Inside This Issue/By The Numbers

WHAT WE DO:

MAGA

- 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

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

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 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

March/April 2021 By The Numbers

61 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. 500 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. 14 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.

3When 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. 1.4 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.