President's Message WILL YOUTH BE SERVED AT RAVENWOOD?

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The Newsletter of the New York State Golf Association Spring 2009
President’s Message WILL YOUTH BE SERVED AT RAVENWOOD?
By, John P. Blain, NYSGA Historian
I expect every golfer in
NY is looking forward
to the 2009 season.
In fact, for most, it
probably cannot
come soon enough.
We too are anxious to
get underway. Scott
Gerbereux, Director
of Handicapping, has
already logged many
miles making sure
your needs are met.
Al Stockholm, Course
Rating Director, is
readying his schedule
of rating/re-rating requests.
Your Executive Committee has met, and, one
action taken was to approve format changes for
three NYSGA Championships; the Women’s
Amateur, the Men’s Amateur, and, the Men’s
Senior/Super Senior Amateur as detailed in this
newsletter. We trust that those of you eligible for
these events will find them of even greater appeal.
Along with the response to format changes, we
look forward to seeing increased use of the
NYSGA website. The site is an excellent resource
for news, information, and communication, as well
as filing tournament entries. Please visit it often:
www.nysga.org.
Also, do not hesitate to call, e-mail, or talk to
me or a committee member at an event. Your
input is valued.
Thank you for your support. Together we can
and will make a difference in promoting the game
of Golf.
Janet Reiner
NYSGA President
George Bernard Shaw once remarked, “Youth is wasted on the young.” No disrespect to
Mr. Shaw but when he uttered that now famous line I don’t think he was referring to
the most recent past champions of the New York State Men’s Amateur championship.
Only one winner of the championship in the past eight years has
not been of youthful offender status and that was Jim Scorse of
Stafford who defeated fellow mid am John Kircher of Monroe Golf
Club in the finals at Ontario Golf Club in 2005. Not only were the
other seven champions dating back to 2001 of college age but the
opponent they vanquished in the final match were also collegians
with the exception of Rochester’s Dan Ricci who was overwhelmed
by Auburn University standout Kevin Haefner in the final match at
Colgate University’s Seven Oaks Golf Club in 2001.
Jim Scorce
It wasn’t always that way.
After changing the 72-hole stroke format in 1992 to a combination medal/match
play that resembled the U.S. Amateur championship more mid amateurs won the
event in the decade of the nineties than their rival young guns. In some instances it
was the mid amateur defeating the collegian in the 36-hole final.
It started right off in 1992 with two former NCAA Division III golfers. Todd
Dischinger of Syracuse, who played at Oswego State, defeated former Allegheny
College All-American Matt Clarke of Pittsford 4 & 3 at Drumlins G.C.
Jeff Peck of Clifton Springs continued the trend the following year by defeating
collegian Matt Molloy of Pelham CC. In an all mid-am final in 1994 at Cobblestone
Creek C.C. in Victor, Dave Bonacchi defeated his brother Paul Bonacchi in an epic
final, 4 & 2.
After collegian Dirk Ayers (Penn State) of Falconer won the 1995 title at Moon
Brook Country Club, mid amateur Mike Valicenti of Elmira C.C. defeated UNC-
Greensboro’s Kevin Cartmill of Ithaca in the final at the Links of Hiawatha outside
Binghamton. This was the first of five straight wins by mid ams that included Greg
Rohlf of Wykagyl G.C. capturing the 1997 championship at Dutchess G & CC and
thirty-nine year old Bryan Smith’s upset of Kevin Haefner in 1998 at Pinehaven C.C.
The championship to end the decade was appropriately won by Brookfield’s John
Gaffney who at age 40 rallied from three holes down with seven to play to defeat
collegian Davidde Giordano of Ridgemont C.C. in Rochester on the thirty eighth
hole at Wanakah Country Club in the Buffalo suburb of Hamburg.
Now that the championship has reverted to 72-hole stroke play, will youth continue
to prevail or will the mid amateur contingent begin a run much like they had in the
decade of the nineties?
With the plethora of young talent such as
former State Junior and Boys champs Dominic
Bozzelli of Locust Hill and Yaroslav Merkulov
of Penfield C.C. and many others all around New
York State, it would be tough to bet against the
young guns. Maybe George Bernard Shaw had
it wrong all along – maybe youth isn’t wasted on
the young.
Dominic Bozzelli
Yaroslav Merkulov

Executive Director’s Report
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In our 87th Championship Season,
we have made a number of
changes to our Championships,
and it has obviously generated
much discussion among our
competitors.
I have had a number of conversations
about these changes and
wanted to go a bit more into
depth regarding the philosophy
behind them and give you my
opinions on these changes.
I usually do this on my blog,
which you can find on our website on the bottom right of our
homepage, www.nysga.org. But I thought I would print it here for
a broader audience.
1) Women’s Amateur
The Women’s Amateur is probably the event I enjoy conducting more
than any other each year. The quality of play is high and the players
as a whole are fun to be around and talk with. What puzzles me is
why the field has shrunk over the years to barely 60 participants.
In order to try to grow the field, and after numerous discussions
with Betty Deeley, Tournament Chair, as well as other members of
the Committee, we decided to make some drastic changes. The
first, and I think most important, is the addition of the Women’s
Mid-Amateur Championship. The field has gotten younger in the
past 10 years, and over the past 20 years I believe only 3 winners
came from the “Mid-Amateur” set. We hope that with the addition
of this Championship, some more players in the Mid-Am age group
will return to compete this year. We also hope that the addition of
carts will bring back some players that perhaps left due to the
mandatory policy for walking.
Finally, the change to stroke play was necessary with the addition
of the Mid-Amateur Championship. There was no way to run these
events concurrently without making this change, unless we made
players decide prior to the Championship which competition to
participate in, which made no sense. We hope that these changes
will increase the size of the field and return this Championship to
the popularity it enjoyed 30 years ago.
2) Men’s Amateur
Stroke play was a staple of the Men’s Amateur in the 1970’s and
1980’s, and was abandoned in 1991 to mirror the US Amateur
Championship format. The Championship has been successful in
both formats…it was not participation that necessitated the change.
The fact is the golf economy, as you well know, has changed…
and not for the better. Golf facilities are under immense pressure
from their memberships to increase revenue and we live in a
region where the golf season is a short 6 months, tops. Members
want, and deserve, to play their golf course when they wish.
The Men’s Amateur Championship, in its previous form, was
simply too long. A host facility knew when taking the
Championship that we would be on-site for 6 days, disrupting
their membership. On top of this, the course was taking the
Championship, gratis, to give back to the game. The difficulty
we have had with securing a host for this Championship has
been a huge burden and we are faced with 2 sobering choices.
One - pay the clubs a per round fee (and greatly raise entry fees
to pay for it) or Two - shorten the event, by 2 days, and hope this
creates far less disruption at the host facility.
We chose to shorten the event by making it stroke play and we
hope that this change not only allows us to continue to get great
hosts, but increases both the size and quality of our Championship
field. Just look at some of the winners in the 70’s and 80’s…
Allen, Sindelar, Sluman, Burns, Roy, & Zahringer, to name a few.
I don’t think you can argue with that list.
3) Senior Men’s Amateur
While we don’t expect these changes to be as controversial, this
is still a major change, as the field has been made considerably
smaller. The evolution of this Championship, however, necessitated
the change in my opinion. Senior golf is far stronger and more
competitive now than it ever has been. This Championship, when
started, was basically called a “clambake”…a fun event with a
Championship attached to it. Well, when 80% of the field has a
handicap of 5 or below, it is easy to see that this no longer applies.
It was time to take this competition to the next level, and reward
the top seniors in the state with a truly elite field without all the
pace of play issues we have had in the past that foursomes bring.
While there will be a bit of grumbling from the players that find
themselves on the outside looking in, I have no doubt the overall
Championship will be a far better one for everyone involved.
As always, feel free to contact me directly at (888) NYSGA-23
or by emailing me at bmoore@nysga.org with any concerns. That
is why I am here.
Bill Moore
Executive Director, NYSGA
News
This is the official newsletter of the New York State Golf
Association. We welcome your comments, questions,
articles and photographs. Please send them to:
Bob Biviano • 6187 Furnace Road • Ontario, NY 14519
e-mail rbiviano@aol.com
Publisher: Bob Biviano
Art Director: Ron Milko
Contributors: Fred Box, John Blain
Any reproduction of the contents requires permission from the publisher.

Director’s Report - NYSGA Course Rating
The 2008 golf season was another busy year
for the NYSGA Course Rating Teams with
29 rating requests received and conducted.
These ratings involved 58 Men’s Tees and
31 Women’s Tees on 453 golf holes with 30
different NYSGA volunteer course raters
involved in the services of our organization.
A vital contribution in the process of
handling these rating results comes from
Mr. Bill Moore Sr., NYSGA Office Manager,
who takes the course rating’s numerical
data from each rating, enters them into the
USGA computerized Course Rating System, and then sends the
results to the Golf Club and to the USGA. Thanks Bill and many
thanks to all you involved raters!
NYSGA Course Rating Team Leaders Al Stockholm, Bob Folley
and Ed Evans recently attended the USGA 2009 Eastern Course
Rating Calibration Seminar held at the Tiburon Golf Club in
Naples, Florida. They were joined by Jeff Rainey, Director of
Course Rating for the Buffalo District Golf Association, to
complete our Seminar Men’s Rating Team. Unofficial preliminary
results indicate that we did very well in the Individual Course
Rating Quiz, the Calibration Rating of four Tiburon G.C. holes,
and the Team Course Rating Quiz.
Our event performances were graded along with 13 other
Association Men’s Rating Teams, which included representatives
from the Eastern United States as well as international teams from
Bulgaria, Germany, Spain, Costa Rica, Netherlands, and Venezuela.
There were also seven Women’s Rating Teams in attendance going
through the same exercises with one coming from Brazil.
Besides several other course rating informational sessions, the
main Seminar event is the rating of four holes (previously rated by
the USGA Master Raters), to evaluate the rating consistency of each
of the attending rating teams. It is an interesting and somewhat
chaotic experience to have 84 raters in 21 teams moving through
four golf holes from tee-to-green (accompanied by eight observing
USGA Officials) measuring, discussing, debating, and recording
the various components of a course rating for each hole. Variance
results to the USGA Master ratings are calculated for each team
to evaluate rating performance.
There are presently six requests for course ratings sitting on our
NYSGA Course Rating desk waiting for golf weather and they will
be taken care of in the order that they were received. It looks like
another busy rating season.
Al Stockholm
NYSGA Director-Course Rating and Measurement
Richard J. Walsh
Former New York State Golf Association President
March 21, 1921-Feb. 24, 2009
The NYSGA sadly reports the
passing of Richard J. Walsh of
Williamsville, former insurance
agency owner and avid golfer. He
was 87.
Born in Geneva, Mr. Walsh
attended DeSales High School and
Hobart College, both in Geneva. He
was a second lieutenant in the
Marine Corps stationed in the
Pacific during World War II. He
received two Purple Hearts.
Mr. Walsh also was a former
president of the New York State
Golf Association and a past
president of Park Country Club in Amherst, as well as a
member of the Country Club of Buffalo and Vineyards Country
Club in Naples, Fla.
As a longtime golf enthusiast, Mr. Walsh shot one stroke
below his age three times. He accomplished this feat the first
when he was 79 years old and repeated it at ages 80 and 81.
He was a member of the Equitable Assurance Co. Hall of
Fame for having produced $1 million in sales for the company.
He also was a sustaining member of the Hobart-College
Statesmen Athletic Association.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, the former Mary Belle
Lindsay; two sons, Kevin and Richard L. Sr.; four daughters, Barbara
Donohoe, Sheila Richter, Susan Friend and Gretchen Ward;
two brothers, Robert and James; and a sister, Helen Redmond.
Is your Club
struggling with:
• Unfair & Inequitable Handicaps?
• Non-USGA Compliant Handicap System?
• Un-timely Handicap Reports?
• Handicap Stickers not available?
• Not updated ratings for other area
courses?
• Or do you just want the best Handicap
System available?
If you answered YES to any of the above,
then your club needs GHIN and the NYSGA!
For more information call:
Scott Gerbereux, ,
Director of Handicapping
888-NYSGA23 or 585-737-5681
E-mail: clubservices@nysga.org
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NYSGA FLASHBACKS
By John Blain, NYSGA Historian
Ruth Torgerson
60 Years Ago…Cherry Valley’s Ruth Torgerson
won her fourth consecutive Women’s Amateur
title at Onondaga G & CC…..Poughkeepsie’s Ray
Billows won his seventh and final Men’s Amateur
crown defeating Syracuse’s John Ward in 39
holes at Lakeshore Yacht & CC in Syracuse.
50 Years Ago…..Buffalo’s John
Konsek successfully defended his
Men’s Amateur championship by
defeating the Country Club of Buffalo’s Ward
Wettlaufer 4 & 3 at the Country Club of Troy….
Margaret Nevil of Cooperstown successfully
defended her Women’s Amateur championship by
defeating Ginny Allen of Syracuse 6 & 4 at
Whiteface Inn GC in Lake Placid…..Oklahoma
City’s Charlie Coe won the U.S. Amateur championship at
Rochester’s Oak Hill CC….Buffalo’s Ward Wettlaufer helped the
United States Walker Cup team to a 9-3 victory over Great Britain
and Ireland at Muirfield G.C. in Scotland.
40 Years Ago…..Future PGA Tour winner and
1964 Boys champ Terry Diehl of Brook-Lea C.C. in
Rochester won the Men’s Amateur at Elmira
C.C….Park Club’s Lancy Smith won her second
Women’s Amateur at the Country Club of
Rochester….Jean Trainor of Rochester won the
Jean Trainor
second of a record nine Senior Women’s championships.
35 Years Ago….1972 NYS Boys champ Dan DeLetka of Rome
successfully defended his NYS High School championship….
Future PGA Tour winner George Burns III of Long Island denied
Rochester’s Don Allen a record tying seventh
Men’s Amateur title by nipping Allen by a shot at
Wayne Hills C.C….Seven time Men’s Amateur
champ Ray Billows of Poughkeepsie won his first
and only Senior Men’s championship….Endwell’s
Dan Marlowe defeated 1973 Boys champ Dan
Don Allen
Tzivanis of Endicott to win the Junior Amateur
championship at Binghamton C.C….Canton’s
Mary Lawrence successfully defended her Junior Girls championship….Oak
Hill’s Cathy Morse defeated defending champion
Dianne Wilde to win her first Women’s Amateur championship at
McGregor Links C.C. in Saratoga Springs.
30 Years Ago….Lackawanna’s Mark Balen won
the Men’s Amateur crown by defeating future PGA
Tour players Jim Roy of Syracuse and Mike
Hulbert of Ithaca in a sudden death playoff at
Drumlins G.C. in Syracuse…. Poughkeepsie’s Bill
Bogle won the Men’s Senior Amateur….Four-time
Women’s Amateur champ Margaret Nevil of
Cooperstown won her first and only Senior
Women’s crown….Upstate New York golfers Mark
John Konsek
Jim Roy
Balen of Lackawanna and Joey Sindelar of Horseheads helped
lead Ohio State to the NCAA championship.
25 Years Ago…. New York’s George Zahringer III opened with a
round of five under par 66 and never looked back in winning the
Men’s Amateur at the Country Club of Troy…. Charles Murphy, Jr.
of Wolfert’s Roost C.C. in Albany won the inaugural Mid Amateur
championship at Glens Falls C.C…. Frances Stearns of
Poughkeepsie won the first of her six Senior Women’s crowns….
Reigning State High School champ Dan Wilkinson of Syracuse
added the State Junior Amateur crown…. Miller Barber won the
U.S. Senior Open at Oak Hill C.C. by two shots over Arnold
Palmer…. Three-time NYS Women’s Amateur champ Lancy Smith
teamed with two-time champ Mary Anne Widman of Elmira C.C. to
lead the United States to a 9 1/2-8 1/2 win over Great Britain &
Ireland in the Curtis Cup matches at Muirfield G.C. in Scotland….
Bob Hoff of Oak Hill C.C. won his second Senior Men’s title…
20 Years Ago….Future PGA Tour winner and 1986
State Junior champ Tom Scherrer of Skaneateles
successfully defended his State High School crown
….Endicott’s Tim Marsh ended two-time defending
champion Tim Straub’s bid for a record tying third
straight title by winning the Men’s Amateur at
Vestal Hills C.C…..Syracuse’s Jim Roy qualified for
the U.S. Open at Oak Hill C.C. but missed the cut Tim Straub
with rounds of 77 and 75….Bellevue’s Tom Flynn won the Mid
Amateur on his home course…. Stafford’s Gerry Perkins
successfully defended his Men’s Senior Amateur championship.
15 Years Ago….Dave Bonacchi of Blue Heron Hills in Rochester
defeated his brother Paul Bonacchi 4 & 2 in the final of the Men’s
Amateur at Cobblestone Creek C.C. in Victor….Dave Benedict of
Brook-Lea C.C. in Rochester won the Mid Amateur
by defeating Long Island’s Malcolm Smith on the
first hole of a sudden death playoff at Wayne Hills
C.C….Future Men’s Amateur champ Kevin Haefner
of Rochester won the Boys title…
Six-time Men’s Amateur champ Don
Allen won his first Senior Men’s
championship….Amsterdam’s Kerri
Kevin Haefner
Murphy defended her Junior Girls crown…. Moira
Dunn of Clayville won her third straight Women’s
Amateur by defeating Gail Flanagan of Westchester
C.C. in the final at Centerpointe C.C…Sue Sims of
Moira Dunn
Skaneateles defended her Senior Women’s championship.
10 Years Ago….1998 State Junior champ Jonathan Bump of
Apalachin won the State High School championship….1981 State
Amateur champ Jim Roy of Bellevue won his first Mid Amateur at
Crag Burn G.C. while future NYSGA Executive Director Bill Moore,
Jr. finished third….Brookfield’s John Gaffney rallied to defeat
Ridgemont's Davidde Giordano on the thirty-eighth hole to win the
Men’s Amateur at Wanakah C.C. in Hamburg….Locust Hill’s James
Infantino won his second straight Senior Men’s championship….
Brook-Lea’s Danielle Downey defeated former champ Mary Jo
Kelly of Wolfert’s Roost C.C. in Albany to win the Women’s Amateur
….The Park Club’s Lancy Smith successfully defended her Senior
Women’s title…..Winged Foot G.C.’s Hank Malfa won his second
Super Senior championship.
5 Years Ago….Two-time State Junior Girls champ
Christy Rittenhouse (now Christy Schultz) won
the Women’s Amateur… Mike
Daniels of Shaker Ridge C.C. in
Albany won the Senior Men’s
championship at Lakeshore C.C. in
Rochester….Bellevue’s Jim Roy won
his fourth Mid Amateur championship
Mike Daniels
by one shot over Crag Burn’s Tony Hejna at Shaker
Ridge C.C….Buffalo’s Kathy Hunt won her second
straight Senior Women’s championship.
Christy Schultz

By Scott Gerbereux,
NYSGA Director of Handicapping
Contributions from USGA Media Relations
Happy Spring! I hope that you all
enjoyed your winter, whether it was
spent in Upstate New York or
elsewhere. I did some skiing at
mountains whose valleys are home
to golf courses in the summer. I also
hit golf balls indoors at a simulator.
Now I am eager to get outside!
For most NYSGA areas, this
year’s score posting season will
start two weeks earlier than usual.
Friday, April 10 is the first day
scores can be posted for
handicapping purposes. This
change was made to accommodate
requests from some Clubs who wished for a longer posting season.
It will be at the discretion of your Club’s Handicap Committee to
determine if your Club has normal playing conditions. If not, the
start of score posting should be delayed.
There are exciting new products that golfers who belong to
Clubs using the GHIN Handicapping Service will enjoy. The first is
eGolfer, a FREE online service that helps organize your golfing
life. While posting scores to your record, include information
about your round such as number of putts, fairways and greens in
regulation and the program will track your data! Find out exactly
where you can shave shots off your score. Go to www.ghin.com to
register for a free profile.
For those of you who posted scores from courses in areas
observing active golf seasons, I hope you enjoyed the benefit of the
revisions to your NYSGA Handicap Index. This was the first winter
that the NYSGA updated Handicaps.
The eNews format for the emailed Revision reports has gotten a
facelift. They are now personalized messages for every golfer.
From this email you can print your Handicap card and score
history, register for NYSGA events, post scores and calculate a
Course Handicap. It also keeps you informed with the latest
NYSGA news such as Championship and Net Event schedules and
results. If you wish to get this great service, update your email
address with the GHIN administrator at your Club.
The Net Events schedule is bigger and better in 2009. These are
fun events designed to give golfers of all abilities the chance to
play in a competitive format. Golfers are grouped in flights based
upon Course Handicap. Approximately 30% of the field at each
event receives prizes. Clubs provide a discounted entry fee for
these events and cart rentals are included! There will be seven
tournaments this year, at Ravenwood GC, Shorewood CC, Town of
Colonie GC, Seven Oaks GC, Western Turnpike GC, Robert Trent
Jones GC and Highland Park GC. See the detailed tournament
schedule on page 9.
I hope that handicapping provides you with the ability to
evaluate your golf game this season and take pleasure in
competition with golfers of any level.
See you on the green!
Director of Handicapping, NYSGA
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NYSGA SCHOLARSHIPS
In the fall edition of this newsletter, the New York State Golf
Association announced the eleven scholarship recipients for the
2008-2009 academic year. The annual awards remained at $1,500
each, bringing the total scholarship presentations to $16,500.
Listed among the individuals was Bryan Springer of New Hartford,
the “Bill Arliss Scholarship” winner. The NYSGA funds this award
along with the Arliss family in memory of their son, Billy. During
the off-season, we received this note from Bryan:
New York State Golf Association,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the New York
State Golf Association for bestowing upon me the honor of the
Bill Arliss Memorial Scholarship. It truly is an honor, and I am
very appreciative for it.
I am a junior in the PGM program at Methodist University in
Fayetteville, North Carolina. I will use this scholarship money
towards paying for books and other expenses that always seem
to come up. Again, thank you for sponsoring this scholarship.
Sincerely, Bryan Springer
The New York State Golf Association would like to express
their sincere thanks to all for their generous donations to the
Scholarship Fund. These donations to the Scholarship Fund will help
the NYSGA continue its strong commitment to New York
residents who are matriculated in specific two or four year
College/University programs such as Agronomy, Turf Grass
Management, Professional Golf and Country Club Management or
related programs. We also support New York State residents who elect
to pursue such programs in out-of-state Colleges or Universities.
Additional contributions will help the NYSGA Scholarship
Committee as we begin to aggressively solicit additional
scholarship funding from clubs, individuals and corporate sources
to expand the scope and impact of our scholarship awards.
Scholarship applications for the upcoming year will be available
at www.nysga.org. Interested applicants should contact the NYSGA
Office with any questions regarding the application process.
For further information concerning the NYSGA Scholarship
Program please e-mail us or contact Mr. Henry W. Fust,
Scholarship Chairperson, 5784 Widewaters Parkway, Dewitt, NY
13214 or Mr. Bill Moore, NYSGA Executive Director, P.O. Box
15333, Syracuse, NY 13215-0333.

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25th Annual Mid-Amateur Qualifying Sites
Section Site Date Chairperson(s)
Albany Rolling Hills at Antlers 8/17/09 Richard W. Dorgan, Jr.
2258 State Route 5 (518) 869-8573
Fort Johnson, NY 12070
(518)829-7423
Binghamton Links @ Hiawatha 8/18/09 Sherry M. Heath
2350 Marshland Road (607) 723-1982
Apalachin, NY 13732
(607) 687-6952
Buffalo Harvest Hill GC 8/31/09 John Gaffney
3052 Old Transit Road (716) 688-4800
Orchard Park, NY 14127
(716) 662-1980
Long Island Links at Shirley 8/18/09 Doug & Sheila Vergith
333 William Floyd Parkway (631) 751-1417
Shirley, NY 11967
(631) 395-7272
NOTE #1: Play will begin at 1:00pm
NOTE #2: Field will be limited to the first 52 entries received. Entries received after the limit has been reached may
move to any other location.
Mid-Hudson Powelton GC 8/13/09 Kinny Post
29 Balmville Road (845) 679-6403
Newburgh, NY 12550
(845) 561-7409
NOTE: Field will be limited to the first 60 entries received. Entries received after the limit has been reached may
move to any other location.
North Country Lake Placid Club - Links 8/24/09 Brad Griffin
Lake Placid Club Drive (518) 523-1409
Lake Placid, NY 12946
(518) 523-4460
Rochester Ridgemont CC 8/24/09 Patrick Shatzel
3717 Ridge Road West (585) 865-7596
Rochester, NY 14626
(585) 225-1370
Syracuse Radisson Greens 8/28/09 Bill Moore
8055Potter Road
(888) NYSGA-23
Baldwinsville, NY 13027
(315) 638-0092
Utica/Rome Seven Oaks GC 8/21/09 John P. Blain
East Lake Road (315) 559-0497
Hamilton, NY 13346
(315) 824-1432
NYSGA Eligibility Requirements for Championships
Women - Open to all female golfers of any age.
Men - Open to all male golfers of any age.
Men’s Mid-Amateur - Open to all male golfers, aged 25 or older.
Women’ Mid-Amateur - Open to all female golfers, aged 25 or older.
Women’s Senior - Open to all female golfers, aged 50 or older.
Women’s Super Senior - Open to all female golfers, aged 65 or older.
Men’s Senior - Open to all male golfers, aged 55 or older.
Men’s Super Senior - Open to all male golfers, aged 65 or older.
Junior Amateur - Open to all male golfers, aged 17 or younger.
Boys Amateur - Open to all male golfers, aged 14 or younger.
Girls Amateur - Open to all female golfers, aged 17 or younger.
Section
2009 Junior & Bo
Site
Albany
Town of Colonie GC
418 Consaul Road
Schenectady, NY 12304
(518) 374-4181
Binghamton Binghamton Country Club
1401 Robinson Hill Road
Endwell, NY 13760
(607) 797-5828
Buffalo Lancaster CC
6061 Broadway Avenue
Lancaster, NY 14086
(716) 634-3725
NOTE: Field will be limited to the first 60 entries received.
may move to any other location.
Finger Lakes Wayne Hills CC
2250 Gannett Road
Lyons, NY 14489
(315) 946-6944
NOTE: No Joint Qualifying will be allowed at this site in 2009
you must play at 2 different sectional qualfiying sites.
Long Island TBA
Mid-Hudson Lazy Swan CC
1754 Old Kings Highway
Saugerties, NY 12477
(845) 247-0075
North Country Lake Placid Club - Mountain
Lake Placid Club Drive
Lake Placid, NY 12946
(518) 523-4460
Rochester Midvale CC
2387 Baird Road
Penfield, NY 14526
(585) 586-7100
Syracuse Links at Erie Village
5900 North Burdick Street
East Syracuse, NY 13057
(315) 656-4653
NOTE: Field will be limited to the first 36 entries received.
may move to any other location.
Utica/Rome
Seven Oaks Golf Club
East Lake Road
Hamilton, NY 13346
(315) 824-1432
2009 NYSGA Cham
Event
Name
Entries
Close
Qualifying
Dates
WOMEN’S AM & Tuesday None
MID AMATEUR June 16
MEN’S Tuesday Monday, June 8
AMATEUR June 2 thru Tuesday, June
JUNIOR Tuesday None
GIRLS July 21
JUNIOR Tuesday Monday, June 29
BOYS June 23 thru Monday, July
WOMEN’S Tuesday None
SENIOR July 28
MEN’S SENIOR & Tuesday None
SUPER SENIOR August25
MEN’S MID- Friday Thursday, August 1
AMATEUR July 31 thru Monday, August

y’s Qualifying Sites
Date
Chairperson(s)
7/13/09 Matthew Clarke
(518) 720-5888 ext.115
6/29/09 Tim Schum
(607) 727-5921
7/7/09 Paul Foley
(716) 634-4012
Entries received after the limit has been reached
6/30/09 Lee Brooks
(315) 536-3819
. If you wish to play in both the Junior & Men’s Championship,
TBA
Bill Moore
(888) NYSGA-23
7/8/09 Phil Chase
(845) 856-8767
7/20/09 Brad Griffin
(518) 523-1409
6/30/09 Jack Donovan
(888) NYSGA-23
7/9/09 Jim Coleman
(315) 668-8741
Entries received after the limit has been reached
7/20/09 Ed Koslick
(315) 737-5975
pionship Schedule
Event
Dates
Event
Site
Tuesday, July 7
Drumlins GC
thru Thursday, July 9 Syracuse , NY
Tuesday, July 14 Ravenwood GC
30 thru Saturday, July 16 Victor, NY
Tuesday, August 4 Skaneateles CC
thru Wednesday, August 5 Skaneateles, NY
Tuesday, August 4 Skaneateles CC
20 thru Wednesday, August 5 Skaneateles, NY
Tuesday, August 18 Thendara GC
thru Wednesday, August 19 Thendara, NY
Tuesday, September, 15 Stafford CC
thru Thursday, September, 17 Stafford, NY
3 Friday, September 25 Glen Falls CC
31 thru Sunday, Sepember 27 Glen Falls, NY
87th Men’s Amateur Qualifying Sites
Section Site Date Chairperson(s)
Albany Van Patten GC 6/11/09 Patrick Reidy
924 Main Street (518) 581-2757
Clifton Park, NY 12065
(518) 877-5400
NOTE: Field will be limited to the first 108 entries received. Entries received after the limit has been reached
may move to any other location.
Binghamton Vestal Hills CC 6/8/09 Sherry M. Heath
3096 Webb Road (607) 723-1982
Binghamton, NY 13903
(607) 723-7658
Buffalo Wanakah CC 6/9/09 Edwin S. Kaczor
5161 Lakeshore Road (716) 649-8958
Wanakah, NY 14075
(716) 627-2391
NOTE: Field will be limited to the first 100 entries received. Entries received after the limit has been reached
may move to any other location.
Finger-Lakes Wayne Hills CC 6/30/09 Lee Brooks
2250 Gannett Road (315) 536-3819
Lyons, NY 14489
(315) 946-6944
Long Island Olde Vine GC 6/15/09 Doug & Sheila Vergith
695 Reeves Avenue (631) 751-1417
Riverhead, NY 11901
(631) 369-7151
NOTE #1: Play will begin at 12:45pm
NOTE #2: Field will be limited to the first 51 entries received. Entries received after the limit has been reached may
move to any other location.
Mid-Hudson Grossingers GC 6/15/09 Harold Girdlestone
127 Grossinger Road (845) 889-4102
Liberty, NY 12750
(845) 292-9000
NOTE: Field will be limited to the first 60 entries received. Entries received after the limit has been reached may
move to any other location.
North Country Malone GC-West 6/23/09 Brad Griffin
79 Golf Course Road (518) 523-1409
Malone, NY 12953
(518) 483-2926
Rochester Brookwoods GC 6/25/09 Bob Biviano
2101 Country Club Lane (315) 524-8790
Ontario, NY 14519
(315) 524-7184
NOTE: Field will be limited to the first 72 entries received. Entries received after the limit has been reached may
move to any other location.
Syracuse Seven Oaks GC 6/15/09 John Bartholomew
East Lake Road (315) 427-1513
Hamilton, NY 13346
(315) 824-1432
Utica/Rome Yahnundasis GC 6/12/09 Ed Koslick
8639 Seneca Turnpike (315) 737-5975
New Hartford, NY 13413
(315) 732-3950
NOTE: Field will be limited to the first 60 entries received. Entries received after the limit has been reached may
move to any other location.
Watertown Ives Hill CC 6/25/09 Dave VanEenenaam, MD
435 Flower Ave. W. (315) 783-5354
Watertown, NY 13601
(315) 775-4653
7

Rochester Golfers Have Had Success At State Amateur
By John P. Blain, NYSGA Historian
8
If you are wondering who may be the player to beat when play
begins this July at Victor’s Ravenwood Golf Club in the 87th NYS
Men’s Amateur championship it would be wise to take notice of
players from the Rochester area. Since the “modern era” (post
1960) Rochester golfers have collectively finished first or second
thirty-one different times.
Rochester area golfers have taken home the Ganson Depew
trophy fifteen times during this era while they have claimed the
runner-up position no fewer than sixteen times.
Prior to the modern era only two Rochester
golfers laid claim to the Ganson Depew trophy,
emblematic of the Men’s Amateur
championship of the New York State Golf
Association. Perennial Oak Hill club champion
Arthur Yates won the 1927 championship on
his home course and was runner-up the
following year to George Dawson who won the
championship on his home course,
Westchester C.C. In 1948 the legendary Sam Urzetta who was then
playing out of Midvale C.C. captured the title by beating Lloyd
Ribner 5 & 4 at Buffalo’s Brookfield C.C.
It wasn’t until thirteen years later in 1961
when Don Allen of the Country Club of
Rochester won his first State Amateur by
drilling three time defending champ John
Konsek of Buffalo 5 & 4 at Onondaga Golf &
C.C. in Syracuse. It started a remarkable run
for Allen who lost to Elmira’s Bill Tryon on
the thirty-eighth hole at Glens Falls C.C. in
Don Allen
1962 and then won back-to-back titles in 1963
and ’64. The 1969 championship was won at
Elmira C.C. by future PGA Tour player Terry
Diehl of Brook-Lea C.C.
Allen resumed his winning ways in 1970 by
nipping fellow Rochesterian Terry Diehl by a
shot at Locust Hill C.C. He won again in 1972
at Dutchess Golf & C.C. and successfully
defended in 1973 winning his final title at the
Concord C.C. in Kiamesha Lake shooting a 10
over par 298 at the course in the Catskills
commonly referred to as the “Monster” because
of its toughness. Allen was runner-up to future PGA Tour player
George Burns III in 1974 at Wayne Hills C.C. It was the closest he
would come to tying Ray Billows’ record of seven State Amateur titles.
Four years later in 1978 another future
PGA Tour player, Jeff Sluman, would close
with a four under par round of 68 at
Jamestown’s Moon Brook Country Club to lay
claim to the championship. Sluman also
finished runner-up in 1980 to rival Joey
Sindelar at Vestal Hills C.C.
The 1981 championship at Wanakah C.C. in
Jeff Sluman
Sam Urzetta
Terry Diehl
Hamburg saw John Salamone of Locust Hill
C.C. and LSU finish one shot shy of fellow
collegian Jim Roy of Bellevue C.C. in Syracuse and the University
of South Florida. 1982 saw Ontario Golf Club’s David Boeff
capture the championship at McGregor Links C.C. in Saratoga
Springs with a score of three over par 291.
The decade of the nineties would have three Rochester
golfers win the Ganson Depew trophy while four
area players finished runner-up. The Country
Club of Rochester’s Joe Wilsonwon the biggest
championship of his career by firing a three
over par 291 at Albany Country Club while
Rochester golfers Ed Puzas and John Kircher
finished second and fourth respectively.
Pittsford’s Matt Clarke
who would later move to
Troy and go on to win the
Matt Clarke
2005 State Mid Amateur lost the 1992 final to
Todd Dischinger who grew up in Rochester
but was living in Syracuse when he won the
championship at Drumlins G.C.
Clifton Springs’ Jeff Peck followed up his
1993 RDGA championship by winning the State
crown at Colgate University’s Seven Oaks G.C.
the following week. Peck defeated Pelham’s Matt Molloy in the
final, 2 & 1.
Perhaps the most talked about State Amateur final in recent
history featured the Bonacchi brothers who met in the finals in
1994 at Cobblestone Creek C.C. in Victor where older brother Dave
got the better of his younger sibling Paul by 4 & 2.
1995 saw Webster’s Jason Piurkowski get clobbered by Dirk
Ayres of Cardinal Creek GC in Jamestown, 11 & 10 at Moon Brook
C.C. and 1994 Boys champ Kevin Haefner who won the on-site
qualifying medal at Albany’s Pinehaven C.C. in 1998 was upset by
39 year old Bryan Smith of Kingston in the final, 2 & 1.
Kevin Haefner atoned for the 1998 loss by
winning the on-site qualifying medal with an
eight under par score of 136 and then overwhelmed
Rochester’s Dan Ricci, 13 & 12 in
the final at Colgate University’s Seven Oaks
G.C. The margin of victory is a record that
still stands.
Ridgemont’s Andrew
DiBitetto advanced to the
Kevin Haefner
finals in 2004 at Wiltwyck
G.C. in Kingston where he
lost on the thirty-sixth hole to Matt Thomas of
Springville. DiBitetto would advance to the
finals two more times in the next three years
eventually winning in 2006 at the Country Club
of Troy. His attempt to make it two in a row
ended on the thirty sixth hole of Yahnundasis
Golf Club in New Hartford where he lost to
former two-time State High School champ
John Duthie of Lansing.
The 2005 State Amateur at Ontario Golf Club
was one for the ages as arguably Rochester’s two
best players of the past decade squared off in
the final match. Jim Scorse of Stafford nipped a
late rally by Monroe Golf Club’s John Kircher
to win the title 1 up.
More recently, Tom Muto of Sodus Bay went
to the championship match at Albany’s
Pinehaven C.C. in 2008 only to bow to 2006
runner-up Jeff Wolniewicz of West Seneca.
John Kircher
Andrew DiBitetto
Jim Scorse

This is another chapter in a series from Frederick W. Box’s manuscript, “The
New York State Golf Association’s first and long-time historian, now retired.
NYSGA History: Chapter 9
10
The 1960’s
Would a state
golf record of
three consecutive
Men's Amateur
championships
that took 37 years to accomplish be tied only
five years later?
That was possible at
the 1965 Men’s Amateur
tournament held in a
Buffalo suburb at
Lancaster Country Club
where Don Allen of
Rochester, who captured
championships in 1963
and 1964, had reached
the final. It was the same
Allen who had halted John Konsek’s bid for
four straight in 1961 when the Big 10
champ from Buffalo ended his state career
with a 5-4 beating.
And whom would Don,
the former Colgate
golfer, face in 1965? It
was Bill Tryon of Elmira
who battled Allen in
1962 and had won with
a birdie on the second
extra hole. So that gave
BillTryon
Don Allen
Allen an extra incentive
beyond the record.
The 1965 field lacked any widely known
golfers except Allen and Tryon and that
proved out in the preliminary rounds. The
Rochester insurance man sailed to the
final in impressive fashion. Tryon, better
known as a former Princeton halfback, did
likewise until the semi-final when he was
carried to 20 holes to win with a birdie.
Theses are postings:
Tryon’s record: 4 and 3 over Ted
Robinson, Oneonta; 4 and 3 over Richard
Baker, Skaneateles; 2 and 1 over Leonard
Dahl, Staten Island; 1 up over John Ward,
Syracuse; and 20 holes over Joe Smith,
Newburgh in the semifinal.
Allen’s opponents: 4 and 3 over Harold
Coyle, Adams; 1 up over Howard Donick,
Amsterdam; 4 and 3 over Ronald Mahood,
White Plains; 2 and 1 over Ted Kochan,
Salamanca; and 2 and 1 over Nick Porco,
East Amherst in the other semifinal.
The 36-hole final lacked any drama in the
morning round with the match all even at
18. Allen birdied 20 to move ahead but gave
it back at 24 with a three putt at the par-5
24th hole. The Elmiran went ahead with
birdie at 25.
The stocky Allen pulled even with the
most spectacular play of the match when he
wedged into the cup from 20 yards out on
the 30th for an eagle. Then he went back in
front with a par at 31, but Tryon had an
answer at 33 with a birdie three. They
halved 34 and 35.
When both reached 36 in two shots, it
looked like extra holes again. Tryon sent his
putt to 30 inches away and Allen got inside
to 20 inches - both tap-ins. Bill did just that,
but somehow Don jerked his putt within 2
inches, according to one newsman’s report.
It was crushing at the time and Konsek’s
record was safe. Allen, who played on two
Walker Cup teams and two Masters, came
back in 1970 to win his fourth title in 10
years. Tryon won again in 1968.
You might say that these two insurance
executives made it a policy of keeping their
matches razor close.
It was a Central New York final in 1966
when the 1965 junior champion, Nick Raasch,
17, of DeWitt and Onondaga CC, defeated
John Parsons, 23, of Auburn, a golf equipment
salesman, on the last hole, 1 up, on the tough
Concord course at Kiamesha Lake.
Defending champion Tryon of Elmira lost
an extra-hole match to Syracuse- University
golfer Joe Bushee of Wappinger Falls. Four
teen-agers, Raasch, Rick Spears of Port
Jervis, Paul Kelly of Poughkeepsie, and Ron
Mahood of White Plains, made their way
into the quarterfinals.
Parsons ousted Mahood 4 and 3, then
Kelly 3 and 1 to gain the finals. Raasch had
an opening round struggle with Bill Bogle,
the Poughkeepsie banker, before winning
on the 19th hole. He then eliminated Gerry
Dimmick of Binghamton 2 up, John Thorton
of Rochester, and Parsons 1 up in the 36-
hole final.
In the finals the players were even at nine
and 18 with Raasch shooting 74 to 79 for
Parsons. The afternoon front nine was all
Nick's, as he went 5 up with a par 36 that
included two birdies that Parsons matched
while shooting 44. The Auburn golfer staged
a comeback by winning five holes in an
eight-hole stretch on the back nine, as
Raasch lost two holes with double bogies
and three others to pars. When Nick scored
a par on 36, it was enough to bring a victory.
The tournament entries were lower than
usual because the Long Island Amateur was
played at the same time leading NYSGA
President Gerald Dimmick of Binghamton
to appoint a committee to coordinate
schedules with the Metropolitan Golf
Association.
Whether the schedule conflict was
involved or not, the NYSGA moved downstate
for the 1967 tournament at Nassau
CC, Glen Cove, a 6413 yard, par 70. Long
Island players dominated with John
Baldwin of Port Washington and Plandome
CC claiming the title.
Defending champion Raasch, two-time
winner Tryon, and 1956 titlest Joe Gagliardi
made up an imposing field. But Baldwin,
who had won the Long Island title on the
same course in 1966, skipped through his
matches.
His record: Pete Corallo, Lockport,
default; Bernie Cowey, Rochester, 3 and 2;
Raasch, 3 and 1; Jim Bostwick, Locust
Valley, 1 up; Billy Edwards, Garden City,
1up; Gene Francis, East Williston, 1 up with
a 68; and Pete Bostwick, Locust Valley, 3
and 1 in the finals.
Both fired 71’s in the morning to an all
even result, but Baldwin took charge in the
afternoon going 3 up at 27 with a 1-under
par 34 to 37 for the croquet-style putting
Pete Bostwick. After losing the 29th,
Baldwin won 32 with a conceded birdie and
had a par at 35 to end it.
That was the last visit of this event to Long
Island as the number of upstate entries was
greatly reduced. Although all nine tournaments
were held at Dutchess G&CC in Poughkeepsie
in later years, only once did this tournament
go to Westchester County.
This year was also notable because Dick
Chapman, the 1939 champion and later the
United States and British Amateur winner,
added the International Seniors title
defeating Adrian French of Los Angeles by
two strokes, 141 to 143.
Tryon of Elmira claimed his third title of

20th Century NYSGA”. Mr. Box of Elmira is the
the decade at Yahnundasis GC, New Hartford,
in 1968 in a field that did not include John
Baldwin, the defending champion, who had a
military commitment with the Air National
Guard. Also absent was Allen of Rochester,
also a three-time winner in the 60's, who was
playing a national tournament.
Nick Raasch and Neil Spitalny, of Colonie,
the 1967 junior winner, highlighted the
competition and both won in early rounds.
Raasch, 19, and a Penn State sophomore,
had won this title in 1966.
Bill Galloway of Binghamton had the
lowest qualifying score of 68 while Gerry
Dimmick, also of Binghamton, had a 69.
Dr. Edward O'Keefe of Mohawk GC in
Schenectady, the 1964 runner-up, won his
way to the finals by defeating Raasch 1 up
in the quarterfinals and George Dillon of
Briarcliff Manor 2 up in the semi-finals.
Among Tryon’s victories were Mike Slipko
of Niagara Falls 6 and 5, Ron Ryan of
Hamilton 4 and 3, John Licciardi from
Rochester 3 and 1, Robert Hoff of
Rochester, 2 and 1, Don Bailey from Ontario
5 and 3, Fritz Gambetta of Utica, 3 and 1,
and O’Keefe, 7 and 5, in the finals.
Bill lost the first hole in the finals to a
par, birdied 5 and 6 to take the lead, but
finished the morning front nine all even.
He took control coming home, winning 12
with a bogey, 13, 14 and 16 with pars, and
halved 17 and 18 for a 4 up lead.
O’Keefe won 19 with a par but Tryon
birdied 20 and won 23,26 and 27 with pars
to go 7 up. Ed won 30 with a birdie, but
conceded Bill's 12 footer for the match at
31 when he hit a bunker on the par 3 and
took a bogey on the 144-yard hole. That
gave Tryon a chance to defend on his home
course in 1969.
Tryon, Allen and Raasch, all past champions,
headlined the 1969 entries at the Elmira
Country Club’s 6,470-yard, par-70 course,
but it was Terry Diehl, 19, of Rochester,
who stole the show and the title.
Both Tryon and Allen went out in the
third round. Tryon lost to Tom Cleary of
Ithaca 4 and 3, while Rick Spears of Port
Jervis ousted Allen 3 and 2. Dan O’Neil
from Jamestown edged Raasch 1 up in the
fourth round.
Diehl came into the tournament as the
runner-up in the NCAA event as a member
of the University of Florida golf team. He
also had won the State-Boys’ title in
1964, the State-Junior title in 1966 and
several Rochester District tourneys.
After squeaking by Ed
Bass of Harbor Hills in 19
holes, Diehl had easier
wins over John Govern
from Binghamton 3 and
2, Dennis Conrad of
Buffalo 3 and 2, Dick
Baldwin of Binghamton 4
Terry Diehl
and 2, Spears, 3 and 2,
Greg Zorilla from Briarcliff Manor, and
Cleary, 2 up.
Cleary, 25, former Cornell golf team
captain, reached the final by defeating Jay
Haight, Jr. of Syracuse, 4 and 3.
It was a tight match in the final. A
Cleary birdie evened the match at 28, but
Terry took the lead again with a 15-foot
birdie putt at 29, before losing that
advantage by going OB on 30. After halving
31 and 32, Diehl birdied the short 33rd par
four, and they halved the next two holes.
At the 36th hole, a par-3 of 170 yards, both
hit tee shots on the hillside above the
green with Cleary away after hitting a
spectator. Tom's chip shot left him a 30-
foot putt, while Terry was 9 feet away.
When Cleary two-putted, Diehl drained his
putt to gain the 2 up margin.
The 1960’s marked the end of 47 years of
match play as players and officials voted
for a 72-hole medal tournament to start in
1970. Sectional qualifying continued with
144 positions available minus the eight
semi-finalists of the previous tournament,
the five previous champions, the junior
and senior winners, and Walker Cup
selections. Three-time champions were
awarded lifetime exemptions.
As the field was cut after 36 holes to the
low 70 and ties, this format gave the host
club a chance to keep regular weekend
play and some play during the third and
fourth days of the competition.
Entries to all tournaments continued to
climb under the administrations of John
Ward of Syracuse, 1960-61, David Harden
from McConnellsville, 1962-63, Ronald
Brownell of Utica, 1964-65, Gerald
Dimmick from Binghamton, 1966-67 and
Allen Short of Jamestown, 1968-69.
Tournament
Format Changes
Beginning This Season
A number of changes are in store at our
Championships in 2009, and those
changes are noted below. Every year as
a Committee we take a close look at our
Championships to evaluate what is
working, and what isn’t. We hope that
you will give these changes a chance to
take root and we also hope that, in
time, they will have the desired effect
of making our Championships the very
best competitions you play in all year.
1) Women’s Amateur
There are 3 major changes to this
Championship, and we hope that these
changes will greatly increase
participation in its 80th year.
a. We have added a new Championship,
the Women’s Mid-Amateur
Championship, which will be held
concurrently for players who have
reached their 25th birthday before the
Championship begins.
b. The format has been changed to
completely stroke play, and will be
contested over 54 holes. There will be a
cut after 36 holes.
c.Carts will now be allowed at all stages
of the Championship.
2) Men’s Amateur
a. The Championship will be contested
over 72 holes of stroke play.
b. All players will play 18 holes on both
Tuesday & Wednesday of the
Championship, and we will cut the field
to the low 40 players & ties, as well as
anyone within 10 shots of the lead. On
Thursday, all remaining competitors
will play 36 holes.
3) Senior & Super Senior Men’s Amateur
a. The starting field will now be 132
players, down from 164 players. This
will allow us to conduct play in threesomes
throughout the week, alleviating
the Pace of Play issues we have had
over the years and giving us increased
flexibility with weather issues. The cut
after 36 holes will change slightly, and
now the top 50% of the field and ties in
each Championship will remain for
Thursday’s final round.
b. The entry fee will be increased from
$115 to $200, but will include all cart
fees for the Championship, including
the practice round. This will make the
process much simpler logistically for
both the players and host facility, and
will result in an overall cost savings for
all participant.
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