LAWRENCE, N.Y. (June 9, 2008) – The Sterling Farms team of Frank Hendricks and Tom Yates captured the 16th MGA Senior Net Four-Ball Tournament title on Monday, June 9 at Lawrence Village Country Club in Lawrence, N.Y.
Editor’s note: Michael Quagliano, 21, of Ardsley, N.Y., is one of eight amateurs competing in the 108th U.S. Open Championship at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, California. Quagliano is the captain of the golf team at Duke University in Durham, N.C., and has several local victories to his credit, including the 2003 Met Junior and 2002 MGA/MetLife Boys Championship, as well as the 2007 Westchester Amateur.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (June 5, 2008) – The 2008 MGA season continues on Monday, June 9 with the rescheduled 16th MGA Senior Net Four-Ball Tournament at Lawrence Village Country Club in Lawrence, N.Y. The event, originally scheduled for May 12, was moved to June 9 due to heavy rains and wet course conditions.
FAR HILLS, N.J. (June 3, 2008) - About 100 young golfers representing The First Tee of Metropolitan New York at Mosholu Golf Course and Weequahic Park Golf Course, The First Tee of Middlesex and Somerset Counties, Bergenfield Public School system and Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark, N.J., participated in an MGA/MetLife Junior Clinic held in conjunction with the reopening of the USGA Museum and the new Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History at Golf House in Far Hills, N.J., on June 3rd.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (June 3, 2008) - Three Met Area collegiate players were recently named to the Division I PING All-Region Team and are now eligible PING All-America honors. Siena men's golf junior co-captain Dan Abbondandolo, 2007 Met Amateur quarterfinalist Kevin Foley of Penn State and Mike Ballo of St. John’s and Woodway Country Club in Darien, Conn.
SCARSDALE, N.Y. (June 26, 2007) – On a day when temperatures surged into the 90’s and the treacherous Fenway Golf Club greens became even slicker, 54-year-old George Zahringer of Deepdale notched his record 11th MGA major title with a four-stroke victory at the Ike Championship presented by Canon, USA.
SCARSDALE, N.Y. (June 25, 2007) – Fenway Golf Club, the 6,722-yard A.W. Tillinghast gem built in 1922, proved to be among the toughest tests in the history of the Ike Championship, presented by Canon, USA.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (June 19, 2007) – Defending champion Roger Hoit has his sights set on becoming the first repeat Ike champion in seven years, but there are 107 other players, including three former champions, who will have different ideas for the 43-year-old Baltusrol member when the Ike Championship, presented by Canon, USA, begins on June 25 at Fenway Golf Club in Scarsdale, N.Y.
RYE BROOK, N.Y. (June 19, 2007) - Ernie Els, winner of 15 PGA Tour events, was recognized for his outstanding career achievements by the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association at the 56th National Awards Dinner on Monday, June 18, 2007, at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook, New York. Els received the Gold Tee Award, the MGWA’s highest honor, the day after the U.S. Open Championship at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa., site of Els’ first U.S. Open title in 1994. Els later added two more major championships to his résumé, the 1997 U.S.