Gigliotti Wins BDGA Senior Championship

Fred Gigliotti of River Oaks defeated Bob Goss (Associate Member) with a par on the first playoff hole to win his 3rd BDGA Senior Men's Gross Championship.  Both gentlemen shot scores of 71 (+1) at Glen Oak Golf Course on Tuesday.  Bob Rosen finished in 3rd place with a score of 72 (+2).

Don Schwass won the Senior flight with a score of 73 (+3), Mike Yurko of Diamond Hawk won the Super Senior flight also with a score of 73 (+3), Bill Weber won the Master's flight with a score of 78 (+8) and Bernard Tasselmyer won the Legend's flight with a score of 79 (+9).

See all scores from the tournament at the following link: BDGA Senior Scores

Jonathan Clark wins Elkdale Open

Jonathan Clark of Crag Burn Golf Club won the 2011 Elkdale open with a winning score of 67 (-5).  Clark edged out Billy Hanes, also of Crag Burn, who finished 2nd with a score of 69 (-3), and Justin Pfalzer (Defending Champ) of Byrncliff and Dan Smith of Elkdale who tied for 3rd with scores of 70 (-2).  A complete list of finishers can be found at the following link.

16 Qualify to play in NYS Amateur at Oak Hill (West)

(Recap written by Andrew Hickey of the NYSGA)

Results from the first sectional qualifier (Buffalo region) for the 2011 NYS Amateur Championship are now available (please click here). Niagara Frontier Country Club hosted 101 players who were competing for 15 qualifying spots (all ties for the 15th spot qualify as well). The cut for this qualifying round fell at 76, allowing 16 players to advance to the Amateur Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in July.

The heavy rains and lightning forced us to delay the round and ultimately shuffle the starting format from tee times to an afternoon shotgun, a daunting task given the short time frame. With the help of the Niagara Frontier staff and numerous NYSGA committee members we were able complete the round just before dark.

Eighteen-year-old Daniel Yustin, playing out of Transit Valley CC, was the medalist of Saturday's qualifying round posting a one-under round of 70. Niagara Falls CC's Nicholas Morreale, the recent BDGA Mid-Amateur Champion, finished as the second qualifier with a solid round of 71.

Double Eagle - Kyle Jeziorski had a rare double-eagle on the par-5 eighth hole (476 yards from the blue tees). He qualified with a 75.

NYSGA Men's Am Qualifier

The tee times and pairings are set for Saturday's (6/4) New York State Men's Championship qualifier at Niagara Frontier C.C., as linked in the upper left corner of the page.  As per the NYSGA website, the top 15 and ties will qualify for this event.  Good luck to everyone.

Nick Morreale wins BDGA Mid-Am Championship

Nick Morreale won the Buffalo District Mid-Am Championship by defeating Justin Pfalzer on the 2nd playoff hole at Orchard Park Country Club today (May 31, 2011).  The winning score was even par 72 under difficult, wet conditions.  Billy Hanes finished 3rd with at 73, and Dan Irwin finished 4th with a 75.  See 2011 Tournament Results on the top right for a list of the top 20 finishers, or a full list at the BDGA website.

Buffalo District Match Play - Postponed

The BDGA match play was postponed today due to inclement weather.  The tournament has been rescheduled for July 7 & 8.  See BDGA website for further details. 

Buffalo News Article - Jake Katz

There was a great article in the Buffalo News 2011 golf preview on April 7, 2011.  Attached below is the link:

2011 Buffalo News - Golf Preview