The golfinnyc.com team - Bill Castner, Marian Hausman Castner and Bill Farrell.
Having seen the good, bad and ugly of the city’s golf courses for more than 25 years the members of Team Golfinnyc decided to stop talking and do something positive for the New York golfers.
Bill and Marian Castner originally launched this site, and with the new design and a larger team we hope to open the eyes of New Yorkers and everyone else to the wonderful golf opportunities that can be found in and around New York City. Golfinnyc Blog
Bill Castner
I have seen a lot of Golf in NYC” since I began caddying on the links of Dyker Beach Golf Course in Brooklyn at age 15. From junior golfer advocate to PGA professional to Course Manager to a golf course operator, I have done it all in every borough of NYC. I possess a good pulse on what happens at the NYC golf courses.
Teaching golf for more than twenty-five years, I am a Master PGA Professional and the Director of Instruction at the Hyatt Hills Golf Course in Clark, NJ. In 2001, T&L Golf Magazine selected me as one of the Top 50 Instructors. New York City golf is in my blood!
New Jersey PGA Section Junior Leader Award 2006 Award Recipient: Bill Castner
Bill Castner, Master PGA Golf Professional and Director of Instruction at Hyatt Hills Golf Complex receiving the 2006 New Jersey PGA Section Junior Leader Award at the recent Fall meeting (October 2006).
We are also pleased to announce that Bill Castner, PGA Master Professional, has for the second consecutive year been award the prestigious Junior Golf Leader Award by the New Jersey PGA Section.
Bill, who is very involved with junior golf in the NJ Section, the First Tee and teaching many rising junior golf stars, was also a finalist for the 2007 National Junior Golf Leader Award.
Got a golfing question for Bill? Then please write to us at the Golf Questions Answered section on the Golf in NYC Blog that Bill setup for all those golfing questions you need answereing.
Since 1998, the New Jersey PGA has presented this award annually to the PGA golf professional in the section who is a leader in junior golf, reflects the qualities and ideals of those who work with our nation's youth, and provides opportunities and experiences for juniors to learn and play golf. The following guidelines are used in selecting a winner:
- Contributions to junior golf programs and the events in the PGA Section, including service as a chairperson or a member of the Junior GOlf Committee.
- involvement in the promotion and development of junior golf at the facility and also within the community.
- support of PGA Junior Golf programs, overall image, service and leadership in the area of junior golf, and overall integrity as an individual and acceptance by junior golfers as a person of outstanding character.
Marian Hausman Castner
After a long career in the financial world, Marian switched directions and now enjoys working in the worlds of: golf, writing and motherhood. Luckily, she was able to combine them together and is a freelance writer for several golf magazines and newspapers, and this website. She is also working on some independent writing projects.
Marian credits her high school English teacher, best-selling author Frank McCourt with her writing style and her husband, Bill, for sharing with her his passion and knowledge of the game of golf.
Starting in the Spring 2007, Marian will take over as Editor-in-Chief" of the NJ Golfer Magazine
Bill Farrell
A reporter, columnist and boxing writer for more than 30 years at the New York Daily News, Bill Farrell has an exceptional knowledge of the diverse neighborhoods of New York. Born and raised in Brooklyn he fell in love with golf from television watching Palmer, Player, Nicklaus and Snead. Before that he thought a golf course was nothing more than a great place to ride your sled after a winter snowfall. These days a winter snowfall means its time to take out the orange balls.
Bill has just currently finished writting a book "Cradle of Champions 80 Years of the New York Daily News Golden Gloves" about the The Daily News Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament which has been an institution in New York City for more than three quarters of a century.