The biggest Met Area story at this year’s Open was 22-year-old Chris DeForest of Cottekill, N.Y., and Rondout Country Club. DeForest is a recent graduate of the University of Illinois and won the 2006 Carter Cup at Baltustrol. He advanced through the gauntlet of local and sectional qualifying and this was his first Open appearance, as well as his inaugural tournament as a professional.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (May 31, 2011) – Over 100 supporters of the MGA Foundation attended the 2011 MGA Foundation Day of Golf on Thursday, May 26, at The Stanwich Club in Greenwich, Conn. This was the 17th year of the event, which has become a very special day on the MGA calendar. With more than $80,000 raised in support of the MGA Foundation’s GOLFWORKS Student Intern program, the day was a tremendous success.

Elmsford, N.Y.(June 15, 2011) – Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., one of the founding clubs of the MGA, has been chosen by the United States Golf Association as the site of the 2018 U.S. Open Championship. The dates of the championship are June 14-17, 2018.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (June 16, 2011)–The MGA places the utmost importance on communicating effectively with Met Area clubs and golfers, and the association is pleased to unveil a newly designed website that significantly upgrades its digital presence. The result of more than a year of planning, the redesigned mgagolf.org marks an exciting new chapter in the MGA’s digital communications.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (June 14, 2011)–The deepest field in Met Area amateur golf assembles at one of the country’s most prestigious clubs when the 56th Ike Championship presented by Canon Business Solutions comes to Somerset Hills Country Club in Bernardsville, N.J., on June 27 and 28. In hosting the Ike, the MGA’s 54-hole stroke play championship, Somerset Hills will now have hosted two of the MGA’s major championships, the other being the Met Amateur in both 1982 and 2003.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (June 13, 2011) – Faith Garcia of Stamford, Conn., has been selected to attend The First Tee’s 2011 Life Skills and Leadership Academy held at Arizona State University on August 3-9. She will join 96 First Tee participants representing 83 chapters from across the country at this special conference. Garcia, 15, is a sixth-year participant at The First Tee of Metropolitan New York’s Fairchild Wheeler site in Bridgeport, Conn., and will be entering her sophomore year at Trinity Catholic High School in September.