Will Niagara Falls Country Club members please stand up and take a bow. The club, home of the prestigious elite amateur tournament called the Porter Cup, recently announced it will create a women’s equivalent beginning this summer.

The inaugural contest will be played June 12-14 and will be a 54-hole medal play tournament with no cut. Field size will be limited to 60 players with a USGA handicap index not to exceed 9.4.

The Women’s Porter Cup will be the third major amateur championship hosted annually by NFCC, joining the men’s championship played annually in July and the Senior Porter Cup, held in September.

This new event was the brainchild of Steve Denn, a longtime NFCC member who runs the men’s event. He brought the idea to the board in November, and it was warmly received and quickly approved. It certainly will be equally well received by the elite women’s amateur community, as the reality for that community is one of few summer playing opportunities.

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The Niagara Falls Country Club and Porter Cup Committee are pleased to announce the creation of the Women’s Porter Cup. The inaugural tournament will be played June 12-14, 2013.

The event will be 54-holes contested at medal play with no cut. Field size will be limited to 60 players with a USGA handicap index not to exceed 9.4.

Lewiston resident Brian Oakley, Director of Boeing Programs for Magellan Aerospace, will serve as Tournament Director.

“The young ladies that do accept our invitation can expect a warm welcome from both our NFCC members and the many Western New York golf enthusiasts that have supported the Porter Cup for over 50 years,” said Oakley.

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I’ve pretty much always thought a tournament is a tournament is a tournament. To me, however, what places one tournament above another – particularly in the amateur game – are the people who organize and operate these events.

They are greatly involved and take a tremendous amount of pride in what they do and how all the pieces fit together to run a successful, competitive tournament. They give the event its backbone.

These are special people, and without them no tournament can succeed at the highest level of competition.

For what seems like forever, Tom Denn has been one of those special people when it comes to the Porter Cup, one of the country’s leading amateur tournaments, held each July at Niagara Falls Country Club in Lewiston, N.Y.

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LEWISTON - Welcome Richy Werenski to the list of elite amateur golfers in the country.

The laid-back 20-year-old's spot was reserved after 72 magnificent holes this week at the 54th Porter Cup at Niagara Falls Country Club.

Werenski slipped on the winner's green jacket Saturday evening after finishing a final round of 2-under-par 68, giving him a winning total of 17-under 263 and a two-shot victory over Denny McCarthy. Werenski's winning total is the second best in Porter Cup history, trailing just the record 22 under shot by current PGA Tour member Brian Harman in 2007.

Incredibly, Werenski shot just one bogey over four rounds.

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