ELMSFORD, N.Y. (September 12 , 2014) –The Metropolitan Golf Association’s youngest championship, the Senior Masters Tournament, is set for its third playing on Monday, September 15 at the Rockaway Hunting Club in Lawerence, N.Y. Seventy-two amateurs aged 65 and over (with a Handicap Index not exceeding 10.0) will compete in the 18-hole stroke play competition to determine the top super senior in the Met Area.  

Headlining the field is a powerful group of players off the first tee at 1 p.m. 2012 Champion Bob Howe of Winged Foot, 2013 Champion Marty Winkelman of Glen Head, 2005 MGA Player of the Year Ron Vannelli of Forsgate and three-time MGA Senior Amateur Champion Steve Rose of Fresh Meadow are the fearsome foursome leading the way.

Gerald Garber of Lake Success and Bill Sherry of Dutchess are both returning to the Masters after sharing second place in 2012. Television star and frequent MGA senior competitor Maury Povich of Century will also be competing at Rockaway Hunting.

Other notable players teeing it up include 2000 MGA Senior Amateur winner Ned Steiner of Mountain Ridge, ’04 MGA Senior Am winner 

Douglas Vergith of St. George’s, Donald Hendler of Meadow Brook, Jay Green of Manhattan Woods, and Mark Mulvoy of Apawamis.

Also in the field is the MGA's former tournament director Gene Westmoreland of Winged Foot.

Players are paired in foursomes and will tee off in a shotgun format beginning at 1 p.m. The MGA will utilize scoring stations throughout the golf course, and volunteers will record the scores for each group as they pass through checkpoints.

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