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USGA Museum and Arnold Palmer Cen-
ter for Golf History, located in Far Hills,
about one hour from Manhattan.
The association celebrated a milestone
in September when its contingent at the
10th USGA Women’s State Team Cham-
pionship captured the championship, the
first national title for a men’s or women’s
team from New Jersey.
Leading the way for the New Jersey
squad was 17 year-old Alice Chen, who
tied for the individual title and (with three
others) tied for the lowest score in the
event’s history with a 6-under-par 67 at
the par-73, 6,153-yard South Course at
the NCR Country Club in Kettering , Oh.
“We’re very proud about that,” said
Kennedy. “We’re just proud about how
we conduct tournaments (and) the feed-
back we get from our membership. Their
feedback is very important to us.”
Another source of pride for the NJS-
GA is its Caddie Scholarship Foundation.
Created in 1947, the foundation has pro-
vided in excess of $10 million in college
tuition grants to more than 2,700 caddie-
scholars from the association’s member
clubs.
“Last year we raised $880,000, our
biggest year, and we gave 192 scholar-
ships for college kids,” said Moretti. “The
minimum (grant) is $3,500, but some kids
can get up to a full scholarship.”
These scholarships, which can be re-
newed to cover up to four years of under-
graduate study, are based on scholastic
achievement, SAT scores, financial need
and the applicant’s length of time as a
caddie and the quality of their service.
