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Determined, dedicated and detail-oriented, Dottie Pepper is one of the greatest athletes — male or female — in Capital Region history. After a brilliant amateur… ....
Down the Fairway: Quillinan outduels McGinn to win third Tri-County Match Play crown | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS By Bob Weiner/For The Daily Gazette | May 15, 2021 Steve Quillinan lines up a putt during the finals of the Tri-County Match Play Championship last Sunday. He won his third title. (Bob Weiner) Shares0 The first major championship on the local men’s amateur golf schedule is in the record book, and a few interesting and unexpected story lines developed. Long-hitting Steve Quillinan Jr., who moved to Boston a couple of years ago yet still is a member of the Country Club of Troy, claimed his third Tri-County Match Play Championship last weekend at Colonie Golf & Country Club with a 3-and-2 win over Tom McGinn, a player largely forgotten except by his many friends. ....
Down the Fairway: Russo seeks another amateur championship | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 Although match play is a format that allows many competitors to be more aggressive on certain shots and puts the emphasis more on one’s opponent than on the course, Dan Russo doesn’t change his focus much at all. Russo, the 63-year-old member of Schuyler Meadows, is the area’s all-time leader in major tournament victories among amateurs. Russo certainly knows how to win in golf, and he will play his normal game next weekend when the annual Tri-County Golf Association Match Play Championship is contested Friday through Sunday at Colonie Golf & Country Club. ....
WILTON, N.Y. â Local golf course McGregor Links is marking its 100th anniversary, with some special centennial celebrations planned for the season. Located at 359 Northern Pines Rd. in Wilton, McGregor Links Country Club is rich in history. The site was developed by New York State Senator Edgar T. Brackett and designed by world-renowned architect Devereux Emmet, who created more than 150 golf courses including Bethpage, Congressional and Leatherstocking. While many of Emmetâs courses have become outdated due to technological developments in the sport, âThis one was ahead of its time,â explained McGregor Links president Joe Kehn, who became a co-owner of the business in 2020. Before that, he served as the course superintendent. ....
Down the Fairway: Pinehaven Country Club will be busy this season | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Share1 Picturesque and prolific Pinehaven Country Club will be busier than usual this summer, hosting two major tournaments as well as keeping its membership happy with its usual pristine playing conditions. Pinehaven CC, carved through the pine barrens of the Pine Bush in Guilderland and host to NYS Amateur Championships in 1998, 2002 and 2008, will entertain both the Symetra Tour’s local stop, the Twin Bridges Championship and the NYS Women’s Senior Amateur Championships. The Symetra Tour’s local event had been held at Capital Hills at Albany for the last 17 years. ....