Buffalo Amatuer Golf Blog

I started this blog in an effort to increase awareness of local tournaments, maintain tournament results, and hopefully add some buzz and increased participation to many of the local events.  Please check out the features on the site including the tournament schedule, tournament results (still trying to track down some results), upcoming tee times, etc.  I will also be adding the points listing, points rules, and a listing of tournaments that qualify for points when I am able to track down this information.

If anyone has any comments or suggestions, please feel free to post them or email me at nimo126@yahoo.com.  Also, if anyone knows of any tournaments that I missed on the schedule, or any additional links that I should have on here, or anything else, please let me know.

Grace and Bernatovicz Win The Classic

Mike Grace and Andy Bernatovicz teamed up to win the Brookfield / Crag Burn Classic this weekend.  The winning score was (-7) 137, which included rounds of (-5) 67 at Brookfield and (-2) 70 at Crag Burn.  They won by one stroke over the team of Kyle Gay of Brookfield CC and Brian Mcgahey of Springville CC (138) who had rounds of (-3) 69 at Brookfield and (-3) 69 at Crag Burn.  The top 5 rounded out as follows:

3 - Hanes / Lessing (139)
T4 - Luthra / Patterson (140)
T4 - Cecchini / Stasiak (140)

Mike Grace and Andy Bernatovicz Lead The Classic

Mike Grace of Brookfield CC and Andy Bernatovicz of River Oaks CC teamed up to lead the way at the Brookfield / Crag Burn Classic on Friday 8/13 with a (-5) 67 today at Brookfield CC.  The tournament is two rounds (one round at Brookfield CC and one round at Crag Burn GC) and the format is two-man best ball.  Greg Cecchini of Crag Burn GC and Matt Stasiak of Fox Valley CC are in second place alone with a (-4) 68.  Other teams in the hunt after Round 1 include the following:

T3 - Murphy / Digulio (69)
T3 - Gay / Mcgahey (69)
T5 - Creighton / Tallman (70)
T5 - Gaffney / Nowak (70)
T5 - Boland / Mahon (70)

The final round will be played tomorrow, Saturday 8/14, at Crag Burn GC.

Katz tied for 27th after 2nd round at Canadian Amateur

Jake Katz shot a second round (-1) 71 at the London Hunt & Country Club on Friday, which puts him at +1 for the tournament and tied for 27th.  He currently sits 8 strokes back of the leader, Albin Choi of Toronto Ontario.  Jake tees off at 9:53am tomorrow for round three.

Jake Katz shoots 74 in first round of Canadian Amateur

Jake Katz, whose recent accomplishments include winning the Buffalo District Title, runner-up in the NY State Am, a T-10 at the Porter Cup (all 3 tournaments he held a share of the lead going into the final round), is competing in the Royal Canadian Men's Amateur Championship this week in London Ontario. The Tournament is being played on two courses, the London Hunt & Country and the Redtail Golf Course. The tournament includes four rounds of stroke play, with a cut to the low 70 and ties after two rounds.

Playing the Redtail Golf Course today, Jake fired a (+2) 74. Jake was at +2 after seven holes, when he birdied three of the next four holes to get back to -1. He then bogeyed 4 of his last 6 holes (with a birdie on 18) to finish the day at +2. Jake tees off tomorrow on the London Hunt and Country Club at 1:03pm. Follow the tournament scores at the link below.

Canadian Amateur Scores