craig McIntyre, 73, of Transit Valley Country Club, claimed the NYS Legends Championship last season in a wire-to-wire finish after posting the only score in red figures for the tournament on the first day. McIntyre was able to hold on with five pars in his last five holes. 

Other NYS Champions in the Super Senior Field

Andy Conway, 70, of Ravenwood Golf Club, took home the 2016 NYS Mixed Team Championship alongside Sarah Eichelberger. Last year, he finished in the top 30 at Crag Burn.

Thomas Fletcher, 67, of Tuscarora Golf Club, won the 2015 Men's Senior Championship at Onondaga Golf & Country Club. Fletcher finished T3 in last year's Super Senior Championship at Crag Burn, only three shots off the lead. The year before he finished T4.

John Gaffney, 66, of Brookfield Country Club, was the 1999 Men's Amateur Champion, winning at Wanakah Country Club. Gaffney finished runner-up at the Mixed Team last year and also finished 26th at Crag Burn last season in his debut in the NYS Super Senior event.

Dan Levinson, 67, of Bayonne Golf Club, won the first NYS Super Senior Amateur Four-Ball Championship. He also played in this event in 2023 at En-Joie, where he placed co-runner-up with Jim Burns, which was two off the lead.

David Prowler, 67, of Towers Country Club, won the 2017 Men's Senior Championship by four strokes. Prowler secured his first NYS title with a three-over performance at Crag Burn Golf Club, while last year at the same venue for the Super Senior placed T3 and three shots off the lead. Prowler also represented New York at the 2012 U.S. Senior Open at Indianwood Golf & Country Club. 

Daniel Russo, 67, of Schuyler Meadows Club, is a two-time NYS Men's Senior Amateur champion, having won the 2019 NYS Men's Senior Amateur Championship at Calvary Club. Along with that, he successfully defended his title in 2021 (due to no tournament in 2020 because of the COVID-19 Pandemic) at the Powelton Club.

Kevin Webb, 66, of Clifton Springs Country Club, is a three-time Senior Mixed Team champion, having won in 2018, 2021, and as the defending champion last year at Stafford Country Club with his wife Lisa. Webb also won the 2017 Men's Senior Four-Ball Championship at Leatherstocking Golf Club and finished runner-up at last year's Super Senior Four-Ball Championship at Turning Stone, while this year he finished seventh with partner Robert Branham. 

Other NYS Champions in the Legends Field

Mark Battle, 71, of Ravenwood Golf Club, won both the 2013 and 2021 NYS Men's Senior Four-Ball Championships. Battle also finished T11 at the 2022 NYS Super Senior championship at Springville Country Club, and in last year's Super Senior, he finished T7. 

Dave Benedict, 75, of Brook-Lea Country Club, is a three-time NYS Champion. He claimed the NYS Mid-Amateur title in 1994, as well as the NYS Senior Amateur in 2011. Benedict finished solo fifth in last year's Legends championship as well as T9 in 2023 and T11 in the 2022 Super Senior. 

Jim Burns, 70, of Durand Eastman Golf Club, recently won the 2025 NYS Men’s Super Senior Amateur Four-Ball with partner Jim Johnson at Turning Stone Resort. He was named last year's 2024 RDGA Men's Super Senior Player of the Year Award. Also finished fourth-place in the Legends Championship last year. In 2013, he finished as the co-runner-up at the Super Senior Amateur Championship alongside Dan Levinson. Burns was also the runner-up in the 2021 tournament at the Powelton Club and finished T7 at Springville Country Club in 2022. 

Jim Hamburger, 74, of McCann Golf Course, placed runner-up at this year's NYS Men's Super Senior Amateur Four-Ball Championship with partner Kurt Swenson. He is a seven-time winner of the Dutchess County Senior Amateur. He also won the 2018 NYS Super Senior Amateur Championship.

Other Players to Watch in the Super Senior Field 

Michael McNulty, 70, of Park Country Club, finished T15 in last year's Super Senior Amateur Championship at Crag Burn. The year before, he came in tenth at En-Joie. McNulty also finished fifth at the 2021 Super Senior at the Powelton Club and T9 at the Senior Amateur at Mohawk in 2018. 

Joe Quillinan, 80, of Olde Kinderhook Golf Club, placed T12 in the 2023 NYS Men's Legends Championship at En-Joie Golf Club after shooting 76-86 for the tournament. In 2008, he placed T52 in the NYS Men's Amateur Championship at Pinehaven Country Club.

Steven Hastings, 70, of the Powelton Club, placed T24 at Crag Burn in the NYS Men's Super Senior Championship last year. Additionally, he placed fifth in the 2023 NYS Men's Super Senior Championship at En-Joie.

David Mattana, 65, of Fresh Meadow Country Club, finished solo seventh at this year's 86th MGA Senior Amateur Championship, with rounds of 71-81, and led the tournament after the first round. He is also the men's golf coach at Adelphi University in New York. 

Other Players to Watch in the Legends Field

Robert DeWitt, 72, of Transit Valley Country Club, placed T7 at last year's Legends Championship. He also lost on the first playoff hole at the 2022 Super Senior Championship at Springville Country Club. 

Previous NYSGA Championships at Soaring Eagles Golf Club

Boys’ Junior & Sub-Junior (renamed to 14U) Amateurs three times in 1973, 1979 and 1983.

2022 NYS Boys' & Girls' Junior Amateur Championships (included Boys’ 18U, Girls’ 18U and Boys’ 14U)

ABOUT SOARING EAGLES GOLF CLUB

Soaring Eagles Golf Course at Mark Twain State Park named for the great 19th-century author who spent summers in the area, Mark Twain State Park is the home of one of the most scenic and challenging 18-hole courses in the area. 

The course has a unique 18-hole design with only two parallel holes. The excellent conditions for this course were created thousands of years ago by a retreating glacier which laid down hundreds of feet of sand, gravel and silt. Buried ice blocks slowly melted, leaving water-filled depressions or “kettle ponds” on the course.  

The scenic and challenging course provides a fitting venue for New York’s top junior amateur players to compete for state championships. Learn more about Soaring Eagles Golf Course at Mark Twain State Park.