The Metropolitan; Volume 8, No. 2

Volume 8 | No. 2

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The Metropolitan AMATEUR GOLF ASSOCIATION

Golden Bear and Nicklaus Design to Lead Rebirth of Normandie Golf Course (Pg. 6)

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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6 3. Bio/Numbers 4. Curt’s Corner 5. In Memoriam 6. Normandie Project 8. Sobbe Cup

12. Bogeyman 14. U.S. Women’s Open Qualifier 18. MAGA Schedules 23. Nicklaus quote 24. Boatwright Interns/New Staff

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By The Numbers

MAGA

When the ball goes in the air on May 2 at Forest Park, it will be the 61st playing of the Publinx Open. The traditional bellringer for golf in St Louis was started by Milton Frank in 1960 and became a fixture under the watchful eye of Bart Collida.

The tournament annually accommodates a field of more than 240 players, a lineup dotted with professionals and amateurs, some more accomplished than others. The tournament has returned to its traditional May home after a one-year hiatus. Because of the pandemic, the 2020 edition was played in October, where it was more of a season-closer.

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WHAT WE DO: - Provide the GHIN Handicap Service to 140+ Member Clubs under the World Handicap System - Conduct ten (10) Metropolitan Championships each season - Conduct USGA Qualifying for nine (9) USGA Championships each season - Conduct the Amateur Series of Events for golfers of all ages and abilities - Provide the USGA Course/Slope Rating service to our Member Clubs

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The number of dimples in a golf ball, which can have between 300-500, at a depth of 0.010 inch.

Science says the lift and drag forces on a golf ball are extremely sensitive to dimple depth, so much so that a depth change of just 0.001 inch can affect a radical change to a ball’s trajectory and the distance it might fly. For instance, a smooth golf ball hit by a professional golfer would travel only about half as far as a golf ball with dimples does.

- Regional authority on the Rules of Golf and Amateur Status METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Amateur Championship Old Warson Cup (Match Play Championship) Shogren Cup (Match Play PGA Pros vs. MAGA Amateurs) Open Championship

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Women’s Amateur Championship

As in percent, as in a 14 percent of increase. To explain, the pandemic has been difficult for a lot of people and businesses, but it’s been a boost to the golf industry. According to the National Golf Foundation, some 60 million more rounds were played across the U.S. in 2020, pushing the total to about 500 million for the year. That represents a 14 percent increase from 2019. Just once in the past 20 years had there been an increase of more than 3 percent year over year.

Junior Amateur Championship Senior Amateur Championship Metropolitan Cup Matches Four-Ball Championship 9-Hole Championship Mid-America Junior Cup

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When the PGA Tour Champions Ascension Charity Classic tees it up on Sept. 10-12 at Norwood Hills County Club, it will be slightly more than three years since one of golf ’s top professional tours hit town, or since the 2018 PGA Championship was conducted at Bellerive Country Club. What’s more, it will represent eight years since the senior set was here, or since the 2013 Senior PGA Championship at Bellerive. Not sure if Khoki Idoki - the 2013 Senior PGA winner - will make a return appearance.

As in $1.4 million, which is the price tag on the renovation being undertaken at The Legends Country Club in Eureka, Mo. The project ie being led by St. Louis-based architect Art Schaupeter and will include replacing and renovating all greens and bunkers on the 18-hole course. The Legends, which opened in 1989, also has a 9-hole course. The project is expected to be completed in 2023.

USGA QUALIFYING ROUNDS U.S. Open U.S. Senior Open U.S. Women’s Open U.S. Amateur U.S. Mid-Amateur U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur

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U.S. Junior Amateur U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur U.S. Amateur Four-Ball U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball U.S. Senior Amateur U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

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Curt’s Corner

MAGA STAFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Curt Rohe - Executive Director

Curt Rohe - curt@metga.org 2020 EXECUTIVE BOARD Officers Stan Grossman, President Scott Engelbrecht, Secretary/Treasurer At-Large Members Kelli Kirchoff Mike Marquart Rick Meyer, Jr. John Moore Mick Wellington ADVISORY COMMITTEE Scott Thomas, Chairman Dustin Ashby Tom Barry Skip Berkmeyer Chris Kovach Ryan Eckelcamp Tom Portner Curt Rohe DIRECTOR, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Will Redmond P.J. BOATWRIGHT INTERNS Mary O’Leary Steven Wendling John McCauliffe THE METROPOLITAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Hello Metropolitan Members and readers!

May Day, May Day...here we go with the golf season! It was a great to get out last week and conduct a USGA qualifier at Old Hickory Golf Club to kick off the 2021 schedule. The forecast was anything but desirable for last Wednesday, but somehow we managed to get the 36-hole qualifier in after one delay.

I have been a broken record on this subject, but I have to say (again!) that we are so fortunate to have the support of our Member Clubs to conduct MAGA Championships and USGA Qualifying Rounds. The support and enthusiasm at Old Hickory GC hosting the U.S. Women’s Open Qualifying last week was unbelievable.

Pete Christo, Old Hickory GM, thanked me numerous times for asking them to host and that it was an honor to host! When all the thanks goes to Pete, Brett Moomey, Dave Pini, the ownership group and the membership. Several members volunteered to assist with scoring and many more were out walking and watching the talented field compete for those 2 qualifying spots throughout the day all the way to the end!

The 12th season of the Metropolitan Amateur Series kicks off Monday, May 3 at WingHaven CC. We started the Amateur Series to give EVERYONE an opportunity to compete...any age, any handicap. To start things off we have 105 players competing in Event #1, blowing away by far the number of players we have ever seen in the last 11 seasons. And, most importantly, we have a new Women’s Net Division, with 13 ladies competing at WingHaven.

It has been a very busy spring with the changes to the GHIN Handicap Service and getting members setup to use the GHIN Mobile App for score posting with their Digital Profiles. We also welcome 5 new member clubs this spring to MAGA - Litchfield Country Club, Highland Country Club, Carlinville Country Club, Gimme Golf Club and Westlake Country Club have all come in the last couple months.

With May we start our four monthly issues of the Metropolitan highlighting our busy tournament season. Along the way though, please check out our social media platforms Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for frequent updates on what is happening in and around MAGA. Thank you for reading and keep ‘em straight!

Dan O’Neill

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In Memoriam James J. Niederkorn

Sept. 21, 1942 - Jan. 27, 2021 MAGA was saddened by the passing of Jim Niederkorn on Jan. 27th, due to complications from Covid-19. Niederkorn was 78.

A native of Alton, Ill., Jim lived in St. Charles. He enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a teacher at Pattonville High School, where he also coached Pirates basketball and golf.

An avid golf enthusiast, he became head coach of the University of Missouri-St. Louis golf team in 1980-81, helping to get that program off the ground. Jim coached UMSL golf for 18 seasons, leading the team to consecutive Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association championships in 1992-93. During both of those seasons, UMSL advanced to the NCAA Division II national championship where it finished 15th in ’92 and 12th in ’93.

Jim was named the MIAA Coach of the Year in both ’92 and ’93. Overall, he guided UMSL to 13 tournament wins, which ranks second in program history. Three of Jim’s players - Doug Kreitner, David Rhoads and Chris Sanders were inducted into the UMSL Sports Hall of Fame. Jim was inducted in 2003, and in recent years he continued to assist the program as a tournament director, rules official and scoreboard artist.

He also was a tournament director for the Gateway Section of the PGA, and most recently spent time working with Carol Fromuth and the Accelerated Golf Tour in St. Louis.

Jim is survived by his wife of 26 years, Beverly Niederkorn. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Mary Niederkorn. He was a loving father, step-father and grandfather. Jim Niederkorn was a mentor and friend to many in the golf community, and a valued supporter of the amateur game. He will be sorely missed.

Niederkorn (far right) with his 1993 UMSL team

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JACK NICKLAUS AND NICK REBIRTH OF NORMA

ST. LOUIS, April 15, 2021 – Jack Nicklaus, the greatest champion in the history of golf, and his renowned Nicklaus Design firm have agreed to join the philanthropic effort to renovate Normandie Golf Course (Normandie), the Metropolitan Golf Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association (MAGA), with its partner Beyond Housing (BH), the famed community development organization, announced today.

Nicklaus Design will lead the project and Mr. Nicklaus will donate his services for the renovation of Normandie, which was built in 1901 and is one of the oldest public golf courses west of the Mississippi. Nicklaus will not only lead the design effort, but he will support the group’s fundraising efforts to purchase the property from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, as well as the necessary funding for facility construction of the project. Upon completion of the project, Normandie will become a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course.

“The appeal of this project to me was to be involved in an effort that could serve as a catalyst to change needed in our country today, beginning with parts of St. Louis County,” Jack Nicklaus said. “Restoring Normandie for a community in need will have a long-lasting positive impact on the lives of youth in St. Louis.”

Nicklaus was introduced to the Normandie project in late 2020 by friend Tom O’Toole, Jr., past USGA President and MAGA Founder. He was quick to lend his support to the revitalization effort.

“To have Jack agree to be involved in this project immeasurably changes its viability,” O’Toole said. “Now, this is an effort that a metropolitan area, and the businesses who thrive here can get behind to forever change the lives of youth in our region.”

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Jack Nicklaus has other philanthropic t ment with the Ascension Charity Class Champions event, which also supports and will be held September 6-12, 2021

About MAGA MAGA is an Allied Golf Association lic teur golf services in the Metropolitan S regions. MAGA provides service to 150 golfers. For more information, visit ww

About BH BH is a nationally recognized commun on creating a stronger, more equitable, invested more than a $150 million in th the geographic district of the Normand information visit, www.beyondhousing

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KLAUS DESIGN WILL LEAD ANDIE GOLF COURSE

renovation of a historic public golf ity asset for the benefit of a region by ange in an under-served community.

his magnitude, seldom is it regained,” Housing. “This project expands and H has developed in this region.”

ie, construction could begin by year’s urse will remain open and continue to ent through the 2021 golf season.

ties to St. Louis through his involvesic presented by Emerson, a PGA TOUR north St. Louis County communities at Norwood Hills Country Club.

censed by the USGA to provide amaSt. Louis, Central and Southern Illinois 0 member clubs and 20,000+ individual ww.metga.org.

nity development organization focused and prosperous St. Louis for all. BH has he 24:1 Community which comprises die Schools Collaborative. For more g.org.

About Nicklaus Companies For 50 years, the mission of Nicklaus Companies has been to enhance the golf experience and to deliver quality branded products and services on a global basis that mirror the high standards established in the career and life of its Founder, Jack Nicklaus. The Nicklaus Companies businesses include golfcourse design, the development of golf and real estate communities, and the marketing and licensing of lifestyle products worldwide under the iconic Jack Nicklaus and Golden Bear brands. Nicklaus Design, recognized as the world leader in golf course design, has created over 420 courses worldwide, open for play in 45 countries and 40 U.S states.

In 2007, Jack Nicklaus partnered with Howard Milstein to further the growth of the company and expand the branded businesses. In addition to institutionalizing the Nicklaus brands for the future, Milstein has instilled a personal philosophy of “A Brand That Gives Back,” with products and partners committing to donations to help the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation and other charities. A leading entrepreneur in the golf industry, Milstein also created 8AM Golf, a family of companies that also includes GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com, Miura Golf, Club Conex, True Spec Golf, GolfLogix and Chirp. All share a common mission to help players at all levels enjoy the game more. We leverage our winning heritage to achieve excellence, foster growth and champion social good. We activate modern strategies and techniques to enhance our customer’s lives and match the high standards set in the career and life of Jack Nicklaus.

For more information on or to support of the Normandie Golf Course project contact Curt Rohe, Executive Director, MAGA at curt@metga.org or (314) 567-MAGA.

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2021 Thomas O. Sobbe Cup Divisions Set The season-long Sobbe Cup MAGA Championship divisions are set. The popular team competition runs throughout the golf season. MAGA member clubs will compete against each other for the chance to hoist the Sobbe Cup at the end of September.

The 16 divisions were chosen April 7th, during the MAGA virtual draw party.

Westborough CC - 2021 Sobbe

A new divisional format comes into play Cup Champions this year. 2021 divisions consist of three teams with four matches played within the division. The teams will all play each other in home-and-home matches, with each team hosting the other two at their club.

Member club teams consist of eight (8) members, including a club professional, playing six matches each round.

Sobbe Cup Competition Matches - Two (2) amateur singles matches at scratch - One (1) amateur singles match with handicap - One (1) amateur four-ball match with handicap - One (1) senior amateur four-ball match with handicap (Both players are seniors) - One (1) professional match at scratch The winner of a round will receive three (3) division points. If in the event of a tie, both teams get one and a half (1½) division points.

After completion of round-robin divisional play, a single-elimination bracket will be formed from the 16 division winners.

The 2021 Sobbe Cup Final Four will be played on Friday, September 24, at Algonquin Golf Club.

Westborough Country Club comes in as the defending Champions, having defeated The Legends Country Club at Old Hickory Golf Club last year.

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2021 Sobbe Cup Divisions

The 2021 Sobbe Cup Final Four will be played on Friday, September 24, at Algonquin Golf Club.

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SAYING THANKS Chris Finnerty

Superintendent The Bogey Club & Log Cabin Club

I was having trouble thinking of an idea for this article. I knew I didn’t want to write anything about “The Pandemic”, I’m sure we have all gotten our fill of articles and discussions on the subject. I really didn’t want to write anything about agronomics or golf course maintenance practices. There will be plenty of those in the coming issues of this newsletter, as some of my peers in the MVGCSA will be educating our local golfers on the ins and outs of maintaining a golf course.

The past year has been a major boon for golf. Rounds are through the roof at most courses. If you want a weekend tee time before 3:00 you better call a week in advance. Even then you might be out of luck.

Needless to say, the staffs at golf courses have been super busy. This includes not only the grounds crew, but the people operating the Proshops and Bagrooms. Hopefully the Food

and Beverage is starting to ramp up again too. Whether you play at a private or public facility, it takes a small army to make sure that your golfing experience is enjoyable, or even memorable.

This starts from the moment you arrive in the parking lot with the Bagroom staff loading up your clubs, into the Proshop for some supplies, out onto the course where the Grounds Staff has been working hard to prepare the golf course for the days’ rounds, and ending with the F and B staff having something ready for a post round meal. If you play in MAGA events, let’s not forget the staff that sets up and runs the tournaments.

Let’s be honest, those of us that work at golf courses are not saving lives, but I feel that we are performing a service that allows people to get out on the links, enjoy the outdoors, and hopefully relieve any stress that has built up in their day to day lives. I guess the stress might only be relieved if you are stripping it down the middle, sticking short irons, and draining putts all day, but that depends on the person.

I thought of the subject matter for this article after one of our staff members came in and told me that some of the golfers had given him some nice complements about the golf course. Those 10

comments meant a lot to him.

You could tell it made him proud of the course and the work he is doing. I thank the staff every day for their hard work, but I don’t think it means as much as when a golfer throws them a compliment. In my opinion they are not really working to please the superintendent, we are really just supervising their work. They are working to please the golfers.

I would like to think that this rings true for all the departments at a golf course facility. We want to make our customers happy.

We want you to enjoy your round of golf from beginning to end.

Although you can never make everyone happy, we will continue to try.

All that being said, I challenge those of you who do not engage the staff members at your respective facilities to make an effort to do so. Thank the staff member loading the bag on your cart, thank the person serving you a beer and a burger, and most importantly for me, tell that person you see weedeating trees, or raking bunkers, or digging an irrigation leak, that the course is in great shape. It gives them a sense of pride to know that their work is appreciated. Believe me, it matters a lot more coming from you than coming from me.

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The Bogey Club is a small private club located in the heart of St. Louis Missouri. Membership is limited and offered by invitation only to the city’s top corporate and civic leaders.

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You want credibility The Bogeyman Dan O’Neill

(Editor’s note: This story appears courtesy of Morning Read (www. morningread.com) You want credibility - try Jack Nicklaus.

You have a dream to rejuvenate a historic golf course, a plan to breath new life into a neighborhood and community, a mission to generate positive change and impact young lives - try Jack Nicklaus.

Perhaps the recent announcement that Nicklaus Design will take the lead in the philanthropic effort to restore Normandie Golf Course isn’t quite as exciting as hearing Santa Claus on the rooftop on Christmas eve, but it’s in the ballpark.

When you throw around the “Nicklaus Design” label, it’s impressive enough. But when Himself is putting his own boots on the ground, and putting his own signature on the sign, it’s even more stimulating.

Unless you were just born yesterday - on Mars - you know that Jack Nicklaus won two U.S. Amateurs, six Masters and 18 major championships. And you know he had a hand in designing many spectacular golf courses. Nicklaus has been involved, in one way or another, in the architecture of more than 425 courses in 45 countries, or roughly 1 percent of all the playing fields on the planet.

At this point in his illustrious and accomplished career, Nicklaus spends most of his time giving back to a game he loves, a game that has enriched his life, a game he hopes can enrich other lives.

He did so in collaborating with Maj. Dan Rooney and Folds of Honor to create American Dunes Golf Club in Grand Haven, MI, waiving his 12

$3 million fee and paying tribute members of the U.S. military. “I lo the game, but I love my country ev more, Nicklaus said at the time of t announced project. The golf course the eastern shores of Lake Michig is set to open in early May this ye Sneak peaks have been universa flattering.

Now, Nicklaus will bring the sam spirit of respect and renewal to St. Lou and the Normandy neighborhoo Again, he is donating his services. H expertise will be critical, and putti his “Jack Nicklaus Signature” on o of the oldest facilities west of t Mississippi will be invaluable.

Nicklaus believes in this count believes in its fiber and believes restoring its roots. “The appeal of th project to me was to be involved in a to change needed in our country tod County,” Nicklaus said in a press re community in need will have a long of youth in St. Louis.”

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Nicklaus not only will fix the fairways, he will support the effort to raise funds for the project and purchase the property from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Make no mistake, the goal is imposing, complex and formidable. It is fraught with issues and difficulties.

The “Golden Bear” is all in. And the upshot promises to leave St. Louis with a restored gem of a golf course and the hope that a corner can be turned, that a recreational asset can inspire a community revival.

You want credibility? You got it - Jack Nicklaus.

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Stark, Talley Earn Qualifying St. Peters, MO - The road to the 76th U.S. Women’s Open went through Saint Louis on Wednesday, April 28th.

52 players teed it up at Old Hickory Golf Club for the chance to earn two spots in the field at The Olympic Club.

The 36-hole day started off with torrential rain and an hour and fourteen-minute lightning delay. Yet, every player finished their two rounds before sun down.

Maja Stark of Sweden earned Low Amateur and Medalist honors. The only player under par at any point during the day, the sophomore at Oklahoma State fired a 2-under 142 (71-71) to claim the first qualifying spot.

rounds, including a 3-under 33 in the morning round that saw steady rain. She led the field with seven birdies.

Stark got a spot in the field for the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open at Olympic club from her being No. 13 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. This time around, she had to play for it.

“I am so excited, it feels nice to earn my spot this way instead of getting it through the rankings,” Stark said.

A familiar face to Saint Louis golf fans, Emma Talley earned the second qualifying spot after posting a 2-over 146 (73-73).

“My putting was key, I think I made a lot of putts that I normally don’t make,” Stark said. “I was steady off the tee and that combination led me to play really well.”

The Alabama graduate was solid throughout the day, playing consistent golf leading the field with 27 pars, including one at No. 18 to claim the second spot by one stroke.

Her 2-under performance was highlighted by going 5-under on the back through the two

“The rounds were very difficult, it was playing really long with a lot of mud balls,

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but that’s what you’re going to have in a U.S. Women’s Open,” Talley said. “I just played one shot at a time, it was a long day so staying patient was key.”

This marks the second time Talley has qualified out of Saint Louis or the U.S. Women’s Open, having done so in 2017 at Bogey Hills Country Club. Talley was a member of the 2014 Curtis Cup team that won at Saint Louis Country Club in 2014.

“I always appreciate people coming out to watch me, The Curtis Cup was so much fun and it holds a special place in my heart forever.”

Daniella Darquea and Cory Lopez claimed the two alternate spots.

The U.S. Women’s Open is set for June 3-6 at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.

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Spots to U.S. Women’s Open

Emma Talley (left) and Maja Stark (right) accepting their invitations to play in the U.S. Women’s Open at The Olympic Club

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This edition of Rules Quiz features an excerpt from MAGA official John Thorman’s e-book, Let’s Get It Right.

January/February March/April 2021

Aligning Player From In Front

Dear John: A big deal has been made about the player’s caddie (or partner or partner’s caddie) deliberately standing behind the player on an extension of the line of play to assist the player with alignment once he or she begins to take a stance for making a stroke. That’s not allowed. What about standing in front of the player, say by the hole, to guide the player’s alignment after he or she has taken a stance? Is that okay? -- FarSide Dear FarSide: Yes. This seems to conflict with the concept of the player aligning his or her own stroke, but Rule 10.2b(4) says nothing to the contrary. The prohibition only pertains to standing behind the player to assist with alignment. The player’s caddie (or partner or partner’s caddie) may position himself or herself by the hole in front of the player to direct the player’s alignment.

Furthermore, the caddie may remain at that spot guiding the player’s alignment while the stroke is made, so long as he or she does nothing to point out the line of play. An example would be telling the player to aim at his or her (caddie’s) foot. Doing so and not moving the foot away before the player makes the stroke results in the player getting a two-stroke penalty in stroke play and loss of hole penalty in match play (Rule 10.2b(1)).

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January/February March/April 2021

Month of May

Metropolitan Amateur Series #1 May 3 | Winghaven Country Club

U.S. Open Local Qualifier May 10 | Spencer T. Olin Golf Club

East Side Amateur May 15-16 | Gateway National Golf Links

Metropolitan Amateur Series #2 May 20 | Woods Fort Golf Course

Robert A. Shogren Cup May 23-24 | Bellerive Country Club

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2021 Amateur Series

Tournament

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Winghaven CC

Woods Fort GC

May 20

Annbriar GC

June 24

Birch Creek GC

July 29

Persimmon Woods

Aug. 16

Sunset Hills CC

Sept. 20

The Quarry GC

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“The appeal of this project to me was to be involved in an effort that could serve as a catalyst to change needed in our country today, beginning with parts of St. Louis County. Restoring Normandie for a community in need will have a long-lasting positive impact on the lives of youth in St. Louis.” .

- Jack Nicklaus on his involvement in Normandie GC project

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MAGA Adds to Staff + Welcomes P.J. Boatwright Interns The MAGA is grateful each year for the opportunity to hire interns through the PJ Boatwright Internship grant provided by the USGA. This is an invaluable program Allied Golf Associations around the country are able to take advantage of and provide opportunities for young men and women. Please meet our 2021 Boatwright interns. Steven will start with us in Mid-May, while Mary and John will be here June 1st.

Mary O’Leary – Communications Intern Mary is completing her senior year at the University of Missouri, pursuing a Bachelor of Journalism degree in Strategic Communication. She is a native St. Louisan and learned of the Boatwright program through her cousin, and former MAGA intern, Nick Wojciechowski. Mary will be with MAGA for 3-months.

Steven Wendling – Operations Intern Steven is a junior at the University of Missouri, studying Accounting. He is from St. Louis and went to Priory High School where he played golf. Steven has played in MAGA championships in the past. He will be with us for 3-months.

John McCauliffe – Operations Intern John is a senior at the University of South Carolina where he will graduate in May studying Sport and Entertainment Management. He is from Glenwood, MD and has always had a passion for golf. John will be with MAGA for 5-months. His mother attended Washington University in St. Louis.

Will Redmond - Director, Marketing & Communications Will Redmond will join MAGA as the new Director of Marketing and Communications. Will is a native St. Louisan and 2013 graduate of DeSmet Jesuit High School. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Business degree in Marketing from Xavier University and a Masters degree in Journalism from the University of Mississippi. Will worked as a Graduate Assistant for Communications during his time at Ole Miss primarily with the men’s and women’s golf programs.