ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 2, 2016) – The spectacular Country Club of Fairfield in Fairfield, Conn., is set to host the MGA’s oldest championship, August 4-7, as an incredibly deep field of Met Area talent has sights on claiming the 114th Met Amateur Championship title. The Met Am’s longevity is rivaled only by the U.S.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 1, 2016) – The 14th Carter Cup is set to take place on Wednesday, August 3, as the Met Area’s top junior golfers will face both the East Course and West Course at famed Winged Foot Golf Club.
ROSLYN, N.Y. (September 1, 2015) – Mark Mielke turned in the only even-par score in Tuesday’s final round of the 19th MGA Senior Open at the Engineers Country Club, as he tallied a 2-under 140 tournament total for a two-shot victory. Mielke, the only player to finish the 36-hole event under-par, now owns four career MGA titles, adding to his 1987 Public Links and 1992 and 2008 Met Open titles.
ROSLYN, N.Y. (August 31, 2015) – Tuesday’s final round of the 19th MGA Senior Open will feature a packed leaderboard after 12 players shot rounds of even-par or better at the Engineers Country Club on Monday. Greg Baker of Rockaway River, David Young of Sleepy Hollow and reigning champion and amateur Adam Kugler of Alpine set the opening round pace, all carding 3-under 68s.
ROSLYN HARBOR, N.Y. (August 31, 2015) – Humid, calm conditions have led to several under-par scores early in the 19th MGA Senior Open at Engineers Country Club, with reigning champion and amateur Adam Kugler of Alpine among the championship’s early leaders.
Kugler and Greg Baker of Rockaway River each carded 3-under 68s Monday morning to stand atop the early leaderboard. The 122-man field continues single-tee start times until 2:46 p.m.
Mamaroneck, N.Y. (August 25, 2015)– Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y., site of this year's 100th Met Open, hosted a group of approximately 45 enthusiastic junior golfers from The First Tee of Metropolitan New York on Monday, August 24, for the final installment of this year’s MGA/MetLife Youth Clinics. The clinic was held in conjunction with the Caddie Scholarship Pro-Am at the 100th Met Open Championship.
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (August 27, 2015) – The historic 100th Met Open did not disappoint, as Deepdale assistant professional Ben Polland claimed the Walker L. Trammell trophy in a playoff on Winged Foot’s East Course, defeating 2011 champion Tyler Hall of Montclair in a three-hole aggregate playoff after both finished the 54-hole championship at even-par 210.
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (August 26, 2015) – A past champion and an amateur remain as the only two competitors under-par at the 100th Met Open following two rounds of play on Winged Foot’s East Course.
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (August 26, 2015) – Scoring proved to be a challenge during Wednesday morning’s second round of the 100th Met Open, as no competitor recorded a sub-par score on Winged Foot’s East Course. Ben Polland of Deepdale and amateur Cameron Young of Sleepy Hollow posted the morning’s best scores at even-par 70.
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (August 25, 2015) – Multiple past champions recorded sub-par scores in the first round of the 100th Met Open at Winged Foot’s East Course, but a pair of amateurs stand atop the leaderboard at day’s end. Ryan Snouffer of Essex County owns the lead following a 5-under 65, while 17-year old Dawson Jones, an MGA eClub – New Jersey member, recorded a 3-under 67.