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Senior Am 2015 USE THIS 2_Senior Amateur 5/4/2015 9:26 AM Page 14 88th MGA Senior Amateur Championship Westchester Country Club Rye, N.Y. May 5-6, 2015 Senior Am 2015 USE THIS 2_Senior Amateur 5/4/2015 9:26 AM Page 15 SENIOR AMATEUR Final Field Player Club Casey Alexander Nassau Players Club Edward Alexander Crystal Springs Golf Club John Baer Century Country Club Ken Bakst Friar's Head Ron Baransky Fillow Street Golf Club Eugene Berger River Vale Country Club Eric Bergstol Bayonne Golf Club Leonard Berk Hollow Brook Golf Club David E Birdsall, Jr. Centennial Golf Club Mich Birmingham Nassau Players Club Jay Blumenfeld Mountain Ridge Country Club Andre Bolukbas The Golf Club at Mansion Ridge Steve Boyd Baltusrol Golf Club Bill Boyle Metedeconk National Golf Club William Brightly Hackensack Golf Club Brian Brown Southward Ho Country Club Mike Brown Neshanic Valley Golf Club Dick Budde Bethpage Golf Club Lou Buttermark Richmond County Country Club Juan Albe Campos Split Rock Men's Club Paul Caperna Willow Creek Golf and Country Club Donald Cervantes Nassau Players Club Alan Channin Nassau Players Club Mark Christiana Westchester Country Club Frank Ciulla Rye Golf Club Steven Claisse Montammy Golf Club Joseph Clemente Silver Lake Men's Golf Matt Corrigan Nassau Players Club Jim Craffey, Jr. Arcola Country Club Charles Craig Round Hill Club Gary Cymrot MGA eClub-Westchester Paul D'Ascoli Hampton Hills Golf & Country Club Robert Delserro Neshanic Valley Golf Club Joe DePace Pine Ridge Golf Club Philip Dessinger Bonnie Briar Country Club Tom Dicinti MGA eClub - New Jersey William Dober Brooklawn Country Club Michael Dolan Westchester Country Club Jeremiah Downey Crown City Golf Club Neil Driscoll MGA eClub - New Jersey Don Enga Cherry Valley Club John Ervasti Sleepy Hollow Country Club Eugene Fabbri Brooklawn Country Club Phil Fabrizio Knickerbocker Country Club Thomas Farrell Huntington Country Club Richard Feldman Centennial Golf Club Alan Finkelstein Fresh Meadow Country Club Tim Finnegan Huntington Country Club Tom Flanagan Westchester Country Club Tom Fox Apawamis Club Neal Fredericksen Silver Lake Golf Course Ken Freedman Lawrence Golf Club Peter Friedes Wykagyl Country Club James Gallagher Centennial Golf Club Gerry Garber Lake Success Golf Course Paul S. Genova Arcola Country Club Senior Am 2015 USE THIS 2_Senior Amateur 5/4/2015 9:26 AM Page 16 www.mgagolf.org Player Club Scotty George Westchester Country Club Edward Gibstein Engineers Country Club James Graham Winged Foot Golf Club Jay Green Manhattan Woods Golf Club Drew Greenland Rockrimmon Country Club David Greenlaw Garden City Golf Club Tom Greenwood MGA eClub - New Jersey Jon Groveman The Connecticut Golf Club Philip M. Halpern Westchester Country Club Jim Hamburger McCann Golf Course Patrick Hannigan Otterkill Golf & Country Club Kyle Hardy West Hills Country Club Don Hendler Meadow Brook Club Bill Henry Forsgate Country Club John Herbert Bethpage State Park Golf Course Jerry Heymann Hollow Brook Golf Club Bob Howe Winged Foot Golf Club Robert Ilowite Neshanic Valley Golf Club Richard Jaffee Rolling Hills Country Club Clint Johnson Otterkill Golf and Country Club Fred Jones Architects Golf Club Michael Josephs Fenway Golf Club Stephen Joyce Westchester Country Club Edward Kaminsky Glen Oaks Club Randall Keleher MGA eClub-Westchester Robert Kenney Leewood Golf Club Jack Kiernan The Stanwich Club Tw Kim Paramount Country Club Ben Kirschenbaum Old Oaks Country Club Mark Kitaeff Lake Success Golf Club Pete Knobloch Westchester Country Club Steven Lake MGA eClub - Long Island E.J. Laux The Stanwich Club Rick Lawrence Ridgewood Country Club Frank Laznovsky Meadow Brook Club Dan Levinson Bayonne Golf Club Donald Lizak Southampton Golf Club Ralph Lombardi Neshanic Valley Golf Club Donald Lowman Rolling Hills Country Club Kenneth Luczaj Brooklawn Country Club Ronald Luxenburg Darlington Golf Course Tom Maloney Mahopac Golf and Beach Club David Mancuso Fillow Street Golf Club Douglas Maxwell Montauk Downs Golf Club Kevin McEvoy Innis Arden Golf Club Kevin McGrane Rondout Country Club B Shawn McLoughlin Ridgewood Country Club Scott Michels Hackensack Golf Club Jeffrey Miller Mohansic Golf Club Larry Miller Lido Golf Course Robert Miller Spook Rock Golf Club Robert F. Moriarty Country Club of Fairfield John Paul Newport Minisceongo Golf Club Robert Ockenfuss Neshanic Valley Golf Club John O'Malley Forsgate Country Club Timothy Ormsby Bethpage State Park Golf Club David D. Osborn Mohansic Golf Club Tod Pike Apawamis Club David Pilossoph Split Rock Men's Club Senior Am 2015 USE THIS 2_Senior Amateur 5/4/2015 9:26 AM Page 17 SENIOR AMATEUR Name Club John Porter James Baird Golf Club David Prowler Bethpage State Park Golf Club Herrol Pryce Baychester Golf Club Louis Rainone Beacon Hill Country Club Jeffrey Reimen Bethpage State Park Golf Club Jeff Reissman Hollow Brook Golf Club L. Randy Riley Baltusrol Golf Club Eurice Rojas White Beeches Golf and Country Club Jim Romaniello Shorehaven Golf Club Steve Rose Fresh Meadow Country Club Peter Rymer Hamilton Farm Golf Club Al Sabini Plainfield Country Club Steven Samuels Rolling Hills Country Club Peter Scelfo Nassau Players Club David Seidenberg Edgewood Country Club Jay Sessa Cherry Valley Club Jamie Shapiro Pine Hollow Country Club Steve Shepard Burning Tree Country Club Bill Sherry Dutchess Golf Club Allan Small Fairmount Country Club Mark W. Smith Southward Ho Country Club Doug Smolensky Nassau Players Club Bill Snouffer Panther Valley Country Club Mark Donal Softy Montclair Golf Club Bob Sorensen Jumping Brook CountryClub Ned Steiner Mountain Ridge County Club Kevin Stephens Saxon Woods Golf Club Roy Stevenson Shinnecock Hills Golf Club Rodney Stilwell Silver Lake Men's Golf Club Jon R. Stockel Anglebrook Golf Club Ken Strasnick Trump National Golf Club - Hudson Valley Rich Tambouri, Jr. Beacon Hill Country Club Roger C. Tarika Woodway Country Club Anthony Tichner The Woodmere Club Inc. Jon Tingley MGA eClub - New Jersey Tom Trakoval Port Jefferson Country Club at Harbor Hills Michael Troy The Stanwich Club Stephen Tympanick Noyac Golf Club Peter Van Ingen Deepdale Golf Club Ron Vannelli Forsgate Country Club Gustav Magnu Vik Springdale Golf Club Stephen Vislocky Blue Hill Golf Association Michael Volpe Long Island Players Club John B. Ward The Stanwich Club Guy Warren North Hills Country Club Cyrus Whitney, Jr. Hackensack Golf Club Craig Williamson Sterling Farms Mens Golf Club Marty Winkelman Glen Head Country Club Richard Woolworth Round Hill Club Michael Worgul Bethpage State Park Golf Course Tom Yellin The Stanwich Club Takesh Yoshizawa Blue Hill Golf Association George Zahringer III Deepdale Golf Club Senior Am 2015 USE THIS 2_Senior Amateur 5/4/2015 9:26 AM Page 18 www.mgagolf.org Name Club History of the MGA Senior Amateur Senior golf in the Met Area has a long and distinguished history, starting in 1905 with a competition created by members of the Apawamis Club in Rye, N.Y. That tournament led directly to the founding of the U.S. Seniors Golf Association, which today is administered by the MGA at Golf Central. This legacy of senior golf was taken a step further in 1928 with the inaugural MGA Senior Amateur Championship. Over the ensuing 80 years, the MGA Senior Amateur has grown in stature to become the premier event for senior amateur golfers (aged 55 years and older by May 5, 2015). It is one of the most sought-after titles in the Met Area, and has been contested at many of the finest championship courses. The first player to exert some dominance in the Senior Amateur was Samuel Graham, who won in 1943 and 1944, and then again in 1946. Three years later, Thomas Robbins won the first of his four Senior Amateur titles, the last coming in 1955. He and Mike Mattwell, who dominated the event in the 1980s, are the only players to win four Senior Amateur titles. Other prominent champions of the Senior Amateur include three-time winner J. Wolcott Brown (1967-69), Mal Galletta Sr. (1984), Jerry Courville Sr. (1992), and Dick Siderowf (1996). The championship consists of 36 holes of stroke play over two days, with the field cut to low 30 and ties after the first round. All entrants must have a current USGA Handicap Index not to exceed 8.0 under the Men's USGA Handicap System and are subject to MGA Rules and Regulations. Age Classifications Senior: 55-59 years Masters: 65-69 years Super Senior: 60-64 years Legends: 70 years & older Prizes Overall Champion Runner-up Third Place Class Winners Low Gross and second Low Gross for all age classifications. *Except for the overall championship winner, all ties will be decided by date of birth. A player may win only one prize. Senior Am 2015 USE THIS 2_Senior Amateur 5/4/2015 9:26 AM Page 19 SENIOR AMATEUR About Westchester Country Club (West) In retrospect, the facilities of the Westchester Country Club were destined to host a major tour event, even though that is not what the club's founder had in mind. Rather, John McEntee Bowman, a former stable boy who rose to become president of the Bowman- Biltmore hotels, envisioned a community for millionaire sportsmen, the first residential development built around a golf course. Focal point of the community would be an 8-story hotel, including private apartments for full-time residents and luxurious rooms for the well- heeled traveler. Private homes would be built on the grounds, serviced by the hotel. In 1919, Bowman purchased 583 acres from the Hobart J. Park estate on a hilltop in Rye, overlooking Long Island Sound. Work on the hotel began late that summer. Bowman then com - missioned Walter Travis to design 45 holes of golf – an 18-hole championship course, a sporty, less-demanding 18-hole test, and a 9-hole course for beginners and practice.