ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 4, 2011) – The 2011 MGA Williamson Cup team has been selected and will compete in 48th edition of the Williamson Cup Matches, which will be held on Monday, August 8th at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Md. This year’s team will consist of four very accomplished junior golfers, including Clancy Waugh of New York, N.Y., Anthony Alex of Wayne, N.J., Kyle Brey of Farmingdale, N.Y. and Cody Gross of Babylon, N.Y.

Waugh, 16, is coming off a tie for ninth finish at this year’s New York State Open, where he earned low amateur honors. He was also the runner-up at the 2011 Long Island Amateur, won by 2010 MGA Player of the Year Joe Saladino. Alex, also 16 years old, was a semifinalist at this year’s Met Junior championship and qualified for match play at the 2009 U.S. Junior Amateur. Brey, who at 15 years of age is the youngest of the group, is a 2011 Met Am qualifier and competed at the 2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links championship at Bandon Dunes last month. Rounding out the team is Gross, 17, who won two matches in this year’s Met Junior championship.

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.

Results of the 2011 Williamson Cup will be available at www.mgagolf.org. For more information on the 2011 Williamson Cup matches, contact Lou Cutolo (lcutolo@mgagolf.org) at 914-347-4653.