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60th Metropolitan Golf Association National Awards Dinner
Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Time: 1:14 PM
Pat Norton chaired the 60th Metropolitan Golf Association National Awards Dinner on June 7, 2011. Honorees included: PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem, Jim Nantz, Ernie Els and the Donald Trump Family.
Metropolitan Golf Writers Association's 60th National Awards Dinner
ELMSFORD, N.Y. -- The Metropolitan Golf Writers Association's 60th National Awards Dinner was scheduled for Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, New York. Tim Finchem, the Commissioner of the PGA TOUR, was recognized for his outstanding leadership and achievements and received the Gold Tee Award, the MGWA's highest honor.
Other honorees who attended this year's dinner include: Ernie Els, the Winnie Palmer Award, for his foundation work on behalf of autism; CBS Sports broadcaster Jim Nantz, the Lincoln Werden Golf Journalism Award; Donald Trump Family, Family of the Year; Metropolis Country Club, Club of the Year; Nationwide Insurance, the Bing Crosby Tournament Sponsor Award; Mary Bea Porter-King, Distinguished Service Award.
The MGWA's National Awards Dinner is the largest (and longest running) golf dinner held annually in the U.S. All of golf's governing bodies actively support the dinner -- the USGA, PGA of America, LPGA, PGA TOUR and Champions Tour -- and some 600 industry leaders and local golfers attend. Proceeds from the dinner are distributed to the Metropolitan (New York) area caddie scholarship programs and the MGA Foundation. More than $1.1 million has been raised over the years for the association's charitable endeavors.
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