Hamilton Farm GC Member Mark Costanza Named 2021 MGA ‘Player of the Year’ for Second Straight Year

Award recognizes “consistent, high-level play” by Costanza, who calls Gladstone, NJ-based Hamilton Farm his home course

(Gladstone, N.J.) — Hamilton Farm Golf Club, a historic property featuring a premier two-course golf facility located in the scenic hills of Somerset County, NJ, is proud to announce that member Mark Costanza was named the recipient of the 2021 ‘Jerry Courville Sr. Player of the Year’ Award by the Elmsford, NY-based Metropolitan Golf Association (MGA) for the second year in a row.

Mark Costanza

The prestigious award is presented annually to the Met Area amateur who compiles the best record in select events during the course of the year based on points earned for their finishes in designated local, national, and international championships.  Costanza earned 797 points in just six events thanks to a steady run of high finishes and consistent, high-level play and will receive the award at the MGA’s 124th Annual Meeting and Dinner on December 1st, 2021 at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, NY.

Costanza’s receipt of both the 2021 and 2020 MGA Jerry Courville Sr. Player of the Year Award follows numerous other outstanding designations he earned in the last two years, including 2021 Runner-Up in the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship in Siaconset, MA, 2020 New Jersey State Golf Association Player of the Year, and winner of both the 2020 New Jersey State Open and the 2020 MGA IKE Stroke Play Championship.  Costanza is currently ranked 211th among all-age amateur golfers in the world, is ranked 4th in the U.S. and 14th in the world among mid-amateur golfers (ages 25 and older), and has consistently finished among the top 10 golfers in all recent events he’s played.

Costanza describes his receipt of a second consecutive MGA Player of the Year Award as ‘surreal.’  “Having played in MGA events since I was 13, ‘Player of the Year’ was something I always aspired to but never thought I had a chance to win at this point in my life,” shared Costanza, 32.  “To be on that list just once is an incredible honor, but to have won it twice and in back-to-back years is very special and something I’m extremely proud of.”

“Mark’s accomplishments in the golf world over the past several years are astonishing and one-of-a-kind and we’re all so honored to have him as part of our Hamilton Farm family,” shared Michael Ferguson, Hamilton Farm General Manager.  “As outstanding a golfer as Mark is, however, he’s an even a better person who truly embodies the values that Hamilton Farm holds in high esteem.  We’re proud and excited to watch our hallways fill up with his trophies!”

“I’ve played a lot of great clubs around the country and very few possess the special ‘it factor’ that Hamilton Farm has,” said Costanza, who joined Hamilton Farm -- a Hurdzan and Fry-designed course that was recently named New Jersey PGA Section ‘Club of the Year’ for the third time since 2012 – in 2017.  “Between its spectacular golf courses, outstanding food, exceptional staff, and wonderful members who are like family to me, I feel very lucky to call Hamilton Farm my home course.”

For more information, contact Erin Walsh, Membership Director at Hamilton Farm Golf Club, at (908) 901-4040 or visit www.hamiltonfarmgolfclub.com.