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Frank Esposito Wins PGA Winter Stroke-play Championship
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Frank Esposito Jr.,a teaching professional at Forsgate, recently won the 2018 PGA Winter Stroke-Play Championship on the Wanamaker Course at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The win marked his second career title at the PGA Winter Championships event. “I haven’t played this event in years because it’s later in the season and I have…
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Bill King Named Director Of Caddie Scholarship Foundation
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The NJSGA is pleased to announce that Bill King, a New Jersey PGA Hall of Famer and a former NJSGA Caddie Scholar, has been named Director of the Caddie Scholarship Foundation. King, a resident of Wall, graduated from Rutgers University in 1979 as a Public Relations/Marketing major and a mechanical engineering minor. As a caddie scholar at…
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NJSGA Caddie Scholarship Foundation Recipient Of Sizable Donation From Links Insurance
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The New Jersey State Golf Association Caddie Scholarship Foundation received checks totaling $18,000 from Chubb, thanks to the play of the Links Insurance Services team and a matching gift from Chubb's New Jersey branch. Links Insurance Services of Spring Lake, headed by president Jim Hickey of Spring Lake Golf Club, earned $8,500 in the national…
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NJSGA Seeks Director, Caddie Scholarship Foundation
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Title: Director, Caddie Scholarship Foundation, New Jersey State Golf Association (NJSGA) Location: Kenilworth, New Jersey Reports to: Executive Director, NJSGA Position Summary: Oversight and management of the NJSGA Caddie Scholarship Foundation (CSF). Responsible for all aspects of CSF business including the fundraising efforts for caddie…
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Exclusive Holiday Ticket Offer For Fedex Playoffs In Nearby Pa.
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NJSGA members can enjoy exclusive holiday ticket packages that are now available for the 2018 BMW Championship, to be held Sept. 4-9, at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa. Purchase during this limited time offer and see the Top 70 players in world compete in the penultimate event of the FedExCup Playoffs next September. Now through Jan…
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NJSGA Youth Foundation Presents Grants To 12 Worthy N.J. Organizations
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The New Jersey State Golf Association annually provides grants to a number of local youth-related organizations. These organizations, both golf and non-golf related, are recognized for their outstanding contributions to children throughout New Jersey. The annual New Jersey State Golf Association Youth Foundation Pro-Am, held on July 10, 2017 at…
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Caddie Scholar Donovan Cahill Of Baltusrol To Participate In 2nd College Football Bowl Game For Tcu
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Donovan Cahill, a second-year recipient of a New Jersey State Golf Association Caddie Scholarship at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, will be taking part in his second bowl game in as many years as a member of TCU’s football program. Cahill, a graduate of Summit High School and a caddie a Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, is the…
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NJSGA Mourns Loss Of Former President Tom Berberian Of Forest Hill
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Thomas (Tom) Berberian of Forest Hill, a former NJSGA President and longtime chairman of the Tournament Committee, passed away on Nov. 22 at age 92. Tom was an avid rules of golf official and a fine player who achieved quite a lot for a golfer who never took a lesson. He partnered with Jerry Le Pre to win the 1962 and 1966 NJSGA Four Ball…
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Give The Gift Of An Education This Season
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Thank you to our NJSGA members, golf professionals, friends and lovers of the game for contributing to the future of 3,000 Caddie Scholars since 1947. Your support preserves the great tradition of caddieing in the state of New Jersey and provides the opportunity of a bright future for these young men and women. Caddie Scholar alumnus and current…
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Union County Begins Work On New Clubhouse At Ash Brook G.C.
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The Union County Freeholder Board recently held a groundbreaking in Scotch Plains for the new $8.9 million clubhouse at Ash Brook Golf Course. The new clubhouse is expected to open in Sept., 2018. The 21,000 square-foot building will house a full-service restaurant with terrace (capacity: 120 people), a full retail pro shop, administrative…
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Clubcorp Offers Traveling Memberships To Celebrated Courses
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Can you imagine being a member at more than 200 golf clubs across the country? Now you can with a special offer for NJSGA Members from ClubCorp, one of the world’s largest golf club management companies. Play courses like Mission Hills and Indian Wells in California, Firestone in Ohio, Las Colinas in Dallas, and The Biltmore in Coral Gables…
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NJSGA Unveils Revamped Championship Schedule For 2018
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The New Jersey State Golf Association has revamped its championship schedule for 2018 including later dates for both the State Amateur and State Open, among other changes. “We are very excited about the changes we made. It took a long time and included a lot of thought and study. The new schedule is something that will better serve the NJSGA…
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N.J. Native Marina Alex Elected To Lpga Board
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LPGA Tour professional Marina Alex, a native of Wayne, N.J., has been named to the LPGA Board of Directors. Alex was elected by her peers to serve as one of six player directors. She’ll serve a two-year term, joining LPGA President Vicki Goetze-Ackerman and five other incumbents: Austin Ernst, Christina Kim, Gerina Piller, Morgan Pressel, and…
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Scholastic Coaches' Clinic Returns To Galloping Hill
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PHOTO GALLERY The New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association/New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association annual golf coaches’ clinic returned for the second straight year to the Galloping Hill Golf Course on Nov. 13. The event is conducted in conjunction with the New Jersey State Golf Association and the New Jersey section of the PGA. In…
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Jean C. Gascoigne, Of NJSGA Advisory Committee Of Board Members, Passes Away At 87
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Jean Cole Gascoigne of Rockaway River, a long-time board member of the New Jersey State Golf Association, passed away on Nov. 8 at age 87. Mrs. Gascoigne, who lived in Boonton, most recently served on the NJSGA’s advisory committee of past board members. A trophy bearing her name is awarded each year since 2013 to the low net winner of the…
