ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 9, 2011) – For the first time since 2004, the MGA is bringing the Williamson Cup trophy back to the Met Area. Led by 2011 Long Island Amateur runner-up Clancy Waugh of New York, N.Y., and 2011 Met Junior semifinalist Anthony Alex of Wayne, N.J., the four junior golfers representing the Metropolitan Golf Association earned a victory at the 2011 Williamson Cup Matches at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Md. It was the first victory for the MGA in the event since 2004, when the competition was held at the Country Club of Detroit.
Clancy Waugh finished with medalist honors and helped lead the MGA team to victory
Waugh, 16, finished as medalist with a 36-hole score of 142 (73-69). The last time the MGA had a medalist was also in 2004, when former Met Junior winner Mike Quagliano earned the honors. Waugh and Alex, 16, were joined by 15-year-old Kyle Brey of Farmingdale, N.Y., and 17-year-old Cody Gross of Babylon, N.Y. The format of the competition is 36 holes of stroke play, with the three best individual scores counting toward the team total. The teens had a tournament total of 437, good enough for a ten-stroke victory over the Washington Metropolitan Golf Association, who also happened to be this year’s event hosts and defending champions. In total, nine regional associations competed in this year’s competition.
The Williamson Cup Matches were created in 1964 by former MGA Junior Committee chairman Fred Williamson. The event is named in honor of his father, Fred E. Williamson, a Winged Foot Golf Club founder and former club president who passed away in 1951. Inspired by the Lesley Cup Matches, in which Fred Williamson played, the Williamson Cup originated as a competition among teams of junior golfers representing major East Coast cities, and quickly grew to include several Canadian associations and others from the Northeast and Midwest United States, with each region taking a turn as host. In 1995, a team from the Ligue de Paris was invited to participate, thereby expanding the event to another continent.
Each association brings a team of four junior golfers to compete in the Williamson Cup, which is 36 holes of stroke play. The three lowest aggregate scores from each association count toward the team championship. Individual prizes are also awarded. The young men who compete are expected to display the highest standards of sportsmanship, as mandated by Fred Williamson, who ran the matches until 1985.
