Yes, and he or she is allowed to use the original ball

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Curt Rohe - curt@metga.org 2020 P.J. Boatwright Interns

METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Amateur Championship Match Play Championship Open Championship Women’s Amateur Championship Junior Amateur Championship Senior Amateur Championship Metropolitan Cup Matches Four-Ball Championship Mid-America Junior Cup

USGA QUALIFYING ROUNDS US Open (Local and Sectional) US Senior Open US Amateur US Mid-Amateur US Girls’ Junior Amateur US Women’s Mid-Amateur US Junior Amateur US Senior Amateur US Senior Women’s Amateur US Women’s Open USAmateur Four-Ball USWomen’s Amateur Four-Ball

ADVISORY COMMITTEE Scott Thomas, Chairman Dustin Ashby Tom Barry Skip Berkmeyer Chris Kovach Ryan Eckelcamp Tom Portner Curt Rohe 2020 P.J. BOATWRIGHT INTERNS Chase Phillps Jacob Skudlarczyk Hcase Holland THE METROPOLITAN EDITOR Dan O’Neill

Curt’s Corner

Curt Rohe - Executive Director

Hello friends, members and golfers…first and foremost, I hope this edition of The Metropolitan finds you safe and healthy! These are some unprecedented times we are living in; however, golf seems to be the one guiding light for many. While Missouri courses have been opened during the Stay at Home procedures, Illinois courses have been shut down. However, better days are on the horizon with Illinois courses being able to open on May 1 under the strict CDC guidelines. This is great news for our Illinois Member Clubs! I have been tracking and seeing that people are playing golf! As I write this column, over 55,000 rounds have been posted for handicap purposes by you, our Members, in our region since score posting began on March 1... pretty amazing in my opinion! This is without any scores posted at Illinois courses in April. MAGA championships and the Amateur Series events have been postponed through May. Please check the website for up-to-date changes in the event schedules as we move these events to new dates later in the season. I say this all the time, but we are so grateful for our Member Clubs in hosting these events; however, even more so as they have all been gracious in working with us to find alternative dates to see our 2020 schedule through. I would like to welcome a new edition to The Metropolitan, Dan O’Neill as our Managing Editor. Many of you may know Dan from his time as the golf writer for the St. Louis PostDispatch. His newspaper column, “The Bogeyman,” had a large following in the golf community, and he continues to write golf for a number of national outlets. We are excited to work with him as we hope to continue bringing you The Metropolitan throughout the season. Finally, these are difficult times for all of us. Please be safe as we work through this to get back to conducting championships.