Monticello native Bobby Heins was playing steady golf at U.S. Senior Open until his final hole of the second round.
Heins carded a quadruple-bogey 8 on the par-4, 18th and finished with a 7-over-par 79 at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind. He shot an even-par 72 in the opening round Thursday.
He tied for 83th and missed the cut of 3-over.
Here’s how local golfers fared at the Met Open qualifier at Rockland Country Club in Sparkill on July 30.
Jesse Steel of Lazy Swan in Saugerties was the lone area to advance to the Met Open on August 25-27 at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J. The cut was 71.
Jesse Steel, Lazy Swan -1 70
Taylor Walsh, Nevele +2 73
David Carazo, Tuxedo +4 75
John DeForest, Rondout +4 75
John Schmoll, Otterkill +4 75
Sam DaSilva, Mansion Ridge +5 76
Jeff Smith, Warwick Valley +6 77
Michael Reardon, Tuxedo +6 77
Joe Spivak, Garrison +7 78
Pat Cibirka, Storm King +8 79
Andre Bolukbas, Mansion Ridge+10 81
Bob Menges, Swan Lake +10 81
Chris Connell, Osiris +13 84
Martin Gray, Tuxedo +13 84
Coleman Meitner, Tuxedo +14 85
Chris DeForest of Rondout Golf Club shot the lowest score, a 4-over-par 148, by a local golfer but missed the cut (141) at Seven Oaks in Hamilton.
DeForest, who will be a junior at Illinois, carded rounds of 79 and 69 to tie for 18th. He will play in the Met Amateur on August 6 at Hackensack Country Club in Oradell.
Kingston’s Doug Kleeschulte had a 7-over 151 (77-74) and Andrew DeForest of Rondout Golf Club shot a 12-over 156 (78-78).
Liberty’s Josh Goldstein, Newburgh’s Chris Connell, Cornwall’s Robbie Willis and Chapel Field graduate Scott Wheeler will play in an U.S. Amateur qualifier on August 4 at Branton Woods in Hopewell Junction.
Bobby Heins, a Monticello native, will play in his first U.S. Senior Open Thursday.
Heins, 58, will start on the 10th tee at 8:05 a.m. Thursday and on the first tee at 1:20 p.m. Friday.
This is Heins’ ninth golf major. He’s played in four Senior PGA Championship, two U.S. Opens and two PGA Championships.
He’s the head golf pro at Old Oaks Country Club in Purchase and coaches Johnson Wagner, a PGA Tour player 1998 James I. O’Neill graduate.
Mike Tulacz, a 2004 Kingston graduate, shot a 1-under-par 71 at Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle and advanced to play in the Met Open on August 25-27 at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J.
Tulacz, who tied for second, was the only local golfer to advance.
The cut was 73.
Here are the scores of other local golfers:
David Head, Tuxedo Club 74
Larry Rupp, Osiris 75
Russell Giglio, Orange County 76
Pat Mainey, Powelton 76
Sean Curtin, Orange County 79
2009 Section 9 champion Andrew DeForest was defeated by Ethan Wilson of Norwalk, Conn. 3-and-2 in the round of 32 at the Met Junior Championship at Engineers Country Club in Roslyn Harbor.
Wilson has qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur at Trump National Golf Club on July 20-25 at Bedminster, N.J.
DeForest, a Rondout Valley senior, beat Matt Josephs of Palisades 3-and-1 in the round of 64.
Nick DePalma, a Wallkill junior, defeated Dak Spivey of Huntington 1-up in the round of 64. He lost to Dillon Corbo of Montville 3-and-2 in the round of 32.
Josh Goldstein, a 2008 Liberty graduate, birdied the par-5, 18th to make the cut at the New York State Golf Association Men’s Amateur at Ravenwood Country Club in Victor.
Goldstein shot a 1-over-par 73 and has a two-day total of 7-over 151. He will play the final 36 holes Thursday.
Dominic Bozzelli of Locust Hill Country Club leads the tournament with a 7-under 137.
Local golfers missing the cut were
Chris DeForest (2007 Rondout Valley graduate) 78-75-153, +9
Chris Ferraro (2008 Kingston graduate) 77-76-153, +9
Doug Kleeschulte (2008 Kingston graduate) 78-75-153, +9
Jeff Schaller, (2009 Kingston graduate) 86-75-161, +17
Ken Cohen (Villa Roma) 78-86-164, +20
It was a rough day for local golfers at the first round of the New York State Golf Association Men’s Amateur at Ravenwood Golf Club in Victor.
Chris Ferraro, a 2008 Kingston graduate, shot a 5-over-par 77 and is tied for 47th place.
Josh Goldstein, a 2008 Liberty graduate who won the MGA Public Links last week, is at 6-under 78 and tied for 62nd with Doug Kleeschulte, a 2008 Kingston graduate, and Chris DeForest, a 2007 Rondout Valley graduate.
Jeff Schaller, a 2009 Kingston graduate, shot a 14-over 86 and is tied for 130th.
Dominic Bozzelli of Locust Hill Country Club fired a 6-under-par 66 and is the first-round leader.
The second round is Wednesday. The top 40 golfers plus ties advance to the third and fourth rounds, which will be held on Thursday.
John Stoltz, a 2002 Minisink Valley graduate, fired a 3-under-par 210 and tied for second place at the Westchester Golf Association Open at Brooklawn Country Club.
Stoltz won $5,300, not too shabby.
Stoltz shot a 1-over 72 in the third and final round. He was tied for second after the second round with a 4-under 138 (68-70).
Stoltz played the three par-5 holes at 4-under during the three rounds.
New York State boys, girls and junior results
Ethan DeForest of Rondout Golf Club tied for 8th with a score of 17-over-par 159 at the New York State Golf Association Boys (14-and-under) Amateur championship at Skaneateles Country Club Wednesday.
DeForest shot rounds of 76 and 83. Andre Manginelli of Twaalfskill Club in Kingston placed 31st (88-95-183).
Victoria DeGroodt of Osiris Golf Club tied for 12th in the Junior Girls Amateur championship. DeGroodt, the defending Section 9 girls champion, was 26-over 168 (89-79). Margaret Suchan of West Point Golf Course shot two rounds of 87 and tied for 19th (32-over 174). Kim St. Clair of Warwick Valley finished 38th (113-109-222).
Chris Dziengiel of Swan Lake Golf & Country Club shot a 19-over 161 (81-80) to tie for 30th in the Junior (15-17) Boys championship. Mike Schupp of Twaalfskill tied for 56 (81-87-168) and P.J. Strubel of Twaalfskill tied for 65th (86-88-174).