December

HARRISON, N.Y. (December 2, 2010) – Gene M. Bernstein of Sebonack Golf Club was elected to a one-year term as president of the Metropolitan Golf Association at the Association’s 113th Annual Meeting on Wednesday, December 1 at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, N.Y. Bernstein is the MGA’s 59th president and will head a 22-member Executive Committee and serve as chairman of the Association’s charitable Foundation.

December 2, 2010– Met Area golf fans looking to attend The  Barclays in 2011 might want to consider adding tickets to their holiday gift list. Tournament officials announced a limited-time offer that includes tickets, a divot repair tool and complimentary grounds access for youth age 18 and younger.

December 28, 2009 – Donald J. Trump recently added Branton Woods Golf Club in Hopewell Junction, N.Y., and Pine Hill Golf Club in Pine Hill, N.J., to his stable of golf courses in the Met Area. The Trump Organization’s Met Area courses currently include Trump National-Westchester in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., Trump National-Colts Neck in Colts Neck, N.J., and Trump National-Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J., the site of the 2009 U.S. Junior Amateur and Girls’ Junior championships.

December 11, 2009 – Robert A. Dickison, the longtime superintendent at Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, N.J., was selected as one of three recipients of the 2010 GCSAA Col. John Morley Distinguished Service Awards.

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:

December 3, 2009 – USGA Executive Director David B. Fay and Cameron Wilson of Shorehaven Golf Club were honored at the Metropolitan Golf Association Annual Meeting and Dinner on December 2 at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, N.Y. Fay received the 2009 MGA Distinguished Service Award, the Association’s highest honor, and Wilson received the 2009 MGA Jerry Courville Sr. Player of the Year Award.