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2009

Inside the Rules

Inside the Rules

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). Bill from Rockland County asked Gene the following Rules question:

Q: Can another player mark my ball on the green?

 

Gene responds:

Loop, Wilson Headline Carter Cup Field at Baltusrol

Interview with Defending Champion Tommy McDonagh

Interview with Defending Champion Tommy McDonagh

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 30, 2009) - Tommy McDonagh of Shorehaven Golf Club in Norwalk, Connecticut, is a two-time Met Amateur champion. McDonagh captured the title in 2006 at Baltusrol Golf Club when he was just 17, becoming the youngest winner in the history of the championship.

Met Amateur Begins August 6 at Hackensack GC

Met Amateur Begins August 6 at Hackensack GC

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 30, 2009) – The Metropolitan Golf Association’s most historic championship returns to Hackensack Golf Club in Oradell, N.J., when a superb field gathers to compete in the 107th Met Amateur.

U.S. Open Volunteers Raise Funds for First Tee of Met N.Y.

U.S. Open Volunteers Raise Funds for First Tee of Met N.Y.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 28, 2009) — The 2009 U.S. Open Championship at Bethpage Black will always be remembered as a week of surprises, rain, and mud, but for a group of volunteers and The First Tee of Metropolitan New York, the week meant so much more.

Local Players Set for U.S. Senior Open

Local Players Set for U.S. Senior Open

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 27, 2009) — The Met Area will be well represented at the 2o09 U.S. Senior Open Championship when play begins on Thursday, July 30 at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind.