ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 9, 2007) – Four top Met Area junior golfers have been selected to represent the MGA on the 2007 Williamson Cup team. The team will travel to Weirton, West Virginia for the 44th playing of the Williamson Cup Inter-City Matches, to be held on August 13 and 14 at Williams Country Club. 

Representing the MGA will be Michael Miller of Brewster, N.Y., who finished fourth at this year’s Carter Cup; 2007 U.S. Junior qualifier John Inman of Skillman, N.J.; Andrew Tursky of Hillsborough, N.J., who reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 Met Junior Championship; and Walker Steers of Rye, N.Y., who reached match play at the 2007 Met Junior.       

The Williamson Cup was created in 1964 by long-time MGA Junior Committee member/chairman A. Fred Williamson. The event is named in honor of his father, Fred E. Williamson, a Winged Foot founder and former club president who passed away in 1951.  Inspired by the Lesley Cup Matches, in which A. 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 U.S., 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.       

The format for the Williamson Cup is four-man teams playing 36 holes of stroke play over two days. The team champions are determined by taking the three lowest aggregate scores of the from each Association. 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.

For more information on the 2006 Williamson Cup, please contact Lou Cutolo or Jeanne McCooey at 914-347-4653.