Matthew Snowdon poses with his trophy after winning the Men’s Intellectual category in the 3rd GAP Adaptive Championship (Photo credit: Golf Association of Philadelphia) Full Results | Photo Gallery | GAP Recap Northfield, N.J. – Matthew Snowdon, a member at the U.S. Naval Academy...
27th Maryland Senior Open Champion David Hutsell Results | Photos | Champion Interview Havre de Grace, Md. – The MSGA championship season came to a close on Wednesday, October 14, at Bulle Rock Golf Course with the final round of the 27th Maryland Senior...
2019 Maryland Open Champion Davis Lamb Lutherville, Md. – Maryland native Davis Lamb has earned his first PGA Tour card for the 2027 season, securing the final spot in the top 20 of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with a clutch finish...
Tournament Information | Tee Times | Course Website | Past Champions | Championship Information Booklet | Havre De Grace, Md. – The 27th Maryland Senior Open will take place Oct. 13-14 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Md. The field features...
Top Photo (L-R): Bob East, Rob Cardwell, Bob Kaestner, Roger Kelly, Brian Gracie Bottom Photo (L-R): Mike Sola, John Shmerler, Tom Carroll, Garrett Pfeifer Results Lutherville, Md. – Baltimore Country Club claimed its sixth Maryland Senior State Team Championship title after defeating Manor Country...
Results | Photos Laytonsville, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association hosted a One-Day Doubles event at Montgomery Country Club on Monday, September 28. The tournament featured four divisions, Men’s, Senior Men’s, Mixed, and Women’s, with gross and net competitions in each. Men’s Division...
U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Qualifier Medalists Blanton Farmer & Ryan Terry Photos | Results Bel Air, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association conducted its final USGA qualifier of the 2026 tournament season with the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball qualifier at Maryland Golf & Country Clubs...
98th Maryland Senior Amateur Champion Tucker Sampson Results | Photos | Champion Interview Rockville, Md. – The 98th Maryland Senior Amateur took place at Manor Country Club, September 14-15. 120 golfers took to the tee to compete across Championship, Super-Senior, and Mid-Master divisions. Championship...
2026 Maryland Mixed Two-Ball Champions, Cole Baldwin and Sarah Spicer-Baldwin Results | Photos | Interview College Park, Md. – The 2026 Maryland Mixed Two-Ball Championship was held on Tuesday, September 8, at the University of Maryland Golf Course. Twenty-nine teams competed across championship and...
Results Saint Michaels, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association hosted its first One-Day Four-Ball event of the year at the Links at Perry Cabin on Thursday, Aug. 27. The tournament featured three divisions, Men’s, Senior Men’s, and Women’s/Mixed, with gross and net competitions...
Tee Times | Fast Facts | History Timonium, Md. – The 71st U.S. Senior Amateur Championship will be held at Baltimore Country Club from Saturday, Aug. 29, through Thursday, Sept. 3. The championship will mark the 27th USGA championship played in Maryland and the...
45th U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifying Co-Medalists Rij Patel and Tracy Vallandingham Leaderboard | Photos Germantown, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association hosted qualifying for the U.S. Mid-Amateur on Monday, August 17, at Bretton Woods Recreation Center. Three players qualified for the 45th U.S. Mid-Amateur...
108th DC Amateur Champion Zack Wilson (Photo credit: Virginia State Golf Association) Results | Photos: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 |Champions Interview | Preview | VSGA Media Hub Alexandria, Va. – The 108th playing of the DC Amateur took place at Mount Vernon Country...
62nd Williamson Cup Maryland Team (L-R): Ben Spencer, Landon O’Hara, Jack Kelley, David Kim (Photo Credit: Metropolitan Golf Association) Results | Photos | Preview | Team Interview Tenafly, N.J. – Team MSGA captured the 62nd Williamson Cup in just their second year competing in...
Tournament Information | Past Champions | Last Year’s Recap | Host Club Website Alexandria, Va. – The 108th DC Amateur Championship is set to take place at Mount Vernon Country Club from August 11-13. The championship will be administered by the Virginia State Golf...
67th Maryland Four-Ball Champions Ryan Chacon and Hunter Powell Leaderboard | Photos Ijamsville, Md. – The 67th Maryland Four-Ball Championship took place at Holly Hills Country Club on Monday, August 3. Fifty teams took to the tee to compete for the championship, with only...
Columbia Country Club Summer Team (L-R): Will Mullally; Brad Whitaker; Steve Delmar, PGA; Colin St. Maxens; Owen Fry; Jason Campbell; Stephen Patterson (sitting); Brendan Peel; Sam Spikell; Ralph Blasey; Pat McCarthy; Jimmy Spallone Results Lutherville, Md. – Columbia Country Club defeated Bethesda Country Club,...
40th Maryland Mid-Amateur Co-Champions Rij Patel (left) and Jay Mulieri (right) Leaderboard | Photos | Preview Bel Air, Md. – Jay Mulieri of Rolling Road Golf Club and Rij Patel of Hayfields Country Club were crowned co-champions of the 40th Maryland Mid-Amateur Championship at...
Tournament Information | Tee Times | Course Website Lutherville, Md. – The 40th Maryland Mid-Amateur Championship is set to take place at Maryland Golf & Country Clubs from July 27-28, where a field of the state’s top mid-amateur golfers will compete for the title....
105th Maryland Open Champion Billy Peel Leaderboard | Photos | Preview | Round One Recap | Round Two Recap Silver Spring, Md. – Consistency proved to be the difference in the championship round of the 105th Maryland Open, as Billy Peel of Columbia Country Club...
Josh Speight (left), Jake Griffin (middle), and Billy Peel (right) tee off during the second round of the 105th Maryland Open. Leaderboard Silver Spring, Md. – Temperatures rose, and so did the tension during the second round of the 105th Maryland Open. After two...
Josh Speight tees off in the opening round of the 105th Maryland Open at Argyle Country Club Leaderboard Silver Spring, Md. – The 105th Maryland Open got underway Monday, July 13, at Argyle Country Club, as 120 players began their pursuit of one of...
Tournament Information | Tee Times | Course Website Lutherville, Md. – The 105th Maryland Open is set to take place July 13-15 at Argyle Country Club in Silver Spring, Md. The championship field consists of 120 players and was primarily determined through four 18-hole...
70th Maryland Pro-Amateur Champion, Keegan Boone (left) and Jon Moles, PGA (right) Results | Photos Glenwood, Md. – Rainy conditions throughout the day did little to slow the scoring at the 70th Maryland Pro-Amateur Championship, as 52 professional-amateur teams held on Monday, July 6,...
85th Maryland Father-Son Champions, Tom Winegardner (left) & Charlie Winegardner (right) Results | Photos Annapolis, Md. – The 85th Maryland Father-Son and 5th Maryland Parent-Child Championship took place at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club on Wednesday, July 1. Despite scorching temperatures, 40 teams made...
71st U.S. Senior Amateur Qualifying Medalist Jack Carrigan Leaderboard Bel Air, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association hosted qualifying for the U.S. Senior Amateur on Monday, June 29, at Winters Run Golf Club. Two players earned spots in the 71st U.S. Senior Amateur...
46th U.S. Senior Open Final Qualifying Medalist Brett Quigley Leaderboard Rockville, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association hosted final qualifying for the U.S. Senior Open at Manor Country Club on Monday, June 15. Six players earned spots in the 46th U.S. Senior Open....
126th U.S. Amateur Local Qualifying Medalist Talon Dingledine Leaderboard Photos Rising Sun, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association held local qualifying at Chesapeake Bay Golf Club for the 126th U.S. Amateur Championship on Thursday, June 11. Fourteen spots were available to advance to...
126th U.S. Open Final Qualifying Medalist Jackson Suber Leaderboard Rockville, Md. – In association with the Middle Atlantic Golf Association, the Maryland State Golf Association conducted U.S. Open Final Qualifying at Woodmont Country Club on Monday, June 8. Four players earned spots in the...
105th Maryland Amateur Champion Kyle Gebhart Championship Bracket Photos: Stroke Play Qualifying Photos: Match Play Chevy Chase, Md. – Kyle Gebhart of Manor Country Club capped off a remarkable week at Columbia Country Club on Sunday, defeating Matthew Cocorikis of the MSGA eClub, 8&7,...
Photo (Left: Kyle Gebhart; Right: Matt Cocorikis) Leaderboard Chevy Chase, Md. – The quarterfinals and semifinals of the 105th Maryland Amateur Championship were contested Saturday, June 6, at Columbia Country Club, leaving just two players standing in pursuit of Maryland’s most prestigious amateur title....
Leaderboard Chevy Chase, Md. – Match play got underway Friday, June 5, at the 105th Maryland Amateur Championship, as the field was narrowed from 32 players to eight through the Round of 32 and Round of 16 at Columbia Country Club. A brief look...
105th Maryland Amateur Stroke Play Qualifier Medalist, Kyle Gebhart Leaderboard Chevy Chase, Md. – Stroke play qualifying for the 105th Maryland Amateur Championship concluded Thursday with five players finishing tied for medalist honors at even-par 70. The tie will be decided in a playoff...
Lutherville, Md. – The 105th playing of the Maryland Amateur will take place at Columbia Country Club from June 4-7. After four qualifiers and applied exemptions, 129 players will attempt to etch their names in the Maryland golf history books. The 105th Maryland Amateur...
31st Maryland Senior Four-Ball Champions, Michael Wah and Vance Welch Leaderboard Rising Sun, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association conducted the 31st Maryland Senior Four-Ball at Chesapeake Bay Golf Club on Thursday, May 28. Senior Division Michael Wah of the MSGA eClub and...
Pictured above: Robert and Shelly Pinkerton line up a putt during the Maryland Mixed Doubles event at Mountain Branch Golf Club. Leaderboard Joppatowne, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association conducted its second One-Day event, a mixed doubles tournament, at Mountain Branch Golf Club...
Leaderboard Queenstown, Md. – Rainy conditions marked the fourth and final qualifier for the 105th Maryland Amateur and 105th Maryland Open on Wednesday, May 20, at the River Course at Queenstown Harbor. A total of 25 players earned spots for the 105th Maryland Amateur,...
Leaderboard Edgewater, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association hosted its first One-Day event of the season at The Golf Club at South River on Monday, May 18. Men’s Division Net Champions Corey Gates and John Elliott of Swan Point Yacht & Country Club...
Results Laytonsville, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association conducted its third qualifier for the 105th Maryland Amateur and 105th Maryland Open at Montgomery Country Club on May 14. Twenty-six players secured their spots in the 105th Maryland Amateur, while 18 players earned places...
Photo: Logan Reilly (left) & Liam Maclauchlan (right) Results Ijamsville, Md. – The Club at P.B. Dye hosted the Maryland State Golf Association’s second U.S. Open Local Qualifier of the season on Monday, May 11, with seven more players advancing to Final Qualifying from...
Results Ellicott City, Md. – With seven qualifying spots available for U.S. Open Final Qualifying, 125 golfers battled rainy conditions during the 126th U.S. Open Local Qualifier held at Turf Valley Resort on May 6. Francisco Perez (a) (pictured above) from Hyattsville, Md., earned medalist...
Results Lutherville, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association conducted its second qualifier for the 105th Maryland Amateur and 105th Maryland Open at Pine Ridge Golf Course on May 5. Seventeen players secured their spots for the 105th Maryland Amateur, while 16 players claimed...
Results Hagerstown, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association opened qualifying for the 105th Maryland Amateur and 105th Maryland Open at Beaver Creek Country Club on April 28. A total of 25 players qualified for the 105th Maryland Amateur, and 14 players earned their...
The newly named Player of the Year award recognizes one of Maryland’s most accomplished amateur golfers and his lasting impact on the game. Lutherville, Md. (April 27, 2026) – The Maryland State Golf Association is pleased to announce the renaming of its Men’s Player...
Top photo (L-R): Billy Peel, Ralph Blasey, Colin St. Maxens, Owen Fry, Doug Hurson; Not pictured: Mike Mitchell Bottom photo (L-R): Brad Whitaker, Mike McCarthy, Brendan Peel, Tim Golden, Alex McGonagle, PGA, Pat McCarthy Results Lutherville, Md. – In the first-ever Maryland Men’s State...
Lutherville, Md. – As the 2026 golf season approaches, the MSGA is excited to share a preview of the upcoming championship schedule. This year’s tournaments will be held at distinguished golf courses and will feature some of the region’s top golf talent. 2026 Championship...
Lutherville, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association (MSGA) is pleased to announce Sarah Spicer-Baldwin and Mike O’Neil as new player representatives on the Tournament and Competitions Committee, each serving a two-year term. They will replace Billy Peel and Clare Connolly, whose terms ended...
Lutherville, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association (MSGA) held its 105th Annual Meeting at Lakewood Country Club in Rockville, Md., on November 14, 2025. The meeting provided an opportunity to reflect on the past year while also offering a preview of what lies...
Lutherville, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association proudly celebrates the remarkable achievements of its 2025 Player of the Year honorees, shining a spotlight on excellence across Men’s, Women’s, Senior Men’s, and Senior Women’s divisions. This year’s recipients have distinguished themselves with stellar performances,...
Team MSGA (Left to right): Patrick Herwig, Todd Williams, Carter Steuart, David Nocar, Vance Welch, Bryan Koslosky, Stu Strang, and Lee Flemister. Tournament Results | Past Champions Ringoes, N.J. – The 36th Senior Challenge Matches took place at The Ridge at Back Brook on...
Tournament Results | Photos | Interview Hunt Valley, Md. – The 26th Maryland Senior Open concluded on Wednesday, October 15, at Hayfields Country Club. 112 golfers participated in the two-day tournament, all with hopes of capturing the Maryland Senior Open title. Round 1: Hayfields...
Tournament Information Cockeysville, Md. – The 26th Maryland Senior Open will be held at Hayfields Country Club on October 14 and 15. This year’s tournament will showcase 112 of the top senior players in the region, including eight former champions. Returning for this year’s...
Davis Lamb holds the Maryland Open trophy after winning the 98th Maryland Open at Worthington Manor Golf Club in 2019 as an amateur. Lutherville, Md. – Potomac native and 2019 Maryland Open Champion Davis Lamb (Congressional Country Club) secured a coveted spot in “The...
Tournament Results Photos Todd Williams Interview Bel Air, Md. – The 97th Maryland Senior Amateur took place at Maryland Golf and Country Club from September 8 to 9. The tournament drew 122 golfers to participate in the Championship, Mid-Master, and Super-Senior divisions. After two...
2025 Maryland Mixed Two-Ball Champions, Mary Leahy and Andrew Mlynarski Tournament Results Pictures Mary Leahy/Andrew Mlynarski Interview St. Michaels, Md – The 2025 Maryland Mixed Two-Ball Championship was held on Wednesday, September 3, at the Links at Perry Cabin. Fifty teams, divided into championship...
Left: William Peel IV Right: Sarah Spicer Tournament Results Lothian, Md. – On Wednesday, August 13, the 44th U.S. Mid-Amateur and the 38th U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur qualifying rounds were held at The Cannon Club. For the U.S. Mid-Amateur, there were three qualifying spots and...
Tournament Results Photos Jake Griffin Interview Silver Spring, Md. – The 107th edition of the DC Amateur Championship took place at Argyle Country Club from August 7 to 9. A total of 132 players from Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., participated in the event,...
Tournament Information Silver Spring, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association (MSGA) is set to host the 107th playing of the DC Amateur Championship at Argyle Country Club from August 7-9. This is the first year the MSGA will host the event since assuming...
Tournament Results College Park, Md. – The University of Maryland Golf Course hosted the 66th Maryland Four-Ball tournament on Monday, August 4. Fifty teams participated in what turned out to be a highly competitive event, with only four strokes separating first place from eighth...
Tournament Results Kevin Grady Interview Photos Catonsville, Md. – Rolling Road Golf Club hosted the 39th Maryland Mid-Amateur Championship July 28 and 29. The tournament showcased Maryland and D.C.’s top mid-amateur golfers for the region, and they did not disappoint. Kevin Grady emerged victorious...
Pictured (Left to right): Nicholas Turowski, Evan Barbin, Logan Reilly (Medalist), and Aaron Sorkin Tournament Results Ijamsville, Md. – The Club at P.B. Dye played host to the 125th U.S. Amateur Final Qualifying on Thursday, July 17, where 28 players competed for five qualifying...
Tournament Results Benton Weinberg Interview Tournament Photos Towson, Md. – The Country Club of Maryland hosted the 104th Maryland Open this week, July 14-16. The tournament field battled through weather delays and high temperatures throughout the week, but it was Benton Weinberg of TPC...
Lutherville, Md. — The 104th Maryland Open Championship will return to Country Club of Maryland from Monday, July 14 through Wednesday, July 16, as one of the premier events on the MSGA calendar. The three-day championship will feature 54 holes of stroke play, with...
Kim Moore and Kipp Popert with their trophies during the final round of the 2025 U.S. Adaptive Open at Woodmont Country Club (South Course) in Rockville, Md. on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Logan Whitton/USGA) Rockville, Md. – Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md., played...
84th Maryland Father-Son Champions, Andrew Barbin (left) and Evan Barbin (right) Results Rising Sun, Md. — The 84th Maryland Father-Son Championship and 4th Parent-Child Championship at Chesapeake Bay Golf Club brought together families from across the state for one of the most special events...
70th U.S. Senior Amateur Qualifiers Bill Jeremiah (Left) and Bryan Koslosky (Right) (Not pictured: Todd Mostoller) Results Pikesville, Md. – 62 players came out to The Suburban Club on Monday, June 30, to vie for the three qualifying and two alternate spots in the 70th...
Left to right: David Morgan, Finn Watson, Nolan Haynes Results Rising Sun, Md. — On a gray, rainy day at Chesapeake Bay Golf Club, over 100 golfers teed it up in pursuit of 12 qualifying spots and two alternate positions for the 125th U.S....
Results | Photos BALTIMORE, Md. – The 104th playing of the Maryland Amateur took place at the Elkridge Club June 5-8, and it was Bennett Espenshade, at his home club, who came out on top over Jackson Roman of the MSGA eClub 2&1 in...
Lutherville, Md. — The Maryland State Golf Association will host the 104th Maryland Amateur Championship at The Elkridge Club in Baltimore, Md., from Thursday, June 5, through Sunday, June 8. One of the most historic titles in Maryland golf, the Amateur brings together a...
Results | Photos ROCKVILLE, Md. — For the 39th time, Woodmont Country Club played host to U.S. Open Final Qualifying, and Ryan McCormick of Middletown, N.J., carded eleven birdies and one bogey to fire back-to-back rounds of 66, finishing ten-under-par and five strokes clear...
Results | Photos JOPPA, Md. — It was a strong day of team golf at Mountain Branch Golf Club for the 30th Maryland Senior Four-Ball, where players took on the par-72 layout in cool, breezy conditions. Walter Jew and Mark Ehudin of Norbeck Country...
Leaderboard Queenstown, Md. – It was a soggy day out at Queenstown Harbor Golf Club (par 72, 6,761) for Wednesday’s 104th Maryland Amateur and Open Qualifying. That didn’t stop Timothy Luckett and Matt Carpentier, who were standouts in Wednesday’s qualifying round. Luckett began his...
Results ROCKVILLE, Md. – Cliff Kresge, Pro Emeritus and General Manager of Golf Operation at Ridgefields Golf & Athletic Club in Kingsport, Tenessee carded five birdies and two bogeys to shoot a 3-under-par 67, to earn medalist honors at the 45th U.S. Senior Open...
Leaderboard Montgomery County, Md. – Cabell Faulkner and Richie Steinwand earned the two top qualifying spots Thursday at the Maryland Amateur and Open Qualifying hosted by Montgomery Country Club (par 72, 6,677 yards). Faulkner, 18, a rising Sophomore at the University of Manhattan and...
Left to right: Jimmy Zheng, George Duangmanee, Argyle Downes, Will Mullally Results Urbana, MD. – Over two rain-soaked days at 125th U.S. Open Local Qualifying, 126 players battled it out for seven qualifying spots and two alternate spots at Worthington Manor Golf Club for...
Results Baltimore Country Club defeated Columbia Country Club, 12 to 6, to win the 2025 Maryland Men’s State Team Championship. The victory is the Baltimore Country Club’s eleventh total and seventh since 2013. Baltimore Country Club surpassed the Country Club of Maryland for the...
Leaderboard PHEONIX, Md. – Rij Patel of Hayfields Country Club earned medalist honors by carding a 5-under-par 66 in the 104th Maryland Amateur and Open Qualifying on Wednesday at Eagle’s Nest Country Club (par 71, 6,618 yards). Patel, 27, from Cockeysville, Md., carded six...
Top: Logan Reilly (L), Drew Carlin (M), Hayden Miller (R) | Bottom: Kevin Johnson (L), Samuel Espinosa-Trueba (R) Leaderboard SILVER SPRING, Md. – Drew Carlin, a junior at the University of Richmond, carded seven birdies and one bogey to shoot a 6-under-par 66, earning...
Leaderboard HAGERSTOWN, Md. – Beaver Creek’s own Niklas Steiner and Trump National D.C.’s Brendan McGrath, PGA, earned medalist honors in Maryland Amateur and Open Qualifying Monday at Beaver Creek Country Club (par 72, 6,823 yards). Steiner, 28, of Middletown, Md., carded four birdies along...
Lutherville-Timonium, MD – The Maryland State Golf Association (MSGA) announced today that it will assume responsibility for specific programs of the Washington Metropolitan Golf Association (WMGA) following the WMGA’s recent decision to cease operations. In 2025, the MSGA will conduct two events that have...
Results Phoenix, AZ – Ford Martin claimed victory at the inaugural Arizona Adaptive Open, held at Papago Golf Course in Phoenix. Despite struggling on the first nine holes of the opening round and trailing Kody Conover, the eventual runner-up, Martin rallied with three birdies...
Lutherville, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association (MSGA) is excited to share a preview of the 2025 Championship schedule, featuring prestigious tournaments hosted at renowned venues across the state. 2025 Championship Schedule: 104th Maryland Amateur | The Elkridge Club | June 5-8 104th...
Final Player of the Year Standings William “Billy” F. Peel IV 2024 MSGA Player of the Year Billy Peel of Columbia Country Club captured the 2024 MSGA Player of the Year with 640 points. He successfully defended his Maryland Mid-Amateur title at The Club...
Full Results | Photos Rockville, MD — The Maryland State Golf Association (MSGA) defeated the Middle Atlantic PGA (MAPGA) in the inaugural Dolan Cup, 6.5-5.5, at Lakewood Country Club on November 2, 2024. In the morning four-ball matches, each team won two matches, earning...
The Inaugural Dolan Cup will take place at Lakewood Country Club on November 2nd, 2024. These matches will pit two 8-player teams from the Maryland State Golf Association and the Maryland contingent of the Middle Atlantic PGA. The event is named after Columbia Country...
Results | Photos | Interview Baltimore, Md. — Professional Sean English fired a second-round 2-under-par score to win his first Maryland Senior Open on Wednesday at The Elkridge Club, where he serves as the Director of Instruction. Two-time Maryland Senior Open Champion Rick...
(L-R) Gary Awalt, Lee Flemister, Bill Jenner, David Nocar, Carter Steuart, Stu Strang, Vance Welch, Tom Winegardner Scoring | Past Champions Wilmington, DE – Team MSGA finished second place behind Team GAP in the 35th Senior Challenge Matches held at Bidermann Golf Club. The Senior...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2024 Public golfers from across the country came to Washington D.C.’s East Potomac Golf Links for the 2nd playing of the National Links Trust Championship. The field comprises men and women who qualified at ten qualifiers nationwide or were...
Leaderboard | Round Two Tee Times Rockville, MD – It was a beautiful day at Woodmont Country Club, where four players finished at even par or better after Round 1 at the 25th Maryland Women’s Open Presented by Toyota. Becca DiNunzio (a) from Virginia...
Results The Maryland State Golf Association, in collaboration with the United States Golf Association, hosted qualifying for the 2025 U.S. Men’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship at Worthington Manor Golf Club on September 24. Out of 58 teams competing for a place in the USGA...
Leaderboard Photos Owings Mills, Md. – The 96th Senior Amateur Championship at Green Spring Valley Hunt Club brought together a competitive field of top talent, including several past champions such as Tom Winegardner (The Cannon Club), David Nocar (Chartwell Golf & Country Club), Vance...
Results Saint Michael’s, M.D. – The Links at Perry Cabin, designed by legendary architect Pete Dye, set the stage for the 2024 Maryland Mixed Two-Ball Championship. On a perfect day for golf, Sarah Spicer and Cole Baldwin from Argyle Country Club came out on...
Results Photos College Park, MD – The 67th Maryland Pro-Amateur Championship was held at the University of Maryland Golf Course on July 15, 2024. On one of the hottest summer days, Zach Lese and Josh Williamowsky (Olney Golf Park, Woodmont Country Club) were the...
Tournament Results Interview with Alex Hoffman Tournament Photos Easton, Md. – The 103rd Maryland State Open was played at Talbot Country Club earlier this week, and it was Alex Hoffman of Columbia Country Club who claimed the title in the extremely hot conditions. As...
Tee Times Lutherville, Md. — The Maryland State Golf Association will host the 103rd Maryland State Open at Talbot CC in Talbot County from Monday July 8 through Wednesday July 10. The only other time that the club hosted the championship was in 1975...
Scoring Pikesville, Md. — 117 golfers competed Monday in a U.S. Amateur Local Qualifier hosted at Woodholme Country Club to move on to Final Qualifying. This is the first year of the two-stage qualifying format for this USGA Championship. With 13 qualifying spots and...
Tournament Results Noah Wallace Interview Zoe Cusack Interview Tournament Photos The 100th Junior Amateur and 47th Girls’ Junior Amateur Championships were hosted at the United States Naval Academy Golf Club for the first time ever earlier this week. Noah Wallace of Chesapeake Bay Golf...
Lutherville, Md. & Stafford, Va. — The Maryland State Golf Association (MSGA) and Middle Atlantic PGA (MAPGA) are proud to announce a new team event – the Dolan Cup. Teams comprised of eight players representing the MSGA and the Maryland contingent of the MAPGA...
Rockville, Md. – The 103rd playing of the Maryland Amateur took place over the weekend at Manor Country Club, and it was Austin Barbin of Chesapeake Bay GC who came out on top over Jake Roth of Lakewood Country Club 7&6 in the...
STARTING TIMES Lutherville, Md. — The Maryland State Golf Association will host the 103rd Maryland Amateur Championship at Manor Country Club in Rockville from Thursday June 6 through Sunday June 9. The last time the club hosted the championship was 2015, when one...
Photos – Final Scoreboard Laytonsville, Md. – The 29th Senior Fall-Ball Championship was held at Montgomery Country Club in Laytonsville, Maryland, and while there may have been two rain delays, players took advantage of the soft conditions. In the Senior Division, Mike McCarthy and Stuart...
Queenstown, Md. – Qualifying for the 2024 Maryland Amateur and Open concluded at the River Course at Queenstown Harbor Golf Links Tuesday afternoon. Lakewood Country Club’s Jake Roth took home medalist honors in both the Maryland Amateur and Maryland Open qualifiers after firing a...
Phoenix, Md. — 130 players battled it out in the U.S. Open Local Qualifier hosted at Hillendale Country Club in Phoenix, Maryland to move on to the Sectional Qualifying to be held June 3 at various locations across the country. With seven qualifying spots...
Ijamsville, Md. – Local Qualifying for the United States Golf Association’s 124th U.S. Open was held Wednesday, May 9th, at The Club at P.B. Dye. The par 72 course was converted into a par 70, played at 6,948 yards, and administered by the Maryland...
Ben Shields, from Hunt Valley Country Club, returned a 3-under-par 34-34–68, and it held up for the low score in both the Amateur and Open Qualifying, as the Maryland State Golf Association conducted its third Amateur/Open qualifying event on May 6 at Mount Pleasant...
Zachary Barbin, from Chesapeake Bay Golf Club, in the twelfth group off the first tee at the The Golf Club at South River, returned a 3-under-par 34-34–68, and it held up for the low score as the Maryland State Golf Association conducted its second...
Results Baltimore Country Club was able to defeat Beaver Creek Country Club, 10 to 8, to win the 2024 Maryland Men’s State Team Championship. This is their tenth victory and sixth since 2013. Baltimore Country Club joins Country Club of Maryland in a tie...
Tommy Sharps, from Baltimore Country Club, in the tenth group off the first tee at the Country Club of Woodmore, returned a 2-under-par 35-31–66, and it held up for the low score as the Maryland State Golf Association conducted its first Amateur/Open qualifying event...
Two rising talents, Marcus Byrd and Davis Lamb, find themselves on the brink of a PGA Tour Card as they enter the final stage of PGA Tour Q-School. Marcus Byrd, from Washington D.C., has competed in five PGA Tour events and has Six APGA...
William “Billy” F. Peel, IV. 2023 MSGA Player of the Year Billy Peel of Columbia Country Club captured the 2023 MSGA Player of the Year with 650 total points. The honor marks Peel’s second Player of the Year award, which he won in 2019....
Upper Marlboro, Md. — Professional Brendan McGrath fired a second-round 3-under-par round to win his first Maryland Senior Open Wednesday at Lake Presidential Golf Club. James Fitzgerald shot an even par round to win the Super Senior Division. The 2023 Maryland Senior Open was...
The 2023 Mixed Two-Ball Championship was held on October 2nd at Lakewood Country Club in Rockville, Maryland. A total of 19 teams competed in the competition for the Championship trophy, and an additional 13 teams competed in the Senior Division. The format for this...
The Maryland Senior Amateur was held Monday-Tuesday, September 18-19, at the War Admiral Course at GlenRiddle Golf Club in Berlin, MD. This was the first time the Eastern Shore member club hosted an MSGA championship. The Championship Division played from 6,450 yards,...
On the very hot day of Tuesday, September 5th, six determined individuals teed off at 6:20am to support Youth On Course (YOC) Maryland by playing 100 holes of golf at The Suburban Club, walking, in one day. Among them were Dalton Deardorff and Dante...
On August 10, 2023, The Maryland State Golf Association hosted the 36th U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur and 42nd U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifying at Argyle Country Club in Silver Spring, MD. The qualifier The course was played at 5,864 yards, par 71 for the women and...
The 37th Maryland State Mid-Amateur Championship at Green Spring Valley Hunt Club proved to be a spectacular display of golf, featuring a combination of perfect weather and immaculate course conditions. The players were gifted with two days of stunning weather that could only...
Yesterday 48 players played in a U.S. Senior Am qualifier at The Preserve at Eisenhower Golf Course for a chance to play in the U.S. Senior Amateur at Matris Camp in Truckee, California, in late August. On an intense and challenging day at the...
On July 24-25, 2023, The Maryland State Golf Association hosted the 123rd U.S. Amateur Qualifying at Worthington Manor Golf Club in Urbana, MD. The qualifier consisted of two 18-hole rounds of stroke play and ended with five qualifiers and two alternates. The course...
On Wednesday, Ryan Siegler won the 102nd Maryland State Open after finishing 18-under-par (65-65-68) for the week at Hillendale Country Club. Siegler finished four strokes ahead of second-place finishers Brandon Berry and 2022 champion Evan Katz. The par 72 course was in excellent condition...
Jack Bonifant, a talented golfer hailing from Kensington, Maryland, recently achieved a remarkable feat in the realm of adaptive golf. Competing in the U.S. Adaptive Open Championship Neurological Impairment Flight, Bonifant demonstrated his exceptional skills and determination, ultimately claiming a commendable 3rd-place finish. Over...
The Maryland State Golf Association will host the 102nd Maryland State Open from Monday, July 10 to Wednesday, July 12, at Hillendale Country Club. Hillendale Country Club was founded in 1923; the architects were William and David Gordon. There have been a lot of...
Match Play Final Kevin Grady of Rolling Road Golf Club was crowned the new Maryland Amateur Sunday afternoon. The 4-time Maryland Mid-Am champion and 2021 Maryland Player of the Year added another trophy to his collection as he battled all week to emerge victorious....
The Maryland State Golf Association will host the 102nd Maryland State Amateur from Thursday, June 8th to Sunday, June 11th, at Chartwell Golf & Country Club. Chartwell Golf and Country Club was founded in 1961, and Ed Ault designed the course. In 2019 Andrew...
Charles Winegardner and Tom Winegardner The 28th Maryland Senior Four-Ball Championship occurred on Wednesday, May 24th, at The Cannon Club. With 33 teams in the Senior division and 20 in the Super Senior division, it was set up for a good day for golf. The...
Scoring | Photos Queenstown, Md. – The 102nd Maryland State Amateur and Open Qualifier was held Tuesday, May 16th, at Queenstown Harbor – River Course. The par 72 course was a total of 6836 yards. The qualifier was administered by the Maryland State Golf...
Scoring | Photos Phoenix, Md. – Local Qualifying for the United States Golf Association’s 123rd U.S. Open was held Thursday, May 11th, at Hillendale Country Club. The par 72 course was converted into a par 71 and played at 6,838. The qualifier was administered...
Scoring | Photos Mitchellville, MD. – The third qualifier for the 102nd Maryland Amateur/Maryland Open Championship was held Tuesday, May 9th, at the Country Club at Woodmore. Players in the earlier tee times faced colder and rain, while players in the afternoon played in...
Ijamsville, Md. – Local Qualifying for the United States Golf Association’s 123rd U.S. Open was held Thursday, May 4th, at The Club at P.B. Dye. The par 72 course was converted into a par 70, played at 6,925 yards, and administered by the Maryland...
Scoring | Photos Joppa, MD. – The second qualifier for the 102nd Maryland Amateur/Maryland Open Championship was held Tuesday, May 3rd, at Mountain Branch Golf Club. Players faced cold, misty, and windy conditions. The par-70 course played was played at 6,755 yards and was...
Results In a rematch of last year’s championship, Baltimore Country Club was able to defeat Argyle Country Club, 13.5 to 4.5, to win the 2023 Maryland Men’s State Team Championship. This is their ninth victory and fifth since 2013. Baltimore Country Club with a...
Congratulations to Peter Knade on Monday Qualifying for the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla., at Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course). Knade, an Annapolis, MD native and Talbot CC member, is set to make his first career start on the PGA Tour. Along with three...
Middle Atlantic Golf Association and Washington Metropolitan Golf Association Name David “Moose” Brown Executive Director Brown will run the daily operations of both organizations, oversee tournaments and events and work on strategic direction. ARNOLD, MD – January 3, 2023 – The Middle Atlantic Golf Association (MAGA) and...
Towson, Md. – The 33rd Senior Challenge matches were held at the Country Club of Maryland Wednesday, November 2 and the hosts, Team MSGA, came away victorious after shooting a team total 13-over-par. The par 70 6,261-yard course provided a great test under sunny skies...
Elliott City, Md. — Professional Kevin Kraft fired a second-round 4-under-par, 67 to go wire-to-wire and win his first Maryland Senior Open Wednesday at Turf Valley Resort – Original Course. Amateur, John Armstrong (Cumberland CC) came from the middle of the pack to win...
The 2022 Maryland Senior State Team Championship ended Saturday afternoon with Hayfields CC defeating 2020 Champions, Manor CC by a score of 7 to 5. The matches, which began in 2000, feature teams from MSGA Member Clubs made up of eight male senior members...
Round 2 Tom Winegardner, from The Cannon Club, captured the 94th Maryland Senior Amateur Championship at The Elkridge Club in Baltimore on September 21. He finished the two-day, 36-hole test with a 71-71-142 even par performance. Scores were higher on the second day,...
The Maryland State Golf Association, in association with the United States Golf Association, conducted qualifying for the 2023 U.S. Men’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship at Worthington Manor on Tuesday, September 6. A field of 55 teams aspired to qualify for a USGA championship, but only...
Pawleys Island, SC – On August 5-7, 2022, Maryland competed in the 15th International Mid-Am Team Championship at True Blue Golf Club and Caledonia Golf & Fish Club. The team of Ryan McCarthy (Argyle CC), Charlie Winegardner (The Cannon Club), Brendan Kelly (Baltimore CC),...
Aaron Williams and Tanner Briele from Woodholme Country Club were able to shoot a bogey-free round of 61 to win the 60th MSGA Men’s Four-Ball Championship on Monday, August 8th, at Montgomery Country Club. The course was set up at 6,647 yards and par...
The 2022 Mixed Two-Ball Championship was held on August 8th at Winters Run Golf Club in Bel Air, Maryland. A total of 19 teams competed in the competition for the Championship trophy, and an additional 17 teams competed in the Senior Division. The format...
On Thursday, July 21st, the 81st Father-Son Championship and the first ever Parent-Child Championship was held at The Preserve at Eisenhower in Crownsville. The Father-Son featured the best ball format, while the Parent-Child saw a modified alternate shot format. Both players would hit their...
On Wednesday, Evan Katz (p) won the 101st Maryland State Open after finishing 9-under-par (68-68-65) for the week at Manor Country Club. Katz finished four strokes ahead of second place finishers Ryan Siegler (p) and Zachary Lese (p). The par 70 course was...
The Maryland State Golf Association will conduct the 101st Maryland State Open from Monday, July 11th to Wednesday, July 13th, at Manor Country Club in Rockville, MD. The format is 54 holes of stroke play, with all players playing 36 holes and a cut...
Bryan Kim dominated a well-conditioned Worthington Manor course shooting twelve-under-par with rounds of 65-67, and went on to win medalist honors in the qualifier for the 122nd U.S. Amateur Championship by six strokes. The Urbana course was played at 7,040 yards to a par...
U.S. Amateur Qualifying – Clustered Spires Results Charlie Bundy breezed through a well-conditioned Clustered Spires course shooting eight-under-par with rounds of 68-64, and went on to win medalist honors in the qualifier for the U.S. Amateur Championship by four strokes. The Fredrick course was...
Final Round Thomas Chalfant from Bethesda Country Club, and Lane Krosse of Hayfields Country Club, both teed up on No. 10 at Maryland Golf and Country Club for their playoff after with 36-hole totals of 145 in the 98th Junior Championship...
Match Play Final Watch the final hole Jake Griffin of Argyle CC was crowned the new Maryland State Amateur Sunday. The 2020 Maryland State Open champion added another trophy to his collection as he battled all week to come out victorious. With an unfortunate...
Pairings and tee times can be found here. The Maryland State Golf Association will host the 101st Maryland State Amateur Championship from Thursday, June 9th to Sunday, June 12th, at Argyle Country Club in Silver Spring, MD. This will be the club’s second time...
John Stroop and Bob Digby The 27th Maryland Senior Four-Ball Championship took place on Tuesday, May 24, at PB Dye Golf Club. With 42 teams in the Senior division and 12 teams in the Super Senior division, it was set up for a good day...
This past weekend eleven MSGA Members played in the 7th U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at the Country Club of Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama. According to the United States Golf Association (USGA), 2,468 sides (4,936 players) entries were accepted, and qualifying took place from August 18th...
Queenstown, MD. – Local Qualifying for the 101st Maryland Amateur and 101st Maryland Open was held Tuesday, May 17th, at Queenstown Harbor-River Course. The par 72 course was played at 6,764 yards and was administered by the Maryland State Golf Association. Tuesday was a miraculous...
Phoenix, Md. – Local Qualifying for the United States Golf Association’s 122nd U.S. Open was held Thursday, May 12th, at Hillendale Country Club. The par 71 course played at 6820 yards and was administered by the Maryland State Golf Association. With good weather conditions,...
Columbia, M.d. – On Monday, May 9th, the MSGA hosted the third 101st Maryland State Am/Open Qualifier at Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club. 111 players drove to Columbia, Maryland, to try and qualify for the 101st Maryland Amateur and/or the 101st Maryland Open. Hobbit’s Glen...
Urbana, Md. – Local Qualifying for the United States Golf Association’s 122nd U.S. Open was held Tuesday, May 3rd, at Worthington Manor Golf Club. The par 72 course was played at 7040 yards and was administered by the Maryland State Golf Association. Eight spots...
On Monday, May 2nd, the MSGA hosted a 101st Maryland State Am/Open Qualifier at Northwest Golf Course. 110 players drove to Silver Spring, Maryland, to try and qualify for either the Maryland Amateur or the Maryland Open. Northwest Golf Course played at 6,827 yards...
Hunt Valley, MD. – The first qualifier for the 101st Maryland Amateur/Maryland Open Championship was held Thursday, April 28th, at Hunt Valley Country Club. The par-71 course played was played at 6,576 yards and was administered by the Maryland State Golf Association. Players faced...
Baltimore Country Club defeated Argyle Country Club, 13.5 to 4.5, to win the 2022 Men’s State Team Championship. This is their 8th victory and first since 2016. Baltimore Country Club with a first-round bye, defeated Eagle’s Nest Country Club (13.5-4.5), Maryland Golf and...
The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced that registration applications are now available for the 122nd U.S. Open Championship, 77th U.S. Women’s Open Presented by ProMedica, 42nd U.S. Senior Open, 4th U.S. Women’s Senior Open. The 122nd U.S. Open will be held at...
While representing Argyle Country Club this week, Denny McCarthy earned his best finish of the 2021-2022 season on the PGA Tour at The American Express in the California. McCarthy has played in nine events so far this season and has finished in the top-1o...
For Youth on Course (YOC) members, cost is no determinant of talent. That is exactly what the following MSGA YOC members have proven, and the opportunity YOC aims to provide for all kids ages 6-18 across the US and Canada. For an annual membership...
To view Brownell’s Amateur Championship record: Click Here Robert Brownell will be inducted into the Inaugural Class of the Maryland Golf Hall of Fame on April 20th, 2022. In 1936, Brownell won his first D.C. Amateur, defeating Roger Peacock 3&2 at Manor Country Club....
Denny McCarthy earned low round honors on Sunday at the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open and finish tied for 11th with Adam Long, Luke List, and Matthew Wolff. McCarthy’s final round 64 (-6) moved him up 39 spots on the leaderboard.
Schuller goes wire-to-wire to win second consecutive Maryland Senior Open title; Offterdinger wins Super Senior Division Bethesda, Md. — PGA Professional Rick Schuller (Stonehenge G & CC) fired a second round 1-under-par, 69 to go wire-to-wire and win his second consecutive Maryland Senior Open...
Baltimore Country Club wins their Fourth Senior Team Match title; defeats Columbia 8.5-3.5 Lutherville-Timonium, Md. – The 2021 Senior Team Match finals pitted Baltimore Country Club and Columbia Country Club against each other in a showdown to determine the best Senior Team in the...
Round 2 Peter DeTemple, from Breton Bay Golf & Country Club, went on to capture the 93rd Senior Amateur Championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at Holly Hills Country Club in Ijamsville, September 14. He finished the two-day, 36-hole test with 73-74 and...
AnPhi Le wins the 100th Maryland State Women’s Amateur The 100th Maryland State Women’s Amateur Championship was held at The Elkridge Club in Baltimore July 19-22, 2021. The Elkridge Club also hosted the very first Maryland State Women’s Amateur Championship in 1921, so...
View Full Results Clustered Spires Golf Club played host to the US Amateur Qualifier on Wednesday, June 30th. The course played 6,728 yards and a par of 70. Hot and firm conditions made a challenging test for all players involved. Devin Morley from Galaway,...
The Maryland State Golf Association will conduct the 100th Maryland Open Championship from Monday, July 12th to Wednesday, July 14th at Baltimore Country Club – Five Farms East Course in Lutherville, MD. The format is 54 holes of stroke play, with all players playing...
The Maryland State Golf Association will conduct the 100th Maryland Amateur Championship from Thursday, June 10th to Sunday, June 13th at Rolling Road Golf Club in Catonsville, MD. This year will be the eighth time Rolling Road has hosted the Maryland Amateur Championship. Rolling...
Wyatt and Storck claim to victory in the Championship Division; Brundred and Tendall finish atop Super Senior Division leaderboard Easton, Md. – The 2021 Senior Four-Ball Championship was held Monday, May 24 at Talbot Country Club. The par 72 course played at 6,453 yards...
Inaugural Class of the Maryland Golf Hall of Fame Announced (Lutherville, MD – May 26, 2021) – Eleven legendary figures in Maryland golf will comprise the first class in the newly formed Maryland Golf Hall of Fame. Charlie Bassler, Head Professional at Rolling Road...
As part of the MSGA’s centennial celebration over the course of 2021, we are recognizing some of the major historical events that took place over the last 100 years of our organization. The first Maryland Open was played on October 6 and 7, 1921...
Hello! My name is Kevin Crowley Jr. and I am an Intern for the Maryland State Golf Association. I recently graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.S. in Sport and Entertainment Management. I am from Damascus, Maryland and I attended Damascus...
Play more and better golf with a GolfPass+ membership, and help a Youth on Course member do the same! Starting in 2021, 20% of each annual GolfPass+ membership will be donated to the Maryland State Golf Association’s Youth on Course fund if you use...
Rolling Road Golf Club mounted a comeback in the final to defeat Manor Country Club, 9.5 to 8.5, and claim their ninth State Title in the 91st Men’s Team Championship conducted by the Maryland State Golf Association. To say the final match was a...
As part of the MSGA’s centennial celebration over the course of 2021, we are recognizing some of the major historical events that took place over the last 100 years of our organization. Champion Mrs Greiner on left & Runner-up Miss McHenry on right. After...
Hello! My name is Grace Appel and I am the 2021 P.J. Boatwright Intern for the MSGA. I am from Severna Park, Maryland and I am an undergraduate student at Towson University. I am majoring in Sport Management, as well as minoring in Business. ...
As part of the MSGA’s centennial celebration over the course of 2021, we are recognizing some of the major historical events that took place over the last 100 years of our organization. At a meeting on March 8, 1921, quite a contest was waged...
We regret to inform you that Troy Beck, LPGA/PGA Professional and long-time golf professional at Glenn Dale Golf Club passed away on Thursday, February 25th in hospice care. She had been suffering with health issues in recent years. Troy was a huge ambassador for...
As part of the MSGA’s centennial celebration over the course of 2021, we are recognizing some of the major historical events that took place over the last 100 years of our organization. MSGA first officers (left to right): M. Tyson Ellicott, President R. Marsden...
(Lutherville, Md., Jan. 29, 2021) – On Monday, February 1, the Maryland State Golf Association will transition to the GHIN Suite of Products. The Golf Handicap Information Network (GHIN) is a service offered by the USGA to golf associations worldwide. GHIN is one...
The Maryland State Golf Association, currently representing over 145 member clubs and close to 40,000 golfers, will be celebrating 100 years during 2021! A few notable ways we are celebrating include an MSGA history book that will be published later this year and a...
(Lutherville, MD – January 7, 2020) — The Maryland State Golf Association (MSGA) Board of Directors announced today that Elisa Hermes will become the Association’s Director of Rules & Competitions, effective January 11, 2021. Hermes will now oversee the MSGA tournament operations, a position previously...
Historically, the MSGA has held an in-person Annual Meeting at the incoming President’s home club. Due to COVID-19 that will not be possible, so we are celebrating our champions, players of the year, award recipients, and newly elected officers online this year. The MSGA...
(PEBBLE BEACH, Ca.) — Youth on Course — the non-profit organization dedicated to opening doors, supporting dreams and transforming the lives of young people through opportunities on and off the golf course – has partnered with National Links Trust to bring affordable golf to kids in...
Manor Country Club won four of the six matches, including all three at home, and swept in the first matches at both sites, to defeat Baltimore Country Club, 12-6, and repeat as champions in the 90th Men’s Team Championship conducted by the Maryland State...
Two Middle Atlantic Golf Association Past Presidents, Steve Block (2004) of Woodmont Country Club, and Richard Holland (2017), Columbia Country Club, teamed up for the 25th Senior Four-Ball championship conducted by the Maryland State Golf Association at Bethesda Country Club on October...
On Monday, September 28th, participants nationwide were challenged with completing 100 holes of golf (walking) to raise money and awareness for Youth on Course, a non-profit organization providing youth with access to life-changing opportunities through golf. In Maryland, Sparrows Point Country Club generously hosted...
Four-Ball Match Play must be a popular format at Manor Country Club in Rockville. The club’s entry was victorious last year in the 89th Men’s State Team Matches, and its senior team added additional hardware after defeating Baltimore Country Club in the 21st installation...
The Maryland State Golf Association, in association with the United States Golf Association, conducted qualifying for the 2021 U.S. Men’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship at Worthington Manor on Tuesday, September 22. A field of 46 teams had aspirations to qualify for a USGA...
36 holes were not enough to determine a winner at the 92nd MSGA Men’s Senior Amateur Championship, as Vance Welch and past champion, Tom Winegardner (2018) were tied after two rounds at Rolling Road Golf Club in Catonsville, September 8-9. Welch...
For the first time in nearly a decade, a Middle Atlantic PGA professional claimed the title of Maryland Open Champion, when Josh Speight birdied his final hole at the Country Club at Woodmore and secured a one-stroke victory at 99th MSGA...
Billy Peel, IV of Columbia Country Club celebrated his second consecutive state amateur title on Sunday, August 16 at Green Spring Valley Hunt Club in Owings Mills, after closing out his opponent, Rij Patel, 3 & 2 in the final of the 99th MSGA...
The 34th MSGA Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship took place at Argyle Country Club in Silver Spring, MD on August 3. The first round began on Monday and showcased a lot of great golfers from our state all vying to win the coveted title....
(Photos coming soon) The 2020 Mixed Two-Ball Championship was held on August 3rd at Manor Country Club in Rockville, Maryland. A total of 30 teams competed in the competition for the championship trophy and an additional 28 teams competed in the senior division....
Keegan Boone, Bethesda Country Club and Michael Mulieri, Baltimore Country Club separated from the pack with a bogey-free round of 63 to win the 59th MSGA Men’s Four-Ball Championship on Monday, July 27 at Hillendale Country Club in Phoenix. The Four-Ball format,...
The Maryland State Golf Association offered Rules of Golf webinars over the course of three weeks to individuals who were registered for a live Rules of Golf seminar that was cancelled due to COVID-19. Each of these hour long seminars was recorded and uploaded...
The MSGA (Maryland State Golf Association) Director of Rules & Competitions, Kelly Newland joins the crew for an in-depth chat on how the committee chooses their tournament venues, sets up the courses for those tournaments, and how they run their match play vs their...
April 21, 2020 TO: MSGA Member Clubs and golfers In an effort to keep all MSGA members, golfers and member clubs up-to-date, we have created a new dashboard on our website where we will post all news related to COVID-19 & related Executive orders...
April 7, 2020 – COVID-19 Updates to USGA Events Concerns over COVID-19 has forced the USGA to postpone or cancel a number of scheduled 2020 championships. The USGA is continuing to monitor the pandemic and will make additional announcements regarding its remaining 2020 competitions when...
Assistant professional Steve Delmar and the seemingly ageless Marty West, from Columbia Country Club, fashioned a 6-under-par 34-32–66 and won the Maryland State Golf Association’s 63rd Pro-Am championship at the windswept Cannon Club in Lothian, October 17. The final event on the...
Round 2 Jimmy Estes, a teaching professional at Olney Golf Park, overcame an early mistake with a back-nine 30 for a 36-hole total of 136 to thwart early contenders Eric Egloff (first-day leader), perennial challenger Rick Schuller, and two-time champion Dirk...
Congressional CC Hunt Valley GC Skip Tendall, from Congressional Country Club, still recovering from a broken wrist of a couple of weeks ago, tapped in a short par putt on the 18th green to win the hole,...
Round 2 Henry Blue, a member of one of this nation’s most distinguished golfing families, added another jewel to the collection when he had a hole-in-one to help overcome a five-stroke deficit to finish at even-par 146 and capture the 91st Seniors...
A record-tying second-round 61 propelled Billy Peel, IV, and Brandon Cigna to the Maryland State Golf Association’s 58th 4-Ball championship with a 36-hole wire-to-wire total of 64-61–125 at Musket Ridge Golf Club in Myersville, August 27. This marked the first time the...
Washington piled up 10 points in the first four matches — more than enough to win — and went on to an 11-7 victory over Baltimore in the 63rd annual team match pitting players against each other from the respective areas....
The four players who opened the first round of the 17th annual Amateur Public Links championship of the Maryland State Golf Association with scores in the 60’s all shot upward into the 70’s in the second round at Clustered Spires Golf...
The Mixed Two-Ball Championship was held August 5 at Queenstown Harbor – The River Course. The location of the River Course on the Chesapeake Bay provided a beautiful setting for golf with nature aplenty. There was a huge population...
Round 2 The 15th and 18th holes were pivotal, as Kevin Grady came from behind to edge Billy Peel by a single stroke after Peel was three shots ahead with four holes left in the final round of the Maryland State Golf...
Pete DeTemple, from Breton Bay Golf and Country Club in southern Maryland, fired a 3-under-par 69 and earned the medal in U.S. Seniors sectional qualifying at Talbot Country Club in Easton, July 29, conquering the opposition and the oppressive high-90’s heat. John...
Rick and Andrew Sovero, the first group off the tee in the 79th Father-Son championship of the Maryland State Golf Association, wasted no time in setting a target score for the other 41 teams at the Country Club of Maryland. The...
The Maryland State Golf Association will conduct the 98th Maryland Open Championship from Monday, July 15th to Wednesday, July 17th at Worthington Manor Golf Club in Urbana, MD. The format is 54 holes of stroke play, with all players playing 36 holes and a...
Match Play Final Billy Peel, IV, from Columbia Country Club, won the 98th Amateur championship of the Maryland State Golf Association in unusual fashion at the Chevy Chase Club, June 9, when Pete DeTemple, from Breton Bay Golf &...
This week marks the beginning of the 98th Maryland State Golf Association Amateur Championship, which is being held at the challenging par 70 Chevy Chase Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The Championship will run from June 6th through June 9th. This year will be...
Will Ford, from Baltimore Country Club, and Jong Kim, from Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club, each recorded a 2-under-par 70 to share the top spot in the Maryland State Golf Association’s final local qualifier for its Amateur and Open championships...
Brothers Tom and Chuck Winegardner meshed for a 4-under-par 34-32–66 and won the 24th annual Maryland State Golf Association’s Senior Four-Ball championship by one stroke at Rolling Road Golf Club in Catonsville, May 20. Tom, a veteran MSGA player, had...
Richard Holland, from Columbia Country Club, led a field of 115 with a 2-under-par 70, one of only three sub-par rounds in an Amateur/Open qualifier, sponsored and conducted by the Maryland State Golf Association at the Country Club at Woodmore,...
Austin Barbin, from Chesapeake Bay Golf Club, made a second successful qualifying trip within 10 days, leading Open qualifying and sharing Amateur qualifying honors with Brett Williams, from Baltimore Country Club, as the Maryland State Golf Association held...
The Maryland State Golf Association was in charge with running an annual U.S. Open local qualifier for the Baltimore area (a similar one is held in the Washington area) and this year’s event was held at...
Manor Country Club won four of the six matches and with identical 5-4 wins home and away managed to subdue Mount Pleasant Golf Course, 10-8, for the overall championship of the 89th men’s team championship of the Maryland State Golf Association, April 27. Each...
Kirk Massie, a relative newcomer to the area, made a successful debut in a Maryland State Golf Association Amateur/Open qualifying event, carding a par-71 at Piney Branch Golf Club in Hampstead, April 29. In the first of four such programs,...
The steamroller that has been put together at Mount Pleasant Golf Course cruised past two foes – Rolling Road Golf Club and Maryland Golf & CC – over the weekend (April 13-14) to lead the way into the Baltimore Area final of the annual...
(L to R) Player of the Year, Charlie Winegardner, of Old South CC, and Senior Player of the Year, Kevin Allis, Hobbit's Glen GC, were recognized and congratulated for their achievements at the 98th MSGA annual meeting. The 98th annual meeting of the Maryland...
Round 2 Kelly Chinn, from Great Falls, Va., separated himself from the field early in his round and went on to shoot 35-33–68 for a 36-hole total of 139, and the top spot in the 10th Mid-Atlantic Junior Boys’ Invitational at River Bend Country...
Day 2 Former champion Dirk Schultz led a talent-laden leaderboard into the second round of the 19th Maryland State Open at Worthington Manor Golf Club in Urbana, October 10, and the expectations were for an exciting finish. Never happened. Schultz, the head professional at...
The Maryland State Golf Association will conduct the 19th Maryland Senior Open Championship from Tuesday October 9 to Wednesday October 10 at Worthington Manor Golf Club in Urbana, MD. The competition will be 36 holes of stroke play with Senior (50 and over) and...
Mark Coburn birdied the 13th hole to send Hunt Valley Country Club, 1 up, and he and partner Gavin Stringer thwarted Columbia CC the rest of the way to win two points and earn a 7-5 triumph in the 19th Senior Team Matches of...
Billy Peel and Colin St. Maxens, from Columbia Country Club, combined for seven birdies, but it was the last one — on the ninth green after starting at No. 10 — that gave them the sectional qualifying medal and sent them on to next year’s 5th...
Round 2 Tom Winegardner, from Old South Country Club, highlighted his closing round with an eagle, and went on to capture the 90th Seniors championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at Talbot Country Club in Easton, September 13. He finished the two-day, 36-hole...
Collegians Lee Detmer and Evan Katz combined for nine birdies in recording a record-tying 9-under-par 30-31–61 and captured the 57th Four-Ball championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at Bethesda Country Club, August 20. The course was played at 6,649 yards to a par...
Mike Stackus, from Ellicott City, and Will Halamandaris, from Annapolis, each had a defining moment in their respective bids for the Maryland State Golf Association’s Amateur Public Links championship at the University of Maryland Golf Club in College Park, August 13. Each produced a...
For a change, the golf was secondary; it was the background that was important. The Maryland State Golf Association and the Gibson Island Club were both born in 1921. However, it took nearly 100 years for the two to get together. Certainly, the founders...
Ben Shields, from Towson and Pine Ridge Golf Course, fired a 5-under-par 34-32–66, a competitive best, and earned the medal in sectional qualifying for the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at the Chartwell Golf & Country Club in Severna Park, Md., August 9. There were six...
Round 2 Kevin Grady recorded a 1-under-par effort in his closing round and the first-day leader ended with 68-71–139 to capture the 32nd Mid-Amateur championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, August...
When Henry Blue, a Butler (Md.) resident, won the recent championship of the United States Seniors’ Golf Association, it turned out to be a memorable performance. For the record, Henry posted rounds of 72-76–148 and thwarted Bob Harrington, Portland, Ore., 72-77–149, and Trip Long,...
East and West took care of the two available places, as sectional qualifying for the U.S. Amateur championship took place at Hayfields Country Club in Hunt Valley, July 23. Ryan McCarthy, from Kensington, Md., and Ryan Smith, from Carlsbad, Calif., each put up...
Logan Lowe, a George Washington University senior, carded a par-72 second round for a 36-hole total of 139, and won the medal in U.S. Amateur sectional qualifying at the Country Club at Woodmore in Mitchellville, July 17. With five places and two alternate spots...
The Maryland State Golf Association changed the format for its 78th Father-Son championship, but that didn’t keep the Hunt Valley Golf Club entry of Tom and Jimmy Grem from mopping up the opposition with a four-stroke victory. The team that won the...
Greg Pieczynski, director of instruction at Manor Country Club in Rockville, and amateur member Ben Warnquist combined for three back-nine birdies to help the team break away from a tightly bunched leaderboard and ensure the championship of the 62nd...
Round 3 The 97th Maryland State Open championship at Fountain Head Country Club in Hagerstown, which concluded July 11, showed that it was a young man’s game. At the end of the regulation 54 holes, four players between...
This year Maryland State Golf Association will conduct the Maryland Open Championship at Fountain Head Country Club for the seventh time since it hosted its first Maryland Open in 1927. The video below is a hole-by-hole aerial tour of all 18 holes at Fountain...
(“Ross v. Maryland” Video Courtesy of LOFT – www.loftsuas.com) The Maryland State Golf Association will conduct the 97th Maryland Open Championship from Monday July 9 to Wednesday July 11 at Fountain Head Country Club in Hagerstown. The format is 54 holes of stroke play, with...
Match Play-Finals Resilient and relentless. Once Morgan Egloff, from the Chevy Chase Club, shifted into a higher gear, the final match in the 97th Amateur championship of the Maryland State Golf Association was all but decided in the morning round at...
This week marks the beginning of the 97th Maryland State Golf Association Amateur Championship, which is being held at Baltimore Country Club in Lutherville, Maryland. The Championship will run from June 7th through June 10th on the A. W. Tillinghast designed East Course course, that...
Mike O’Neil, from Timonium, in the second group off the first tee at Sparrows Point Country Club, returned a 5-under-par 33-34–67, and it held up for the low score as the Maryland State Golf Association conducted the last of its four...
Davis Lamb, from Congressional Country Club, and Chuanjung Chen, from Blue Mash Golf Course, returned 2-under-par rounds of 70 to share first place in both divisions, as the Maryland State Golf Association held another in a series of qualifying...
Partners Lee Flemister and Dave Nocar, Jr., both parred the third playoff hole, and the effort was enough to earn them the championship of the 23rd Senior Four-Ball tournament sponsored and conducted by the Maryland State Golf Association at...
Tyler Herriott, a first-year professional from Brandywine, Md., birdied the last two holes to close out a back-nine 31 and earn the medal in local U.S. Open qualifying at Hillendale Country Club, May 14. Until the late surge, he...
James “Mac” Webster, a Gilman School senior, made an unimpressive start, but by the time he finished, he had assembled eight birdies among other things on his way to the day’s low score, a 5-under-par 32-35–67. This was good for a...
Am/Open Qualifier #1 Scott Shapin, in his second year as the head professional at Old South Country Club, was in the next-to-last group to finish, and when he posted his 1-over-par 73, he became the 16th and final...
Article courtesy of pgatour.com FINAL LEADERBOARD Name Score Brad Miller 64-68-68-67 – 267 (-21) Jake Mondy 69-68-64-67 – 268 (-20) a-Brendon Jelley 68-65-70-67 – 270 (-18) Anthony Maccaglia 67-70-66-68 – 271 (-17) Grady Brame, Jr. 68-64-70-69 – 271 (-17) LAKELAND, Fla. – Brad Miller...
Final Beaver Creek Country Club won five of the six pairings and defeated Baltimore CC, 13-5, for the championship of the 88th Team Matches of the Maryland State Golf Association, on a cold, wind-swept afternoon, April 29. The well-balanced Hagerstown team won 7 1/2...
Jeff Braswell sparked his round with three natural birdies and Brian Picker checked in with two natural and one net birdie, and the Turf Valley Country Club pairing went on to finish 33-32–65 to capture low net among those playing from the back tees...
Denny McCarthy earned his best career finish on the PGA Tour at the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship in the Dominican Republic. He needed a clutch up-and-down at the final hole on Sunday, March 25 to edge K.J. Choi by one shot and...
The Maryland State Golf Association will begin accepting entries Tuesday, March 6th! The Maryland Amateur Championship & Maryland Open Championship as well as all Amateur/Open qualifiers will open up for online registration starting at 9:00AM. The MSGA has made several changes to the...
The following article is courtesy of the United States Golf Association and has been updated to reflect terminology under the World Handicap System™. When winter weather strikes, golfers go into hibernation. Others, commonly known as “snowbirds,” escape the cold climate to more appealing temperatures....
The 97th annual meeting of the Maryland State Golf Association was held November 10, 2017, at the Five Farms clubhouse of Baltimore Country Club. Among the features was the installation of a new slate of officers, headed by Jan Miller, president, from Baltimore CC. ...
Player of the Year: Billy Wingerd Senior Player of the Year: David Nocar, Jr. Two victories, part of a very active golf season, helped propel Billy Wingerd, while a similar season-long effort and one victory were enough for David Nocar, Jr., as they...
Day 1 Results Bennett Buch and Peter Knade, sophomores and teammates at the University of Maryland, combined for a 7-under-par 33-32–65, and won the medal in sectional qualifying for the U.S. Four-Ball championship at the Country Club at Woodmore, October 16. The USGA event...
The Maryland entry, led by Dave Nocar, Jr., from Chartwell Country Club, compiled a score of 446 and won the 23rd Four State Senior Challenge at Baltimore CC, October 12. The competition among teams from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, in addition to Maryland,...
Final Round Recap Geoffrey Redgrave, head professional at the Wintergreen (Va.) Resort, saw an early lead disappear, then recovered with four back-nine birdies to squeeze out a victory in the 18th Maryland State Senior Open at the Chevy Chase Club, October 11. The first...
The Maryland State Golf Association will conduct the 18th Maryland Senior Open Championship from Tuesday October 10 to Wednesday October 11 at the Chevy Chase Club in Chevy Chase, MD. The competition will be 36 holes of stroke play with Senior (50 and over)...
David Nocar, from Chartwell Golf and Country Club, returned a score of 3-over-par 75 (with the help of two late birdies) and won the 89th Senior Amateur championship of the Maryland State Golf Association with 71-75–146 at Worthington Manor Golf Club in Urbana, September 13....
The 89th Maryland State Golf Association’s Senior Amateur Championship is one week away. This year’s championship will be held at Worthington Manor Golf Club in Urbana, Maryland. The Championship will run from September 12th to 13th on the Ault-Clark signature course, that will play 6525 yards...
The 61st Annual BW Matches were held at Rolling Road Golf Club on Saturday, August 19th. The demanding Catonsville layout was played at 6,174 yards to a par of 70. The course played longer than usual with wet conditions on a hot sunny day. ...
Full story coming soon… Prizes will be awarded to the following teams: CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION Gross Prizes: 1st – Stephanie Ordakowski & Steve Comings (Crofton Country Club) 2nd – Tara Coates & Phil Fairbanks (Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club) 3rd – Chelsea Prosser & Ryan Richardson...
Billy Wingerd, from Mountain Branch Golf Club, put another notch in his Maryland State Golf Association championship belt, August 9, when he finished recording two-day rounds of 68-69–137, to take the 31st Mid-Amateur championship of the MSGA at Chartwell Country Club in Severna Park....
Michael Kelly, from Odenton, birdied three of his last five holes to complete a 4-under-par 32-36–68 at Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club in Columbia and earn the medal in sectional qualifying for the U.S. Senior Amateur championship, July 31. He previously had medaled in 2013 and...
Billy Wingerd, from Baltimore and Mountain Branch Golf Club, set tournament records for 18 and 36 holes, as he shot 64-66–130, and won the 15th Amateur Public Links championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at Clustered Spires GC in Frederick, July 26. Wingerd,...
The combination of a relatively short golf course and greens softened by overnight rain that turned them into dart boards was enough to produce record scoring — Michael Muehr led with 67-64–131 — as a 36-hole qualifier for the U.S. Amateur championship was held...
The pairing of Tom and Jimmy Grem, from Hunt Valley Golf Club, recorded a 2-under-par round of 34-36–70 at Cattail Creek Country Club and won the 77th Father-Son championship of the Maryland State Golf Association, July 20. The defending champions edged former three-time...
Even though it was two against one, it took David Freiss and Chuck Thatcher six playoff holes before Thatcher drained a 15-foot putt to outlast Jeff Rosenberg for the championship of the 61st Pro-Am championship of the Maryland State Golf Association...
Leaderboard Photos Day 3 Recap: Brad Miller, tied with Patrick McCormick going to the final hole of the 96th Maryland Open championship, promptly converted a two-putt birdie at the 540-yard test to edge McCormick by a stroke. The challenger forged a tie when he...
The Maryland State Golf Association will conduct the 96th Maryland Open Championship from Monday July 10 to Wednesday July 12 at Woodholme Country Club in Pikesville. The format is 54 holes of stroke play, with all players playing 36 holes and a cut to...
View Match Play Bracket Qualifying Results View Photos: Stroke Play Match Play Sunday Match Play – 36-hole Final Ben Warnquist won the first three holes of the morning round and was not headed, as he defeated Bart Mease, 6 and 5, for the 96th Amateur...
The Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship will be hosting the McCormick Championship Pro-Am on Wednesday July 12, 2017, at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, MD. The Official Pro-Am will consist of two waves, morning tee times from 7am- 9:10am and afternoon tee times...
This week marks the beginning of the 96th Maryland State Golf Association’s Amateur Championship, which is being held at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The Championship will run from June 8th through June 11th on the historic Walter Travis designed golf course...
See Full Results Tim Elliott and William Shifflett, from the Poor Boys Club, earned a third successive low-gross prize in the Maryland State Golf Association’s third One-Day event of the season at Crofton Country Club, May 31. Elliott-Shifflett started on No. 10 and ran...
See Full Results When Brendan Peel, from Columbia Country Club, turned in a 1-under-par 71 in the third group off the first tee in the morning, he had no idea he would still be at the top of the leaderboard at the end of...
See Full Results Clay Fitzgerald and Skip Tendall, paired for this event for the first time, returned 34-33–67 at the Green Spring Valley Hunt Club and won the 22nd Senior Four-Ball championship of the Maryland State Golf Association, May 22. The 6,506-yard course was...
See Full Results Tony Bostic made his first bid to play in the Maryland State Golf Association’s Amateur championship a successful one — and then some. Bostic smashed a 134-man field with a 6-under-par 66 in the third (of four) Amateur/Open qualifiers at the...
View Full Results The pairings of Tim Elliott-William Shifflett and Al Adana-Steve Chaney were repeat winners as the MSGA held its second One-Day tournament of the season at Eagle’s Nest Country Club, May 12. It was scheduled for April 12 and was postponed due to inclement weather. The...
See Full Results Youth, led by 16-year old Ford Bennett, from Owings Mills and Green Spring Valley Hunt Club, soared to the top of the leaderboard in a Maryland State Golf Association Amateur/Open qualifying tournament at Worthington Manor Golf Club, May 8. Bennett, a...
View Full Results Thomas Wharton sank a 25-foot putt on the fourth extra hole to give himself and partner Travis Russell the championship for the 56th Four-Ball Championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at the Country Club of Maryland in Towson, May 4....
Brian Thomas, who plays from Winter’s Run Golf Club in Bel Air, led a field of 82 starters with a 4-under-par 35-33–68, as the Maryland State Golf Association held the first of its four scheduled dates for its 2017 Amateur and Open championships at...
See Full Results View Photos Saturday, April 29 Columbia Country Club, sparked by an 8 1/2 – 1/2 advantage at home, defeated Baltimore CC, 12 1/2 – 5 1/2 to capture the 87th Team Matches of the Maryland State Golf Association and end a...
Tim Elliott-William Shifflett and Barry Andrews-Craig Whitaker posted the two best gross scores of a cool, rainy day at Woodholme Country Club to top their respective divisions (Men’s Back and Men’s Forward) in the year’s first MSGA One-Day tournament on Tuesday, April 25. A full field...
The Club at Las Campanas, in Santa Fe, N.M., will host the final Women’s State Team in September FAR HILLS, N.J. (March 30, 2017) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced the retirement of the Men’s State Team Championship and Women’s State...
Middle Atlantic Puntacana Four-Ball The Westin Puntacana Resort & Club – www.PuntaCana.com Dominican Republic December 5 – 10, 2017 Come enjoy a relaxing, fun filled, all inclusive, five night golf trip. Accommodation in a Traditional room (Single or Double) One (1) round at La...
The USGA and R&A announced their plan for a major overhaul of the Rules of Golf. The initiative has been dubbed the Modernization of the Rules of Golf, and there are a number of proposed changes to the next cycle of the Rules of...
Today marks the beginning of the 95th Maryland State Golf Association’s Amateur Championship, which is being held at The Elkridge Club in Baltimore, Maryland. The Championship will run from June 9th through June 12th on the Seth Raynor designed course, that will play 6,361...
Forty-eight teams (96 players) competed at the Golf Club at South River One-Day event on Monday, June 6. Of those forty-eight teams, fourteen participated in Division A, twenty-six in Division B, two in the Mixed Division, and four in the Women’s Division. The results...
Matt Fry, a Bel Air native, now working on his golf game in Florida, led the way through the fourth and final qualifying session for the Amateur and Open Championships. The qualifier was held at Hog Neck Golf Course in Easton on May 23...
With high school graduation looming, Tyler Koch (La Plata) and Luke Schaap (Churchill) celebrated early with the two best rounds of the Maryland State Golf Association’s Amateur / Open qualifier, held over the East Course at Andrews Air Force Base, May 19. Koch, who...
Jerry Mulubah, from Bethesda, shot the front nine in l under par, then ran off three successive birds in the middle of the back nine to finish with a 4-under-par 35-33–68 and earn the medal in a local U.S. Open qualifier at rainy Crofton...
Tim Elliott and William Shifflett, and brothers Larry and Mark Storck, each posted a score of 32-32–64 and won low net in their respective divisions of a Maryland State Golf Association two-man team One-Day at Winters Run Golf Club in Bel Air, May 12....
Nick Sorkin, from Rockville and Lakewood Country Club, fired a 3-under-par 36-33–69 to lead a field of 137 attempting to qualify for this year’s Amateur and Open Championships of the Maryland State Golf Association at Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club in Columbia. Sorkin, 24, a...
Steven Delmar, Joe Lefavor, and George Shenas, the opening threesome in a Maryland State Golf Association qualifying round for its Amateur and Open Championships, wheeled around 6,633 yards of Eisenhower Golf Course in 3 hours, 15 minutes and were rewarded for their excellent pace of...
Tim Talbot, from Glenn Dale Golf Club and Michael Thomas, from Crofton Country Club combined to shoot 66-6–60 and won low net in the Men’s A division of the opening One-Day of the Maryland State Golf Association season at Eagle’s Nest Country Club on...
Final Results – Saturday, April 23 Baltimore Country Club, backed by two 3-0 sweeps each at home and away, powered its way past Beaver Creek CC, 15 1/2 – 2 1/2, for the championship of the 87th Team Matches of the Maryland State Golf...
The Baltimore Business Journal published the following article on April 7, 2016. Subscribers can view on the Baltimore Business Journal website here. “Millennials are not golfing as much as the generation before them, and as a result the industry is suffering. The 88 million...
MSGA Past President Edward A. Johnston passed away on November 17, 2015. Ed, a longtime member of the Baltimore CC was the MSGA President in 1968 at which time he was a member of the Country Club of Maryland. Ed also served as President...
Stanard Klinefelter, of Baltimore, was elected president of the Maryland State Golf Association at its Annual Meeting on November 13, at The Elkridge Club. The one-year term culminates a span of nine years of service to the organization. He succeeds Thomas Whelan, Manor CC....
Player of the Year Awards Denny McCarthy, of Rockville, produced an outstanding season, scoring points in twelve events and easily earning a record third successive Player of the Year honor from the Maryland State Golf Association. Pat Tallent, from Vienna, Virginia, and Congressional Country...
Cripple Creek Golf & Country Club played host to the annual Senior Team Challenge. Teams of eight players from The Golf Assocation of Pennsylvania, Maryland State Golf Association, Delaware State Golf Association, and The New Jersey State Golf Association teed it up in this...
A two-stroke penalty at the start did not deter Jeremias Cipriano, from RedGate Golf Course and David Lughermo, from the University of Maryland GC, as they combined for a 3-under-par 69 to earn low gross in the A division of the final playday of...
The Norbeck Country Club One-Day Four-Ball was played on September 30th on an overcast fall day. This was one in a season-long series sponsored and conducted by the Maryland State Golf Association and drew a field of 51 teams in four divisions. The Men’s...
Scott Ehrlich and John Dustin, in the final pairing of the 58th Baltimore-Washington team match, collected two points from Ryan McCarthy-Patrick McCormick to give Washington an 11-7 victory at the Suburban Club in Baltimore, September 26. Ehrlich’s chip-in for an eagle-3 at the 554-yard...
The pairings of Brandon Cigna-Ben Warnquist and Eric Hall-Rij Patel each recorded 9-under-par totals of 63 to claim two of the three available places during qualifying at Worthington Manor Golf Club in Urbana for the second annual U.S. Four-Ball Championship, September 15. With a...
It took awhile, but the announcement was finally made on August 23 at the conclusion of the 115th U.S. Amateur championship at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club. Denny McCarthy, of Rockville and Argyle CC, was among the final five players named to the U.S....
Group B players Joe Lefavor-Tom Clements and 13-handicappers Jeffrey McCandless-Jim Meehan grabbed the scoring spotlight in a Maryland State Golf Association One-Day that attracted 80 players at Montgomery Country Club in Laytonsville, August 24. Lefavor, a scratch player from the U.S. Naval Academy who...
With the final point of the fifth annual Baltimore-Washington Junior Team Match on the line at Columbia Country Club’s 18th green, Eric Hall converted a two-putt par, enabling him and partner Michael Jones to preserve a 1-up margin for the back nine and lift...
Round of 32: Canadian Austin James won four holes in a row in the middle of the front nine and posted a 3-and-2 victory over Denny McCarthy, of Rockville, in the second round of the 115th U.S. Amateur Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club...
Blair Kennedy, from the University of Maryland Golf Club, used a second-round 66 to overhaul the leaders and capture the 13th Maryland State Golf Association Amateur Public Links championship at Clustered Spires Golf Club in Frederick, July 22. Kennedy, 28, finished 72-66–138, 4 under...
Skip and Connor Tendall, from Congressional Country Club, combined for five birdies, one bogey in posting a 4-under-par 66 to capture the 75th Father-Son Championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at Maryland National Golf Club in Middletown, July 23. This was father Skip’s...
Round #1 It took a while, but teenager Mike Blasey from the host club, Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, finally broke a logjam with a 2-under-par 68 to take the early lead in the 94th Maryland Open Championship. He was later joined at...
Teenagers Patrick Moriarty and Evan Katz, along with veteran Mark Cusic claimed the three available places during U.S. Amateur qualifying at Mountain Branch Golf Club in Joppa, July 7, but not without a lot of nervous moments. At the end, Moriarty, 19, had the...
ROUND FOUR: It was not the kind of a last round that Fred Funk had planned. Playing well for three rounds of the U.S. Senior Open at Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, Calif., he had scores of 70-68-68 for 206, 4-under-par and within...
Round Four: Sunday Denny McCarthy, of Rockville, never found his usual rhythm of hitting fairways and making birdies in bunches, as he put up a methodical round of 36-36–72, 2 over par for the U.S. Open course at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash....
Merchandise certificates will be mailed to the following teams for placing in the One-Day Four-Ball at Rolling Road Golf Club on May 21, 2015. MEN’S A NET GROSS 1st Al Aldana & Cesar Rodas Jeremias Cipriano & David Lughermo 2nd Derek Johnson & Shane...
Connor Flach, from Ellicott City, registered 31-35–66 for the low score in qualifying for the Amateur and Open Championships of the Maryland State Golf Association on a mild, sunny day at Andrews Air Force Base, May 20. Flach led a field of 34 amateurs...
Ted Brown, from Glen Allen, Va., fired a 5-under-par 66 to earn the medal in U.S. Open Local qualifying at Blue Mash Golf Club in Gaithersburg, May 19. With eight places available for sectional play, Brown was followed by Joshua Persons, Phoenix, Ariz., and...
Brad Miller, taking a break from the eGolf Gateway Tour, presented himself with an early birthday present when he shot a 4-under-par 67 at Hillendale Country Club to earn low qualifying honors at the Maryland State Golf Association Amateur/Open qualifying session on May 12....
Professional Pleasant Hughes, from the Chevy Chase Club, and amateur Zeric Hulvey, from the University of Maryland Golf Club, each shot 1-under-par 71 to share the medal in the third session of Maryland State Amateur/Open qualifying at wind-swept P.B. Dye Golf Club in Ijamsville,...
Brad Hastings, from Easton, showed flashes of the game that earned him a MSGA Amateur Championship in 1999, as he showed up on the golfing scene and celebrated with a home-town 2-under-par 35-35–70 at Hog Neck Golf Course to grab the medal in qualifying...
PLAYER BIO’S: Ryan McCarthy and Patrick McCormick: Former college roommates and teammates at Loyola University in Maryland who graduated in 2012. Both are members at Baltimore Country Club, and helped lead their team to a victory in the Maryland State Team Championship. The team...
Tim Kane rolled in a downhill 10-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole, enabling him and Jamy Farrah to win the 54th Four-Ball championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at Woodholme Country Club in Pikesville, April 28. The putt more than made...
Professional Hugo Mazzalupi and member Jesse Betts combined for a 5-under-par round of 34-33–67, and it was enough to get the first-time Patriot’s Glen Golf Club entry a championship as it captured the 59th Pro-Am tournament of the Maryland State Golf Association at Towson...
Two of the lowest handicappers and the highest handicapper were among the leaders in a Maryland State Golf Association Play Day held April 17, at Eagle’s Nest Country Club. Scratch golfers Greg Cline and John Dustin, from the University of Maryland Golf Club combined...
Finals April 26,2015 Ryan McCarthy knocked in a birdie putt on the 18th green at Columbia Country Club, giving himself and partner Pat McCormick a 3-0 win and lifting Baltimore Country Club to a 9 1/2 – 8 1/2 championship victory in the 86th...
The Maryland State Golf Association announces that Kellon (Kelly) Newland, PGA has accepted the position of Director of Rules & Competitions for the MSGA. Kelly is replacing Randy Reed, who will be directing his attention and duties to both the Washington Metropolitan Golf Association...
Thomas Whelan, from Manor Country Club, was elected president of the Maryland State Golf Association at the organization’s 94th annual meeting at Manor CC on November 14, 2014. The remainder of the slate, including past presidents Dr. J. Robert Sherwood, Jr., Columbia CC, secretary,...
Denny McCarthy, from Rockville and Argyle Country Club, set a record on the way to earning Player-of-the-Year prize from the Maryland State Golf Association and was honored during the organization’s annual dinner meeting Nov. 14, at Manor CC in Rockville. McCarthy, 21, and a...
John Howson, from Sparks and Pine Ridge Golf Course, earned his second Maryland State Golf Association Player-of-the-Year honor for his 2014 play, and in the process became the first player in the eight-year history of the program to win in each of two divisions...
Ryan McCarthy and Maryland Open Champion Patrick McCormick fired 32-30–62 to claim the medal in the Maryland Qualifying for the inaugural US Amateur Four-Ball to be played at The Olympic Club May 2 – 6, 2016. At five-under par 65 there was a logjam...
Amateur Matt Sughrue, from Bethesda Country Club, conquered the Elkridge Club golf course and an afternoon of damp and foggy weather — after a morning-long rain — with a 4-under-par 33-33–66 to take a two-stroke lead in the opening round of the 15th Maryland...
Maryland State Golf Association 443 Name, Club Scores Henry Blue, Green Spring Valley GC 75 Tom Grem, Hunt Valley GC 74 John Howson, Pine Ridge GC 76 Michael Kelly, Lake Presidential GC 74 Bobby Morris, Congressional CC 74 Mike Occi, Hobbit’s Glen GC 74...
Pat Tallent, a Congressional Country Club member from Vienna, Va., needed a late rally and a bit of help from his opponent, Bryan Norton, to finally capture the 60th U.S. Senior Amateur championship at Big Canyon CC in Newport Beach, Calif. The new champion,...
Washington scored in all six matches — including a pair of 3-0 sweeps — to power past Baltimore, 12 1/2 – 5 1/2, in their 58th annual team match at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, September 6. The event is sponsored and conducted by...
Three Washington area players were among the four who advanced from sectional qualifying to the U.S. Senior Amateur championship at Fountain Head Country Club in Hagerstown, August 19. The event, conducted by the Maryland State Golf Association, drew 54 entries. Mark Rallas, from Leesburg,...
Dawson Stump, President of the Maryland State Golf Association in 1964 died at 86 on August 13, 2014. Dawson lived in Owings Mills, MD and was a lifelong member of the Green Spring Valley Hunt Club along with his wife Sarah who preceded him...
Maryland Amateur Champion Denny McCarthy’s quest for the 114th United States Amateur Championship title was sidetracked on the early holes of the back nine of the difficult Highlands Course of the Atlanta Athletic Club as Canadian Corey Conners outlasted McCarthy for a one up...
Showing the same tenacity that he has displayed from his junior days through collegiate and international play, Denny McCarthy of Rockville, MD made another 12-foot putt on the 16th green of the Highlands Course of the Atlanta Athletic Club for a 3&2 win over...
Jeff Castle, the defending champion from Towson Golf & Country Club, repeated as champion of the Maryland State Golf Association’s Mid-Am championship when he closed the rain-delayed event with a 5-under-par 67 and a 36-hole total of 137 at Montgomery CC in Laytonsville. Although...
Steve Delmar used his familiarity with the Montgomery Country Club golf course to good advantage, as he shot 5-under-par 33-34–67 and took a one-stroke lead over former champion Chris Baloga in the first round of the 28th Mid-Amateur championship, sponsored and conducted by the...
The third time was the charm for David and Conner Nocar, of Millersville, as they fashioned a 7-under-par 32-32–64, and won the 74th Father-Son championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at Hunt Valley Golf Club, July 29, by six shots. The victory followed...
Virginia did not lose any of the eight afternoon matches and expanded an early lead into an 852-869 victory in the sixth annual Mid-Atlantic Junior Invitation tournament, sponsored and conducted jointly by the Maryland State and Virginia State golf associations at Turf Valley Country...
Sam Stewart, from Reisterstown, drew the first tee time for the 12th Amateur Public Links championship of the Maryland State Golf Association, teed off in the second round in early afternoon at Greystone Golf Course not knowing whether he was in the lead, then...
First-time Maryland Open entry Patrick McCormick vaulted past five former champions who have combined for 10 titles to take the first-round lead with a 3-under-par 68 in the 93rd edition of the Maryland State Golf Association event at Lakewood Country Club in Rockville, July,...
Due to impending heavy rainfall, play in the 93rd Maryland Open at Lakewood Country Club was suspended at 6:20 PM on Tuesday. Resumption of play is set for 7:30 AM Wednesday. The practice facilities will open at 6:30 AM. Players will assemble at 7:15...
Scores of 9-10-11 under par highlighted play in the net division of a One-Day Four-Ball Playday, sponsored and conducted by the Maryland State Golf Association at Norbeck Country Club, July 9. Cho YG Yi and Chan Hee Chung, Needwood GC, combined to shoot 80-19-61...
Matt Bassler, of Baltimore, and Chris Navarro, of Davidsonville, each birdied his 17th hole of the afternoon round and finished in a tie for the medal at 3-over par 147, as a well-groomed Woodholme Country Club took a severe toll on most of the...
Challenger Mike Blasey, with help from first-round leader Teagan Stephenson, turned a two-stroke deficit into a three-shot lead after nine holes of the final round and was not really threatened, as he won the 90th Junior Championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at...
Teagan Stephenson, from Frederick, fired a 2-under-par 33-36–69 at the University of Maryland Golf Course and took a one-stroke lead halfway through the 90th Junior Amateur Championship of the Maryland State Golf Association, June 23. From a field of 117 starters, Peter Knade, from...
Defending champion and two-time Maryland Open winner Denny McCarthy and 2008 Middle Atlantic Amateur champion Chris Baloga won two matches on Saturday to move into the scheduled final 36-hole match of the 93rd Maryland Amateur at Baltimore Country Club’s historic East Course. McCarthy defeated...
A pair of first-time entries tied for the low score with 67, and Walter Egloff, 17, defeated Chris Navarro, 16, on the second playoff hole to claim the medal in on-site qualifying for the 93rd Maryland State Amateur Championship over the East Course at...
The 93rd Amateur Championship of the Maryland State Golf Association worked its way through two rounds over the East Course at Baltimore Country Club, June 6, and the first thing to notice was the emergence of new faces for the June 7th quarterfinals. Aside...
William Fritz rang up seven birdies and closed with a 5-under-par 33-34–67 to earn the medal in qualifying for the Amateur and Open championships of the Maryland State Golf Association at Andrews Air Force Base, May 21. Fritz, head professional at Renditions Golf Club...
Jagged streaks of lightning and torrential rain forced a late afternoon cancellation of the 19th Senior Four-Ball championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at Lakewood Country Club in Rockville, May 27. As a result, a three-way playoff for the title was erased and...
Mikey Moyers, from Stannardsville, Va., fired a 5-under-par 67 to earn the medal in local qualifying for the U.S. Open Championship at Crofton Country Club, May 13. With five places available, there was a playoff at 71 for the final spot. Moyers, 23, who...
First there was George Bradford. Then there was the rest of the field. Bradford, a teaching pro at Waverly Woods Golf Club in Woodstock, the first player off the 10th tee, simply was the best in a qualifying round for the Maryland State Amateur...
Sean English, a Caves Valley Golf Club professional, fired a 3-under-par 33-34–67 at The Suburban Club to top the leader board in the first of three qualifying events for the Maryland State Golf Association’s 93rd Amateur and Open Championships, May 5. From a field...
Joe Rice, IV, birdied the ninth hole — his final one — to give him and partner Tom Winegardner a round of 36-32–68, good for a one-stroke victory in the 53rd Four-Ball Championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at Lake Presidential Golf Club...
Robert “Bobby” Abbo, President of the Maryland State Golf Association in 1997, died on Sunday, April 20, after a lengthy struggle with leukemia. Born in Washington, DC on January 31, 1945, Bobby was the son on Anna and Frank Abbo, the founders of the...
The University of Maryland Golf Club and Rolling Road Golf Club each used solid play from their second and third pairings — at home and away — to wrap up close victories and advance to the championship of the 84th Team Championship of the...
Rolling Road Golf Club used a 3-0 win by team captain Matt Bassler-Scott Falatach and clutch play in closing holes by teammates to register an 11-7 victory over the University of Maryland GC in the championship pairing of the 84th Team Match program of...
Billy Cullum and Richard Roysdon, from P.B.Dye Golf Club, combined to shoot a 2-under-par 36-33–69, and won the 58th Pro-Am Championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at Norbeck Country Club in Rockville, April 23. The first-time entry persevered in a 38-team field that...
Three former champions posted victories to reach the area finals of the annual Team Matches of the Maryland State Golf Association, April l9. Crofton Country Club, whose last of four titles was in 1987; five-time winner Rolling Road Golf Club, and the University of...