Ardsley Signup Reminder

   METROPOLITAN GOLF WRITERS ASSOCIATION

CHIP BECK TO JOIN MGWA AT ARDSLEY OUTING

Club to Showcase All-New Clubhouse for August 28th Meeting

To: Met Golf Writers Association members

From: MGWA Activities Committee

Re: SIGN UP NOW FOR ARDSLEY OUTING ON AUGUST 28th

This is a reminder that the signup period for our next MGWA meeting/outing is currently underway, and all those who wish to attend are urged to register now.

Our meeting and golf event is scheduled for Tuesday, August 28th at Ardsley Country Club in Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY.

An exciting variety of presentations and events are scheduled, including a meeting in the all-new, recently-opened clubhouse. Additionally, former Tour pro Chip Beck --- who represents custom divot tool Pitchfix --- will be joining us for a demo session/clinic on the range in addition to speaking to our group at the indoor meeting.

About the new clubhouse: Ardsley’s previous structure was devastated by a pre-dawn fire back in December 2014. For the past few seasons, the club operated partially out of temporary facilities and has now fully completed an all-new clubhouse located on the site of the previous building, high atop North Mountain Drive with spectacular views of the surrounding valley and Hudson River.

Our schedule on August 28th also includes a variety of golf events, including our annual Quill & Tee club championship, a counterpart MGWA individual tournament for non-Quill & Tee members, and a member-guest tournament exclusive for Quill & Tee members. The whole day, as always, is open to all Met Golf Writers regardless of whether you belong to the Quill & Tee GC, which is the MGWA’s club without real estate.

The clinic/demo session on the range with Chip Beck is scheduled for 10:00 – 10:30 am, followed by our indoor meeting. A full backgrounder about Beck is listed at the end of this reminder memo. A sumptuous buffet luncheon follows our meeting and precedes the shotgun golf event.

For more details about the gathering on August 28th, and to access the signup information and form, please visit the newly-revised MGWA website (www.metgolfwriters.org). Login with your member ID and password, and then click on the section for “Meetings & Outings.”

CHIP BECK

PITCHFIX BRAND AMBASSADOR

At the youthful age of 10, Chip Beck’s mother first introduced him to golf by taking him to a junior clinic. Little did she know the impact that day would have on him. After a successful junior career, Chip enrolled at the University of Georgia, where he would become one of the most decorated golfers in UGA history. As a three-time first team All-American and five-time tournament winner with more top ten finishes than any other player in the school’s history, Chip Beck decided it was time to test his skills with the best players in the world on the PGA Tour.

Chip had four PGA Tour victories and twenty runner-up finishes during his playing career. He won the Vardon Trophy in 1989 and spent 40 weeks in the top 10 of the World Golf Rankings from 1988 to 1989. Additionally, he was the second player to ever shoot ’59’ in a PGA Tour tournament. Several players have accomplished this feat on the PGA Tour, but only Al Geiberger, Chip Beck, David Duval and Adam Hadwin have reached that magical number on a par-72 course. Prior to the Las Vegas Invitational, the Hilton family said anybody who could shoot a 59 would win a million dollars. Despite never having seen the course before, Chip had five pars and 13 birdies (a PGA Tour record for birdies in one round), including a three-footer on the 18th hole to shoot a 59. Beck finished tied for third in the tournament, but half of the million dollars he won ended up funding the Chip Beck Scholarship. Since 1991, this scholarship has run in conjunction with the Evans Scholars Foundation with the Western Golf Association and still continues today.

In addition to his PGA Tour accomplishments, Chip Beck is also well-known as a three-time Ryder Cup member and was an especially crucial player in the 1993 Ryder Cup, the last time the United States won on European soil. His all-time Ryder Cup record is 6-2-1, with a point percentage of .72. Furthermore, Chip is one of two people to ever have a hole-in-one on a par four, which he achieved on the 314-yard 9^th hole at the 2003 Omaha Classic. Although Chip has never won a major, he was the runner-up in three Majors and one Players Championship (1986 U.S. Open, 1989 U.S. Open, 1989 Players Championship and 1993 Masters).

To many around the world Chip Beck is simply known as ‘Mr. 59,’ but ask him and he will tell you he is just another guy who loves God, his family, and the game of golf. Chip is currently an ambassador for Arcis Golf and for PitchfixUSA, the company that manufactures the Golf Digest award-winning Fusion 2.5 Divot Repair Tool.

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