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Down the Fairway: Quillinan outduels McGinn to win third Tri-County Match Play crown | The Daily Gazette
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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)
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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: Bigley returning home to play in U.S. Open qualifier | The Daily Gazette
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Golf is no longer the No. 1 priority in Bryan Bigley’s life. After more than a dozen years of chasing his dream of making it on the PGA Tour, the Schalmont High School and Siena College graduate doesn’t have to worry about making the cut in order to earn enough money to keep his career afloat.
Now living just outside of San Francisco, Bigley is married, enjoys his role as a stay-at-home dad for his two stepsons, and hits the little white ball around just for fun these days.
Down the Fairway: Russo seeks another amateur championship | The Daily Gazette
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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.