The Metropolitan: Volume 8, No. 4

Volume 8 | No. 4

The Metropolitan

June 2021

The Metropolitan AMATEUR GOLF ASSOCIATION

Sam Migdal Old Warson Cup Champion (Pg. 6)

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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6 3. Bio/Numbers 4. Curt’s Corner 5. Exposure Photo Recaps 6. Old Warson Cup 8. WWT Metropolitan Open

10. Supe’s On

11. Players of the Year Standings

12. Bogeyman 14. Junior Amateur Championship 18. MAGA Schedules 23. Nicklaus quote

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By The Numbers

MAGA

24 - The number of fairways Bryson DeChambeau hit during the

2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, that is, 24 of 56. DeChambeau hit only

WHAT WE DO:

three of 14 during a final-round 77 and finished tied 26th. Interestingly enough, DeChambeau hit even fewer fairways last September while

- Provide the GHIN Handicap Service to 140+ Member Clubs under the World Handicap System

winning at Winged Foot. There, DeChambeau landed 23 of 56 fairways, yet he finished 6 under par, and won the championship by six strokes.

- Conduct ten (10) Metropolitan Championships each season

What does it all mean? Bottom line, you could not readily miss fairways

- Conduct USGA Qualifying for nine (9) USGA Championships each season

and greens at Torrey Pines and get away with it. The thick rough was not having it.

- Conduct the Amateur Series of Events for golfers of all ages and abilities

4 - The number of times the British Open has been cancelled since its

- Provide the USGA Course/Slope Rating service to our Member Clubs

failed to produce a new trophy after Tom Morris Jr. won the Challenge

inception in 1860. The first cancellation was in 1871, when organizers Belt outright. The circumstances led to the creation of the Claret Jug,

- Regional authority on the Rules of Golf and Amateur Status

which has been awarded to the winner since. From 1915-19 and 194045, World Wars I and II forced 11 Opens to be cancelled. The fourth

METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

time the championship went unplayed was 2020, when officials decided

Amateur Championship

to postpone the 149th playing because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The championship is back on the schedule for 2021, set for July 15-18 at

Old Warson Cup (Match Play Championship)

Royal St. George’s.

Shogren Cup (Match Play PGA Pros vs. MAGA Amateurs)

1181 - The number represents the best ranking Erik Edwards

Open Championship Women’s Amateur Championship

registered in the World Amateur Golf Rankings before turning pro.

Junior Amateur Championship

However, in March, Edwards captured the collegiate Las Vegas Desert

Senior Amateur Championship

Classic as a member of the University of Indianapolis team. In May,

Metropolitan Cup Matches

he finished second to teammate Keegan Bronnenberg at the NCAA Division II Championships. Edwards then made the World Wide

Four-Ball Championship

Technology Metropolitan Open at Lake Forest Country Club his

9-Hole Championship

professional debut, and set the bar rather high by winning. He carded

Mid-America Junior Cup

a 3 under par 69 in the final round and finished 10-under for the 54hole championship. Apparently, Lake Forest is a UIndy kind of course.

USGA QUALIFYING ROUNDS

Another UIndy product, Seth Fair, won the championship in Lake St.

U.S. Open

Louis last year. Fair finished second to Edwards this time.

U.S. Senior Open

1947 - When the U.S. Open was conducted at St. Louis Country

U.S. Women’s Open

Club, site of the 2021 MAGA Amateur Championship. The course

U.S. Amateur

played at just over 6,500 yards for the ’47 championship, and an amateur

U.S. Mid-Amateur

- Jim McHale Jr. - had the lowest score of the week, a 6-under 65 in the

U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur

third round. In the end, Lew Worsham and Sam Snead wound up in a

U.S. Junior Amateur

playoff with scores of 2-under 282. During the 18-hold playoff, the two

U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur

remained tied coming to the 18th green. Leaving his 15-foot birdie putt

U.S. Amateur Four-Ball

some 2 ½ feet short, Snead was poised to putt again when Worsham who had chipped his third shot to a similar distance - interrupted by

U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball

asking officials to measure which player was away. It was determined

U.S. Senior Amateur

Snead was 30 ½ inches from the hole, an inch more than Worsham, and

U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

things proceeded. Obviously upset by the delay, Snead missed his putt.

Worsham made his to win the title.

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Curt’s Corner

MAGA STAFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Curt Rohe - Executive Director

Curt Rohe - curt@metga.org 2021 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

Welcome to summer and here is to a Happy and safe Fourth of July to everyone! Halfway through another year...never ceases to amaze me how quickly this comes around each season.

We had another wonderful Metropolitan Open Championship in June at Lake Forest Country Club. A special thank you to World Wide Technology and Dell Technologies for coming aboard to be our title and presenting sponsors respectively! While we had very unseasonable hot temperatures, the golf course was fabulous. Erik Edwards came out on top to earn the $25,000 first place check in making his first start as a professional.

The Amateur Series growth for 2021 has been beyond mind blowing! With 110 teeing it up at Annbriar in June another record was broken. In July we venture out to a new venue, Birch Creek Golf Club in Union, Mo and are looking forward to another great turnout. The best thing about the Amateur Series is seeing new faces and golfers having the chance to play a competitive round of golf, many for the first time experiencing tournament golf.

July kicks off with US Amateur Qualifying at Aberdeen Golf Club. Always one of my favorite qualifying rounds to conduct and send players off to play in the US Amateur.

We will have 114 tee it up for three qualifying spots July 5-6.

Congratulations to Curtis Brokenbrow on his play in June! Curtis was the Low Amateur at Lake Forest in the Open and used that momentum going to Porto Cima to capture the Missouri State Amateur title in a grueling week of golf. Also congrats to Chad Niezing on his fine play and making it to the title match against Curtis.

Thank you again for your continued reading of The Metropolitan! I always enjoy you, our Members, telling me how much you enjoy reading the newsletter.

Keep em straight and in the short grass!

Dan O’Neill

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Exposure: Recaps Using Unique Photo Layouts Click on the photos below for our Exposure recaps from our events this season!

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Sam Migdal Wins 2021 Old Warson

Sam Migdal, 2021 Old Warson Cup Champion

Ladue, MO - After taking a year off due to the pandemic, the Old Warson Cup returned June 5-6 at Old Warson Country Club. The 16-player field was determined by Players of the Year Standings from the year prior.

Ten of the sixteen-players from the 2019 field were back for this year’s playing. This marked the second match play event of the year after the inaugural Robert A. Shogren Cup was played in May. Ten of the 16 players who will tee it up at Old Warson were on MAGA’s team that went up against the Gateway PGA at Bellerive.

The two-day event got underway with round of 16 matches Saturday morning, June 5th.

Seven of the eight round of 16 matches resulted in upsets, while the quarterfinals saw the lower seeds advance in all but one match. The semifinals featured matches between Skip Berkmeyer and Jason Landry, and Sam Migdal and Drew Pranger Sunday morning.

Berkmeyer, the No. 1 overall seed, never made it to holes 17 and 18 Saturday, winning his matches 4 and 3 and 4 and 2. The reigning Men’s Player of the Year was the only top seed to make it out of the round of 16. In the quarterfinals, Berkmeyer and Curtis Brokenbrow were tied making the turn, but Berkmeyer went 1-under on holes 11-13 to grab a three-hole lead and ended the match with a par on No. 15.

Jason Landry won 4 and 3 in the Round of 16. A chip-in on No. 6 gave him a four-hole lead and he retained at least a three-hole lead through the end of the match. Landry matched up with Brad Carpenter in the quarterfinals. The Greenbriar Hills member made birdie on the par 4 15th which gave him a 2-up lead, and a par on the par 3 17th was good enough for Landry to win 3-up. Landry and Carpenter both eagled the par 5 6th hole.

Migdal took down defending champion Crimson Callahan in the round of 16, winning 2 and 1. A matchup with Tommy Alferman in the quarterfinals saw the same result.

Pranger needed all 18 to advance to the semifinals. The Glen Echo member had control of the match from the start and made the turn 2-up. Alex Ciaramitaro made a long birdie putt on No. 17 to tie the match headed to No. 18.

Pranger stuck it pin-high and came out on top after a long two-putt par.

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Cup, Becomes Three-Time Champion

Migdal defeated Drew Pranger in the semifinals, winning 5 and 4. The Norwood Hills member controlled the match early being 2-up through 2 holes and 3-up at the turn. Migdal stuck it within inches on the par 5 12th hole, the birdie was given, and he took a commanding 5-up lead before the match eventually ended on the 14th green.

Landry defeated the No. 1 overall seed, Skip Berkmeyer, 1-up in 19 holes. No player had more than a 1-up lead the entirety of the match. The Greenbriar Hills member made three birdies on the front and played solidly on in making pars when needed to advance to the finals.

The final match went off approximately at 12:00 p.m. Jason Landry chipped in for par on the par 4 2nd hole to go 1-up, and that lead stood until Migdal tied it with a par before the two made the turn.

The Greenbriar Hills member quickly regained the lead with a birdie on No. 10, but that lead stood for one hole as Migdal tied the match with a par on the 11th. The match swung in Migdal’s favor as he gained a 2-up lead with pars on No.’s 14 and 15.

Landry made things interesting when a sand save on the par 3 17th reduced the lead to 1-up. Migdal parred No. 18 and the match ended 1-up. It was the first time Migdal had played No. 18 the two days of competition.

“I’ve been struggling the last couple seasons and this definitely gives me the confidence knowing that I can compete with anyone,” Migdal said.

Migdal joins Skip Berkmeyer as the only three-time winners of the Old Warson Cup. “Great company to be in. Skip’s one of the best amateurs in the nation. It’s great to be a three-time champion and share that with the likes of him.”

Sam Migdal and Jason Landry

Sam Migdal, Stan Grossman, Jason Landry

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Erik Edwards Wins in First Professional Start

Lake St. Louis, MO – Erik Edwards is the 16th World Wide Technology Metropolitan Open Champion, winning by one stroke after a final round 3-under 69. The three-day event was held at Lake Forest Country Club for the second straight year.

46 players (44 pros, 2 amateurs) survived the cut before the final round Saturday morning.

Edwards, from Louisville, Kentucky, posted back-to-back scores in the 60s on his second and final round. His three-day total of 10-under 206 (70-67-69) was good enough to take home the title by one stroke.

“It’s a feeling that I can’t put into words,” Edwards said. “I’m pretty excited, first professional event this week and I came out and shot 3-under rounds to get the win, a close one too by one shot. Makes me feel good about all the work I put in over the years and this summer, feels good that it’s all paying off.”

The recent University of Indianapolis graduate tied for the tournament lead with 17 birdies, five coming on the final day.

Making the turn at 2-under, Edwards had a three-hole birdie stretch on the back nine on holes 12 through 14 that got him alone at the top at 11-under. However, a three-putt on the par 3 15th quickly set him back to 10-under.

Seth Fair, last year’s champion, was in the second to last group and was tied for the lead with Edwards when he got to No. 18. A bogey on the par 5 last put him at 9-under, and all eyes were on Edwards on the finishing hole. A par would win it.

Edwards was able to get a par the hard way. A duck hook left off the tee put him in the rough off the fairway on No. 10.

Hitting two, Edwards hit it low below the tree line to a greenside bunker and a rough lie. A solid chip placed the ball in the middle of the green, and a two-putt later, Edwards was champion.

“It definitely didn’t go as planned, I had no clue where I stood there on 18,” Edwards said. “I figured I probably needed a birdie to tie or win it, and I’ve birdied it every day so far. I had a terrible lie about 75 yards out, was just a hit and hope, and ended up hitting it to 15-20 feet and got that two putt for the win.”

As the winner, Edwards receives the $25,000 first place cash prize.

“This gives me almost unlimited confidence for my pro career to come out and do this in the first event. Being able to hold myself down the stretch like I did today, this is going to be a big building block for me going forward.”

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Seth Fair finished runner-up after a 2-under 70 on Saturday. Also graduating from the University of Indianapolis, Fair only carded four bogeys the entire tournament and put together a three-round total of 9-under 207 (69-68-70. In six rounds at Lake Forest since last year’s Open Championship, Fair has played the course 17-under over six rounds of competition.

Kaylor Steger shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to finish in third. The Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, native improved each round, going 71-69-68 (208, -8). Steger tied winner Erik Edwards in total birdies throughout the three days, totaling 17.

Curtis Brokenbrow earned Low Amateur honors after going 70-74-70 (214, -2) to tie for 12th. Brokenbrow was one of two amateurs to survive the cut with Nick Westrich.

“To know that my game can stand up under the pressure of playing alongside these types of guys is huge,” Brokenbrow said. “That’s why I played in this tournament to compete in it, and it was a great experience.”

Curtis Brokenbrow - Low Amateur

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Supe’s On

Water, Water Everywhere

Jeff Stickford

Asst. Superintendent

Winghaven Country Club

Now that the “Dog Days” of summer are upon us, I’d like to crow about the one elixir every living thing needs to survive. No, not the glorious barley and hops libation that’s sitting in front of me as I write this. I’m not talking about Mother’s Milk either. I’m talking about WATER. In my eyes it’s the bloodline of any golf course.

Miles and miles of pipe underground acting as veins carrying that sweet remedy to keep everything alive.

The beginning of the 2021 summer has been anything but typical for St. Louis. We’ve had some very timely rains and our irrigation systems haven’t had to work as hard as usual. But I can feel it coming: the long stretch from the end of July to the middle of September when the turf can’t handle one more day of cart traffic and the rough in un-irrigated areas crunches beneath your shoes. The greens are tired of “sips of water from the hose”.

The entire course just wants a big gulp of glorious water.

Every golf course pays for it one way or another. Each option has its pros and cons. Hook into the city waterline and BOOM! You got water. Easy solution you might think? Well, that easy solution costs a pretty penny. So expensive in fact, you could purchase three brand new cars over one summer. The next option is to drill a well if you have a source.

The course would constantly pump water out of the well into a retention pond. Irrigation pumps now have a constant supply of water to pump out of that pond to water the course. The down side to this source is a little more complicated. Pumps fail all the time and wells collapse. Not a huge problem until you need to hire a company to drill 100 feet below the surface when something breaks. Plus, the electrical costs to run the well pump is one more line item in the budget. The last option is to dig a big hole and rely on Mother Nature to fill that hole with rain water. Hopefully every subsurface drain pipe on the course leads to that pond to help keep it full. I don’t trust Mother Nature and I never will. Not to mention how much water it takes to irrigate an 18hole course. You have to put in what you take out every night or your supply will be empty pretty quick.

Regardless of the water source, the “heart’’ of any course is the pump station. That darn thing just keeps pumping, pumping and pumping all the time. Like I said earlier, pumps fail. Pumps cost a lot of money and it takes time to replace them. If Mother Nature (who we don’t trust) isn’t doing her part and the pumps aren’t running the course is going to suffer a slow and painful death. Let’s just call it a golf course heart attack.

So, the next time you see a maintenance employee watering a green and get upset because he or she is in your way. Or the next time you hit your ball in the water hazard. Take two seconds and think how important that water is to the course and the game we all love to hate.

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Player of the Year Points Standings

June 2021 June 2021

Presented by:

Name Curtis Brokenbrow Chad Niezing Tony Gumper Ryan Eckelkamp Sam Migdal Adam Pfeiffer Matthew Hoemann Nick Westrich Christopher Ferris Crimson Callahan

Men’s Player of the Year

Affiliation No. Events No. Wins Total Pts The Quarry 2 1 1250 Metropolitan eClub 1 0 700 Old Hickory GC 1 1 625 Franklin County CC 2 0 587.5 Norwood Hills CC 2 1 550 Spring Lake CC 1 0 425 Franklin County CC 1 0 400 Crowne Point GC 1 0 375 Aberdeen GC 0 0 250 The Legends CC 1 0 210

Pts Behind 550 625 662.5 700 825 850 875 1000 1040

Full standings here Name Brian Lovett Joe Malench Paul Neeman Buddy Allen Barry Yehling David Bremer Scott Edwards Tom Portner Tony Nolfo

Name

Senior Men’s Player of the Year

Affiliation No. Events No. Wins Total Pts Pts Behind Bellerive CC 0 0 400 Metropolitan eClub 1 1 200

200 Persimmon Woods GC 1 0 125 275 Metropolitan eClub 1 0 100 300 Gateway National 1 0 72.5 327.5 Persimmon Woods GC 1 0 72.5 327.5 Metropolitan eClub 1 0 50 350 Green Hills GC 1 0 50 350 Metropolitan eClub 1 0 50 350 Full standings here

Women’s Player of the Year

Affiliation

No. Events No. Wins Total Pts Pts Behind 1 1 725 Alyssa McMinn Far Oaks GC 1 0 525 200 Kathy Glennon Country Club of St. Albans 1 0 400 325 Melanie Wolf Bogey Hills CC 1 0 400 325 Madeline Larouere Metropolitan eClub 1 0 350 375 Momo Kukuchi The Quarry 1 0 325 400 McKenna Montgomery Persimmon Woods GC

Full standings here

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Memorable Major Season Already The Bogeyman Dan O’Neill

(Editor’s note: This story appears courtesy of Morning Read (www. morningread.com) By the time this edition of the Metropolitan fades to black, all four of golf ’s 2021 major championships will be in the rearview mirror.

It will feel strange. Of course, when it comes to feeling strange, last year buried the needle. The Masters postponed until November, the U.S. Open was conducted in September, the British Open cancelled altogether … who was on first, what was on second. Nothing was by the book.

A year later, the 149th “Open Championship” this month brings the major season to an early end, which may feel strange. But whatever takes place at Royal St. George’s, it promises to add to an already memorable 2021 series.

Hideki Matsuyama’s dominant performance at Augusta National in April will be bookmarked for years to come, as he became the first Japanese player to capture the Masters.

Then came the PGA at Kiawah Island, where more history was made.

Before that weekend in late May, 455 major golf championships had been conducted and only five had been won by a player 45 or older - none by someone in his 50s. That changed, when 50-year old Phil Mickelson captured the PGA, becoming the oldest to win any of the four majors.

Those headlines set the stage for the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, and still more history. As noted, the 2020 edition of the national championship was delayed because the pandemic and played in September. That 120th edition at Winged Foot became all about power as Bryson DeChambeau 12

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Tiger Woods was about power, to be sure. But Woods won more than one major by dialing down, hitting 2-irons instead of scud drivers, taking trouble out of play. Yet, at Torrey Pines, player after player found a fairway bunker. No going to school, no dial-downs, no adjustments.

That’s the game nowadays - give me distance or give me death.

The U.S. Open should have more purpose and identify a most deserving champion - not the strongest, the longest, or the least imaginative. The 121st edition in June did just that.

Jon Rahm hits it a long way too, no doubt. But Rahm won at Torrey Pines because he hit 57 percent of the fairways on Sunday, while the field hit 50 percent. He found 78 percent of the greens, while the field hit 61 percent. He averaged 1.56 putts per hole, while the field averaged 1.7.

He stayed patient through seven straight pars on the back until he reached moments of truth - a 25-foot putt on 17, an 18-footer on 18.

He made ‘em both, back to back birdies. And Mirroring Matsuyama, he became the first Spaniard to win a U.S. Open.

“That’s really what you’re trying to do,” architect Rees Jones told Golf Digest, “have the cream rise to the top, and it certainly did.”

Calling the British Open the last major of the season certainly seems strange. But all things considered, you can’t ask for much more.

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Guerra and McLaughlin Victorious at 22nd Metropolitan Junior Amateur Championship

Avery McLaughlin and Reese Reinhardt

Griffin St. Pierre and John Guerra

Bel-Nor, MO – The Barbara A. Berkmeyer and James M. Holtgrieve trophies have new homes for the next year. John Guerra and Avery McLaughlin are champions of the 22nd Metropolitan Junior Amateur Championship.

The 36-hole, two-day championship took place at Normandie Golf Course.

Guerra took a five-shot lead into the second day and had to grind on the back nine to take home the title. Making the turn at 1-over, Guerra had a three-shot cushion over the rest of the field but a 7 on the par 4 11th hole quickly had the championship in a three-way tie between three players.

The rising junior at Chaminade went birdie bogey the next four holes to stay at 3-over. A par on No. 18 would be enough give Guerra the title by a stroke, going 3-over (69-76–145).

“Yesterday was a pretty simple day, just hitting fairways and greens and the putts were rolling,” Guerra said. “Today, I kept it cool, I forgot about yesterday and played it like a whole new tournament.”

Griffin St. Pierre earned runner-up after going 4-over (74-72–146).

On the Metropolitan Girls Junior Amateur side, McLaughlin led by three coming into the final day. After a 12-over 85, she beat Reese Reinhardt by three strokes to win the Barbara A. Berkmeyer trophy. McLaughlin had a two-day total of 23-over (84-85–169).

“Over the last two days, my short game was very present,” McLaughlin said. “I made a lot of chips and putts that I don’t usually make which was a huge plus for me.”

Reese Reinhardt took home runner-up honors for the second straight year.

Jack Lematty earned first place in the 14-15 Boys Division after a 5-over 76 Tuesday. His two-day total of 15-over (81-76–157) won by two strokes over Parker Bruening.

After winning his division in the 3rd Metropolitan 9-Hole Championship on Saturday, John DeLuca added another trophy to his summer collection. The Chaminade golfer won the 12-13 Boys Division going 16-over (75-83–158).

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Kushner’s 35 Highlights Play at 3rd Metropolitan 9-Hole Championship

June 2021

Ballwin, MO – The 3rd Metropolitan 9-Hole Championship is in the books from Ballwin Golf Course.

MAGA’s new championship saw a 44-player field compete in six divisions: Men’s Gross, Men’s Net, Senior Men’s Gross, Senior Men’s Net, Women’s Net, and Junior division.

Brad Kushner took home the title in the Men’s Gross division with a 1-under 35. Kushner led the field with four birdies.

Ron Sherstoff won the Senior Men’s Gross division after a 1-over 37.

Below are the winners from the six divisions. Full results can be found here.

MEN’S GROSS Brad Kushner – Metropolitan eClub – 35 (-1) MEN’S NET Paul Greffet – Metropolitan eClub – 35 (-1) SENIOR MEN’S GROSS Ron Sherstoff – Persimmon Woods Golf Club – 37 (+1) SENIOR MEN’S NET Scott Horton – Crescent Farms Golf Club – 37 (+1) WOMEN’S NET Margaret Manning – Bellerive Country Club – 38 (+2) JUNIOR John DeLuca – Forest Hills Country Club – 43 (+7)

Ron Sherstoff

Paul Greffet

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Scott Horton

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Six Total Tickets Punched to U.S. Junior and U.S. Girls Junior Eureka, MO – Another successful USGA qualifier is in the books for MAGA. Three girls and three boys punched their tickets to the U.S. Girls Junior and U.S. Junior after an 18-hole qualifier at The Legends Country Club in Eureka.

On the U.S. Junior side, William Sides took home medalist honors. The Tulsa, Oklahoma, native shot an even par 72, the low round of the day to claim the first qualifying spot.

Trey Rusthoven and Areen Aggarwal both shot 2-over 74 to lock up the second and third qualifying spots.Christian Rischer and Andy Hennon are first and second alternate, respectively. The two got the two spots in a three-man playoff.

The U.S. Junior Amateur is set for July 19-24 at The Country Club of North Carolina in Village of Pinehurst, North Carolina.

Co-medalists Jenni Roller and Chloe Johnson punched the first two tickets to the U.S. Girls Junior after shooting 2-over 74s. Four girls teed it up for the final qualifying spot. Drew Nienhaus came out on top and earned the spot in a three-hole playoff. Simone Senk got first alternate after the playoff with Nienhaus, and Bailey Dustan took home the second alternate spot, besting Riley Lewis on their second playoff hole.

The U.S. Girls Junior Amateur will take place July 12-17 at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Trey Rusthoven, William Sides, Areen Agarwal

Jenni Roller and Chloe Johnson

Drew Nienhaus

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

Dear John: On the par-5 17th hole at Forest Hills CC, there is a spillway leading from the pond fronting the green to a waterway. As shown in the pictures, there is a wrought-iron safety fence above the waterway, and both the fence and waterway are in a red penalty area (top picture). Today, my playing partner’s ball ended up in the penalty area with his backswing restricted by the fence (middle picture). He tried a punch-shot to the right over the spillway but hit the ball a little too hard and it went out of bounds (bottom picture). I know that if a bunker shot goes out of bounds the player drops back in the bunker, but where does the player take a drop if he plays from inside a penalty area and the ball goes out of bounds? -- TakesYourChances Dear TakesYourChances: I wonder what your partner would do if given an opportunity to do things over.

Besides basic stroke-and-distance relief, the player has multiple choices after a shot from a penalty area goes out of bounds (Rule 17.2b): First, the player is locked into a one-stroke penalty under stroke-and-distance relief for hitting the ball out of bounds (Rule 18.2b). With that one penalty stroke, the player may drop and play again from the spot of the previous stroke inside the penalty area (Rule 17.1d(1)).

Second, for an additional one-stroke penalty (two strokes total) the player may proceed directly (no need to drop under stroke-and-distance relief in the penalty area first) with any of the options that were available when his or her ball initially came to rest in the penalty area. That is, using the estimated point where the ball originally crossed the edge of the penalty area, the player may opt for: Back-on-the-line relief (Rule 17.1d(2)).

Lateral two-club-length relief (Rule 17.1d(3) for red penalty area).

Playing from the spot of the previous stroke made outside of the penalty area (Rule 17.2a(2)).

Finally, should the player go ahead and drop under stroke-and-distance relief inside the penalty area but then decide not to play the ball, he or she must take relief under one of the above three penalty area options with an additional one-stroke penalty (two strokes total).

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2021 MAGA Ch

Championship Location

East Side Amateur

Gateway N

Robert A. Shogren Cup

Bellerive

Old Warson Cup

Old Warso

Women’s Championship

St. Clair C

Open Championship

Lake Fore

9-Hole Championship

Ballwin G

Junior Championship

Normand

Four-Ball Championship

Franklin

Amateur Championship

St. Louis C

Normandie Amateur

Normand

Senior Championship

Sunset CC

Southern Illinois Amateur

Green Hil

Thomas O. Sobbe Cup Final Algonquin

Mid-America Junior Cup

Kansas C

MAGA Cham

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hampionships

Date Entries Close

National GL May 15-16

CC

May 5

May 23-24

Invitational

on CC

June 5-6

Invitational

CC

June 7-8

May 26

est CC

June 17-19

June 7

GC

June 26

June 16

die GC

June 28-29

June 16

County CC July 11-12

June 30

CC

Aug. 5-7

July 21

die GC

Aug. 21-22

Aug. 11

C

Aug. 24-25

Aug. 11

lls GC

Sept. 11-12

Sept. 6

n

Sept. 24

City, Mo.

TBD

mpionships

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2021 USGA Qua

Qualifier Locatio

U.S. Women’s Open

Old Hic

U.S. Open

Spence

U.S. Girl’s Junior Ama.

The Le

U.S. Junior Amateur

The Le

U.S. Amateur

Aberde

U.S. Senior Amateur

Quincy

U.S. Senior Women’s Am.

Quincy

U.S. Mid-Amateur

Kokop

‘22 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball CC of S

USGA Qualif

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alifying Rounds

on

Date

ckory GC

April 28

Entry Close April 14

er T. Olin GC May 10

April 21

egends CC

June 14

May 19

egends CC

June 14

May 26

eeon GC

July 5-6

June 23

y CC

Aug. 9

July 14

y CC

Aug. 9

July 14

pelli GC

Aug. 16

Aug. 4

St. Albans

Aug. 30

Aug. 11

fying Rounds

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2021 Amateur Series

Tournament

Date

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

Oct. 11-12

MAGA Amateur Series

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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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