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2011 Sybase Match Play Championship Takes Place May 16-22, 2011

2010-07-13T12:59:00Z

Sybase has had a long-standing partnership with the LPGA Tour. It previously was the title sponsor of the Sybase Classic from 2001 through 2009.

The Sybase Match Play Championship features 64 of the top LPGA Tour professionals competing one-on-one in a bracket-style format for a $1.5-million purse. The match play format creates the excitement of head-to-head golf that is not found in traditional tournament stroke play.

“With the success of the inaugural Sybase Match Play Championship this year, our team is looking forward to having the LPGA Tour back for 2011,” said Timothy M. Bakels, Hamilton Farm Golf Club General Manager & COO. “The players really enjoyed playing both our Highlands Tournament Course and our Hickory Par-3 Course during the Chairman’s Challenge.”

Hamilton Farm Golf Club is located less than an hour from New York City. It has been recognized twice as a Platinum Club of America by the Club Leaders Forum. The Club’s facilities include 36 holes of golf designed by renowned course architects Dr. Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry. Hamilton Farm is home to the nation’s only USGA rated 18-hole par-3 course that Ron Whitten, Architecture Editor of Golf Digest, calls “one of the best par-3 courses in America.” For more information about Hamilton Farm Golf Club, please contact Membership Director Erin Walsh at (908) 901-4129 or ewalsh@hamiltonfarmgolfclub.com.

For more information on the Cottages at Hamilton Farm, please contact Tim Bakels at (908) 901-4055 or tbakels@hamiltonfarmgolfclub.com.

Blumenherst Puts Things In Perspective

2010-05-21T16:58:00Z

When several cancer patients and survivors received a visit from LPGA players and Sybase Match Play Championship participants, Amanda Blumenherst and Sandra Gal, they naturally had two players to cheer for during this weeks’ event. After being asked on Tuesday whether she will root for her visitors, Anna excitedly responded, “Oh, yes! Of course!” Anna and fellow cancer survivor Irene had the opportunity to support in person yesterday by walking inside the ropes with Blumenherst as honored guests during her first round of play.

It was their first golf event for both honorees and they mentioned that the day came with ‘a lot of learning.’ When asked what they enjoyed most about the day, Hendricks talked about how close the ‘game’ was. She also showed up to Hamilton Farm in red high heels in which the golf shop staff helped to provide her with red golf shoes for the day. Afterwards, Hendricks said how she didn’t realize how much walking was involved. “I didn’t expect all that work!”

Walking 18 holes in the mid afternoon heat is no easy feat for anyone, and Blumenherst can attest to that. “Oh my gosh yeah, I couldn’t believe it. When they said they were going to walk inside the ropes, I’m like ‘oh like the first and last hole?’ And they said no all 18, I was like, ‘they’re going to walk all 18? Ok!’ One of them made the entire round, I was so impressed.”

Chairman's Challenge Results

2010-05-21T15:00:00Z

First Place
Score: (45) -9 under
Professional: Katherine Hull
Amateur: Tony Bellomo

Tie for Second Place
Score: (46) -8 under
Professional: Nicole Castrale
Amateur: Shantanu Narayen

Tie for Second Place
Score: (46) -8 under
Professional: In-Kyung Kim
Amateur: Brandon Cady

Tie for Fourth Place
Score: (47) -7 under
Professional: Stacy Lewis
Amateur: John Chen

Tie for Fourth Place
Score: (47) -7 under
Professional: Stacy Prammanasudh
Amateur: Ringo Chan

Tie for Sixth Place
Score: (48) -6 under
Professional: Brittany Lincicome
Amateur: Joe Lam

HOLE-IN-ONES
Amateur Scott Seymour, Hole #3
Professional Katherine Hull, Hole #3
Professional Michele Redman, Hole #10

Wednesday's Pro-Am Results

2010-05-21T11:15:00Z

1st Place
Score: (55) 17-under par
Professional: MJ Hur
Amateurs: Bob Jerome, Ty Williams, Dan Gregory, Bill McLean

Tied for 2nd Place

Score: (57) 15-under par
Professional: Hee-Won Han
Amateurs: Jim Connolly, Matt Connolly, Mark Telaak, Chris Goggins

Score: (57) 15-under par
Professional: Hee Young Park
Amateurs: John Stoddard, Sr., John Stoddard, Jr., Ken Stoddard, Craig McGovern

Score: (57) 15-under par
Professional: Ji Young Oh
Amateurs: Scott Kmiec, Jason Bataille, Brian Hale, Ben Yeager

Score: (57) 15-under par
Professional: Anna Nordqvist
Amateurs: Dennis Petrocelli, Scott Derogatis, Richard La Bar, Dave Dudones

Score: (57) 15-under par
Professional: Michele Redman
Amateurs: Scott Berkebile, Mike Rencis, Carl Hesse, Brandon Doto

Score: (57) 15-under par
Professional: Kristy McPherson
Amateurs: Andy Bush, Jay Flynn, Jeff Holzschuh, Pete Bevacqua

Score: (57) 15-under par
Professionals: Suzann Pettersen
Amateurs: Scott Grayson, Lauren Waldman, Brian Watson, Chris Crosby

PROXIMITY AWARDS

Closest to the Pin #3 - Larry Miller, 2 feet 1/2 inch
Longest Drive #5 - Jeff Holzschuh
Closest to the Pin #8 - Brian Kelley, 2 feet 5 inches
Longest Drive #18 (Women) - Lauren Waldman

"You Don't Get That at the Open"

2010-05-20T18:14:00Z

There is no denying the amount of preparation and work that is needed to make a professional golf event run smoothly. When asked about how much volunteer assistance is needed to help run an event, volunteer Lisa Monti, answered with wide eyes, “there’s a lot that goes into it.”

Volunteering for her fourth year at an LPGA Tour event, the Montclair, NJ, native listed several positions from transportation services to walking scorers. Monti recognized the importance of volunteers to an event like the Sybase Match Play. “Octagon does all the behind the scenes as far as recruiting the volunteers, then you get here and the volunteers are pretty much the backbone of what goes on.”

The tournament has over 400 volunteers on staff for the week, and they do not leave unappreciated. Gloria Serleto of Mt. Arlington, NJ, welcomes the perks that come with volunteering at an LPGA event. “It was nice that they included tickets for the tournament just for volunteering, for our family and friends. You didn’t get that at the Open (laughs). Serleto credits her husband for getting her involved in volunteering after he suggested that she and a friend work the PGA’s U.S. Open. “I did the U.S. Open out in Southampton, NY in 1995 at Shinnecock. It’s a wonderful opportunity to see the beautiful country and these beautiful golf courses.”

Serleto and friend Cathy Weeks of Hamburg, NJ were serving as media runners for the day. Their responsibilities include transporting players and caddies back to media headquarters after rounds for interviews as well as checking in members of the media and distributing credentials. “I’m excited to get out there and bring them back and meet them, it should be fun,” said Weeks.

Not only do volunteers get the opportunity for a closer look at the pros, they also get to visit the pristine grounds of Hamilton Farm Country Club. “The course is exquisite. The greens and the way they have kept this course are magnificent. Their fairways look like the average greens on some other courses,” said Serleto. When asked how the venue compares to her other volunteer sites, she responded, “Certainly Shinnecock is a beautiful course but this is magnificent.”

Monti could not have agreed more. “It’s gorgeous, it’s a gorgeous club. I even like the country road you drive down, I think that’s pretty cool.

The volunteers can be accredited for taking on a big work load, but they realize that their jobs are easier from the preparation and attention to detail by the event’s sponsors. “The way Sybase runs it, it’s excellent” says Serleto. As she looked down at her volunteer polo shirt she was pleased that they provided a female friendly style. “They did a nice job with the ladies’ shirts. They put a little nice touch here.”

Written By Meghan Flanagan

Somerset Medical Center Announced as Tournament Beneficiary

2010-04-29T19:27:00Z

“Sybase is proud to be part of LPGA’s philanthropic endeavors, which have generated approximately $200 million in charitable donations since 1981,” said John Chen, chairman, CEO and president of Sybase. “We are pleased to support the needs of local charity through this golf event.”

Somerset Medical Center is a 355-bed acute care hospital located in Somerville. The medical center will provide emergency medical services at Hamilton Farm Golf Club during the tournament and LPGA players will visit the hospital’s Steeplechase Cancer Center on Tuesday, May 18.

LPGA players will tour the cancer center, a $28 million outpatient facility housing state-of-the-art radiation oncology services, the sanofi-aventis U.S. Breast Care Program, infusion therapy, clinical trials, and the sanofi-aventis U.S. Wellness Boutique. Players will also have the opportunity to visit with breast cancer survivors and participate in the creation of special flags to be displayed at the hospital’s Day of Hope event celebrating cancer survivors on June 24. In addition, the medical center’s 2,200 employees will be given free admission to the tournament by showing their hospital IDs at the gate.

“We are grateful to Sybase Match Play Championship officials for designating us as the beneficiary of their tournament and look forward to partnering with the LPGA players to help promote breast cancer awareness,” said Paul Huegel, president of Somerset Medical Center Foundation.

Additionally, Val Skinner, a six-time winner on the LPGA Tour and golf analyst for the Golf Channel and CBS Sports, will speak at the “Is Cancer In My Genes?” program on Wednesday, May 19 at the Steeplechase Cancer Center. Skinner will share her story about her passion to create awareness of breast cancer among young women. Skinner is the founder of LIFE (LPGA pros In the Fight to Eradicate breast cancer) and helped develop the LIFE Center at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

The First Tee of Metropolitan New York, The First Tee of Raritan Valley and the Morris, Rockland, Fairfield, Bergen, Monmouth and Westchester County chapters of Total Golf Adventures will receive charitable contributions as a result of their volunteer assistance with the tournament’s ticket, concession and parking sales. The First Tee, an initiative of the World Golf Foundation, gives young people of all backgrounds an opportunity to develop life-enhancing values such as honesty, integrity and sportsmanship through golf and character education. Total Golf Adventures is the largest national after-school junior golf program in the country.

Tournament information is available at http://www.sybasematchplaychampionship.com. For information on Somerset Medical Center, visit www.somersetmedicalcenter.com. For more information on The First Tee, visit www.thefirsttee.org. For more information on Total Golf Adventures, visit, www.golftga.com.

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2010-01-26T14:29:00Z

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