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Golf in the Lower Hudson Valley, from high schools to the pros

Heading to the Links

May
28

Tomorrow is another big day in Section 1 golf as the team championship will be held at the Links at Union Vale in LaGrangeville. Why is it so far away (I’m looking up directions as we speak)? Because Arlington had the best team scoring average in the section and thus gets to host the event.

This is a newer event put into play in the last few years, but it makes sense to have a team championship. Three teams qualify based strictly on which three squads had the best scoring average during the regular season.

The three teams are Arlington, Rye and Scarsdale. It should be a good match (9 holes like regular season matches) and I’m looking forward to it. And since I’m making the trek up there… I’m also going to play the track with a few work friends in the morning. So far I’ve heard very, very good things about this links-style course so it should be a treat.

Back to the real match… in a nine-holer, it’s really anyone’s game. All three of these teams were playing very well late. The headliners will be Arlington’s Andrew Graham, who lost in a playoff at the Section 1 championship to Mahopac’s Marisa Kamelgarn, Rye’s Mark Mumford and Sam Weiss, who are both looking to bounce back from disappointing performances at sectionals, and Scarsdale’s David Spiro, who narrowly missed qualifying for the state team. Rye is the defending Section 1 champion.

Wow. Mapquest is predicting a pretty lengthy trip. My tee time is at 9:52 a.m. so I better hit the road… back with more tomorrow.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 at 8:50 pm by Alex Myers.
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Writers Sam Weinman and Alex Myers share their thoughts on the local and national golf scene.
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Sam WeinmanSam Weinman
The lead golf writer for The Journal News and LoHud.com, Weinman, 31, has placed among the top three in the Golf Writers Association of America writing contest in three consecutive years, including a first-place finish in 2004. READ MORE

Alex MyersAlex Myers
A sports reporter at The Journal News for nearly three years, Alex Myers has covered a bit of everything, but a lot of golf, ranging from the high school level to last year's U.S. Open at Winged Foot. His golf writing goes back to his college days when he attended Wake Forest University. Myers is also an avid player who is constantly trying to improve on his current handicap of 8. Perhaps his biggest thrill came earlier this summer when he conquered the famed 17th hole at the TPC at Sawgrass by hitting a 9-iron onto the island green and walking away with a 2-putt par.

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