2013

HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (September 10, 2013) – Two former St. John’s University golfers Pat Wilson and Ellen Oswald teamed up today to win the 50^th MGA/WMGA Mixed Pinehurst Championship Presented by The Landings at The Saint Andrew’s Golf Club. Panther Valley’s Wilson, the 2013 Met Amateur champion, and Westchester’s Oswald, the 2013 WMGA Match Play and Stroke Play champion, shot a 5-under 66 to win the championship by one stroke.

By Charles Haas, MGA Foundation Intern

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (October 3, 2013) - With only two tournaments left that have MGA Player of the Year points on the line, it's looking like a two-man race to decide this year's Jerry Courville Sr. Award winner. It's also one of the closest races in recent years. 

SCARSDALE, N.Y. (August 27, 2013) – Craig Thomas of Metropolis was able to erase a four shot deficit and survive a sudden death playoff against Mark Mielke of Mill River to capture the 2013 MGA Senior Open Championship and $5,000 first place prize at Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale, N.Y.

SCARSDALE, N.Y. (August 26, 2013) – Tranquil weather and flawless course conditions at Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale, N.Y., offered ideal scoring opportunities for the first round of the 17^th MGA Senior Open.

SCARSDALE, N.Y. (August 26, 2013) – Tranquil weather and beautiful course conditions at Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale, N.Y., offered up ideal scoring opportunities for the first wave of players in the 17th MGA Senior Open.

Fourteen of out the 54 players who teed it up in the morning were able to shoot under par, led by two-time Met Open champion (’92 and ’08) Mark Mielke of Mill River, who fired a bogey-free 6-under 65. His fantastic front-nine 31 included three birdies and an eagle on the par-5 7^th.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 23, 2013) - The 17^th MGA Senior Open heads to Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale, N.Y., on August 26 & 27 and features a field of 113 talented amateur and professional players 50 years of age and over, competing for one of the Met Area’s top senior titles and a $25,000 purse.