2003

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Ken Malloy and former New York State Women’s Amateur champion, Gail Flannagan, both of Westchester Country Club, shot a spectacular 6-under-par 65 (35 – 30) to beat out defending champions Michael Karger of Century and Gale Brudner of Metropolis, who shot 70 (32 – 38), to capture the Low Gross honors in the 40^th MGA Mixed Pinehurst Championship today at Metropolis Country Club in White Plains, NY.  The victory comes exactly a decade after Flanagan’s first MGA Mixed Pinehurst Championship in 1993 with partner John Lewis Jr..  Stephen and Magueri

Shelter Island, N.Y.-After two long days of tournament tough golf under sweltering temperatures - and interrupted briefly by the “Big Blackout of 2003” - the 35^th MGA/MetLife Boys Championship concluded with 14-year-old Marc Costanza of Upper Saddle River, NJ, defeating 15-year old Brendan Tracy of New York, NY, 2 & 1 in the finals at Gardiner’s Bay CC.  It was a satisfying win for Costanza who finished two strokes behind Tracy in last week’s inaugural Carter Cup – MGA Junior Stroke Play Invitational at Baltusrol Golf Club, to take third place.

ELMSFORD, N.Y.-A four-man junior team representing the Metropolitan Golf Association finished third in the 30^th Williamson Cup Matches held today at Royal Montreal Golf Club in Île Bizard, Ontario.  Teams representing ten Golf Associations throughout the United States and Canada competed in this 36-hole stroke play event, which counted three of the four-team members aggregate scores each round to determine the team championship.  Individual prizes were also awarded.

BLAIRGOWRIE, SCOTLAND-John Baldwin of the Meadow Brook Club, in Jericho, NY fell just short of defending his British Seniors Open Amateur Championship title with a 3^rd place finish at the Blairgowrie, Rosemount & Lansdowne Courses in Blairgowrie, Scotland.   Although he shared the lead after the first two rounds, Baldwin finished three shots back with a total of 218 (70 – 74 – 74).