Sun and Fun Golf Association - Golf Travel Specialists

Monday, July 26, 2027:
Participants arrive at Syracuse International Airport (SYR) International Airport or Albany International Airport (ALB) and rent car (or drive your own) to drive to Cooperstown*
6:00pm- Orientation followed by Welcome Reception
7:00pm- Welcome Dinner

Tuesday, July 27, 2027:
7:00am- Full service Breakfast available at Full Service Breakfast: Emerald Restaurant, The Clubhouse at Atunyote GC and The Grill at Shenendoah Clubhouse, along with several Grab & Go outlets.

10:00AM- First Tee Time begins on Atunyote Golf Course, please arrive at least 30 minutes early.
PM- Dinner is on your own, the resort offers 8 dining venues from casual to fine dining

Wednesday, July 28, 2027:
7:00am- Full service Breakfast available at Full Service Breakfast: Emerald Restaurant, The Clubhouse at Atunyote GC and The Grill at Shenendoah Clubhouse, along with several Grab & Go outlets.

10:00AM- First Tee Time begins on Kaluhyat Golf Course, please arrive at least 30 minutes early.

PM- Dinner is on your own, the resort offers 8 dining venues from casual to fine dining

Thursday, July 29, 2027:
7:00am- Full service Breakfast available at Full Service Breakfast: Emerald Restaurant, The Clubhouse at Atunyote GC and The Grill at Shenendoah Clubhouse, along with several Grab & Go outlets.

AM- No golf is scheduled so everyone can spend the day enjoying the resort amenities which include a full service Spa, one of the top Casino's in the Eastern US

PM- Dinner is on your own, the resort offers 8 dining venues from casual to fine dining

Friday, July 30, 2027:
7:00am- Full service Breakfast available at Full Service Breakfast: Emerald Restaurant, The Clubhouse at Atunyote GC and The Grill at Shenendoah Clubhouse, along with several Grab & Go outlets.

10:00AM- First Tee Time begins on Shenendoah Golf Course, please arrive at least 30 minutes early.
PM- Dinner is on your own, the resort offers 8 dining venues from casual to fine dining

Saturday, July 31, 2027:
7:00am- Full service Breakfast available at Full Service Breakfast: Emerald Restaurant, The Clubhouse at Atunyote GC and The Grill at Shenendoah Clubhouse, along with several Grab & Go outlets.
AM- Group plays the Atunyote Golf Course, a terrific Tom Fazio designed layout
6:00pm- Cocktail Reception followed by Awards Dinner.

Sunday, August 1, 2027:
7:00am- Full service Breakfast available at Full Service Breakfast: Emerald Restaurant, The Clubhouse at Atunyote GC and The Grill at Shenendoah Clubhouse, along with several Grab & Go outlets.
AM- Check out of resort, return rental car and fly home - Have a safe trip home!

The Fenimore Art Museum

Nestled on the western shore of Otsego Lake, housed in an elegant 1930s neo-Georgian mansion, the Fenimore Art Museum presents a perspective on the heritage and history of America through art. The beauty of the museum setting is matched by the quality of the collections it houses, including some of the nation’s finest examples of American landscape, history and genre paintings, American folk art, photography and American Indian art. William Sidney Mount, Thomas Cole, Gilbert Stuart, Benjamin West, E.L. Henry, Eastman Johnson, Thomas Waterman, John Wesley Jarvis, Grandma Moses and Ralph Fasanella are all represented in the museum’s holdings. The Fenimore Art Museum is dedicated to integrating history with art history and including under-appreciated genres, primarily American folk art and American Indian art, in a broad and progressive American canon. The Fenimore Art Museum seeks to honor the extraordinary ability of ordinary people to shape American culture. Hours - May 10 through October 10, Open Daily: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

6 Nights in a spacious Junior Suite at Turning Stone Resort's brand new Crescent Hotel.
4 Rounds of Golf (2 Tournament Rounds & 2 Practice/Fun Rounds) with carts and range balls on three outstanding golf courses:
- 2 Rounds on Turning Stone’s Atunyote Course – a PGA Tournament Venue from 2006-2010.
- 1 Round at Turning Stone’s Kaluhyat Course – a Robert Trent Jones Jr. design featuring spectacular views.
- 1 Round at Turning Stone’s Shenendoah Course – A Golf Magazine Gold Medal Winner.
Tournament Entry Fee and opportunity to win Prizes
Full American Breakfast at both hotels each morning
Welcome (7/24/27) and Farewell (7/31/27) Receptions followed by Group Dinners.
Transfers from Syracuse International Airport (SYR) to Turning Stone upon arrival and back on departure day.
Gratuities on planned meals, taxes and resort fees are included.

When you have completed your round, allow yourself to be pampered at the Áhsi' Day Spa, focusing on the awakening of mind, body and spirit. The indoor Sports-plex at Turning Stone, features 17,000 square feet of short-game area and 36 Trackman enabled hitting stations for resort guests, and includes three greens, two bunkers, a fairway, rough, and elevation changes of almost eight feet to perfect every part of your game. This SFGA trip will take place during the summer month of July, which in upstate NY can be a pleasant relief from the heat of the southern states. Best of all, the SFGA trip will not require the use of rental cars as all transfers to/from the Syracuse Airport and to each round of golf are included in the trip. See you there.

You will be treated to (2) rounds of play on the championship level, Atunyote Course, home to the PGA Tour's Turning Stone Resort Championship from 2007 to 2010. Designed by Tom Fazio in 2004, Atunyote (the Oneida word for "Eagle") features gently rolling hills, small waterfalls and tree-lined fairways. The other (2) courses at the resort, Kaluhyat (Robert Trent Jones Jr.) and Shenendoah (Rick Smith) round out a star studded lineup that is hard to find in one location.

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The Atunyote clubhouse itself is a bit underwhelming from the outside, but once inside, everything changes. From the Dustin Johnson trophy (his first PGA Tour Victory), to the “Players Lounge” with its fireplace and leather chairs, to the bar & dining area which spills out onto the balcony overlooking the 18th green, the place is just gorgeous. The course conditions are in a word, incredible. The tee boxes are all square and relatively flat. The fairways are all perfectly manicured, as well as the rough. The sand traps were all raked and the sand is in very nice condition. The bunkers are consistent one hole to the next with the soft granular sand on top, with a firm packed layer an inch or two down. The greens are consistent and perfect. Turning Stone refers to Atunyote as a “park like setting” which is a perfect description of how it is laid out. While the rough isn’t as penal as the other Turning Stone courses, strategically placed bunkers, creeks and lakes all present a similar challenge.

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Turning Stone Resort's Crescent Hotel

If the golf isn’t challenging enough for you, why not try your luck at the table inside the Turning Stone Resort Casino? You will have your choice of action with 2,000 slot machines, 66 Vegas-style table games, one of the top three Bingo Halls in the world, and the largest poker room in New York State. After collecting your winnings, you can satisfy your thirst and appetite at more than 20 restaurants all within the Resort. Choose from a world-class American Steakhouse, or the scratch-made feasts at an Italian osteria. Taste how a talented chef reimagines contemporary Chinese, or another elevates French-inspired classics at a romantic Forbes Four-Star fine dining favorite. Sit down to a plate of competition-worthy BBQ ribs, or sip a swanky cocktail over impossibly fresh sushi.

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The Farmers' Museum

As one of the oldest rural life museums in the country, The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, New York, provides visitors with a unique opportunity to experience 19th-century rural and village life firsthand through demonstrations and interpretive exhibits.
The museum, founded in 1943, comprises a working farmstead, a recreated historic village, the Empire State Carousel, and a Colonial Revival stone barn listed on the National Register for Historic Places, The museum preserves important examples of upstate New York architecture, early agricultural tools and equipment, and heritage livestock. Its collection of more than 23,000 items encompasses significant historic objects ranging from butter molds to carriages, hand planes to plows. The museum presents a broad range of interactive educational programs for school groups, families, and adults that explore and preserve the rich agricultural history of the region.
The museum is located at 5775 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, NY. Hours - May 10 through October 10, Open Daily: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

July 24 - August 1, 2027

Tentative Itinerary:

Oneida Community Mansion House

If where and how you live is definitional of who you are, a perfect example exists in the Oneida Community Mansion House. Built in phases by the utopian Oneida Community (1848-1880), the 93,000 square foot Mansion House testifies to the Community’s core beliefs regarding communal life. Plan and design employ leading architectural styles of the mid-19th century. Its large scale served the social practices of a 300-person commune that lived as one family. For 33 years under the leadership of John Humphrey Noyes, the religiously-based Perfectionist Community challenged contemporary social views on property ownership, gender roles, child-rearing practices, monogamous marriage, and work. From their insistence on life-long learning and vigorous health, the realization of self in advancing the good of the whole, they developed a work ethic and well of industriousness so deep it flowed into one of the most impressive manufacturing companies of the 20th century. Influenced by both internal and external pressures, the Community disbanded in 1880 and formed a joint-stock corporation, Oneida Community Ltd. The joint-stock company changed its name during the early 20th century to Oneida Ltd. and achieved world-wide recognition for the tableware it produced in Sherrill, NY.
The Oneida Community Mansion House was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965. It was chartered by the Board of Regents of the New York State Education Department in 1987 as a 501c3 non-profit historic house and museum. Museum open for self-guided tours Mon. - Sat., 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; guided tours Wed. - Sat., 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.; Sun. 2:00 p.m.

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Fort Stanwix - A Historic Site for All Time

For thousands of years the ancient trail that connects the Mohawk River and Wood Creek served as a vital link for people traveling between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Ontario. Travelers used this well-worn route through Oneida Indian territory to carry trade goods and news, as well as diseases, to others far away. When Europeans arrived they called this trail the Oneida Carrying Place and inaugurated a significant period in American history--a period when nations fought for control of not only the Oneida Carrying Place, but the Mohawk Valley, the homelands of the Six Nations Confederacy, and the rich resources of North America as well. In this struggle Fort Stanwix would play a vital role. Regular Hours: Labor Day through Memorial Day Weekend: 9:15 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Things to do when not Golfing

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Situated in Upstate New York, halfway between Albany and Rochester, Turning Stone has it all, it's a massive resort that boasts four hotels, two 3-star hotels called the Inn and the Hotel and two 4-star hotels called the Tower and the Lodge. The new Crescent Hotel scheduled to open later in 2026 will feature 258 upscale rooms and suites, a private entrance, and seamless indoor connections to the restaurants, gaming floor and event venues. Its highlight is Salt Seafood & Raw Bar, a new culinary concept by Turning Stone’s award-winning chefs, known for their Forbes Four Star recognition. Located on the hotel’s seventh floor, the restaurant will showcase panoramic views, private dining options, and heated outdoor terraces designed for three-season use. Our Sun and Fun Participants will stay in spacious Junior Suites.
Whether you’re a gambler, golfer, tennis pro or foodie, there’s something for you at Turning Stone. The resort features a 120,000-square-foot casino that’s stocked with table games, gaming machines, a poker room and Oneida Indian High Stakes Bingo. Of course, if you prefer to be active somewhere other than the blackjack table, hit one of the three championship golf courses (or the nine-hole courses, if you’re looking for a quick round). The Sportsplex offers eight tennis courts (four outdoor and four indoor) and two racquetball courts, while the Golf Dome allows you to practice your swing inside. Gastronomes will have a field day at the 19 restaurants and convenience foods locations. The Lodge is home to the fine-dining Wildflowers, and the other 18 are just a quick walk away. After all that action, you’ll certainly need to decompress with a spa session. Luckily, Turning Stone features two, including the 33,000-square-foot Skana Spa within the Lodge.

Turning Stone's Atunyote Golf Course

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Located on Main Street in the heart of picturesque Cooperstown, New York, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is one of the country's most popular destinations and is surely the best-known sports shrine in the world. Standing as a three-story red brick building on Main Street, the Museum opened its doors for the first time on June 12, 1939. A visit to the Hall of Fame is a journey through the past and a chance for you, your family, your friends and future generations to relive baseball's greatest players and moments that made the game what it is today. Regular Hours: Labor Day through Memorial Day Weekend: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.(Admission is included as part of your package)

International Boxing Hall of Fame

Their mission is to honor and preserve boxing's rich heritage, chronicle the achievements of those who excelled and provide an educational experience for our many visitors. FOR DECADES the boxing community looked on with envy as legends from other sports were inducted into their respective halls of fame. The shrines to baseball, football and basketball are located in the ancestral homes to those sports. But boxing has no such geographical origin. Although organized pugilism as we know it originated in England, the sport's epicenter moved across to America around the same time that the sun began to set on Queen Victoria's empire.
Beginning with the reign of heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan more than a century ago, professional boxing champions have been among the most celebrated athletes in history. And the epic championship battles they waged can be found on the annual lists of top sports stories. But for years there was no structure or independent entity to chronicle and preserve boxing's rich history. The idea for a boxing hall of fame germinated out of a town's love for two of its hometown boys who became world champions. In 1982 residents of Canastota, NY decided to honor former welterweight and middleweight champion of the late 1950s, Carmen Basilio, and his nephew, Billy Backus, who won the world welterweight title in 1970. The townspeople raised funds for a showcase that would celebrate the achievements of their two local heroes.

The success and enthusiasm for that project encouraged Canastotians to explore the possibility of establishing boxing's first hall of fame and museum. That project was completed in 1989, when two dozen former champions witnessed the ribbon cutting ceremony of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. A year later the first class of boxing legends, including Muhammad Ali, were on hand to receive their long overdue enshrinement. Since then the Hall of Fame has added one wing to the Museum and an event pavilion adjacent to the Hall. The Hall of Fame holds an annual induction ceremony in early June as the highlight of a four-day celebration of boxing and its legends.
Hours of operation are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Turning Stone Resort and Casino

Owned and operated by the Oneida Indian Nation (OIN) in Verona, New York, just 40 minutes from the Syracuse airport is the TURNING STONE RESORT & CASINO, a 3400-acre Forbes Four-Star and AAA Four-Diamond property. The SFGA has had some very nice experiences in recent years with events held at casino properties and this destination promises another. A few SFGA members may recall that the SFGA held at trip to Turning Stone in 2018. We have always wanted to return and now there are more reasons than ever. Beginning in June of 2026, the resort will open an brand new hotel and conference center on site and the SFGA will be there for 4 rounds over 6 nights in the deluxe Crescent Suites of the new Crescent Hotel. When you are not spending time in your luxury suite, you will enjoy 4 fantastic rounds of golf played over our 7 day - 6 night stay.

Turning Stone's Atunyote Golf Course

From the Turning Stone website: “The longest of the Turning Stone Resort’s three championship courses, at 7,315 yards, this Tom Fazio design was home to the Turning Stone Resort Championship from 2007 – 2010. In 2006 it was the site of both the PGA Professional National Championship and the BC Open." While not located immediately at the Casino, Atunyote Golf Club is only 4.5 miles down the road, yet back off the main road (if you can call it that) with no flair or even a sign. You make that turn down the long driveway to an impressive gate. Once stopped at the gate, you press a button to call the Pro Shop, and an attendant opens the gate remotely from there. Very fancy.

The clubhouse itself is a bit underwhelming from the outside, but once inside, everything changes. From the Dustin Johnson trophy (his first PGA Tour Victory), to the “Players Lounge” with its fireplace and leather chairs, to the bar & dining area which spills out onto the balcony overlooking the 18th green, the place is just gorgeous. The course conditions are in a word, incredible. The tee boxes are all square and relatively flat. The fairways are all perfectly manicured, as well as the rough. The sand traps were all raked and the sand is in very nice condition. The bunkers are consistent one hole to the next with the soft granular sand on top, with a firm packed layer an inch or two down. The greens are consistent and perfect. Turning Stone refers to Atunyote as a “park like setting” which is a perfect description of how it is laid out. While the rough isn’t as penal as the other Turning Stone courses, strategically placed bunkers, creeks and lakes all present a similar challenge.

Turning Stone's Shenendoah Golf Course

Be among the first to experience Turning Stone’s new Shenendoah Golf Course! After an almost year-long redesign that resulted in seven new holes, the golf course has officially reopened. Shenendoah offers 18 holes of PGA-level golf in a spectacular natural setting. The course was built and is maintained to comply with stringent Audubon International standards for environmental protection and preservation. Designer Rick Smith used the natural landscape to create wooded parkland holes, open pastures that capture the links feel, and beautifully simple low country-style holes. Designed, constructed and maintained to TOUR standards at more than 7,000 yards, the course offers conditions normally reserved for TOUR professionals. In 2006, Turning Stone Resort’s Shenendoah Golf Club was host of the PGA National Club Professional Championship. This is a beautiful golf course, picturesque holes, fine landscaping and excellent conditioning.