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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

ROSLYN HARBOR, N.Y. (July 17, 2009) – On the final day of play at the 92nd Met Junior Championship sponsored by MetLife, the two morning semifinal matches produced plenty of drama as they came down to the wire.