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Ed Batta to Enter Caddie Hall of Fame
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PHOTO: From left, Dr. Donald Brief, former NJSGA president, Ed Batta, former CSF director, and Brian Hunt, vice-chairman of CSF Ed Batta, the chairman of the New Jersey State Golf Association Caddie Scholarship Foundation for 35 years, will be inducted into the Caddie Hall of Fame at the annual NJPGA/NJSGA Celebration of Golf on Oct. 25 at the…
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Youth Foundation Pro-Am a Success at Montclair Golf Club
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PHOTO: From left, Bill Frese, professional Joe Haggerty of Montclair G.C. at Rock Spring, Eric Houseknecht and Rick Wright Originally scheduled for Monday, July 23, the day before the NJSGA Open Championship, the NJSGA Youth Foundation Pro-Am finally took place on Wednesday, October 10, at the Montclair Golf Club in West Orange. The highlight…
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Mercer Oaks Duo Wins Senior Four-Ball Championship
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PHOTO: Senior Four-Ball champions, from left, Tom DiCinti and Mike Decker of Mercer Oaks Golf Course Tom DiCinti and Mike Decker of Mercer Oaks Golf Course combined for a score of four-under-par 67 to win the New Jersey State Golf Association’s 23rd Senior Four-Ball Championship by one shot over three teams on Wednesday, October 10, at the…
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Dr. Al Kuchler Recipient of Prestigious Honey Gantner Award
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PHOTO: Dr. Albert Kuchler, right, presents Mid-Amateur Championship Trophy to Brian Komline in 2012 Dr. Albert Kuchler, a long-time New Jersey State Golf Association volunteer and tournament committee official, is the 2018 recipient of the coveted Honey Gantner Award, presented annually to an outstanding NJSGA volunteer. Dr. Kuchler will…
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Fioretti Wins Senior Amateur; Stark Takes Super-Senior
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CAPTION: From left, NJSGA president Bill Frese, champion Anthony Fioretti, Bob Murray, NJM vice president It was a day for playoffs when the 60th NJSGA Senior Amateur Championship and 8th Super-Senior Championship were conducted on Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Essex Fells Country Club in Roseland. Both championships were presented by the NJM…
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Megha Ganne Returns to Drive, Chip & Putts Finals
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Photo: Megha Ganne of Holmdel won the 64th NJSGA Junior Girls Championship this summer Eighty junior golfers representing 27 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces have earned an invitation to Augusta National Golf Club to compete in the sixth annual Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals, to be played on Sunday, April 7, 2019, prior to the start…
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U.S. Junior Amateur Increases to 264 Golfers
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LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Oct. 3, 2018) – Aligning with ongoing initiatives to expand its support of junior golf, the United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that the field size for the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship will increase from 156 players to 264, beginning with the 2020 championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in…
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Senior & Super-Senior Championships
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Live Scoring - Leaderboard Pairings & Starting Times
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Trials of a Challenging Season
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GCSANJ COMMENTARY by Maureen Sharples, GCSANJ Executive Director New Jersey golf courses have faced one of the most challenging seasons to date. Extended winter weather followed by relentless rain and stretches of extreme heat have wreaked havoc on the playability, overall aesthetics, and budgets of courses. New Jersey experienced its second…
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Two Bills Defending at NJSGA Senior Events
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2017 champions Bill Charpek and Bill Henry will defend their respective titles at the NJSGA Senior Amateur Championship and the NJSGA Super-Senior Amateur Championship on Wednesday and Thursday, October 3 and 4, at the Essex Fells Country Club in Roseland. These 2018 NJSGA senior championships are presented by the NJM Insurance Group for the…
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NJSGA vs. GAP in 57th Compher Cup
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The team representing the New Jersey State Golf Association will be seeking its first victory since 2013 when the 57th Compher Cup Matches are hosted by the Golf Association of Philadelphia on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the Sunnybrook Golf Club in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. Scoring Portal The matches were originally scheduled for Wednesday, April 25, but…
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Mattare Going Strong at U.S. Mid-Amateur
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Matt Mattare of Jersey City is the lone representative from New Jersey to advance into today’s match-play Round of 32 at the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at the Charlotte Country Club in Charlotte, N.C. A skin-of-the-teeth survivor of Sunday’s 16-man playoff, Mattare posted an impressive first-round win. Mattare, who plays out of Darlington…
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New Jersey Trio Makes Match Play at U.S. Mid-Am
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PHOTO: Charlotte C.C. (USGA photo) Three players with ties to New Jersey have advanced into the match-play Round of 64 portion of the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, beginning today at Charlotte Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. Darin Goldstein of Bayonne Golf Club finished tied for 14th at even par 142 after the 36-hole, on-site…
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USGA and R&A launch Distance Insights project
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The USGA and The R&A Invite Global Golf Community to Share Perspectives and Relevant Data on Distance in Golf LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. AND ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND (Sept. 18, 2018) - A global online questionnaire and data-gathering exercise on distance in golf has been launched by the USGA and The R&A today as part of the Distance Insights project. …
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Esposito Wins His Third Senior Open
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Defending champion Frank Esposito of Forsgate Country Club carded a one-under-par 70 for a two-day total of 137 to win the NJPGA/NJSGA Senior Open championship by two strokes over playing partner Brent Studer of Metedeconk National Golf Club and two-time champion Jim McGovern of White Beeches Golf & Country Club on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at Green…
