Far Hills, N.J. – Eight of the 10 members of the United States team for the Walker Cup Match, including recent U.S. Open qualifiers Bill Haas of Greer, S.C., and Trip Kuehne of Dallas, Texas, have been named by the United States Golf Association. The 2003 Walker Cup Match will be played at Ganton Golf Club in North Yorkshire, England, from Sept. 6-7, against a 10-member team representing Great Britain and Ireland.
Springfield, N.J.-Brendan Tracy of New York City captured the inaugural MGA “Carter Cup” Junior Stroke Play Invitational Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club with a birdie four on the first hole of a sudden death playoff with Marc Issler of Tom’s River, NJ. The two tied at 109 after a rain shortened tournament played over the Upper and Lower courses of one of the country’s most storied clubs.
ELMSFORD, N.Y.-Four top Met Area junior golfers, including the son of former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, have been selected to represent the MGA on the 2003 Williamson Cup Team which will travel to Montreal, Canada on August 11-12, for the 40th playing the Williamson Cup Inter-City Matches at Royal Montreal Golf Club.
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Michael Stamberger def. Michael Quagliano, 1 up
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Stamberger def. Brad Tilley, 4 and 3
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He was nearly twice as old as his opponent, but thirty one year old Mike Stamberger of Plainfield CC outlasted 16-year-old Michel Quagliano, the reigning MGA Junior and Boys Champion from Knollwood CC, winning the 101st edition of the Met Amateur on the 37th hole of the final match at Somerset Hills Country Club. Stamberger, a Sales Trader at Jeffries & Co. in NYC, won with a routine par on the first extra hole, after Quagliano missed a par putt from four feet and three putted the hole.
Bernardsville, N.J.-2003 MGA/MetLife Junior and 2002 MGA/MetLife Boys Champion Michael Quagliano of Knollwood will face 2003 NYC Amateur Champion Michael Stamberger of Plainfield in the 101st Met Amateur Championship 36-hole final match tomorrow at the Somerset Hills Country Club in Bernardsville, NJ. Sixteen-year-old Quagliano will attempt to become the youngest Met Amateur Champion in history and the only player ever to win the Junior and Amateur Championships in the same year.
Bernardsville, N.J.-After two grueling days of championship golf at Somerset Hills Country Club, only four players remain in search of the 101st Met Amateur Championship title. Youth will face experience in the semifinals, as 20-year old 2003 MGA/Canon Ike Champion, Brad Tilley, of Sleepy Hollow, will compete against 31-year-old Mike Stamberger of Plainfield, and 16-year-old 2003 MGA Junior Champion Michael Quagliano, of Knollwood, will face 51-year-old Allan Small of Fairmount CC, in Chatham, NJ.
Bernardsville, N.J.-John Stoltz of Concord fired consecutive sub-par rounds of 69 and 68 for a 36-hole total of 137 to capture the on-site stroke play medalist honors at today's 101st Met Amateur Championship at Somerset Hills Country Club in Bernardsville, NJ. Stoltz, a 19-year-old sophomore-to-be at St.
Fairfield, Conn. – Sukjin-Lee Wuesthoff came back from a five-hole deficit to defeat defending champion In-Bee Park, 1 up, and capture the 55th U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. Wuesthoff, 16, of Toms River, N.J., rallied after bogeys on three of the first four holes to post 12 consecutive pars and draw even with Park, 15, of Eustis, Fla., with two holes to play. She then took the lead for good with a decisive birdie at the 17th hole, before closing out Park with a par at 18 at the 6,303 yard, par-71 Brooklawn Country Club.