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 member Katelyn Ho shared her experience with the program as part of Youth on Course Month.
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 member Eamon Cormican recently shared his experience as part of the program and what he's learned from the game of golf with the MGAF.
Eamon just recently joined the Youth on Course program, completing his first full year as a member a few months ago. He learned about the program through his dad and immediately decided to join because he wanted to practice as much as possible.
WEST ORANGE, NJ (June 24, 2022) -- When you ask most people how they were introduced to the sport of golf, they may mention going to the driving range as a kid, hitting balls in their backyard, or watching Tiger Woods on TV. Another way that many have been introduced is through caddieing. For Ryan Mack, the Director of Outside Operations at Essex County Country Club in West Orange, N.J., that’s exactly how it happened.
This article was originally featured in the June/July edition of The Met Golfer.
Thiells, N.Y. (June 17, 2022) -- If you tell Ian Posillipo he can’t do something, you’re making a mistake. Don’t let Ian’s size fool you, when it comes to competition there is no one fiercer. Ian has achondroplasia, a condition that impairs the growth of bone in the limbs and causes abnormal growth in the spine and skull. Standing at four feet three inches, Ian has been underestimated his whole life, but instead of letting that get him down Ian chooses the alternative route.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (June 15, 2022) -- The MGA Foundation and Jay Mottola Scholarship Committee are thrilled to congratulate Sam Masters, the inaugural Jay Mottola Scholarship recipient, on his graduation from Binghamton University this spring.
The online auction will run through June 10th at 5 p.m. All proceeds will benefit MGA Foundation programming.
Bronxville Caddie Scholar studying commercial aviation at the University of North Dakota.
The summer internship program will be modeled after the Foundation's cornerstone initiative, GOLFWORKS.
The MGA's Green Chairman Seminar was back in person at Garden City Country Club to kickoff the 2022 Education Series
SANDS POINT, N.Y. (March 11, 2022) -- This past summer, the MGA Foundation's cornerstone program, GOLFWORKS, returned to Met Area clubs. In total, 147 GOLFWORKS interns worked at 39 clubs during the summer months, gaining valuable work, golf, and life experiences. In addition to the 147 interns participating in MGA programming, 18 former interns were hired directly by clubs, showcasing the relationships forged between intern and club during the GOLFWORKS program.