May

WEE BURN SHOWING ITS TEETH IN EARLY GOING AT MGA SENIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

LOCUST VALLEY, N.Y. (May 24, 2007) – On a bright sunny day at the Piping Rock Club, Jay Blumenfeld of Mountain Ridge CC carded an even-par 71 to win the 80th MGA Senior Amateur Championship. The setting, at one of the most prestigious clubs and enjoyable courses on Long Island, matched the high level of play. Doug Vergith of St. George’s G&CC, the 2004 Senior Amateur champion, had a second-round 74 to finish three strokes back.

LOCUST VALLEY, N.Y. (May 23, 2007)  –  Don Lizak of Southampton carded an even-par 71 and holds a two-shot lead after the first round of the 80th MGA Senior Amateur Championship at the Piping Rock Club in Locust Valley, N.Y.

LOCUST VALLEY, N.Y.

WEST CALDWELL, N.J. (May 7, 2007) - The MGA Foundation’s 13th Annual “Day of Golf” was held on Monday at Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell, N.J., where more than 100 players turned out to support the Foundation’s GOLFWORKS intern program. The Day of Golf provides another opportunity for the golf community to support the MGA Foundation’s mission to grow the game.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (May 1, 2007) - The MGA is pleased to announce the 2007 MGA Play Day schedule. Play Days, an MGA service started in 2005, are one-day events that offer men and women golfers of all ages and abilities the opportunity to play some of the finer courses in the Metropolitan area.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (May 30, 2007) – In a far cry from 2006, where Michelle Wie’s appearance in the U.S Open Sectional Qualifying Round at Canoe Brook Country Club drew 4,000 spectators and created a bona fide media frenzy, this year’s Sectional Qualifying Round on June 4th at Century Country Club in Purchase, N.Y., promises to be a more temperate affair. A predominantly local field of 58 players will compete over 36 holes for one of three spots in the U.S. Open Championship at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa., on June 14-17.

SUMMIT, N.J. (May 25, 2006) - TeenagerMichelle Wie, 16, will attempt to become the first woman in history to qualify for the U.S. Open Championship when she joins the field of 153 players on Monday, June 5th at Canoe Brook Country Club for the 36-hole U.S.

BRIDGEPORT, CONN. (May 22, 2006)–LPGA star Paula Creamer joined Charlie Carroll, Chief of Staff for Bridgeport Mayor John Febrizi; Joseph Hoffman, president and CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland in Bridgeport; Sonya Mendez, 2005 RBS Achiever of the Year and officials from the MGA Foundation, Metropolitan PGA and First Tee of Connecticut at a celebratory event at Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course in Bridgeport.

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (May 20, 2006) – The Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation conducted the first of three annual youth clinics sponsored by MetLife on Saturday during the Sybase Classic at Wykagyl Country Club.