As part of the continued mission to grow the game of golf, the MGA Foundation is celebrating the opportunities provided for juniors with a Youth on Course Membership . YOC member Matthew DiFiore recently shared his experience as a YOC member and what he's learned from...
Applications for the 2022-23 academic year are due by November 15th, 2021. ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 20, 2021) - Applications are now open for the Jay Mottola Scholarship (JMS) for the 2022-23 academic year. The JMS is a significant scholarship, available for four...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 10, 2021) -- For the second year in a row, the MGA finished fourth at the Williamson Cup. After the 2020 competition was canceled due to COVID-19, the 57th Williamson Cup was held at the Country Club of Buffalo. Garrett Kessler of...
Nathan Drogin completed a six-stroke final round comeback to claim the 19th MGA Carter Cup. SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (July 27, 2021) – Nathan Drogin of Essex Fells, N.J., came from six strokes back during the final round, tying a Carter...
Photo by Evan Schiller ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 23, 2021) - The 19th MGA Carter Cup returns home to Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., on Tuesday, July 27. The championship is the MGA's official Junior Stroke Play Championship and is typically hosted at Baltusrol;...
Basking Ridge native is 53rd MGA/MetLife Boys' Champion after 4&3 win in the final. SHELTER ISLAND HEIGHTS, N.Y. (July 23, 2021) -- Lance Hollingshead of Basking Ridge, N.J., never saw the 18th hole in match play en route to winning the 53rd...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 21, 2021) – The MGA and MGA Foundation are very sad to share the passing of Mr. Paul R. Dillon on July 20 at age 85. Dillon, a past MGA President and recipient of the MGA’s Distinguished Service Award, had been a longtime advocate of the game as a...
Colin Summers etched his name in MGA history as winner of the 104th Met Junior Championship Sponsored by MetLife. TUXEDO PARK, N.Y. (July 14, 2021) – Colin Summers of Westfield, N.J., ended the final match of the 104th Met Junior Championship Sponsored by MetLife in a...
Cole Ekert carded rounds of 72-70 to earn medalist honors in the 104th Met Junior Championship Sponsored by MetLife. NEW CITY, N.Y. (July 13, 2021) – Cole Ekert of Chatham, N.J., locked up the top seed of the 104th Met Junior Championship Sponsored by MetLife on...
A quartet of first-time Met Junior Semifinalist are all aiming for a breakthrough win at The Tuxedo Club. NEW CITY, N.Y. (July 13, 2021) – With the top four seeds eliminated in Tuesday’s two rounds of match play in the 104th Met Junior Championship Sponsored by...
The 104th Met Junior Championship Sponsored by MetLife heads to The Tuxedo Club, July 12-14. ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 9, 2021) – The MGA’s junior calendar kicks into high gear in July, all starting with the 104th Met Junior Championship Sponsored by MetLife, taking place...
LARCHMONT, N.Y. (June 23, 2021) – Beautiful weather highlighted a busy day at Bonnie Briar Country Club as three young women punched their ticket to the U.S. Girls Junior Amateur and four young men qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur. The girls qualifier was...
Qualifying is underway for the 104th Met Junior Championship Sponsored by MetLife and the 53rd MGA/MetLife Boys Championship. The 18th hole at The Tuxedo Club. ELMSFORD, N.Y. (June 21, 2021) -- The junior golf schedule ramps up this month as qualifying for the...
After graduating from the GOLFWORKS program, Matt Dreisbach has quickly made a name for himself in the sport of golf. The current Assistant Director of Outside Golf Operations at Mountain Ridge Country Club is all about a positive attitude. ELMSFORD, N.Y. (June 15,...
The 2021 MGA Foundation Day of Golf was held at beautiful Somerset Hills Country Club and kicked off the Fore the Kids online auction that is live until May 20 at 5:00 p.m. BERNARDSVILLE, N.J. (May 10, 2021) – Cloudy skies did not damper the mood at Somerset Hills...
The MGA Foundation's Fore the Kids online auction is open for bidding until May 20 at 5:00 p.m. Click Here To View All Items & Bid ELMSFORD, N.Y. (May 5, 2021) -- On May 10, the MGA Foundation held its annual Day of Golf fundraiser at Somerset Hills Country...
The trophy for the Westchester Mid-Amateur Championship will honor the late Robert J. Bluestone. The Westchester Mid-Amateur Championship's trophy will be named in honor of Robert J. Bluestone. This year’s Westchester Mid-Amateur Championship will take place October...
PGA Tour Pro becomes first national ambassador for YOC. YOC off to a great start in Met Area in 2021. ELMSFORD, N.Y. (April 19, 2021) -- Early into the 2021 golf season, Youth on Course members have already played more than r 300 rounds throughout the...
Q & A with Brendan and Connor Campbell ELMSFORD, N.Y. (April 12, 2021) -- Many describe the golf community as “a family.” For the Campbell brothers, golf is truly a family game. Brendan and Connor Campbell are Garden City, N.Y., natives who were introduced to...
Foundation Event sites include Somerset Hills (Day of Golf), Hudson National (Caddie Pro-Am) and many more! ELMSFORD, N.Y. (March 19, 2021) – With warm weather just around the corner, greens and fairways will be packed in no time. The MGA Foundation is setting up...
A USGA P.J. Boatwright, Jr. internship with the MGA Foundation provided Wesley Nyambi with a new opportunity to gain experience in the field of golf administration. Wesley, a sophomore honors student at the University of Connecticut, spent the summer of...
The MGA Foundation celebrated the camaraderie of international competition with the Fall Founders Challenge at Quaker Ridge Golf Club. SCARSDALE, N.Y. (October 23, 2020) -- The biennial French-American Challenge Matches may have been postponed for 2020, but the MGA...
Joe Pica and his teammates celebrate completing 72 holes. On Monday, August 24, 32 supporters of the Westchester Golf Association Caddie Scholarship Fund raced around the course at Shorehaven Golf Club to play as many holes possible in the 12th Annual WGACSF...
The MGA Foundation is highlighting the program and participants during #YOCWeek The MGA Foundation is proud to partner with Youth on Course providing affordable weekday golf to juniors 6-18 at more than 30 public facilities in the Met Area. Several...
Thanks to all those who took part in the MGA Foundation's Back on Course online auction! The MGA Foundation's Back on Course auction went virtual this year and recently ended. We thank everyone who took part or made a donation to support the MGA Foundation and its...
The MGA Foundation has announced Samuel Masters of Rye, N.Y., as the inaugural Jay Mottola Scholarship recipient. ELMSFORD, N.Y. (May 12, 2020) -- The MGA Foundation is pleased to announce Samuel Masters of Rye, N.Y., as the inaugural recipient of the Jay Mottola...
Johanna Gavin has been named Director of the MGA Foundation. ELMSFORD, N.Y. (March 16, 2020) -- Johanna Gavin has been named Director of the MGA Foundation, effective March 1. Gavin joined the staff at Golf Central in January 2018 as Senior Director, Caddie...
Take a look back at all of the events and activities surrounding the MGA Foundation in 2019.
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (July 23, 2019) -- A group of young golf fans from the Met Area gathered at the USGA Headquarters for a unique day full of learning on Tuesday at another successful MGA Foundation Youth Clinic Presented by Sterling National Bank. Nearly 100...
OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (August 22, 2017) - THANK YOU LONG ISLAND!! The setting was spectacular: in the Skybox behind the 9th & 18th green at the Glen Oaks Club on the eve of the Northern Trust. The food was sensational: nothing but the best from Lobster Press,...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (April 20, 2016) - This year’s Caddie Academies saw record turnouts with nearly 400 participants coming out to clubs from all over the Met Area. Each two-hour seminar covered topics ranging from course etiquette and raking bunkers to proper...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (September 18, 2015) - Seventeen year old Kaitlyn “Cat” Cramer is not a novice to working in golf administration. Having just completed her third summer as a GOLFWORKS intern for the Women’s Metropolitan Golf Association, Cat reflects...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (May 14, 2015) - The MGA Foundation held the 21st annual Day of Golf at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point on Tuesday, May 12. This fundraiser supports the Foundation's cornerstone student intern program, GOLFWORKS, and after a round of golf at the...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (September 17, 2014) - The MGA Foundation’s cornerstone internship program, GOLFWORKS, provides meaningful summer working experiences at Met Area clubs to more than 230 deserving high school students each year. Now in its 20th year, the success of...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 12, 2013) - On Wednesday, August 7 a group of 32 enthusiastic junior golfers enjoyed VIP treatment during a day at MetLife Stadium and Giants Training Camp for the second MGA/MetLife Youth Clinic of the summer. The participants spent the morning...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 28, 2014) – The MGA Foundation’s cornerstone internship program, GOLFWORKS, provides meaningful summer working experiences at Met Area clubs to more than 200 deserving high school students each year. Now in its 20th year, the success...
FAR HILLS, N.J. (July 23, 2014) – An enthusiastic group of more than 80 young golfers took part in the year's first MGA/MetLife Youth Clinic, hosted by the USGA at their headquarters in Far Hills, N.J. Groups were on hand from The First...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 2, 2014) - Each year, GOLFWORKS, the MGA Foundation’s cornerstone internship program, provides impactful summer employment at Met Area clubs to more than 230 deserving high school students. Now in its 20th year, the success of GOLFWORKS can...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. - (June 26, 2014) Now in its 20th year, the MGA Foundation’s flagship junior program, GOLFWORKS, provides meaningful summer employment to over 200 deserving high school students at Met Area golf and country clubs each year. Through summer...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (October 31, 2013) - The MGA Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Valerie Reardon of Tuxedo Park, N.Y. to the MGA Foundation Board of Directors in October. A graduate of Baylor University and Pace University, Reardon is the Senior...
By Charles Haas, MGA Foundation Intern West Orange N.J. (September 5, 2013) – Now in its 19th year, the MGA Foundation’s student internship program, GOLFWORKS, provided more than 230 young adults with meaningful employment this summer at about 75 Met...
By Jeff Day, MGA Foundation Program Manager OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (August 19, 2013) – This year's Met Open venue Old Westbury Golf & Country Club hosted a group of 60 enthusiastic junior golfers from The First Tee of Metropolitan New York on Monday,...
FAR HILLS, N.J. (July 24, 2013) –An enthusiastic group of more than 85 young golfers took part in the year's first MGA/MetLife Youth Clinic, hosted by the USGA at their headquarters in Far Hills, N.J. Groups were on hand from The First Tee of Metropolitan...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (May 17, 2013) – The Chairman of the Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation, Jeff Holzschuh, recently announced that Allan Small would join the staff of the Foundation as the Lowell M. Schulman Director of Development. This newly created...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (May 9, 2013) – On Monday, May 6th, the MGA Foundation conducted its 19th Day of Golf at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, N.Y. More than $130,000 was raised in support of the Foundation’s cornerstone student intern program,...
NEW YORK, N.Y. (February 1, 2013) - On Thursday, January 31st, The First Tee Young Benefactors hosted its 3rd Annual “Thank You” Kick Off event at Drive 495, a private golf and fitness center in Soho. The event celebrated the group’s success in 2012...
By: Jeff Day SCARSDALE, N.Y. (October 5, 2012)– James Jiggetts of Mount Vernon, N.Y., is a second-year MGA Foundation GOLFWORKS intern at Fenway Golf Club in Scarsdale, N.Y. The soft-spoken 17-year-old has a smile that will light up anyone’s face and is a...
By: Jeff Day SCARBOROUGH, N.Y. (September 25, 2012)– At 14-years-old, Aidan D’Allesandro of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., is one of the youngest participants serving an MGA Foundation GOLFWORKS internship this year. D’Allesandro works at Sleepy Hollow...
By: John Manos WAYNE, N.J. ( September 11, 2012) – Packanack Golf Club is a first-year participant of GOLFWORKS, the MGA Foundation’s student internship program. The private 9-hole facility located just off of Packanack Lake in Wayne, N.J. was introduced...
By: Jeff Day DANBURY, Conn. (September 4, 2012) - In its 18th season, the MGA Foundation’s GOLFWORKS student intern program will provide more than 225 deserving young adults with meaningful summer work experiences at Met Area golf clubs, including Lauren Hutt of...
