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Curt’s Corner
MAGA STAFF
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 Chase Holland
THE METROPOLITAN EDITOR Dan O’Neill
Curt’s Corner
Curt Rohe - Executive Director
Greetings Members, I cannot help but start by saying what an incredible two week stretch we had in this past month with the 30th Amateur Championship and 28th Women’s Amateur! Both championships had unbelievable finishes with golfers coming back from significant deficits to capture the titles. The Chris Kovach and Chris Ferris battle at Meadowbrook in the final round was one of the most memorable final rounds in my 23 championships I have been involved with! First, thank you to Meadowbrook CC for hosting. If there was a final round I wish I had a camera crew out to capture, this was the one. Congratulations to Chris Ferris on becoming the 30th Amateur champion and adding your name to the list of greats on the Jim Tom Blair Trophy! Then, just 3 days later, Kathy Glennon stamped her name on the Jayne M. Watson Trophy. She came back from 7 shots behind the Round 1 leader to force a playoff which she won in 2 holes. Her story of competing in over 20 Women’s Amateur Championships to finally win the title was also remarkable. Congratulations Kathy! We capped off the month of August with the Senior Amateur Championship where Buddy Allen took his second Senior title. He played remarkable over two days at St. Clair Country Club with an 8-under par total, congratulations Buddy! I feel like we just started, which we did not until June, but here we are winding down another season. I want to say thank you to two of our PJ Boatwright Interns who went back to school recently, Chase Holland and Jacob Skudlarczyk. Both made great contributions to the association this summer and were a tremendous asset to this crazy summer. All the best to them as they wrap up their college studies. Finally, I just want to say thank you to all the clubs who have hosted MAGA championships and events this summer. It has been certainly interesting navigating the COVID-19 pandemic from policies and procedures. I always say we have the best Member Clubs in the country and all those who contributed to 2020 did so with the same vigor as in years past. Thank you and you know I’ll be hitting you up soon as we look ahead to 2021. Keep golfing and thank you for taking a little time to read The Metropolitan!
Player of the year standings
Men
1. Skip Berkmeyer 1,435 2. Ryan Sullivan 1,092.5 3. Max Kreikemeier 1,091.7 4. Ryan Eckelkamp 1,052.2 5. Chris Ferris 945 6. Crimson Callahan 937.5 7. Chris Kovach 865 8. Chad Niezing 828.3 9. Joe Migdal 689.2 10. Brad Carpenter 600
Senior
1. Buddy Allen 965 2. Joseph Malench 650 3. Tom Portner 525 4. David Pfeil 495 5 . Brian Hall 450 6. David Pfeil 495 7. Mike Quesenberry 427.5 8. David Bremer 415 9. Tom Barry 380 10. Brian Lovett 360
