The 112th Met Amateur Championship THE CREEK LOCUST VALLEY, NY JULY 31-AUGUST 3, 2014 MET AMATEUR Sectional Qualifying Results New Jersey Monday, June 30 Montammy Golf Club, Alpine, N.J. Par: 72 Yardage: 6,721 Field: 160 Places: 8 + ties Medalists (72): Ted Badenhausen and Harrison Shih Range of qualifying scores: 72-74 Westchester/Connecticut Tuesday, July 1 Grossingers Country Club, Liberty, N.Y. Par: 71 Yardage: 6,714 Field: 54 Places: 3 + ties Medalist (69): Pieter Hartong Range of qualifying scores: 69-71 Long Island Tuesday, July 1 The Woodmere Club, Woodmere, N.Y. Par: 70 Yardage: 6,316 Field: 160 Places: 8 + ties Medalists (70): Philip Gutterman, Joe Blando Jr, Hal Berman, and Thomas Whelan Range of qualifying scores: 70-73 Westchester/Connecticut Tuesday, July 1 GlenArbor Golf Club, Bedford, N.Y. Par: 72 Yardage: 6,787 Field: 148 Places: 14 + ties Medalist (71): Denver Brown Range of qualifying scores: 71-75 Long Island Tuesday, July 8 Long Island National Golf Club, Riverhead, N.Y. Par: 71 Yardage: 6630 Field: 129 Places: 6 + ties Medalists (69): Max Greyserman and Jeremy Wall Range of qualifying scores: 39-73 www.mgagolf.org About The Creek n 1922 Harvey D. Gibson, president of Manufacturer’s Trust, was Iapproached by a Locust Valley neighbor with the idea of forming a club and building a private golf course on a nearby piece of property. Gibson asked the preeminent golf architect Charles Blair Macdonald to evaluate the site’s potential as a golf course. With Macdonald’s enthusiastic response, Gibson formed an organizing committee of eleven very distinguished Long Island sportsmen. They named the club after Frost Creek, an inlet of Long Island Sound that was to play a significant role in the character of the first five holes on the back nine. Macdonald’s course at The Creek was built by Founded: 1922 Seth Raynor, who was aided by Alex Balfour of Carnoustie. It offers golfers the “best of both worlds,” Course Opened: 1923 possessing a mix of parkland holes and seaside links. Architect: The first five holes play through tall stands of trees, Charles Blair Macdonald and the first five on the back nine are dominated by Seth Raynor water, reeds, and sand-based rough. The other eight holes are quite rolling, with a scattering of trees. Championship Tees: Macdonald also built a tide gate to insure a constant Par: 70 water level on the seaside holes. Yardage: 6,454 Course Rating: 76.0 The Creek has hosted MGA events in the Slope: 144 past,including the 1998 Met Open, 2007 Mid- Amateur, and 2013 WMGA/MGA Women’s Met Amateur. FINAL FIELD Name Club Hans Albertsson Winged Foot Golf Club Erick Alonso Darlington Golf Course Ted Badenhausen Morris County Golf Club Hal Berman The Woodmere Club Sam Bernstein Century Country Club Joe Blando Harbor Links Golf Course Louis Bodine Copper Hill Country Club Michael Boylan Centennial Golf Club Denver Brown Whippoorwill Club Joseph Carrabino Winged Foot Golf Club Conor Casey Somerset Hills Country Club Tyler Cline The Tuxedo Club Michael Corbo Basking Ridge Country Club Dylan Crowley Glen Cove Golf Club Jimmy Dengler Rumson Country Club Nick Desai Baltusrol Golf Club Jon Doppelt Fresh Meadow Country Club Phil Fabrizio Knickerbocker Country Club Daniel Gabel Dutchess Golf Club Christopher Gabriele Mill River Club Josh Goldenberg Atlantic Golf Club Darin Goldstein Noyac Golf Club Max Greyserman Crestmont Country Club Danny Guise Griff Harris Mens Golf Club Philip Gutterman Pine Hollow Country Club Pieter Hartong The Stanwich Club Russell Hill MGA eClub - New Jersey John Jackopsic MGA eClub-Westchester/Fairfield Michael Karger Century Country Club Stu Kaufman Westchester Country Club Sean Keane Suburban Golf Club Thomas La Morte White Beeches Golf & Country Club Steve Lessing The Creek Matthew Lowe Colonial Springs Golf Club Dennis Lynch Nassau Players Club Jared Mactas Paramount Country Club Colin McDade Winged Foot Golf Club Tommy McDonagh Shorehaven Golf Club Xander McDonald-Smith Marine Park Golf Course Michael McGovern Hackensack Golf Club www.mgagolf.org Name Club NAME CLUB Hans Albertsson Winged Foot Golf Club James McHugh Rye Golf Club Erick Alonso Darlington Golf Course Jason Monroe Fenway Golf Club Ted Badenhausen Morris County Golf Club Dylan Newman Hollow Brook Golf Club Hal Berman The Woodmere Club James Nicholas Winged Foot Golf Club Sam Bernstein Century Country Club David Pastore MGA eClub-Westchester/Fairfield Joe Blando Harbor Links Golf Course Bryan Pendrick Mill River Club Louis Bodine Copper Hill Country Club Patrick Pierson Minisceongo Golf CluB Michael Boylan Centennial Golf Club Trevor Randolph Arcola Country Club Denver Brown Whippoorwill Club John Reali North Hills Country Club Joseph Carrabino Winged Foot Golf Club Greg Reilly Country Club of Darien Conor Casey Somerset Hills Country Club Jonathan Renza Mohansic Golf Club Tyler Cline The Tuxedo Club Joseph Saladino Huntington Country Club Michael Corbo Basking Ridge Country Club Harrison Shih Alpine Country Club Dylan Crowley Glen Cove Golf Club Ryan Snouffer Panther Valley Country Club Jimmy Dengler Rumson Country Club Mike Stamberger Spring Lake Golf Club Nick Desai Baltusrol Golf Club Charles Tongue Cedar Brook Club Jon Doppelt Fresh Meadow Country Club Christopher Troy The Stanwich Club Phil Fabrizio Knickerbocker Country Club Peter Van Ingen Deepdale Golf Club Daniel Gabel Dutchess Golf Club Brian Venturo Montclair Golf Club Christopher Gabriele Mill River Club Ethan Wall Manasquan River Golf Club Josh Goldenberg Atlantic Golf Club Jeremy Wall Manasquan River Golf Club Darin Goldstein Noyac Golf Club David Weisfeld Hudson National Golf Club Max Greyserman Crestmont Country Club Thomas Whelan Smithtown Landing Golf Club Danny Guise Griff Harris Mens Golf Club Tom Yellin The Stanwich Club Philip Gutterman Pine Hollow Country Club Cameron Young Sleepy Hollow Country Club Pieter Hartong The Stanwich Club Steven Zychowski Mendham Golf & Tennis Club Russell Hill MGA eClub - New Jersey John Jackopsic MGA eClub-Westchester/Fairfield Quick Facts: Michael Karger Century Country Club Final Field: 66 Total Entries: 585 Stu Kaufman Westchester Country Club 2013 Champion: Pat Wilson, Panther Valley Sean Keane Suburban Golf Club Exempts: 22 Qualifiers: 44 Thomas La Morte White Beeches Golf & Country Club Format: 36-holes of on-site qualifying to Steve Lessing The Creek determine the 16 players Matthew Lowe Colonial Springs Golf Club who advance to match play. Dennis Lynch Nassau Players Club Jared Mactas Paramount Country Club Colin McDade Winged Foot Golf Club Tommy McDonagh Shorehaven Golf Club Follow the action at www.mgagolf.org, like the MGA on Facebook, Xander McDonald-Smith Marine Park Golf Course follow @MGA1897 on Twitter, or download the mobile app My MGA. Michael McGovern Hackensack Golf Club MET AMATEUR 111th Met Amateur Championship The Stanwich Club, Greenwich, Conn. August 1-4, 2013 Runner-Up Trevor Randolph (left) and Champion Pat Wilson Pat Wilson of Panther Valley captured his first MGA victory in spectacular fashion when he defeated Trevor Randolph of Arcola, 8 & 7, in the finals at the 111th Met Amateur Championship at The Stanwich Club in Greenwich, Conn. Wilson, who recently graduated from St. John’s University, took control of the 36-hole final early on, racing out to a 7-up lead through the first 9 holes. His MGA championship experience enabled him to weather the storm when Randolph seized momentum on the back 9 to diminish Wilson’s lead to only 2-up. Wilson kept his cool, though, and held the lead to close out the match with the largest margin of victory since 1960. ~Final~ Pat Wilson, Panther Valley def. Trevor Randolph, Arcola, 8 and 7 ~Semifinal~ Pat Wilson, Panther Valley def. Dylan Newman, Bonnie Briar, 3 and 2 Trevor Randolph, Arcola, def. Stu Kaufman, Westchester, 6 and 4 ~Quarterfinal~ Pat Wilson, Panther Valley def. Sam Bernstein, Century, 4 and 3 Dylan Newman, Bonnie Briar def. Dylan Crowley, Glen Cove, 5 and 3 Stu Kaufman, Westchester def. John Jackopsic, MGA eClub W/F, 5 and 4 Trevor Randolph, Arcola def. Michael Stamberger, Spring Lake, 19 holes ~Round of 16~ Sam Bernstein, Century def. Matthew Lowe, Colonial Springs, 3 and 2 Pat Wilson, Panther Valley def. Michael Cochrane, MGA eClub - W/F, 4 and 3 Dylan Newman, Bonnie Briar def. Ryan McCormick, Suburban, 1 up Dylan Crowley, Glen Cove def. Derrick Kim, Rolling Green, 1 up John Jackopsic, MGA eClub - W/F def. Ethan Wall, Manasquan River, 5 and 4 Stu Kaufman, Westchester def. Matt Mattare, Bethpage, 7 and 5 Michael Stamberger, Spring Lake def. Hans Albertsson, Winged Foot, 4 and 3 Trevor Randolph, Arcola def. Max Buckley, Westchester, 21 holes www.mgagolf.org History of the Met Amateur The Met Amateur, the MGA’s oldest championship, was played for the first time in 1899 at Garden City Golf Club and quickly became the country’s most distinguished regional amateur championship. The “Met Am” is rivaled for longevity in this country only by the U.S. Amateur and Western Amateur. The original championship plate was donated by H.B. Hollins, with the condition that it be retired after three victories by representatives of the same club, a feat accomplished for Nassau Country Club by Findlay Douglas (two wins) and Jerry Travers. The subsequent trophy was a gift of then-MGA president Daniel Chauncey. The Met Amateur immediately set a lofty precedent for quality. Its first two winners, Herbert Harriman (1899) and Walter Travis (1900), also were that year’s U.S. Amateur champions. Two early rivalries — first between Travis and Two-Time Met Am Champion Douglas, then Travis and Travers — gave the tournament Johnson Wagner national attention. In subsequent years the Met Amateur has been won by the likes of Jess Sweetser, Willie Turnesa, Ray Billows, Robert Gardner, Dick Siderowf, Frank Strafaci, George Zahringer III, Johnson Wagner, and Jerry Courville Sr.