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ELMSFORD, N.Y. (February 19, 2015) - As the PGA TOUR finishes up its California swing this week at Riviera Country Club, some Met Area locals will be teeing it up before the TOUR heads to Florida. The first round begins today and in the field this week is Cameron Wilson of Rowayton, Conn. The 2009 MGA Player of the Year earned his way onto the Web.com Tour in December, but played last week and now this week on the PGA TOUR thanks to sponsor's exemptions.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (February 9, 2015) - The winner of the Champions Tour Qualifying School Tournament Frank Esposito of Florham Park, N.J., began his new career this week in Florida. Esposito competed in the Allianz Championship, the second Champions Tour event of the year, this past week at The Old Course at Broken Sound in Boca Raton, Fla. While Esposito didn't play his best, he got his first tournament under his belt, and finished in style with a final round 1-under 71. 

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (January 29, 2015) - Although there is snow on the ground now, spring is around the corner and the MGA is ready to get you prepared for the upcoming golf season with a series of educational seminars and forums.

(pictured on homepage) In 1987 at Winged Foot, David Glenz accepting his check for his low pro performance after coming in second to amateur Jim McGovern.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (January 27, 2015) - 2013 Champion Kevin Foley of Somerville, N.J. returns to the Panama Claro Championship for the beginning of the Web.com Tour season this week. Joining him is five time MGA Champion Cameron Wilson of Rowayton, Conn., who will be playing in the third Web.com event of his career. 

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (January 26, 2015) - After a spectacular last few seasons, most notably this past year's, Frank Esposito's outstanding play has all been leading up to the Allianz Championship. Esposito begins a new career on the Champions Tour after earning a full exemption just a few months ago thanks to an incredible nine day stretch of golf. It began at the Senior PGA Professional National Championship in Port St. Lucie, Fla., where Esposito blitzed the field and claimed a four stroke victory. The 51-year-old had only just begun.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (January 15, 2015) - We say it every year, "This will be the MGA's best season yet," and usually, it is. But what's coming in 2015 truly will be one of the most special MGA seasons in recent memory. Highlighting the summer season will be the premier event, the Met Open Championship, the country's third oldest open championship behind only the U.S.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (January 8, 2014) - Since 1966 Golf Digest has been ranking America's Top 100 courses and one thing has always been a constant, the gems of the Met Area take up quite a bit of space on each year's list. 2015-2016's edition was no different, the top 10 alone featured five courses in the New York/New Jersey area. Below are the MGA member clubs that made the list and where they ranked.

#4 - Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y.

#8 - National Golf Links of America, Southampton, N.Y.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (December 16, 2014) - 2009 MGA Player of the Year Cameron Wilson of Shorehaven battled the difficult Fazio and Champion courses at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. for six straight days and it all paid off in the end. The two-time Ike Champion finished at 9-under par after 108 holes of play in the Web.com Tour Q-School Finals, earning him a tie for 28th finish. That finish slotted him in the 11-45th range, which gets those players eight exemptions in the 2015 Web.com Tour season.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (December 15, 2014) - Five grueling rounds have been completed at the Web.com Tour Q-School Finals at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. and two of the locals are in search of one more solid final round to launch them up the leaderboard. Cameron Wilson of Shorehaven sits at 10-under, which puts him tied for 18th with five other players. Wilson, who fired a 2-under 70 today on the Fazio Course, is three shots back of a top 10 finish, which earns players exemptions into 12 events on the 2015 Web.com Tour.