MAAC Golfers to Compete for 29th McLeod Memorial Award
MAAC Sports
Lake Buena Vista, FL – Golfers from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference will compete for the McLeod Memorial Award at the 2014 MAAC Men’s and Women’s Golf Championships at Disney’s Palm Golf Course in Lake Buena Vista, Fl. This marks the 29th anniversary of the award, dating back to when the MAAC Championship was held at Pelham Country Club.
The men’s and women’s individual champions will each receive McLeod Memorial Award trays engraved by JJ Mele of Pelham who has prepared every award offered by the program. Both of the 2014 Champions will have their names inscribed on the permanent McLeod Memorial Award Tray.
The Charles "Scott" McLeod Award has been presented annually since 1986 to the men’s and women’s individual winners of the MAAC Championship. The award has been presented in memory of a graduate of Pelham Memorial High School '75 and Iona College '80, who passed away in 1985. Scott McLeod was an enthusiastic golfer, a member of the Pelham Country Club, and a sponsor of the MAAC Golf Championship when the event was first held at Pelham. In addition to presenting the annual award, the McLeod Award Association supports interest in collegiate golf and highlights the history of golf in Pelham.
The Committee has a tradition of honoring golfers who have made a special contribution to the history of golf in Pelham, N.Y. or at Iona College by adding their names to a “Special Award Section” on the perimeter of the permanent McLeod Memorial Award Tray.
In 2007, the program honored K. Peter Maneri, a long-time supporter of the McLeod Memorial Award and Gael Athletics. He was a trustee of Iona College, a broadcaster of Iona basketball, and an avid golfer. The Committee also remembered Jack and Alma Rennau, two lifelong Pelham golf enthusiasts and friends of the program.
In 2005–06, Princeton golf team member Lt. Maurice K. Collette, who died at the Battle of the Bulge in France, and Edmund B. Overton, club champion (’41) and holder of the course record, who died in an aircraft training accident in Texas, were honored.
In 2001, Jim Barnes, known as "Long Jim," was the Pelham Country Club host pro when the club was the site of the 1923 PGA Championship, and was the winner of both the 1921 US Open at Columbia CC outside of Washington DC and the 1925 British Open at Prestwick.
In 1999 three special golfers with ties to Pelham and MAAC member Iona were remembered by having their names added to the Memorial Section of the permanent McLeod Memorial Award Tray. Pat DiJulio, gifted 1970s – 1980s Iona College Basketball broadcaster; Louis Leahy, avid golfer at Pelham CC and WWII veteran; and the legendary Gene Sarazen winner of the 1923 PGA Championship in the famous match over Walter Hagen at Pelham CC.
In 1998 the special memorial tradition was begun when Scott’s father, C. Anderson McLeod and his father in law, Walter Spath, both avid golfers, were memorialized in this way.
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About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
The MAAC, headquartered in Edison, N.J., consists of 11 member institutions in 2014: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University and Siena College. For more on the conference please visit, www.maacsports.com. Follow the MAAC on Facebook and Twitter: @MAACSports. Follow MAAC Golf on Twitter using the hashtag #MAACGolf.
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