It didn’t hit me until tonight just how well the golfers from Section 1 played in today’s opening round of the State Open. They tore up the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, which is as difficult a course as many of them have ever played.

Sure, there are courses around our area with numbers similar to [...]

Dylan Newman of New Rochelle fired a 2-over 74 and is three strokes off the lead after the first day of the New York State Open at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course in Ithaca.

Newman is in third place overall, one stroke ahead of Mark Mumford of Rye and Mike Miller of Brewster, and two [...]

Arrived at Cornell around 3 o’clock this afternoon. It’s been four years since I’ve covered this event. I forgot how, er, lovely the town of Ithaca is this time of year.

It’s actually beautiful out today and expects to be nice over the next two days for the tournament. The nine Section 1 respresentatives got in [...]

After winning the last two Catholic State Championship in playoffs, Jon Renza realized what it’s like to be on the other side.

The Fordham Prep junior was beaten in the first sudden-victory playoff hole by St. Joseph’s freshman James Blackwell after both shot an even-par 73 at James Baird State Park today. Renza bogeyed the hole [...]

Who needs Mike Miller?

Apparently, Brewster doesn’t. Somehow the Bears captured the Section 1 Team Championship today at Centennial Golf Club, beating Scarsdale and Arlington, while Miller was home sick. Miller flew back from a tournament in Florida well past midnight last night and returned with a potential case of strep throat.

In his place, Ian Fleming [...]

The 30-member field for the Section 1 Girls Championship has been set. These are the girls who’ll be teeing it up on Wednesday in the 18-hole tournament at Mahopac Golf Club, in order of their differential:

Anna Ausanio, Wappingers
Julie Staab, Ursuline
Julia Fiala, Rye
Kelly Bender, Sleepy Hollow
Alex Grimaldis, Byram Hills
Alex Burns, Spring Valley
Jennifer Morvillo, Ursuline
Megan Feeney, Ursuline
Laura [...]

Iona Prep and Fordham Prep will meet for the CHSAA Championship on Thursday at Pelham Bay Golf Course at 12:30 p.m.

It’s a rematch of last year’s final, which Fordham Prep won 3-2 at Waccabuc. The teams split their regular-season meetings this year. In the playoffs, the second-seeded Rams knocked off No. 6 St. Joseph-by-the-Sea in [...]

Here they are, in order of finish, after today’s second round at Metropolis Country Club:

Stu Kaufman, Byram Hills
Luke Feehan, Mahopac
Mark Mumford, Rye
Dylan Newman, New Rochelle
Marisa Kamelgarn, Mahopac
Derrick Kim, Clarkstown North
Mike Miller, Brewster
Joe Raitano, Mahopac
Matt Richards, Lourdes

Andrew Graham of Arlington actually finished fifth overall but has pulled out of the state tournament for personal reasons.

There was [...]

The final round of the Section 1 Championship is set for tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Metropolis Country Club. There are 33 players in the field, all fighting for nine spots in the New York State Open in Ithaca (May 31-June 1).

Personally, I think five of the spots are already locked up (youll see who, [...]

Thirty-three golfers will tee it up at Metropolis Country Club on Thursday in the final round of the Section 1 Championship, hoping to earn one of nine spots on the state team.

Many of the players in the field are going to head over to Metropolis to either walk the course, or even play it, as [...]