Reminder -- Quill & Tee Membership Signups
Metropolitan Golf Writers Association
49 Knollwood Road | Elmsford, NY 10523 | (914) 347-4653
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Quill & Tee Membership Signup Underway
April 5, 2021
To: All Met Golf Writers Association Members
From: Chuck Stogel, MGWA Activities Committee
The first four venues and dates for MGWA meetings and outings in 2021 have been confirmed, with the agenda and competitions being put in place as we resume get-together activities for this season following a pandemic hiatus in 2020.
A note was sent recently to everyone announcing that signups for our MGWA Quill & Tee Golf Club are now being accepted, with a deadline of April 15th for all those who wish to be included on our GHIN roster for 2021 and to participate in our exclusive Q&TGC events.
The Quill & Tee GC is the MGWA’s “club without real estate” that offers a number of amenities, including MGA handicapping services and exclusive competitions at our outings. Annual dues are still $55. If you are a member of any land-based clubs, you can still join Q&T. Complete information about renewing or joining the Q&TGC is accessible at our website under the Meetings and Outings tab (www.metgolfwriters.org/Quill_and_Tee_home_page). You must be logged into our website in order to view this page.
The agendas for our meetings and outings are roughly similar. Our get-togethers comprise morning practice time with a possible clinic or equipment demo session; informative group meetings with presentations from club officials and special guest speakers, and a Q&A segment; buffet luncheon; afternoon shotgun golf, with various competitions; after-golf rendezvous with refreshments and prizes.
The venues and dates for our first four meetings and outings:
Tuesday, May 4th --- Pound Ridge (NY) GC. The only Pete Dye course design in New York State, assisted by son Perry Dye. A challenging layout with multiple tee box options traverses rolling terrain with woods and streams. Competition: Quill & Tee President’s Cup, a net event with handicaps.
Tuesday, June 8th --- Pelham (NY) CC. The club recently completed a large-scale redesign and rerouting to its classic course under the supervision of architect Mike DeVries, whose other handiwork in the Met area includes Siwanoy, Sunningdale and Tamarack. Competition: Quill & Tee men’s and women’s qualifiers for the MGA Four Ball Championships, a two-person net Better Ball, aka the Met Net.
Thursday, July 8th --- The Summit Club at Armonk (NY). An exciting reopening with significant course and facilities changes is eagerly anticipated this spring for the club which has been closed the past few years and formerly went by the names of Brynnewood and, before that, the Canyon Club. Noted course architect Rees Jones has crafted numerous upgrades, course changes, some entirely new holes. Competition: The highly popular MGWA Team Shootout.
Tuesday, August 31st --- North Jersey CC, Wayne, NJ. Our MGWA Club of the Year is a somewhat little-known gem designed by Walter Travis and is undergoing a strategic plan of upgrades and renovations being overseen by Brian Schneider and Renaissance Golf. A number of special guests and other activities are being planned to help celebrate NJCC’s designation as Club of the Year. Competition: Quill & Tee men’s and women’s Club Championships and the Q&TGC Member-Guest tournament, held concurrently.
Additionally, one or two get-togethers in the fall are still being planned and, tentatively, may include visits to a pair of Top 30 U.S. courses in the Met area. Stay tuned.
Notices to sign up for our seasonal gatherings typically are sent about a month prior to our scheduled meeting date, with a signup deadline set the week before so that clubs may make proper arrangements based on our number of attendees.
PLEASE NOTE: Our gatherings this season will follow CDC and New York State safety guidelines for group meetings. Appropriate measures may require wearing masks at times, physical distancing in certain situations and compliant meeting/dining areas.
Finally, if you haven’t renewed your general membership for 2021, please do so ASAP in order to continue to receive MGWA e-mails and other benefits. Further, the MGWA Executive Committee encourages anyone who may know of any potential new members, to recommend to them about joining our group, with full details available at the Met Golf Writers website.
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