July 2009

Jul. 31, 2009

Jake Reimer Hole in One!!!!! - John @ 10:57 pm EST
Jake Reimer(Blue Heron Hills CC) shot a hole in one at the 18th hole at Brook Lea Invitational. Jake ended up with a 71 and is 1 shot back of the leaders.

Congrats Jake and Good Luck Tomorrow!!!!!!


Joe Colosi Wins!!!! - John @ 10:55 pm EST
Joe Colosi(Wildwood CC) won the RDGA Junior Match Play Championship to day that was being held at the Country Club of Mendon. Joe will be a senior at Finney HS and is currently preparing to challenge at the NY State Junior Championship.

Great Job Joe!!!!!


Jul. 30, 2009

Colosi, Drummond and Rothfuss Advance to final eight! - John @ 8:11 am EST
Joe Colosi(Wildwood CC), Joe Drummond(Wildwood CC)and Corey Rothfuss(Blue Heron Hills CC) won their first two matches to advance into the final eight at the RDGA Junior Championship.

Good Luck Guys!!!!!


Jul. 16, 2009

New York Men's State Am Results - John @ 10:48 pm EST
I am very proud of my students work this past week. 7 players qualified for the event and 5 made the cut after two days. All 5 of those players received an exemption into the event next year due to the fact they finished T-20th or better. Here are their results:

Tom Muto, Jr.(Wayne Hills CC) T-5th--73, 66, 74, 76

Kevin Kaye(Wildwood CC) 10th--71, 71, 74, 75

Chris Malec(Blue Heron Hills CC) T-13th--71, 75, 77, 73

Al Weir(Wildwood CC) T-16th--75, 71, 71, 80

Jacob Reimer(Blue Heron Hills CC) T-20th--72, 75, 76, 76

Great Job Fellas!!!!!!


5 students inside the top 20 at New York Men's State Am after 2 rounds. - John @ 3:39 pm EST
This year's state am is being played locally at Ravenwood GC and a bunch of students are playing very well. Here's a quick summary:

Tom Muto is in second
Kevin Kaye is in 5th
Al Weir is tied for 9th
Chris Malec is tied for 15th
Jacob Reimer is tied for 19th.

One day left with 36 holes to play.


Good Luck Fellas!!!


Drummond brothers go 3rd, 2nd at Cobblestone!!!! - John @ 3:37 pm EST
Joe and Danny Drummond(both at Wildwood CC) played well at the WNYPGA event held at Cobblestone Creek CC. Joe shot a 76 to finish 3rd(in the 16-18 age group) and Danny shot a 77 to finish 2nd inthe 13-15 age group. Joe will be a junior and Danny will be a freshman as both attend Finney HS.

Good Job Guys!!!!!!


Shane Dobesh goes 3rd, 1st in his last two events. - John @ 3:33 pm EST
Shane Dobesh(Brookwoods) played well in his last two WNYPGA events held at Lancaster CC and Cobblestone Creek CC. Shane fired a round of 76 at Lancaster for a 3rd place finish. At Cobblestone, Shane shot his lowest tournament score ever with a 1 under par 71 to win the event by one stroke. Shane will be a senior at Webster Schroeder HS in the Fall.


Keep breaking those records!!!!!!!


Sarah Tranelli wins two in a row!!! - John @ 3:30 pm EST
Sarah Tranelli(Penfield CC) won the last two WNYPGA Junior events held at Lancaster CC and Cobblestone Creek CC. Sarah shot an 80 at Lancaster and a 77 at Cobblestone. She is just starting to return after a wrist injury earlier in the summer. Once again she is attending Ohio University on a partial golf scholarship.

Congrats Sarah!!!!!


Jul. 14, 2009

4 students t-12 or better after day 1 at NY State Am - John @ 10:50 pm EST
Day 1 of the NY State Amateur at Ravenwood GC is over and 4 players are t-12 or better. Chris Malec(Blue Heron Hill CC) and Kevin Kaye(Wildwood CC) are tied for 5th with 1 under 71's. Jake Reimer(Blue Heron Hills CC) is tied for 9th after an even par 72. Last years runnr-up Tom Muto, Jr is tied for 12 after a 73.

This year, the championship will be 4 rounds of stroke play. There will be a cut to the low 40 and ties after round two and then there will be a 36 hole final round.


Jul. 11, 2009

2009 Ryan student results - John @ 11:11 pm EST
Here are the results of my students that made the cut at the Ryan:

T-5 Joe Colosi--75, 71, 71, 70=287
8th Alex Weir--76, 72, 77, 73=298
T-12 Jacob Reimer--77, 74, 79, 73=303
T-17 Chris Malec--74, 78, 75, 78=305
20 Ben Hauser--70, 76, 76, 84=306
T-27 Kevin Thorton--76, 77, 82, 77=312
T-30 Dan Colosi--76, 74, 82, 81=313

Congratulations to everyone that qualified for the tournament and to Gavin Hall, the 2009 Champion.


Jul. 10, 2009

Joe Colosi 2 shots back with 1 day to go!!! - John @ 11:37 pm EST
Joe Colosi shot another 71 to follow his 75, 71 from the first two rounds. He trails John Kircher by 2 shots with 1 round to go.

Good Luck Joe!!!


Jul. 09, 2009

11 Players inside cut line after day 1 at Ryan - John @ 1:58 pm EST
Here's a list of students inside the cut line after the first day of play. The Ryan cuts to the low 30 and ties after two days.

t-1 Ben Hauser(Webster GC)--70
t-4 Bobby McCartney(Webster GC)--72
t-7 Brian McKenna(Penfield CC)--73
t-13 Kevin Kaye(Wildwood CC)--74
t-13 Chris Malec(Blue Heron)--74
t-18 Joe Colosi(Wildwood CC)--74
t-26 Kevin Thornton(Genesee Valley)--76
t-26 Jordan Wilson(Clifton Springs)--76
t-26 Steve Fisher(Midvale)--76
t-26 Al Weir(Wildwood CC)--76
t-26 Dan Colosi(Wildwood CC)--76

Good Luck on day 2!!!


Jul. 07, 2009

Shane Dobesh wins first tournament!! - John @ 12:11 am EST
Shane Dobesh(The Brookwoods) shot his lowest ever tournament round and won his first tournament on the same day. Shane shot an even par 72 to win the WNYPGA Junior Tour event at Brook Lea CC by 6 shots.

Congrats Shane!!!!