October

JOB DESCRIPTION

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (October 27, 2009) - With the “official” golf season coming to an end in the Metropolitan area, it is important to know what scores (if any) played in the winter months are eligible to be posted for handicap purposes. Those who play well in the winter months tend to believe that their scores should not be posted for handicap purposes. Sometimes they even point to the fact that they have forgotten some of the important details about their score – like the actual score – to justify not posting.

Every month former MGA Senior Director of Rules and Competitions Gene Westmoreland will answer one question posed by the readers of the MGA e-Revision Newsletter (click here to sign up). Gene recently received the following Rules question from a reader:

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (October 22, 2009) – Head pro Bill King of Spring Lake Golf Club was honored as the 2009 New Jersey PGA Golf Professional of the Year at the Section’s Fall Meeting, held on October 19th at Crestmont Country Club in West Orange, N.J.

Every month former MGA Senior Director of Rules and Competitions Gene Westmoreland will answer one question posed by the readers of the MGA e-Revision Newsletter (click here to sign up). Gene recently received the following Rules question from a reader:

CLIFTON, N.J. - The Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation conducted its annual Presidents Council Conference on October 13 at Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, N.J.

October 7, 2009 — Lowell Schulman has been honored with the USGA Ike Grainger Award in recognition of his more than 25 years of volunteer service to the USGA. The award is named for Isaac B. “Ike” Grainger, a dedicated volunteer and rules official who was president of the MGA from 1943-45 and of the USGA from 1954-55.

First Stage fields are getting finalized with Met Area players represented in many of the different venues.

First Stage Qualifying October 20-23:

Stonebridge Ranch CC, McKinney, Texas

Play is now completed at four of the seven sites conducting the first stage of 2009 PGA Tour Qualifying School, and former Met Open champion John Stoltz of Concord, N.Y., and 2004 MGA/MetLife Boys champion Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., were the only two Met Area players to advance to the second stage so far.

The First Stage of 2009 PGA Tour Qualifying School is  being played at venues across the country, with several Met Area players looking to advance to the second stage.

First Stage Qualifying October 20-23: