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2010

MetLife: Navigating Life Together

MGA Adopts National Handicap Revision Schedule

David Fay Announces Retirement from USGA

Four TFTMNY Students Earn Special Recognition

Professional Golf Set to Return to Westchester in 2011

Professional Golf Set to Return to Westchester in 2011

December 21, 2010 – After a four-year hiatus, Westchester Country Club will again host a professional golf tournament after the Champions Tour announced that the 2011 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championshipwill be held at the historic Harrison, N.Y., club, a venue that is quite familiar to many of the senior circuit’s players. The 2011 event will be played August 18-21 over the same West Course at Westchester that hosted a PGA Tour event for 41 years.

Highlight Reel: The MGA’s Top 10 of ‘10

Highlight Reel: The MGA’s Top 10 of ‘10

The MGA wishes to extend season’s greetings to all of our friends in the Met Area golf community. In a season full of tournament triumphs, milestone celebrations and feel-good stories, the MGA has come up with our top 10 highlights from the 2010 season. We hope you will send us an email or post on our Facebook page if we forgot a top moment.

Golf: The Musical

Golf: The Musical

December 15, 2010 – Looking for a stocking stuffer to give that golfer in your family? Try theater tickets. In a revival of the original production from 2003, Golf: The Musical is currently playing off-Broadway through January 16, 2011. Below is a review of the show by George Kirsch, professor of history at Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y., and the author of Golf in America (University of Illinois Press, 2008).

Q-School Preview

Q-School Preview

With another year of Q-School in the books, 29 golfers have punched their ticket to the PGA Tour for the 2011 season. By finishing in the top 25 and ties, these men will join the like of Graeme McDowell, Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods. Four Met Area natives played in the final stage, which was held December 1-6 at the Orange County National Golf Center in Winter Garden, Fla. Although none of the four finished in the top 25, three of them will have PGA Tour status next season. Final scores.

Nanette Hill at LPGA Q-School