July 2008

Jul. 28, 2008

Tessa Teachman makes Canon Cup Team! - John @ 9:59 pm EST
Former student, Tessa Teachman, is preparing to compete in her first Canon Cup Team which puts 10 boys and 10 girls from West and East of the Mississippi against each other in a Ryder Cup type format. The team is selected by points earned in AJGA and other National Events.

Great Karma and Good Luck!!!


2 Player's advance to the semifinals of the RDGA Sub-Junior Championship - John @ 9:53 pm EST
Danny Drummond(CC of Mendon) and Alex Tanea(The Brookwoods) won their first two matches to advance to the semifinals of this year's RDGA Sub-Junior Championship. They will be competing against each other in that match so one of them will reach the finals.

Good Luck Guys!!!!!!


3 player's advance to quarterfinals at the RDGA Junior - John @ 9:48 pm EST
Nate Barnard(Wild Wood CC), Shane Dobesh(Webster GC), and Brendan Glavin(Oak Hill CC) won their first two matches to advance into the quarterfinals of this year's RDGA Junior Championship.

Good Luck Guys!!!!!!!!!!


Alex Tanea Ties for 3rd at Oak Run - John @ 9:42 pm EST
Alex Tanea (The Brookwoods) shot a 78 (new tournament low) to finish in a tie for third place at the WNYPGA Junior Tour event. Alex is in his second season of golf and his first season competing.

Great Job and keep improving!!


3 player's qualify for RDGA Sub-Junior Championship - John @ 9:34 pm EST
This year, 3 player's qualified for the match play portion of 16 at the RDGA Sub-Junior Championship.

They are:

Danny Drummond (CC of Mendon)
Joe Drummond (CC of Mendon)
Alex Tanea (The Brookwoods)

Good Luck in match play!!!!


5 player's qualify for match play at RDGA Junior Championship - John @ 9:31 pm EST
5 player's qualified for this year's RDGA Junior Championship. They are:

Nate Barnard (Wild Wood CC)
Brendan Glavin (Oak Hill CC)
Joe Colosi (Wild Wood CC)
Shane Dobesh (Webster GC)
Corey Rothfuss (Blue Heron Hills CC)

Good Luck in match play!!!!


Jul. 19, 2008

Corey Rothfuss Wins! - John @ 10:00 pm EST
Corey Rothfuss (Blue Heron Hills CC) won his first tournament at the RDGA's Classic Medal at Winged Pheasant. Corey shot a 77 for his first tournament round.

Congratulations Corey!!!


Muto finishes second at State Am - John @ 9:57 pm EST
Tom Muto, Jr (Sodus Bay Heights GC) finished 2nd at this year's State Am and now begins to prepare for the US Amateur qualifier at Seven Oaks.

Great Job this year and good luck at Colgate!


Jul. 18, 2008

Tom Muto, Jr. advances to the NY State Men's Amateur Finals - John @ 11:39 pm EST
Tom Muto, Jr. (Sodus Bay Heights GC) won two matches today to put him in the final 36 hole match to determine the state champion. Tom beat 2007 Champion John Duthie in the morning and Matt Stasiak in the afternoon. Both of these players compete on their college golf team's. Tom finished todays golf 3 under par during his matches.

Tom will be attending Barton College in the Fall after 2 very successful seasons at St. John Fisher.

Good Luck Tom!!!


Sarah Tranelli qualifies for PGA Junior Championship - John @ 11:34 pm EST
Sarah Tranelli (Penfield CC) won the qualifier to advance to this year's PGA Junior Championship. The field for this event includes one player from each of the PGA's 41 sections, PGA Junior Series Champions and a few other exempt players. Sarah qualified after winning the sectional qualifier located at Triple Creek GC.

Good Luck at this BIG event!!!!!!!!


Jul. 17, 2008

Tom Muto, Jr wins first two matches!! - John @ 10:14 pm EST
Tom Muto, Jr (Sodus Bay Heights GC) has advanced to the quarterfinals (Top 8) at the NY Men's State Amateur. He won his first match over fellow GGS player Kevin Kaye (Wild Wood CC) then came back from 3 down to defeat Jamie Miller. Tom faces John Duthie (2007 State Champion) in his first match Friday.

Great Job and Good Luck!!!!!!


3 players qualify for match play at NY Men's Amateur - John @ 10:09 pm EST
The cut line at this year's state am fell at 150 for the qualifying rounds. Tyler Phillips (The Brookwoods) and Kevin Kaye (Wild Wood CC) both shot 150 and advanced to match play via a playoff. Tom Muto, Jr (Sodus Bay Heights GC) shared Co-medalist honors with a 2 under par 140.

Great Job Guys!!!


Jul. 12, 2008

Taylor Page Leads WNYPGA Junior Tour - John @ 9:33 pm EST
Taylor Page (LeRoy CC) continues to lead the point standings for the WNYPGA Junior Tour. Taylor has a commanding 77 point lead and his 78.7 scoring average is inside the top 10. The winner of the point title claims the WNYPGA Junior Tour Player of the Year title.

Keep it going Taylor!!


Four players finish inside the top 20 at Ryan - John @ 9:21 pm EST
All four players that made the cut at this years John Ryan Memorial finished inside the top 20. In 5th (69-74-72-73) was Jake Reimer (Blue Heron Hills GC), T9th (74-74-72-73) was Scott Harris, Jr. (CC of Mendon), T12th (73-76-72-73) was Bobby McCartney (Webster GC) and T17th (74-77-71-75) was Kevin Kaye (Wild Wood GC)

This years event was won by Larry Sand (Irondequoit CC). Great Job Guys!!!!


Jul. 10, 2008

Reimer tied for lead at Ryan after day 1 - John @ 9:23 am EST
Jake Reimer (Blue Heron Hills CC) shot a 2 under 69 at Penfield CC on the first day of the John Ryan Memorial Tournament to tie for first place with Larry Sand. Jakes round included 7 birdies and 5 bogeys.

Keep it going and Good Luck Jake!!!


Jul. 06, 2008

Former student Teachman finishes 3rd at AJGA SAP Open - John @ 11:12 pm EST
Tessa Teachman (Baton Rouge, LA) shot scores of 76, 68, 76 to finish in third place, 8 shots behind Kristina Wong. Tessa is a fully exempt member of AJGA and was defending her title from last year.

Great Job Tess!!


3 juniors advance to NYS Junior. - John @ 10:45 pm EST
This year, 3 players qualified to compete at the New York State Junior Championship at Oneonta CC.

The qualifiers are:

Joe Colosi (Wild Wood CC)
Brian McKenna (Penfield CC)
Brendan Glavin (Oak Hill CC)

Good Luck Guys!!!


6 players qualify for NYS Men's Amateur - John @ 10:42 pm EST
This year, 6 players advanced to the NYS Men's Amateur in Albany.

The players are:

Tom Muto, Jr (Sodus Bay Heights CC)
Jake Reimer (Blue Heron Hills CC)
Tyler Phillips (Brookwoods CC)
Kevin Kaye (Wild Wood CC)
Brian McKenna (Penfield CC)
Nick Chernega (Binghamton)

Good Luck Guys!!!


10 players to compete in John Ryan Memorial this week. - John @ 10:38 pm EST
9 players qualified to play this week at Penfield CC along with Scott Harris, Jr who already had an exemption based on last years finish.

The 9 qualifiers are:

Mike Colosi (Wild Wood CC)
Taylor Page (Le Roy CC)
Kevin Kaye (Wild Wood CC)
Joe Colosi (Wild Wood CC)
Tyler Phillips (Brookwoods CC)
Jake Reimer (Blue Heron Hills CC)
Bobby McCartney (Webster GC)
Chris Malec (Blue Heron Hills CC)
Jon Pecor (Eagle Vale GC)

Good Luck Guys!!!!