around the met
The Kids are Alright
Huntington, N. Y., native Susannah Aboff (below), a junior
at Princeton University, dominated the field in winning the
individual title at the Ivy League Women’s Championships
on April 20 at Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, N.J.
Aboff’s first-round 65 broke the conference record, while her
three-round total of 207 was good for an 11-stroke victo-ry… Larry Haertel Jr. of Greenwich, Conn., the Brown
University senior and 2001 MGA/MetLife Boys champion,
shot rounds of 67-75-79 to finish in second place at the 2008
Ivy League Men’s Championship on April 20. Haertel won
the Ivy League title as a sophomore in 2006… Cameron
Wilson of Connecticut’s
Shorehaven Golf Club captured the U.S. Challenge
Cup Tour’s inaugural
Northeast Junior Classic on
May 4 at Bethpage State
Park’s Red Course. The 15-
year-old, the 2006 MGA/
MetLife Boys champion,
won by six strokes after
rounds of 67-70. As reigning Challenge Cup Player
of the Year, Wilson solidifies
a spot in the prestigious
Northeast Amateur Invitational in Wannamoisett,
R.I., June 18– 21… Curtis
Loop of the CC of New
Canaan, runner-up to Wilson in the 2006 MGA/
MetLife Boys Championship, won the Future
Collegians World Tour’s
Red Tail Open on April 20
at Red Tail Golf Club in
Devens, Mass. Loop fired
rounds of 73-71 for a one-stroke victory.
Hit Me!
Phil Mickelson’s
errant tee shot on
the 17th hole at
Winged Foot Golf
Club during the
final round of the
2006 U.S. Open
turned out well
for one Pound Ridge, N. Y., resident. Sixteen-year-old
Daniel Stewart, who was struck on the leg by the tee
shot, turned Mickelson’s bad luck into his 15 minutes of
fame when he was selected to appear in a 30-second
television spot (photo, above) for Crowne Plaza Hotels,
currently airing nationally. The advertisement features
Stewart and five other people who have related stories
involving errant Mickelson shots. Stewart, who caddies
at Rockrimmon Country Club in Stamford, Conn., was
one of six people selected from thousands of entries
to appear in the commercial.
These Guys Can Play
The USGA granted 2002 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
George Zahringer III (below) of Deepdale an exemption
into the 2008 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship, to be
held September 20-25 at Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort
Worth, Texas. Zahringer, 2007 Ike Champion and 10-time
MGA Jerry Courville Sr. Player of the Year, tied for low amateur in last year’s U.S. Senior Open and made it to the third
round of match play at the U.S. Amateur… 2006 Ike champion Roger Hoit of Baltusrol finished second at the Coleman Invitational in late April at Seminole Golf Club in
North Palm Beach, Fla. Hoit lost in a playoff to Dave Abell
after both players finished with three-round totals of 215…
Former MGA Senior Amateur champion Jay Blumenfeld of
Mountain Ridge Country Club in New Jersey finished in
fourth place at the Golfweek Senior Invitational at PGA West
Golf Club in La Quinta, Calif.
Good Times
Providing yet another valuable service to area golfers, the
MGA has partnered with Tee Time Watch and will launch an
expanded Places to Play section of mgagolf.org in June. This
joint venture will enable MGA members to book tee times
online and take advantage of special playing opportunities at
dozens of Met Area courses, stretching from the Hudson Valley to Westchester County, New Jersey, and Long Island. In
addition, a few courses outside the MGA boundaries but
within an easy drive away will also participate, as will other
selected courses around the country. Be sure to check
mgagolf.org and the MGA’s e-Revision Newsletter for more
information on this exciting development. You’re only one
click away from booking tee times!
