Hume wins NYS Mid-Am

Tim Hume won his second NYS Mid-Am Championship by shooting a final round (-2) 70 at Crag Burn Golf Club on Sunday to win by one stroke over Doug Slattery of Rochester.  Hume's final round 70 was the only under par round of the week at Crag Burn.  He came from 3 strokes back to start the final round to over take 2nd round leaders Slattery and Matthew Ion of Hamilton.

Finishing in 3rd, and in contention all day, was Marc Scherrer of Park Country Club.  Scherrer made a couple early bogeys, but kept himself in cotention all day, shooting a final round 75 to finish 3 stokes back (+9), alone in third.  Other locals finishing in the top 12 included Andy Bernatovicz of River Oaks in T10th place at +16, Brian Rajczak of River Oaks and Raman Luthra T12th place at +18.

See the listing of all final scores at the NYSGA website.

Scherrer and Hume in contention at Mid-Am

Marc Scherrer is one back of the lead in 3rd place at the NYS mid-am championship at Crag Burn Golf Club.  Scherrer, a member at Park CC, has shot rounds of 74 and 76 for a two round total of +6.  Scherrer is looking to become the second mid-am champion from Park CC in as many years (2009 Champion Ken Riter of Park CC).  The leaders, Matthew Ion of Hamilton, Ontario and Doug Slattery of Rochester, NY are one shot better at +5.  Also in the hunt in 4th place is 4 time Buffalo District Champ, 2000 NYS Mid-Am Champion and 2009 Florida Mid-Am Champion Tim Hume, playing out of Diamond Hawk GC, 3 strokes back of the lead at +8.

The final round will be played tomorrow.  Scherrer will be playing in the leader group, teeing off at 9:30, and Hume in the second to last group at 9:20.  Follow live scoring at the NYSGA website.

Tom Rajczak shares lead at State Mid-Am after round 1

Tom Rajczak of River Oaks shares the lead with Doug Slattery of Rochester in the New York State Men's Mid Am Championship being held at the Crag Burn Golf Club in East Aurora.   They shot even par rounds of 72.  These scores were very solid as the winds were blowing hard, with gusts up to 40 mph.  Other local players in the top ten after round include Tim Hume (+1) 73, Marc Scherrer of Park (+2) 74, Sean Lindstrom (+3) 75, Brian Rajczak (+4) River Oaks and Mike Grace (+4) Brookfield.

The tournament is being held over 3 days, with a cut to the low 60 after round 1, and another cut to the low 30 after round 2.  To read more about it, and to follow live scoring, visit the NYSGA web site.

USGA State Team Results

The New York State team finished 27th in the USGA State Team Championship held September 14-16 at Mayacama Golf Club in California.  Leading the NYS team was Tim Spitz, 2009 U.S. Mid-Am Runner-up, finishing T17 at +4 for the tournament.  The other two members of the team, Ken Riter of Buffalo (Park CC) and Hans Albertsson of Long Island both finished T113 at +23 in the 156 man field.

Kansas won the event with a team score of -3 for the tournament, and Bryan Norton of Kansas won the individual with at 3 day total of -5.  Read more about it on the artical at the USGA Website.

Westwood Scratch Tournament Canceled

The Westwood Scratch Tournament tentatively scheduled for September 20th has been canceled.  In talking with Bruce Becker, General Manager of Westwood, they are planning to hold a tournament once again in 2011.  Be sure to check out the Tournament Calendar in late winter / early spring, as the tournament dates for 2011 will be posted as soon as they are available.