ELMSFORD, NY….MGA Tournament Director/Assistant Executive Director Gene Westmoreland was elected president of the International Association of Golf Administrators (IAGA) for 2002 during the 35th IAGA Annual Meeting held November 11-14, 2001 in Scottsdale, Arizona. He becomes the first person in IAGA history to hold the position of president while maintaining associate membership status.
ELMSFORD, N.Y.--The Metropolitan Golf Association is proud to announce that Gerald T. “Jerry” Mahoney, the former Director of Golf Programs for the MGA and a member of the Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, NY, will be honored with the Association’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, at the 104th Annual Meeting and Dinner on Wednesday, December 5th, at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, NY.
Enterprise Group of Funds will award two $2,500 college scholarships to qualified high school students in the greater metropolitan New York area. There will be one award to a male and one to a female.
The Metropolitan Golf Association has announced the members of their eight-man amateur team which will compete in the 4th Governor Hugh L. Carey Cup Matches on the old course at the Portmarnock Golf Club in Portmarnock, Ireland (just north of Dublin) on May 7-9.
The competition will consist of Four-ball, Foursome and Singles matches on May 8th and 9th, preceded by an “Am-Am” tournament on May 7th.
Course to be the home of the "First Tee of Metropolitan New York"
ELMSFORD, N.Y.--On Friday, September 28, 2001, the license to operate Mosholu Golf Course and Driving Range in Bronx, NY, was obtained by the First Tee of Metropolitan New York ("FTMNY").
Greenwich, CT.--If there was ever a question on whether George Zahringer would ever make a competitive return to the amateur golf circuit he dominated in the 1980’s and early ‘90’s, he silenced all his critics yesterday by firing an impressive final round 5-under par 67 to capture his third Ike MGA/MetLife Stroke Play Championship yesterday at the spectacular Fairview Country Club in Greenwich, CT.
West Orange, N.J.--Former Champion Michael McBride and son Michael Jr. of Arcola CC teamed up and shot a 3-under par 68 to capture the 51st MGA Father & Son (Gross) Championship today at Essex County Country Club in West Orange, NJ. McBride’s first Father and Son title was in 1970 with his father Joseph, the 1949 Met Amateur Champion, who had also claimed 3 other Father and Son titles in ’64, ’65, and ’66 with son, Terry.
April 29, 2001--The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association held its 8th Annual Scholar/Athlete Luncheon at Pines Manor in Edison, NJ in which representatives from 322 schools received continuing education scholarships. The Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation contributes two $250.00 scholarships to one male and one female each year as part of the scholar athlete program. The recipients for this year’s MGA Foundation scholarship were Deborah Komorowski of Bogota High School, and Aditya Dighe of Woodbridge High School. To honor and recognize o