PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (February 14, 2007) - Tom Sipula of Edgewood CC in River Vale, N.J., defeated John O’Leary of Chantilly, Va., 2 and 1 to capture the 44th TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA Match Play Championship on February 11. Sipula notched five birdies in the final match played over the Dye Course at The PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (February 14, 2007) - Tom Sipula of Edgewood CC in River Vale, N.J., defeated John O’Leary of Chantilly, Va., 2 and 1 to capture the 44th TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA Match Play Championship on February 11. Sipula notched five birdies in the final match played over the Dye Course at The PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (February 12, 2007) - Ernie Els, winner of 15 PGA Tour events, will be recognized for his outstanding career achievements by the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association at the 56th National Awards Dinner on Monday, June 18, 2007, at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook, New York. Els will receive the Gold Tee Award, the MGWA’s highest honor, the day after this year’s U.S. Open Championship at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa., site of Els’ first U.S. Open title in 1994.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (February 1, 2007) - The MGA Foundation enjoyed a highly successful 2006 season with tremendous expansion of First Tee facilities, record participation in the GOLFWORKS Student Intern Program and the continued success of the $5 million Capital Campaign. Now, the MGA is pleased to turn the spotlight on several of our outstanding GOLFWORKS interns who distinguished themselves on several fronts, proving once again that GOLFWORKS can change lives.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (February 1, 2007) - The MGA Foundation enjoyed a highly successful 2006 season with tremendous expansion of First Tee facilities, record participation in the GOLFWORKS Student Intern Program and the continued success of the $5 million Capital Campaign. Now, the MGA is pleased to turn the spotlight on several of our outstanding GOLFWORKS interns who distinguished themselves on several fronts, proving once again that GOLFWORKS can change lives.
Thirty-year-old J. J. Henry, formerly of the Patterson Club in Fairfield, Connecticut, shot the round of his life on February 3rd. Playing in the FBR Open at the TPC at Scottsdale, Arizona, Henry shot a 10-under-par 61 in the second round to take a four-shot lead in the tournament. In a round that included seven consecutive birdies, one shy of the PGA Tour record, he canned five putts in the 25-30 foot range. Henry ultimately finished tied for second, equaling his best-ever finish on Tour (twice in 2001), and earned $312,000.
In keeping with the strong tradition of presenting the John Reid Lifetime Achievement Award to a person who exemplifies all that is great about the game of golf, the Metropolitan Golf Course Superintendents Association has chosen Gene Westmoreland to receive its 2005 Reid Award.
CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (February 28, 2005) - Tied for the lead heading into the final round two-time Met Open and Met Amateur champion Johnson Wagner of Garrison, N.Y. posted a final round 72 to finish at 11-under par 277, three strokes behind winner Peter O’Malley of Australia.
CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (February 27, 2005) – Met Area local Jim McGovern of Hackensack, NJ finsihed tied for 38th this week at the New Zealand PGA Championship. Chirs Nallen of Hacketstown, NJ failed to make the cut after a tough second round 75.
