THE IKE CHAMPIONSHIP Tuesday, May 28, Trump National GC - Colts Neck, Colts Neck, N.J
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IKE CHAMPIONSHIP www.mgagolf.org 37 Eligibility The competition is open to amateur golfers who are members of an MGA member club. A person who does not reside in the MGA territory, and who is not a full-time student or employed in the MGA territory, cannot join an MGA member club for the purpose of entering an MGA event. All entrants must have a current USGA Handicap Index not to exceed 5.0 under the Men’s USGA Handicap System. All entrants are subject to the MGA Rules and Regulations. Entry Fee Entry Deadline $130 5 p.m., Friday, May 10, 2013 Format of Play 54-hole, stroke-play championship. Field cut to low 40 & ties after 18 holes. In the event of a tie after 54 holes, the champion will be determined by a three- hole aggregate playoff, followed by sudden death if necessary. Team Championship A. The 2013 Ike team champions will be the two individuals representing the same club who have the lowest 54-hole combined total score. B. In the event that no club has two or more individuals who survive the 18- hole cut, the team champions will be the two individuals from the same club who have the lowest combined 18-hole total. C. MGA member clubs do not need to designate a team and are not limited to the number of individuals who may enter the championship. Qualifying Sites and Dates Monday, May 20, Bonnie Briar CC, Larchmont, N.Y. Monday, May 20, Southampton CC, Southampton, N.Y. Wednesday, May 22, Rockland CC, Sparkill, N.Y. Thursday, May 23, St. George’s G&CC, East Setauket, N.Y. THE IKE CHAMPIONSHIP Tuesday, May 28, Trump National GC - Colts Neck, Colts Neck, N.J. _________ • _________ WYKAGYL COUNTRY CLUB New Rochelle N.Y. June 24 & 25, 2013 IKE CHAMPIONSHIP www.mgagolf.org 39 Exempt Categories About Wykagyl Country Club (If otherwise eligible) 1. Individual Ike, Met Amateur, and Met Open champions from the last five years 2. USGA champions and members of the Walker Cup team from the last 10 years 2a. USGA champions of the 2012 USGA Men’s State Team and Low Individual Scorer in the championship. 3. Individual Ike and Met Amateur champions prior to 1986 4. Top 10 individual finishers in the 2012 Ike 5. 2012 Met Amateur Quarterfinalists 6. 2012 Ike team champions 7. Current champions of the NJSGA, WGA, NYC, CSGA & LIGA Amateur Championships as of June 24, 2013 8. 2012 MGA Public Links, Mid-Amateur, Junior & Carter Cup champions 9. 2013 MGA Senior Amateur champion 10. Low amateur in the 2012 Met Open, and 2012 NYSGA Amateur champion 11. The 2012 MGA Player of the Year Honor Roll ounded in 1898 as the Pelham Country Club, Wykagyl Country Club moved to its present site in New Rochelle, N.Y., in 1904, and has undergone several changes 12. Five leaders (minimum 75 points) on the 2013 MGA Player of the Year list to grow into the prestigious club that it is today. The original course was designed as of May 19, 2013 F by Lawrence Van Etten, a long-time club member, and was ready for play in 1905. It 13. A representative team (two players) from the Championship host club was known for its use of the property’s many hills, and featured a long par-five finish - ing hole that Harry Vardon called “one of the greatest holes I have ever tackled.” There was no significant change until after World War I when Donald Ross, along with A.W. Tillinghast, revised the front nine, which was ready for play for the 1920 season. About a decade later, the club engaged A.W. Tillinghast to carry out a significant revision of both nines, which was completed in 1931. The course remained the same until 1994 when Arthur Hills supervised a makeover of the entire course. Most recently, in 2005 Wykagyl commissioned Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw for a renovation project, including new tees, the addition of about 30 new bunkers, expanded greens and additional changes to many of the fairways. The course, always known for its Founded: variety and memorable topography, retains its essential character 1898 while also challenging the best players of the day. Course Opened: Due to the strength of its course and its convenient location in 1905 Architects: a golf-rich pocket of Westchester County, Wykagyl has received Lawrence Van Etten attention on the national level and has been a host of numerous Donald Ross championships. The LPGA Tour had a presence at Wykagyl starting A.W. Tillinghast in 1976 and continuing through the prestigious Big Apple Classic, which evolved into the Sybase Classic (2001-’06). The MGA has Championship Tees: held two Met Opens and two Met Amateurs at the club, the most Par: 72 recent in 2007 won by Greg Rohlf. A former Wykagyl member, Yardage: 6,702 Course Rating: 72.6 The Ike Championship boasts one of Rohlf also won the 1998 Ike Championship at the club, which the MGA’s most coveted trophies. hosts the Ike for a seventh time this year. Slope: 137 IKE CHAMPIONSHIP www.mgagolf.org 41 57th Ike Championship Final Results Atlantic Golf Club, Bridgehampton, N.Y. Finish Player Club Score June 26 & 27, 2012 1 Cameron Wilson Shorehaven 74-65-69―208 T2 Max Buckley Westchester 76-69-72―217 Joseph Saladino Huntington 73-71-73―217 4 Mike Miller Knollwood 73-74-73―220 After just returning home from playing in the 2012 U.S. Open, 19-year-old 5 Sam Bernstein Century 73-74-75―222 Cameron Wilson of Shorehaven took the lead and ran with it during the second T6 Mike Stamberger Spring Lake 75-74-74―223 and third rounds of the 2012 Ike at Altantic. With his 9-stroke victory, Wilson Pat Wilson Panther Valley 74-75-74―223 8 Ryan McCormick Suburban 73-78-73―224 broke the MGA’s 40-year-old record for the largest margin of victory, and his 9 Brandon Dalinka The Ridge 78-76-71―225 third round score of 7-under 65 broke the record for lowest second round score 10 Tommy McDonagh Shorehaven 79-75-73―227 and the competitive course record for Atlantic, earning the 2009 MGA Player of T11 Hans Albertsson Hudson Hills 78-76-75―229 the Year more space in MGA record books. Xander McDonald-Smith Marine Park 76-76-77―229 After an extreme rain storm pushed the competition back one day, the startin g Ned Zachar GlenArbor 74-77-78―229 Bryan Pendrick Nassau CC 75-74-80―229 field of 122 players played through high winds on the East End course, with 41 T15 Dylan Crowley Glen Cove 77-82-71―230 golfers surviving the first-round cut. Wilson finished his first round one stroke Jay Blumenfeld Mountain Ridge 79-71-80―230 off of the lead, but ran away 17 Hal Berman Middle Bay 74-78-79―231 from the field during the 18 Michael J Karger Century 78-75-79―232 19 Mark Reilly Peninsula 78-78-77―233 36-hole finale. Two-time T20 Luke Edelman North Jersey 78-83-74―235 MGA Player of the Year Joe Brandon Davis Bayonne 78-77-80―235 Saladino of Huntington, T22 Will Bernstein Century 78-79-79―236 who played with Wilson in Charlie Edler Rumson 73-80-83―236 T24 Mark Henderson Saint Andrew's 78-82-77―237 the final round, had to settle Dan O'Callaghan Bedford 79-75-83―237 for his second consecutive T26 Aaron Klimchuk MGA eClub - West/Fairfield 79-82-77―238 Ike runner-up finish with a Ian Palfrey Siwanoy 76-76-86―238 total of one-over-par 217, 28 Gregg Angelillo Baltusrol 75-85-79―239 along with Max Buckley of T29 Jacob Stockl MGA eClub - New Jersey 79-80-81―240 Dan Levinson Bayonne 74-85-81―240 Westchester. T31 Tom Trakoval Port Jefferson 79-81-82―242 Dave Segot Nassau Players 78-78-86―242 33 Dennis Lynch Nassau Players 78-82-83―243 34 Doug Walters Rolling Green 78-84-82―244 35 Patrick Pierson Minisceongo 78-83-85―246 T36 Jonathan Renza Mohansic 79-81-87―247 Final Summary: John Crowley Round Hill 78-81-88―247 38 Jay Sessa Cherry Valley 78-84-89―251 Starters: 122 39 Brian Hale Plainfield - West 9 77-85-91―253 Cut Score: 79 O'Donnell Lee MGA eClub - Long Island 79 -- -- ―WD Survivors: 41 2012 champion Cameron Wilson Leaders: First round: Sam Bernstein, Charlie Edler, Ryan McCormick, Mike Miller, Joe Saladino (73) Second round: Cameron Wilson (139) IKE CHAMPIONSHIP www.mgagolf.org 43 History of The Ike Championship Past Champions The Ike Championship was founded in 1953 by Daily News sportswriter Dana Year Champion Score Runner-up Score Site Mozley and nurtured through the years by Mozley and former MGA President 1953 George Berggren 150# Jimmy Manzone 151 Bethpage (Black) George Sands. Although always immensely popular, the event suffered during the Bob Wilke (Private) 143# Willie Turnesa 146 Tamarack late 1970s and early 1980s after the Daily News dropped its sponsorship. In 1986, 1954 Thomas Goodwin 141 Roy Faber 142 Tamarack the MGA purchased the rights to the Ike. With the MGA’s involvement, the event 1955 Bob Kuntz 288 Frank Strafaci 290 Tamarack-Whippoorwill regained its stature and became the area’s premier stroke-play amateur event. The 1956 Thomas Goodwin 289 Frank Strafaci 291 Tamarack-Whippoorwill Ike today attracts more entries than any other MGA championship for individuals. 1957 Willie Turnesa 280 Pete Arend 288 Tamarack-Whippoorwill Despite a long list of outstanding champions — including Thomas Goodwin, 1958 Willie Turnesa 291 Joe Kryla Jr.