Aug. 1—WATERTOWN — Thompson Park will be hosting the Northern New York Six-Man Golf championship this week for the first time more than a decade.
Play at the annual event, which is now in its 88th year, will commence at 8 a.m. today at the Thompson Park Golf Course.
The last time the championship was held on the course in the park which overlooks Watertown was back in 2011 when it was known as Watertown Golf Club.
Since then, eight different courses held the event, including Carlowden in 2015 and 2020 and Ives Hill in 2017 when the host team won back to back titles.
Also after 2011, the St. Lawrence University course hosted the championship twice, including last year, with Potsdam Town and Country Club holding it twice as well.
The River Course in Louisville, Malone Golf Club, Tupper Lake Country Club, Gouverneur Country Club and Massena Country Club have also hosted the event over this stretch.
Last year, led by the father/son duo of Rick and Tyler Berkman, Potsdam repeated as champion by rallying on the final day to prevail at the St. Lawrence University Course in Canton.
Malone, which entered the second round leading by five strokes, placed second, with Carlowden finishing third.
Malone’s Ed Davis finished as the individual champion, recording birdies on the final two holes to edge out Tyler Berkman by one stroke.
The St. Lawrence and then Ives Hill teams have won the most team titles over the past 13 years with three each.
The Watertown Golf Club has won a pair of championships over this stretch, including in 2013 at Potsdam and in 2015 in Carlowden.
Ives Hill claimed the crown the last time the championship was held at Watertown Golf Club in 2011.
This year’s tournament includes 10 teams as along with Thompson Park, Carlowden, Potsdam, St. Lawrence and Malone teams, the event also includes squads from Gouverneur, Massena, Partridge Run, and C-Way Golf Club.
The two-event, which also includes super senior, senior and junior competition, concludes on Saturday.
Here are the teams for this year’s event:
Carlowden: Justin Taylor, Rob Hayes, Matt Resch, Mike Benson, Sam Millich, Ross Arndt.
C-Way: Andrew Marks, Cam Black, Brett Warner, Connor Gray, Mike Dipoala, Gene Thompson.
Gouverneur: Ralph Brungard, Frank Bush, Storm Blackburn, Brad Shampine, Bart Kidwell, Trevor Klock.
Malone: Ed Davis, Pat O’Connor, Graham Niles, Ben Honahan, Kendrick Swamp, Justin Besaw.
Massena: Joe Delisle, Colin Paterson, Anthony Viskovich, Tim Ahfeld, Zack Oaks, Logan Deshane.
Potsdam: Tyler Berkman, Rick Berkman, Chris Taylor, John McCall, Matt Merriman, Jack Loran.
Partridge Run: Nate Romano, Jack Finnerty, Sam Sieminski, John O’Neil, Nate Aldous, Scott Nickerson.
St. Lawrence: Aaron Jones, Ryan Jones, Rob Brown, Lance Casey, Jason Casey, Al Walter, Al Walter.
Tupper Lake: Tristin Fitzgerald, Jim Boucher, John Rabideau, Colton Clark, Stacey Clark, Matt Hanley.
Thompson Park Golf Course: Joe Tufo, Bob Hughes, Nate Heller, Marcus Emerson, DJ Marcon, Josh Woodward.
Other competitions which also begin today include:
Super senior: Deane Manning (TPGC), Bruce Weiner (SLU), Max Pelifian (Massena), Joe Giruzzi (Carlowden), Ted Totten (Gouverneur), Phil Hunter (C-Way), Wayne Roberts (Tupper Lake), Tom Smith (Potsdam) John Aldrich (Partridge Run)
Senior: Bob Phillips (TPGC), Ken Hurlbut (Massena), Mark MacDougal (SLU), Todd Slate (Carlowden), Kent Augliano (Gouverneur), Dan Casero (C-Way), Steve Gagnon (Tupper Lake), Marty Burkett (Potsdam), Sean O’Connor (Malone).
Junior: Tanner Esposito (TPGC), Dan Richardson (SLU), Chris Boyea (Massena), Thomas McCue (Carlowden), Raine Rumble (Gouverneur), Sawyer Barton (C-Way), Ashton Clark (Tupper Lake), Cristos Theodore (Potsdam), Danny O’Neill (Partridge Run).
