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Elmsford, N.Y.- The Metropolitan Golf Association held its annual number of Caddie Academies at a number of Met Area golf clubs. More than 700 new caddies were trained by the experienced staff if the MGA.

Seminars were held in New Jersey at Hackensack CC in Oradell, Raritan Valley CC in Bridgewater and at Rock Spring CC in West Orange.

In Long Island, seminars were held at Nassau CC in Glen Cove and at Hempstead CC in Hempstead.

AUGUSTA, Ga.- Nine-time MGA Player of the Year George Zahringer III fell short in his quest to make the cut at the 2003 Masters at Augusta National. The 49-year old Zahringer still made Masters history by becoming the oldest rookie to qualify for the Tournament.

Zahringer earned his invitation to Augusta by virtue of his win at The 2002 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at his home course, The Stanwich Club, in Greenwich, CT last year.

AUGUSTA, Ga.-George Zahringer III walked up to the first tee at Augusta National determined to live out a lifelong dream of playing at The Masters. At a rain-soaked Augusta National, where the field played 36 holes on Friday for the first time in 64 years, Zahringer struggled and posted a 10-over-par 82 over his first 18. He hopes to rebound in the afternoon.

ELMSFORD, N.Y.-Nine time MGA Player of the Year, George Zahringer III is set to compete in the 2003 Masters at Augusta National starting on Thursday, April 10th.  Zahringer is one of only four amateurs invited to compete this year and earned the coveted spot by virtue of his historic win at the U.S. Mid Amateur Championship at the Stanwich Club in 2002.  The victory came after an all- Met -Area final in which George defeated ’95 champion Jerry Courville Jr. of Shorehaven GC, to become, at age 49, the oldest U.S.

April 29, 2001--The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association held its 8^th Annual Scholar/Athlete Luncheon at Pines Manor in Edison, NJ in which representatives from 322 schools received continuing education scholarships.  The Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation contributes two $250.00 scholarships to one male and one female each year as part of the scholar athlete program.  The recipients for this year’s MGA Foundation scholarship were Deborah Komorowski of Bogota High School, and Aditya Dighe of Woodbridge High School.  To honor and recognize o

April 2, 2001-- The Metropolitan Golf Association received the Metropolitan PGA’s highest honor, the Sam Snead Award, at the 39th Annual Met PGA Educational Forum at the Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford, NY.