GENEVA — The Geneva City Golf Championship has been contested every year since 1940. Though July has come and gone, the 84th edition of the contest will be played on Saturday, Oct. 19 and Sunday, Oct. 20 with both rounds at Geneva Country Club.
Due to being late in the golf season and with time running short for course availability, there will be no 18-hole qualifier, and the tournament will be a 36-hole medal play format with two divisions: Junior (under 50 years of age) and Senior (over 50). The cost is $75 per player
Applications are available at Big Oak Golf Course, (315) 789-9491, and Geneva Country Club, (315) 789-8786. Deadline to register is Wednesday, Oct. 16. Applications must be filled out and dropped off to the Geneva Country Club Pro Shop.
In 2022, Mike Long’s bid for a record fourth straight championship was undone by John Mittiga. In his fourth tournament and second appearance in the finals, Mittiga fended off a fierce comeback from Long, who erased a 6-down deficit and was 1-up by the 28th hole of the tournament.
Mittiga’s clutch play, however, earned him his first Geneva City Golf Championship.
In 2023, Long snatched back top honors, winning his fourth Geneva City Golf Championship by defeating Mittiga as the two battled for the championship for the third year in a row. Long finished off by dropping a clutch 6-foot birdie putt to win the championship 1-up.
“Every time me and John play we always have a good battle and always want to win,” Long said back in 2023. “It’s 50/50 every chance we get. He got me last year and two years ago I also got him on the last hole. They’ve all been good matches and we put on a good show for everyone.”
John Zugec won the 2023 senior division, knocking off defending champion Charles Brind in the championship. Zugec, the No. 2 seed, knocked off Marc Grenouilleau in the quarterfinals and Chas Pitifer in the semifinals. The championship win paid $150.
