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Scott Berliner of Hiland watches a shot Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
Scott Berliner of Hiland watches a shot Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
Scott Battiste of Eagle Crest putts Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
Scott Battiste of Eagle Crest putts Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
Scott Berliner of Hiland tees off Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
Scott Berliner of Hiland tees off Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
Scott Battiste of Eagle Crest tees off Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
Scott Battiste of Eagle Crest tees off Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
Scott Berliner of Hiland returns his club to his golf bag Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
lessScott Berliner of Hiland returns his club to his golf bag Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times
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Scott Berliner of Hiland taps in for par on the final hole Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. Berliner won his eighth consecutive NENYPGA Stroke Play title. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
lessScott Berliner of Hiland taps in for par on the final hole Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. Berliner won his
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Scott Berliner of Hiland, left, is congratulated by plaing partners Terence Manziano of Northway Golf Center, center, and Scott Battiste of Eagle Crest on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, after winning his eighth consecutive Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
lessScott Berliner of Hiland, left, is congratulated by plaing partners Terence Manziano of Northway Golf Center, center, and Scott Battiste of Eagle Crest on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, after winning his eighth
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Scott Berliner of Hiland holds the championship trophy and winner's check Wednesday, May 23, 2018, after capturing the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
lessScott Berliner of Hiland holds the championship trophy and winner's check Wednesday, May 23, 2018, after capturing the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown,
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Glenn Davis, head pro at the Albany Country Club, watches his tee shot Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
lessGlenn Davis, head pro at the Albany Country Club, watches his tee shot Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete
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Dal Daily of Windham watches his putt Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
Dal Daily of Windham watches his putt Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
Eric Mabee of Pittsfield watches his putt Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
Eric Mabee of Pittsfield watches his putt Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
Dal Daily of Windham watches his putt hang on the lip after the ball spun 360 degrees around the hole Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
lessDal Daily of Windham watches his putt hang on the lip after the ball spun 360 degrees around the hole Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in
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Scott Battiste of Eagle Crest attempts a birdie putt Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
Scott Battiste of Eagle Crest attempts a birdie putt Wednesday, May 23, 2018, during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
Scott Berliner of Hiland walks in knee-deep grass to the right of the 15th green Wednesday, May 23, 2018, as he looks for his ball during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown, Mass. (Pete Dougherty/Times Union)
lessScott Berliner of Hiland walks in knee-deep grass to the right of the 15th green Wednesday, May 23, 2018, as he looks for his ball during the Northeastern New York Stroke Play Championship at Waubeeka Golf
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Scott Berliner makes it eight titles in a row
Williamstown, Mass.
Scott Berliner is 43, an age that some would consider past peak as a professional golfer.
There are no indications that he is slowing down his game.
Berliner, an assistant pro at Hiland in Queensbury, won his eighth consecutive Northeastern New York PGA Stroke Play Championship title Wednesday, beating Eric Mabee by two shots at the Waubeeka Golf Links.
"You get older, this game gets harder," said Mabee, the 35-year-old head pro at Pittsfield (Mass.), "so he's done well to stay at the top for this long."
Carrying a two-stroke lead into the final round of the 36-hole event, Berliner shot an even-par 71 to finish the tournament at 3-under 139.
With his eighth in a row, Berliner tied Mike Small of Illinois for most consecutive Stroke Play championships among the PGA of America's 41 sections.
"Eventually I'm not going to win it," said Berliner, who won the title the first year he was eligible to play in 2011. "It's like, 'Is this the year?' It's fun to have my name on the trophy. The trophy's phenomenal. It's got (Gene) Sarazen's name on there. It's got on it what I want to consider the legends of our section."
Sarazen, after a storied career in which he won all four major championships, owned a farm in Germantown when he won the 1966 Stroke Play at age 64.
Berliner has a ways to go to reach that age, but he said he feels confident playing in what he considers the Northeastern New York PGA's biggest major.
"I still enjoy working at it," said Berliner, a Hadley-Luzerne graduate. "It sounds weird, but I'm getting better as far as managing my game, managing my emotions. I was on the edge today, but I reeled myself in pretty good, which four or five years ago I probably would have broken a wedge or two."
He had opportunity to unleash some frustration on the par-5 15th, where his second shot landed in some fescue far to the right of the green. There were 12 seconds remaining in the five minutes Berliner had to find his ball when playing partner Terence Manziano spotted it.
After pitching the ball to the fringe, Berliner chipped up, then two-putted for a bogey 6.
"It was lucky, but I still made bogey," Berliner said. "Worst case, I go back, drop, I have a chance to knock it on and two-putt for a 6. You never know."
That hole got Mabee to within a shot of the lead, but Berliner expanded the lead to two with a birdie on the par-5 17th.
Mabee, who also finished second last year, couldn't put much pressure on Berliner, carding nine pars on the back side.
Scott Battiste of Eagle Crest, shooting consecutive rounds of par 71, was alone in third.
"Every time he hits what we'll call a bad shot, he's awesome at recovering," Battiste said. "You've got to go get him. He's not coming back to you. I knew that, but I couldn't get it done."
"He just knows how to shoot a score," said fourth-place Dal Daily, who won four successive titles from 1999 to 2002. "I can shoot a score sometimes, but he shoots a score every time. I think I might shoot 68 when I go out and play, but I might shoot 76. He shoots 68 every day. He hits it long, scores well. He's good."
Scott Berliner (Hiland), $2,100 68-71—1393
Eric Mabee (Pittsfield), $1,800 71-70—1411
Scott Battiste (Eagle Crest), $1,500 71-71—142 E
Dal Daily (Windham), $1,300 72-71—143 +1
Matthew Schulte (Oneonta), $1,100 75-71—146 +4
Brian Lowe (Catskill), $800 75-74—149 +7
Bob Cain (Saratoga National), $800 74-75—149 +7
Steve Mazzariello (Stockbridge), $120 77-73—150 +8
John Souza (Ballston Spa), $120 76-74—150 +8
John Neet (Dick's Sporting Goods), $12073-77—150 +8
Glenn Davis (Albany), $120 73-77—150 +8
Terence Manziano (Northway Golf), $12070-80—150 +8
Chris Sanger (Woodstock) 72-79—151 +9
Peter Gerard (Mill Road Acres) 74-78—152 +10
Josh Hillman (Taconic) 78-75—153 +11
Justin Hearley (Normanside) 77-78—155 +13
Marc Levesque (Wyantenuck) 79-77—156 +14
Chris Polidoro (Cranwell Resort) 79-78—157 +15
Steve Vatter (Capital Hills) 77-83—160 +18
Kevin Hughes (Saratoga Polo) 81-82—163 +21
Matthew Smith (Leatherstocking) 82-81—163 +21
Noel Gebauer (Town of Colonie) 84-83—167 +25
Erik Tiele (Waubeeka) 86-81—167 +25
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