Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association February 2016 Newsletter

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St. Clair CC #5

The Metropolitan Tom O’Toole: A Retrospective

Upcoming Events

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A few ‘cool’ items from the PGA Golf Show Page 11

St. Louis Golf History 1971 Ryder Cup Page 12

Old Warson prepares for US Senior Amateur Page 17

MAGA Events Gateway Cup Matches April 10-11, 2016 CC of St. Albans Old Warson Cup May 14-15, 2016 Normandie Amateur May 21-22, 2016 Women’s Amateur June 8-9, 2016 Greenbriar Hills

Vol. 3 No. 1

2016 USGA Events O’Toole’s Two-Year USGA Presidency ends on a high note. It had to come to an end at some point; the travel, trophy presentations, meetings, dinners, receptions and cocktail parties. The many trips to Far Hills, NJ to confer with USGA staff, executive committee members, event chairs, rules officials and the many requests for speaking engagements, interviews and articles. In the end, he would not have given any of it up, not for a moment! When you have a dream, and you get to live it, the dream is not only surreal, but at times, you almost have to pinch yourself to ensure you’re not dreaming. Yes, it really did happen. A native St. Louis son rose to the top of one of the country’s most prestigious organizations through hard work, determination and, yes, dreaming that by making the effort, it would happen. We invite you to review, from the perspective of those who know Tom best, how it happened. Continued on page 4

US Open Local Qualifying May 10 Forest Hills US Women’s Open Qualifying May 24 Westwood CC US Amateur Four-Ball Men & Women May 21-25, 2016 US Junior Amateur Qualifying June 20, 2016 Aberdeen GC US Girls Junior Amateur Qualifying June 22, 2016 Bogey Hills CC US Open June 16-19, 2016 See page 13 for full schedule

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