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Congratulations to our 2024 Mid-Am Champions Matt Parziale (Brockton, MA) and Nick Maccario (Haverhill, MA), and our Senior Champions Robert Funk (Canyon Lake, CA) & Bryan Hoops (Scottsdale, AZ)
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Matt Parziale and Nick Maccario go wire-to-wire

Matt Parziale of Brockton, Mass., and Nick Maccario of Haverhill, Mass., shot a first-round 6-under 64 to take the early lead and go wire-to-wire for the win at the John R. Williams Four-Ball Invitational at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y.
Parziale and Maccario carded rounds of 64-69-69 to get to 8-under and win by five shots over the field.

Parziale is the 2020 Massachusetts Amateur medalist and 2021 Massachusetts Amateur runner-up. He also made the semifinals of the 2019 Crump Cup and the 2024 Massachusetts Amateur. Maccario made the semifinals of the 2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur and the final 16 of the 2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur.

Maccario is ranked No. 28 in the AmateurGolf.com Mid-Amateur Rankings.

Russell Bowie of Ontario and Phil Arci of Ontario jumped nine spots after a final-round 3-under 67 to finish T2 at 3-under. Phil Bojc of Powell, Ohio, and Bryce Haney of Dayton, Ohio, also finished T2 at 3-under.

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Clean sweep for Canadian teams at the 2023 John R. Williams

Simon McInnis (L) and Garrett Rank

It may have been a 1-2-3 finish for American players at the recently-held Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship. The Canadians, however, showed their strength over the weekend at the challenging Oak Hill in Rochester, New York, winning both the Mid-Am and Senior titles.

Simon McInnis and Garrett Rank — the NHL referee who will soon have to put the clubs away for the winter — took home the Mid-Am title, shooting Rounds of 67, 65, and 65 for a three-day total of 13-under 197. Rank is from Elmira, Ontario, and his partner, McInnis resides in Crystal Beach, Ontario.

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Kamin and Licursi win the John R. Williams Four-Ball

Danny Licursi (L) and Chris Kamin

The Arizona duo of Danny Licursi and Chris Kaminteamed to shoot a final round 65 Saturday on Oak Hill’s East Course to win the mid-amateur division of the 58th John R. Williams Invitational, while Georgians Bob Royak and Doug Hanzel combined to win their second senior division title at 8-under 208.

Bob Royak (L) and Doug Hanzel

Kamin, who won the Arizona Stroke Play Championship in April, and Licursi carded rounds of 65-68-65 (-12) to post a four-stroke win over Kyle Downey and Brandon Grzywacz, who came in at 8-under (68-67-67) 202.

William Wingerd & Jeff Castle closed with a 68 to finish at 7 under, tied for third with Amory Davis & Chris DeForest. Three teams tied for fifth at 5 under, including 36-hole leaders Shane Heise and Scott Loving.

Chris Ironroad and Tyler Gulliksen, who erased a 5-shot lead on the final day to win last year’s event, couldn’t recapture the magic in their title defense and settled for a T30 finish.

Royak and Hanzel, who each has won a U.S. Senior Amateur title, posted an 8-under score of 205 (65-71-69) to win claim the senior title by three strokes over three teams: Jon Lindstrom & Chris Carlson, Steve McPherson & Jerry Gunthorpe, and Rob Cowan & Dave Bunker.

It was the latest four-ball win for the decorated senior amateurs; Royak and Hanzel won the Williams senior title in 2018 and have also won both the Georgia Four-Ball and Georgia Senior Four-Ball together.

Last year’s senior champs Wade Sarkis & Jim Scorse did not make the cut in their title defense.

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