New Hartford's Bard wins 2020 AIM Tournament in dominating fashion

The former New Hartford Spartan won the amateur golf tournament by 14 strokes, the second best margin of victory in tournament history.

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New hartford grad alec bd w by a 14-stke main - the secondargestever fort presented by the syracuse post- standard.

After leading by five-strokes heading into yesterday's final round at lakeshore country club in cicero - bard was the only one in the field to shoot under par for the 72-hole tournament - finishing at seven- under.

Bard graduated from penn state last month - where he played on the nittany lions division one golf team.

However - after having his senior season cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic - he was given another year of eligibility by the n-c-a-a and will be returning for a fifth year.

Alec's brother - derek - played d-1 golf for the university of virginia before turning pro a couple years ago.

His sister sydney plays hockey at colgate.

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