October 7, 2009 — Lowell Schulman has been honored with the USGA Ike Grainger Award in recognition of his more than 25 years of volunteer service to the USGA. The award is named for Isaac B. “Ike” Grainger, a dedicated volunteer and rules official who was president of the MGA from 1943-45 and of the USGA from 1954-55.
First Stage fields are getting finalized with Met Area players represented in many of the different venues.
First Stage Qualifying October 20-23:
Play is now completed at four of the seven sites conducting the first stage of 2009 PGA Tour Qualifying School, and former Met Open champion John Stoltz of Concord, N.Y., and 2004 MGA/MetLife Boys champion Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., were the only two Met Area players to advance to the second stage so far.
The First Stage of 2009 PGA Tour Qualifying School is being played at venues across the country, with several Met Area players looking to advance to the second stage.
First Stage Qualifying October 20-23:
PELHAM, N.Y. (October 1, 2009) – Linda Sokol and Betty Wagner of the Meroke Golf Association (Long Island) beat out a talented field of golfers to win the 25th MGA/MetLife Women’s Net Team Championship at Pelham Country Club in Pelham, N.Y.
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:
Locust Valley, N.Y. (September 30, 2009) – Long Island police officer Dennis Lynch of Nassau Players Club shot an even-par 70, the best round of anyone in the field over two days, to surge to a three-stroke victory in the 3rd MGA Mid-Amateur Championship at the Creek in Locust, Valley, N.Y.
September 29, 2009 – On a cool and breezy autumn day, Irish native and New Jersey resident Niall Handley of High Bridge Hills (N.J.) shot a one-over-par 71 and shares the first-round lead in the 3rd MGA Mid-Amateur Championship with Chuck Del Priore of Wykagyl.