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Stan McFarland
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Matt Casey
Maryanne Lynch
Club Name
A diverse collection of careers
and golf backgrounds marks
the roster of 2007 MGA club
champions
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Apple Greens Golf Club
Bernie Lewkowicz
Apple Ridge Country Club
David Hoctor
Architects Golf Club
Jed Hoban
Jan Epstein
Arcola Country Club
James Craffey Jr. Kathy Mulhern
Ardsley Country Club
Dean Philippo
Ash Brook Golf Course
Robert Thomaier Jane Jones
Aspetuck Valley Country Club
Mike Bailleux
Fran Morris
Atlantic Golf Club
Adam Silfen
Amy Lane
Baiting Hollow Club
Chuck Atanasio
Linda Jenkins
Baltusrol Golf Club
Roger Hoit
Bamm Hollow Country Club
Steve Schneider Sue DeKalb
Lynn King
Basking Ridge Country Club
David Chung
Kathy Gerndt
Battleground Country Club
Marc Grinberg
Lori Bindler
Bayonne Golf Club
Dan Levinson
Tara Fleming
Beacon Hill Country Club
Jimmy Boytano
Jill Boughrum
Bedens Brook Club
Dave Alampi
Miles Dumont
Bedford Golf & Tennis Club
Frazier Rice
Edith Tuckerman
Beekman Country Club
Joe Diodate Jr.
Joann Faulds
Bellport Country Club
Sean Keller
Paula Moskwik
Bergen Point Men’s Club
Rick Cardineau
Beth Hills Golf Club
John Winters
Bethpage Golf Club
Mike Birmingham
Bethpage Pro Duff
Mike Carlin
Big Apple Golf Club
Charles Aiello
Big Kahuna Golf Club
Dominick LaRocca
Birchwood Country Club
Joel Beck
Blind Brook Club
Ronald Ulrich
Blue Eagle Golf Club
Bill Iolonardi
Blue Hill Golf Club
A.J. Lee
Blue Hill Ladies Golf Club
Bonnie Briar Country Club
Deb Hodes
Geri Sumprer
Yong Ok Son
Phil Dessinger
Eliane Paulet
Bowling Green Golf Club
John O’Leary
Lois Caposella
Brae Burn Country Club
Phil Auerbach
Aimee Jackness
Branton Woods Golf Club
Frank Lamberti
Kim Kingston
The Barber: Joe Magnetico, Journeymen Players Club
edestrians passing by the large front window of Olde
Tyme Barbers on East 41st Street in Midtown Manhattan
might notice the LeRoy Neiman golf print hanging on
the wall by the first chair, along with the golf trophies in front of
the mirror. These are conversation starters for Joe Magnetico,
who has been cutting hair in this location for more than 20 years
and says a good portion of his clients are golfers just like him.
Magnetico is a third-generation barber. The business was
previously owned by his father, and a steady stream of
regulars keeps Magnetico and the other five barbers in the
shop busy from early morning to late afternoon. But
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whenever he gets a chance, he talks golf. “Having a barber
shop here in Manhattan has given me the luxury of being
invited to a lot of great clubs…I’ve played Winged Foot and
Westchester. I used to be a competitive softball player, but
golf is a game that I can play for life.”
Magnetico was a co-founder of a new MGA member club
without real estate, Journeymen Players. “We’re up to 37
members — all sorts of people, including doctors, lawyers,
and plain working guys like myself. We try to have an event
every month, and there’s great camaraderie.” Sounds like the
type of atmosphere found in a traditional barber shop.
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club champions
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Workin’ For
a Livin’
t takes focus, dedication, and more than a little good
fortune to win a club championship. It also takes
time, as each of the 711 MGA club champions in
2007 can surely attest. Many of these champions,
who are listed in alphabetical order by club on the
following pages, have careers that take them away
from the fairways and greens more than they’d like. But as
you’ll see with the six that we’ve chosen to profile, the jobs
that they call their own add another layer to their lives that
they wouldn’t trade for all the club championship hardware
in a trophy case.
Club Name
Country Club of New Canaan
Men’s
Champion
Women’s
Champion
Stuart Loop
Crab Meadow Ladies Golf Assn.
Club Name
Men’s
Champion
Women’s
Champion
Pam Gammill
Echo Lake Country Club
Ronnie Kashlak
Paula Gullo
Edgewood Country Club
Jeffrey Lazarus
Jennifer Bye
Elmwood Country Club
Rick Blank
Jan Studin
Crab Meadow Men’s Club
Ed Choinski
Cranbury Golf Club
Steve Kozlowski
Cranford Golf Club
Chris Sweet
The Creek
Rich Vandermass
Brooke Cooper
Emerald Isle Golf Club
Ed Bradshaw
Crestmont Country Club
Adam Kraushaan
Fern Epstein
Engineers Country Club
David Bender
Crown City Golf Club
Paul Kiernan
Cu Chullain Golf Club
Jimmy Naughton
Deal Golf & Country Club
Derrick Scenna
Deepdale Golf Club
Raymond Floyd Jr.
Maggie Stotler
Gloria Shea
Emerald Golf Association
Paul Jaeger
Emerald Golf Society
Liam Gleeson
Ranell Shea
Claudia
Josebachvili
Esquire Golf Club
Steven Socci
Essex County Country Club
Scott DeRogatis
Jesse Clancy
Essex Fells Country Club
Nicholas Bozzo
Alair Muzzatti
Deer Run Golf & Tennis Club
Steven McCrimlisk Janet Rourke
Fairmount Country Club
Al Small
Linda Leahy
Dellwood Country Club
Stephen Scialo
Meryl Schwartz
Fairview Country Club
Steven Tamis
Rosa Cooper
Doral Arrowwood Golf Club
Aaron Klimchuk
Air Tek Lau
Fairway Women of Bethpage
Douglaston Men’s Golf Club
Steve Perrone
Fenway Golf Club
David Weisfeld
Gwen Fisher
Due Process Stable
Dan Marino
Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club
Raul Mendez
Dutchess Golf & Country Club
Steve Nosonowitz
Myna Van Kleeck
Filipino American Golf Assn.
Joe Barreno
Eagle Oaks Golf Club
Dominic Gatto Jr.
Sonia Dushey
Finest Golf Society
Dan Pizzuto
Liz Rye
Eagles Golf Club
Roland Campbell
Fishers Island Club
Philip Musser
Susie Parsons
East Hampton Golf Club
Barry Fleck
Forest Golf Club
Fred Napolitano Jr.
East Orange Golf Club
Wayne Wittmann
Forest Hill Field Club
Chris Cirillo
Yong Park
Donna McHugh
The Coach: Maryanne Lynch, The Apawamis Club
or Maryanne Lynch, the decision to leave her job at
PepsiCo in White Plains, N.Y., in 1991 was a fortuitous
one. It led her to golf, which in turn led to an entirely
different level of success, both on and off the course. Lynch
bought her first set of clubs after exiting the corporate world,
and this year’s club championship was her seventh at
Apawamis.
It’s a winning percentage that the high-school age golfers
at Rye Country Day School (below), where Lynch is in her
third season coaching the boys’ golf team, are striving to
match. In Lynch’s first two seasons as coach, they were the
champions of the Fairchester Athletic Association and also
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The Fitness Entrepreneur: Joe Saladino, Huntington Country Club
Club Name
Men’s
Champion
Brentwood Ladies Golf Club
Women’s
Champion
Pat Karas
Men’s
Champion
Women’s
Champion
Cedarbrook Club
William Vlaun
Patrice Franco
Cedar Hill Golf & Country Club
Jeff Berkowitz
Debbie Rose
Club Name
Brentwood Men’s Club
George Walsh
Bretton Woods Country Club
Frank Mirabile
Barbara Gerber
Celtic Golf Club
Pat Higgins
The Bridge
Dan Nir
Cheryl Krongard
Centennial Golf Club
Joe Del Grosso
The Bridgehampton Club
Frederick Ritz III
Cat Osborne
Central Valley Golf Club
Tom Jefferson
Bridgeview Golf Club
Kurt Paseka
Century Country Club
John Baer
Broadacres Golf Club
Mark Senzamici
Cherry Creek Golf Links
Bill Niosi
Broadway Golf Association
Bob Whitney
Cherry Valley Club
Jay Sessa
Bronx River Golf Club
Felix Velazquez
Christian Cultural Center GC
Maurice DuBois
Brooklake Country Club
Craig Combs
Liza Garrubbo
Claddagh Golf Society
George Duffy
Brooklawn Country Club
Kevin Murphy
Gia Watkins
Clearview Ladies Golf Association
Brooklyn/Marine Dunes GC
Bill Roegers
Danielle Covello
Clearview Men’s Club
Dennis Cleary
Brookridge Women’s Golf Club
Cynthia Kempner
Brook Confort
May Tong
Carol Fontana
Cold Spring Country Club
Brett Margolin
Brookville Country Club
Robert
Codignotto
Ruth Cassella
Colonia Country Club
Lawrence Falcone Karen Aller
Burning Tree Country Club
Kevin Keaveney
Mary Jane Cerullo
Colonial Springs Golf Club
Al Falussy
Canoe Brook Country Club
Stephen Shunk
Katie Nolle
Connecticut Golf Club
Peter Atwater
Canyon Club
Tony Procops
Copper Hill Country Club
Erik Adolfsson
Donna Mummert
Casperkill Golf Club
Ron Allen
Country Club of Darien
Bob Stelben Jr.
Rhea Bischoff
Cavan Golf Club
Gerry O’Reilly
Country Club of Fairfield
Peter Murphy
Helen Stovell
Maureen Grant
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golfers in the city, but there wasn’t really a place where they
could practice and work with a team of professionals to get
overall balance in their games,” explains Saladino, who now
helps his brother with some of the training in addition to
handling the office work. The club has a full floor of fitness
equipment along with five golf simulators and two practice
greens.
Saladino’s business has definitely helped his game. “I’m a
better player now,” he says, “and it’s nice that I’ve won the
Long Island Golf Association Player of the Year award the
two years that the club has been open.” It’s safe to say that
Saladino isn’t just an owner, he’s also a client.
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few years ago, Joe Saladino began to take a more
dedicated approach to fitness in order to improve
his golf game. He got results, including his second
club championship this year at Huntington. Together with his
brother, Don, they founded a private club called Drive 495 in
Manhattan in the spring of 2006 — “he was the trainer, and I
was the golfer,” says Saladino, 26. Their goal is to help other
golfers reach their potential through increased fitness.
It’s clear the market is there, as the club has been a
success and was recently certified by the Titleist
Performance Institute (TPI), one of the leading golf research
and fitness facilities in the game. “There are so many
won the New York State championship for private schools. It’s
something that Lynch could not have envisioned when she
took the job three years ago. “I knew a lot about golf but
didn’t know a lot about high school boys, she says. “The only
boys I knew were the ones who dated my two daughters.”
The boys and Lynch have formed a strong bond — “I don’t
teach them golf, but I teach them how to compete,” she says.
A few of them even came out to Apawamis to root her on in
the finals of the club championship, where she was three
down with five holes to play but rallied for a 1-up victory. It
just goes to show that the coaching on this team goes in both
directions.
Club Name
Men’s
Champion
Women’s
Champion
Club Name
Men’s
Champion
Women’s
Champion
Club Name
Men’s
Champion
Women’s
Champion
Club Name
Men’s
Champion
Women’s
Champion
Jackson &
Wheeler
Forsgate Country Club
John Phillips
Kamille Pocino
Hollywood Golf Club
Devin Drobbin
Marlene Duke
Leewood Golf Club
George Calvi
Kathy Duffy
Fresh Meadow Country Club
Steve Rose
Sarah Cohn
Hopewell Valley Golf Club
Jeff Bailey
Alicia Kapheim
Liberty National Golf Club
Devin Drobbin
Marlene Duke
Metropolitan Restaurant
Golf League
The Park
Steakhouse
Friars Golf Club
James Wirths
Hubbard Heights Men’s Club
Tony Pavia
Jill Bartolomucci
Metuchen Golf & Country Club
Ron Vannelli
F-Troop Golf Club
Paul Pich
Hudson National Golf Club
Bill Nichols
Gaelic Golf Club
John Dunleavy
Garden City Country Club
James Hartung
Garden City Golf Club
Mike Confort
Gardiner’s Bay Country Club
Gary Blados
GlenArbor Golf Club
Ned Zachar
Glen Cove Men’s Club
Drew Fonrose
Glen Cove Women’s Golf Club
Glen Head Country Club
Martin
Winkelman
Lido Golf Club
Lee Levine
Lindsay Minkus
Lido Men’s Club
Bill Bruse
Joe Saladino
Stephanie Partilla
Lido Women’s Golf Club
Sharon Bailenson
Mid Island Golf Club
G. Herbert Gaton
Huntington Crescent Club
Clark Gillies
Eileen Moriarty
The Links at Union Vale
Jim Dufficy
Bernie Linnane
Middle Bay Country Club
Hal Berman
Huntington Senior Citizens GC
James Farrell
Carole Wenninger
Long Island National Golf Club
Fred Carlson
Linda Fevvari
Midway Golf Club
Barry Liebert
Whitney Posillico
Indian Hills Country Club
Sean Hartman
Pat Hughes
Long Island Players Club
Jim Godbold
Milbrook Club
Jesse Larusso
Claudia Bainton
Gale Brudner
Inis Fada Golf Club
John Pelkaus
Longshore Men’s Golf Club
Butch Izzo
Mill River Club
Bryan Pendrick
Ulla Chase
Innis Arden Golf Club
Russ Pruner
Lee Lanarrang
Mill River Country Club
John Ruby
Alison Logie
Ginny Cullen
Millbrook Golf & Tennis Club
Joseph Velletri III Gayle Bontecou
Camille Brienza
Innisfail Golf Club of Westchester Alan Murphy
Anne Delmonte
Inwood Country Club
Mike Blum
Irish American Golf Club
Joe Malone
Pam Grunow
Joyce Hirsch
Longshore Women’s Golf Club
John Gallagher
Mahopac Golf Club
Luke Feehan
Lisa Delzio
Minisceongo Golf Club
Patrick Pierson
Helen Oh
Maidstone Club
Michael Tiernan
Brigid Lamb
Moggy Brook Golf Club
David Staebler
Donna Mummert
Jon Ostrow
Amy Fromer
Island Hills Golf Club
Mike Paolano
Gari Baker
Malverne Golf Association
John Lewis
Steve Decker
Carol Rhodes
Island’s End Golf Club
Evan Martilotta
Dianna Schiller
Manasquan River Golf Club
Green Brook Country Club
Hank Schinman
Jill Denburg
Journeymen Players Club
Joe Magnetico
Christopher
Housen
Sandra Rideout
Jumping Brook Country Club
Patrick Fillian
Lori Cooper
Manhattan Woods Golf Club
Rob Habeeb
The Greens at Half Hollow
Norm Fastenberg Lynne Zeiter
Kings Park Golf Association
Sam Newman
Greenwich Country Club
Roderick
Armstrong
Knickerbocker Country Club
Dennis Slezak
Becky Carretta
Knob Hill Golf Club
David Armitt
Sharon Toubin
Knollwood Country Club
Billy Olin
Stella Oliver
Ninna Lindquist
Griffith E. Harris Men’s Club
David Liebenguth
Grossingers Country Club
Josh Goldstein
Gull Haven Golf Club
Richard Sasz
Kim Phillips
Hackensack Golf Club
Michael
McGovern
Joan McKeracher
Maple Leafs Golf Club
Kutsher’s Country Club & Resort Ron Goodman
Lake Isle Golf Club
John Collins
Donna DeMarco
Lake Mohawk Golf Club
Chuck Roberts
Katie Renoff
Kyung Sook Sul
Hamilton Farm Golf Club
Anthony Spikes
Liana Chirichella
Lake Success Golf Club
Gerry Garber
Hamlet Golf & Country Club
Steve Greco
Alice Tong
LaTourette Golf Club
Mike Pszczola
Hamlet Willow Creek Golf & CC
Larry Robinson
LaTourette Women’s Golf Club
Hamlet Windwatch Golf Club
Adam Fuchs
Laurel Links Country Club
Clint Dewey
Hampshire Country Club
Andrew Cohen
Colleen
McCourtney
Barbara
Rederscheid
Lawrence Golf Club
Gary Spector
Ellen Rosenwasser
Hampton Hills Golf & CC
Richard
Rosenstock
Michele Gray
Harkers Hollow Golf Club
Sarah Kim
Corina Cetateanu
Madison Golf Club
Glen Ridge Country Club
Harbor Green Ladies Club
Ellen Nita
Carol Frattaroli
Huntington Country Club
Nancy Kiley
Glen Oaks Club
Green Fields Golf Club
MGA Sterling Women’s Golf Club
Maplewood Country Club
Michael
Rosenberg
Mohansic Ladies Golf League
Sheila Wall
Young Ro
Monroe Country Club
Jeff Waaland
Montammy Golf Club
Ivan Field
Montauk Downs Golf Club
Jill Greiss
Annabel Means
Young Ro
Montclair Golf Club
Michael Deo
Valerie DePiro
Barbara Colin
Morris County Golf Club
Peter
Dannenbaum
Cathy McDonough
Marine Park Golf Club
Vincent Logozzo
Mosholu Men’s Golf Club
Bryce Herrol
McCann Memorial Golf Course
Jim Dunn
Jo Ann Faulds
Mount Kisco Country Club
Peter Nicholson
Suzanne Sturz
Meadow Brook Club
Chase Coleman
Lisa Evans
Mountain Ridge Country Club
Jay Blumenfeld
Laura Koplik
Mendham Golf & Tennis Club
Steve Zychowski Lynn Alexy
Muttontown Club
Barry Gerston
Michele Greenfield
Betty Wagner
Nassau Country Club
Keith Larsen
Kerry Flynn
Edna Manelski
Meroke Golf Association
Merrick Park Ladies Golf
Nassau Golf Association
Tom Caliendo
Tom Ashfield
Nassau Players Club
Matt Esposito
Metedeconk National Golf Club
William Boyle
National Golf Links of America
Metropolis Country Club
Doug Saidenberg Neda Birbrower
George
Zahringer III
Chan Ittleson &
Donna Acquavella
Navesink Country Club
Greg Sullivan
Michelle Mandia
Met GCSA
Patricia Norris
John D Donofrio Cindy Seiple
Harlem Valley Golf Club
Vinnie Vinci
Colette Daley
Haverstraw Golf Club
Robert Rivera
Liz Lonergan
Hawk Pointe Golf Club
Greg Andreas
Haworth Golf Club
Hiroyuki Fukui
Gina Kim
Hay Harbor GC
Mark Andrews
Wendy Bingham
Hempstead Golf & Country Club Mike Ricigliano
Jr.
Betty Ann
McCarthy
Hibernian Golf Association
Brendan Brady
Hickory Hill Golf Club
Paul Mitchell
The Higgins Golf Club
Frank Geiger
High Bridge Hills Golf Club
Gregg Cartier
Highlands Country Club
Tom Conkling
Maureen Powler
High Mountain Golf Club
Ron Cochran
Yon Za Lee
Highrise Golf Club
Ed Gaulrapp
Hollow Brook Golf Club
Steven Krasner
Dale Nell
Linda Stillwell
The Textile Executive: Brian Kramer, Trump National-Bedminster
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clothing companies clustered in this bustling neighborhood.
“The business was so different then,” remembers Kramer.
“Now, most of the manufacturing is in China, but we’ve
been able to adapt and carve out a place for ourselves in the
U.S. market,” he says as he stands among rows of highquality fabrics stretching to the ceiling.
At Trump National-Bedminster, where Kramer joined in
2004, he is already a three-time club champion, winning in
’04 and ’05 before this year. Kramer carries an 0.2 Handicap
Index and qualified to play in the 2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur at
Bandon Dunes, though there’s still another hill left to climb:
“I’ve never played against Donald Trump in a club
championship match,” he says. There’s always next year.
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rian Kramer played on the golf team at Division II
Florida Southern College, the same school attended
by Lee Janzen, Rocco Mediate and Marco Dawson.
But Kramer never considered trying for a spot on Tour.
Instead, Kramer’s workplace is a textile company in
Manhattan’s Garment District, meaning the only cuts
Kramer has to worry about making are the ones that
ensure his fabrics are the correct measurements for his
clients.
Kramer is president of Guide Fabrics, a company started
by his grandfather in 1961. After graduating from Florida
Southern with a degree in finance, he learned the ins and
outs of supplying high-quality fabrics to the thousands of
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Champion
Neshanic Valley Golf Course
David Weiniger
New Jersey National Golf Club
David Leveille
Women’s
Champion
Club Name
Men’s
Champion
Reggae Golf Crew
Jeff McFarlane
Richmond County Country Club
Vincent Conte
Amie Malihan
South Shore Men’s Golf Club Women’s Division
Nancy Pudelsky
Southampton Golf Club
Dave Tucker
Sandy Hanson
Ridge at Back Brook
Bert Kosup
Newton Country Club
Harris Podvey
Charlotte Wilson
Ridgeway Country Club
Jon Feldman
New York Lawyers Golf Club
Scott Segal
Jill Owens
Ridgewood Country Club
Steven Meyer
Nissequogue Golf Club
Craig Wigley
Pam Dolph
Ridgewood Country Club (NJ)
Nomad Golf Club
Mike Johnson
Dr. Carl
Rockermann
North Fork Country Club
Bill Kreitsek Jr.
Mollie Samaan
North Hempstead Country Club
Hunter Semels
Deborah Petracca
North Hills Country Club
John Keller
Susan Salzano
North Jersey Country Club
Tony Corbo Jr.
Doreen Allaghi
North Shore Country Club
Steve Brustien
Northwood Golf Club
Steve Johnson
Jack Geoffroy
NY Shotmakers
Charlie Majette
Margarita Slayton
Nyackers
Michael Sean McGeary
NYC Firefighters Golf Tour
Chris Kofod
Oak Hill Golf Club
Joe Jasinski
Oak Hills Golf Course
Michael Dominici Marilyn Rowe
Old Oaks Country Club
Jack Lewin
Nancy Epstein
Old Westbury Golf & CC
Evan Friedman
Cathy Miller
Olde Vine Golf Club
John Dilavore
Gigi Spelman
Orange County Golf Club
Mike Mazzella
Kaitlin Gallo
Osiris Country Club
Joe DeVita
Joyce Hurley
Otterkill Golf & Country Club
D.J. Cimillo
Grace Rivano
Diane Dam
Oyster Bay Saturday Men’s Club Joe Arnold
Oyster Bay Wednesday
Men’s Club
Packanack Golf Club
Dan Dinan
Riverhead Swingers
Rock Hill Women’s Golf Club
Duane North
Scott Worsdale
Robin Burkhardt
Joyce Curran
Southward Ho Country Club
Connie Racanelli
Storm King Golf Club
Terry Maguire
Dede Hall
Nancy Rockermann
Spook Rock Ladies Golf Club
Kelly Campbell
Suburban Golf Club
James Crowley
Kim Moore
Doug Quackenbush
Suffolk County Women’s Golf Club
Lillian Wilson
Sprain Valley Golf Club
George Riehm
Suffolk Players Club
Gary Schmitt
Eileen Previll
Adele Dusenbury
Margaret Kiepe
Sprain Valley Golf Club - Women
Teri Nucaro
Sullivan County Golf & CC
Dan Yaun
Geri Klemm
Spring Brook Country Club
Steve Boyd
Suneagles at Fort Monmouth
Jim Duffney
Rockaway Hunting Club
Peter Kniffin
Dede Brooks
Jennifer Meyer
Jaso
Mike Langella
Mary Eichhorn
Sunken Meadow Saturday
Women’s Golf Club
Jim Byer
Jessica Koehler
Sunken Meadow Women’s Thurs. GC
Lorraine Jarrett
Sheila Vergith
Sunningdale Country Club
Pam Shassian
Rockaway River Country Club
Dillon Corbo
Cynthia Mangiafico
Spring Lake Golf Club
Rockland Country Club
Pat Mahoney
Renata Coyle
Springdale Golf Club
Rockland Valley Golf Club
Nhi Tran
St. George’s Golf & Country Club Doug Vergith
Stacey Benton
Vicky Stanley
Donna Mastropieto
Michael Greene
Rockrimmon Country Club
Robert Diskin
Linda Nardone
St. Philip Neri Golf Club
John Finn
Taconic Valley Golf Association
Angelo Matra
Rockville Links Club
Don McCabe Jr.
Jane Paternostro
Stanton Ridge Golf & CC
Jon Tingley
Erica Kaminsky
Tall Grass Country Club
Bruce Jacobson
Rolling Hills Country Club
Bruce Angus
Alana Friedlander
Stanwich Club
George Fox
Laura Said
Tam O’Shanter Club
Al Leibowitz
Rondout Golf Club
Andrew DeForest
Tamarack Country Club
Kevan McKinney Lois Somody
Roselle Golf Club
Frank Kiorn Jr.
Mary Cullinane
Round Hill Club
Alan Breed
Sarah Greenhill
Round Swamp Golf Club
Julio Varone
Roxiticus Golf Club
Chris Osborne
Royal & Honorable Golf Club
Ejaz Awan
Therese Vana
Royce Brook Golf Club
Pat Walsh
Adrienne Gill
Rumson Country Club
Morten Gotterup Kathy Carter
Rye Golf Club
Evans Killeen
Staten Island Senior Golf League Rich Hatton
The Kennel Owner: Joyce
Hurley, Osiris Country Club
Lynn Murphy-Gere
Henny Dirks
Salisbury Country Club
Charles Wolfson
Sally Miller
Salisbury Women’s Golf Club
n a sprawling hilltop estate just off
the New York Thruway near Woodbury
Commons sits CINAR Kennels, a
successful business that trains English cocker
spaniels for pheasant and quail hunting. “A lot
of our business is local, but many of the dogs
we raise also get sold to people out west, in
Idaho and Montana.” The kennel is co-run by
Joyce Hurley and her husband, Jack, and the
Hurleys’ love of dogs is equaled only by their
love of golf.
This summer, Joyce Hurley won the club
championship at Osiris Country Club, where
the Hurleys have been members for 15 years.
It was Joyce’s 29th career club championship,
dating back to her previous club affiliations at
Otterkill, Stony Ford and Central Valley. “I took
up golf when I was 10,” she says. “Everyone in
my family played, so it was either take up golf
or get left behind!” While she won her
championship match on the 14th hole, the
semifinal went to four playoff holes before
Hurley was able to emerge with a victory.
Before taking over the kennels, Joyce
worked for 15 years at Good Samaritan
Hospital in Suffern, N.Y., where she eventually
rose to the position of Vice President of
Operations. But when the opportunity arose to
take over the well-established kennel that had
been operating in the area since 1939, the
Hurleys jumped at the chance. And the
residents of the kennel seem to be jumping
for joy.
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Jerilyn Dreitlein
Mel Orbeta
Pagasi Golf Club
Ryan Valenzuela
Sands Point Golf Club
Jack Nick Jr.
Panther Valley Golf & CC
Bob Hanington
Sandtrappers Senior Golf Club
Izzy Meizlik
Patriot Hills Golf Club
Nick Delango
Saxony Golf Club
Andy Eisenberg
Scarsdale Golf Club
Joel Suskin
Seaford Volunteers FD GC
John Brooks
Steve Mathias
Ciarra Rudzin
Kathy Doughty
Deb Cignarella
Pehquenakonck Country Club
Don Farrell
Tara Caley
Seawane Club
Mitchell Yohai
Pelham Country Club
Ed McCann
Nancy Early
Sebonack Golf Club
Jimmy Dunne
Peninsula Golf Club
Michael Sarro
Marie Catropa
Sedgewood Golf Club
Ken Piersa
Pfizer Golf Club
James Jubinsky
Shackamaxon Golf & CC
Dr. Wayne Levine Debbie Agran
Shadow Isle Golf Club
Nick Gliozzo
Shamrock Golf Club
Sean Granholm
Sharon Hoffman
Alexina Dean
Taylor Totland
Philippine Golf Assn. of NY
Rudy Regigen
Pine Barrens Golf Club
Chris Murphy
Pine Hills Country Club
Jeff DiMarco
Shawangunk Country Club
Frank Muller
Pine Hollow Country Club
Danny Kaplan
Carly Nathanson
Shellbank Golf Club
John Dady
Piping Rock Club
George Moore
Nina Burchfield
Shelter Island Golf Club
Charles Pensa
Plainfield Country Club
Robert Corbett
Liza MartinGarrubbo
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Craig Burmeister Ann Enstine
Shore View Golf Club
James Maio
Plandome Country Club
Paul Adimando
Georgette Schnitzer
Shorehaven Golf Club
Cameron Wilson Ellie DeLuca
Pleasantville Country Club
Nick Scala
Polish American Golf Assn.
Janusz Baczyk
Miroslawa Baczyk
Silver Lake Men’s Golf Club
Michael Buckley
Port Jefferson Country Club
at Harbor Hills
Tom Trackoval
Linda Otten
Silver Spring Country Club
Henry Huidekoper Ruthann Horner
Silvermine Golf Club
Steve Falcone
Port Jefferson Golf Club
Ron Ruais
Port Jervis Country Club
Skip Tompkins
Megan Mackaronis
Siwanoy Country Club
Roland Morris
Powelton Club
Patrick Mainey
Ashley Zambito
Sky View Golf Club
Bill Snouffer
Carol Mitchell
Preakness Hills Country Club
Reid Rosenthal
Sleepy Hollow Country Club
John Ervasti
Susan B Duffy
Pugad Lawin Golf Club
Joseph
Gendrano
Vicki Corpuz
Smithtown Landing Ladies
Golf Association
Quaker Hill Country Club
Jason Smith
Cindy Rosa
Peter Zurkow
Linda Nisselson
Smithtown Landing Men’s
Golf Association
Derek Downing
Quaker Ridge Golf Club
Silver Lake Ladies Golf Club
Lynn Dickson
Mary Shaw
Maria Hogan
Silvette Golf Club
Sherry Sklar
Barbara Hulke
Shirlynn Powell
Candie Robertson
Mayuko Perpetua
Donna Lawrence
Pat Karas
Quill & Tee Golf Club
Joe Ruggiero
Somers Pointe East Hill
Pete Byrne
Quogue Field Club
Michael Confort
Joan Keyston
Somers Pointe West Hill
Pete Connor
Fran Connor
Ramsey Golf & Country Club
Ken Ferriter
Marcia Policastri
Somerset Hills Country Club
Bill Newman
Brigid Lamb
Raritan Valley Country Club
Bob Blumber
Cathy Kitchen
South Asian Golf Association
Shaji Samuel
Red Hook Golf Club
Ryan Belliveau
South Fork Country Club
Zach Grossman
Redding Country Club
Will Herndon
South Shore Men’s Golf Club
Paul Ulanich
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Spook Rock Men’s Club
Carol Strobel
Ann Ferguson
Jeff Teasdale
Stony Ford Golf Club
Trevor Sahn
Janice Willett
Isaac Rodriguez
Sterling Farms Men’s Club
Stone Dock Golf Club
Garry Singer
Jayne Hynes
Jamey Friedman Denise Martarana
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Pat Bosworth
Pagar Golf Club
Dr. Nick
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Carol Fontana
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Rock Spring Club
Saltaire Yacht & Golf Club
Patterson Club
Women’s
Champion
Carol Berger
Salem Golf Club
Johanna Gavin
Men’s
Champion
Southern Dutchess Country Club John Hopper
Saint Andrew’s Golf Club
Sonny Sohn
Oyster Bay Women’s Golf Assn.
Club Name
Susan Aldworth
New Paltz Golf Course
Noyac Golf Club
Women’s
Champion
Audrey Cherney
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Champion
Luke Isidro
West Sayville Golf Club
Joseph Schiano
Adele Dusenbury
Timber Point Men’s Club
Joe Giattino Jr.
Westchester Country Club
Peter Keller
Kathy Mulvey
Kathleen Renner
Westchester Hills Golf Club
James
Marchewka
Laura Algiero
Carol O’Connor
Tour GCX Partners
Steve Nicokiris
Towers Country Club
Stan Yoel
Marcia Cohen
Westhampton Country Club
Mike DiLeo
TPC at Jasna Polana
Curt Allen
Lynda Coville
Wheatley Hills Golf Club
Alan Specht
Norma Roberto
Tri-County Golf Club
Mike Johnston
Whippoorwill Club
Marc Slayton
Mary Biggar Evnin
Trump National Golf Club Bedminster
Brian Kramer
White Beeches Golf & CC
Brian Dowling
Debra Oberg
Willow Ridge Country Club
Phil Drogin
Marti Cohen
Trump National Golf Club Westchester
Louis Rinaldi
Wiltwyck Golf Club
Dave Natoli
Jackie Quinn
Winged Foot Golf Club
Joe Sommers
Tuxedo Club
Kirk Kashevaroff Peggy Horney
Debbie
Jamgochian
Twaalfskill Club
Chris Ferraro
Jeanette
Provenzano
Woodcrest Club
Arish Daial
Barbara Broder
Twin Brooks Country Club
Jerry Davison
Sheila Lightcap
Woodlawn Golf Club
Pat Costigan
United Nations Golf Club
San Htoo
Anne Kane
The Woodmere Club
John Wiener
Upper Montclair Country Club
William “Chip”
O’Neil
Sue Skowronski
Woodstock Golf Club
Michael Epstein
Vails Grove Golf Club
Ed Brancati
Barbara Dean
Villa Roma Country Club
Ken Cohen
Village Club of Sands Point
Drew Fritzhand
Judy Newman
Waccabuc Country Club
Ted Dardani
Tizzie Mantione
Bonnie Chanzit
Anne Nussbaum
Warwick Valley Country Club
Glen Smith
Gia Gravelle
Wee Burn Country Club
Jay Rice
Becky Montgelas
Woodlands Golf Club
Susan Hazan
Woodway Country Club
Peter Ballo
Sheila Torgan
Wykagyl Country Club
Jerry Lynch
Charlotte Monsell
Yonkers Amateur Golf Assn.
Scott Harsnay
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It has been nearly a century since Mercer Reynolds Sr. built a lodge for his family on a quiet spot east of
Atlanta, halfway to Augusta. The family named the lodge “Linger Longer” and it became a beloved place
for enjoying the area’s natural beauty to relax and pursue outdoor activities like hunting and fishing.
Paula Gullo
The MGA sent out championship forms to all member clubs. Please
write to letters@mgagolf.org if your club champions are not listed.
this year. He took up golf at age 11 and become an avid
player in his 30’s. Lucky for him, he found a home at one of
the most famous public courses in the country. “If it wasn’t
for Bethpage, I don’t think I’d be playing golf. It’s a great
facility, and I’ve met a lot of people playing there.”
Birmingham’s championship match on the Black Course
went to extra holes, and he won it on the difficult par-three
17th hole, which during the 2002 U.S. Open was the scene
of several loud ovations and plenty of drama. It’s
appropriate, then, that the Bethpage champion is this 16year veteran of law enforcement, for whom a little drama is
all in a day’s work. ■
JIM KRAJICEK
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The Sheriff: Mike Birmingham, Bethpage Golf Club
n Mike Birmingham’s “office,” there are not many chances
to practice putting on a carpet or talk golf around the
water cooler. That’s because Birmingham is a sergeant in
the NYC Sheriff’s Department, and his days are normally
spent on patrol. “We handle traffic control, and then we
spend a couple days a week in various neighborhoods
around the city cracking down on counterfeit merchandise
sold on the streets,” says Birmingham of his typical week.
Though Birmingham says he appreciates that his job allows
him to help people, golf is certainly a pleasant diversion.
He hones his game on the fairways at Bethpage State
Park, where he won the Bethpage Golf Club championship
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on its outstanding golf courses and unrivaled level of
Today, the Linger Longer lifestyle is on display every
service and amenities. Those amenities include the
day at Reynolds Plantation – a world class community
posh Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation, a AAA
and golf destination along 80 miles of lakefront land on
5-Diamond hotel that has been rated by Travel & Leisure
Lake Oconee. With 99 holes of golf, advanced golf
magazine as one of the top 10 places to stay in the U.S.
instruction and clubfitting centers, luxurious
The 251-room lakefront resort includes a 26,000 square
accommodations and fine dining, Reynolds Plantation
foot spa and the highest level of hospitality.
is becoming well-known as both a place for average
Despite all the accolades, Reynolds Plantation
golfers to relax and for PGA Professionals to compete at
continues to add impressive new items to its portfolio
the highest level.
of offerings. The latest is the new TaylorMade Kingdom
The Oconee Course recently hosted the 23rd PGA
at Reynolds Plantation. The high-tech clubfitting and
Cup, a biennial match between PGA Professionals from
equipment testing center opened in
The PGA of America and their peers from
September and is modeled after the
Great Britain & Ireland. The three-day
original Kingdom facility at
match play competition, which mirrors the
TaylorMade’s headquarters in
Ryder Cup format for 12-man team play,
Carlsbad, Calif. The Kingdom at
saw the U.S. side earn a stirring victory over
Reynolds Plantation will offer the
the GB&I side. According to players like
same high-tech clubfitting
Hudson National Golf Club’s Ron Philo Jr.,
experience that PGA Tour players
all the participants enjoyed their time at
receive, and also serve as an East
Reynolds Plantation.
Ron Philo Jr. of Hudson National Coast base of operations for
“It was a privilege to be a member of this
Golf Club
TaylorMade staffers – Sergio Garcia
year’s U.S. PGA Cup team,” says Philo, a PGA
and Justin Rose are among the players who have spent
teaching professional at Hudson National and top Met
time there.
Section player. “And Reynolds Plantation was great – it
“I would tell golfers in the Met area that Reynolds
has a real sense of history and tradition, and gives its
Plantation is a great place to extend the season,” Philo
guests the best the South has to offer. The staff did an
says. “Winter is a great time to enjoy the great golf and
outstanding job as our hosts during the PGA Cup.”
hospitality that is Reynolds Planation. There’s ample
Top PGA Professional players will have a chance to
variety and challenge in all the golf courses, and
experience the thrill of competing at Reynolds
Georgia has its best weather of the year when we’re
Plantation again soon. The resort will host the PGA
getting the worst of winter at home.” ■
Professional National Championship in June 2008. The
370-player field will compete on the Great Waters and
Reynolds Landing courses, and the top 20 finishers will
More Information about Reynolds Plantation
qualify to play in the 2008 PGA Championship at
For vacation information at The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation, please visit
Oakland Hills Country Club.
www.ritzcarltonlodge.com.
The Community has earned accolades from the
For further information about the Kingdom at Reynolds Plantation, the TaylorMade
likes of the Robb Report, which named Reynolds
Performance Lab or the Reynolds Golf Academy, please call 866-443-6742.
Plantation the “Best of the Best Golf Community” based