2012

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (September 14, 2012) – The Metropolitan Golf Association is set to unveil its newest championship since the Mid-Amateur began in 2007, when 84 amateurs aged 65 and over visit the exceptional Country Club of Fairfield on Thursday, September 20 to compete in the first-ever MGA Masters Tournament.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (Sept. 21, 2012) - Casey Calmi of Douglaston, N.Y., Michael Furci of Sayville, N.Y., and Matt Dubrowski of Bergenfield, N.J., all finished inside the top 39 to make it through the Pre-Qualifying Stage of Q-School at Bear Lakes Country Club (Links) in West Palm Beach, Fla.

UPDATED: 12:45 p.m., September 12

Matt Mattare's tremendous run at the U.S. Mid-Amateur came to an end in the quarterfinals when he ran into Garrett Rank of Canada, who defeated the Met Amateur runner-up 3 and 2. Rank's stellar round included four birdies and two bogeys. Mattare fought hard to make it a match, winning holes 11 and 12 to square up the match, but proceeded to lose holes 14, 15, and 16.

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By: John Manos