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Joe Pica’s Passion for Youth Caddieing on Full Display

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 19, 2024) – Rockrimmon Country Club in Stamford, Conn., has been synonymous with the MGA Caddie Scholarship Fund since the Fund’s inception, and its new caddie manager, Joe Pica, has an equal passion for youth caddieing. “It hits very close to home,” said Pica. “I caddied in my youth but never knew […]

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Scholar Spotlight: Brandon Clarke

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (June 25, 2024)—Brandon Clarke was initially unsure about caddieing but grew to love the job at Century Country Club in Purchase, N.Y., during high school and college. He’s now a doctoral candidate at the University of North Carolina. “I asked [my friend] about [caddieing], and he told me it was a good job […]

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Scholar Spotlight: Stephen Boateng

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (March 15, 2024) – Many paths can lead individuals to caddieing. One that seems less obvious is pacing the sidelines of a basketball court, but that is how MGA Caddie Scholar Stephen Boateng found his way to the caddie yard at Scarsdale Golf Club. During high school, Stephen coached his brother’s AAU basketball […]

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Family Ties to MGACSF for Bill Nardiello & Polly Sparling

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (February 8, 2024) – Nearly 70 years after Willie Turnesa and Udo Reinach worked together to establish the MGA Caddie Scholarship Fund, Turnesa’s daughter Polly Sparling and Reinach’s grandson Bill Nardiello continue to carry on the tradition of giving back and supporting the Fund. In 1956, before Sparling and Nardiello were born, Willie […]

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Scholar Spotlight: Morgan Squires

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (January 23, 2023) – Communication, confidence, direction, and opportunity are just a few benefits Morgan Squires has received as a caddie. The three-year caddie at Rockrimmon Country Club in Stamford, Conn., didn’t know what to expect when she took her first loop, but now recognizes all the positives that caddieing can bring a […]

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Catching Up with JMS Scholars Eikoh Hayashi & Sam Masters

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (January 4, 2024) – The MGA Foundation is proud to share that the first two recipients of the Jay Mottola Scholarship, Eikoh Hayashi (2022 recipient) and Sam Masters (2020 recipient), have graduated from college. The young men shared post-college updates with the MGAF. Where did you attend college, and what did you study? […]

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Edwin B. Howard Jr. Named Udo Reinach Award Winner

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (July 18, 2023) – Earlier this year, the Metropolitan Golf Association Caddie Scholarship Fund (MGACSF) awarded its Udo Reinach Award of Distinction to Mr. Edwin B. Howard, Jr. at the Fund’s annual Kick-Off Meeting. Other individual winners included Joe Pica, who was awarded the Outstanding Service Award for the Caddie Programs, and Edward […]