Every month former MGA Senior Director of Rules and Competitions Gene Westmoreland will answer one question posed by the readers of the MGA e-Revision Newsletter (click here to sign up). Gene recently received the following Rules question from a reader: Q: If a...
Every month former MGA Senior Director of Rules and Competitions Gene Westmoreland will answer one question posed by the readers of the MGA e-Revision Newsletter (click here to sign up). Gene recently received the following Rules question from a reader: Q: I...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (June 11, 2008) - Charlie Sifford, the first African-American to play the PGA Tour and the first black golfer to be enshrined at the World Golf Hall of Fame, will be recognized for his pioneering career achievements by the Metropolitan Golf Writers...
Every two weeks MGA Senior Director of Rules and Competitions Gene Westmoreland will answer one question posed by the readers of the MGA e-Revision Newsletter (click here to sign up). Jim from Westchester County, N.Y., asked Gene the following Rules question: ...
HARRISON, N.Y. (March 22, 2007) - The Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation is pleased to announce Trump National Golf Club - Bedminster, N.J., as the recipient of the first annual MGA Club Environmental Award. The award honors an MGA member club that has...
West Orange, N.J.--Former Champion Michael McBride and son Michael Jr. of Arcola CC teamed up and shot a 3-under par 68 to capture the 51st MGA Father & Son (Gross) Championship today at Essex County Country Club in West Orange, NJ. McBride’s first...
Greenwich, CT.--If there was ever a question on whether George Zahringer would ever make a competitive return to the amateur golf circuit he dominated in the 1980’s and early ‘90’s, he silenced all his critics yesterday by firing an impressive final...
Elmsford, N.Y.--Woodway Country Club’s duo of John Madigan III and Sheila Torgan teamed up to fire a three-under par 68 (34-34) to capture the 38th MGA Mixed Pinehurst Championship today at The Muttontown Club in East Norwich, NY. The two...
Joan Placek, of Crab Meadow Ladies Club, fired a 4-over par 76 (37-39) to capture the 4th annual WMGA/ MGA Women's Public Links Championship today at scenic New York Country Club in New Hempstead, NY. Placek carded four birdies and...
Every two weeks MGA Senior Director of Rules and Competitions Gene Westmoreland will answer one question posed by the readers of the MGA e-Revision Newsletter (click here to sign up). Dick from Long Island asked Gene the following Rules question: A golfer addresses...
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (July 25, 2008) - Mutual of Omaha Drive, Chip & Putt presented by The Golf Channel, the world’s largest junior golf skills competition, will swing into the Long Island area to host a local championship at Eisenhower State Park Golf Course...
*Entry information and sectional qualifying sites will be announced in early January. Event Site & Date 2007 Champion MGA Senior Amateur Wee Burn CC May 5 & 6, 2008 Jay Blumenfeld Mountain Ridge CC MGA Senior Net Four-Ball Lawrence...
RYE, N.Y. (December 6, 2007) – The Metropolitan Golf Association elected its slate of 2008 officers at the Association’s 110th Annual Meeting, held on Wednesday, December 5 at Westchester Country Club. Leslie A. Schupak of Metropolis...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (October 31, 2007) - With the “official” golf season coming to an end in the Metropolitan area, it is important to know what scores (if any) played in the winter months are eligible to be posted for handicap purposes. Those who play...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (September 19, 2007) – Wee Burn Country Club’s Jay Riceand Becky Montgelas teamed up to win the MGA Mixed Pinehurst Championship today at Elmwood Country Club in White Plains, New York. Rice and Montgelas...
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (March 29, 2007) - Only two weeks removed from her first win on the LPGA Tour, Port Chester, N.Y., native Meaghan Francellanow faces the first major championship of her career. She will be joined by local favorites Diana...
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (February 14, 2007) - Tom Sipula of Edgewood CC in River Vale, N.J., defeated John O’Leary of Chantilly, Va., 2 and 1 to capture the 44th TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA Match Play Championship on February 11. Sipula notched five...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (January 18, 2007) - For more than a century, the Metropolitan Golf Association has provided local golfers and fans alike with an outstanding schedule of highly competitive championships, regularly played at some of the region’s most...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (February 1, 2007) - The MGA Foundation enjoyed a highly successful 2006 season with tremendous expansion of First Tee facilities, record participation in the GOLFWORKS Student Intern Program and the continued success of the $5 million...
OAK RIDGE, N.J. (June 20, 2013) – A rain out forced the final Sectional Qualifying Round for the 66th MGA/MetLife Public Links Championship to be re-scheduled for today and 52 players teed it up at Bowling Green Golf Club in Oak Ridge, N.J. Players were...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 1, 2006) - After a one-year hiatus due to Baltusrol’s hosting of the PGA Championship in 2005, the fourth annual Carter Cup-MGA Junior Stroke Play Championship returns to Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, on Wednesday,...
RYE, N.Y. (July 26, 2006) - The second day at the 89th MGA/MetLife Junior Championship at The Apawamis Club in Rye, N.Y., featured a man on a mission. Chris Scialo of New City, N.Y., marched into the semi-finals with an impressive 6&5 victory over...
RYE, N.Y. (July 27, 2006) – Chris Scialo of New City, N.Y., and David Pastore of Greenwich, Conn., advanced to the finals today at the MGA/MetLife Junior Championship at The Apawamis Club in Rye, N.Y. Pastore moved on after a 4&3 victory over...
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. (May 22, 2006)–LPGA star Paula Creamer joined Charlie Carroll, Chief of Staff for Bridgeport Mayor John Febrizi; Joseph Hoffman, president and CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland in Bridgeport; Sonya Mendez, 2005 RBS Achiever of the Year and...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (February 17, 2005) - Tim O’ Neill, CGCS, golf course superintendent at the Country Club of Darien, Darien, CT, was elected president of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America on February 11th at the Association’s Annual...
CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (February 27, 2005) – Met Area local Jim McGovern of Hackensack, NJ finsihed tied for 38th this week at the New Zealand PGA Championship. Chirs Nallen of Hacketstown, NJ failed to make the cut after a tough second round 75. Matt...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 8, 2006) - Sixteen Boys will play in the 38th MGA/MetLife Boys Championship scheduled for Thursday and Friday, August 10th and 11th at the Gardiner’s Bay Country Club on Shelter Island, N.Y. The contestants will compete over two days...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (September 14, 2006) - The MGA and WMGA have announced the members of the French-American Challenge Team that will compete in Paris against the Ligue de Paris at Le Priure Golf Club on October 12 and 13. The six-man MGA team includes Allan Small...
Elmsford, N.Y. (March 23, 2005) - The Metropolitan Golf Association has announced the members of their eight-man amateur team which will compete against a similar team from the Golfing Union of Ireland in the 6th Governor Hugh L. Carey Challenge Cup...
Elmsford, N.Y. (April 22, 2005) - With the exception of young Katie Allison, all of the Met Area professionals were in action last week. On the Nationwide Tour, Johnson Wagner of Garrison, NJ, Jim McGovern of Hackensack, NJ and Chris Nallen of...
Elmsford, N.Y. (April 27, 2005) - Katie Allison (left) of Mahwah, NJ, makes her return to the LPGA this week at the Franklin American Mortgage Championship this week in Franklin, TN. The event benefits the Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital...
Wagner, Schultz share 54-hole lead in Chattanooga Johnson Wagner and Jason Schultz both stumbled out of the gate in Saturday's third round of the Chattanooga Classic, but each recovered to shoot 6-under-par 66s and grab a share of the 54-hole...
Rye, N.Y. - William F. Souders of Wee Burn CC in Darien, CT, and member of the distinguished United States Seniors Golf Association, was named the first representative of the 2005 William C. Campbell Award winner at the Association’s Annual...
Chattanooga, TN. – Austin “Ace” Eaton, formerly of XXX, is set to defend his title this week at the 25th U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at The Honors Club in Chattanooga, TN, on September 10-15. Eaton, 35, who defeated 27-year-old Josh...
How Met Area Players Stand as of October 17th, 2005 For Complete Standings and Information for Each Tour – Click Below Name (tour) Earnings Position Johnson Wagner (Nationwide) $134,121.00 33 Jim McGovern (Nationwide) $110,809.00 42 Jim Albus...
By David Gordon, MGA Communications Intern By David Gordon, MGA Communications Intern GREENWICH, CONN. (August 1, 2013) – The 111th Met Amateur Championship kicked off Thursday as 59 top Met Area amateurs played through tough conditions at the challenging...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (October 8, 2013)- On Thursday, October 10, 35 teams will compete in the 29th MGA/MetLife Women’s Net Team Championship at Twin Brooks Country Club in Watchung, N.J. Advancing to this championship round is no easy task, as teams must first qualify...
Eastchester, NY- The Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation continued its Spring Education Series with the MGA/Met PGA Rules of Golf Workshop at Lake Isle CC in Eastchester, NY. It is the third in a series of educational forums, providing golf professionals and...
BRONX, N.Y.-The Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation has partnered with the Charles N. Bajart Jr. American Legion Post of Yonkers, NY to construct an indoor putting green for the residents of the Bronx VA Medical Center at 130 West Kingsbridge Road in the...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (April 28, 2014) - 168 of the Met Area's top seniors are set to tee it up Monday, May 5 at the 87th MGA Senior Amateur Championship, the first championship of the MGA's 2014 season. The 36 hole, two-day event will be hosted by Rockrimmon Country...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (June 12, 2015) - A stellar field is set for the 60th Ike Championship and top amateurs from around the Met Area are gearing up for the MGA's premiere stroke play event hosted by the spectacular and highly anticipated Friar's Head in...
Eat! Play! Love! Looking to make a Food and Wine Festival part of your next vacation or golf trip? There are more than plenty of options to choose from: Links to Wine and Food Festivals at or near great golf destinations Pebble Beach Food & Wine: ...
The Met Area's young female competitors will have the opportunity to receive an invitation to the Carter Cup beginning in 2025. ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 14, 2023) – Ever since its first playing in 2003, the Carter Cup – the MGA’s junior stroke play championship – has...
WEST ORANGE, N.J. (October 19, 2023) – Club leaders from across the Met Area gathered at Montclair Golf Club to hear from industry leaders on relevant topics during the Metropolitan Golf Association’s annual Presidents Council Fall Conference. The informational day is...
Bid on your chance to win exclusive golf experiences. The MGA Foundation is excited to announce its Fall Auction, featuring exclusive golf experiences and rounds at top courses throughout the country. All proceeds from the auction will support the MGA...
