Dan Smith Wins Elkdale Open on Home Course

Dan Smith of Elkdale CC won the Elkdale open today in a playoff against Adam Bennett of Bartlett CC, both shotting 69.  Billy Gaffney an Dan Yustin tied for 3rd with a score of 70.  See full results at the following link: Elkdale Open Scores

Mike Carrig Defeats Danny Yustin to Win BDGA Match Play Championship

Mike Carrig won the first major of the year, winning the BDGA Match Play Championship in the first year in which the field has been expanded from 16 to 32 players and earning 250 points in the BDGA player of the year standings.  Some great articles have been written about the tournament, as linked below:

Buffalo News Article on BDGA Matchplay

Interview with Mike Carrig

BDGA Match Play Championship

Buffalo News Article on WNY Open

Attached is a good article on Danny Yustin's win on Monday Buffalo News Link

Yustin shoots 67 to win Club Car WNY Open

Dan Yustin shot a ridiculous -3, 67 in very difficult weather conditions today to win the amateur division of the WNY Open at Niagara Falls Country Club.  He won the amateur division by 3 shots over Patrick Sheedy Jr. who shot an even par round of 70.  Conditions were very difficult, with temperatures in the low to mid 40s, rain and sleet mix on and off throughout the day, and consistent 10 - 15 mph winds.  Dan's round was the only under par round of the day, amateur or professional.  See the link for Complete Results.

Final BDGA Points

Note that a revision was made to the final points total.  Chris Blocher of Bartlett was not properly given his points for the NYSGA Amateur (T-5 finish), and the SWNY-NWPA points were not included in the original.  The updated final points listing has been attached within the blog.

Final BDGA Points Standings

The final BDGA points standings for the year have been posted.  Please let me know if you see any issues with the scoring, or if for some reason you did the correct points for a tournament finish.

Luthra wins BDGA Individual to complete BDGA Grand Slam

Raman Luthra won the BDGA Invidual Championship on Saturday at Niagara Frontier, becoming the first person to claim all three BDGA men's championships in one season (Mid-Am, Match Play and Championship).  See Buffalo News article for full details.