ELMSFORD, N.Y. (September 30, 2026) – The Farrell begins its fifth playing on Friday at The Stanwich Club in Greenwich, Conn., with the three divisions featuring top players from the Met Area and beyond.
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The Farrell, conducted by the MGA in partnership with The Stanwich Club, honors the legacy of longtime Stanwich head professional Billy Farrell. Farrell was Stanwich’s first-ever head professional and set a high standard in all aspects of the profession. He held the role from 1964 until 2000 and passed away in 2020 at the age of 85.
Farrell believed that a tournament should be highly competitive, be conducted in a professional manner, contain an elite field, and provide lifelong memories. The event welcomes competitors in three divisions – Men’s Mid-Amateur, Women’s Mid-Amateur, and Men’s Senior – to compete over 18 holes of stroke play, with the top 16 finishers advancing to match play to determine a champion over the weekend.
Ten of the 24 competitors in the Women’s Mid-Amateur division competed in August’s U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Montclair Golf Club, with seven of those advancing to match play including eventual runner-up and inaugural Farrell champion Catherine McEvoy of Stanwich. Ina Kim-Schaad of Deepdale, defending Farrell champion Lauren Greenlief of International CC (Fairfax, Va.), Meghan Stasi of Pine Valley, and first-time competitor Kimberly Dinh of Midland CC (Midland, Mich.), all serve as past U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champions in the field.
Past champion Jackie Rogowicz of Merion is back in the field as well. Hana Ku of Meadow Brook, and Mimi McAndrew of Piping Rock are also in the field, joining their upcoming French-American Challenge Met Area teammates McEvoy and Kim-Schaad.
The Men’s Mid-Amateur field contains some of the Met Area’s most accomplished players, including past Player of the Year honorees Christian Cavaliere of Hudson National, Mark Costanza of Baltusrol, Darin Goldstein of Deepdale, Matt Lowe of Bethpage, and inaugural Farrell champion Brad Tilley of Sleepy Hollow, all of which will compete in late October’s French-American Challenge. Tim Hegarty of Sleepy Hollow and Johnny Spellerberg of Omaha CC (Omaha, Neb.), also return to the field as past champions.
The Senior division includes past champion and MGA eClub – Long Island member Ed Gibstein, as well as this year’s MGA Senior Amateur champion Dave Segot of Nassau Country Club. It also features a trio of 2026 U.S. Senior Amateur competitors in Bob Beck of Lehigh CC (Allentown, Pa.), Rusty Strawn of The Golf Club of Cuscowilla (Eatonton, Ga.), and Scott Mackesy of Winged Foot who won a pair of matches after getting into the bracket through a playoff. Current MGA president and past MGA Senior Amateur champion Ned Zachar of GlenArbor is also in the field once again. Back-to-back Travis Memorial champion Chris DeJohn of Arcola is also in the field and is also part of the Met Area team for the French-American Challenge.
Stanwich hosted the U.S. Mid-Amateur in 2002 and is especially known for its fast, true greens. In the years since, the Club has welcomed the Palmer Cup and Wyndham Cup. It stands among 19 Met Area clubs that have hosted all three MGA majors—the Ike, Amateur and Open—hosting the Met Open in 1972 and 1996, the Ike in 1989 and the Met Amateur in 2004 and 2013.
The Farrell family has long been synonymous with golf in the Met Area. Billy was one of five children and grew up in in New Jersey; his father Johnny, the 1928 U.S. Open champion, was the Head Professional at Baltusrol Golf Club. While competing on tour, where he played in eight U.S. Opens and seven PGA Championships, Billy also worked as an assistant at Baltusrol. Billy and his wife Alvera had seven children; for 20 years, his son Bobby served as the Director of Golf at Tamarack Country Club in Greenwich, Conn. The Farrells were named Golf Family of the Year in 1966 by the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association.
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