Wednesday Roundup - July 9, 2025

Photo: Essex County Country Club

New Jersey Golf’s “Wednesday Roundup” will run weekly through the 2025 golf season. This weekly news summary will feature local stories and news from throughout the Garden State. If your organization or club has announcements to share, please email mikem@njgolf with “Wednesday Roundup” in the subject line. 

• West Caldwell's Harris Podvey made the cut in the British Senior Amateur conducted by the R & A at Walton Heath in England. Live scoring is available. (Click for more)
• The AJGA East v.s. West Wyndham Cup field is set, and three New Jersey players will be competing for the East team. Vidhi Lakhawala of Kendall Park, N.J., and Rayee Feng and Aphrodite Deng of Short Hills, N.J. will tee off at Forest Highlands Golf Club (Canyon Course) in Flagstaff, AZ from July 7-10, 2025. (Click for more) 
• Former standout from St. Joseph Regional High School, Liam Moloney, won the 83rd NYS Boys’ 18U Championship at McGregor Links Country Club in Wilton, N.Y. on July 3, with a 7-under par (69-67-67,203). Brody Burgess, of Cobblestone Creek Country Club, finished fourth with a 2-over par (73-66-73, 212). (Click for more) 
• Shore Saves, a volunteer-run dog rescue, is hosting their 4th Annual Shore Saves Charity Golf Outing at Pebble Creek Golf Club in Colts Neck, N.J. on Aug. 18. All proceeds will go directly towards rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming dogs in need. (Click for more) 
• The New Jersey Golf Foundation (NJGF), the charitable arm of the New Jersey Section, PGA of America (NJPGA), announced Teegan Linke (Jamesburg) and Luke Krombholz (Metuchen) as the 2025 recipients of the prestigious Peter Famiano Memorial Scholarship. (Click for more) 
• The USGA announced that The Ridgewood Country Club, in Paramus, N.J., is set to host three upcoming USGA championships: the 2030 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, the 2035 U.S. Junior Amateur and the 2042 U.S. Amateur Championships. (Click for more) 
• Galloping Hill Golf Course will host the First Stage of the 2025 PGA Tour Q-School from Oct. 14-17. The event serves as a qualification tournament for golfers aiming to gain full or partial membership on the PGA Tour. Registration is now open. (Click for more)  
• Teen Cancer America invites you to the Fifth Annual TCA Golf Outing on Monday, September 15, 2025, at TPC Jasna Polana in Princeton, NJ, for a fun-filled day of golf, food, drinks, rock & roll, and fundraising to support young people facing cancer. Highlights include appearances by Golf Channel’s Rich Lerner, sports and music celebrities, and a special Golf Clinic hosted by LPGA star Val Skinner. To receive 10% off tickets, use the following code at checkout: 10offNJgolf  (Click for more)   
• Entries are now open for multiple USGA Championships – The 38th U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur (Entries close August 6), 11th U.S. Women's Four-Ball (Entries close August 13), 11th U.S. Amateur Four-Ball (Entries close August 13) (Click for more)     

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