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Miller Wins Golfweek Jr. Invitational

Miller Wins Golfweek Jr. Invitational

November 9, 2009 – Mike Miller of Brewster, N.Y., won the Golfweek Jr. Invitational held November 7th and 8th at the Reunion Resort in Orlando, Fla. Miller fired rounds of 73-69 for a 142 total to win by five strokes over the nearest competitor.

Giuliani Advances to Week Five of Big Break

Giuliani Advances to Week Five of Big Break

ORLANDO, Fla. (November 4, 2009) – Andrew Giuliani continues to perform well at The Big Break: Disney. Giuliani advanced through the fourth week of the competition and is one of the eight remaining contestants on the show.

Cameron Wilson Wins MGA Player of the Year Honors

Cameron Wilson Wins MGA Player of the Year Honors

October 29, 2009 – Cameron Wilson of Shorehaven Golf Club in Norwalk, Conn., capped off the best season of his young career by winning the 2009 MGA Jerry Courville Sr. Player of the Award. The high school senior, who turns 17 on November 2, accumulated 880 points for the season to edge out 2009 Ike Champion Mike Ballo Jr. and become the youngest MGA Player of the Year ever.

Q-School Watch: Five Met Area Pros Advance

Other Met Area Players of the Year

Other Met Area Players of the Year

October 28, 2009 - Twelve players from the amateur and professional ranks were honored as several Met Area golf associations announced their players of the year. Starting off in New Jersey, the NJSGA award was shared by 2007 MGA Senior Amateur champion Jay Blumenfeld of Mountain Ridge and Mike Deo of High Bridge Hills.

Fay to Receive MGA Distinguished Service Award

Fay to Receive MGA Distinguished Service Award

October 29, 2009 – The Metropolitan Golf Association is pleased to announce that David B. Fay, executive director of the United States Golf Association, will receive the 2009 MGA Distinguished Service Award. Recognized throughout the world as one of the foremost authorities on golf, Fay has been with the USGA since 1978 and executive director for 20 years.

Wilson, Bernstein Among AJGA Rolex All-Americans

Wilson, Bernstein Among AJGA Rolex All-Americans

October 28, 2009 - Reigning Met Amateur and Carter Cup champion Cameron Wilson of Shorehaven and Sam Bernstein of Century, who was low amateur at the 2009 Met Open, were among nine Met Area junior golfers named to the 2009 Rolex Junior All-American teams by the American Junior Golf Association.

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Posting Scores Out-of-Season

Posting Scores Out-of-Season

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (October 27, 2009) - 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 well in the winter months tend to believe that their scores should not be posted for handicap purposes. Sometimes they even point to the fact that they have forgotten some of the important details about their score – like the actual score – to justify not posting.

Inside the Rules

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: