December 15, 2010 – Looking for a stocking stuffer to give that golfer in your family? Try theater tickets. In a revival of the original production from 2003, Golf: The Musical is currently playing off-Broadway through January 16, 2011. Below is a review of the show by George Kirsch, professor of history at Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y., and the author of Golf in America (University of Illinois Press, 2008).
With another year of Q-School in the books, 29 golfers have punched their ticket to the PGA Tour for the 2011 season. By finishing in the top 25 and ties, these men will join the like of Graeme McDowell, Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods. Four Met Area natives played in the final stage, which was held December 1-6 at the Orange County National Golf Center in Winter Garden, Fla. Although none of the four finished in the top 25, three of them will have PGA Tour status next season. Final scores.
ELSMFORD, N.Y. (December 2, 2010) – Fomer MGA President Paul R. Dillon and Joe Saladino of Huntington Country Club were honored at the Metropolitan Golf Association Annual Meeting and Dinner on Wednesday, December 1, at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, N.Y. Dillon received the 2010 MGA Distinguished Service Award, the Association’s highest honor, and Saladino received the 2010 MGA Jerry Courville Sr. Player of the Year Award.
FAIRFIELD, CONN. (December 2, 2010) – This past spring, Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield, Conn., hosted a Day of Gratitude to honor local veterans. The chairman of the club’s Veterans Day Committee, Randy Goldrick, is encouraging other MGA member clubs to follow this example as a way to give back to veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The following is a letter Mr. Goldrick sent to the MGA:
HARRISON, N.Y. (December 2, 2010) – Gene M. Bernstein of Sebonack Golf Club was elected to a one-year term as president of the Metropolitan Golf Association at the Association’s 113th Annual Meeting on Wednesday, December 1 at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, N.Y. Bernstein is the MGA’s 59th president and will head a 22-member Executive Committee and serve as chairman of the Association’s charitable Foundation.
December 2, 2010– Met Area golf fans looking to attend The Barclays in 2011 might want to consider adding tickets to their holiday gift list. Tournament officials announced a limited-time offer that includes tickets, a divot repair tool and complimentary grounds access for youth age 18 and younger.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (November 23, 2010) — The 2010 Met Area golf season is just about over and the October 27 handicap revision was the last official “active-season” revision for the year. It is important to know that scores made in the Met Area after October 26 should not be posted and will not be accepted for handicap purposes. MGA handicapping is now in its inactive season until March 31, 2011. The first day for posting scores for 2011 will be April 1.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (November 15, 2010)- The Metropolitan Golf Association is pleased to announce the addition of the inaugural MGA Masters Tournament to the 2011 schedule, which will take place on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at the Country Club of Fairfield in Fairfield, Conn. The 18-hole stroke play competition is the first new MGA championship in four years and will feature 96 players aged 65 years and older from across the Met Area who will compete on one of the most renowned courses in the section.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (November 14, 2010) – Two years after winning his first PGA Tour event, former Met Area resident Johnson Wagner showed plenty of fight in his effort to keep his PGA Tour card at the season-ending Children’s Miracle Network Classic at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. The five-time MGA major champion tied for third in the tournament, shooting a final-round 67, and tied for third.