27th Maryland Women’s Open Champion Josee Doyon Results | Photos | Champion Interview Pikesville, Md. – The final round of the 27th Maryland Women’s Open presented by Toyota began on Wednesday, October 7, at 8:00 a.m. at The Suburban Club. After round one, Ami...
Leaderboard | Round 2 Tee Times Pikesville, Md. – The 27th Maryland Women’s Open, presented by Toyota, began Tuesday, October 6, at The Suburban Club, when 42 players teed up hoping to etch their names into Maryland golf history. The course proved challenging as only...
Tournament Information | Championship Information Booklet | Tee Times | Course Website Pikesville, Md. – The 27th Maryland Women’s Open presented by Toyota is gearing up to take place October 6-7 at The Suburban Club in Pikesville, Md. The field features 22 amateurs and...
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...
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...
19th Maryland Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion Sarah Spicer-Baldwin Results | Photos Easton, Md. – Sarah Spicer-Baldwin of Argyle Country Club came out victorious for the second year in a row after posting the only under-par round in the 19th Maryland Women’s Mid-Amateur at Talbot Country...
58th Maryland Women’s Senior Amateur Champion Sally Ratcliffe Results | Photos Easton, Md. – Sally Ratcliffe of The Elkridge Club claimed victory in the 58th Maryland Women’s Senior Amateur for the third time after battling through 36 holes at Talbot Country Club, Aug 25-26....
33rd Maryland Two-Woman Champions Sarah Spicer-Baldwin and Jessica Spicer Leaderboard | Photos Catonsville, Md. – The 33rd Maryland Two-Woman Championship took place at Rolling Road Golf Club on Thursday, August 20. Fourteen teams took to the course for their chance at claiming victory in...
Team Mid-Atlantic (L-R): Macie Rasmussen, Alexis Danielle Goboy, Malaya Johnson, Kennedy MacCleery, Claire Son, Caitlyn Navaleza, Karoline Sweet, Madeline Navaleza Results | Photos | Preview Williamsburg, Va. – The 25th Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge Matches featured junior golfers from the Maryland State Golf Association (MSGA)...
25th Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge Matches Maryland members (L-R): Malaya Johnson, Caitlyn Navaleza, Madeline Navaleza, Claire Son Tournament Information Lutherville, Md. – The 25th Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge Matches, an annual competition where the top juniors from Maryland and Virginia take on the best junior girls from...
64th U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Qualifying Medalist Kristin Shifflett Leaderboard Silver Spring, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association held qualifying for the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur at Argyle Country Club on Thursday, July 30. By day’s end, four players earned spots to compete...
105th Maryland Women’s Amateur Champion Helen Yeung Championship Bracket | Photos | Preview | Day 1 Recap | Day 2 Recap Owings Mills, Md. – Helen Yeung of Cattail Creek Country Club captured her second Maryland Women’s Amateur title on Wednesday, defeating Zoe Cusack...
Leaderboard Owings Mills, Md. – Match play at the 105th Maryland Women’s Amateur began on Tuesday, July 21, with the Round of 16 and Quarterfinals at Green Spring Valley Hunt Club. A brief look at how we got here: The championship began Monday with...
Nicha Kanpai tees off in the opening round of the 105th Maryland Women’s Amateur at Green Spring Valley Hunt Club Leaderboard Owings Mills, Md. – The 105th Maryland Women’s Amateur officially set off on Monday, July 20, at Green Spring Valley Hunt Club, with...
Tournament Information | Tee Times | Course Website Lutherville, Md. – The 105th Maryland Women’s Amateur is gearing up to take place at Green Spring Valley Hunt Club in Owings Mills, Md., from July 20-22. The field is made up of 36 of Maryland’s...
39th U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Qualifying Medalist Mallory Kane Leaderboard Bel Air, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association hosted qualifying for the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur on Monday, June 29, at Winters Run Golf Club. Two women earned spots to play in the 39th U.S....
Results Hagerstown, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association hosted the 2026 Maryland Women’s Shamble on Thursday, June 18, at Fountain Head Country Club. Following a one-hour, 45-minute weather delay, the event got underway at 10:45 a.m. with tee times. Despite the challenging conditions,...
126th U.S. Women’s Amateur Qualifying Medalist Makayla Grubb Leaderboard Rockville, Md. – The Maryland State Golf Association hosted qualifying for the U.S. Women’s Amateur on Wednesday, June 17, at Kenwood Golf and Country Club. Two women earned qualifying spots for the 126th U.S. Women’s...
Poindexter Maryland Team (L-R): Malaya Johnson, Caitlyn Navaleza, Claire Son, Elisha Yim, Bani Banwait, Madeline Navaleza Results Photos Swanton, Md. – The 28th Poindexter Cup, an annual competition between junior girls from Maryland and Virginia, was held at Thousand Acres Golf Club in Swanton,...
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 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...
(L-R): Kelly Athey, Cristina McCarthy, Bryn Bonner, Jane Curtin, Sarah Spicer-Baldwin, Kayleigh Zeman, Carol Davies, Diane Herndon, and Stefanie Kimmel Results Lutherville, Md. – In its fifth consecutive championship matchup and eighth finals meeting overall, Argyle Country Club defeated Congressional Country Club by a...
(Photo credit to Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association) Lutherville, Md. – Potomac native Zoe Cusack qualified for the 81st U.S. Women’s Open after a standout performance at a 36-hole qualifier on Tuesday, April 28. The qualifier was held at Meadowbrook Country Club in Ballwin, Mo.,...
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,...
Tournament Results Pictures Hailey Katona Interview Pikesville, Md. – The final round of the 26th Maryland Women’s Open presented by Toyota teed off in the morning on Tuesday, October 7. The leaderboard was top-heavy with professionals aiming for the title, with only two amateurs in...
Round 1 Leader Ana Ferreyra Heit Leaderboard Pikesville, Md. – The Suburban Club hosted the 26th Maryland Women’s Open presented by Toyota from October 6 to 7. The tournament featured a strong lineup of female golfers from around the country looking to etch their name...
Tournament Information Pairings Lutherville, Md. – The 26th Maryland Women’s Open presented by Toyota is set to tee off on Monday, October 6, at The Suburban Club in Pikesville, Md. This is the first year that The Suburban Club will be the host of the...
GLEN COVE, NY – SEPTEMBER 25: Zoe Cusack of Team United States looks on from the fifth hole tee box during the fourth round of the 2025 Junior Ryder Cup at Nassau Country Club on Thursday, September 25, 2025 in Glen Cove, New York....
Tournament Results Phoenix, Md. – The 32nd Two-Woman Championship took place at Hunt Valley Country Club on Wednesday, September 17. Eleven teams participated in this year’s tournament. The teams faced adverse weather conditions, with rain and overcast skies for much of the day. Championship...
Melanie Green smiles while walking around the second hole during singles matches of the 2024 Curtis Cup at Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, England on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Chris Keane/USGA) Lutherville, Md. – Melanie Green, a name increasingly familiar to followers of women’s...
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: Mary Leahy; Right: Sarah Spicer Results Tournament Photos Mary Leahy Interview Sarah Spicer Interview Bethesda, Md – Kenwood Golf and Country Club hosted the 57th Maryland Women’s Senior Amateur and the 18th Maryland Women’s Mid-Amateur. The Women’s Senior Amateur tournament took place over...
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...
Left to right: Kimbra Benson, Tara Coates, Carol Davies, Mary Cabriele, and Kristin Shifflett Tournament Results Silver Spring, Md. – 19 women competed in the 63rd U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur qualifying at Argyle Country Club. The tournament started on Thursday, July 31, and concluded...
Tournament Results Cameron Freund Interview Photos Hagerstown, Md. – The 104th Maryland Women’s Amateur kicked off at Fountain Head Country Club this week with ideal conditions for golf. With 25 of Maryland and D.C.’s top female golfers competing for the coveted women’s state amateur...
Hagerstown, Md. — The 104th Maryland Women’s Amateur Championship will take place from July 21-23 at Fountain Head Country Club in Hagerstown, Md., bringing together some of the top female amateurs in the state for one of the MSGA’s most prestigious titles. This is...
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...
Maryland Poindexter Team Results The 27th Poindexter Cup, an annual competition between junior girls from Maryland and Virginia, was held at Kiln Creek Golf Club and Resort in Newport News, Virginia, from June 14-15. Each state selects eight girls to participate in the two-day...
Results | Photos (Grasonville, Md.) – More than 70 women participated in Monday’s MSGA Women’s Shamble at Prospect Bay Country Club. The event began with a shotgun start at 9:00 am and concluded with lunch after the round, during which prizes were awarded to...
Results Championship Flight: Argyle Country Club triumphed over Congressional Country Club with a score of 8 to 4 to secure victory in the 2025 Maryland Women’s State Team Championship. This marked the fourth consecutive year and the seventh time in the 29-year history of the...
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...
Tournament Results | Interview with Anna Foster | Tournament Photos Rockville, MD – The 25th Maryland Women’s Open, presented by Toyota, was played at Woodmont Country Club—North Course this past weekend, and Anna Foster of Dublin, Ireland, claimed the title and her first professional...
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...
STARTING TIMES The Maryland State Golf Association will host the 25th Maryland Women’s Open, presented by Toyota, at Woodmont Country Club—North Course in Rockville on October 5th and 6th. The last MSGA women’s event held at Woodmont Country Club was the 1978 Maryland...
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...
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...
Press Release Written By the Big Ten Conference ROSEMONT, Illinois – Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland, will host the 2024 and 2025 Big Ten Women’s Golf Championships Presented by Old National Bank, the conference announced Monday. Admission and parking for fans...
7-time MSGA Champion, Aneka Seumanutafa of Emmitsburg, MD., emerged victorious at the Ladies European Tour Pre-Qualifier with an impressive final round of 68 (-4), securing her win by a margin of two shots. The 2023 Maryland Women’s Open Champion showcased exceptional consistency throughout the...
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....
The Maryland State Golf Association will host the 24th Maryland Women’s Open from Monday, October 23 to Tuesday, October 24, at Worthington Manor Golf Club in Urbana, MD. The club has hosted multiple USGA qualifiers, but the most recent championship held there was the...
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 29th Women’s Four-Ball Championship and Women’s Four-Ball Mid-Handicap Championship were held at The Suburban Club in Pikesville, Maryland on Wednesday, September 27th, 2023. The championship division is made up of teams with a combined handicap of 30.0 or less, and the Mid-Handicap division...
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 Maryland State Golf Association will host the 102nd Women’s Amateur from Monday, July 17th to Wednesday, July 19th, at Argyle Country Club. Argyle Country Club has hosted numerous championships, including the Maryland State Open, Maryland State Amateur Championship, Maryland State Women’s Amateur, and...
The 46th Girls Junior Amateur Championship was held at Baltimore Country Club – Five Farms West Course, on Monday and Tuesday, June 26 & 27. 34 girls competed in the championship division, and two girls competed in the 9-hole division. The championship played 36...
On Monday June 12, the Women’s Maryland State Mid-Amateur Championship was held at Talbot Country Club in Easton, Maryland. Forty-two competitors played the par 72, 5390-yard course. Both gross and net prizes were awarded. Early afternoon players were surprised by the weather...
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...
The 2022 Two-Woman Team Championship and the Two-Woman Mid-Handicap Team Championship were held at Argyle Country Club in Silver Spring, Maryland, on September 8, 2022. A different venue was initially scheduled for the Two-Woman Team Championship and Two-Woman Mid-Handicap Championship. Due to unforeseen circumstances,...
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...
This past weekend, July 30-31, 2022, the 21st Mid-Atlantic Junior Girls’ Challenge Matches, an annual competition where Maryland and Virginia juniors take on North and South Carolina, was held at Orchard Creek Golf Course in Waynesboro, Virginia. The girls representing Maryland were: Abigail Avallone...
The 101st Maryland State Women’s Amateur Championship was held at Rolling Road Golf Club in Catonsville, Maryland on July 18-21, 2022. Rolling Road Golf Club hosted the Men’s State Amateur in 2021 and is home to four-time Women’s Amateur Champion, Joan Winchester. The course was...
The 24th Poindexter Cup, an annual competition between junior girls in Maryland and Virginia, was held at Kenwood Golf and Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland from June 18-19, 2022. Each state selects eight girls to participate in the two-day match-play event. The girls representing...
On Wednesday, June 15th, the Maryland State Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship was held at Clustered Spires Golf Club in Frederick, Maryland. Thirty-two competitors played the 5,401-yard course having both gross and net prizes awarded. On the morning of the competition, players and staff were met...
The Maryland State Golf Association (MSGA) Board of Directors recently announced Grace Appel as the Association’s Manager of Development and Programming, effective May 31, 2022. In her new role, she will manage all aspects of Women’s MSGA Championships and events, and assist in conducting...
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...
Congratulations to Aneka Semumanutafa on being invited to participate in the 2022 Curtis Cup Practice Session in Lake Wales, Florida. The practice session will take place at Mountain Lake Golf Club on January 15-16. Semumanutafa has won six MSGA Championships. She is a three-time winner...
The 22nd Maryland State Women’s Open Championship was held October 13th and 14th at Kenwood Golf & Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. Professional and Amateurs competed in the competition for the championship trophy. The amateurs were also in competition...
The 2021 Two-Woman Team Championship and Two-Woman Team Mid-Handicap Championship were held at The Preserve Eisenhower Golf Course in Crownsville, Maryland on Thursday, September 9th. The Two-Woman is a four-ball competition for teams with a combined handicap of 30.0 or less, while the Two-Woman...
The Maryland State Women’s Amateur was held at Oak Creek Golf Club on August 30-31, 2021. The Championship Division included 38 competitors who played the course from 5,279 yards. The One-Day Super Senior Division, open to anyone age 70 or over, included three competitors...
The 2021 Mixed Two-Ball Championship was held on August 12th at Hayfields Country Club in Hunt Valley, Maryland. A total of 35 teams competed in the competition for the Championship trophy and an additional 33 teams competed in the Senior Division. The...
On Monday, July 26th, the 4 Lady Invitational, benefiting the Maryland State Golf Association’s Junior Girls Program, was held at at the beautiful and challenging Woodholme Country Club. Twenty-five teams participated in a best-two-balls of the foursome event for both Net and Gross winning...
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...
The 44th Maryland State Junior Girls Championship was held at The Suburban Club in Pikesville, Maryland on July 8-9, 2021. Twenty-two girls competed in the championship division and one girl competed in the 9-hole division. Irene Kim, a thirteen year old...
The 23rd Poindexter Cup, an annual competition between junior girls in Maryland and Virginia, was held at Stoney Creek at Wintergreen Resort in Virginia on June 26-27, 2021. Each state selects eight girls to participate in the two-day match-play event. The girls representing Maryland...
. The Maryland State Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship was held at the University of Maryland Golf Course in College Park on Tuesday, June 15th. Forty-four competitors played the 5,237 yard course with both gross and net prizes awarded. Overnight prior to the...
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...
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...
The 23rd Poindexter Cup will be held on Saturday, June 26th and Sunday, June 27th at Stoney Creek Course in Nellysford, Virginia. The Poindexter Cup is an annual match between eight Maryland junior girls and eight Virginia junior girls. The format is four-ball match...
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. ...
Patsy DiMuzio, pictured above (center) as the Officer-in-Charge of the MSGA Two-Woman Team Championship We are deeply saddened to share that Patsy DiMuzio, a past Maryland State Golf Association Women’s Division (MSGA-WD) Executive Committee member, passed away on Monday, March 22, 2021 in Ridgeland,...
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...
Download 2021 Junior Girls Team Information & Application: PDF | Word Following is a letter from the Junior Girls’ Team Captain, Bonnie Fry: February 2021 Re: MSGA Junior Girls’ Team Matches & Other Competitions Dear Young Lady Golfer: The intent of this letter is...
(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...
VIEW BRACKET VIEW PHOTOS With the reworking of the 2020 MSGA-WD tournament schedule due to COVID 19, the State Team matches were moved from May to September with the finals taking place during the first week in October. Given the alternate...
The Maryland State Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship was held at The Suburban Club in Pikesville on October 5, 2020. Thirty-one competitors played the 5,434 yard A.W. Tillinghast designed course with both gross and net prizes awarded. The players were treated to beautiful...
The Maryland State Senior Women’s Amateur Championship was held at Lake Presidential Golf Club on September 16-17, 2020. There was a championship division which included 40 competitors who played a 5,291 yard course, in addition to a one-day tournament for...
The 2020 Two-Woman Team Championship and Two-Woman Team Mid-Handicap Championship were held at Hillendale Country Club in Phoenix, Maryland on Monday, August 31st. The Two-Woman is a four-ball competition for teams with a combined handicap of 30.0 or less, while the Two-Woman Mid-Handicap is...
The Maryland State Junior Girls Championship was held at Blue Mash Golf Club on August 11-12, 2020. The girls endured hot and humid conditions during both rounds and their second round was briefly interrupted with a nearby thunderstorm. Bailey Davis, from...
The 19th Mid-Atlantic Junior Girls’ Challenge matches took place at Danville Golf Club in Virginia on August 8-9, 2020. The Carolinas’ junior girls team defended their winning streak and would go on to claim their fifth consecutive victory....
(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....
The Maryland (MSGA) Junior Girls Poindexter team gave a valiant effort to try and take home the victory over the Virginia (VSGA) team at Turf Valley Resort in Ellicott City, Maryland but unfortunately came up short in their quest. Turf...
The 99th Maryland State Women’s Amateur Championship was held at The Club at P.B Dye in Ijamsville, Maryland on July 13-16, 2020. Thirty-nine players participated in the championship, beginning with a stroke play qualifying round on Monday to determine the top sixteen players for...
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...
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...
Following is a letter from the Captain of the Junior Girls State Team, Bonnie Fry: February 2020 Re: MSGA-WD Junior Girls’ Team Matches/Other Competitions The intent of this letter is to inform you of several important tournaments coming up in the 2020 MSGA-WD schedule....
The Maryland State Golf Association – Women’s Division (MSGA-WD) Annual Meeting and luncheon was held on Thursday, November 7th at Hunt Valley Country Club in Phoenix, Maryland. Over fifty people were in attendance including MSGA-WD Executive Committee members (past and present), MSGA Board...
View obituary A gathering of family and friends will take place on Sunday, November 3rd, from 12:00-3:00 at Donaldson’s Funeral Home, 12540 Clarksville Pike (Rt 108), Clarksville, MD 21029. A memorial service will be held on Monday, November 4th, at 11:00 a.m. at St....
The 51st Maryland Women’s Senior Amateur Championship was held at Kenwood Golf & Country Club in Bethesda, MD on September 4th and 5th. A field of 41 women competed in the two-day championship on a 5,290 yard par 71...
1st Annual Women’s Golf Summit Kenwood Golf & Country Club (Bethesda, MD) September 25, 2019 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM The Maryland State Golf Association-Women’s Division, Middle Atlantic PGA and PGA Magazine Women Leaders Platform have partnered together to create a special event focused...
The 120th U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship will take place from July 31-August 9, 2020 at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Maryland. This will be Woodmont’s first time hosting a USGA Championship, although the club has hosted over 30 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying events...
The 4-Lady Invitational golf tournament was held on Thursday, August 8, 2019, at Argyle Country Club. A field of 88 golfers competed in this annual event to benefit the Junior Girls Program. A highlight of the day was having...
The 26th Two Woman Team Championship was played at Fountain Head Country Club in Hagerstown, Maryland. Most of the players said it was worth the long drive to Fountain Head. The comments we received included: “the course was beautiful”,...
The Two Woman Mid-Handicap was held at Fountain Head Country Club on August 15, 2019. Fountain Head is a Donald Ross designed course and was built in 1924. Ross is known for his innate ability to sculpt a course...
The 20th Maryland State Women’s Open Championship was held July 29th and 30th at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland. A total of 46 players competed in the competition for the championship trophy. Within that field 20 amateurs...
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...
The 98th Maryland State Women’s Amateur Championship was held at Norbeck Country Club on July 22 – 25, 2019. There were 47 participants from all areas of the state, including defending champion, Delaney Shah. The first day...
The Maryland State Golf Association-Women’s Division will conduct the 98th Women’s Amateur Championship from Monday, July 22nd to Thursday, July 25th at Norbeck Country Club in Phoenix. The Championship begins with an optional 18-hole stroke play qualifying round for the Championship Flight. The low...
The 18th Mid-Atlantic Challenge will be held on August 10th and 11th at Brook Valley Country Club, Greenville, North Carolina. The Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge features an eight-player team from Maryland and Virginia battling against an eight-player squad from North and South Carolina. With one...
The 3rd annual Junior Girls Season Opener was held on a beautiful, sunny June 8th afternoon at Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club in Columbia, MD. Sixty-Two girls, ages 7-14 participated in this very popular MSGA-WD event. The Season Opener was created, thanks to a grant from...
The 2019 Maryland State Junior Girls Championship was held on June 17 and June 18 at Green Spring Valley Hunt Club in Owings Mills. The golf course was in spectacular shape and the players had two days of perfect...
The 12th Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship was held at The Country Club of Maryland in Towson, MD on June 13th. A field of 43 women competed in the championship on a 5,270 yard rain-soaked par 72 course. Although rain...
The 21st Poindexter Cup will be held on Saturday, June 22nd and Sunday, June 23rd at Cedar Point Country Club in Suffolk, Virginia. The Poindexter Cup is an annual match between eight Maryland junior girls and eight Virginia junior girls. The format is four-ball...
Following is a letter from the Captain of the Junior Girls State Team, Bonnie Fry: January 2019 Re: MSGA-WD Junior Girls’ Team Matches/Other Competitions The intent of this letter is to inform you of several important tournaments coming up in the 2019 MSGA-WD schedule....
The Maryland State Golf Association – Women’s Division (MSGA-WD) Annual Meeting and luncheon was held on Thursday, November 1st at the Country Club at Woodmore. Sixty people were in attendance including MSGA-WD Executive Committee members (past and present), MSGA Board and staff, club delegates, course...
The 50th Women’s Senior Championship was held at Woodholme Country Club in Pikesville, MD on October 15th and 16th, after being rescheduled from September 17th and 18th due to Hurricane Florence. A field of 33 women competed in the two day championship on a 5,500 yard par 73...
The Maryland State Golf Association-Women’s Division will conduct the 19th Maryland Women’s Open Championship Monday October 8th and Tuesday October 9th at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace. The course will play 5,958 yards to a par 72. The format is 36 holes of...
After careful consideration, the Women’s Senior Championship at Woodholme Country Club scheduled for September 17th and 18th will be postponed to October 15th and 16th. The current course conditions are unfavorable and the anticipated additional rain on Monday and Tuesday, made this unfortunate choice necessary. Woodholme does not have cart paths...
The Maryland State Golf Association-Women’s Division conducted a U.S. Women’s Mid-Am qualifier on Monday, August 20th at Eagle’s Nest Country Club in Phoenix, Maryland. Eight players competed for three spots in the national championship at Norwood Hills Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri on...
Two-Woman Team Championship The 25th Two Woman Team Championship was played at Holly Hills Country Club. After large amounts of rain had saturated the golf course in preceding days, the course played very long. Twenty-six women played in two flights. The overall Champions...
The Mixed Two-Ball Championship was held at Oak Creek Golf Course on August 6th and the weather was a Maryland classic hot, humid August summer day. The golf course was in great condition and the scores were very impressive. There were six teams at...
The 17th Mid-Atlantic Junior Girls’ Challenge Matches, an annual competition where Maryland and Virginia juniors take on North and South Carolina, was held at Indian Creek Yacht & Country Club in Kilmarnock, VA this past weekend, July 28-29 2018. The girls representing Maryland were: Julia...
2018 Team Championship Flight Winners-Congressional, Montgomery, Hunt Valley, & Woodmore Championship Flight-Congressional (7) vs. Maryland Golf (5) During a spring season where rain was the new normal, it took a total of three days instead of one to complete the final...
The 97th Maryland State Women’s Amateur Championship was held at Worthington Manor Golf Club in Urbana, Maryland on July 16-19, 2018. The weather was spectacular, and the course was in beautiful condition for the thirty-seven participants who came from various areas of the state...
The 17th Mid-Atlantic Challenge will be held on Saturday-Sunday July 28th-29th, at Indian Creek Yacht & Country Club in Kilmarnock, Virginia. The Mid-Atlantic Challenge is an annual competition where Maryland and Virginia juniors take on North and South Carolina. The format is four-ball match...
The 20th Poindexter Cup, an annual competition between junior girls in Maryland and Virginia, was held at Ocean City Golf Club-Newport Bay in Ocean City, Maryland on June 23-24, 2018. Each state selects eight girls to participate in the two-day match-play event. The girls...
The 2018 Junior Girls State Championship was played at Kenwood Golf and Country Club on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 19 and 20. The golf course was in perfect condition and was truly a championship venue. The players were divided into four age divisions with...
Cambridge – The 11th Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship was played at River Marsh Golf Club on a beautiful summer day. In spite of a very rainy spring, the golf course was in excellent condition and 42 women came to play. Over half...
The 20th Poindexter Cup will be held on Saturday, June 23rd and Sunday, June 24th at Ocean City Golf Club – Newport Bay Course in Ocean City, Maryland. The Poindexter Cup is an annual match between eight Maryland junior girls and eight Virginia junior...
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...
Following is a letter from the Captain of the Junior Girls State Team, Bonnie Fry: February 2018 Re: MSGA-WD Junior Girls’ Team Matches/Other Competitions The intent of this letter is to inform you of several important tournaments coming up in the 2018 MSGA-WD schedule....
The following article is courtesy of the United States Golf Association. Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md., has long played a role in USGA championships. The club in suburban Washington, D.C., has hosted U.S. Open sectional qualifying 30 of the last 31 years, and...
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....
Day 3: Team Maryland had a strong finish on Day 3 at the USGA Women’s State Team Championship. The ladies finished an impressive 8th as a team. Aneka Seumanutafa shot another strong 73, Clare Connolly was 75, her low round for the tournament, and...
Lisa Schlesinger, a member of Norbeck Country Club and resident of Laytonsville, Maryland won the 32nd annual Women’s Southern Golf Association Senior Championship, which was held on the Cascades Course at The Homestead. Players are eligible if they are members of a member club...
The 49th Senior Championship of the MSGA-WD was held at Argyle Country Club on September 11th and 12th. Fifty-six players found Argyle’s 5700+ yards along with testy rough to be quite a challenge. On the first of two beautiful days, Bonnie Fry, from Maryland...
The USGA Women’s State Team Championship, in 1995, like the men’s version, grew out of the celebration of the Association’s Centennial and was fashioned after the biennial World Amateur Team Championship. Each state was invited to send its three best players, and 43 states sent...
The 4-Lady Invitational golf tournament was held on Monday, August 21, 2017 at Turf Valley Resort. A field of 100 golfers competed in this annual event to benefit the Junior Girls Program and other MSGA-WD initiatives. The weather was spectacular and the course was...
Aneka Seumanutafa from Emmitsburg, Maryland participated in the Swinging Skirts AJGA Invitational on August 14-17, 2017, which was held at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club in California. This marked the second time Rancho Santa Fe hosted the Swinging Skirts AJGA Invitational, last hosting in...
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...
The 2017 Two Woman Mid-Handicap Team Championship was played at Crofton Country Club on July 31st. For the first time, the MSGA-WD sponsored two tournaments back to back on the same day: the first tournament was the Two Woman Team Championship, and the second...
Crofton – The 24th Two-Woman Team Championship was played at Crofton Country Club on a beautiful summer day. The golf course was in great condition and forty-four women came to play. The twenty-two teams were divided into three flights. The champions were Jane Curtin...
The 16th Mid-Atlantic Junior Girls’ Challenge Matches, an annual competition where Maryland and Virginia juniors take on North and South Carolina, was held at the Scotch Hall Preserve in Merry Hill N.C. this past weekend, July 29-30 2017. The girls representing Maryland were: Aneka Seumanutafa...
The 96th Maryland State Women’s Amateur Championship was held at Hillendale Country Club on July 18-21, 2017. There were forty-two participants from all areas of the state, including defending champion Bryana Nguyen of Hobbits Glen Golf Club. The first day, which was the stroke play...
A two-year point system will be used for selecting the members of the Maryland State Golf Association – Women’s Division Team for the 2017 USGA State Team Championship. The championship will be held on September 26-28, 2017 at The Club at Las Campanas in...
The Maryland State Golf Association- Women’s Division will conduct the 96th Women’s Amateur Championship from Tuesday, July 18 to Friday, July 21 at Hillendale Country Club in Phoenix. The Championship begins with an optional 18-hole stroke play qualifying round for the Championship Flight. The low 16 players form the...
The 16th Girls Mid-Atlantic Challenge (MAC) will be held on Saturday, July 29th and Sunday, July 30th at Scotch Hall Preserve in Merry Hill, North Carolina. The MAC is an annual match where four Maryland girls team up with four Virginia girls to compete...
What a victory for Aneka Seumanutafa (Emmitsburg, MD)! She won the 39th Junior North & South Championship on Wednesday July 5th at Pinehurst after defeating Brooke Sansom (Montgomery, Alabama) in a sudden death playoff. In a field of 85 players, Aneka was thirteen-under-par with...
The first annual Junior Girls Season Opener was held on a beautiful, sunny June 4th afternoon at Baltimore Country Club in Timonium, MD. Fifty girls, ages 8-16 participated in this inaugural MSGA-WD event. The Season Opener was created, thanks to a grant from the...
The 19th Poindexter Cup, an annual competition between junior girls in Maryland and Virginia, was held at Winchester Country Club in Virginia on June 24-25, 2017. Each state selects eight girls to participate in the two-day match-play event. The girls representing Maryland were: Kendel...
The 2017 Maryland State Golf Association-Women’s Division Junior Girls State Championship was held on June 20 and 21 at Talbot Country Club in Easton, Maryland. The course was in spectacular condition and except for a “brief” thunderstorm on the second day, the weather matched...
View Full Results The 10th Maryland Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship was played at The Suburban Club on June 9, 2017, with 49 competitors vying for the trophy. Andrea Kraus of Hayfields Country Club added her third title of this championship following wins in 2012 and...
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...
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...
2017 Team Championship Flight Winners – Bretton Woods, Montgomery, & Enterprise Championship Flight – Bretton Woods (7.5) vs. Kenwood (4.5) At home, the first match was played between Kathy Hudson and Anne Renninger from Bretton Woods and Mimi Hoffman and Harriett Moss from Kenwood. ...
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...
The 19th Poindexter Cup will be held on Saturday, June 24th and Sunday, June 25th at Winchester Country Club in Winchester, Virginia. The Poindexter Cup is an annual match between eight Maryland junior girls and eight Virginia junior girls. The format is four-ball match...
MSGA member Charlotte Simpson, a member of the Suburban Club in Baltimore, won the A Conference golf championship for IAAM (Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland) last week at Fox Hollow Golf Course. Below is a story courtesy of IAAM. Bryn Mawr senior Charlotte Simpson...
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...
Wake-Robin Golf Club, a member of the Maryland State Golf Association, is believed to be the oldest African-American women’s golf club in the United States. The club was recently featured on espnW with an article delving into the history of the organization and memories...
Following is a letter from the Captain of the Junior Girls State Team, Bonnie Fry: February 2017 Re: MSGA-WD: Junior Girls’ Team Matches/Other Competitions Dear Young Lady Golfer: The intent of this letter is to inform you of several important tournaments coming up in...
The 2016 Maryland State Golf Association – Women’s Division’s Annual Luncheon was held at the Country Club of Maryland on Friday, November 4th. A total of 61 people attended including past MSGA-WD Presidents and Executive Committee members, representatives from the MSGA Board and USGA,...
The 23rd Two-Woman Team Championship was contested September 28th at Greystone Golf Course in White Hall, Maryland. The course was playing long and tough, since fall had definitely arrived and the temperatures dropped as the wind picked up and the rain moved in just before the...
The 48th Senior Women’s Amateur Championship was held on September 12-13, 2016 at the Sparrows Point Country Club located in southeastern Baltimore County overlooking scenic Chesapeake Bay tributaries. A total of 51 players competed for the championship trophy. New for this year was a one-day...
WELLESLEY, Mass. – Andrea Kraus, of Baltimore, never past the quarterfinals in previous USGA championships, won two matches Wednesday (September 21) to reach the final of the U.S. Senior Women’s championship at Wellesley (Mass.) Country Club. She will face Ellen Port, St. Louis, Mo., a six-time...
Below are the winners of the 4 Lady Invitational at The Country Club at Woodmore on August 29, 2016: NET GROSS 1st Songh Buchanan 1st Bonnie Fry Chan Chung Lisa Kaufman Kyung Kim Andrea Kraus Helena Yu Sally Ratcliffe 2nd Marylou Harris 2nd Christine...
The Two-Woman Team Mid-Handicap Championship was held at Green Spring Valley Hunt Club on Friday, August 19th. The Eisenhower Golf Course team of Mary Lou Myers and Marge Waglie won the four-ball event by one stroke after firing a net 64. The low gross team...
On a blistering hot day at the MSGA Mixed Two-Ball Championship terrific scores were posted. There were many new pairs playing in this year’s tournament, including two brother-sister teams and a mother-son team. The brother and sister team of Clare Connolly and Chris Connolly...
The Maryland State Women’s Amateur Championship was held at Manor Country Club on July 19-22, 2016. There were seventy-eight participants, many of whom were newcomers to MSGA-WD events. The field size was significantly larger than recent years and we hope that those of you...
The 2016 Maryland State Junior Girls Championship was held at Rolling Road Golf Course on June 21 and 22. Play was suspended on Tuesday afternoon due to heavy rain, but the staff at Rolling Road had the girls back on the course early Wednesday...
Due to lightning and heavy rain, play for the first round of the Junior Girls Championship has been suspended. Following is the schedule for Wednesday, June 22nd: Players who completed Round 1: The players who completed their first round today have a tee time...
Lisa Schlesinger from Norbeck Country Club wins the Low Gross title at the MSGA-WD Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship on a June 2, 2016. Lisa birdied 2 holes to bring home the victory for a one over par 72. Finishing in second was defending champion Connie...
Championship Flight – Argyle (8.5) vs. Maryland Golf (3.5) Neither rain nor water-soaked fairways and greens were able to slow Argyle Country Club in their quest for another victory in the Women’s State Team Championship. The end result of the four matches was 8...
Championship Flight – Argyle (8.5) vs. Maryland Golf (3.5) Neither rain nor water-soaked fairways and greens were able to slow Argyle Country Club in their quest for another victory in the Women’s State Team Championship. The end result of the four matches was 8...
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT A new golf season is just about in full swing. I would like to welcome back those of you have participated in our tournaments and welcome those who have never participated in one of our events. If you have...
The 18th Poindexter Cup will be held on Saturday, July 9 and Sunday, July 10 at Lodestone Golf Club in McHenry, Maryland. The Poindexter Cup is an annual match between eight Maryland junior girls and eight Virginia junior girls. The format is four-ball match...
The Annual Rules Seminar of the MSGA-Women’s Division took place at The Elkridge Club in Baltimore on Monday, April 25th, 2016. Jerry Duffy, Past President of the Maryland State Golf Association and USGA Rules Official, gave a spirited presentation interspersing humor throughout his discussion...
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...
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...
February, 2016 Re: MSGA-WD: Junior Girls’ Team Matches/Other Competitions Dear Young Lady Golfer: The intent of this letter is to inform you of several important tournaments coming up in the 2016 MSGA-WD schedule. More information can also be found on our website—www.msgawomen.org. The Junior...
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...
The Women’s Southern Golf Association has established a scholarship fund to assist deserving female golfers residing in the 15 southern states (including Maryland) and the District of Columbia to obtain four years of higher education. The WSGA Scholarship was first awarded in 1971 to...
The Maryland State Golf Association – Women’s Division (MSGA-WD) 20th Anniversary luncheon was held on Friday, November 6th at Rolling Road Golf Club. The first meeting and luncheon of the MSGA-WD was held November 13, 1995 at Rolling Road, so it seemed fitting to return for...
The 17th Maryland State Women’s Open Championship was held October 20th and 21st at Baltimore Country Club in Timonium, Maryland. A total of 57 players completed the competition for the championship trophy. Within that field 30 amateurs were also in competition for the coveted Campbell Cup, which...
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...
The 2015 Two-Woman Team Championship was played at Maryland Golf & Country Club in Bel Air, Maryland. Twenty five teams competed in the event, and were divided into four flights. The champions were Jane Curtin of Argyle Country Club and Jennifer Kitchen of TPC...
The 2015 USGA Women’s State Team Championship was held at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on September 10-12. The course was setup at 6,203 yards and played to a par of 36-36–72. The USGA Women’s State Team is a biennial competition including...
The 47th Maryland State Senior Women’s Amateur Championship was held August 24th & 25th at Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club in Columbia, Maryland. The 2015 Senior Amateur Champion is Mimi Hoffman from Kenwood Golf & Country Club. The scores were close at the end of the first day...
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...
Easton – The 18th Two-Woman Team Mid-Handicap Championship was played at Talbot Country Club on a warm summer day. Storms were around the area all day, but each one passed by to the west or to the east. The lightning detector did not sound...
Below are the winners of the 4 Lady Invitational at Hunt Valley Golf Course: Net Gross 1st Susan Darnley 1st Lisa Schlesinger Cheryl Keeter Lisa Splaine Colette McKie Shannon Stevens Donna Dalfonzo-Wiggs 2nd Chris Alrich 2nd Lisa Kaufman Marie Bowers Carole Ratcliffe Jonnie Ross...
On Wednesday, July 15th at Argyle Country Club, 16 women out of 44 participants qualified for the Championship Flight with flights 2-5 filled with 7 players each. Youth was evident in the stroke play qualifying with Aneka (Clustered Spires Golf Club) shooting the low round...
Championship Division 1st Place Gross: Tyler Caballero/Shannon McKew – 72 2nd Place Gross: Walter Jew/Lisa Schlesinger – 74 3rd Place Gross: Al Aldana/Vivian Cocca – 77 – match of cards 1st Place Net: Benjamin Lieberman/Anita Venner – 73 2nd Place Net: Brendan McKinney/Theresa Lippy...
The 17th annual Poindexter Cup, a competition between Maryland and Virginia junior girls, was held at Olde Mill Resort in Laurel Fork, Virginia on June 27-28. The opening round was four-ball match play followed by singles match play for round two. The final score...
The 39th Maryland Junior Girls Amateur Championship was held at Bretton Woods Recreation Center in Germantown, Maryland on June 23-24. Twenty competitors were in the Championship division and one competitor was in the 9-hole Division. Aneka Seumanutafa, 14, of Clustered Spires Golf Course and the...
The 8th Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship was played at Lakewood Country Club in Rockville, Maryland on June 2-3 with 40 competitors in the running for the trophy. Light, steady rain and chilly spring weather made for tough conditions throughout the tournament. Connie Isler, 31, of TPC...
Championship Flight – Argyle (8.5) vs. Norbeck (3.5) At Argyle – In the first match of the Championship Flight finals at Argyle, Argyle’s team of Carol Davies-Lillie and Anne Dumont won 1 point after winning the front nine 2 up over Beth Ennis and...
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...
The Annual Rules Seminar of the MSGA-Women’s Division took place at Argyle Country Club on April 27th. Joe Sprague, USGA Director of Regional Affairs-Northeast, introduced the Rules of Golf to 44 attendees, including a record number of seven men who participated in the session. ...
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...
2015 MSGA-WD Tournament Schedule Click the tournament name to view the tournament information page. May 2-17 Team Championship Various Clubs June 2-3 Mid-Amateur Championship Lakewood CC June 23-24 Junior Championship Bretton Woods June 27-28 Junior Girls Poindexter Cup Olde Mill (VA) July 15-18 Amateur Championship...
A two year points system will be used for selecting members of the Maryland State Golf Association Women’s Division Team to represent our state at the 2015 USGA State Team Championship. For the purpose of team selection, the two year period shall be defined...
GottaGoGolf Magazine’s Spring issue is full of tips, advice, lessons, clothing, gear and special offers for women golfers. Click on the cover above and enter passphrase LydiaKoSpring to access your copy from your PC, tablet or smartphone. This is an exclusive offer for members...
he United States Golf Association (USGA), the Masters Tournament and The PGA of America officially opened registration for the 2016 Drive, Chip and Putt Championship for young golfers hoping to earn an invitation to next year’s National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club. This...
The United States Golf Association has announced the appointment of Stasia Collins, of Baltimore, MD and Baltimore Country Club to serve a one-year term as chairman of the USGA Women’s Committee in 2015. Collins takes over as Women’s Committee chairman after serving as vice...
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,...
The 2014 Maryland State Golf Association – Women’s Division’s Annual Luncheon was held at Prospect Bay Country Club on Friday, November 7th. A total of 82 people attended including past MSGA – WD Presidents and Board members, representatives from the MSGA Board and USGA,...
The 16th Maryland Women’s Open Championship was held October 20-21, 2014, on the Gold Course at Congressional Country Club in Potomac, MD. A total of 57 players completed the competition for the championship trophy. Within that field, 27 amateurs were also in competition for...
Twenty-three teams competed in the 21st Two-Woman Championship on September 29, 2014 at Four Streams. The course was in great condition and the weather was a great fall day with sun and some clouds. A very short rain mist teased the players late in...
The 46th Senior Women’s Amateur Championship was held on September 15th – 16th at the picturesque Maryland National Golf Club in Middletown, MD. A total of 42 players competed for the championship trophy. The weather and conditions were perfect, but the course was challenging,...
The 17th Two Woman Mid-Handicap Championship was contested on August 8th, 2014 at Musket Ridge Golf Club in Myersville, Maryland. It was a perfect golf day and the course was a challenge with its rolling hills and hazards. The Champions, Karen Wood from Bowie...
Lisa Schlesinger, who is no stranger to victories in MSGA-Women’s Division championships, and Brent Davis of Norbeck Country Club and Paula Renner and Gary Carpenter Jr. of Crofton Country Club both fired a one-under-par in the selective drive alternate shot competition. A birdie on...
The 93rd Women’s Amateur Championship was held at Chartwell Golf and Country Club on July 14th through July 17th. There were 50 entries with 48 advancing to match play. The weather gave us just one small glich with storms on Wednesday afternoon forcing the...
During the inaugural LPGA International Crown held at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, MD, the MSGA-Women’s Division and some of the junior girls volunteered to marshall during Wednesday’s Pro-Am as well as during the Championship Friday and Saturday. The MSGA-WD also had...
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...
Maryland Team Virginia Team Haley Carr Meagan Board Killian Casson Elizabeth Bose Rachel Lee Shannon Brooks Jordan McKelvin Sienna Ferrick Sydney Mills Kristin Hearp Bryana Nguyen Lyndsey Hunnell Delaney Shah Katie Turk Micaa Thomas Amy Yang MSGA-WD Captain: Judi Hans MSGA-WD Captain: Bonnie Fry...
The 16th Poindexter Cup will be held on Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29th at River Marsh Golf Club in Cambridge, Maryland. The Poindexter Cup is an annual match between eight Maryland junior girls and eight Virginia junior girls. The format is four-ball...
The 2014 Junior Girls State Championship was played at Montgomery Village Golf Club on June 18 and 19. The temperature got into the high 90’s on Day #1 and the players were as hot as the weather. 10 of the 20 players shot scores...
The 7th Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship was played at Montgomery Country Club on June 5-6 with 36 competitors vying for the trophy. Lisa Schlesinger of Norbeck Country Club added her third title of this championship to her long resume following wins in 2008 and 2009. ...
Championship Flight – Argyle (9.5) vs. Congressional (2.5) At Congressional – The 1st match saw the Argyle team of MJ Nogay (the MSGA Boatright intern for this summer) and Diane Herndon tee off against Maggie Brady and Deborah Williams of Congressional. After two holes...
On May 4, 2014, Joan H. Lins of Ellicott City, Maryland, passed away. She was the beloved wife of the late Fred Lins; devoted mother of Peter K. Lins (Argie M. O’Shea) and Pamela L. Brooks; cherished grandmother of Chloe O’Shea Lins and Mara...
The 2nd Annual Delegate Day was held at Old South Country Club on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Delegates are representatives of MSGA Member Clubs and act as a liason between the MSGA-WD and ladies at their course. Unfortunatley only nine Delegates were able to...
The 2014 Annual Rules Seminar presented by the MSGA-Women’s Division was held on Monday, April 28 at The Elkridge Club in Baltimore. The instructors were Clyde Luther and Randy Reed, both of whom are highly proficient in the Rules of Golf and well known...
Jean Mulcahey, Chairman of the Rules Committee of the Women’s Division of the Maryland State Golf Association, was introduced as the newest member of the highly esteemed Women’s Committee of the United States Golf Association at the organization’s Annual Meeting at Pinehurst Resort on...
The Executive Committee of the MSGA-Women’s Division will introduce a new handicap policy for tournaments beginning in 2014. The purpose of this new policy is to better define an “up-to-date USGA Handicap”, which appears on all MSGA-WD entry forms as well as create a...
February 11, 2014 Re: MSGA-WD – Junior Girls’ Team Matches Dear Young Lady Golfer: The Maryland State Golf Association – Women’s Division 2014 Tournament Schedule and tournament applications can be found on our website – www.msgawomen.org. The Junior Girls’ Amateur Championship will be held...