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40th Anniversary For Galloping Hill Nine-holers
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The 40 members of the Galloping Hill Golf Course Ladies’ Nine-Holers have plenty to celebrate this season. It’s their 40th anniversary. And some founding members are still associated with the group that tees it up every Wednesday morning at the Kenilworth course. Ann Augulis, 86, and Jackie Axelson, 81, both of Clark, started the Nine-Holers…
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Gap Defeats NJSGA In 51st Compher Cup Match
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HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA (April 25, 2012) -- In the annual spring faceoff of neighboring golf associations, the Golf Association of Philadelphia (GAP) defeated the NJSGA team, 11.5-6.5, in the 51ST Compher Cup matches at Philmont Country Club’s North Course. View the team photo here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/njsga/7115768755/ Several close…
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Nationally Known Speakers Highlight NJSGA Golf Summit At Forsgate C.C.
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Nationally-known speakers Darrell Crall of the PGA of America, Rick Coyne of Club Mark Corporation and Pat Jones of Golf Course Industry magazine gave their views on maintaining and attracting membership in a difficult economic climate when the New Jersey State Golf Association Golf presented its second annual Golf Summit on Thursday, April 12…
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NJSGA Presents Golf Summit And Seminars On The Rules Of Golf
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Warm days are in the forecast and there’s no better time than now to attend a selection of events conducted by The New Jersey State Golf Association. The NJSGA Golf Summit, a huge success in its inaugural year, is back for a second time, on Thursday, April 12 at the Forsgate Country Club in Monroe, and this year addresses the nuances involved…
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Preston Tops Hershberger At Women's Amateur
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By Rick Woelfel Battle of 17 Year-Olds for Top Women’s Title Scotland Preston aced her final exam. After a grueling week of golf, the Governor Livingston High School senior answered the challenges posed by a determined opponent and a celebrated golf course architect to win the 86th edition of the New Jersey State Golf Association Women’s…
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Ticketsforecharity
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The Caddie Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce that it will again be a participating charitable organization in the TICKETSforeCHARITY program. When purchasing a $150 weekly grounds ticket through TICKETSforeCHARITY to The Barclays at Bethpage State Park: The Black Course in August, please keep in mind the Caddie Scholarship Foundation…
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A Great Season Of Golf Ahead
by Staff
The NJSGA is embarking on its 112th year and there is no better time than now to be associated with the NJSGA whether as a member golfer, member club, volunteer, and/or part of the staff. It all starts with a remarkable 2012 Championship Schedule. The NJSGA Mid-Amateur, the first major of the year, will be held on May 1 -3, at Galloway National…
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Fore-thousand Miles Away
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While preparing to study abroad in Galway, Ireland, I made a promise to my grandfather that I would not leave for Europe without playing a round of golf. I had no idea at the time but that promise would leave me with my greatest golf memory and a scorecard that stands at the beacon of my golf career. Upon leaving for a trip to Scotland, a friend…
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Warm Winter Brings Out Golfers
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By Mike Moretti It’s been the kind of winter New Jersey golfers could only dream about, particularly after last year’s conditions that kept snow on the ground from late December all the way into March. Golfers did not have to look very hard to find a place to play throughout this mild winter.There was so much play in Union County, in fact…
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Caddie Scholars Gather For Social Event
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By Kate Pfeffer The Caddie Scholarship Foundation’s annual social event took place January 5th at the USGA Museum. Members of the Caddie Scholarship family, including twenty-eight current caddie scholars, came together for a few hours of networking, reflections, and tours of the Golf . The speakers for the night included NJSGA President Tom…
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New Twists On The Rules
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By Rick Jenkins Every four years, the USGA and the R&A, the two bodies that govern the game of golf around the world, make revisions to the Rules of Golf. For 2012, the set of changes is more significant than usual and corrects some issues considered for a long time to need attention. The key changes attempt to better align breaches of certain…
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Senior Four Ball A Close Affair
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In a very competitive Senior Four Ball Championship at Beacon Hill Country Club on September 20th, the Metuchen Golf & Country Club team of Ron Vannelli and Steve Mauer edged out two other teams for the victory. Three teams posted gross best ball scores of 69, or two-under par, and it took a match of cards for Vannelli/Mauer (36-33) to prevail…
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Allan Small Claims Third Senior Amateur
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By Fred Behringer Allan Small of Fairmount Country Club added another significant achievement to one of New Jersey’s most impressive amateur golf records when he took home his third NJSGA Senior Amateur Championship August 2-3 at Bedens Brook Country Club. Small pulled away from the field with a sparkling four-under par 68 in the second round…
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Mody Upsets Shih At NJSGA Junior, La Morte Dominates Boys' Field
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By Rick Jenkins Fourteen year-old Curren Mody, who plays out of Royce Brook Golf Club, wanted to see how his game would stack up against older kids. So, instead of entering the Boys’ division of the NJSGA/William Y. Dear Junior & Boys’ Championships, for which his age qualified him, he decided to “play up” in the Junior division. His goal…
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Housens Claim Father & Son
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By Rick Jenkins After sharing four NJSGA Father & Son victories with his father, Bob Housen now shares one with his son Chris. Together, the Manasquan River members won the 89th Father & Son Championship at Metedeconk National Golf Club on July 19th with a four under par round of 68 that featured four birdies and no blemishes on the scorecard…
