The Metropolitan
June 2021
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
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three of 14 during a final-round 77 and finished tied 26th. Interestingly enough, DeChambeau hit even fewer fairways last September while
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winning at Winged Foot. There, DeChambeau landed 23 of 56 fairways, yet he finished 6 under par, and won the championship by six strokes.
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What does it all mean? Bottom line, you could not readily miss fairways
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and greens at Torrey Pines and get away with it. The thick rough was not having it.
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4 - The number of times the British Open has been cancelled since its
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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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