2003

RIDGEFIELD, CT.-Mahopac’s team of Lisa Delzio and Terri Lyons proved to be a complementary match as they teamed up to shoot a 10-under par 63 and capture the 19th MGA/MetLife Women's Net Team Championship by three strokes at the Silver Spring Country Club, in Rifgefield, CT.

The Metropolitan Golf Association has announced the members of their eight-man amateur team which will compete against a similar team from the Golfing Union of Ireland in the 5th Governor Hugh L. Carey Challenge Cup Matches at the Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, NY on October  7-8.  The Carey Cup Matches are named for former New York State Governor Hugh L.

ELMSFORD, N.Y.-Jerry Courville Jr. of Milford, CT fired a three round total of one-under par 209 (70 – 71 – 68), to finish t-4th and lead his Connecticut team to a 6th place finish in the 5th USGA Men’s State Team Championship at Charles River Country Club in Newton Centre, Mass.  Courville was joined by teammates Jeff Hedden of Quaker Hill and Justin Goodhue of Glastonbury.  The best two rounds out of the three were counted for each of the three days giving the Connecticut team a total of four-over par 424 (136 – 141 – 144).

Far Hills, N.J. – George Zahringer, 50, of New York, N.Y., earned one of the final two spots on the 10-man United States of America team for the Walker Cup Match that was played at Ganton Golf Club in North Yorkshire, England, Sept. 6-7, against a team representing Great Britain and Ireland.

WAYNE, N.J.-On a windy day in Wayne, New Jersey, fifty year old Darrell Kestner of Deepdale fired a final round even par 71 for a 36-hole total of four-under par 138 (67-71) to capture the 7th MGA/Canon Senior Open Championship at Preakness Hills Country Club in Wayne, NJ by an impressive four strokes over Bobby Heins of Old Oaks CC, in Purchase, NY.

WAYNE, N.J.-Fifty-two year old Bobby Heins of Old Oaks fired an opening round five-under par 66 (34-32) to take a one-shot lead into tomorrow's final round of the 7th MGA/Canon Senior Open Championship at Preakness Hills Country Club in Wayne, NJ. Heins, the 2001 and 2002 Met PGA Senior Player of the Year, began his round on Preakness Hills’ converted par-four 1st with his only bogey for the day.  The two-time Met Open champion came back with six birdies on the round.

BRISTOL, VA.-Dr. Robert McIntyre of Westfield, NJ playing out of Plainfield advanced to the third round of Match Play at the 149th U.S. Senior Amateur Championship at The Virginian Golf Club, in Bristol, VA.

McIntyre fired rounds of 72 and 78 for a two-round total of 150 to earn the 58th qualifying spot, and then went on to beat 7th seed Spencer Sappington of Alpharetta, GA, 2 & 1.  In the second round McIntyre defeated Russ Berkoben of Perrysburg, OH, 1 up.  In this afternoon’s round of 32 McIntyre faces Charles Roy Smethurst from England.