Sullivan County Golf Club has been announced as the lastest course to partner with Youth on Course. 

The MGA Foundation is proud to share that the first two recipients of the Jay Mottola Scholarship, Eikoh Hayashi ('22 recipient) & Sam Masters ('20 recipient), have graduated from college. The young men shared post-college updates with the MGAF. 

Friar’s Head hosted the 2023 Met Amateur and has been a supporter and benefactor of the MGA Foundation's GOLFWORKS program since 2012.

Pictured from left to right: Jeyden Vizcaino, Jack Torchia, and Jensen Vizcaino. 

ELMSFORD, NY (September 12, 2023) - The bond that siblings share is unique. Working with your siblings enhances that bond with the shared experiences of sharing a workplace. At Mountain Ridge Country Club, brothers Jensen and Jeyden Vizcaino have shared those experiences through the GOLFWORKS program over the years.

Centennial has been part of the GOLFWORKS program since 2011 and has helped interns gain valuable work and life expereicnes. 

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (February 17, 2023) -- For almost 15 years, Lake Isle Country Club has been a consistent supporter of the MGA Foundation’s GOLFWORKS program. Thanks to the Kevin Chin Golf Academy, which is run out of Lake Isle, interns at the club get real life experience working as instructors during the summer months. This season, Sal Conte completed his first season as a GOLFWORKS intern, after previously attending the summer camps in years past.

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ELMSFORD, N.Y. (February 10, 2023) – Despite working this summer at Sleepy Hollow Country Club in an industry and area she had never explored, Maryna Yankovska was not out of her comfort zone. The senior in college has had more international experience than many people get in their lives. Yankovska, who was born and raised in central Ukraine, has had what you could call a global education.

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ELMSFORD, N.Y. (February 3, 2023) -- As part of the continued mission to grow the game of golf, the MGA Foundation is celebrating the opportunities provided for juniors with a Youth on Course Membership. YOC members played over 3,500 rounds this season in the Metropolitan Area, almost 600 more than last year. As the YOC program grows both nationally and, in the Met Area, so to do the stories of how golf has helped shape young lives.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (January 20, 2023) – For many years now, the MGA and First Tee of Metropolitan New York have partnered through the GOLFWORKS program to help offer young men and women employment at the First Tee. Commonly, golfers who started as participants in the First Tee program will then come back to assist as counselors and coaches once they have progressed through the program. Emily Bui, who is 15 years old, completed her first year as an instructor for the First Tee site at Mosholu.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (Jan. 13, 2023) –  One of the main goals for the MGA Foundation’s GOLFWORKS program is to expose young men and women to lifelong lessons through the sport of golf. Many who participate in the program express how much an internship has helped them grow. Ben Cruz, a second-year intern at Bonnie Briar Country Club, shared that his experience in the GOLFWORKS program has helped him shape his future.