OFFICERS

Heath Wassem , Fenway GC

President

Brian Crowell, GlenArbor GC

Secretary

Carl Alexander, GC of Purchase

Treasurer

Stuart Waack, Silvermine GC

First Vice President

Michael Shank, North Shore CC

Second Vice President

Brad Worthington

Honorary President

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Michael Breed, Michael Breed Golf Academy

Mike Diffley, Pelham CC

Dave Fusco, Patriot Hills GC

Ben Hoffhine, Wykagyl CC

Chris Kenney, Patterson Club

Jamie Kilmer, Wheatley Hills GC

Rob Labritz, GlenArbor Club

Adam McDaid, Friars Head

Cory Muller, CC of Darien

Sean Quinlivan, Piping Rock Club

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Chris Case, Mount Kisco CC

Joe Felder, Griff Harris GC

Bobby Heins, Old Oaks CC

Tom Henderson, Round Hill Club

Greg Hurd, North Hempstead CC

James Ondo, Apawamis Club

Jim Smoot, Huntington CC

Staff Members

Charles Robson, Executive Director

Kelli Clayton, Director of Operations

Jeff Voorheis, Tournament Director

Dan Frankel, Junior Golf Director

Dan Kiley, Assistant Tournament Director

Paul Giordano, Communications Manager

Kendall Burke, Junior Tour Intern

Tony Murrell, Controller

Fiscal Year Dues Deadline is June 30th

PGA Members and Apprentices are reminded that payment of their 2015-2016 Fiscal Year dues must be received by the PGA of America no later than June 30th to avoid suspension and penalties.

Metropolitan PGA Newsletter June 1, 2015

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Danny Balin Wins on LatinoAmerican Tour Highlights Tournament Success Stories

Congratulations to Danny Balin of Burning Tree Country Club on his win last week at the Guatemala Stella Artois Open on the PGA Tour LatinoAmerica. Danny shot 70-65-66 and was tied for the lead in the final round when play was suspended and the results reverted back to the 54-hole scores. That win moved Danny in to the top 5, an important

accomplishment as the Latino and Canadian Tour players are vying for spots on the web.com tour from their overall performances. David Pastore (T-22nd) and Michael Miller (T-31st) got off to good starts on the PGA Tour Canada opening event. David and Michael are both graduates of our Met PGA Junior Tour as is Kelly Shon who finished tied for 3rd in the LPGA Shoprite Classic in Atlantic City this past weekend. Kelly will be in the field at the upcoming KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Westchester Country Club, June 11th – 14th.

KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Week Filled with Golf Activities and Highlighted by a Major

Championship at Westchester C.C. on June 11th – 14th

In addition to the myriad of events surrounding the Championship, this will be a landmark moment for the PGA thanks to their partnership with the LPGA and KPMG to create the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. The week

will not only bring together a world-class, annual major golf championship with several of women who have been or continue to be part of our Section competing at Westchester. Liz Caron of Mill River Club and wife of A-1 Jason Caron qualified last fall in the LPGA T&CP Championship along with Jean Bartholomew, formerly of Garden City and an incredible athlete growing up on Long Island. Jean is a former Met PGA Junior Girls Champion as is Kelly Shon of Port Washington who is in the field as well. Nannette Hill, the 2014 Women’s Met Open Champion and a product of Pelham CC and former student of Mike Diffley is one of the top alternates in the field as of two weeks prior. Prior to the start of play there will be events at Eisenhower Park (for kids and vets on June 6th), Rye Playland (June 7th), at KPMG Headquarters (June 9th), at the New York Liberty game at Madsion Square Garden (June 9th), at the New York Mets game at Citi Field with Brittany Lincicome throwing out the first pitch on June 9th) and finally an afternoon program on June 10th at the famed Bryant Park in the heart of Manhattan. Add to this a women’s leadership summit featuring Condoleeza Rice among others and it will be a week meant to use community initiatives to inspire and develop new generations of golfers and female leaders.

June Offers Two Lincoln/Club Car Met PGA Pro-Presidents

Probably no event on our schedule is more important or more special than the Lincoln/Club Car Pro-Presidents. This year’s tournaments will also be supported by WeatherBug. Muttontown will be an exceptional host for our Long Island contingent on Thursday, June 4th while the incomparable Century Country Club will be the venue for the Westchester/CT and Upstate teams on

Tuesday, June 23rd. If your President is unavailable or not a golfer, professionals can invite any other officer or club official to team up in this better ball of two competition.

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REMINDER: MSR CYCLE ENDS 6/15/2015 CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF WAYS TO EARN YOUR MISSING CREDITS

Lincoln Pro-Am Schedule Includes June Events at North Fork, Waccabuc Our upcoming Lincoln Pro-Am schedule includes a brand new site, North Fork Country Club on Monday, June 8th, followed by Waccabuc on June 15th. There are still plenty of spots at Waccabuc, always a popular venue for professionals and amateurs alike. The low combined gross and net team will also qualify for the end of the season Mohegan Sun Tournament of Champions (Oct. 7th). You can also follow the “Race for the Lease” as the standings are updated after each event and rewards are provided for participation, test drives and hosting. Please support our sponsor and enjoy these important Pro-Am events!

Registration is Open for Met PGA Pro-Am at Pinehurst, Nov. 1st-4th

The excitement of the 2014 US Open and Women’s Open Championships is not that far from our memories so they will certainly help promote our return to Pinehurst for our annual Met PGA Pro-Am on Nov. 1st – 4th. Registration is now open

and we expect the field to fill rapidly with this being our final year of the current 3-year agreement on the 2014 US Open venues. Our 54-hole championship will be conducted on #2, #4 and #8 with several practice round options as well. Contact the office immediately to secure a spot in this year’s National Car Rental Met PGA Pinehurst Pro-Am event.

Glen Oaks to Be Honored at 64th Annual National Awards Dinner The Metropolitan Golf Writers Association will be holding their 64th Annual National Awards Dinner on Tuesday, June 9th at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown at 6 pm. Our host site for the 2014 Met PGA Championship, Glen Oaks, will be

recognized as the Club of the Year. Other honorees include Nick Price (Gold Tee Award), Gary Player and The Player Foundation (Winnie Palmer Award), Morgan Pressel and Morgan & Friends Fight Cancer (Bing Crosby Tournament Sponsor Award), Ron Sirak (Lincoln Werden Golf Journalism Award), Lauren Childs (Mary Bea Porter Award) and the WMGA (Distinguished Service Award). For more information, contact Kate Keller at kate@metgolfwriters.org or call 914-909-4847.

Long Drive Contest at Empire City Casino We are still working on details, dates and format for the Met PGA’s Long Drive Contest at Empire City Casino. The night of the finals, slated for mid-August, will be a social event that we believe our professionals and their friends and families will truly enjoy being a part of. While we are working on the plans, please take a minute to also contact jvoorheis@pgahq.com if you know of someone or if you are a potential competitor who will be interested in our quest to see who is the longest hitter in the Section.

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PGA Professional National Championship Presented by Club Car, Mercedes-Benz and Omega

Our Met Section contingent will be travelling by car to the Philadelphia Cricket Club for the upcoming PGA Professional National Championship on June 28th – July 1st. This year’s event is again presented by Club Car, Mercedes-Benz and Omega. In the field from our Section are qualifiers Ben Polland, Colin Amaral, Charlie Meola, Steve Scott, Greg Bisconti, Rob Labritz, Brian Gaffney, Mark Brown, Jim Farrell, Cory Muller, Dave Fusco and exempt players Rob Corcoran, Matt Dobyns, Darrell Kestner and Grant Sturgeon.

PGA Championships - Deadlines Coming in July Please be aware of the upcoming 2015 deadlines in July to enter three events that are tied into National PGA Championships. Registration opened on May 27th and the deadline is Tuesday, July 7th for the Met PGA Professional Championship being played on Aug. 3-5 at Fairview CC & Golf Club of Purchase. Club Car, Mercedes-Benz and OMEGA are presenting sponsors. The deadline is Tuesday July 14th to enter the PGA Senior Championship presented by Mercedes-Benz USA. Registration for the Seniors opens on June 3rd. This year’s National PGA Senior Professional Championship will be Oct. 15-19 at Bayonet & Black Horse in Seaside, CA. The Qualifying for the PGA Senior Professional Championship will be on Aug. 17th – 18th at Metropolis when we conduct our Met PGA Seniors Championship concurrently.. Apprentices and Class A-8 PGA Members may enter the National Car Rental Met PGA Assistants Championship starting on June 10th and the deadline is July 21st . The Championship is sponsored by National Car Rental and will once again be conducted at Bethpage Red on Sept. 6th & 7th. The National Car Rental PGA Assistant Professional Championship will return to PGA Golf Village on Oct. 28th – Nov. 1st.

Met PGA Club Association Mailing is Out Please be on the lookout for our recent mailing on the 2015 Met PGA Club Association. Clubs support this effort with a $300.00 annual dues that supports all of our good works in junior golf, employment, education, communications, public relations and a host of other special activities. The mailing was sent to head professionals, Club Managers and Club Presidents so please make sure you do not miss this important information. Thanks to several clubs who have already sent in their payment.

Head Pro Support Tops $8,000.00 thus far for Assistants Contribution Fund Including the Assistants Contribution Fund link on the 2015 Tournament Dues payments once again had an incredible impact on in-creasing donations from our head professionals. The Assistants Contribution Fund supports the Assistants Tour events and provides for 40% of the field to earn a paycheck as opposed to 33%. This fund will also support the William A. Mitchell Scholarship Fund to assist needy apprentices with their costs of education. If you missed making the donation and would like to contribute, head professionals can click here to support this effort.

Met PGA Junior Golf Fundraisers Getting Started Once again in 2015 we are asking our assistant professionals as well as all of our PGA Members to assist with the important task of raising dollars to support our efforts for Junior Golf. With over 110 events plus our commitment to The First Tee, it is easy to understand why your help and support are so necessary.

Many of our assistants have also mentioned that selling raffles and running a fund-raiser is tough for them to do. That is why we instituted several years ago our policy that any assistant who raises over $1,000.00 will get entry into the Assistants Championship top tier automatically and they can give raffle tickets to their fund-raiser supporters. If you would like some help with an event for your club, contact our office or any of the Assistants Board. This year we have also established an initiative called The Birdie Challenge where members can pledge money for every birdie recorded on our Junior Tour. This is a very easy way to get your juniors and your club members involved at a very reasonable commitment level. Check this out by clicking here. Our thanks to everyone who gets behind our Junior Golf programs and others who are planning on staging an event to help us try to again top our $100,000.00 goal for 2015.

PGA HOPE is Off to a Great Start Not every professional is at a club like Rolling Hills or Westchester Country Club where the members are incredibly committed to helping with the Patriot Golf Day programs. However, the PGA HOPE golf program at West Point has been amazingly inspiring for everyone involved. Working with vets from the Montrose VA, the volunteer professionals working under the direction of Kelli Clayton and Jonathan Gold seem to have gotten as much out of the first two weeks as the

enthusiastic and willing vets. A special thanks to host professional Andy Crane at West Point and to Dave Carazo, Jim McCann, Bob Bigonette, Kregg Moyer, Kevin Rodine, Paul Glut, Mike Turnesa, John Kennedy, Barry Troiano, David Young and Tom Henderson. The 6-week program will conclude with a special graduation ceremony on July 2nd on the grounds at West Point. We are still looking for donations of sets of golf clubs, golf bags, and range balls. If you are able to help please email Kelli at kclayton@pgahq.com.

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For Sale Any Golf Professional wishing to make $500.00-$3000.00 selling High Quality Used Golf Balls with no investment please contact Tom Lupinacci, He is looking for Used Yellow Factory Range Balls in good condition. He is also looking for Pre 1920 Autographs of US Open Winners + 1924 Winner Cyril Walker. He also has a World Class Museum Quality Antique Golf Collection with over 350 items for sale and will pay a $20,000 Commission to any Professional who will find him a client to purchase the entire Collection. Call Tom - 904-233-1023 or E-Mail - Tlupinacci1943@hotmail.com Tom has Hit-Away Golf Balls @.15ea. Free delivery in Long Island and Westchester for an order of over 3000 Balls.

PGA Scholarship Recipients Announced Once again we are pleased to announce several PGA Scholarship recipients from the Met Section who have achieved the distinction based primarily on their academic accomplishments, as well as their extracurricular involvement. This year we had five scholarship recipients from a list of 10 very talented and worthy applicants from both the high school senior and college student pool of those meeting the difficult academic requirements. Our congratulations to high school seniors Sangwon Han (son of Sprain Lake GC Teaching Professional Insook Han) and Kiera Townsend, daughter of Chelsea Piers professional Tim Townsend. Both students had over 2100 on their SAT’s and GPA’s above 3.75. Jack Walter also received a PGA Scholarship as a College Junior with over a 3.6 GPA and the highest ranking in weighted college activity. Jack is the grandson of long-time PGA Professional Jack Breno. The Met Section also proudly announces that two students are receiving the prestigious John Cox Scholarship for 2015. They are Benjamin DeForest, son of Rondout’s John DeForest and Diane Turner, daughter of Siwanoy head professional Grant Turner. Ben had over a 3.8 GPA overall and a current GPA of 3.93 while Diane is a senior with a 4.0 GPA currently and overall. Our congratulations to all of the recipients as well as those not selected who have achieved so much and continue to excel in their academic and student pursuits.

Women’s Met Open Championship Registration is Open

Head professionals are reminded to please remind their female staff and top women amateurs to register for the Lincoln Women’s Met Open Championship Presented by KPMG. This year’s Championship moves to Upper Montclair in nearby Clifton New Jersey on July 6th and 7th.

Special Awards Finalists It gives us great pleasure to announce that three of our PGA Members are finalists for consideration for the 2015 PGA of America Spe-cial Awards as well as our two Merchandisers of the Year nominees who are automatically candidates for the final selection. In addition to Merchandisers of the Year Mike Laudien of Philip J. Rotella GC (in the public category) and Dean Johnson of Leewood Club ( in the private category) we also have three finalists for some of the PGA’s top honors. Two Met PGA Professionals, Tom Henderson of Round Hill Club and Darrell Kestner of Deepdale Golf Club are among the elite group of candidates for the PGA Professional of the Year. For the second year in a row the Met Section has two finalists for the PGA’s most coveted honor. We are also pleased to announce that Stuart Waack of Silvermine is once again a finalist for the PGA Youth Player Development Award.

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Tom Kuhn Joins Elite Half-Century Club Life Member Tom Kuhn has been elected to Half Century Club status as he recently celebrated his 50th year of PGA Membership. The former professional at IBM in Port Washington and current staff member for the Met PGA and our Junior Tour, Tom is also a former Met PGA Junior Leader Award recipient. Con-gratulations on achieving this terrific milestone.

Met Section Adds Seven to the Roster We are pleased to announce the addition of five new PGA Members and two former PGA Professionals who have been reinstated to membership. Doug Mauch of Callaway Golf and Jim McCann, assistant to Dave Fusco at Patriot Hills have returned to the membership rolls. Our newest members include Nathan Bashaw, A-8 assistant to Jerry Yochum at Rockrim-

mon, Adam Borowiak, A-8 assistant to Dave Gosiewski at Noyac, Elliott Johnson, A-8 assistant to Jim Morris at National Golf Links, Kyle Jordan, A-8 assistant to Jack Druga at Shinnecock Hills GC and Benjamin Sklar, A-6 teaching professional on the staff of Marge Jones at Chelsea Piers.

PGA Notes Encourage your youngsters to register for Drive, Chip & Putt while spots are still available. Click on our web site link to register. Sites are filling rapidly and may may be closed to those who wait……..The PGA’s Credit Unior (IBMSECU) is offering special rates on auto loans as well as focusing on their HomeAdvantage program that assists with buying or selling a home. For more information, contact Tiffany Greenough at 800 873-5100 (x1517)……..The PGA has recently tapped Carol Albert to fill the role of Sr. Director, Marketing and Communications. Carol replaces Arjun Chowdri who has moved into the newly created role of Sr. Director, Global and Corporate Strategy.

Newest Quarter Century Members The Met Section also congratulates three PGA professionals who recently surpassed 25 years of PGA membership. Mike Darrell, A-1 at Mill Pond GC, John DeForest the A-1 at Rondout and Tom Patri, A-14 at Friars Head have now joined the PGA Quarter Century Club.

New Arrival Congratulations to Wykagyl Country Club’s Ben and Zainab Hoffhine on the birth of Charles Jacob Hoffhine on May 27th at 7 pounds, 15 ounces. Charlie joins big brother James (4) and sister Zara (2) in the Hoffhine household. Sleep is at a premium but everyone is doing well.

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THANK YOU 2015 PARTNERS & SPONSORS

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Bobby Jones

Brooks Brothers/Page & Tuttle

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Callaway

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Cobra/Puma Golf

Cutter & Buck - Paul McManus

Donald Ross Sportswear

Empire Casino

EY

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Fairway Golf Car

Fit Golf

Golf Genius Software

Haas Jordan

Heritage Creations

J. Lindeberg

Michael Hebron

The Hermitage Club

Jani-King

JBA Awards

Kirk & Matz

KPMG

Lenox Advisors

Lincoln

Mastercard

Mercedes Benz

Middleton Golf Group/Cleveland Srixon

Mizuno

Mohegan Sun

Morell Studios

National Car Rental

NIKE Golf

OMEGA

Peter Millar

PGA National Resort & Spa

PGA Tour

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Dirk Zuhlke - Golf Max/Volvik

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Employment Update The Town of Orangetown has released an RFP for the management of Blue Hill Golf Course. The RFP includes one, two or three parts of the business (Pro Shop, Golf Course Maintenance and Food & Beverage Operation). The deadline for sub-missions is July 14th at 11:00 am. Click here for the legal notice to proposers of the request for proposals.

We also have the following assistant and staff positions available in the Met Section for 2015:

George Dixon, Crab Meadow Crab Meadow Golf Course – (Please email resume to sdietz@integritygolfco.com.) has an immediate opening for a teaching professional at busy affluent daily fee Golf Course. Opportunities include private lessons, clinics, and camps. PGA or LPGA preferred but can substitute for experience. Start date is immediate! Compensation will be based on ability and tenure. This is a great opportunity to join a fast growing company that could potentially offer Winter employment in Florida.

The Golf Performance Center (Please send your resume to steve@thegolfperformancecenter.com ) seeking a profes-sional with Custom Club fitting and building experience, that is personable, outgoing, passionate, and motivated to help grow the Custom Club department. (June)

Matt Kleiner, Club at VillaRoma (contact Matt at mkleiner55@gmail.com) - seeking 1st Assistant Professional. Includes a room at the hotel and meals while on duty. Would work in shop and run leagues and junior clinics. Would also give lessons. Seasonal till Oct 31st

Frank Mattei, Bonnie Briar (Please fax resume to: Attn: Head Golf Professional, (914) 834-1627 Start Date: ASAP) –seeking Assistant Golf Professional, assist with all aspects of the operation to include tournament operations, club re-pair, shop operations, and teaching. (June)

Larry Menne, Tallgrass Golf Course – (Please e-mail resume to lmen55@yahoo.com) – Assistant Professional to assist with the golf operation to include customer service, shop operations, tournaments, outside operations and teaching. PGA level 1 or higher preferred, but will consider entry level with some experience. Start ASAP to December.

Mike Taft, (Please email resumes to Michael at golfnyc@gmail.com.) Golf Course General Manager position available at a New York City public Golf Course. We are looking for a hard working individual with experience in Golf Manage-ment. Salary negotiable. (June)

Ronald A Wright Jr. PGA, Golf Club at Middle Bay (Resumes to Ronnie at rawgolfpro@aol.com) – seeking Shop Attendant / Counter Personal Starting Immediately or for July into October. 20-30 hours a week - Schedule is flexible. Golf savvy or experienced preferred but willing to train.

We also have the following unique business position in the Met Section for 2015: Gary Rosenberg, TourGolf (Resumes to grosenberg@tourgcx.com) - seeking Director of Golf—click here for more infor-mation (June) We also have the following outside staff positions available: Shayne Sakson, Manhattan Woods (Please send resumes to s.sakson@mwgconline.com) - seeking experienced Cad-

dies (June) We also have the following courses for sale outside the Section: Beaver Brook CC in Annandale, New Jersey. - click here for more info Rancocas Golf Club in Willingboro, New Jersey - click here for more info

Previously Listed Employment

We have the following assistant and staff positions available in the Met Section for 2015:

Marjorie Jones, Chelsea Piers (Resumes to Golfpro@chelseapiers.com) - Seeking a teaching professional. Click here for more information (May)

Jonathan Margolies, Westchester Golf Range (contact Jonathan Margolies 561 436 5181 or nypga@aol.com) -seeking assistant (May)

Saint Andrew’s Golf Club (Please contact Robert Carmody, Starter/Caddie Master at: rcarmo-dy@saintandrewsgolfclub.com or 914-250-0399) - seeking experienced caddies for the 2015 season. Caddies should be available Tuesday-Sunday from April 17th to the end of October. There are some Monday outings that also require cad-dies as well and those caddies in good standing will be offered the opportunity to work those days. Saint Andrew’s G.C. has an active and growing membership and is implementing a mandatory caddie program for the 2015 season. (May)

Jim Wahl, Whippoorwill Club (resumes to Greg at whippoorwill@pga.com) Seeking Outside Operations assistants. Duties to include bagroom, range operation and member services. 20 – 30 hours/week, April through September. (May)

Ronnie Wright, The Golf Club at Middle Bay (resumes to proshop@thegolfclubat middlebay.com or call 516-766-1880) Seeking: Assistant Starter- weekday afternoons with one weekday & weekend day off. 30-40 hours a week job descrip-tion running first Tee-box for a busy semiprivate facility as well as some supervising of outside operations staff. Also, seeking Outside Operations- 25 to 40 hours per week, full or part-time positions available job description and duties consisting of cart management driving range and customer service. Also seeking-Food and Beverage personnel- this busy on course café is seeking 2 to 4 people to work the counter mornings, mid-day, closing shifts operational hours from 6AM to 7PM. All positions have the potential to receive gratuities and golf privileges. (May)

We also have the following summer job opportunity: Camp Coach Recruiters has residential children’s camps with salaries plus housing for golf coaching. Contact jerryah@optonline.net or call 866 808-2146 for more info.

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Tournament Results

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May 4 AT Hampshire Hampshire CC - Mamaroneck, NY

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May 4 Lincoln Pro Am at Whippoorwill Whippoorwill Club - Armonk, NY

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May 5-7 MasterCard Sr Match Play Championship Woodmere Club - Woodmere, NY

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Apr 20-27 MasterCard Senior Match Play Qualifier The Apawamis Club - Rye, NY Huntington CC - Huntington, NY

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May 11 AT Colonial Springs Colonial Springs GC - L/P - East Farmingdale, NY

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May 11 Lincoln Pro Am at Bonnie Briar Bonnie Briar CC - Larchmont, NY

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May 19 Lincoln Pro Am at Knollwood Knollwood CC - Elmsford, NY

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May 26 Spring Major @ Saint Andrew's Saint Andrew's GC - Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

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May 26-27 POLO Golf Met PGA Head Pro Championship North Shore CC - Glen Head, NY

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