The Metropolitan
September/October 2021
2021 Metropolitan
Curtis Brokenbrow
Brian Lovett
2021 Men’s Player of the Year
2021 Senior Men’s Player of the Year
Curtis Brokenbrow claims his first MAGA Men’s Player of the Year honor after a season full of top-finishes in several prestigious events. Brokenbrow started the summer with two match play events. He was part of MAGA’s inaugural Shogren Cup team in May and made it to the quarterfinals of MAGA’s match play championship, the Old Warson Cup, in early June. The Missouri Baptist graduate’s first stroke play competition came at the 16th World Wide Technology Metropolitan Open Champion, where he earned the honor of Low-Amateur after going 2-under (70-74-70–214) in a field of 94 professionals and only 40 amateurs.
Brian Lovett had an exceptional summer of golf that led him to his first MAGA Senior Men’s Player of the Year award. Lovett was Sectional Qualifying medalist at the Fort Wayne U.S. Senior Open qualifier. He fired a 1-under 70 and earned a spot in the field at Omaha Country Club in July. He won the Metropolitan FourBall Championship with Buddy Allen at Franklin County Country Club. The team fired a 13-under over two rounds to win the Senior Division by seven strokes.
“It’s a great honor to win the player of the year as it shows that I have played consistently throughout the summer having good finishes in big events,” Brokenbrow said. “Graduating with my master’s degree and then playing well in the Metropolitan Open really helped get my summer underway.”
“It’s an honor to be recognized for my play this year,” Lovett said. “I love competing in the MAGA events against all the great players from our region. This caps off a great summer of events and is validation of all the hard work I have put in on my game.”
Brokenbrow finished runner-up at the 31st Metropolitan Amateur Championship in August, firing the thirdlowest 54-hole score in the championship’s history. His final round 6-under 65 was the lowest final round score in championship’s history. Brokenbrow won the Missouri Amateur at the Club at Porto Cima in late June. In MAGA events, he had a 71.4 stroke average and fired six round paror-better.
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Lovett was part of MAGA’s inaugural Shogren Cup team at his home club of Bellerive in May. He made match play at the STLDGA’s Griesedieck Men’s. Lovett finished in a tie for seventh at the Metropolitan Senior Amateur and runner-up at the Missouri Senior Amateur.
