December 3, 2009 – Allan W. Small of Fairmount Country Club was elected to a second one-year term as President of the Metropolitan Golf Association at the Association’s 112th Annual Meeting, held on Wednesday, December 2 at Westchester Country Club. Mr. Small will head a 22-member Executive Committee as well as serve as Chairman of the Association’s charitable Foundation.

Also re-elected at the Annual Meeting were Vice-President Gene M. Bernstein of the Meadow Brook Club;Jeffrey R. Holzschuh of Winged Foot Golf Club as Treasurer; and Stephen F. Boyd of Baltusrol Golf Club as Secretary. All will serve a second one-year term in 2010.

Mr. Small, the owner and president of his own electrical contracting firm, is one of the most accomplished players in the area with a resume that boasts wins at the New Jersey State Amateur, New Jersey State Mid-Amateur, New Jersey State Senior Amateur and Hochster Memorial. He lives in Florham Park, N.J., with his wife Patty and has a son, two daughters and three grandchildren. He has served as green chairman at Fairmount CC and on their Board of Directors for six years and is a former coach of the Seton Hall University men’s golf team.

Mr. Small joined the MGA as a member of the Junior Committee in 2003 and, in 2004 became a member of the Association’s Executive Committee. He also served as the Association’s Secretary/Treasurer in 2006 and as Vice President from 2007-2008.

“My first year as president was truly gratifying,” said Mr. Small. “I particularly enjoyed working with our incredibly loyal and hard-working staff and volunteers, and seeing the faces of the thousands of kids who benefit from all the programs of the MGA Foundation. And of course, another highlight was managing to achieve one of my longtime goals of winning an MGA championship, which I was able to do at the Senior Amateur. I look forward to an even better 2010 season and seeing all the talented players and great people that make our game of golf so special!”

The MGA’s Executive Committee also includes two newly elected members, Michael Sullivan of Garden City Country Club and H. Craig Treiber of Nassau Country Club. The Foundation Board of Directors will also welcome Anthony Spikes of Hamilton Farm Golf Club.

More than 230 club delegates, MGA committeemen, members of the press and representatives of the local and national golf communities attended the Annual Meeting. The highlights of the meeting were the presentations of the Association’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, to USGA executive director David B. Fay and the MGA Jerry Courville Sr. Player of the Year Award to Cameron Wilson of Shorehaven Golf Club. Click hereto view a letter of congratulations to David Fay from the PGA of America.

The MGA was founded in 1897 and is one of the nation’s oldest and largest regional golf associations, with 538 member clubs in the tri-state Metropolitan Area. A complete list of the 2010 Executive Committee and Officers is below. For more information on the elected officers please contact Bob Nielsen at 914-347-4653 or via e-mail atbnielsen@mgagolf.org.

2010 MGA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS

Allan W. Small, Fairmount CC..................................President

Gene M. Bernstein, Meadow Brook C….….……….Vice President

Jeffrey R. Holzschuh, Winged Foot GC…....……….Secretary

Stephen F. Boyd, Baltusrol………………………….Treasurer

2010 Executive Committee

Philip T. Fabrizio..................................................................... Knickerbocker CC

Steven J. Green....................................................................... Stanwich C

Brian C. Leftwich..................................................................... Deepdale GC

James M. Litvack..................................................................... Springdale GC

Tod D. Pike.............................................................................. Apawamis C

Christopher C. Quick................................................................ Blind Brook C

Ned Steiner............................................................................. Mountain Ridge CC

Michael Sullivan...................................................................... Garden City CC

H. Craig Treiber....................................................................... Nassau CC

Roger H. Tulcin....................................................................... Quaker Ridge GC

Douglas Vergith....................................................................... St. George’s G&CC

And in accordance with Article V of the Constitution - four special members:

President of the Long Island Golf Association

President of the New Jersey State Golf Association

President of the Westchester Golf Association

President of the Women’s Metropolitan Golf Association

And the last three living MGA Presidents shall be ex-officio members:

Leslie A. Schupak, Metropolis CC

Donald J. Hendler, Meadow Brook C

Paul R. Dillon, Winged Foot GC