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Friday, October 17, 2014
Club Championship Title the Goal Ravenwood Hosts Section V
For Many of the Area’s Best Golfers Girls High School Champions
sociation’s District
Championships —
which define, in
part, who the top
amateur golfers are
in the Greater
Rochester area.
For others, there
are State titles,
such as the New
York State Men’s
and Women’s Amateur Championships.
Still others strive
for even greater
recognition and reward, playing in
national tournaments and qualiA SPRINGBOARD TO SUCCESS: Winning a club champi- fiers for events
onship title can often motivate top golfers to achieve other such as the U.S.
things. As four-time winners of the RDGA District Cham- Open, the U.S.
pionship, both Jim Scorse of Stafford Country Club, left, and Amateur or the
John Kircher of Monroe Golf Club, right, each won their respective club championship titles many times before going U.S. Mid Amateur.
For a vast maon to win other tournaments. (Photo: Rochester Golf Week/Ken Pamatat)
jority of amateurs
many championship titles in our area, however, there
BY DAVE EATON
is one level of competition
For those amateur — for which to strive.
For some, there are re- from which all others origgolfers who play competitively, there are many lev- gional titles such as the inate — one which is open
els of competition — and Rochester District Golf AsChampionship — PAGE 6
2014 SECTION V FINALISTS: Ravenwood Golf Club hosted the Section
V Girls Golf Championship on Tuesday, with 20 golfers from Rochester,
Monroe County and the Southern Tier. The top nine positions qualified
for the New York State Girls High School Championship at SUNY Delhi
in June, along with the next three finishers, who qualify as alternates for
the State Championship. The Section finalists and alternates pictured here
include, back row, left to right: Nicole Vigliotti (Mercy), Emily Doell
(Aquinas), Lena Kaufman (Pittsford), Ellie Shemirani (Pittsford), Morgan Bronstein (Pittsford), Sophie Renzi (Pittsford-alternate), Erika Tillotson (Victor). Front row, left to right: Danielle Antetomaso (Mercy-Alternate), Christina Potter (Mercy), Lizzy Karsten (Penfield), Sydney Ball
(Pittsford) and Mackenzie Campbell (Mercy-Alternate). More coverage
of the 2014 Section V Girls Golf Championship can be found in Mulligans,
on page 2. (Photo: Submitted to Rochester Golf Week)
2014 Rochester Area Senior Club Champions
Club
Champion
Age Flight/Women’s Senior Champions
Batavia CC. . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Skinner
Blue Heron Hills GC . . . . . Mark Walsh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenn French (Super Sr.)
Braemar CC. . . . . . . . . . . . Dick Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Leshane (Sr. Flight)
Bristol Harbour GC . . . . . . Joe Annesi
Brockport CC . . . . . . . . . . John True . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bud Fuller (Super Sr.)
Brook-Lea CC . . . . . . . . . . John Maggio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don McLaughlin (Super Sr.)
George Privitera (75-plus)
Rod Potter (Sr. First Flight)
Brookwoods CC . . . . . . . . . Greg Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Yeager (Sr. Net)
Patty Melvin (Women’s Sr.)
Caledonia CC. . . . . . . . . . . Randy Shaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Harris (Sr. Runner-Up)
Laurie Barron (Women’s Sr.)
Yvette Green Women’s Sr. Runner-Up)
Canandaigua CC . . . . . . . . Jim Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marsh Seager (Super Sr.)
Vince Valvano (Super Sr. Plus)
Mary Munger (Women’s Sr.)
Marilyn Hogle (Women’s Super Sr.)
CenterPointe CC . . . . . . . . Tim Oakes
Clifton Springs CC . . . . . . . Kevin Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Robinson (Super sr.)
Lynn Quinn (Women’s Sr.)
Cobblestone Creek CC. . . . Marshall Mutnick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken Nozik (Runner-Up)
Cindy Swigart (Women’s Sr.)
Denise Redon (Women’s Sr. Runner-Up)
Conesus GC . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry Harter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Draper (Sr. Net)
Judy D’Hont (Women’s Sr.)
Gail Draper (Women’s Sr. Net)
CC of Rochester . . . . . . . . John Bartolotta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Morse (Runner-Up)
Durand Eastman GC . . . . . Lance Lydon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Schoch (Super Sr.)
Dave Reed (Super Super Sr.)
Genesee Valley GC . . . . . . Robert Brongo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cosmo Contrino (Super Sr.)
Kathy Ritz (Women’s Sr.)
Geneva CC . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Jennings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Godkin (Sr. Net)
Irondequoit CC . . . . . . . . . Larry Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John August (Sr. Runner-Up)
Kress Riley (50-59)
John August (60-69)
Jerry Rosen (70+)
Club
Champion
Age Flight/Women’s Senior Champions
Lakeside CC. . . . . . . . . . . . Scott McElwee (Men’s Sr.) . . . . . . . Marianne Maher (Women’s Sr.)
Lima CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry Caffarelli
Livingston CC . . . . . . . . . . Steve Scofield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Kelley (Super Sr.)
Locust Hill CC . . . . . . . . . . Stu Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Puccia (Sr. Net)
Mendon GC . . . . . . . . . . . . Dale Dirk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Debbie Lloyd (Women’s Sr.)
Katie Sturman (Women’s Super Sr.)
Midvale CC . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Quagliata (Super Sr.)
Mill Creek GC . . . . . . . . . . Tom Nesbitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Meyers (Sr. Low Net)
Monroe GC . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Salluzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Facinelli (Sr. Net)
Oak Hill CC . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Blank
Old Hickory GC . . . . . . . . . John Burkett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Haskins (Super Sr.)
Penfield CC . . . . . . . . . . . . Rob Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Steigerwald (50-59)
Mark Bocchetti (60-69)
Allen Hanford (70-Plus)
Margaret Trevett (Women’s Sr.)
Ravenwood GC . . . . . . . . . Andy Conway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Theophilus (Sr. Runner-Up)
Ridgemont CC . . . . . . . . . . Ron Plummer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patty Guzylak (Women’s Sr.)
Riverton CC . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike DiNorma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Beaney (Second Flight)
Salmon Creek CC . . . . . . . Mike Schuth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Gay (Super Sr.)
Shadow Lk./Pines/Greystone . Owen Keenan
Southern Meadows GC . . . Joe Rizzo
Stafford CC . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Adonnino . . . . . . Paul Colombo (Champions Flight Winner)
Matt Haefele (Masters Flight Winner)
Jim Cook (Legends Flight Winner)
Pat Call (Women’s Sr.)
Twin Hills GC . . . . . . . . . . John Bamann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Conolly (Sr. B Flight)
Victor Hills CC. . . . . . . . . . Mel Kahler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dick Glidden (Super Sr.)
Wayne Hills CC . . . . . . . . . Larry Arliss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonnie Evangelist (Women’s Sr.)
Webster GC . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Dank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curt Reimer (Sr. Runner-Up)
John Carnevale (Super Sr.)
Linda Dorsey (Women’s Sr.)
Wild Wood CC . . . . . . . . . . Drew Haefner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Fischell (Super Sr.)
Winged Pheasant GL . . . . . Fred Mink
Next week, look for our final area champions list of 2014: local junior club
champions. If you haven’t sent us your junior champions for 2014 yet, please
do so by next Wednesday! x