OLEAN, N.Y. — A field of 90 golfers (which could expand by six) – including five former champions – is set for the 83rd renewal of the Southwestern New York-Northwestern Pennsylvania Men’s Amateur set to begin Wednesday morning with a medal round at Bartlett Country Club.
This year’s event continues with Thursday’s match-play competition though Sunday’s finals.
The tournament unofficially begins with this afternoon’s shootout of former champions while Wednesday’s medal round will be followed by a clambake on the Bartlett CC deck.
The medal qualifier will slot the field into a 32-man Championship Flight with 16-man brackets filling the rest of the field.
Match play begins Thursday with Championship Flight losers slotted into a Consolation Flight.
On Friday, the Championship and Consolation flights will play two rounds and the other flights one, reducing the field to semifinals.
Semis in all flights are Saturday morning with the finals Sunday. All flights play an 18-hole final except the Championship which is 36.
Again this year, an over-60 consolation flight will be held for players that age who lose their opening-round match in any flight but the Championship (which has its own consolation). The top eight players, based on their qualifying-round score, are re-bracketed in the new flight and compete in match play through Sunday’s final.
This year there will also be a 45- to 59-year-old consolation flight for any player in that age bracket who is not in the Championship Flight and loses his first match on Thursday. He will be eligible to play on Friday in a bracket consisting of eight players which will be determined by their qualifying score.
Practice rounds can be played for $20.
Returning former champions are seven-time winner Chris Blocher (1997, ‘99, 2004, ‘10-13), defending champion Zach Chaddock the tourney’s first multiple winner by age 21 (2016, ‘18), Eric McHone (2003), Dan Reiley (1995) and Jim Brady (1977, ‘84).
Booked for tonight’s Shootout of Former Champions are Blocher, Chaddock, McHone, Reiley, Tom Crist (1994), Scott Crist (2000) and Brad Tanneberger (1998).
Blocher has won three times (2004-5, ‘11), Scott Crist twice (2002, ‘09) and Tom Crist (2010) and Chaddock (2017) once each.
Fifteen members of the field have handicaps of 2-or-better.
Wednesday’s medal round tee-off times:
8 a.m. – Adam Bennett (Bartlett), Sean Campbell (Bartlett)
8:08 – Tony Ramage (PAR), Dominic Bagazzoli (PAR), Max Baire Jr. (PAR)
8:16 – Bryce Burton (Holland Hills, PY), Tom Churakos Sr. (I.V.C.C.), Cam Myers (Bartlett)
8:24 – Evan Jordan (PAR, PY), Matt Lonto (Elkdale, PY), Tim Stead (Unattached)
8:32 – Ryan Jennings (Elkdale), Michael Davis (Bartlett, PY), George Moses Jr. (Unattached)
8:40 – Scott Brady (Bartlett), Joe Palumbo (Bartlett), Brandon Haas (Bartlett)
8:48 – Connor Alfieri (Smethport), Elyse Godding (Pine Acres), Brendan O’Connell (PAR)
8:56 – Chad Siago (Unattached), Vincent Baire Sr. (Unattached), Dave Carucci (Bartlett)
9:04 – Matthew Phillips (PAR), Joe Baire (PAR), Brian Froebel (Birch Run)
9:12 – Sam Hyman (Holland Hills, PY), Thomas Anderson (Pennhills, PY), Richard Russell (Birch Run)
9:20 – Trent Unverdorben (PAR), Max Payne (Springville), Paul Bzdak (Bartlett)
9:28 – Caden Salvaggio (Cardinal Hills), Kole Maytum (Chautauqua), Branson Morrison (Cardinal Hills, PY)
9:36 – Joe Salvaggio (Cardinal Hills), Mike Brady (Coudersport), David Horn (Smethport)
9:44 – Starter’s Time
9:52 – Spencer Cornelius (Pine Acres, PY), Nick Aiello (PAR), Terry Turner (PAR)
10:00 – Jarrett Pond (Elkdale, PY), Mark Baire (Bartlett), Jeff Worth (PAR)
10:08 – R.J. Pauly (Bartlett), Mark Hendrix (Birch Run), Cole Lechner (Bartlett)
10:16 – Mitch Faulkner (PennHills), Zach Chaddock (Springville), Matt Fuller (Birch Run)
10:24 – Jim Brady (Bartlett), Tim Hall Jr. (Bartlett), Jon Chaddock (Springville)
10:32 – Mike Neary (Birch Run), Noah Carlson (Bartlett), Kamdyn McClain (Bartlett)
10:40 – Starter’s Time
10:48 – John Nick Forrest (Unattached), Jamie Glatz (Unattached), Jon Livak (PAR)
10:56 – Dan Reiley (Pennhills), Chris Blocher (Bartlett), Dan Schott (Coudersport)
11:04 – Starter’s Time
11:12 – Daniel Neilly (Pennhills), Eric McHone (PFW), Kyle Henzel (Bartlett)
11:20 – Ed Drake (Birch Run), Mark Reynolds (PAR), Tracy Bush (PFW)
11:28 – Zach Zameroski (Laurel Mill, PY), Ronnie Jakubczyk (Bartlett), Curtis Barner (Kane, PY)
11:36 – Eric Christoff (Laurel Mill, PY), Josh Brooks (Bolivar), Kevin Mole (Bolivar)
11:44 – Dave Padlo (PFW), Honsey Russell (Birch Run), Jeff Padlo (PAR)
11:52 – Jack Morton (Bartlett), Knut Johnsen (Bartlett), Frank Higgins (Bartlett)
12:00 – John Henzel Jr. (PAR), John Chicola (Bartlett), Marcus Aiello (Birch Run)
12:08 – Dewey Gram (PAR), Bob Colligan Jr. (PFW), Roy Dwaileebe (PFW)
12:16 – Tim Butler (PAR), Paul Foley (PAR), Tony Lewis (PAR), John Foley (PAR)
PY – Penn-York junior qualifier
PAR – Previous Area Resident
PFW – Previous Flight Winner
