October

Sea Island, G.A.-Roger Hoit of Baltusrol, and Mark Thompson of Plandome both advanced to the second round of Match Play at the 2004 U.S. Mid Amateur Championship at the Sea Island Golf Club in Sea Island, GA. Hoit defeated Jon Veneziano of Mount Dora, FL 1 up to advance to today’s match against Bryan Norton of Mission Hills, KS. Thompson had an easier time of it, disposing Brooks Newsom of Portland, OR, 5 and 3.

Sea Island, GA.-Roger Hoit of Baltusrol, Mike Reardon of Tuxedo, Mark Thompson of Plandome and Bryan Pendrick of Mill River (LI) all advanced to the first round of Match Play at the 2004 U.S. Mid Amateur Championship after 36 holes of stroke play qualifying on Saturday and Sunday October 2, 3.

McCann’s team of Cathy Patterson and Pamela Alley proved to be a complementary match as they teamed up to shoot a 7-under par 66 (37 – 29) and capture the 20th MGA/MetLife Women's Net Team Championship in a playoff over the Silver Lake Ladies team of Krista Price and Mary Gormley, at Morris County GC in Convent Station, NJ.  

Alley’s clutch net birdie on the first playoff hole sealed the victory for McCann, whose sizzling team net 29 earned a spot in the playoff. The defending champions Lisa Delzio and Terri Lyons of Mahopac fired a 69, finishing four shots back.

Sea Island, GA-Fourteen top local amateurs have earned a spot in this year’s U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship which begins this week at Sea Island Golf Club in Sea Island, GA.  Heading the list will be 1997 Champion Ken Bakst of Friar’s Head who still has an exemption into the Championship. Among the Met Area players who earned their spot via sectional qualifying, are current MGA Player of the Year points leader, Peter Meurer of Silver Lake, and current Westchester Amateur champion Mike Readron of Tuxedo.

ELMSFORD, N.Y.-Longtime sportscaster and former WCBS radio sports director Ed Ingles has been elected president of the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association.  He succeeds Bruce Smith of Sporty Bear Productions, who served a four-year term.

Elmsford, N.Y.-The 2003 MGA Presidents Council was held at the Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit, NJ on Tuesday, October 14th.  The Presidents Council is an annual meeting of the Presidents and Managers of private MGA Member clubs, to discuss topics of mutual interest to club leaders.  It is the Metropolitan Golf Foundation’s largest and most important educational program.

WILMINGTON, DEL. – A former professional on the PGA European Tour and PGA Tour, forty-four-year-old Bryan Norton of Mission Hills, Kan., dispatched defending champion George Zahringer, 50, of New York, N.Y., 3 and 1. Earlier in the day, Norton came back to defeat 35-year-old Pat Carter of Lesage, Va., in 19 holes.

WILMINGTON, DEL. – The story Wednesday has been the gusty and swirling conditions at Wilmington Country Club’s South Course. Winds of up to 30 mph have clearly affected play.

Never was there a clearer example than what occurred on the 18th hole of the match between defending champion George Zahringer, 50, of New York, N.Y., and Rick Reinsberg, 31, of Lafayette, Calif.

WILMINGTON, DEL. – Two former Mid-Amateur champions moved into the quarterfinal round of the championship Tuesday at Wilmington Country Club, while another player fell short in making a surge toward the title in memory of his late father.

Defending champion George Zahringer, 50, of New York, N.Y., and 44-year-old Jerry Courville (1995 winner) of Milford, Conn., were models of efficiency in their third-round matches, capping a day in which the second and third rounds were played on the 6,978-yard par 71 South Course.

WILMINGTON, DE.-Two Met Area legends, George Zahringer of Deepdale and Jerry Courville, Jr. of Shorehaven advanced to the quarterfinal round of match play at the 23rd U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at Wilmington Country Club, Wilmington, DE.  The finalists from last year’s Championship both advanced with hard-fought victories in the first, second, and third rounds.