Elmsford, N.Y.—PGA Tour golfers Billy Andrade and Brad Faxon will receive the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association’s Bing Crosby Tournament Sponsor Award at their 53rd National Awards Dinner on Monday, June 14, 2004 at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook, NY.
Bridgeport, CT- In keeping with its mission to “Grow the Game,” the MGA Foundation’s First Tee Initiative’s Golf-In-Schools Instruction program, cornerstone of the Foundation’s junior golf programs, in conjunction with the Connecticut Golf Foundation, conducted another one-day program at the Columbus Magnet School in South Norwalk, CT on March 25th.
Elmsford, NY- The Metropolitan Golf Association kicked off its annual Spring Education Series with the Annual Public Golf Forum on February 26th at Emerson GC in Oradell, NJ.
ELMSFORD, NY… On the heels of last week’s t-13TH finish at The MasterCard Classic, Deepdale Head Professional Darrell Kestner earned yet another top 20 finish on the Champions Tour, this time at the SBC Classic at the Valencia Country Club in Valencia, CA March 14TH.
Kestner finished with a closing round 67 for a 212 total vaulting him into a tie for 18th with a group that included former U.S. Open champion Tom Kite, who both finished ten shots back of champion Gil Morgan.
HUIXQUILUCAN, Mexico- Deepdale Head Professional Darrell Kestner, who missed conditional status on the Champions Tour by a single stroke after missing a four-foot putt on the 72nd hole of this year’s Qualifying School, earned a little redemption by finishing t-13 at The MasterCard Classic at the Bosque Real CC, in Huixquilucan, Mexico March 7th.
Eastchester, NY- The Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation continued its Spring Education Series with the MGA/Met PGA Rules of Golf Workshop at Lake Isle CC in Eastchester, NY. It is the third in a series of educational forums, providing golf professionals and tournament committee members with the latest USGA rules updates for the 2004 season.
For more than a century, the Metropolitan Golf Association has provided local golfers and fans alike” with an outstanding schedule of highly competitive championships, played on some of the most challenging courses in the country and hosted by some of the region’s most prestigious clubs. The 2004 schedule will continue that tradition in grand style.
Elmsford, NY-Charles L. Robson, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Section of the PGA since 1972, and a member of the Garden City Golf Club, was honored with the Association’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, at the 106th Annual Meeting and Dinner on Wednesday, December 3rd, at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, NY.
ELMSFORD, N.Y.-Jerry Courville, Jr., of Shorehaven Golf Club in East Norwalk, Connecticut, and Andrew Svoboda of Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, NY, were honored as co-winners of the MGA’s Jerry Courville, Sr. Player of the Year Award at the Association’s Annual Meeting on December 3rd at Westchester Country Club. It is only the second time in the 28-year history of the award the MGA has named co-winners.
ELMSFORD, N.Y.-Longtime sportscaster and former WCBS radio sports director Ed Ingles has been elected president of the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association. He succeeds Bruce Smith of Sporty Bear Productions, who served a four-year term.