December

USGA ADOPTS CHANGES IN HANDICAP

SYSTEM PROCEDURES FOR 2008

FAR HILLS, N.J. (December 20, 2007) - The United States Golf Association has announced three major modifications to the USGA Handicap System™, effective January 1, 2008. The most significant revision clarifies the definition of “peer review” to specify the information that must be provided in connection with a scoring record. As a result of these changes, peer review will become more sensitive to privacy-related concerns.

FAR HILLS, N.J. (December 20, 2007) - The United States Golf Association has announced three major modifications to the USGA Handicap System™, effective January 1, 2008. The most significant revision clarifies the definition of “peer review” to specify the information that must be provided in connection with a scoring record. As a result of these changes, peer review will become more sensitive to privacy-related concerns.

Rules Of Golf Changes For

2008 Set By USGA And R&A

FAR HILLS, N.J. (December 18, 2007) - The United States Golf Association and the R&A Rules Limited have announced the Rules of Golf changes for 2008. The changes have been under consideration for several years and are among the amendments to the Rules of Golf agreed upon by the USGA and the R&A that will be in effect starting January 1, 2008.

FAR HILLS, N.J. (December 18, 2007) - The United States Golf Association and the R&A Rules Limited have announced the Rules of Golf changes for 2008. The changes have been under consideration for several years and are among the amendments to the Rules of Golf agreed upon by the USGA and the R&A that will be in effect starting January 1, 2008.
 

Bayonne, Friar’s Head Headline

2008 MGA Championship Schedule

Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pa., will host the world’s greatest women golfers July 6 -12, 2009. This will mark the first time a USGA women’s championship will be held in the Lehigh Valley. The 2009 U. S. Women’s Open has already generated a tremendous amount of excitement around the area and now is the time you can guarantee your attendance at this special event.

Tickets are on Sale Now!

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (December 14, 2007) - For more than a century, the Metropolitan Golf Association has provided local golfers and fans alike with an outstanding schedule of highly competitive championships, regularly played at some of the region’s most prestigious clubs. The 2008 schedule will continue that tradition in grand style, including events at two of the most talked-about new clubs in the Met Area, Friar’s Head on Long Island and Bayonne Golf Club in New Jersey.

RYE, N.Y. (December 6, 2007) – The Metropolitan Golf Association elected its slate of 2008 officers at the Association’s 110th Annual Meeting, held on Wednesday, December 5 at Westchester Country Club. Leslie A. Schupak of Metropolis Country Club was elected to a second one-year term as President of the MGA. Mr. Schupak served as the Association’s 58th President in 2007. Mr. Schupak will head a 22-member Executive Committee as well as serve as Chairman of the Association’s charitable Foundation.