Forty-Ninth Alumni Reunion Held at Rockrimmon


STAMFORD, Conn. (July 22, 2024) – The 49th Alumni Reunion featured over 80 MGA Caddie Scholarship Fund supporters—many alumni—on Monday at Rockrimmon Country Club.

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The annual event brings together generations of alumni and friends to reminisce, celebrate, and reconnect with other former caddies.

Twenty-one groups competed on the Robert Trent Jones design in a net Stapleford event. The top three net and gross scores received prizes.

Angelo Luppino, a 2005 alumni, won the net competition with 39 Stableford points. Dan Flanagan, a 2006 alumni, was second, and Robert Smith, a 2009 alumni, finished third.

In the gross competition, Matthew Giradi won with 35 Stableford points. Jack McGrarty came home second, and Jeff Einsidler came third.

The 50th Alumni Reunion will be at Ardsley Country Club. The date is to be determined.

The 2024 event schedule continues for the MGACSF next Monday, July 29, with the Pro-Am at Quaker Ridge Golf Club.

About the MGA Caddie Scholarship Fund
The MGA Caddie Scholarship Fund (MGACSF), formerly called the Westchester Golf Association Caddie Scholarship Fund, Inc. (WGACSF), is a 501(c)(3) charitable and educational, nonprofit organization, that provides financial need-based scholarships to caddies and others who work in service to golf at local participating golf and country clubs throughout the following counties: Fairfield (CT), Bronx, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester (NY) Counties.  It was founded in 1956 by renowned amateur golfer Willie Turnesa and his good friend Udo Reinach. Today, the Fund awards an average of 250 scholars a year, representing an annual one-year tuition commitment of $1.0 million. The MGA Caddie Scholarship Fund is one of the largest organizations of its kind in the country.