ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 24, 2009) – The First Tee of Metropolitan New York defeated the First Tee of Massachusetts by a score of 1,282 to 1,155.5 on August 24 to win the Barclays Tri-Match at Plainfield Country Club in Edison, N.J. The First Tee of Ireland finished third with a score of 871.5.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 24, 2009) — A group of about 85 students representing The Fist Tee of Metropolitan New York, the Pioneer Junior Golf Tour and Total Golf Adventures participated in an MGA/MetLife Junior Clinic on Monday, August 24 at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 21, 2009) — Ryan Porter, who is involved with The First Tee of Nassau County at Eisenhower Park and is a four-year GOLFWORKS intern, helped deliver more than 400 golf clubs and 1,000 golf balls to the U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The golf equipment will be deployed to U.S.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 18, 2009) – The 94th Met Open Championship sponsored by MetLife begins on Tuesday, August 25 and runs through Thursday, Augus

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). Cliff from Long Island asked Gene the following Rules question:

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 18, 2009) – The 94th Met Open Championship sponsored by MetLife begins on Tuesday, August 25 and runs through Thursday, August 27 at the beautiful Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 18, 2009) — The top young golfers from The First Tee chapters of Metropolitan New York, Massachusetts and Ireland will compete in The Barclays Tri-Match at Plainfield Country Club in Edison, N.J., from August 21-24. The Barclays Tri-Match was launched in 2007 by Barclays PLC, the PGA Tour and The First Tee of Metropolitan New York in order to give participants in The First Tee program the opportunity to compete and meet their peers from other chapters.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 18, 2009) – Never before in the recent history of MGA competition have so many prominent local players qualified for the most prestigious national championship in amateur golf. Thirteen Met Area amateurs, including nine champions of MGA events over the last five years, are in the field for the 109th U.S.

GREENWICH, CONN. (August 17, 2009) – The father and son team of Jerry and Vincent Martino of Montclair Golf Club in West Orange, N.J., fired a three-under-par round of 68 to win the 59th MGA Father & Son Championship at Tamarack Country Club.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 14, 2009) – Father and son golfers take center stage next week as the 59th MGA Father & Son Championship and the 20th MGA Father & Son Net Tournament are held on consecutive days at two outstanding Met Area courses: the championship on Monday, August 17 at Tamarack Country Club in Greenwich, Conn., and the net tournament on Tuesday, August 18 at Glen Ridge Country Club in Glen Ridge, N.J.