July

DENVILLE, N.J. (July 16, 2008) – Day two of the 91st Met Junior Championship, sponsored by MetLife, is in the books and the stage is set for a fantastic final day of competition tomorrow at Rockaway River Country Club in Denville, N.J. Today’s round of 16 and quarterfinal matches saw only one major upset, last year’s runner-up Max Bischel of Cranbury, N.J., falling to Dillon Corbo of Montville, N.J. in a quarterfinal match that took 20 holes to be decided.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 15, 2008) – The 11th WMGA/MGA Women’s Public Links championship will be held this coming Thursday, July 17, on the Red Course at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, N.Y. This championship annually draws a talented field of golfers looking to test their abilities against the best female public-course players in the Met Area.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 10, 2008) – Former MGA/MetLife Boys champion and 2008 U.S. Junior qualifier Cameron Wilson of Norwalk, Conn., and 2007 Met Junior runner-up Max Bichsel of Cranbury, N.J., lead a field of 64 outstanding Met Area junior players when the 91st Met Junior Championship, sponsored by MetLife, comes to Rockaway River Country Club in Denville, N.J., July 15 through 17. Wilson, who was the medalist in a 2008 U.S.

BRONX, N.Y. (July 9, 2008) - Brian Ash is bike riding across America in support of The First Tee in Fairfield County, Conn.

MORRISTOWN, N.J. (June 27, 2007) – The Port Jefferson team of Lou Malaussena and Thomas Taylor Sr. shot a 10-under 60, including a scorching 28 on the back nine, to win the 31st MGA/MetLife Men’s Net Team Championship at Spring Brook Country Club.

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (July 19, 2007) - Mark Costanza of Tuxedo Park, N.Y., defeated Max Bichsel of Cranbury, N.J., 3 & 2 in the final of the 90th Met Junior Championship, sponsored by MetLife, at the Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield, Conn. With this win, Costanza becomes only the 10th player in MGA history to win both the Junior and MGA/MetLife Boys championships.

ELMSFORD,  N.Y. (July 16, 2007) - MetLife and the MGA Foundation conducted the first MGA/MetLife Youth Clinic of the 2007 season on Thursday, July 12 at USGA Headquarters in Far Hills, New Jersey. A group of 52 students from Newark Youth Golf, Renaissance Junior Golf and the First Tee of Essex County at Weequahic Park were treated to a tour of the USGA’s Equipment Testing Center and an afternoon clinic on the front lawn of Golf House.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 11, 2007) – Accomplished New Jersey junior Morgan Hoffman, the 2005 Carter Cup champion, along with defending Met Junior championDavid Pastore of Greenwich, Conn., lead a talented field of 64 outstanding Met Area junior players when the 90th Met Junior Championship, sponsored by MetLife, comes to Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield, Conn., July 17 through 19.

NEW YORK CITY (July 10, 2007) - Skye McCaine of Mt.