Armand Farina

• Attended Nott Terrace HS the 1930s
   

• Led the NT golf team to unbeaten seasons in 1935 & 1936
   

• Was the medalist in the 1935 District Interscholastic championship
  (held in Troy)
   

• NT won the District championship in 1935 & 1936 (first team to repeat
   

• Became a golf pro after high school
   

• Head pro at Western Turnpike & Shaker Ridge
   

• Served in the Army during World War II
   

• Pro & course superintendent at Schenectady Municipal Golf Course from 1945-1966.
   

• Played on the National PGA Tour
   

• Competed on the PGA Tour against golfing greats Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson & Jimmy Demeret
   

• Tied for fourth place in the 1946 San Francisco Open (won by Byron Nelson)
   

• Set a nine-hole PGA record of 28 (seven under par) during the 1950 Rio Grande Open in Harlingen, Texas
   

• Played in several major tournaments on the PGA Tour, including the 1946 PGA Championship (Portland), 1948 PGA Championship (St. Louis), 1953 US Open (Oakmont) & 1957 PGA Championship (Dayton)
   

• Won his first round match in the 1948 PGA Championship
   

• Finished in the money in many tournaments, including the Empire State Open (7^th), Pensacola Open (8^th) & Durham Open (15^th)
   

• Won the Northeastern New York PGA Championship five times
   

• Won the Woodstock Open six times (once had a nine-hole score of 29 in this event)
   

• Won several other golf tournaments in New York & New England 
   

• Designed the Van Patten Golf Course (Clifton Park), where he became the pro
   

• Considered to have the perfect golf swing (as reported by Gazette golf writer Lou Torre)
   

• Inducted into the District PGA Hall of Fame in 1982 

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2011 Announcement

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Members
of the Hall of Fame

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