Bronx, N.Y.-- As Jack Nicklaus watched a group of aspiring young golfers from Mott Hall 2 school in Manhattan and M.S 180 in the Bronx hit balls at Mosholu GC, a look of content came across his face.
Southampton, NY-In 1995 it was Jerry Courville Jr. and Darrel Kestner. This time around it is Garrison’s Johnson Wagner and Fairfield’s J.J. Henry who will carry the torch and represent the Met Area this week in the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills GC, in Southampton.
Wagner, winner of five consecutive MGA titles from 2001-02 and current member of the Nationwide Tour, shot rounds of 67 and 70 for a five-under total to earn one of 33 spots in sectional qualifying Columbus, OH, his first trip to the National Championship.
Southampton, NY-J.J. Henry (Fairfield, CT) shot rounds of 75-69 to make the cut in the 109th US Open at Shinnecock Hills, in Southampton, NY.
After making bogey on the difficult par 4 10th hole, Henry recovered by making three birdies on the back nine in shooting 33, edging the cut line by a single stroke.
The MGA has announced a partnership with The Classics of Golf, as means of providing golf fans the opportunity to purchase traditional golf books that have been recently restored.
Classics of Golf is a distinguished collection of 59 of the greatest golf books ever written, which have been elegantly reprinted for purchase by dedicated golf-lovers. The anthology has been re-introduced by new publisher, Michael P. Beckerich, president of Carala Ventures, Ltd, and former president of St. Andrew’s Golf Club in Hastings, NY.
Columbus, OH-Johnson Wagner, winner of five consecutive MGA titles from 2001-02 and current member of the Nationwide Tour, shot rounds of 67 and 70 for a five-under total to earn one of 33 spots in the U.S. Open June 17-20 at the famed Shinnecock Hills GC in Southampton, NY.
ST. ANDREW’S, SCOTLAND-Lee Corfield of Burnham & Berrow, England sank a birdie putt on the 18th hole to defeat Winged Foot’s Andrew Svoboda in the semifinal of the British Amateur Championship at the Old Course in St. Andrew’s, Scotland.
New York City- Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani stressed the importance of brining the game of golf to the inner cites as part of his speech delivered at The Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation’s “Golf Grows Here” Capital Campaign reception Thursday May 13th at the Sky Club in mid-town Manhattan.
ELMSFORD, N.Y.-On the heels of last week’s 2nd place finish at The Chattanooga Classic, Former Ike, Met Amateur and Met Open Champion Johnson Wagner earned yet another top 10 finish on the Nationwide Tour, this time at the Henrico County Open at The Dominion Club in Richmond, VA on May 24th.
BRONX, N.Y. - The American Golf Foundation will host a special day of activities for local disabled youths and adults on Sunday, June 13, 2004 at Mosholu Golf Training Center in the Bronx. Presented in collaboration with the City Parks Foundation, Special Olympics of New York and The First Tee of Metropolitan
New York, the event will feature hands-on golf instruction, a motivational golf clinic by world-renowned trick shot artist and paraplegic golfer Dennis Walters, and a barbecue lunch. The event will take place rain or shine.