Matthew Lowe (2024)

The Metropolitan Golf Association is pleased to announce Matthew Lowe as the recipient of the 2024 MGA Jerry Courville Sr. Player of the Year Award.

After having finished on the MGA Honor Roll five times in his career, Lowe used a packed schedule and consistent high-level play to capture the 2024 MGA Jerry Courville Sr. Player of the Year Award.

A pair of early season victories at the Richardson Memorial Championship at Wheatley Hills Golf Club in East Williston, N.Y., and the Mittelmark Invitational at Fenway Golf Club in Scarsdale, N.Y., gave Lowe an idea of what could lie ahead during the season.

In the 100th Long Island Open Presented by Stifel at Piping Rock Club in Locust Valley, N.Y., Lowe notched a fifth-place finish and earned low amateur honors. As the month continued, he added a fourth-place finish in the MGA Public Links Championship and made the most of making the cut on the number at the Ike, firing final day rounds of 69-72 to end the championship tied for sixth at Nassau Country Club in Glen Cove, N.Y.

His mid-season lead on the points list was bolstered by a tie for third in the New York State Open, in which he also finished as low amateur, plus an appearance in the quarterfinal round of the 122nd Met Amateur Championship at Somerset Hills Country Club in Bernardsville, N.J.

Overall, Lowe finished the season with seven top-10 finishes in stroke play events, while also qualifying for the U.S. Amateur Championship in its first year of multi-stage qualifying.

For Lowe, who regained his amateur status in 2022 after a brief stint of pursuing the game professionally, earning the title is a goal achieved while seeing his name among close friends means a lot as well.

“It’s nice to be quantifiably with the people that you respect,” says Lowe, referencing recent winners and friends such as Mark Costanza, Darin Goldstein, and Brad Tilley. “It’s definitely something I’ve had on my bucket list since I got my amateur status back. It was anything I could have wanted for the year.”

Christian Cavaliere of Hudson National finished second on this year’s Honor Roll, his season including a runner-up finish in the Met Amateur and a tie for third in the Met Open. Colin Summers of Plainfield ranked third on the points listing thanks to matching Cavaliere for low amateur honors in the Met Open and a tie for fourth in the New Jersey State Open, while Ike champion Peicheng Chen of Rock Hill and Farrell winner Tim Hegarty of Sleepy Hollow stood fourth and fifth, respectively.