Archive for May 2021

Congratulations to the NENY PGA Section team of professionals who took a close win of 28.5 points to 25.5 points for the 2021 Challenge Cup of the top PGA Professionals taking on the top Amateurs of the Capital Region. The annual event was hosted by Schuyler Meadows Club yesterday and includes a combination of a team format along with an individual head-to-head component of match play within the foursome.

NENY PGA Last Seasonal Hire Announced

The last of the seasonal staff has joined our team. We’re pleased to announce Grace Kochan will be working with us in our Junior Golf Coordinator position. Grace is a rising Sophomore at Stevenson University studying Nursing.

PGA Reach NENY Foundation Established & Giving Back Locally Through the Tom DeBerry, PGA Memorial Golf Fundraiser Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti gratefully accepted the donation of five sets of junior golf clubs from Heidi DeBerry this afternoon at the Amsterdam Municipal Golf Course. Mrs. DeBerry is the widow of Amsterdam native and longtime area Golf Pro Tom DeBerry, who passed away in 2018 from pancreatic cancer. The Clubs were purchased with proceeds from the Tom DeBerry Memorial Golf Tournament in partnership with the PGA REACH Northeastern New York Foundation as part of REACH’s mission to positively impact lives through golf.

NENY PGA HOPE Instruction Seminar

We were fortunate to have PGA Instructor Judy Alvarez teach our NENY PGA Professionals the proper way to teach golf to our veterans who attend NENY PGA HOPE (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere) programs. Thanks to Wolferts Roost CC for hosting us! We will have 3 HOPE chapters this year: Town of Colonie GC, New York Golf Park, and MV Golf & Events Center.