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Junior Golf, match play, Player of The Year, Scholarship, Sponsors, TCGA, TCGA Amateur

2026 TCGA Sponsors

The TCGA would like to extend their gratitude to our sponsors during the upcoming 2026 season, all of which are renewing and have supported us for multiple years! 

Harding Brooks Insurance Agency will continue their support as our title sponsor for the 6th straight year for the Harding Brooks Insurance Agency 97th TCGA Amateur Championship! This is our flagship tournament of the year, scheduled for June 12th-14th at Chenango Valley state Park Golf Course, the Links at Hiawatha Landing, and Binghamton Country Club.

The Scoville-Meno Family of Dealerships will continue with their 9th straight of support of the TCGA junior golfers! This year we will be awarding two $500 scholarships to high school seniors and will run a 5 event Junior Tour with an additional kick-off clinic and Championship event thanks to the generosity of Scoville-Meno.

Remlik’s Grille and Oyster Bar will continue their support of the Remlik’s Player of the Year Race for the 6th year. Eligible TCGA Open Division participants can earn Remlik’s Player of the Year Points by being top finishers in our events throughout the season. The Top-10 in the Remlik’s Player of the Year Standings will earn Remlik’s gift cards amounting to a $1000 total prize purse!

Fairways Indoor Golf will be supporting the TCGA for the 3rd straight year through sponsorship of an elevated TCGA Event, the TCGA Match Play Championship, hosted by the Links at Hiawatha Landing August 7th-9th. This year’s event has been reformatted to be eligible for World Amateur Golf Rankings points. Thank you Fairways for supporting local golf!

Ad Elements will continue their support of all of our initiatives for the 6th straight year through assisting with graphics, other services, and additional financial sponsorship. Thank you to Ad Elements for your generosity!

OGGI Concrete Forms and Accessories and Andrew R. Mancini Associates will renew their support of the annual TCGA Women’s Tournament for the 3rd straight season, hosted by Binghamton Country Club. In last year’s inaugural edition, nearly 40 competitors participated! Thank you for supporting local Women’s golf!

Mirabito-Gresham Insurance & Bonds Agency will continue their support for the 2nd straight year, supporting the Fall Round-Up held at Binghamton Country Club. Thank you for your continued support of this event!

Thank you to all of our sponsors for their commitment to growing golf in our region! 

Any organizations that are interested in partnering with the Triple Cities Golf Association should email tcgagolf@gmail.com to discuss potential opportunities.

Related: Our Sponsors

TCGA

2026 TCGA Annual Letter From the President

Kyle Nedlik
TCGA President
March 27, 2026

TCGA Golfers,
 
We hope everyone had a happy and healthy winter season as we make our way into Spring and the 2026 golf season. We wanted to take a moment to share with you a glimpse of our path forward for the upcoming season and beyond.
 
We would like to start by saying thank you to our new renewing 2026 sponsors to date: Harding Brooks Insurance Agency, Scoville-Meno Family of Dealerships, Remliks, Fairways Indoor Golf, Ad Elements, Mirabito-Gresham Insurance & Bonds Agency, LLC, OGGI Concrete Forms and Accessories, and Andrew R. Mancini Associates for your support into the 2026 season.  We continue our investment in sponsorship outreach to assist in building funds to help bolster and expand the TCGA’s current and future programming – other businesses interested in sponsoring, please reach out to tcgagolf@gmail.com – we would welcome discussion on how our organizations could best partner.
 
2026 Plans for the TCGA Include:
  • Continuation of GHIN requirement for all tournament registrations, following last year’s announcement. For team events, a minimum of one member per team will be required to enter their GHIN.
    • NEW THIS YEAR: As the TCGA works through progressive expansion to the West, we are expanding the eligible counties to include Chemung, Schuyler, and Steuben for all events with the exception of the Harding Brooks Insurance Agency TCGA Amateur Championship.
  • 2026 Match Play Championship presented by Fairways Indoor Golf to be played at Links at Hiawatha Landing in early August. Similar to last year’s event, this year’s event will include a Friday Qualifier, with all matches updated to 18 holes, and names and results submitted for World Golf Amateur Ranking (WAGR) points awarded.
  • New Championship trophy for the TCGA Match Play Championship and Junior Tour Championship, as well as renewed trophies for the TCGA Amateur Championship and TCGA Player of the Year.
  • Continuation of Scoville-Meno Family of Dealerships TCGA Scholarship program
  • Continued year over year growth in attendance at TCGA junior events and kickoff clinic. The expanded 36 hole Championship format Championship will continue into 2026, with NYS exemptions and results submitted for additional rankings points (Junior Golf Scoreboard, AJGA, Team NY) if field requirements are met
  • 4 event TCGA Senior schedule.
  • Renewal of the third annual TCGA Women’s Event.
  • Continuation of “Player of the Year” competition prize pool (Remlik’s sponsorship, 2026 will be the sixth year of Top 10 receiving $1000 in gift cards, points system updated on website)
  • Continued development of relationship/partnership with New York State Golf Association (NYSGA), including increased use of Golf Genius for event registrations and scoring. 

In addition to our Website, our growing Instagram and Twitter pages, along with our Facebook group page (be sure to follow them!) will continue to be used to further distribute content and information, and promote events throughout the season for contestants. 2026 Season schedules are planned to be released within the next week, with a registration opening date/time of Wednesday, April 1st at 9:00AM for all Open Division events through August. Check out our Tournament Directory for a sneak peek at the 2026 events, as most event pages are live.

The TCGA is always looking for volunteers – if you are interested in helping shape the future of amateur golf in the Triple Cities through involvement on the Board of Directors or more specific volunteer opportunities, please reach out to one of our board members! This year, we welcome Matt Maione as Secretary and Luciano Giammarino as a Director, with Evan Sitts transitioning to a Director role. 

We look forward to the continued opportunity to continue to serve our area courses and contestants this upcoming season. See you on the course!

Kyle Nedlik
2026 TCGA President
Player of The Year, Sponsors

2025 Remlik’s Player of the Year

The TCGA proudly congratulates the 2025 TCGA Remlik’s Player of the Year, Matt Maione of The Links at Hiawatha Landing! — a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding performance and consistency throughout the TCGA season.

Matt becomes the first three-peat TCGA POY since the award’s inception in 2000 and only the 3rd player to achieve 3 or more total POY awards (Keith Chesk [6], Mike Dalton [3])!

Matt won this year’s race by 250 points ahead of 2nd place, Justin Fiato. Matt’s season was highlighted by a 2nd place finish at the Harding Brooks Insurance TCGA Amateur Championship, where he has finished inside the Top 3 in each of the last 4 seasons. Matt also placed 1st at TCGA Stroke Play #1 and T-1st at TCGA Stroke Play #2. Additionally, Matt qualified for the 2025 NYS Mid-Amateur Championship at the Country Club of Troy and repeated as the winner of the Hiawatha Invitational.

Congratulations, Matt Maione!

Congratulations to each Top-10 finisher in the Remlik’s Player of the Year Race who have all earned a Remlik’s gift card as allocated on the Points System page. Thank you everyone for a great season and thank you Remlik’s for their continued generous support of the TCGA!

Related: Full Standings | Points System/Eligibility | 2024 POY

Junior Golf, Player of The Year, Sponsors

2025 Scoville-Meno Junior Tour Player of the Year

Norwich’s Matthew Brunick Named 2025 Scoville-Meno TCGA Junior Tour Player of the Year

Norwich, NY — The TCGA proudly congratulates Matthew Brunick, a rising 10th grader, on being named the 2025 Scoville-Meno TCGA Junior Tour Player of the Year — a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding performance, consistency, and sportsmanship throughout the TCGA Junior Tour season.
 
Matthew competed in five of the six TCGA Junior Tour events, delivering an impressive and consistent showing each week. His season highlights include:
 
    • 1 Tournament Win
    • 4 Top-4 Finishes
Matthew’s steady play and ability to compete at a high level across various courses made him a clear standout in a talented field of junior golfers. His commitment to the game, along with his character and work ethic, earned him this well-deserved recognition.  
 
Congratulations, Matthew!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Matthew!


Related: Full Standings | Points System/Eligibility | 2023 POY

match play, Uncategorized

3rd Annual TCGA Match Play Championship presented by Fairways Indoor Golf Co – Final Results

The 3rd Annual TCGA Match Play Championship presented by Fairways Indoor Golf Co has concluded following the 18-hole qualifier and 8-person Match Play bracket.

Justin Fiato of Ely Park Golf Course and the reigning Harding Brooks Insurance Agency TCGA Amateur Champion won the Match Play for the second consecutive year by defeating runner-up Nick Barney of the Links at Hiawatha Landing 3 & 2. His victory was propelled by steady golf throughout the weekend, and winning the 11th, 12th, 14th, and 15th holes during the final match. This makes three major TCGA tournament victories in a row for Justin going back to last year’s Match Play. Congratulations, Justin!

Thank you to all of our participants, the Links at Hiawatha Landing and their staff, WICZ for their coverage, our TCGA Volunteers, the New York State Golf Association (NYSGA), and last but certainly not least our presenting sponsor Fairways Indoor Golf Co. for their generous support for this event. We hope all had a great experience this year and are looking forward to the rest of our 2025 season!

Links: Full Bracket Results | Remlik’s Player of the Year Points Race

Junior Golf, Scholarship, Uncategorized

2025 Scoville-Meno TCGA Scholarship Awards

Congratulations to the 2025 Scoville-Meno TCGA Scholarship recipients, Michael Hotalen, Justin Alvord, and Sam Ligas!

Thank you to the Scoville-Meno Family of Dealerships for their generosity and support of Junior Golf in the Triple Cities!

Below are photos and a bit more about all three recipients.

Michael Hotalen

Michael Hotalen is a 2025 graduate of Vestal High School and has been a member of the Vestal Golf team since his freshman year. Michael is thankful to all of his coaches, especially head coach Nick Barney, and all of his teammates and family for always supporting and pushing him throughout the years. On the golf course, Michael has been a part of a very successful program at Vestal Golf. On the individual side, Michael was a Southern Tier Athletic Conference (STAC) Fall All-Star in the West/Metro conference in 2023, and was named All-Division in 2024. In addition, Michael qualified in the 2023 and 2024 seasons for the Section 4 NYSPHSAA Qualifier tournament.

Next year, Michael will begin attending Eastern University, and will be studying Mathematics on a track towards a Masters degree in Engineering. In addition, Michael will be furthering his golf career at Eastern, and is looking forward to the opportunity to further both his education and golf career. Michael is thankful to both the Scoville-Meno family of Dealerships and the TCGA for this opportunity to receive this scholarship.

Justin Alvord

Justin is a 2025 graduate of Vestal High School, who has been a part of the Vestal Golf team for 6 years.  Justin has been a part of 2 winning Nick Dinunzio teams, and has medaled at the Southern Tier Athletic Conference (STAC) Championship 3 of the 4 years he has played in the event. Justin was an All-Division player his freshman and sophomore years, and was an All-Conference player his junior and senior years at Vestal. 

Justin will be attending Oswego State University in the coming Fall, and will be studying Accounting on a 5 year MBA track. Justin would like to thank the Scoville-Meno family of Dealerships and the TCGA for the opportunity to receive this scholarship.

Sam Ligas

Sam’s golf career began at a young age, and golf has played a large role in his life. Sam played on Binghamton’s varsity golf team for 6 years. Some of Sam’s favorite achievements during his time playing varsity golf for Binghamton include winning the Southern Tier Athletic Conference (STAC) championship in the Fall of 2024, and being medalist in a NYSPHSAA State Championship Section 4 Qualifier.

Sam has been greatly inspired by his dad, who he says has always pushed him to be his best. Sam will be continuing his education at SUNY Oswego in the Fall of 2025, where he will also continue his golf career. Sam plans to study health promotion and wellness management, with a goal of becoming a physical therapist one day.

Sam is very appreciative to receive this scholarship, and wants to thank the Scoville-Meno Family of Dealerships for this opportunity, as he says it will greatly help him throughout his college journey. 

TCGA Amateur, Uncategorized

96th Harding Brooks Insurance Agency TCGA Amateur Championship Final Results

The 96th Harding Brooks Insurance Agency TCGA Amateur Championship has concluded following 54-holes of play in the Senior and Open Divisions.

In the Open Division, Justin Fiato of Ely Park and a recent Le Moyne College graduate won the title by a 5-stroke margin over runner-up Matt Maione of the Links at Hiawatha Landing. Justin finished at a 54-hole total of -1, 213. His victory was propelled by 3 outstanding and consistent rounds of golf this weekend. Justin also won the 2024 TCGA Match Play Championship last season, so this makes two major TCGA tournament victories in a row! Congratulations, Justin!


With this win, Justin is looking forward to teeing it up with his exemption into the 2025 NYS Men’s Amateur Championship at Yahnundasis Golf Club played July 8th-10th. We look forward to see Justin compete and represent the Triple Cities!

In the Senior Division, Adam Schumacher of Shepard Hills finished at a 54-hole total of +21, 235 to give him a 9-stroke margin of victory over second place. Steve Haluska of Endwell Greens finished in second place with a 54-hole total of +30, 244. Congratulations, Adam!

Congratulations to our champions and thank you to all of our participants, host courses and their staffs, WICZ & WBNG for their coverage, our TCGA Volunteers, the New York State Golf Association (NYSGA), and last but certainly not least our title sponsor Harding Brooks Insurance Agency for their generous support for this event. We hope all had a great experience this year and are looking forward to the rest of our 2025 season!

Please note, Pro Shop Credit payouts will be available approximately one week following today’s conclusion of play and able to be used during normal pro shop hours. The amount of credit and course where the credit belongs to is listed on the Golf Genius leaderboard. The Remlik’s Player of the Year Points Race has also been updated with the tournament results.

Junior Golf, Sponsors

2025 Scoville-Meno TCGA Junior Tour Kick-off Clinic

Thank you to all of the nearly 40 participants and parents for a great night at the 2025 Scoville-Meno TCGA Junior Tour Kick-off Clinic! A special thank you shout out to the Links at Hiawatha Landing and their staff for allowing the TCGA to use their facility again this year.

Thank you as well to our volunteer instructors:

  • Chipping: Joe Mars, Endwell Greens Director of Golf
  • Putting: Matt Morley, Union-Endicott Varsity Golf Coach, TCGA Junior Tour Coordinator
  • Pitching: RJ Juodaitis, St. John Fisher University
  • Pitching: Dante Bertoni, St. Bonaventure University
  • Full Swing: Stan Lisk, PGA (Endwell Greens)
  • Full Swing: Nick Barney, Vestal Boys’ Varsity Golf Coach, TCGA Vice-President
  • Scott Barney, TCGA Volunteer
  • Kyle Nedlik, TCGA President

Junior Tour Information

Click here all the details about the Scoville-Meno TCGA Junior Tour.

Junior Tour Tournaments

Registration is open for all regular season events, see our Tournament Directory for details.

Photos from Today

Thank you for your continued support!

The TCGA
tcgagolf@gmail.com

Junior Golf, Player of The Year, TCGA

2025 Event Registration Additional Information

Registration is now open for the first wave of 2025 TCGA Events. Below is some clarifying details on a common registration error, TCGA Membership, and our different types of TCGA events.

“This golfer has no GHIN number set” (pictured below):
  • If you are receiving this error during registration and you believe you have a golf genius account setup and a USGA/GHIN handicap number through a TCGA member course OR the TCGA eClub, please reach out to tcgagolf@gmail.com to resolve this issue.
TCGA Membership & TCGA eClub:
  • Golfers who are already active GHIN members through a TCGA Member Course do NOT need to also join the TCGA eClub.
    • The TCGA eClub is an option for those who wish to participate in TCGA events who either do not have a home course or their home course does not offer GHIN Handicap services.
    • If you have paid for the TCGA eClub and already have a GHIN through a TCGA Member course that you plan to keep, please reach out to tcgagolf@gmail.com.
  • TCGA Membership is required by only one team member for any of our team events
  • Southern Tier eClub members and Susquehanna (PA) and Bradford (PA) county residents, see note on our website
Open Division:
Senior TCGA:
  • Regular season events (3x two-person team competitions) open to all golfers age 50+
    • Championship (individual competition) limited to 55+
  • Super Senior Tees available in regular season events
    • Age 65 + GHIN = at least 75
  • Event enhancements this year include use of golf genius for registration, payment, communication to players, and scoring.
  • Please reach out to tcgagolf@gmail.com with any questions on the new golf genius registration process or GHIN handicap requirements.

Scoville-Meno TCGA Junior Tour:

  • Age groups realigned: 10-12 (9-holes), 13-14, and 15-18
  • Scoville-Meno TCGA Junior Tour regular season registrations begin on 6/2 at 12 PM
    • GHIN handicap is required (free for junior golfers)
    • No TCGA Membership requirement
  • Scoville-Meno TCGA Junior Tour Championship elevated to 36-holes
    • TCGA Membership required
    • Exemptions into NYSGA events and points for other junior golf associations/rankings available to top finishers
  • Event enhancements this year include use of golf genius for registration, payment, communication to players, and scoring.
  • Please reach out to tcgagolf@gmail.com with any questions on the new golf genius registration process or GHIN handicap requirements.

Women’s TCGA:

  • Women are welcome to play in the TCGA’s Open Division and Senior TCGA events from the forward tees.
  • Junior Girl’s are welcome to play in Scoville-Meno TCGA Junior Golf events
  • 2nd Annual TCGA Women’s Event scheduled
  • 2025 Women’s Clinic details TBA
  • TCGA Membership NOT required for Clinic or TCGA Women’s Event

Reminders:

  • All registrations will be completed through Golf Genius.
    • Visit our registration page to find links for creating a Golf Genius account and our registration portal.
    • All participants must be members of the TCGA as defined on our membership page.
      • Exception: For team events, only one member of the team must meet be a member of the TCGA
  • Each Golf Genius event page has a “Terms of the Competition” page outlining the event and eligibility requirements in detail. Please read carefully before registering
  • All registration questions may be sent to tcgagolf@gmail.com.
  • Registration for each event will close 3 days before the event as outlined on each event’s page.

TCGA

2025 TCGA Annual Letter From the President

Kyle Nedlik
TCGA President
March 22, 2025

TCGA Golfers,

We hope everyone had a happy and healthy winter season as we make our way into Spring and the 2025 golf season. We wanted to take a moment to share with you a glimpse of changes to our organization and our path forward for the upcoming season and beyond.

We would like to start by saying thank you to our renewing 2025 sponsors to date for their support into the 2025 season:

We continue our investment in sponsorship outreach to assist in building funds to help bolster and expand the TCGA’s current and future programming. Other businesses interested in sponsoring, please reach out to tcgagolf@gmail.com as we would welcome discussion on how our organizations could best partner.

The board of directors will remain largely the same, with the exception of Hugh Leonard and Rob Mabee departing the board in their respective positions. We thank both of them for their years of service to the TCGA!

2025 Plans for the TCGA Include:

  • As announced in last year’s message, the TCGA will implement a membership requirement including USGA/GHIN Handicap requirements for all tournament registrations, see our membership page on our website.
      • For team events, a minimum of one member per team will need to meet TCGA membership requirements.
  • All events from all divisions to now be hosted in Golf Genius and participants will be required to create a golf genius account.T
      • This change will standardize and streamline payment processing, tournament registrations, correspondence to competitors, and allow for a standardized user interface across all events and divisions for viewing results.
  • Harding Brooks Insurance Agency TCGA Amateur Championship moved to June 20th-22nd.
      • This date change intends to better position the event weeks ahead of the NYS Amateur Championship for the exemption awarded to the winner and avoid conflicts with the July 4th holiday, other local golf events and the DSGO.
  • 2025 Match Play Championship presented by Fairways Indoor Golf to be played at Links at Hiawatha Landing.
      • This year’s event will include a Friday Qualifier, with all matches updated from a 9-hole format to 18-holes allowing for World Golf Amateur Ranking (WAGR) points to be awarded.
  • New Championship trophy for the TCGA Match Play Championship and Scoville-Meno TCGA Junior Tour Championship, as well as renewed trophies for the TCGA Amateur Championship and TCGA Player of the Year.
  • Continuation of Scoville-Meno Family of Dealerships TCGA Scholarship program for graduating seniors
  • Expansion of the Scoville-Meno TCGA Junior Tour Championship to a 36-hole event.
      • This will allow for exemptions into the 2025 NYS Boys’ & Girls’ 18U Junior Championship, Junior Golf Scoreboard points, and potentially AJGA stars and Team NY points (details to follow)
  • Continuation of the Senior TCGA events and championship.
  • Renewal of the second annual TCGA Women’s Event. In last year’s inaugural edition, nearly 40 competitors participated.
  • A new Women’s Clinic event
  • Continuation of “Player of the Year” competition.
      • This is the 5th year of $1000 gift card prize pool (sponsored by Remlik’s) distributed to the Top 10 in the points system

  • Continued development of relationship/partnership with New York State Golf Association (NYSGA) to elevate our events and organization. 

In addition to our Website, our growing Instagram and Twitter pages, along with our Facebook group page (be sure to follow them!) will continue to be used to further distribute content and promote events throughout the season for contestants. 2025 Season schedules are planned to be released within the next 1-2 weeks, with a registration opening date/time of Wednesday, April 2nd at 12:00PM for all events through the August.

The TCGA is always looking for volunteers – if you are interested in helping shape the future of amateur golf in the Triple Cities through involvement on the Board of Directors or more specific volunteer opportunities, please reach out to one of our board members! 

We look forward to the continued opportunity to continue to serve our area courses and contestants this upcoming season. See you on the course!

Regards,
Kyle Nedlik
2025 TCGA President