As the golf season begins to wind down for most Met Area golfers, a number of local professionals hope to be at the peak of their games this fall as Tour qualifying schools are held in the U.S. and Europe. These players are looking to achieve one of the most difficult and mentally demanding feats in sports: earning a spot on one of the top tours.
September 22, 2009 - Defending champion Greg Rohlf of Winged Foot leads an outstanding field of 35-and-older amateurs in the 3rd MGA Mid-Amateur Championship, to be held September 29 and 30 at The Creek Club in Locust Valley, N.Y.
September 22, 2009 – It looks like it will be a photo finish in the race for the 2009 MGA Jerry Courville Sr.
September 18, 2009 – Jim Tingley, a longtime committeeman for both the MGA and LIGA and past member of the MGA Executive Committee passed away on September 16, he was 90. Tingley, who was a 52-year member of Nassau Country Club in Glen Cove, N.Y., loved the game of golf and everything that went along with it. He was a five-time club champion at Nassau and more impressively, was the owner of 20 holes-in-one during his decades-long involvement with the game.
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Contributed by Rick Woelfel from Women's Golf Report
GREENWICH, Conn. (September 17, 2009) – Wee Burn Country Club’s Jay Rice and Becky Montgelas teamed up to win their third MGA Mixed Pinehurst Championship at the Round Hill Club in Greenwich, Conn. Rice and Montgelas carded a three-under-par 68 to win by four strokes over Kile Keever and James Keever of Woodway Country Club.
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| 1 | Andrew Robertson, Shorehaven | 67-65 = 132 |
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| 1 | Cameron Wilson |