June

SUMMIT, N.J. (June 6, 2016) – Amateur Christopher Crawford of Bensalem, Pa., lived out a dream scenario on Monday evening at Canoe Brook Country Club by draining a 40-foot birdie putt on the 18^th hole of the North Course, clinching the sixth and final qualifying position for the 116^th U.S. Open Championship, June 16-19 at Oakmont Country Club.

SUMMIT, N.J. (June 6, 2016) – The morning round of play at sectional qualifying for the 116^th U.S. Open Championship is complete at Canoe Brook Country Club. A total of 28 players began the 36-hole day with sub-par rounds, with Justin Hicks of Wellington, Fla., and amateur Christopher Crawford of Bensalem, Pa., carding 7-under 65s on the South Course.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (June 1, 2016) – On Monday, June 6, the Metropolitan Golf Association returns its annually conducted Sectional Qualifying Round for the U.S. Open Championship to Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit, N.J., where one of the largest—and perhaps deepest—fields in recent history will have sights on advancing to this year’s national championship.

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (June 30, 2015) – Cameron Young of Sleepy Hollow claimed the MGA’s 60^th Ike Championship at Friar’s Head following a bogey-free, 5-under 66 in Tuesday afternoon’s final round. The five-stroke victory, which sets Young as the youngest-ever Ike champion having just turned 18 in May, is his third career MGA championship. Young stood atop the leaderboard after being the only player to card a trio of sub-par rounds (70-70-66) en route to a 7-under 206 tournament total.

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (June 29, 2015) – The first round of the MGA’s 60^th Ike Championship is in the books at Friar’s Head and Ryan Snouffer of Panther Valley and James McHugh of Rye GC stand atop a stellar leaderboard with 3-under 68s. Following a first-round cut, 44 competitors who shot 75 or better will advance to Tuesday’s final 36 holes of stroke play.

UPDATED (5:45 p.m., July 1, 2015) - A birdie on the 72nd hole earned Matt Dobyns his second career PGA Professional National Championship, Wednesday at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Dobyns began the event with an opening round 72, but posted scores of 69, 68 and 70 over the final three rounds for the 279 tournament total, a score of 3-under. Dobyns, the head professional at Fresh Meadow, also won the title in 2012 and is now only the fifth player to win multiple National Championships.

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (June 29, 2015) – Play is underway at the MGA’s 60th Ike Championship and Luke Graboyes’s 1-under 70 currently leads all competitors as the only under-par score posted at challenging Friar’s Head. The afternoon groups are on the course with wind continuing to sweep across the property from Long Island Sound.

Roger Hoit, an amateur player who is a member at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., is playing this week at the U.S.

ELMSFORD, N.Y.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (June 22, 2015) – This week begins the 36^th U.S. Senior Open Championship and some of the Met Area’s best are making the cross-country trip to compete at the scenic Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, California.