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Interview with Defending Champion Tommy McDonagh

Interview with Defending Champion Tommy McDonagh

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 30, 2009) - Tommy McDonagh of Shorehaven Golf Club in Norwalk, Connecticut, is a two-time Met Amateur champion. McDonagh captured the title in 2006 at Baltusrol Golf Club when he was just 17, becoming the youngest winner in the history of the championship.

Met Amateur Begins August 6 at Hackensack GC

Met Amateur Begins August 6 at Hackensack GC

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 30, 2009) – The Metropolitan Golf Association’s most historic championship returns to Hackensack Golf Club in Oradell, N.J., when a superb field gathers to compete in the 107th Met Amateur.

U.S. Open Volunteers Raise Funds for First Tee of Met N.Y.

U.S. Open Volunteers Raise Funds for First Tee of Met N.Y.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 28, 2009) — The 2009 U.S. Open Championship at Bethpage Black will always be remembered as a week of surprises, rain, and mud, but for a group of volunteers and The First Tee of Metropolitan New York, the week meant so much more.

Local Players Set for U.S. Senior Open

Local Players Set for U.S. Senior Open

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 27, 2009) — The Met Area will be well represented at the 2o09 U.S. Senior Open Championship when play begins on Thursday, July 30 at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind.

Wilson Wins Again to Reach Quarterfinals at U.S. Juniors

Wilson Wins Again to Reach Quarterfinals at U.S. Juniors

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 23, 2009) – After shooting 78 in the second round of stroke play qualifying at the 62nd U.S. Junior Championship at Trump National-Bedminster, former MGA/MetLife Boys championCameron Wilson of Norwalk, Conn., was convinced he’d miss match play altogether. Now, he is in the quarterfinals, one of only eight players remaining in contention for the championship.

Wilson, Liu Advance to Round of 16 at U.S. Junior

Wilson, Liu Advance to Round of 16 at U.S. Junior

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 23, 2009) - Former MGA/MetLife Boys champion Cameron Wilson of Norwalk, Conn., advanced to the Round of 16 today at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Trump National-Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J. Wilson defeated Nicholas Austin of Midlothian, Va, 2 & 1. He will be joined in the Round of 16 by 13-year-old Jim Liu of Smithtown, N.Y., who dispatched Patrick Cantlay of Los Alamitos, Calif., 4 & 2.

Pastore, Wilson Among Locals to Win Matches at U.S. Junior

Pastore, Wilson Among Locals to Win Matches at U.S. Junior

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 22, 2009) - The Met Area contingent at the U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Girls’ Junior Championships at Trump National-Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J., continued their strong play in the first round of match play.

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). Jay from New Jersey asked Gene the following Rules question:

Eighteen Local Players to Tee it Up in U.S. Juniors

Eighteen Local Players to Tee it Up in U.S. Juniors

ELMSFORD N.Y. (July 20, 2009) – Proving once again the depth of junior golf talent in the Met Area, 18 local golfers ages 13-18 are competing in the U.S. Junior and U.S. Girls’ Junior Championships this week on both the Old and New courses at Trump National Golf Club-Bedminster in Bedminster, New Jersey. It is only the third time in the history of the two championships that they have been contested concurrently at the same facility.

Pastore Defeats Dever for Second Met Junior Title

Pastore Defeats Dever for Second Met Junior Title

ROSLYN HARBOR, N.Y. (July 17, 2009)Winning his second Met Junior Championship in four years, David Pastore of Greenwich, Conn., defeated Pierce Dever of Avalon, N.J., 5 & 3, at Engineers Country Club in Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., to capture the 92nd Met Junior Championship sponsored by MetLife. MGA Executive Committee member Doug Vergith (photo, far right) of St.