by goodpep | Jun 27, 2011 | Met Golfer
George Zahringer III has won 15 MGA championships, more than anyone else in history, and it all started at the site of this week’s Ike Championship, Somerset Hills Country Club. In the final of the 1982 Met Amateur, Zahringer, 29 at the time, defeated Mike...
by goodpep | Jun 23, 2011 | Events
On Wednesday, June 22, the MGA held a ceremony honoring the grand opening of its new Golf Central headquarters in Elmsford, N.Y. The event celebrated the completion of the expansion of Golf Central, which has now doubled in size from its original 8,200 sq. foot space,...
by goodpep | Jun 20, 2011 | Events
Morgan Hoffmann, who in a three-year career at Oklahoma State became one of the most decorated collegiate players to come out of the Met Area, made his professional debut on a sponsor’s exemption at the Travelers Championship, which was held June 23 to 26 at TPC...
by goodpep | Jun 20, 2011 | Met Golfer
By Thomas Dunne Somerset Hills Photo Gallery Somerset Hills Country Club has long been one of the MGA’s most-loved competitive venues, having hosted the 1982 and 2003 Met Amateurs, won by George Zahringer III and Mike Stamberger, respectively. But the...
by goodpep | Jun 17, 2011 | Met Golfer
The biggest Met Area story at this year’s Open was 22-year-old Chris DeForest of Cottekill, N.Y., and Rondout Country Club. DeForest is a recent graduate of the University of Illinois and won the 2006 Carter Cup at Baltustrol. He advanced through the gauntlet of...
