CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (October 16, 2007) – The inaugural MGA Mid-Amateur Championship is in the books, and there were two winners on yet another brilliant fall day at Hudson National Golf Club.
CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (October 15, 2007) – On a cool, sunny day at Hudson National Golf Club, the inaugural MGA Mid-Amateur Championship got off to an auspicious start. Playing in the first group, Mike Reardon of the Tuxedo Club went out in the first group and set the pace, shooting a two-under 69 to hold a two-stroke lead at the end of the first round. Reardon, 45 was the only player to break par on the 6,835-yard, par-71 layout overlooking the Hudson River.
CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (October 11, 2007) – On the first day of play at the biennial Governor Hugh L. Carey Challenge Cup matches, the team from the Golfing Union of Ireland won two of three points in the morning four-ball session to take an early lead. The MGA team, however, was in the midst of a strong comeback under deteriorating weather conditions in the afternoon foursomes (alternate shot) session. Rain and lightning caused play to be suspended at 4:25 p.m., and foursomes play will resume at 8:00 Friday morning and be followed by the six singles matches.
CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (October 11, 2007) - The inaugural MGA Mid-Amateur Championship, the first new MGA championship in eleven years, will be played on October 15 and 16 at Hudson National Golf Club in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. The 36-hole stroke play competition features a talented field of 90 players aged 35 years and older from across the Met Area who will have to contend with one of the toughest and most renowned courses in the region.
NORTH CALDWELL, N.J. (October 4, 2007) - The Redding Country Club team ofElaine Laux and Monica Riggs fired a 10-under-par net 63 to successfully defend theirMGA/MetLife Women’s Net Team title at Green Brook Country Club. The Otterkill team of Carole Seneca and Han Lee, who finished third in 2006, carded a nine-under net 64 to finish in second place, one stroke better than Jane Cohen and Wanda Taktikos of Salem.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (October 2, 2007) - The 23rd MGA/MetLife Women’s Net Team Championship will be held on Thursday, October 4 at Green Brook Country Club in North Caldwell, N.J. The format for the tournament is 18 holes of net better-ball stroke play, with players competing at 95 percent of their Course Handicap.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (September 24, 2007) - The Metropolitan Golf Association is pleased to announce the members of their six-man amateur team which will compete against a similar team from the Golfing Union of Ireland in the Governor Hugh L. Carey Challenge Cup Matches at Trump National Golf Club - Westchester in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (September 19, 2007) – Wee Burn Country Club’s Jay Riceand Becky Montgelas teamed up to win the MGA Mixed Pinehurst Championship today at Elmwood Country Club in White Plains, New York. Rice and Montgelas carded a three-under-par 68 to win by one stroke over Peter Ganley of Wheatley Hills andLee Ann Lewis of Southward Ho.